Patents by Inventor Friedrich Ilgoutz

Friedrich Ilgoutz 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: 7690884
    Abstract: A device for separating battery plates from stacks comprises a lifting device (30) with which vertical stacks (14) are gradually lifted to a plate placer (51). The plate placer (51) lifts the uppermost plate from the stack (14) and places it onto a conveyor belt (60), whose loading end is located underneath the plate placer (51) and which comprises conveying elements (61) that are moved underneath the plate placer (51) after a plate has been lifted from the stack (14). The delivery end of the conveyor belt (60) is situated underneath the loading end of a vacuum conveyor belt (70). The vacuum conveyor belt (70) receives separated plates from the conveyor belt (60) and moves them to devices located downstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Inventors: Anton Schwetz, Thomas Rotbart, Hans Schnur, Friedrich Ilgoutz
  • Publication number: 20080069682
    Abstract: A device for separating battery plates from stacks comprises a lifting device (30) with which vertical stacks (14) are gradually lifted to a plate placer (51). The plate placer (51) lifts the uppermost plate from the stack (14) and places it onto a conveyor belt (60), whose loading end is located underneath the plate placer (51) and which comprises conveying elements (61) that are moved underneath the plate placer (51) after a plate has been lifted from the stack (14). The delivery end of the conveyor belt (60) is situated underneath the loading end of a vacuum conveyor belt (70). The vacuum conveyor belt (70) receives separated plates from the conveyor belt (60) and moves them to devices located downstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Anton Schwetz, Thomas Rotbart, Hans Schnur, Friedrich Ilgoutz
  • Patent number: 6670072
    Abstract: On the delivery side of a device in which tubular sleeves (25) for battery plates are produced from web-shaped separator material, there is a compartmented star (40) with several compartments (41). After a sleeve (25) has been inserted into the compartment (41), the compartmented star (40) is turned to move the compartment (41) with the sleeve (25) into the insertion position. In the insertion position the sleeve (25) in the compartment (41) is pushed by a stop (52) so far that its insertion-side end is pushed over the legs (56) of the spreading elements (55). Through the end of the sleeve (25) held open by the spreading elements (55) a plate is inserted until it rest against the stop (52). Then the sleeve (25) with the plate pushed into it is pulled out of the compartment (41) laterally by rollers (60) and delivered for further use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: BM-Battery Machines GmbH
    Inventors: Anton Schwetz, Friedrich Ilgoutz, Thomas Rotbart, Johann Kurzweil
  • Patent number: 6499208
    Abstract: The device includes a conveyor element for supplying separator strip in a first plane, a device for cutting sections from the separator strip, another conveyor element for preparing the separator strip sections at one folding site and a unit for supplying plates to be jacketed to the folding site in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane. Next to the plane in which the separator strip section is prepared at the folding site, there is a negatively pressurized roller as the device for tensioning the separator strip section prepared in the folding site. In the area of the folding site on the side of the plane in which a separator strip section is prepared at the folding site which is opposite the side from which the plate to be jacketed is supplied, there is a pair of folding rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: BM-Battery Machines GmbH
    Inventors: Anton Schwetz, Friedrich Ilgoutz, Gunther Muller, Thomas Rotbart, Johann Kurzweil
  • Publication number: 20020020055
    Abstract: A device for producing pockets for plates (10) of batteries has a conveyor element (1) for supply of separator strip in a first plane (11), a means (4, 5) for cutting the separator strip sections from the supplied separator strip, another conveyor element (2) for preparing the separator strip sections at one folding site (15) and a unit (9) for supply of the plates (10) which are to be jacketed to the folding site (15) in a second plane which is perpendicular to the first plane (11). Next to the plane (11) in which the separator strip section is prepared at the folding site (15), with reference to the feed direction of the separator strip section after the folding rollers (13, 14) there is a negatively pressurized roller (17) as the device (16) for tensioning the separator strip section which is prepared in the folding site (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Anton Schwetz, Friedrich Ilgoutz, Gunther Muller, Thomas Rotbart, Johann Kurzweil
  • Publication number: 20020013999
    Abstract: On the delivery side of a device in which tubular sleeves (25) for battery plates are produced from web-shaped separator material, there is a compartmented star (40) with several compartments (41). After a sleeve (25) has been inserted into the compartment (41), the compartmented star (40) is turned to move the compartment (41) with the sleeve (25) held in it into the insertion position. In the insertion position the sleeve (25) in the compartment (41) is pushed by a stop (52) so far that its insertion-side end is pushed over the legs (56) of the spreading elements (55). Through the end of the sleeve (25) held open by the spreading elements (55) a plate is inserted until it rest against the stop (52). Then the sleeve (25) with the plate pushed into it is pulled out of the compartment (41) laterally by rollers (60) and delivered for further use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Applicant: BM-Battery Machines GmbH
    Inventors: Anton Schwetz, Friedrich Ilgoutz, Thomas Rotbart, Johann Kurzweil