US Patent Issued to Maschinenfabrik Rieter on May 13 for "Spring element for upper nipper of a combing machine" (Swiss, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,566, issued on May 13, was assigned to Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG (Winterthur, Switzerland).

"Spring element for upper nipper of a combing machine" was invented by Bodo Lindinger (Zimmern, Germany) and Ueli Stutz (Winterthur, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spring element for an upper nipper of a combing machine has a first element with a through opening arranged transversely to a longitudinal axis. A second element has an internal thread for fastening a shaft adapter, and a guide opening with an opening width as well as a passage opening arranged in the longitudinal axis on a side of the guide opening facing away from th...