Patents by Inventor Armin Hoppe

Armin Hoppe 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).

  • Tail station for a scraper chain conveyor and chain wheel assembly therefor
    Patent number: 8490779
    Abstract: A tail station for a scraper chain conveyor, in particular a transfer conveyor, including a machine frame having bearing holders, which are open at the margins, for a demountable chain wheel assembly, including a chain wheel assembly having a chain wheel shaft, a reversing chain wheel and bearing shells for the rotatable mounting of the chain wheel shaft, and having a deflector element assigned to the reversing chain wheel, the bearing holders being configured on cantilever arms connected to the machine frame and are upwardly open, wherein the chain wheel assembly is provided on the bearing shells with bearing blocks, which can be inserted with horizontal motional play into the bearing holders and are horizontally displaceable in the bearing holders between a removal position and a locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Bucyrus Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schurer, Armin Hoppe, Robert Voigt
  • TAIL STATION FOR A SCRAPER CHAIN CONVEYOR AND CHAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20120138431
    Abstract: A tail station for a scraper chain conveyor, in particular a transfer conveyor, including a machine frame having bearing holders, which are open at the margins, for a demountable chain wheel assembly, including a chain wheel assembly having a chain wheel shaft, a reversing chain wheel and bearing shells for the rotatable mounting of the chain wheel shaft, and having a deflector element assigned to the reversing chain wheel, the bearing holders being configured on cantilever arms connected to the machine frame and are upwardly open, wherein the chain wheel assembly is provided on the bearing shells with bearing blocks, which can be inserted with horizontal motional play into the bearing holders and are horizontally displaceable in the bearing holders between a removal position and a locking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: BUCYRUS EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schurer, Armin Hoppe, Robert Voigt