Patents by Inventor Peter Busenhart

Peter Busenhart 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: 10569280
    Abstract: Roller pairs for processing a product, containing two grinding rollers, wherein at least one roller contains at least one sensor for obtaining measured values that characterize a state of at least one of the rollers, in particular a state of a circumferential surface. The sensor has a data connection to a data transmitter designed to transmit the measured values to a data receiver in an contact-free manner. Additionally, a measuring device for insertion into a receiving opening of a roller body of a roller of a roller pair, a product-processing installation, in particular a grinding installation containing at least one roller pair, a method of operating a product-processing installation, and a method of converting and/or upgrading at least one roller body are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: BÜHLER AG
    Inventors: Peter Busenhart, Jason Burwell, Mukul Agarwal, Emanuel Reiter
  • Publication number: 20160107162
    Abstract: Roller pairs (1, 1?) for processing a product, containing two grinding rollers (1; 1?), wherein at least one roller (1; 1?) contains at least one sensor (2; 2?) for obtaining measured values that characterize a state of at least one of the rollers (1; 1?), in particular a state of a circumferential surface (3, 3?). The sensor (2; 2?) has a data connection to a data transmitter (4; 4?) designed to transmit the measured values to a data receiver (5; 5?) in an contact-free manner. The invention also relates to a measuring device (12?) for insertion into a receiving opening (11?) of a roller body (10?) of a roller of a roller pair, a product-processing installation, in particular a grinding installation (18; 18?) containing at least one roller pair (1, 1?), a method of operating a product-processing installation, and a method of converting and/or upgrading at least one roller body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Peter BUSENHART, Jason BURWELL, Mukul AGARWAL, Emanuel REITER
  • Publication number: 20060048900
    Abstract: In the device (1) for connecting two-dimensional materials (51, 52), a first material web (51) is coated with a hot-melt mass in a hot-melt mass deposition station. The first material web (51) is subsequently contacted with a second material web (52). The contact between the two material webs (52) is fixed in a belt press (30). Thus the processing of combinations of materials and adhesives which until now were not or hardly considered at all become possible. The material webs (51, 52) are treated in a gentle manner. An improved connection quality at a higher processing speed is achieved. A greater field of application becomes accessible in that the processing window is extended with regard to the parameters of pressure time and temperatures is extended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Christian Welter, Peter Busenhart
  • Patent number: 6743077
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wide-wheel grinding machine having at least one grinding head attached to a machine frame by a cross arm and having a drive motor for the grinding head which is mounted at one end of the cross arm. The machine is made of non-metal castings and damps both the drive and grinding vibrations from the grinding head as close to the source as possible. Multi-head machines are assembled in accordance with the number of grinding heads on the basis of frame modules which are similar in shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Steinemann Technology AG
    Inventor: Peter Busenhart
  • Publication number: 20040023604
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wide-wheel grinding machine having at least one grinding head attached to a machine frame by a cross arm and having a drive motor for the grinding head which is mounted at one end of the cross arm. The machine is made of non-metal castings and damps both the drive and grinding vibrations from the grinding head as close to the source as possible. Multi-head machines are assembled in accordance with the number of grinding heads on the basis of frame modules which are similar in shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: Steinemann Technology AG
    Inventor: Peter Busenhart
  • Patent number: 6663473
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wide-wheel grinding machine having at least one grinding head attached to a machine frame by a cross arm and having a drive motor for the grinding head which is mounted at one end of the cross arm. The machine is made of non-metal castings and damps both the drive and grinding vibrations from the grinding head as close to the source as possible. Multi-head machines are assembled in accordance with the number of grinding heads on the basis of frame modules which are similar in shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Steinemann Technology AG
    Inventor: Peter Busenhart
  • Patent number: 5797551
    Abstract: In a filament spinning and packaging system, a winder is employed to draw filaments from the filament processing operation at a threadline tension level suited to the processing operation. The winder winds the thread into large cylindrical packages. It includes a control system which may be set to control the tension of the thread entering the outer layer of the package to a level suited to the building of a good thread package, while maintaining a different upstream threadline tension suited to the filament processing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Armin Wirz, Peter Busenhart
