Patents Represented by Law Firm Becker & Becker, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4718614
    Abstract: Lifting mechanism for a crusher having a two-part machine housing and a horizontal rotor with striking tools, where the plane of separation between the lower housing part and the upper housing part of the machine extends through the plane of the central axis of the rotor, where the upper housing part of the machine can be raised about a pivot axis that is disposed parallel to the axis of the rotor via piston-cylinder units that are disposed on both sides, and can be fixed in the raised position, and where the base of each of the two rotor shaft bearing housings is detachably secured to a floor stand on the lower housing part of the machine; the piston of each piston-cylinder unit is pivotably connected with a pivot arm mounted on the side of the upper housing part of the machine, with the free end of each pivot arm being fixable, via a securing mechanism, on the upper housing part of the machine in two different positions, and with the underside of each pivot arm being provided with a coupling mechanism for c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Assignee: Thyssen Industrie Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dietrich Hausler, Josef Weber
  • Patent number: 4718649
    Abstract: A rolling bellows for pneumatic cushioning or shock absorption of a vehicle. Such rolling bellows are stressed particularly severely during telescoping in the pressureless state during assembly and also under emergency condititions. In order to avoid the occurrence of tension cracks from such causes, the rolling bellows are provided in the region of the cylindrical curvature, and on the inner surface, with integrally formed-on raised surface portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Assignee: Continental Gummi-Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Pohlmann, Konrad Muller, Hartwig Voss, Gunter Drescher, Gerhard Thurow
  • Patent number: 4717319
    Abstract: A housing of a rotary piston internal combustion engine of trochoidal type of construction consists of two side parts and at least one mantle part with dual-curvature mantle runway and a center part between the two mantle parts, which parts are connected by adjustable bolts directed axially as arranged along the radial periphery of the housing. An eccentric shaft passes through the housing and a triangular rotary piston turns upon the eccentric of the eccentric shaft. Clamping rings are provided at each of two ends of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Wankel GmbH
    Inventor: Dankwart Eiermann
  • Patent number: 4715799
    Abstract: A housing mantle or casing produced in a compact construction for a rotary piston engine with a trochoidal-shaped dual-arc mantle runway or raceway and sealing strips arranged in corners of a triangular piston rotating upon an eccentric of an eccentric shaft so that the sealing strips slide along the mantle runway. A layer of steel forming the mantle runway and an outer layer of aluminum alloy is cast around the layer of steel. The layer or band of steel forming the runway has openings with radially outwardly bent-open edges which are cast of filled-out with cast metal forming the outer layer as far as to a plane which coincides with a base plane of the steel layer or band forming the mantle runway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1987
    Assignee: Wankel GmbH
    Inventor: Dankwart Eiermann
  • Patent number: 4715588
    Abstract: A rolling-type bellows for vehicular pneumatic cushioning systems. In the installed state, support surfaces of the bellows that are adjacent to the end beads thereof are supported against vehicle parts that are movable relative to one another; the axial width of the support surfaces can vary. In the region of the annular support surfaces, the bellows are provided with raised interval axial ribs, which enhance the buckle-free continuous movement of the rolling folds, and reduces wear of the walls of the bellows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1987
    Assignee: Continental Gummi-Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunter Drescher, Gerhard Fankhanel, Wolfgang Gnirk
  • Patent number: 4713124
    Abstract: A method and oven equipment for cooling a charge after thermal treatment. The charge, which is located within a closed chamber, is cooled by blowing in cooling gas. The cooling occurs as a function of the actual conditions of the charge at a predetermined speed, and a uniform distribution of temperature within the charge is assured. For this purpose, the temperature distribution in the charge is measured by temperature sensors, and the intensity and/or direction of the flow of the cooling gas can be changed if deviations from the predetermined theoretical values occur. The wall of the closed treatment chamber of the oven equipment contains a plurality of gas passages which can either be closed off, or are permeable for gases yet impermeable for heat rays. Cooling gases are conducted through the chamber via control valves. The cooling gas is circulated with the aid of a blower unit along with a gas cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Assignee: Schmetz GmbH & Co. KG Unternehmensverwaltung
    Inventors: Peter Schmetz, Dieter Gierse
  • Patent number: 4711691
