Patents by Inventor Franz Kowal

Franz Kowal 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).

  • Managing panel-like workpieces and products
    Patent number: 10207308
    Abstract: A machine arrangement for processing panel-like workpieces includes a processing station for processing a workpiece to produce a processing product, a workpiece support for supporting the workpiece during the workpiece processing and the processing product after the workpiece processing, the workpiece support including an unloading-side support part and a further support part that are arranged laterally side-by-side and substantially flush with one another in a horizontal direction at their upper sides at a common level, a movement device to which the workpiece and the processing product can be attached in a detachable manner and by which the workpiece attached to the movement device and the processing product attached to the movement device can be moved over the workpiece support, and a handling device for unloading the processing product from the workpiece support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: TRUMPF Sachsen GmbH
    Inventor: Franz Kowal
  • MANAGING PANEL-LIKE WORKPIECES AND PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20160303638
    Abstract: A machine arrangement for processing panel-like workpieces includes a processing station for processing a workpiece to produce a processing product, a workpiece support for supporting the workpiece during the workpiece processing and the processing product after the workpiece processing, the workpiece support including an unloading-side support part and a further support part that are arranged laterally side-by-side and substantially flush with one another in a horizontal direction at their upper sides at a common level, a movement device to which the workpiece and the processing product can be attached in a detachable manner and by which the workpiece attached to the movement device and the processing product attached to the movement device can be moved over the workpiece support, and a handling device for unloading the processing product from the workpiece support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Franz Kowal