Patents by Inventor Michael von Mutius

Michael von Mutius 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).

  • Method and apparatus for transversally gluing veneer strips
    Patent number: 6752887
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus is provided for the transverse gluing of veneer strips to obtain a butt-glued veneer carpet. A first sensor unit and a second sensor unit are provided for aligning a front edge and a rear edge, respectively, of a veneer strip and the veneer carpet, respectively, by use of a plurality of transportation belts, respectively, in such a manner that the edge is exactly positioned within a center line of a heating zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Heinrich Kuper GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Carsten Runge, Michael von Mutius
  • Method and device for transversally gluing veneer strips
    Publication number: 20020157757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the transverse gluing of veneer strips 1 to obtain a butt-glued veneer carpet 2. According to the invention a first sensor unit 4 and a second sensor unit 7 are provided for aligning a front edge and a rear edge 5, respectively, of a veneer strip 1 and the veneer carpet 2, respectively, by means of a plurality of transportation belts 8 to 11 and 12 to 17, respectively, in such a manner that said edge is exactly positioned within a center line of a heating zone 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Carsten Runge, Michael von Mutius