Patents by Inventor Melanie Hoerr

Melanie Hoerr 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).

  • Sewing or stitching station and apparatus and method for feeding plate-shaped functional elements to a sewing or stitching machine
    Patent number: 12110623
    Abstract: An apparatus for feeding plate-shaped functional elements to a sewing or stitching machine comprises a first guide rail which extends in a longitudinal direction between a first end and a second end and which has a first delimiting surface and a first guide surface extending transversely with respect to the first delimiting surface, a second guide rail which extends in the longitudinal direction between a first end and a second end and which has a second delimiting surface, facing the first delimiting surface and extending parallel to the first delimiting surface, and a second guide surface extending transversely with respect to the second delimiting surface in the direction of the first guide rail; and a transporting device configured to move a functional element resting on the first and the second guide surface from the first end of the guide rails in the direction of the second end of the guide rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: ZSK Stickmaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Melanie Hoerr, Michael Metzler, Thomas Wolters, Philipp Scheiner, Rainer Holz
  • Sewing or stitching station and apparatus and method for feeding plate-shaped functional elements to a sewing or stitching machine
    Publication number: 20240044060
    Abstract: An apparatus for feeding plate-shaped functional elements to a sewing or stitching machine comprises a first guide rail which extends in a longitudinal direction between a first end and a second end and which has a first delimiting surface and a first guide surface extending transversely with respect to the first delimiting surface, a second guide rail which extends in the longitudinal direction between a first end and a second end and which has a second delimiting surface, facing the first delimiting surface and extending parallel to the first delimiting surface, and a second guide surface extending transversely with respect to the second delimiting surface in the direction of the first guide rail; and a transporting device configured to move a functional element resting on the first and the second guide surface from the first end of the guide rails in the direction of the second end of the guide rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Melanie Hoerr, Michael Metzler, Thomas Wolters, Philipp Scheiner, Rainer Holz