Patents by Inventor Elmar Zeidler

Elmar Zeidler 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).

  • Contact-free plate conveyor
    Patent number: 7108123
    Abstract: In a contact-free plate conveyor including an arrangement of nozzles each having a cup-like shape widening to a planar rim thereof, air under pressure is supplied to the nozzles such that an air flow is generated toward and through a gap formed between the rims of the cups at high speed which generates a vacuum between the cup rims and the plate so as to hold the plate at a predetermined distance from the nozzle arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Grenzebach Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Elmar Zeidler, Donald T. Vassel
  • Contact-free plate conveyor
    Publication number: 20050214078
    Abstract: In a contact-free plate conveyor including an arrangement of nozzles each having a cup-like shape widening to a planar rim thereof, means are provided for supplying air under pressure to the nozzles such that the air flow toward and through a gap formed between the rims of the cups at high speed generates a vacuum between the cup rims and the plate so as to hold the plate at a predetermined distance from the nozzle arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Elmar Zeidler, Donald Vassel