Patents by Inventor Franciscus Wilhemus Rouweler

Franciscus Wilhemus Rouweler 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).

  • Tool which is movable in an apparatus
    Patent number: 10144049
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for shaping a material, in particular for bending plate material, comprising a mounting part configured to be in any case partially received in a receiving space of an apparatus, and a shaping part extending from the mounting part. The tool is provided with means for displacing the mounting part in longitudinal direction through the receiving space. The tool can thus be handled and positioned easily even when it is relatively heavy. The displacing means can comprise one or more displacing members protruding from the tool, for instance rollers or wheels. The invention also relates to a combination of an apparatus and such a tool, wherein the apparatus has a receiving space in which the mounting part of the tool is received. The receiving space here comprises a wall part on which the displacing means engage. Finally, the invention further relates to a method for positioning a tool as described above in an apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Wila B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Jan Herbert Jansen, Franciscus Wilhemus Rouweler
  • TOOL WHICH IS MOVABLE IN AN APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150165506
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for shaping a material, in particular for bending plate material, comprising a mounting part configured to be in any case partially received in a receiving space of an apparatus, and a shaping part extending from the mounting part. The tool is provided with means for displacing the mounting part in longitudinal direction through the receiving space. The tool can thus be handled and positioned easily even when it is relatively heavy. The displacing means can comprise one or more displacing members protruding from the tool, for instance rollers or wheels. The invention also relates to a combination of an apparatus and such a tool, wherein the apparatus has a receiving space in which the mounting part of the tool is received. The receiving space here comprises a wall part on which the displacing means engage. Finally, the invention further relates to a method for positioning a tool as described above in an apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Jan Herbert Jansen, Franciscus Wilhemus Rouweler