Patents by Inventor Claudio Hofer

Claudio Hofer 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).

  • Publication number: 20230072100
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement having a rod seal for sealing a cavity for a flowable medium in the region of a rod includes an output apparatus for discharging the flowable medium. The rod is movably supported in a housing to be displaced in an axial direction. The housing has a bearing portion, wherein the rod seal is supported in a fixed manner and wherein the rod extends through the bearing portion and the rod seal so that a first rod portion and a second rod portion are arranged at different sides of the bearing portion. The first rod portion is located at a side facing the cavity and the second rod portion is located at a side facing away from the cavity. The rod seal is arranged at the side of the bearing portion facing the first rod portion and has a first sealing lip and a second sealing lip that are spaced apart from each other in the axial direction and circumferentially contact the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: ROBATECH AG
    Inventors: Thomas Burger, Beatus Ineichen, Claudio Hofer
  • Patent number: 11273461
    Abstract: A device for intermittently applying a flowable substance to a substrate includes an applicator nozzle for applying the flowable substance to the substrate, a tank for holding the flowable substance, a pump for delivering the substance, wherein the pump is actively connected to the tank, and further including an actuator actively connected to the pump and transferred into two positions, in a first position the actuator conducts the substance to the applicator nozzle, and in a second position the actuator blocks the feed to the applicator nozzle, and further including a control device for activating the actuator and for regulating the speed of the pump. A method for applying the substance using the device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: ROBATECH AG
    Inventors: Micha Schären, Claudio Hofer, Hanspeter Felix
  • Patent number: 11071997
    Abstract: A device for applying a flowable substance to at least one substrate includes an applicator nozzle in the form of a slotted nozzle which has a stationary nozzle body with an inlet opening, a flow duct, and a nozzle slot, wherein the flowable substance is delivered through the applicator nozzle and passes from the inlet opening into the flow duct and from there to the nozzle slot, and is discharged through an outlet opening of the nozzle slot that is arranged in an outer region of the nozzle body, wherein the applicator nozzle further has a slide valve movable relative to the nozzle body in the longitudinal extent of the outlet opening and contacts the outer region of the nozzle body for modifying the covering of the outlet opening. The longitudinal extent of the flow duct is at least as great as the longitudinal extent of the nozzle slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: ROBATECH AG
    Inventors: Micha Schären, Claudio Hofer, Thomas Burger
  • Publication number: 20190299241
    Abstract: A device for applying a flowable substance to at least one substrate includes an applicator nozzle in the form of a slotted nozzle which has a stationary nozzle body with an inlet opening, a flow duct, and a nozzle slot, wherein the flowable substance is delivered through the applicator nozzle and passes from the inlet opening into the flow duct and from there to the nozzle slot, and is discharged through an outlet opening of the nozzle slot that is arranged in an outer region of the nozzle body, wherein the applicator nozzle further has a slide valve movable relative to the nozzle body in the longitudinal extent of the outlet opening by means of actuating means and contacts the outer region for modifying the covering of the outlet opening. The longitudinal extent of the flow duct is at least as great as the longitudinal extent of the nozzle slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Robatech AG
    Inventors: Micha Schären, Claudio Hofer, Thomas Burger
  • Publication number: 20190299237
    Abstract: A device for intermittently applying a flowable substance to a substrate includes an applicator nozzle for applying the flowable substance to the substrate, a tank for holding the flowable substance, a pump for delivering the substance, and a drive means, wherein the pump is actively connected to the tank and driven by drive means, and further including an actuator actively connected to the pump and transferred into two positions, in a first position the actuator conducts the substance to the applicator nozzle, and in a second position blocks the feed to the applicator nozzle, and further including a control device for activating the actuator and for regulating the speed of the drive means of the pump. A method for applying the substance using the device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Robatech AG
    Inventors: Micha Schären, Claudio Hofer, Hanspeter Felix
  • Patent number: 9598262
    Abstract: A method for adapting a travel end position of a changing movement of a thread to a flange spool includes means of which the thread is moved back and forth during a spooling operation along a rotation axis of the flange spool relative to the flange spool by means of a changing thread guide. The flange-side travel end position can be moved away from the flange of the flange spool in an axial direction when the thread tension decreases when the thread is moved away from the flange-side travel end position. Also, the flange-side travel end position can be moved by means of the changing thread guide in an axial direction towards a flange of the flange spool when the thread tension increases when the thread is moved away from the flange-side travel end position. Included is a spooling device for carrying out the disclosed method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG
    Inventors: René Henke, Claudio Hofer, André Wandeler
  • Publication number: 20150151946
    Abstract: A method for adapting a travel end position of a changing movement of a thread to a flange spool includes means of which the thread is moved back and forth during a spooling operation along a rotation axis of the flange spool relative to the flange spool by means of a changing thread guide. The flange-side travel end position can be moved away from the flange of the flange spool in an axial direction when the thread tension decreases when the thread is moved away from the flange-side travel end position. Also, the flange-side travel end position can be moved by means of the changing thread guide in an axial direction towards a flange of the flange spool when the thread tension increases when the thread is moved away from the flange-side travel end position. Included is a spooling device for carrying out the disclosed method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: René Henke, Claudio Hofer, André Wandeler