Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Collard & Roe, P.C.
  • Patent number: 7178634
    Abstract: A device for supplying several lubrication points on machine parts with a lubricant, comprising an electromechanical lubrication dispenser and a distribution device coupled to a lubricant outlet of the dispenser. The distribution device has a housing, a cylindrical hollow distributor body or tube which is mounted to rotate about a vertical axis. There is also a fixed cylindrical sleeve that surrounds the distributor body, forming a seal. The distributor body has an opening at the top for allowing the lubricant in, and has at least two distributor bores disposed on the circumference but offset axially from one another. Each of these distributor bores has a corresponding opening bore in the distributor sleeve that is assigned to it. This distribution device also has an electric motor drive that has a running path control that has a switch that functions electromechanically or in a contact free manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: perma-tec GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Michael Weigand
  • Patent number: 7178972
    Abstract: A machine for combining powder material with cohesive site-won spoil has an input hopper which provides a preliminary breaking up step. Some lime is added from a lime feeder as the material is transported to a pan mixer. During transport a rotavator acts on the cohesive material so that finely divided material enters the mixing means. Further powder ingredients can be added to the components in the pan mixer by means of a powder ingredient supply system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Keanes Limited
    Inventor: Frank I Owen
  • Patent number: 7176425
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (11) and a method of regulating a temperature of a drive element (2) which can be employed in a deep-freezing application in particular, such as a band, belt or similar, in which at least a part-region of the drive element (2) is heated at least during a relative displacement between the drive element (2) and a machine part. The drive element (2) is adjusted to a pre-definable minimum temperature and a pre-settable minimum temperature is maintained. To this end, the device (11) has at least one module (12), which supplies the drive element (2) with mechanical, electrical or electromagnetic energy, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: TGW Transportgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Rohrauer, Wolfgang Ensinger
  • Patent number: 7175011
    Abstract: The invention relates to a free-wheel, in particular a pinch roller free-wheel or a pinch body free-wheel, comprising relatively-rotating elements arranged one within the other on a common axis, which form a gap, in which pinch elements, in particular pinch rollers or pinch bodies, are arranged such that a friction connection can be produced with the facing outer surfaces of the elements, by means of the pinch surfaces, whereby the free-wheel outer rim is covered by a ring of fibre-reinforced plastic and the external diameter of the ring of fibre-reinforced plastic is about 1.3 to 1.8 times the diameter of the external clamping surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Paul Mueller GmbH & Co. KG Unternehmensbeteiligungen
    Inventors: Eberhard Kōhler, Holger Frei, Eberhard Karl, Manfred Elbacher
  • Patent number: 7175128
    Abstract: A device for mounting a delivery spool (3) having a wound band strip, in particular a labeling delivery spool, is described, which has a mandrel-like mounting core (15), a holding device, by means of which the delivery spool is releasably arrestable and/or is releasably clamped on the mounting core, and a device for axial alignment of the delivery spool. In order to make possible the attachment as well as the adjustment of a delivery spool in a comfortable manner, it is provided that the holding device that secures the delivery spool and the device for axial alignment of the delivery spool can be actuated through a common drive (30, 16). The actuation preferably takes place automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Espera-Werke GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Korthäuer
  • Patent number: 7175415
    Abstract: The invention relates to a moulding system (3), in particular a calibration die (17), for an extrusion plant, with preferably parallel inlet and outlet faces (28, 29) spaced at a distance apart and with side faces (30, 31, 32, 33) extending between them. A longitudinal axis for the object to be fed through a calibration orifice (24) is disposed substantially perpendicular to the inlet and outlet face (28, 29). Provided between a shaping surface (25, 26) and a side face (30, 31, 32, 33) is a gap (37, 38) extending at least across a part of the distance between the inlet and outlet face (28, 29). The gap (37, 38) is disposed between several immediately adjacent parts of several shaping surfaces (26) of the calibration orifice (24) and at least one of the side faces (30, 31, 32, 33). At least the parts of the shaping surfaces (26) co-operating with the gap (37, 38) are displaceable relative to the other shaping surfaces (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Greiner Extrusionstechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Kössl
  • Patent number: 7176399
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety switch unit (1) for electrically controlled machines for use in combination with the actual control elements of the machine control system in a hand-held application or for manual control, with at least one operating element which is displaced relative to a mounting frame (8) in accordance with the switching function desired by a user, which is designed to change the switch status of at least one electric switch element, the safety switch unit (1) having at least one switch position which is maintained only as long as a sufficiently high operating force is applied to the displaceable operating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Keba AG
    Inventors: Dieter Graiger, Hans-Peter Wintersteiger, Martin Danner
  • Patent number: 7175238
    Abstract: A method and a device are described for manufacturing of a toothbrush from a starting-material which comprises a handle that runs into a neck part which divides into two equal and diverging arms/head parts, in which the bristle-carrying surface (bottom surfaces) of the head parts is approximately in a plane which runs parallel to the main axis of the toothbrush and head, and in which bristle which extend approximately vertically out from the surface is inserted and is of approximately equal of different lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Inventor: Rolf Barman
  • Patent number: 7173149
    Abstract: A process for preparing alkynecarboxylic acids includes the oxidation of an alkyne alcohol with a hypohalite in the presence of a nitroxyl compound at a pH of greater than 7 with continual addition of the alkyne alcohol and of the hypohalite to the reaction mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Consortium für elektrochemische Industrie GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Stohrer, Elke Fritz-Langhals, Christian Brüninghaus
  • Patent number: 7172404