  • Patent number: 5794868
    Abstract: In an arrangement for spinning endless threads of synthetic filaments an apparatus is provided normally comprising a winder as well as a unit comprising a roll arrangement. Owing to the application of rolls of extended length the design height level of the apparatus above the winder can be reduced substantially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Peter Busenhart, Kurt Wetter, Willi Kretzschmar
  • Patent number: 5732454
    Abstract: An apparatus for stuffer box crimping a synthetic filament thread includes a thread inlet duct for aspiring and guiding synthetic filament threads to a stuffer box. The apparatus includes a flow duct, the thread inlet duct preceding the flow duct, the flow duct and the thread inlet duct having a common longitudinal axis. The apparatus is provided with a nozzle having an outlet opening merging into the flow duct, for supplying a fluid under pressure. The two or more sets of nozzles may be arranged consecutively along the longitudinal axis of the thread inlet duct and the flow duct in a direction of thread transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Peter Busenhart, Jorg Maier, Felix Graf
  • Patent number: 5676323
    Abstract: A textile machine with an apparatus for recognizing and correcting deviations of sequences of movements of an element (31) driven by a driving element (33). A device (51) acquires the arrival time (t.sub.4) of the driven element (31) and corrects the start time (t.sub.1) of the driving element (33) within a predefined time window (t.sub.1u -t.sub.1o) until the arrival time (t.sub.4) of the driven element (31) lies within a predefined time window (t.sub.2u -t.sub.2o) again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Armin Wirz, Arthur Haag, Peter Busenhart, Thomas Gisel
  • Patent number: 5649670
    Abstract: The axle of a chuck for a spooling machine is mounted in a damped manner within a fixed casing. The axle is rotatably supported in bearings which, in turn, are mounted in annular carriers which are spaced from the casing by a small annular gap. The carriers are supported by resilient pins in elements which serve to mount the bearings in place. In addition, a damping liquid, such as oil, is introduced in to the gap between each carrier and the casing to damp oscillations transmitted from the axle. In one embodiment, a hollow ring filled with damping liquid may be used to center the bearing and to damp the oscillations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Rieter Machine Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Armin Wirz, Peter Busenhart
  • Patent number: 5581859
    Abstract: A thread treating nozzle includes two relatively movable parts (10) and (12) which may be brought into mutual contact to define a thread treating passage and which may be moved apart to permit insertion of the thread. The part (12) is an elastic plate (12) supported by a plate mounting structure (120) which includes a housing member (122) containing a pressurizable chamber (200) in which a bridge member (201) is guided freely for movement as a piston by guide walls (206). To prevent the pressure medium contained in the cylinder space from escaping via the clearance between the guide walls (206) and the bridge member (201) a seal (204) is provided. The bridge member (201) includes a base plate (202) contacting the bottom (208) of the seal (204), and bridge members (203) are fitted on plate (202) to bear against the plate (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventor: Peter Busenhart
  • Patent number: 5533686
    Abstract: To determine thread winding parameters for reducing the rate at which deviations from a cylindrical shape are formed in thread packages being wound, thread packages are successively formed by laying thread upon a driven rotary chuck while pressing a driven rotating contact roller against the package in a manner causing a circumferential force to be transmitted therebetween. Each package is inspected for deviations from a cylindrical shape. The generation of slippage is promoted at an interface between the contact roller and package. The amount of promoted slippage is changed between the forming of successive packages to change the rate at which the deformations are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Armin Wirz, Peter Busenhart
  • Patent number: 5318232
    Abstract: A thread winder includes a revolver on which two radially spaced mandrels are disposed for supporting thread-receiving tubes. Thread is wound onto one of the tubes located in a winding position and, when that tube is filled, the thread is transferred to the other, empty tube without interrupting the thread feed, by rotating the revolver. After the filled package is moved out of the winding position, a deflecting rod is swung to deflect the thread to a position where it can be grabbed by a transferring device. Then, the deflecting rod is swung away from the thread, and the transferring device is swung out to displace the thread toward a thread catcher disposed on the empty tube (or its mandrel), whereupon the thread is severed. A thread diverter is also swung out from the transferring device to shield the empty tube from the trailing end of the severed thread extending from the filled package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Peter Busenhart, Ruedi Schneeberger, Kurt Schefer, Beat Horler
  • Patent number: 5102060
