Patents by Inventor Felix Mauchle

Felix Mauchle 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: 10604360
    Abstract: A method and a dense phase powder pump for conveying coating powder from a first powder reservoir to a second downstream powder reservoir or to a downstream powder spray-coating gun or the like installation for spraying coating powder are disclosed. In order to reduce the number of components of the dense phase powder pump that require maintenance, the dense phase powder pump is designed as a single-chamber dense phase powder pump and has only a single powder conveyor chamber for conveying coating powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Hanspeter Vieli, Hans-Peter Lüthi
  • Patent number: 10589302
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a powder container for supplying coating powder to a powder coating station. The powder container includes a powder compartment for coating powder, the powder compartment being delimited by side walls, one of which is provided with an outlet port via which the powder compartment is or can be fluidically connected to an inlet of a powder deposition system. The effective flow cross-section of the fluid connection between the outlet port and the inlet of the powder deposition system can be variably adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Paulo Dos Reis
  • Publication number: 20200083698
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control circuit for protecting an electrostatic spray-coating apparatus, which has a high-voltage supply, against spark discharge. The control circuit has a disconnection device for automatically disconnecting the high-voltage supply, and has a device for detecting abnormal operation of the high-voltage supply. The device for detecting abnormal operation of the high-voltage supply is designed to monitor at least one parameter which is characteristic of the operation of the high-voltage supply, and to output a corresponding disconnection signal to the disconnection device when the at least one parameter which is characteristic of the operation of the high-voltage supply exceeds or falls below a predefined or predefinable limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Mario Vasella
  • Publication number: 20190374963
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dense-phase powder pump for conveying coating powder from a first powder reservoir to a second downstream powder reservoir or to a downstream powder spray-coating gun or similar device for spraying coating powder. The dense-phase powder pump has at least one powder conveying chamber, which is/can be fluidically connected to the first powder reservoir via a powder inlet, and to the second powder reservoir or to the powder spray-coating gun or similar device for spraying coating powder via a powder outlet. At least one powder inlet valve is provided at the powder inlet and at least one powder outlet valve is provided at the powder outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Hanspeter Vieli
  • Publication number: 20190344294
    Abstract: A powder-dispensing device in the form of a dense-phase powder pump or of a powder injector is provided to deliver coating powder from a powder reservoir to a powder-spraying device. To make the spray coating operation easier for the customer and to be able to make it more cost-effective, without having to compromise on good coating quality and good coating efficiency, a control device is integrated in the powder-dispensing device or is connected, in particular directly, to the powder-dispensing device and is designed to establish at least one parameter that is characteristic of a spray coating procedure carried out with the powder-coating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventor: Felix Mauchle
  • Patent number: 10406544
    Abstract: A powder-dispensing device in the form of a dense-phase powder pump or of a powder injector is provided to deliver coating powder from a powder reservoir to a powder-spraying device. To make the spray coating operation easier for the customer and to be able to make it more cost-effective, without having to compromise on good coating quality and good coating efficiency, a control device is integrated in the powder-dispensing device or is connected, in particular directly, to the powder-dispensing device and is designed to establish at least one parameter that is characteristic of a spray coating procedure carried out with the powder-coating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Felix Mauchle
  • Publication number: 20190023505
    Abstract: A method and a dense phase powder pump for conveying coating powder from a first powder reservoir to a second downstream powder reservoir or to a downstream powder spray-coating gun or the like installation for spraying coating powder are disclosed. In order to reduce the number of components of the dense phase powder pump that require maintenance, the dense phase powder pump is designed as a single-chamber dense phase powder pump and has only a single powder conveyor chamber for conveying coating powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Hanspeter Vieli, Hans-Peter Lüthi
