Patents Assigned to Voelker AG
  • Patent number: 7552491
    Abstract: A lying surface for a bed, especially for a healthcare and/or hospital bed, comprises support elements (22) and at least one electro-mechanic lifting unit (20) for lifting and lowering one of the support elements (22) relative to a bearing element (62) of the support element (22). The at least one lifting unit (20) comprises a housing (24) with an electromotor (32) having a drive shaft (34), a transmission (38) and a lifting member (50) supported at the bearing element (62) of said one support element (22). The lifting member (50) is adapted to be rotated by the transmission (38) and to be moved both up and down during a rotary movement of 360°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Voelker AG
    Inventor: Heinrich Voelker
  • Publication number: 20070101498
    Abstract: A lying surface for a bed, especially for a healthcare and/or hospital bed, comprises support elements (22) and at least one electro-mechanic lifting unit (20) for lifting and lowering one of the support elements (22) relative to a bearing element (62) of the support element (22). The at least one lifting unit (20) comprises a housing (24) with an electromotor (32) having a drive shaft (34), a transmission (38) and a lifting member (50) supported at the bearing element (62) of said one support element (22). The lifting member (50) is adapted to be rotated by the transmission (38) and to be moved both up and down during a rotary movement of 360°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: Voelker AG
    Inventor: Heinrich Voelker
  • Patent number: 6795988
    Abstract: A bed having supporting elements for supporting the bed on a floor and a mattress support device for supporting a mattress. The mattress support device is provided with a support member that has two transverse bars extending transversely. A safety side part is supported at the support member so as to be moved between a rest position in which it is located below the lying surface and an upright position in which the safety side part extends at a side of a lying surface. An upper surface of the support member defines a mattress support plane and upper faces of the transverse bars are substantially juxtaposed to the mattress support plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Voelker AG
    Inventor: Michael Hueppe
  • Patent number: 6728984
    Abstract: The bed, in particular a sickbed or nursing bed, includes a bedstead having a mattress supporting surface and a plurality of swivelling rollers each of which is provided with a holding element attached to the bedstead and at least one roller body rotatably supported on the holding element. The bedstead includes receiving portions for the holding elements. Each receiving portion has an open lower side averting the mattress supporting surface of the bedstead, beyond which lower side the respective holding element projects. Each receiving portion is further open at at least one side face essentially extending transversely to the lower side. The holding elements are capable of being inserted via these side faces into the receiving portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Voelker AG
    Inventor: Michael Dietrich