Patents by Inventor Theo Krauss

Theo Krauss 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).

  • Apparatus for smoothing and drying damp laundry
    Patent number: 4454668
    Abstract: An apparatus for ironing laundry which comprises a heated, rotatable cylinder for pre-drying laundry to be ironed which is situated in an enclosed area to conserve heat. Laundry is directed around this pre-drying cylinder by a complementary pair of guiding conveyor belts and is then transferred to at least one cylinder and corresponding mangle trough for ironing. Laundry is directed through the mangle troughs and cylinders by means of an additional guiding belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1984
    Assignee: VEB Kombinat Textima
    Inventors: Theo Krauss, Ludwig Herrmann, Siegfried Minde
  • Laundry mangle with roll covering reel
    Patent number: 4434566
    Abstract: A smoothing and drying apparatus comprising at least one mangle cylinder and corresponding trough. Laundry to be smoothed and dried is passed between the mangle cylinder and trough by a guiding belt which is recycled at least one shifting roller placed above the mangle cylinder and trough. Each mangle cylinder has a covering which is wound or unwound around the mangle cylinder by a device situated above the mangle cylinder and below the portions of the guiding belt passing around the shifting roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1984
    Assignee: VEB Kombinat Textima
    Inventors: Theo Krauss, Ludwig Herrmann, Konrad Berger