Patents by Inventor Udo Schütz

Udo Schütz 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).

  • Publication number: 20120279898
    Abstract: A pallet-like base frame includes corner feet and a floor for supporting an inner container. Central feet made of metal are arranged between the corner feet, and which are attached to a foot frame, to which the floor of the base frame as well as an outer jacket of the inner container are fastened. At least one central foot of the base frame encompasses a profile body, which encompasses a U-shaped cross section, comprising a base wall, an outer journal wall and an inner journal wall, wherein the base wall and the journal walls embody an axial edge web at axial end areas of the profile body in a plane at right angles to a longitudinal axis of the profile body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventor: Udo Schütz
  • Publication number: 20120279885
    Abstract: A skid pallet comprising an inner container made of plastic, comprising a lockable filler neck and a discharge nozzle for connecting a removal fitting as well as an outer jacket made of a metal lattice or metal plate. The skid pallet is equipped to be handled by forklifts, a storage and retrieval machine or similar transport equipment and is equipped with a pallet floor, which is supported on support feet of a central skid and two outer skids. The central skid and the outer skids are connected to one another by a skid bridge forming a pallet base, which can be handled independent from the pallet floor, and that, for establishing a non-positive plug-in connection with the pallet base, the pallet floor furthermore encompasses engagement devices, which are assigned to the support feet and which interact with assigned engagement devices of the support feet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventor: Udo Schütz
  • Publication number: 20120261303
    Abstract: A pallet-like underframe has a base for supporting an inner container and corner feet mounted on a base frame on which the base of the underframe is mounted. The corner feet include a cup-shaped corner foot body having a front wall and cup parts formed to the side of a central axis of the front wall. The cup parts each comprise an inwardly bent edge web. The edge web includes an upper edge web section, a lower edge web section, and a lateral edge web section formed between the upper and the lower edge web section on a side edge of the front wall. The upper edge web section, the lateral edge web section, and the lower edge web section are configured to go over into one another continuously in edge web forming regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventor: Udo Schütz
  • Publication number: 20120261063
    Abstract: A method for producing plastic tanks for liquids with a tapping valve, wherein the tank is produced from a tubular parison by blow molding, and wherein a holding flange or a threaded socket is formed on the tank. After the drain outlet of the tank has been cut out of the tank wall inside the holding flange or the threaded socket, the finished preassembled tapping valve is welded by its inlet socket to the holding flange or the threaded socket of the tank by a welding machine, during which the tank is centered and held in the welding machine by the holding flange or the threaded socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: PROTECHNA S.A.
    Inventor: Udo Schütz
  • Patent number: 8276299
    Abstract: A labeling plate, which is to be fastened to the outside surface of the outer cage of a shipping and storage tank for liquids, has an upper and lower frame section and two lateral frame sections, which project outwardly beyond the labeling area of the labeling plate and frame the labeling surface. The labeling areas of the labeling plates of two storage tanks standing side by side on a loading surface are kept spaced apart by the frame sections, so that damage to the labels pasted on the labeling areas of the labeling plates is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Protechna S.A.
    Inventor: Udo Schütz
  • Publication number: 20120211395
    Abstract: A pallet-like support base for transport and storage containers for liquids includes an inner container of plastics material and an outer jacket of a metal grid or of sheet metal which is adapted to be manipulated by a forklift, a shelf operating system or a similar transport medium, and with a bottom of metal resting on support legs of metal, a middle runner and two outer runners for supporting the inner container which is equipped with a closable filler connection and a drain connection for connection to a drain fitting. The middle runner and the two outer runners of the support base are constructed as wooden runners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: PROTECHNA S.A.
    Inventor: Udo SCHÜTZ
  • Publication number: 20120074138
    Abstract: A transport and storage container for liquids, having an inner container, an outer casing and an underframe with a bottom for supporting the inner container, and electrically non-conductive support legs. At least one support leg has a shaped sheet metal part to dissipate an electrostatic charge from the inner container. The end of the shaped part closest to the inner container has a container contact section for conductive connection with the bottom or the outer casing, and a standing contact section for conductive connection with the standing surface. The contact conductor section of the shaped part extends inside a cavity in the support leg and the standing contact section has a ground contact surface and a stack contact surface. These contact surfaces are connected by an offset element in the standing contact section and the stack contact surface is arranged above the ground contact surface in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: PROTECHNA S.A.
    Inventor: Udo Schütz
  • Publication number: 20120055830
    Abstract: A transport and storage container for liquids, with a plastic inner container, an outer jacket, as well as a pedestal resembling a pallet, which is equipped to be handled by stacker trucks, stacker cranes, or similar transport devices. The pedestal exhibits a floor for bracing the inner container and a base frame with support feet. The floor exhibits a supporting surface for the inner container and a bearing edge, which is separated from the supporting surface by a floor barrier, and arranged between a lower edge of the outer jacket and the base frame. The lower edge of the outer jacket is frictionally connected to the base frame at least at one junction by a bonding device that acts on the base frame via the bearing edge. The floor barrier exhibits a lowered barrier in the area of the junction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: PROTECHNA S.A.
    Inventor: Udo Schütz
  • Publication number: 20120037528
    Abstract: A fastening device for fastening a tube to a bearing structure, particularly a horizontal mesh frame tube of a mesh cage attached to a transport pallet used to hold a liquid container. To form the fastening device the tube has a fastening section with a zone flattened by compression and provided with a fastening hole to accommodate a fastening bolt connecting the fastening section to the bearing structure. The fastening hole has a perimeter shaped such that the perimeter defines a force application plane between a bolt head and the fastening section that is inclined at an angle ? relative to a fastening plane in which the fastening section is connected to the bearing structure. The perimeter has a hole embrasure formed by an annular collar extending in the direction of a fastening axis, and which defines a bearing surface for the bolt head disposed in the force application plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: PROTECHNA S.A.