    Abstract: The build-up drum of build-up machines is frequently interchangeably mounted on its drive shaft in order to be able to adapt to changes in dimension in the production program with one and the same machine. If the operating and control elements associated with the drum bear directly against the end walls of the drum, each change of the drum requires considerable expense for adjustments and alignments. This is avoided by providing the build-up drum on both sides with a respective spacer and abutment sleeve against which the movable operating and control elements can bear in a constantly uniform orientation relative to the middle of the drum as the critical reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: Continental Gummi-Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Menell, Hubert Ringhoff, Jurgen Rump
  • Patent number: 4711402
    Abstract: An apparatus for reducing the size of, and/or for mixing, solid, pasty and/or liquid material. The apparatus includes a cylindrical housing in which is disposed at least one grinding roller, which cooperates with the inner surface of the housing. Each grinding roller is mounted between two bearing disks in such a way as to be rotatable about its central axis and eccentrically relative to the central axis of the housing. The bearing disks in turn are rotatably driven about the central axis of the housing. In order to enable the grinding rollers to execute the necessary deflection movements, and to avoid over stressing the bearings or supports for the grinding rollers, both end faces of each grinding roller are provided with an axle end that is guided, with play, between two drive wheels that are rotatably mounted on the bearing disks. When the bearing disks rotate, the drive wheels rotatably drive the grinding rollers, which are pressed by centrifugal force against the inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: DET-Drager-Energie-Technik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Uwe Drager, Norbert Drager
  • Patent number: 4711209
    Abstract: A fuel injection system for self-ignition internal combustion engines. At least part of the connecting line leading from the injection pump to the injection valve includes two circuits of different lengths which are connected in parallel in order to obtain a pre-injection phase and a main injection phase. In order to accurately set the fuel quantity for pre-injection, and the time interval relative to main injection or, respectively, the timing of the two fuel injections, and to make them independent of the level and the time characteristic of the pump pressure, i.e., ultimately independent of the speed and load of the engine, a special metering valve unit is provided in the shorter circuit of the divided connecting circuit, and a check valve unit is provided in the longer circuit at the end of the latter. Furthermore, the ratio of the diameter of the fuel line leading to the injection device, including the shorter circuit, to the diameter of the longer circuit (time-delay circuit) is between 1 and 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: MAN Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar Henkel
  • Patent number: 4711421
    Abstract: A support for an external rearview mirror of a motor vehicle. The support serves for fastening of the mirror to the vehicle. A mirror housing, in which is disposed a mirror body, is pivotably connected to the support, via a bracket, in such a way that the mirror housing can be tilted in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The support is also provided with a releasable arresting mechanism for holding the mirror body or the mirror housing in its effective position. Also provided is a one-piece metallic member formed of a metal plate and, connected thereto, a pivot connection part for the bracket, the arresting mechanism, and means for mounting the support to the vehicle. A molded plastic member substantially surrounds the metallic member and determines the external appearance of the support. This molded plastic member is provided with catches for connecting the metallic member to the plastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Inventor: Bernhard Mittelhauser
  • Patent number: 4709539
    Abstract: A girth strap which has a main body part having a tubular webbing sheath closed at opposite ends. The strap has a central nylon reinforcing band and a pair of short end straps carrying buckles. Readily releasable, elasticated end straps are attached to the main body part by tongueless retaining buckles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: Cottage Industries (Equestrian) Limited
    Inventor: Elizabeth A. Bird
  • Patent number: 4709904
    Abstract: A method and vacuum furnace for heat-treating a charge. Pursuant to the method, after the charge is placed in the receiving vessel, the latter is evacuated and flooded with inert gas. Subsequently, the charge is heated to the maximum permissible operating temperature of the circulation device by heating and gas circulation. Thereafter, the charge is heated to the desired end temperature by static inert gas or under vacuum, and essentially by radiation heat. The vacuum furnace may include a steel vessel which can be closed off, and which contains an inner heating chamber for receiving the charge. A heating device is provided within the heating chamber, and a fan and a gas guiding arrangement are provided for producing a gas circulation through the heating chamber. In the second phase, in which the heating is effected by radiant heat, the heating chamber can be closed off, accompanied by disconnection of the fan. For this purpose, an opening is provided in the wall of the heating chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: Schmetz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Peter Schmetz
  • Patent number: 4710294
