Patents by Inventor Erich Lohner

Erich Lohner 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).

  • Patent number: 12145818
    Abstract: A roll feed includes a base body, a first tube roll having a rolling surface and a first bearing shaft, wherein the base body is configured to support the first tube roll and the first bearing shaft. The first bearing shaft and the first tube roll are configured to be detachably connected to each other for a rotationally fixed connection, wherein the base body is configured such that the first tube roll can be removed from the base body in an axial direction, wherein the axial direction is substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the first tube roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Zehnder & Sommer AG
    Inventors: Erich Lohner, Urs Fankhauser
  • Publication number: 20240228204
    Abstract: A feeder for conveying a workpiece, in particular strip material, in a conveying direction, comprises at least one first pair of side support modules; a base support module arranged between the side support modules; and at least one conveying module; wherein the side support modules are detachably connected to the base support module transversely to the conveying direction to form a U-shaped support structure of the feeder along the conveying direction; wherein the conveying module is arranged on the support structure movably in the conveying direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Erich LOHNER, Urs FANKHAUSER
  • Publication number: 20240132310
    Abstract: A feeder for conveying a workpiece, in particular strip material, in a conveying direction, comprises at least one first pair of side support modules; a base support module arranged between the side support modules; and at least one conveying module; wherein the side support modules are detachably connected to the base support module transversely to the conveying direction to form a U-shaped support structure of the feeder along the conveying direction; wherein the conveying module is arranged on the support structure movably in the conveying direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Erich LOHNER, Urs FANKHAUSER
  • Publication number: 20240068493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressing cylinder for a material conveying device, in particular for a roller feed, comprising: a piston rod which is configured to engage with a movable component of the material conveying device; a cylinder space which is configured to at least partially guide the piston rod; a piston which is arranged in the cylinder space and which is connected to the piston rod; and a motor; wherein the piston rod comprises a first piston rod element and a second piston rod element which are configured such that a rotational movement of the first piston rod element causes a translational movement of the second piston rod element relative to the piston; wherein the motor is configured to cause the rotational movement of the first piston rod element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Erich LOHNER, Urs FANKHAUSER
  • Publication number: 20230271799
    Abstract: A roll feed includes a base body, a first tube roll having a rolling surface and a first bearing shaft, wherein the base body is configured to support the first tube roll and the first bearing shaft. The first bearing shaft and the first tube roll are configured to be detachably connected to each other for a rotationally fixed connection, wherein the base body is configured such that the first tube roll can be removed from the base body in an axial direction, wherein the axial direction is substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the first tube roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Erich LOHNER, Urs FANKHAUSER
  • Patent number: 5247860
    Abstract: A method is proposed for the production of a form tool, particularly for the shaping of plate-shaped or web-shaped starting material containing fiber material, comprising at least one male mold part and female mold part which are provided with form surfaces and recesses for guiding heated gas or steam and the like to the form surfaces and with devices for clamping on an apparatus, and whose form surfaces are shaped and formed from a sheet metal material, particularly perforated sheet metal, wherein in order to prevent any reworking at the form surface it is provided that a tap model, which is constructed as a negative form of the corresponding part of an original model, is used for shaping the sheet metal forming the form surface of a tool half, both the female mold and the male mold of the form tool, and that the perforated sheet metal forming the form surface remains fixed on the tap model until the frame and the possibly necessary reinforcements are connected to its rear side, which is open at the top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: Karrosseriewerke Weinsberg GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Karl, Armin Doering, Erich Lohner