Patents by Inventor Kurt STROHM

Kurt STROHM 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: 11825853
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suspension unit and a method for taking up and transporting sausage loops with a guide rail and hooks circulating around the guide rail, where the guide rail has an elongate front side and an oppositely disposed rear side. The guide rail is inclined relative to a horizontal plane such that the front side is at a higher level than the rear side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Merk, Manfred Baechtle, Gerhard Schliesser, Robert Winghart, Kurt Strohm, Florian Osswald
  • Patent number: 11528915
    Abstract: A closure module and a method for closing and/or separating filled sausage casings connected via a sausage neck, comprising two stamps movable relative to and towards each other and arranged such that a sausage neck can be placed therebetween, the stamps being capable of clamping the sausage neck in a closed condition, and further comprising a first and a second electrode, through which, in a closed condition of the stamps, a current can flow from the first electrode into the sausage neck and via the sausage neck into the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kurt Strohm, Gerhard Schliesser, Manfred Baechtle, Robert Winghart, Florian Osswald, Jochen Merk
  • Patent number: 11330823
    Abstract: A closure module and a method for closing and/or separating filled sausage casings connected via a sausage neck, comprising, in at least one example, a first electrode and a second electrode located opposite the first one, the electrodes being arranged such that a sausage neck can be placed therebetween and being adapted to be moved relative to each other and towards the sausage neck to such an extent that a current can flow from the first electrode into the sausage neck and via the sausage neck into the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kurt Strohm, Gerhard Schliesser, Manfred Baechtle, Robert Winghart, Florian Osswald, Jochen Merk
  • Patent number: 11311018
    Abstract: A method and a device for separating shirred casing sticks, where a row R1 with a first number of consecutively disposed shined casing sticks in a shined casing stick storage is pushed in a first stroke cycle by a pusher along a sloped plane in the direction of a separation edge and one after the other over the separation edge and, once the last shined casing stick of the row has been pushed over the separation edge, the pusher moves back along the sloped plane and takes a row R2 with a second number of consecutively disposed shined casing sticks and pushes them in a further stroke cycle in the direction towards the separation edge, characterized in that a control device determines the filling level of shined casing sticks in the shined casing stick storage from the number of shined casing sticks pushed over the separation edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Baechtle, Kurt Strohm, Jochen Merk, Klaus Schmid, Andreas Betz, Gerhard Schliesser
  • Publication number: 20210352921
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suspension unit and a method for taking up and transporting sausage loops with a guide rail and hooks circulating around the guide rail, where the guide rail has an elongate front side and an oppositely disposed rear side. The guide rail is inclined relative to a horizontal plane such that the front side is at a higher level than the rear side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jochen MERK, Manfred BAECHTLE, Gerhard SCHLIESSER, Robert WINGHART, Kurt STROHM, Florian OSSWALD
  • Patent number: 11109597
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suspension unit and a method for taking up and transporting sausage loops with a guide rail and hooks circulating around the guide rail, where the guide rail has an elongate front side and an oppositely disposed rear side. The guide rail is inclined relative to a horizontal plane such that the front side is at a higher level than the rear side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Merk, Manfred Baechtle, Gerhard Schliesser, Robert Winghart, Kurt Strohm, Florian Osswald
  • Publication number: 20210022353
    Abstract: A method and a device for separating shirred casing sticks, where a row R1 with a first number of consecutively disposed shined casing sticks in a shined casing stick storage is pushed in a first stroke cycle by a pusher along a sloped plane in the direction of a separation edge and one after the other over the separation edge and, once the last shined casing stick of the row has been pushed over the separation edge, the pusher moves back along the sloped plane and takes a row R2 with a second number of consecutively disposed shined casing sticks and pushes them in a further stroke cycle in the direction towards the separation edge, characterized in that a control device determines the filling level of shined casing sticks in the shined casing stick storage from the number of shined casing sticks pushed over the separation edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Manfred BAECHTLE, Kurt STROHM, Jochen MERK, Klaus SCHMID, Andreas BETZ, Gerhard SCHLIESSER
  • Patent number: 10888097
    Abstract: A filling machine includes a suspension device, and is operable to suspend sausages, in particular sausage chains, with a plurality of circulating suspension hooks. The suspension device includes an integrated weighing unit for weighing at least one sausage or at least one sausage chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Florian Osswald, Robert Winghart, Klaus Schmid, Kurt Strohm, Jochen Merk, Gerhard Schliesser
  • Publication number: 20200000107
    Abstract: A closure module and a method for closing and/or separating filled sausage casings connected via a sausage neck, comprising, in at least one example, a first electrode and a second electrode located opposite the first one, the electrodes being arranged such that a sausage neck can be placed therebetween and being adapted to be moved relative to each other and towards the sausage neck to such an extent that a current can flow from the first electrode into the sausage neck and via the sausage neck into the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kurt STROHM, Gerhard SCHLIESSER, Manfred BAECHTLE, Robert WINGHART, Florian OSSWALD, Jochen MERK
  • Publication number: 20200000108
    Abstract: A closure module and a method for closing and/or separating filled sausage casings connected via a sausage neck, comprising two stamps movable relative to and towards each other and arranged such that a sausage neck can be placed therebetween, the stamps being capable of clamping the sausage neck in a closed condition, and further comprising a first and a second electrode, through which, in a closed condition of the stamps, a current can flow from the first electrode into the sausage neck and via the sausage neck into the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kurt STROHM, Gerhard SCHLIESSER, Manfred BAECHTLE, Robert WINGHART, Florian OSSWALD, Jochen MERK
  • Publication number: 20190248519
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the production of foods, in particular, a stuffing machine for the production of sausages, with a load circuit that generates a leakage current IA and with a filter, a frequency converter, a motor cable and a motor. The apparatus comprises a leakage current compensator with a device for detecting a leakage current and a device for generating a compensation current that is directed opposite to the leakage current and is superimposed with the leakage current, such that the leakage current is reduced, is in particular substantially eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Kurt STROHM, Daniel BETTINGER, Wolfgang SCHRADER
  • Publication number: 20190000093
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suspension unit and a method for taking up and transporting sausage loops with a guide rail and hooks circulating around the guide rail, where the guide rail has an elongate front side and an oppositely disposed rear side. The guide rail is inclined relative to a horizontal plane such that the front side is at a higher level than the rear side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Jochen MERK, Manfred BAECHTLE, Gerhard SCHLIESSER, Robert WINGHART, Kurt STROHM, Florian OSSWALD
  • Publication number: 20180125081
    Abstract: A filling machine includes a suspension device, and is operable to suspend sausages, in particular sausage chains, with a plurality of circulating suspension hooks. The suspension device includes an integrated weighing unit for weighing at least one sausage or at least one sausage chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Florian OSSWALD, Robert WINGHART, Klaus SCHMID, Kurt STROHM, Jochen MERK, Gerhard SCHLIESSER