    Abstract: A rotary disk filter element for a beverage filter for biological filtration. The filter element includes a closed base plate that is in the form of a ring-like member and on which is supported a filter fabric, with a support fabric being interposed between the base plate and the filter fabric. The filter fabric is secured to the base plate between an outwardly disposed retaining member and an inwardly disposed collar member. The collar member is provided with a supply opening for a wash fluid, especially a water/air mixture that is flushed through the filter fabric, counter to the direction of filtration, for removing filter residue for the general cleaning of the filter fabric. The filter fabric is secured to the base plate and to the support fabric at a plurality of point locations. This divides the free support or clamping lengths of the filter fabric into a number of relatively short regions that prevent the filter fabric from being overstretched and bulged during flushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: Schenk Filterbau Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventor: Josef Ziller
  • Patent number: 4708234
    Abstract: An arrangement for converting a multi-track stream of bottles to a single-track stream of bottles. An intermediate conveyer is disposed between a feeding mechanism, which is provided with guide rails, and a withdrawal mechanism, which is provided with guide rails. The upper sides of the conveyer belts of the intermediate conveyer form a conversion region in which the conveyer belts are disposed flushly adjacent one another in the shape of an inclined plane which is inclined transverse to the direction in which bottles are conveyed from the upper side of the feeding mechanism to the upper side of the withdrawal mechanism. The conversion region is formed by the upper sides of the conveyer belts of the intermediate conveyer and of the withdrawal mechanism. The track width of the conversion region corresponds to the track width of the heating mechanism, with the conversion region being disposed downstream of the feeding mechanism and essentially coinciding in level and track with the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1987
    Assignee: Seitz Enzinger Noll Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Born, Klaus Kaiser
  • Patent number: 4708506
    Abstract: An ink supply system for writing instruments which operate with liquid ink. The writing instrument has a large-volume ink reservoir which communicates via a recharge valve with a small-volume ink reservoir which is adjacent to the writing element. The transmission of ink from the large-volume ink reservoir to the secondary reservoir is controlled by a sensor as a function of the quantity of ink which is present in the secondary ink reservoir. In order to simplify the recharging of the ink, and to be able to operate with the least possible electrical energy, the present invention utilizes as a recharge valve a tube pump which is rotatably driven by an electric motor and also can generate the pressure necessary to convey the ink to the secondary ink reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1987
    Assignee: Montblanc-Simplo GmbH
    Inventor: Gunther Herrnring
  • Patent number: 4708093
    Abstract: An apparatus for drying and superheating steam, especially for supplying steam to a turbine. The apparatus includes a horizontal cylindrical pressure tank that has at least one steam inlet, a water separator that is disposed in the lower portion of the pressure tank and extends essentially over the entire length of the tank, a superheater that is disposed in the upper portion of the pressure tank and extends essentially over the entire length of the tank, and at least one steam outlet disposed on the upper side of the tank and connected to the superheater. The steam inlet is disposed at one end face of the pressure tank. Drying steam leaves the water separator, one end of which is supplied with wet steam, and enters the pressure tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1987
    Assignee: L. & C. Steinmuller GmbH
    Inventors: Gunter Keintzel, Klaus Westebbe
  • Patent number: 4708184
    Abstract: A tire pressure regulating unit for modifying the air pressure in vehicle tires while traveling. Shutters, which are arranged between the tire and the tire control valve, have parallel-connected auxiliary valves which release an additional passage cross-section when the regulation pressure decreases. The shutters may also be provided on the other side of the tire control valve in the work line in the region of the wheel hub, with rapid release valves being connected in parallel to the shutters and permitting bleeding to the atmosphere upon a decrease of regulation pressure. In this way short bleeding times are achieved even for low regulation pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1987
    Assignee: Iveco Magirus AG
    Inventor: Franz Pechar
  • Patent number: 4707203
    Abstract: To convey corrosive liquids, rubber hoses are customarily provided with an inner lining that is made of a synthetic material which is resistant to solvent. In order to achieve the previously unobtainable smooth, fold-free application of the thin plastic foil against the inner rubber layer of a hose, the present invention utilizes an extremely thin-walled contractible foil sleeve that is smoothly contracted upon a rigid fabrication mandrel. This foil sleeve then forms the base for the further build-up of the hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: Continental Gummi-Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Anton Besche, Jost sterling, Klaus Schwarze
  • Patent number: D293164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Inventor: Alan D. Shearer
  • Patent number: D293277
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1987
    Assignee: Norbert Schmid KG
    Inventor: Norbert Schmid