Patents by Inventor Franz Hennecke

Franz Hennecke 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).

  • Thermal cutting machine
    Patent number: 4385750
    Abstract: A thermal cutting machine for laterally cutting a displaceable strand of metal includes a car selectively engageable with the top surface of the strand, the car being adapted to travel on rails aligned with the direction of displacement of the strand. The car carries a movable cutter. In one preferred embodiment the load of the car on the rails at one end of the car is substantially constant whether or not the car is engaged with the top of the strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Assignee: I.P.U. Ltd.
    Inventor: Franz Hennecke
  • Flame cutting apparatus and method
    Patent number: 4202707
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for flame cutting steel slabs or the like in strip casting apparatus employs a flame cutting machine which moves at the strip casting speed during the flame cutting. A control device so adapts the flame cutting speed to the casting speed automatically, taking into account any temporary delay in the cutting operation, that until the termination of the flame cutting a definite predetermined distance of accompaniment is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1980
    Assignee: I. P. U. Limited
    Inventor: Franz Hennecke