Patents by Inventor Detlef Ahlborn

Detlef Ahlborn 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).

  • Method and apparatus for cutting a continuously guided rod into rod-shaped articles of variable length
    Patent number: 7992574
    Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus for cutting at least one continuously conveyed rod into rod-shaped articles of variable length, in particular cigarettes, filters or the like, including a cutting device, a counter-support and displacing devices for the cutting device and the counter-support for varying the cut length of the articles, which is characterized in that the displacing devices for the cutting device and the counter-support are coupled together to make a functional connection. Furthermore, the invention concerns a corresponding method which is characterized in that, to alter the length of the articles to be cut off the rod, only one component is displaced, namely optionally the cutting device or the counter-support, and the other component is automatically displaced with it as a function of the displaced component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Hauni Maschinenbau AG
    Inventors: Matthias Jahnke, Konrad Popp, Detlef Ahlborn
  • Method and apparatus for cutting a continuously guided rod into rod-shaped articles of variable length
    Publication number: 20060065278
    Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus for cutting at least one continuously conveyed rod into rod-shaped articles of variable length, in particular cigarettes, filters or the like, including a cutting device, a counter-support and displacing devices for the cutting device and the counter-support for varying the cut length of the articles, which is characterized in that the displacing devices for the cutting device and the counter-support are coupled together to make a functional connection. Furthermore, the invention concerns a corresponding method which is characterized in that, to alter the length of the articles to be cut off the rod, only one component is displaced, namely optionally the cutting device or the counter-support, and the other component is automatically displaced with it as a function of the displaced component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: HAUNI MASCHINENBAU AG
    Inventors: Matthias Jahnke, Konrad Popp, Detlef Ahlborn