Patents by Inventor Rainer Banholzer

Rainer Banholzer 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).

  • Machine for workpiece processing
    Patent number: 11167389
    Abstract: A workpiece processing machine includes a separation device for dividing an operating space into a processing region and at least one additional operating region, a laser processing head configured to process the workpiece, and a rotary workpiece changer having a rotatable workpiece support for transporting the workpiece between the processing region and the at least one additional operating region by an opening. The rotatable workpiece support has a protection wall configured to shield the at least one additional operating region with respect to the processing region. The separation device has a protection element movable between a processing position and a transport position and configured to be in abutment with the protection wall in the processing position to close the opening and spaced apart from the protection wall in the transport position. A spacing between the processing position and the transport position is adjustable based on a dimension of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: TRUMPF LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Doettling, Robert Ganter, Rainer Banholzer
  • MACHINE FOR WORKPIECE PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20190168349
    Abstract: A workpiece processing machine includes a separation device for dividing an operating space into a processing region and at least one additional operating region, a laser processing head configured to process the workpiece, and a rotary workpiece changer having a rotatable workpiece support for transporting the workpiece between the processing region and the at least one additional operating region by an opening. The rotatable workpiece support has a protection wall configured to shield the at least one additional operating region with respect to the processing region. The separation device has a protection element movable between a processing position and a transport position and configured to be in abutment with the protection wall in the processing position to close the opening and spaced apart from the protection wall in the transport position. A spacing between the processing position and the transport position is adjustable based on a dimension of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Juergen Doettling, Robert Ganter, Rainer Banholzer
  • Machine for workpiece processing
    Patent number: 10245696
    Abstract: A workpiece processing machine includes a separation device for dividing an operating space into a processing region and at least one additional operating region, a laser processing head configured to process the workpiece, and a rotary workpiece changer having a rotatable workpiece support for transporting the workpiece between the processing region and the at least one additional operating region by an opening. The rotatable workpiece support has a protection wall configured to shield the at least one additional operating region with respect to the processing region. The separation device has a protection element movable between a processing position and a transport position and configured to be in abutment with the protection wall in the processing position to close the opening and spaced apart from the protection wall in the transport position. A spacing between the processing position and the transport position is adjustable based on a dimension of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: TRUMPF LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Doettling, Robert Ganter, Rainer Banholzer
  • Machine for Workpiece Processing
    Publication number: 20150196976
    Abstract: A workpiece processing machine includes a separation device for dividing an operating space into a processing region and at least one additional operating region, a laser processing head configured to process the workpiece, and a rotary workpiece changer having a rotatable workpiece support for transporting the workpiece between the processing region and the at least one additional operating region by an opening. The rotatable workpiece support has a protection wall configured to shield the at least one additional operating region with respect to the processing region. The separation device has a protection element movable between a processing position and a transport position and configured to be in abutment with the protection wall in the processing position to close the opening and spaced apart from the protection wall in the transport position. A spacing between the processing position and the transport position is adjustable based on a dimension of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Juergen Doettling, Robert Ganter, Rainer Banholzer