Patents Examined by Mark Willams
  • Device for sealing a gap
    Patent number: 6254106
    Abstract: A device for sealing a gap between two members. The device comprises at least one elastically expanding hose accommodated in a groove (2) in the wall of the gap. The hose can be expanded by a compressible fluid introduced through a rigid opening such that the hose cannot be displaced in relation to the opening. To provide a device that is easy to install and remove and that requires no straps to secure it, the hose (1) is inserted into the opening (3) and has one end loose and the other end secured by supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Fritsche Moellmann, GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ernst Denker, Martin Ebner
  • Cutting insert, especially for milling
    Patent number: 5839858
    Abstract: A cutting insert for material removal machining includes a cutting face formed with a longitudinal cutting edge and with a succession of spaced apart rearwardly widening recesses extending along the cutting edge and at least one of the recesses having a respective rib extending along a longitudinal axis transversely to the cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Widia GmbH
    Inventors: Jose Agustin Paya, Thomas Braun