Patents by Inventor Lutz Guenter

Lutz Guenter 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).

  • Device and method for supplying ground or cut tobacco material to a portioning device
    Patent number: 9185934
    Abstract: A device of the tobacco processing industry and method for supplying ground or cut tobacco material having at least 35% moisture content. The device includes a conveyor, a portioner, and a homogenizer device including a needle roller and a picker roller. The needle roller is located downstream, relative to a tobacco conveying direction, of the conveyor and is structured and arranged to receive tobacco material from the conveyor, and the picker roller is structured and arranged to expel tobacco material out of the needle roller in a direction of the portioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: HAUNI MASCHINENBAU AG
    Inventors: Lutz Guenter, Joern Punzius, Joerg Wittek, Andreas Panz, Christofer Overbeck
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING GROUND OR CUT TOBACCO MATERIAL TO A PORTIONING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110284016
    Abstract: A device of the tobacco processing industry and method for supplying ground or cut tobacco material having at least 35% moisture content. The device includes a conveyor, a portioner, and a homogenizer device including a needle roller and a picker roller. The needle roller is located downstream, relative to a tobacco conveying direction, of the conveyor and is structured and arranged to receive tobacco material from the conveyor, and the picker roller is structured and arranged to expel tobacco material out of the needle roller in a direction of the portioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: HAUNI MASCHINENBAU AG
    Inventors: Lutz Günter, Jörn PUNZIUS, Jörg WITTEK, Andreas PANZ, Christofer OVERBECK