  • Patent number: 10112787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a dense phase powder pump (1) for conveying coating powder from a first powder reservoir (101) to a second downstream powder reservoir or to a downstream powder spray-coating gun (102) or the like installation for spraying coating powder. In order to reduce the number of components of the dense phase powder pump (1) that require maintenance, the dense phase powder pump (1) is designed as a single-chamber dense phase powder pump and has only a single powder conveyor chamber (4) for conveying coating powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Hanspeter Vieli, Hans-Peter Lüthi
  • Publication number: 20180147585
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dense phase powder pump and a method for operating a dense phase powder pump in a powder-conveying mode. In order, in a simple manner, to prevent or at least reduce powder accumulations and clogging with powder, in particular on the powder inlet side of the powder conveying chamber of the dense phase powder pump, and thus in the region of the powder inlet valves, according to the invention, during a predefined or specified time period in at least one output phase and preferably at the end time of the output phase of a powder cycle, at least one of the following conditions exists: i) the powder inlet valve of the dense phase powder pump is open; ii) the powder outlet valve of the dense phase powder pump is closed; and/or iii) the application of an overpressure to the powder conveying chamber of the dense phase powder pump is interrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Hanspeter Vieli
  • Patent number: 9834391
    Abstract: A powder feeding device, in particular for coating powder, is disclosed. The powder feeding device includes a dense phase powder pump which has at least one conveying chamber with a powder inlet valve and a powder outlet valve. Furthermore, a control device is provided for selectively operating the dense phase powder pump in a powder conveying more or a flushing operating mode. The powder inlet valve and the powder outlet valve of the dense phase powder pump are configured in each case as a pneumatically actuable compression valve which can be closed when an actuating pressure is applied. The control device is configured to set the pressure value of the actuating pressure which is selected for closing the powder inlet valve and/or powder outlet valve depending on the respective operating mode of the dense phase powder pump and/or depending on a pressure which prevails in the conveying chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Hanspeter Vieli
  • Patent number: 9815074
    Abstract: The invention relates to a powder supply device for a powder coating system having at least one powder container (24), which has a powder chamber (22), and having at least one powder dispensing device, which is connected or can be connected to a powder dispensing channel (13) opening into the powder chamber (22) via a powder dispensing opening (36), in order to extract coating powder from the powder chamber (22) during powder coating operation of the powder coating system. In order to achieve as homogeneous and effective a powder conveyance as possible using the powder supply device according to the invention, the at least one powder dispensing device is designed as a powder dense flux pump (4), in particular as a single-chamber powder dense flux pump (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Marco Sanwald, Hanspeter Vieli, Hans-Peter Lüthi, Stefan Breitenmoser
  • Publication number: 20170320079
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a powder container for supplying coating powder to a powder coating station. The powder container includes a powder compartment for coating powder, the powder compartment being delimited by side walls, one of which is provided with an outlet port via which the powder compartment is or can be fluidically connected to an inlet of a powder deposition system. The effective flow cross-section of the fluid connection between the outlet port and the inlet of the powder deposition system can be variably adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Paulo Dos Reis
  • Patent number: 9745148
    Abstract: A powder conveyor has a pneumatically actuated dense phase powder pump and a pressure controller. The dense phase powder pump comprises at least one conveyor chamber having a powder inlet valve and a powder outlet valve. The pressure controller can be used to adjust and maintain a set pressure on the at least one conveyor chamber of the dense phase powder pump that is or can be previously defined and/or to adjust and maintain an actuation pressure on the powder inlet valve or the powder outlet valve that is or can be previously defined. The powder conveyor further comprises a gas flow detection device for detecting or determining a quantity of gas that is fed or removed per time unit when the set pressure is adjusted and maintained on the at least one conveyor chamber or a quantity of gas that is fed to the powder inlet valve or the powder outlet valve per time unit when the actuation pressure is adjusted and maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Hanspeter Vieli
  • Publication number: 20170216859
    Abstract: A powder-dispensing device in the form of a dense-phase powder pump or of a powder injector is provided to deliver coating powder from a powder reservoir to a powder-spraying device. To make the spray coating operation easier for the customer and to be able to make it more cost-effective, without having to compromise on good coating quality and good coating efficiency, a control device is integrated in the powder-dispensing device or is connected, in particular directly, to the powder-dispensing device and is designed to establish at least one parameter that is characteristic of a spray coating procedure carried out with the powder-coating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Felix Mauchle
