Patents by Inventor Manfred Tews

Manfred Tews 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: 6897659
    Abstract: A device for testing the quality of rope-like materials in the form of yarns, rollings, fiber bands and the like employs a microwave resonator and devices for determining the displacement of the resonant frequency and the widening of the resonance curve due to the rope-like material present in the microwave resonator. Mechanical devices are provided for transporting the rope-like materials through the measuring volume of the microwave resonator. The microwave field is homogeneous in the measuring volume and the measuring device is a microwave generator constructed for measuring the mass per length and the moisture of the rope-like materials. Sensitivity of the device is improved by using metallic elements to concentrate the electromagnetic field in the measuring volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: TEWS Elektronik
    Inventors: Rainer Herrmann, Manfred Tews, Udo Schlemm
  • Patent number: 6837122
    Abstract: The device for measuring the mass and/or the moisture of a material running through a spinning preparation machine is distinguished in that it has a microwave resonator (15, 18) and associated adapted measurement electronics. The method for measuring the mass and/or the moisture of a material running through a spinning preparation machine is distinguished in that the measurement is carried out with the aid of microwaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: TEWS Elektronik
    Inventors: Rainer Herrmann, Manfred Tews, Udo Schlemm
  • Publication number: 20040017207
    Abstract: The device for testing the quality of rope-like materials in the form of yarns, rollings, fiber bands and the like by means of a measuring device which has a microwave resonator and devices for determining the displacement of the resonant frequency and the widening of the resonance curve due to the rope-like material and mechanical devices for transporting the rope-like materials through the measuring volume of the microwave resonator is distinguished by the fact that the microwave field is homogeneous in the measuring volume and that the measuring device is a microwave generator which is constructed for measuring the mass per length and the moisture of the rope-like materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Rainer Herrmann, Manfred Tews, Udo Schlemm
  • Publication number: 20030097830
    Abstract: The device for measuring the mass and/or the moisture of a material running through a spinning preparation machine is distinguished in that it has a microwave resonator (15, 18) and associated adapted measurement electronics. The method for measuring the mass and/or the moisture of a material running through a spinning preparation machine is distinguished in that the measurement is carried out with the aid of microwaves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: TEWS Elektronik
    Inventors: Rainer Herrmann, Manfred Tews, Udo Schlemm
  • Patent number: 5397993
    Abstract: A process and a device for determining the moisture content of the material of a test object using microwaves. The properties of a resonator such as resonance frequency, resonance half-width value and amplitude of the resonance can be measured using a digitally tunable quartz-stable PLL-controlled microwave generator. By special processing of the variations in the results due to detuning of the resonator when it is being filled with a product, the moisture content of the material in the product can be measured exactly, independently of the density of the material and largely independently of the type of material and of changes in additives. The same measurement equipment can be used, without any rearrangement of the hardware, both in the ppm range and up to moisture contents greater than 80%. In addition, there are no special requirements concerning the shape of the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Inventors: Manfred Tews, Jan Sikora, Rainer Herrmann