Patents by Inventor Thomas Grupe

Thomas Grupe 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).

  • Apparatus for the application of a liquid or viscous medium
    Patent number: 10248139
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus (10) for the application of a liquid to viscous medium (42) onto an application surface (53), comprising a port (14) for providing a connection between the apparatus (10) and a supply of said liquid to viscous medium (42) upstream of the apparatus (10), at least two volumetric delivery pumps (23) for metering volumes of said medium, said volumetric delivery pumps (23) being located downstream of said port (14), each volumetric delivery pump (23) being in fluid connection with an application valve (25) of the apparatus (10), located downstream of the volumetric delivery pump (23) for passing a metered volume of the medium (42) from the delivery pump (23) to said application valve (25). It is characteristic that the apparatus (10) comprises a flow meter (13) in fluid connection with said volumetric delivery pumps (23), which flow meter (13) is located upstream of said volumetric delivery pumps (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Michael Surenbrock, Thomas Grupe
  • APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF A LIQUID OR VISCOUS MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20170083029
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus (10) for the application of a liquid to viscous medium (42) onto an application surface (53), comprising a port (14) for providing a connection between the apparatus (10) and a supply of said liquid to viscous medium (42) upstream of the apparatus (10), at least two volumetric delivery pumps (23) for metering volumes of said medium, said volumetric delivery pumps (23) being located downstream of said port (14), each volumetric delivery pump (23) being in fluid connection with an application valve (25) of the apparatus (10), located downstream of the volumetric delivery pump (23) for passing a metered volume of the medium (42) from the delivery pump (23) to said application valve (25). It is characteristic that the apparatus (10) comprises a flow meter (13) in fluid connection with said volumetric delivery pumps (23), which flow meter (13) is located upstream of said volumetric delivery pumps (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: IIIinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Surenbrock, Thomas Grupe