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of multi-layered concrete moulded bodies in a moulding machine comprising a moulding insert having a plurality of mould cavities. Relief structures are arranged in the lateral walls of the mould cavities and are dimensioned in such a way that projections formed on the moulded body when the filled concrete material is compacted engage in the relief structures, thereby creating sufficient retaining force for compensating the net weight of the moulded body and enabling the moulded bodied to be extracted from the mould cavities as a result of additional demoulding forces and causing elastic deformation of the projections without any material being cut off from the projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Kobra Formen GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Braungardt, Erwin Schmucker
  • Patent number: 7171732
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for compressive shrinking a textile web of material (9) with the aid of a rubber blanket shrinking system, wherein the rubber blanket (3) is cooled after the main cylinder is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: A. Monforts Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ernst Klas, Hans Hoppenstock, Peter Schmitz
  • Patent number: 7172011
    Abstract: A light metal cylinder liner with a surface which facilitates the connection with the surrounding cast material may be produced. The cylinder liner is produced by a lost-foam method with a form for production of the cast foam model having a structured surface with height variations of 0.8 to 5 mm. The structured surface is, for example, grooves or longitudinal elevations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Mahle GmbH
    Inventors: Karlheinz Bing, Frank Winger
  • Patent number: 7172449
    Abstract: In a connector apparatus including a first connector and a second connector to be fitted to the first connector in a predetermined direction, the first connector includes a conductive receptacle contact having first and second receptacle-side contact points spaced from each other. The first receptacle-side contact point and the second receptacle-side contact point are positioned in this order towards the predetermined direction. The second connector includes a conductive plug contact to be inserted between the first and the second receptacle-side contact points. The plug contact has an inserting end, first and second plug-side contact points to be contacted with the first and the second receptacle-side contact points, respectively, and a protruding portion formed between the inserting end and the first plug-side contact point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Takeshi Shindo, Osamu Hashiguchi
  • Patent number: 7172434
    Abstract: In a connector including an insulating housing holding contacts, the housing is strengthened by two strengthening members made of metal. The housing has a pair of first wall portions extending and spaced from each other and a pair of second wall portions defining a rectangular cavity between the first wall portions in cooperation with the first wall portions. Each of the first wall portions has a wall inner surface faced to the rectangular cavity, a wall outer surface opposite to the wall inner surface, and a wall peripheral surface between the wall inner surface and the wall outer surface. The contacts are disposed on at least one of the second wall portions. The strengthening members are disposed on the first wall portions, respectively, and extending along at least one of the wall inner surface and the wall outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroaki Obikane, Masafumi Kodera
  • Patent number: 7168966
    Abstract: In a connector to be mounted to a mounting object having a frame holding portion, a contact has an elastic member and a conductor coupled to the elastic member. The contact is held by a plate-like base insulator. A frame member holds the base insulator and coupled to a holding member. A slider member is coupled to the holding member and slidable between an engaged position where the slider member is engaged with the frame holding portion and an unengaged position where the slider member is not engaged with the frame holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignees: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Higuchi, Shouji Umesato
  • Patent number: 7168241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for introducing fuel into an exhaust line (4) of an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, with a fuel injector (2) for injecting fuel under injection pressure into the exhaust line (4) through a radial opening (5) in a pipe section (3) of the exhaust line (4). To improve the efficiency of such a device (1), the fuel injector (2) is connected to a coolant circulation system (7) in a manner suitable to transfer heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: J. Eberspächer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Josef Rudelt, Gerd Gaiser
  • Patent number: 7169993
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for securing the single reed (2) on the mouthpiece (1) of a wind instrument, for example a clarinet or a saxophone, by which a substantially even pressure on the surface (2?) of the single reed (2) and thus on the support surface (8?) of the mouthpiece (2) can be achieved. The securing device comprises a ligature (3) that is placed around the mouthpiece (1) and the single reed (2), and a ligature screw (4) with a right-hand or left-hand thread (6,7) engaging with the threads of a bolt (15,15?) that extends through the eyes (14,14?) of the ligature (3) . The single reed (2) can be easily and securely fastened or unfastened on the mouthpiece of the musical instrument by turning the ligature screw (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Phonosound Musikproduktions GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Fliegel, Günther Fliegel
  • Patent number: 7171172
    Abstract: A method for calibration of a signal receiver comprising automatic gain control circuits (201, 202, . . . ) from which at least one has unknown characteristic and at least one has a known characteristic, wherein the signal receiver output signal (S 2) is input to a calibration block (203), in which control signals (AGC 1, AGC 2, . . . ) are generated for each automatic gain control circuit (201, 202, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Inventor: Sebastian Zylowski
  • Patent number: 7170443
    Abstract: A method for the evaluation of radar data for fully automatic creation of a map of regions with interference, in which undesirable reflections frequently occur includes the following method steps. The region to be mapped is divided up into cells. The short-lived target tracks that occur in these cells are counted. Statistics are kept, in such a manner that the short-lived target tracks are counted only within a predetermined period of time, while all older short-lived target tracks are left out of consideration. At least one threshold value is predetermined, in such a manner that a cell is considered to have been marked if the short-lived target tracks that are counted in the previous time period exceed the threshold value or values. The map of the current regions with interference results as the totality of the marked cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: EADS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Liebscher, Juergen Altmann, Ulrich Lode, Christoph Schenk
  • Patent number: D536710
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Terra Technik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Kristian Fenzl