Patents by Inventor Rudolf Wieland

Rudolf Wieland 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).

  • Means for manipulating a drafting roller carrier of a textile machine
    Patent number: 5035027
    Abstract: An apparatus for manipulating the drafting roller carrier of a textile machine includes a handle for selectively maintaining the drafting roller carrier in an operative position in which the upper drafting rollers on the carrier are in nip engagement with the lower drafting rollers. The apparatus additionally includes an assembly for interconnecting the handle and the carrier for selected coordinated movement of the carrier and the handle upon manipulation of the handle between a handle operating position and a raised position. An operating stop device and a raised position stop device each include a concave surface and the handle includes a nesting member compatibly configured with the concave surfces to nest therein to prevent movement of the carrier from its respective operating or raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignees: Zinser Textilmaschinen GmbH, Spindelfabrik Susen, Schurr, Stahlecker & Grill
    Inventors: Gerhard Grau, Rudolf Wieland
  • Flat-bed knitting machine
    Patent number: D311745
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: H. Stoll GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Rudolf Wieland