    Abstract: A winding machine winds threads upon a package. The machine includes a thread change mechanism for positioning the threads relative to the package. The thread change mechanism includes a thread guide member having first and second longitudinally spaced ends. The guide member is mounted for swinging movement relative to a housing of the machine by means of two swingable levers. One end of each lever is attached adjacent the first end of the thread guide member. A servo-motor is operably connected to one of the levers for swinging the thread guide member. A power transmission operably interconnects the first and second ends of the guide member for positively transmitting a swinging motion of the first end to the second end in order to effect synchronous swinging movement of the first and second ends. A limiting device retains the guide member in a thread change position but allows the guide member to be moved past the thread change position to a thread drawing-in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventor: Peter Busenhart
  • Patent number: 5033685
    Abstract: A yarn winding machine is equipped with transducer means (39) disposed in the area of the ends (33, 35) of the contact roll shaft (37) to monitor the pressing force of the contact roll (11) against the yarn package (9) being wound. The short paths between the sensors and the areas where the contact roll presses against the surface of the yarn path makes it possible to measure the downward pressure at the individual measurement points or as a whole. The signals can be used to control the pressing force and also to maintain the parallelism of the axes (A, B) of the spool mandrel (5) and of the contact roll (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter, AG
    Inventors: Peter Busenhart, Armin Wirz
  • Patent number: 5007595
    Abstract: There are disclosed one-piece chuck structures for use in winding machines and particularly, but not exclusively, for use in high speed winding machines for the take-up of synthetic plastics filament. These one-piece chuck structures comprise a first elongated tubular portion adapted to receive one or more bobbin tubes and a second elongated tubular portion integral with the first elongated tubular portion and of reduced external diameter relative thereto. Bearings cooperate with the exterior of the second elongated tubular portion such that the first elongated tubular portion and the second elongated tubular portion are rotatable about a common longitudinal axis. Also disclosed are hollow bobbin tube-engaging elements as well as double-arm tube-positioning members which can be used with such and other chuck structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Rieter Machine Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Busenhart, Ruedi Schneeberger, Erwin Holbein, Armin Wirz, Adolf Flueli, Hansueli Maier
  • Patent number: 5004170
    Abstract: A yarn winding machine is equipped to compensate the sag of the spool mandrel (5) with a speedometer roll (7) which is disposed so that it can press radially against the surface of the yarn packages being wound and which is mounted so as to damp vibrations. The mounting for the speedometer roll (7) includes a peg (17) fastened on a yoke (11) which supports the speedometer roll (7). The peg (17) extends into a hole (21) in a carrier (19) for the yoke 11 and is connected to the wall of the hole (21) through O-rings (23) on the surface of the peg (17) so that it is flexible with respect to rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventors: Felix Graf, Peter Busenhart
  • Patent number: 4969607
    Abstract: The apparatus for introducing a yarn or the like into the yarn catch slot of an empty bobbin tube during the changeover operation from a full bobbin to an empty bobbin at an automatic yarn winder, comprises a yarn deflector, formed of sheet metal for instance, which is provided with cutouts. Each cutout serves for deflecting an associated yarn out of an imaginary plane extending through a yarn ridge. In order to ensure that the yarn, which is still arriving at the yarn ridge of the full bobbin during the changeover operation can be infed within the imaginary plane through the yarn ridge and at the same time can extend in the plane through the yarn catch slot, the yarn is pulled by a displaceable yarn entrainment member over a curved portion of the associated cutout and deviated or deflected at the associated yarn entrainment hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Assignee: Rieter Machine Works Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Busenhart, Heinz Mutter
  • Patent number: 4953802
    Abstract: There are disclosed one-piece chuck structures for use in winding machines and particularly, but not exclusively, for use in high speed winding machines for the take-up of synthetic plastics filament. These one-piece chuck structures comprise a first elongated tubular portion adapted to receive one or more bobbin tubes and a second elongated tubular portion integral with the first elongated tubular portion and of reduced external diameter relative thereto. Bearings cooperate with the exterior of the second elongated tubular portion such that the first elongated tubular portion and the second elongated tubular portion are rotatable about a common longitudinal axis. Also disclosed are hollow bobbin tube-engaging elements as well as double-arm tube-positioning members which can be used with such and other chuck structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Rieter Machine Works Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Busenhart, Ruedi Schneeberger, Erwin Holbein, Armin Wirz, Adolf Flueli, Hansueli Maier