    Inventor: Udo Schütz
  • Publication number: 20120037649
    Abstract: A tapping fitting, particularly a flap or ball cock, with a fitting housing made from plastic for connection to a drain spigot of a plastic container for liquids, particularly an interior container of a transport and storage container, wherein the fitting housing is provided with a conductive device at least part of which is made from electrically conductive plastic for dissipating an electrostatic charge, wherein the conductive device is the conductive device has an integrally conformed earthing conductor for the electrically conductive connection of the conductive device to a ground potential and is also connected integrally with the fitting housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: PROTECHNA S.A.
    Inventor: Udo SCHÜTZ
  • Publication number: 20110120575
    Abstract: A transport and storage container for fluids having a check valve that allows the contents of the storage container to be substantially completely emptied. A valve housing of the check valve has a valve face against which a valve flap rests against in its closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Protechna S.A.
    Inventor: Udo Schütz
  • Patent number: 7913850
    Abstract: A transport and storage container for liquids includes an inner container of plastic material with a closable filling socket and a draining socket for connection to a removal fitting, an outer casing of metal mesh or sheet metal, and an underframe constructed as a skid pallet or frame pallet which is configured to be manipulated by a lifting truck, a shelf operating device, or similar transport device. The skid pallet being equipped with a bottom resting with support legs on a metal skid and two outer skids for supporting the inner container, and the frame pallet being equipped with a base frame and support legs for the bottom. The bottom of the underframe is an injection molded article of plastic material provided with longitudinal and transverse corrugations serving as a support for the inner container and for stiffening the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Protechna S.A.
    Inventor: Udo Schütz
  • Patent number: 7874443
    Abstract: A plastic tank for liquids formed as a rectangular-solid or cubic container has four sidewalls, an upper base with a filling socket, a lower base, and an outlet socket, the outlet socket being formed on the lower section of a sidewall for connection to a tapping valve. The upper corner regions between the sidewalls and the upper base of the container and/or the lower corner regions between the sidewalls and the lower base of the container have at least one indentation or projection each.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Protechna S.A.
    Inventor: Udo Schütz
  • Patent number: 7866501
    Abstract: A tubular rivet connection is provided for assembling a transport and storage container that has a support frame, an inner plastic container with a filling socket and a discharge socket, and an exterior jacket. The support frame for the inner container has corner and center legs mounted on a base frame. The top of the support frame and the exterior jacket are attached to the corner legs and center legs by the tubular rivet connection that has a tubular rivet stem connected to a first component; the tubular rivet stem is formed as a monolithic part of the first component or is a separate part welded to the first component. A second component to be riveted to the first component has a rivet hole. A free end of the tubular rivet stem that projects past the second component after insertion into the rivet hole is deformed to a driven head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Schütz GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Udo Schütz
  • Publication number: 20100301046
    Abstract: A bung stopper closure includes a bung stopper and a sealing cap for bung-type containers, which is particularly suitable for machine closing of bung-type barrels in automatic filling plants for liquids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: Udo Schuetz
  • Publication number: 20100252765
    Abstract: A tapping armature having an armature housing is made from plastic for liquid transport and storage containers, which are equipped with a plastic inner container having a filling port and a drain port for connection of the tapping armature, an outer casing made from metal mesh or sheet metal, and a pallet-like base made from metal. The tapping armature with the filling port of the armature housing is screwed to a connecting flange designed as a threaded flange and made from an electrically non-conductive plastic material, which is welded to the drain port of the inner container. The connecting flange of the armature housing is connected to the base of the outer casing of the transport and storage container via an grounding lead made from an electrically conductive plastic material. The connecting flange and the grounding lead are produced in two production steps with an injection molding machine according to 2K technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventor: Udo Schuetz
  • Patent number: 7762393
    Abstract: A transport and storage container for liquids includes a parallelepiped-shaped or cubic inner container of plastic, a closable filling socket, and a draining socket for a draining fitting with a plastic housing, a flexible inner sheathing of plastic material which can be placed in the inner container and is provided with a filling socket, a discharge socket, an outer casing of metal grating or sheet metal and a pallet-like underframe for supporting the inner container. A threaded sleeve of plastic material is welded onto the drain socket of the inner container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Protechna S.A.
    Inventor: Udo Schütz
  • Patent number: 7735667
    Abstract: A plastic screw cap includes two cap halves, which are produced as plastic injection-molded parts and have an internally threaded segment and an inwardly directed ring shoulder segment. The two halves of the screw cap can be pushed together, for example, on the inlet connection of the valve body of a flap valve by tongue-and-groove joints. One cap half has two hook-like ends, each of which is provided with an inwardly sloped clamping sidepiece and a groove for receiving the tongues formed on the two ends of the other half of the screw cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Protechna S.A.
    Inventor: Udo Schütz
  • Patent number: 7712639
    Abstract: A plastic outlet valve for containers for liquids has a valve housing having an inlet socket and a union nut for securing the inlet socket on an outlet socket of a container. An anti-twist device in the form of an outer annular cam arrangement with locking cams is arranged on the inlet socket of the valve housing. The locking cams interlock with locking cams of an inner annular cam arrangement of the outlet socket of the container. As an alternative, an adapter ring with inner and outer locking cams is provided. The adapter ring is slipped onto the insertion end of the inlet socket of the valve housing. The inner locking cams engage matching external longitudinal grooves of the inlet socket of the valve housing, and the outer locking cams engage matching inner longitudinal grooves provided on the outlet socket of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Protechna S.A.
    Inventor: Udo Schütz
  • Patent number: D640630
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Schutz GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Udo Schütz