Patents by Inventor Ursula Rheinganz

Ursula Rheinganz 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).

  • Guide teeth for a rapier picking tape
    Patent number: 5176185
    Abstract: The rapier loom employs a runner on the underside of a picking tape at the rapier head in order to space the picking tape from the guide teeth used to form a slideway for the rapier within a shed of warp yarns. The runner may have a convex shape while the guide teeth have a curvilinear shape to slidingly support the runner. Alternatively, the runner may have a longitudinal groove to receive the guide teeth. A guide bar may also be disposed outside the shed to form a slideway for the runner while also being spaced from the picking tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Sulzer Brothers Limited
    Inventors: Ursula Rheinganz, Remo D'Incau
  • Clamp element for a weft picking element
    Patent number: 5083585
    Abstract: A fork-like clamp element is provided for a weft yarn clamp for use in a rapier loom. The fork-like clamp element includes a clamping tongue, a securing part for securement in a rapier giver or rapier taker and a presser opposite the securing part. The securing part includes a resiliently flexible zone so that upon movement of the presser towards the securing part, the zone is able to yield resiliently and, thus, allow the tongue to move away from an opposite clamp element for release of a weft yarn therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: Sulzer Brothers Limited
    Inventor: Ursula Rheinganz