Patents by Inventor Norbert Karner

Norbert Karner 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).

  • Dryer section in a paper machine
    Patent number: 8118977
    Abstract: An apparatus for handling a moving material web includes: a treatment unit including a rotating conveyor belt which forms a closed loop and carries the material web; a second treatment unit with a second conveyor belt which also forms a closed loop, both treatment units being connected parallel relative to each other; a first switch-over for the transfer of the web from the first to the second conveyor belt; and a second switch-over unit for the transfer of the web from the second to the first conveyor belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Denk, Norbert Karner
  • DRYER SECTION IN A PAPER MACHINE
    Publication number: 20090173468
    Abstract: An apparatus for handling a moving material web includes: a treatment unit including a rotating conveyor belt which forms a closed loop and carries the material web; a second treatment unit with a second conveyor belt which also forms a closed loop, both treatment units being connected parallel relative to each other; a first switch-over for the transfer of the web from the first to the second conveyor belt; and a second switch-over unit for the transfer of the web from the second to the first conveyor belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Wolfgang Denk, Norbert Karner
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND/OR FINISHING A WEB OF FIBROUS MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20080005921
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for producing and/or transforming a web of fibrous material, in particular a paper or cardboard web. Said device includes a heatable and rotatable cylinder, in particular a drying cylinder of a drying section, and a cylinder sleeve which can be impinged from the inside by a heating fluid. In order to improve the heating power below the external surface of the cylinder sleeve, at least one channel is provided in order to guide the heating fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Gruber-Nadlinger, Gunter Halmschlager, Christoph Haase, Herbert Boden, Norbert Karner, Peter Kastner, Gunter Seitlhuber, Gerhard Holtmann, Andreas Figerl, Rainer Kloibhofer, Erich Rollenitz