Patents by Inventor Dirk Zenzen

Dirk Zenzen 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).

  • Patent number: 10067003
    Abstract: A method and a device determine a surface temperature of an inductively heated roller shell. A current is induced in the roller shell by an induction coil. An actual value of the surface temperature is determined from at least one measured parameter of an electrical circuit of the induction coil by means of stored data. In order to be able to determine shell temperatures of the roller shell that are as exact as possible without large dispersion, the induction coil is connected to a capacitor in the electrical circuit in order to form an oscillating circuit, wherein the oscillating circuit is operated at an alternating-voltage frequency in the range of 3000 Hz to 30,000 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Dirk Zenzen
  • Publication number: 20160169751
    Abstract: A method and a device determine a surface temperature of an inductively heated roller shell. A current is induced in the roller shell by an induction coil. An actual value of the surface temperature is determined from at least one measured parameter of an electrical circuit of the induction coil by means of stored data. In order to be able to determine shell temperatures of the roller shell that are as exact as possible without large dispersion, the induction coil is connected to a capacitor in the electrical circuit in order to form an oscillating circuit, wherein the oscillating circuit is operated at an alternating-voltage frequency in the range of 3000 Hz to 30,000 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Dirk ZENZEN
  • Patent number: 8881497
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for removing and drawing a synthetic thread to form a fully drawn yarn. The thread is formed by joining a plurality of extruded filaments and is guided by contact on the circumference of heated guide jackets of several driven galette pairs. In order to obtain a gentle and highly homogenized treatment of the filaments, the thread is guided in an S-shaped or Z-shaped thread course by a first galette pair having two guide jackets driven in opposite directions during the removal from a spinning zone and before the drawing. Thus, both sides of the thread can be brought directly into circumferential contact with the guide jackets for in order to heat the thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Dirk Zenzen
  • Publication number: 20120180450
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for removing and drawing a synthetic thread to form a fully drawn yarn. The thread is formed by joining a plurality of extruded filaments and is guided by contact on the circumference of heated guide jackets of several driven galette pairs. In order to obtain a gentle and highly homogenized treatment of the filaments, the thread is guided in an S-shaped or Z-shaped thread course by a first galette pair having two guide jackets driven in opposite directions during the removal from a spinning zone and before the drawing. Thus, both sides of the thread can be brought directly into circumferential contact with the guide jackets for in order to heat the thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: OERLIKON TEXTILE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Dirk Zenzen