Patents by Inventor Ingomar J. K. Summerauer

Ingomar J. K. Summerauer 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).

  • Process for loading a processing machine having a fine centering step and apparatus for this purpose
    Patent number: 5482225
    Abstract: An unwinding station in which a coil of band-like material is unwound with a vertical axis, i.e. lying in a horizontal plane, is provided for loading a processing machine with the band-like material from the coil. Consequently, the band taken off from it is in a vertical plane and, for insertion into a processing machine, must be turned in a turning zone. A centering device is provided for centering the band with respect to the central axis of the processing machine, in order to avoid internal stresses in the band before the band is turned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Bruderer AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hartwig, Georg Laager, Ingomar J. K. Summerauer
  • Tool assembly for a punch press having a laser welding apparatus
    Patent number: 5468931
    Abstract: The supporting block for the focusing device of a laser welding apparatus is mounted onto the working surface of the body of the lower tool. The cutting edge of the die set into the body of the lower tool is aligned with the working surface. For a resharpening of the cutting edge the working surface is reground and accordingly also the area, on which the supporting block rests. Conclusively, no readjusting of the focusing device relative to the welding point at the die is necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Bruderer AG
    Inventors: Ingomar J. K. Summerauer, Waldemar Hellwig
  • Process and apparatus for controlling the loading of a processing machine with band-like material
    Patent number: 5456098
    Abstract: For loading a processing machine with band-like material from a coil, a rotatable support, on which the coil rests with its axis substantially vertical, is driven by a motor. Since the circumference of the coil decreases during unwinding, a sensor is provided for controlling the motor to maintain a desired constant band speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Bruderer AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hartwig, Ingomar J. K. Summerauer
  • Method for storing coils of wound band-like blank material and for charging a processing machine, and an installation for this purpose
    Patent number: 4863112
    Abstract: Coils (C) containing band-like blank material are stored in a magazine station (M) in a horizontal position, i.e. with the axis vertical. They rest on a level underlay, together with which they can be gripped, still in the horizontal position, and fed to an unwinding station (H), where, together with the underlay, they can be placed horizontally and unwound, in order to feed the band-like blank material to a processing station (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Bruderer AG
    Inventors: Ingomar J. K. Summerauer, Oskar Eigenmann