  • Patent number: 9703297
    Abstract: A control device for a powder spray coating device and a powder spray coating device are specified. With the aim of ensuring operational reliability during the coating operation of the powder spray coating device, while at the same time preserving the required coating efficiency, the solution according to the invention provides for the control device an assessment device, an enabling device and a first communication interface, the assessment device being designed for assessing on the basis of at least one code received from the powder spray coating device by means of the first communication interface whether or not reliable operation of the powder spray coating device is ensured and passing on the assessment result to the enabling device, the enabling device being designed in turn for enabling operation if the assessment result is positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Marlo Vasella
  • Patent number: 9657740
    Abstract: The invention relates to a powder supplying device for a powder coating installation with at least one powder container, which has a powder chamber for coating powder, and with at least one powder injector, which is connected or can be connected to a powder discharge channel opening out via a powder discharge opening in the powder chamber, in order to suck coating powder out of the powder chamber in the powder coating operation of the powder coating installation with the aid of conveying compressed air fed by the powder injector. In order to make it possible for the powder to be changed quickly in an easy manner, it is provided according to the invention that the powder discharge channel has a reduced length of at most 300 mm, preferably a length of 160 mm to 240 mm and more preferably a length of 200 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Norbert Honegger, Mark Steinemann, Hanspeter Michael
  • Publication number: 20170136482
    Abstract: The invention relates to a powder spray coating booth (1) in which objects can be coated with powder with the aid of at least one spray device (6), wherein the powder spray coating booth (1) has an exhaust channel arrangement for exhausting air and excess powder from the booth interior of the powder spray coating booth (1), and wherein the exhaust channel arrangement has an exhaust channel (9) which is arranged in the booth substructure and which is fluidically connected to the booth interior via at least one exhaust opening (8). In order to achieve that a change of powder can also be quickly carried out, the invention provides that the exhaust channel (9) is additionally fluidically connected or can be additionally fluidically connected to at least two channel sections (31, 32) which are led out of the booth substructure, via a manifold (30) arranged in the booth substructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Peter Steiger
  • Patent number: 9597696
    Abstract: The invention relates to a screen insert (70) for a powder container (24) of a powder supplying device, the screen insert (70) having a screen unit (71) for screening coating powder and an ultrasonic transducer (72) for generating ultrasonic vibrations. The screen unit (71) is connected to the ultrasonic transducer (72) in such a way that the ultrasonic vibrations generated by the ultrasonic transducer (72) can be transferred to the screen unit (71). To allow a particularly compact construction of the screen insert (70) to be achieved, according to the invention a screen carrier (73) which can be placed onto the powder container (24) is provided, for holding the ultrasonic transducer (72), with the screen unit (71) connected thereto, in such a way that the screen unit (71) is arranged below the screen carrier (73), so that the screen unit (71) is inside a powder chamber (22), formed by the powder container (24), when the screen carrier (73) has been placed onto the powder container (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Mark Steinemann
  • Publication number: 20160368717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a powder feeding device (100), in particular for coating powder. The powder feeding device (100) comprises a dense phase powder pump (1) which has at least one conveying chamber (4) with a powder inlet valve (7) and a powder outlet valve (8). Furthermore, a control device (90) is provided for selectively operating the dense phase powder pump (1) in a powder conveying operating mode or a flushing operating mode. The powder inlet valve (7) and the powder outlet valve (8) of the dense phase powder pump (1) are configured in each case as a pneumatically actuable compression valve which can be closed when an actuating pressure is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Hanspeter Vieli
  • Patent number: 9486827
    Abstract: The invention relates to a jet-receiving nozzle for a powder-delivery injector with an arresting region on the injector side and a connecting region remote from the injector, the arresting region having a configuration preventing incorrect connection. The invention also relates to a powder-delivery injector for delivering a powder-air mixture, the powder-delivery injector having an accepting channel for accepting a jet-receiving nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Marco Sanwald