Thread brake

US5343983A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Memminger-IRO GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Atila J. Horvath · Freudenstadt, DE
• Hermann Schmodde · Dornstetten, DE
• Josef Fecker · Bisingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 1992
• Grant date: Sep 6, 1994
• Expiry date: Sep 30, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2701/31
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A thread brake with two disc shaped or plate shaped brake elements resiliently pressed against each other operates with an associated oscillation generating device to set the brake elements in oscillatory motions which are preferably oriented transversely to the bearing axis of the brake elements.