Patents Assigned to Ledermann GmbH
  • Patent number: 6640854
    Abstract: The invention relates to a treatment unit with a cutting tool (1) for treating wood, plastic or the like. Said treatment unit comprises a suction hood (6) with a ring (17) that encircles the tool (1) completely in the circumferential direction and at least partially in the axial direction. The suction hood (6) is located on the side of the drive spindle of the tool (1). A chip receiving opening (10) is provided in the tool (1) in the vicinity of the blade (4), said opening traversing the tool (1) in both the axial and the radial direction. A chip formed at the blade (4) is transported through the chip receiving opening (10) to the suction hood (6) from where the chip is removed by air suction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Ledermann GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Kalmbach, Wilhelm Kalmbach, Hans-Jürgen Gittel, Ewald Westfal
  • Patent number: 6505537
    Abstract: A cutting tool for separating and formatting of sheet materials has a rotationally driven support body having cutting teeth arranged about a circumference of the support body. The cutting teeth have a tooth profile with a radially outwardly positioned front-cutting area with a separating cutting edge and a formatting area with main cutting edges determining the cutting width of the cutting tool. The tooth profile further has a transition area located radially between the front-cutting area and the formatting area. The main cutting edges in the formatting area are arranged radially separately from the separating cutting edges of the front-cutting area by the transition area, wherein the transition area has transition cutting edges adjoining the cutting edges and angled relative to the separating cutting edges toward a radial center axis of the cutting tool. The front-cutting area is symmetrical relative to the radial center axis of the cutting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Ledermann GmbH
    Inventor: Rüdiger Vöge
  • Patent number: 6454499
    Abstract: The invention relative to a device for machining workpieces comprising: a chip removing, rotating tool (2) configured substantially as a hollow body including at least one cutter (4), a portion of the tool adjoining the cutter (4) being penetrated by a chip receiving opening (6) for communicating chips into a tool cavity; and an exhaust means including a stationary exhaust housing (10) configured substantially as a hollow body communicating with the cavity (8) at least in part and in connection with at least one exhaust air source; the communicating portion of the exhaust housing (10) comprising in the region of the cutter (4) a chip communicating window (26) porting into an exhaust passage (36) of the exhaust housing (10); and the exhaust passage comprising in an exhaust passage section upstream of the chip communicating window (26), relative to the exhaust direction, at least one auxiliary air infeed opening. The invention relates furthermore to a method for machining workpieces by means of one such device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignees: Ledermann GmbH, Homag Maschinenbau AG
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Gittel, Ewald Westfal, Kurt Kalmbach, Wilhelm Kalmbach, Roland Fischer, Michael Oertel
  • Patent number: 6186199
    Abstract: A milling tool for machining workpieces of wood, derived timber products, plastic material etc., has a support with a receiving portion and a cutting portion. The cutting portion has cutouts with a support surface for receiving at least two exchangeable cutting tips that are connected to the cutouts by at least one screw, respectively. The cutting portion has bores extending from the support surface of the cutouts into the cutting portion. the bores have a threaded portion and a threadless portion. The screws are threaded into the threaded portion of the bores for pressing the cutting tips against the support surface. The cutting tips have receiving openings. The screws have a guide shaft penetrating the receiving opening and extending into the threadless portion that has a tight clearance fit relative to the guide shaft. The screws have a head and the head has a clamping surface extending parallel to the support surface. The guide shaft is arranged adjacent to the clamping surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Ledermann GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Gittel, Pascal Wendel
  • Patent number: 5996462
    Abstract: A slitting tool for a circular saw machine has a tool carrier with a first and second tool flanges arranged coaxially and axially displaceable relative to one another. A slitting saw blade has first and second blade halves. Fasteners are provided for fastening the first blade half in a detachable manner to the first tool flange and for fastening the second blade half in a detachable manner to the second tool flange. The fasteners are distributed circumferentially about the tool carrier. An adjusting device is arranged within the tool carrier and connects the two tool flanges to one another. At least one fastener is arranged in a displaced position relative to other fasteners for balancing the slitting tool, wherein the displaced position is determined according to balancing criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Ledermann GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Jurgen Gittel, Julius Friesinger, Otto Katz
  • Patent number: 5413016
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing tools having attached thereto cutting plates with a cutting edge coated with a hard cutting material, the cutting plates are first positioned on the cutting tool body in a desired position and fixed on the cutting tool body in that desired position by electric spot welding. Subsequently, the soldering material is applied to each cutting plate. Soldering of the cutting plates to the cutting tool body is performed at a temperature of 720.degree. C. to 850.degree. C. in a vacuum of 10.sup.-4 to 10.sup.-6 mbar. In a final step, the cutting tool body with the cutting plates soldered thereto is slowly cooled in the vacuum oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Ledermann GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Kranz, Roland Brobeil, Bernd Hamann