Patents by Inventor Erich Mammel

Erich Mammel 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: 8291804
    Abstract: Drive unit with a rotating saw blade which is hinged inside of a protective hood, for connection to a robot, shaped by an enclosure that can be connected to the robot in which a shaft is positioned, by means of which the saw can be powered under intermediate connection to a gearbox. The saw blade is held between two firmly connected internal rings which are arranged on both sides of the saw blade and contain it, as well as being connected to each other. The rings are rotatably mounted within non-rotating external rings that are connected to the protective hood. The device that is formed by the saw blade, the internal rings and the external rings is fastened in a removable way to a drive hub that is powered by the gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Schmid & Wezel GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Erich Mammel
  • Publication number: 20090025521
    Abstract: Drive unit with a rotating saw blade which is hinged inside of a protective hood, for connection to a robot, shaped by an enclosure that can be connected to the robot in which a shaft is positioned, by means of which the saw can be powered under intermediate connection to a gearbox. The saw blade is held between two firmly connected internal rings which are arranged on both sides of the saw blade and contain it, as well as being connected to each other. The rings are rotatably mounted within non-rotating external rings that are connected to the protective hood. The device that is formed by the saw blade, the internal rings and the external rings is fastened in a removable way to a drive hub that is powered by the gearbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Schmid & Wezel GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Erich Mammel
  • Patent number: 4368560
    Abstract: An arrangement for removing skin of slaughtered animals has a housing substantially forming a handle, two cutting disks having a central plane corresponding to a central plane of the housing, a drive and transmission, a separating wall formed of one piece with the housing and separating the transmission from the cutting means as well as including a center plate extending substantially in the region of the central plane and a limiting plate extending substantially normal to the latter, a spacer ring abutting against the central plate and supporting the cutting disks, and two covers of which one cover is connected with the central plate and partially supports the eccentric shaft, and the other cover abuts against the limiting plate and is pressed against the spacer ring, wherein the central plate of the separating wall has a free end portion which is overlapped by end portions of the covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1983
    Assignee: Schmid & Wezel
    Inventors: Ludwig Wetzel, Erich Mammel