Patents by Inventor Johan Pannekoucke

Johan Pannekoucke has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device for creating a gauze fabric
    Patent number: 6957671
    Abstract: Apparatus for producing a leno fabric includes a plurality of juxtaposed stationary needles (1) each fitted with one guide eye for a single warp and in addition a device (13) fitted with a plurality of juxtaposed warp guide eyes, the device (13) being displaceable relative to the stationary needles (1) along the needles' longitudinal direction and transversely thereof. The guide-eyes fitted device (13) is guided during longitudinal displacements along the longitudinal direction of the needles and along respective transverse displacements by guides (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Picanol, N.V.
    Inventors: Johan Pannekoucke, Bernard Vancayzeele, Geert Geerardyn, Norbert Hollevoet
  • Device for creating a gauze fabric
    Publication number: 20030159746
    Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for producing a leno fabric and includes a plurality of juxtaposed stationary needles (1) each fitted with one guide eye for a single warp and in addition a device (13) fitted with a plurality of juxtaposed warp guide eyes, said device (13) being displaceable relative to the stationary needles (1) along the needles' longitudinal direction and transversely thereof, said apparatus being characterized in that the guide-eyes fitted device (13) is guided during longitudinal displacements along the longitudinal direction of the needles and along respective transverse displacements by guides (18)
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Johan Pannekoucke, Bernard Vancayzeele, Geert Geerardyn, Norbert Hollevoet
  • Device for attaching a shaft in a frame
    Patent number: 5273230
    Abstract: A device for attaching a shaft in a frame includes at least two supports for carrying the ends of the shaft, a support lock which keeps the shaft on its support while permitting the shaft to turn locally, and a hinged locking mechanism for closing and opening the lock. The lock is opened and closed automatically by the hinged locking mechanism, which causes the lock to open against a biasing force in response to insertion of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Picanol N.V., naamloze vennootschap
    Inventors: Henry Shaw, Philippe Van Bogaert, Marcel Denoo, Johan Pannekoucke, Geert Ostyn
  • Adjustable breast beam system for heaving loom
    Patent number: 4736776
    Abstract: During the weaving process, the location and displacement of the cloth line and/or the breast beam are continuously detected; the detected value is supplied to a drive unit; in the event of a variation in cloth line location with respect to the desired location, the breast beam is moved by means of a drive unit such that the cloth line is returned to the desired location, or in other words, the cloth line is automatically maintained and/or returned almost to the desired location by means of the breast beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: Picanol N.V.
    Inventors: Michel Vandeweghe, Andre Delanghe, Marcel Vandecandelaere, Henry Shaw, Johan Pannekoucke, Gabriel Thore, Eberhard Huettl, Valere Vermeersch, Roger Lampaert