Patents by Inventor Andreas PANZ

Andreas PANZ has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • CAPSULE FOR INSERTION INTO A HEAD OF A WATER PIPE, MACHINE OF THE TOBACCO PROCESSING INDUSTRY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A CAPSULE
    Publication number: 20190254338
    Abstract: A capsule for insertion into a head of a water pipe, a machine of the tobacco processing industry and a method for producing the capsule. The capsule for insertion into a head of a water pipe that includes a capsule body and a cover having at least one cover aperture. The capsule body and the cover, which are arranged to enclose a portion chamber configured to receive a single portion of water pipe tobacco, are joined directly to one another in a moisture-tight manner via a weld seam. The welded seam between the capsule body and cover is generated without auxiliary materials and provides a joint that is pressure-tight at least up to a pressure differential of 0.5 bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: HAUNI MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas PANZ, Matthias WEISS
  • Device and method for supplying ground or cut tobacco material to a portioning device
    Patent number: 9185934
    Abstract: A device of the tobacco processing industry and method for supplying ground or cut tobacco material having at least 35% moisture content. The device includes a conveyor, a portioner, and a homogenizer device including a needle roller and a picker roller. The needle roller is located downstream, relative to a tobacco conveying direction, of the conveyor and is structured and arranged to receive tobacco material from the conveyor, and the picker roller is structured and arranged to expel tobacco material out of the needle roller in a direction of the portioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: HAUNI MASCHINENBAU AG
    Inventors: Lutz Guenter, Joern Punzius, Joerg Wittek, Andreas Panz, Christofer Overbeck
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSERTING OBJECTS INTO AN ENDLESS FILTER ROD OF THE TOBACCO PROCESSING INDUSTRY
    Publication number: 20120115697
    Abstract: Method and device for inserting objects into at least one endless filter rod of the tobacco processing industry that is conveyed in the longitudinal axial direction. The method includes creating at least one blind hole-like recess in the at least one endless filter rod, inserting at least one object into the at least one blind hole-like recess in an insertion zone; and compacting the at least one endless filter rod to enclose the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: HAUNI MASCHINENEBAU AG
    Inventors: Joern PUNZIUS, Heiko ZIESMANN, Andreas PANZ
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING GROUND OR CUT TOBACCO MATERIAL TO A PORTIONING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110284016
    Abstract: A device of the tobacco processing industry and method for supplying ground or cut tobacco material having at least 35% moisture content. The device includes a conveyor, a portioner, and a homogenizer device including a needle roller and a picker roller. The needle roller is located downstream, relative to a tobacco conveying direction, of the conveyor and is structured and arranged to receive tobacco material from the conveyor, and the picker roller is structured and arranged to expel tobacco material out of the needle roller in a direction of the portioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: HAUNI MASCHINENBAU AG
    Inventors: Lutz Günter, Jörn PUNZIUS, Jörg WITTEK, Andreas PANZ, Christofer OVERBECK