Patents by Inventor Fernand Schmitz

Fernand Schmitz 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: 4845970
    Abstract: Two rolls are supported laterally in bearings in two pairs of side-by-side members with the members being supported by a frame. Adjustment of synchronization and registration is accomplished by adjusting the relative positions of the side-by-side members in or against the rolling direction. The relative positions of the rolls can be adjusted by use of notches engraved in the ends of the rolls; and can be continuously monitored with the aid of a stroboscope light. Magnetic signal devices and other sensors are also suitable for monitoring. Continuous adjustment of roll position is accomplished through low-pitch screws or through hydraulic or electric positioning motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Arbed S.A.
    Inventor: Fernand Schmitz
  • Patent number: 4279139
    Abstract: A method of rolling angle structural shapes in which a bar of rectangular ofile is rolled in a first step to form a blank having a rounded convex protuberance on one side and a flat opposite side. In at least one subsequent state, the blank is rolled to transform the protuberance or hump into a triangular protuberance or ridge with flanks lying substantially at a right angle, whereupon the blank is bent, after rounding the edges of the flat surface, to form the angle profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1981
    Assignee: ARBED Acieries Reunies de Burbach-Eich-Dudelange, Societe Anonyme
    Inventor: Fernand Schmitz
  • Patent number: 4276763
    Abstract: A method of rolling angular structural shapes with flanges of equal width, specially from steel, in which a substantially round bar or billet is rolled in a first pass to a generally flat intermediate shape having a planar side and a side formed centrally with an upstanding triangular cross-section protuberance. Thereafter, in one or more passes, preferably no more than three passes, the blank is rolled to the angular profile in which the vertex is formed by the protuberance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1981
    Assignee: ARBED, Acieries Reunies de Burbach-Eich-Dudelange, Societe Anonyme
    Inventor: Fernand Schmitz