Patents by Inventor Carsten Runge

Carsten Runge 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).

  • Apparatus for Joining Veneers
    Publication number: 20080041530
    Abstract: The invention relates to a veneer joining apparatus having at least one slide bar along which the veneer pieces to be glued are guided, wherein a heating element is assigned to the slide bar. In order to enhance the known veneer joining apparatus, the invention provides that the heating element is integrated into the slide bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: HEINRICH KUPER GMBH & CO., KG
    Inventor: Carsten Runge
  • Method and apparatus for transversally gluing veneer strips
    Patent number: 6752887
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus is provided for the transverse gluing of veneer strips to obtain a butt-glued veneer carpet. A first sensor unit and a second sensor unit are provided for aligning a front edge and a rear edge, respectively, of a veneer strip and the veneer carpet, respectively, by use of a plurality of transportation belts, respectively, in such a manner that the edge is exactly positioned within a center line of a heating zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Heinrich Kuper GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Carsten Runge, Michael von Mutius
  • Method and device for transversally gluing veneer strips
    Publication number: 20020157757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the transverse gluing of veneer strips 1 to obtain a butt-glued veneer carpet 2. According to the invention a first sensor unit 4 and a second sensor unit 7 are provided for aligning a front edge and a rear edge 5, respectively, of a veneer strip 1 and the veneer carpet 2, respectively, by means of a plurality of transportation belts 8 to 11 and 12 to 17, respectively, in such a manner that said edge is exactly positioned within a center line of a heating zone 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Carsten Runge, Michael von Mutius
  • Method and apparatus for sorting veneer carpets
    Publication number: 20020062215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for sorting veneer carpets, wherein the veneer carpets are classified into various classes according to predetermined criteria, such as size, appearance, quality, etc., and the chosen class is input via speech recognition which the operator informs about the chosen classification of the respective veneer carpet via audio signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventor: Carsten Runge