Patents by Inventor Phillip Hepperle

Phillip Hepperle 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).

  • Warp knitting machine with improved thread feeding apparatus
    Patent number: 3967469
    Abstract: A warp knitting machine includes an improved thread feeding apparatus. The thread feeding apparatus includes a source of weft threads which are drawn through a plurality of flexible tubes and are connected in groups to a plurality of slideable blocks. The blocks are adapted to move sequentially in synchronization with a conventional weft thread transfer chain having standard weft thread pick-up clamps attached thereto. The invention allows a large number of threads to be fed to a conventional warp knitting machine at one time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1976
    Assignee: Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Phillip Hepperle