Patents by Inventor Steffen Rocktäschel

Steffen Rocktäschel 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).

  • Device for combining groups of filter segments for producing multi-segment filters of the tobacco industry, and trough drum
    Patent number: 8172739
    Abstract: A device for combining groups of at least two different types of filter segments for producing multi-segment filters in the tobacco industry in a continuous process includes a plurality of independent functional units that are each designed as a module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: HAUNI Maschinenbau AG
    Inventors: Sönke Horn, Thorsten Scherbarth, Stephan Wolff, Gerd Strohecker, Steffen Rocktäschel, Wolfgang Steiniger, Heinz-Christen Lorenzen, Uwe Heitmann, Nikolaos Georgitsis
  • Method and arrangement for producing compound filters
    Patent number: 7004896
    Abstract: A method and arrangement are provided for producing compound filters for products in the tobacco-processing industry. A filter tube, having a filter element in a central region of the filter tube, is supplied to a predetermined position. Predetermined portions of filtering material are then inserted into the filter tube from at least a first end of the filter tube so that filter segments form in at least a first part of the filter tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Hauni Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Heitmann, Sönke Horn, Nikolaos Georgitsis, Heinz-Christen Lorenzen, Steffen Rocktäschel, Stephan Wolff, Wolfgang Steiniger, Gerd Strohecker, Andreas Rinke, Hans-Herbert Schmidt