Patents by Inventor Erlfried Atzinger

Erlfried Atzinger 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).

  • Dryer section including a device and method for transferring a strip of paper from a first treatment station to a second treatment station in a paper machine
    Patent number: 5735060
    Abstract: In a drying section of a paper making machine, the paper web is conducted through a plurality of single tier dryer sections and then transferred to at least one final double tier dryer section for completing the drying process. The paper web is threaded through the open draw between the single tier dryer sections and the double tier dryer section and through the open draws between the lower cylinders and the upper cylinders in the double tier dryer section by use of air jets which blow at the paper web from opposite sides thereof. The air jets include at least one jet which blows in a direction generally opposite to that of the paper web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Erlfried Atzinger, Hans-Peter Sollinger, Gerhard Kotitschke, Hans Jurgen Wulz, Peter Kahl, Wolfgang Mueller
  • Process and apparatus for the traveling of a paper tail from a first to a second handling station in a paper machine
    Patent number: 5718058
    Abstract: In a drying section of a paper making machine, the paper web is conducted through a plurality of single tier dryer sections and then transferred to at least one final double tier dryer section for completing the drying process. The paper web is threaded through the open draw between the single tier dryer sections and the double tier dryer section and through the open draws between the lower cylinders and the upper cylinders in the double tier dryer section by use of air jets which blow at the paper web from opposite sides thereof. The air jets include at least one jet which blows in a direction generally opposite to that of the paper web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Erlfried Atzinger