Patents by Inventor Winfried Kapitel

Winfried Kapitel 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).

  • Flat knitting machine
    Patent number: 6170300
    Abstract: A flat knitting machine has a needle bed support, a machine base, the needle bed support and the machine base being formed as a single assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: H. Stoll GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Franz Schmid, Winfried Kapitel
  • Draw-off mechanism for a flat bar knitting machine
    Patent number: 5369967
    Abstract: The draw-off mechanism for a flat bar knitting machine having needle beds includes a pair of driven feed rollers arranged axially parallel to each other and located adjacent to the needle beds under a gap between the needle beds; a pair of pivoting levers, each pivoting lever being two-armed and having a feed roller mounted at one end thereof and an adjustable stop device for setting a minimum spacing between the feed rollers located at another end of each pivoting lever remote from the feed rollers; and a device for adjusting an initial tension on at least one of the pivoting levers to urge the pivoting levers closer together, so that the driven feed rollers can cooperate with each other and act on a workpiece running between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: H. Stoll GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Franz Schmid, Winfried Kapitel