Patents by Inventor Helmut Faix

Helmut Faix 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: 7846300
    Abstract: This invention relates to a rail for the compliant supporting of a mesh in the region of a double mesh zone of a double mesh section of a machine for producing a fibrous web, including a movable head rail, a movable bearer rail, a fixed guide rail, a compliant pressing apparatus, and a compliant return apparatus for moving the movable bearer rail together with the movable head rail from the operating position to the resting position and for holding the two rails in the resting position. The compliant return apparatus has, spread over the length of the movable bearer rail, several movable return hoops which at the one end can be made to engage at least temporarily with the movable bearer rail and at the other end can be loaded at least temporarily by at least one return element respectively arranged between the fixed guide rail and the movable return hoop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Faix, Peter Martin
  • Publication number: 20080283209
    Abstract: This invention relates to a rail for the compliant supporting of a mesh in the region of a double mesh zone of a double mesh section of a machine for producing a fibrous web, including a movable head rail, which extends transverse to the running direction of the mesh and over which the mesh slides at least in some regions during operation of the machine, a movable bearer rail, which is rigidly connected to the movable head rail and extends likewise transverse to the running direction of the mesh and is guided in a fixed structure, a fixed guide rail, which is rigidly arranged in the fixed structure and extends in turn transverse to the running direction of the mesh, a compliant pressing apparatus, which is arranged between the movable bearer rail and the fixed guide rail in order to move the movable bearer rail together with the moveable head rail between a resting position and an operating position in which the movable head rail can be pressed with a selectable force onto the mesh, and a compliant return app
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Helmut Faix, Peter Martin