Patents by Inventor Gunter Schumacher
Gunter Schumacher 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).
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Patent number: 11856894Abstract: A twine knotter including a bill hook for forming a knot in a twine, a twine holding device for clamping twine with a twine holder and a twine disk rotatable relative thereto, the twine disk having recesses over its circumference for receiving twine, a twine feeding device for feeding twine over the bill hook into the twine holding device, and a twine knife for cutting twine. The twine disk has at least two pairs of recesses over the circumference, each pair of recesses having a front recess in a direction of rotation of the twine disk for receiving a single twine strand or a single twine strand pair and a rear recess for receiving a further single twine strand or said single twine strand pair.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Rasspe Systemtechnik GmbhInventors: Michael Flanhardt, Heinrich Günter Schumacher, Hans-Robert Lüttich, Christian Steglich, Andreas Acimas, Karsten Baldsiefen
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Publication number: 20210068347Abstract: A twine knotter including a bill hook for forming a knot in a twine, a twine holding device for clamping twine with a twine holder and a twine disk rotatable relative thereto, the twine disk having recesses over its circumference for receiving twine, a twine feeding device for feeding twine over the bill hook into the twine holding device, and a twine knife for cutting twine. The twine disk has at least two pairs of recesses over the circumference, each pair of recesses having a front recess in a direction of rotation of the twine disk for receiving a single twine strand or a single twine strand pair and a to rear recess for receiving a further single twine strand or said single twine strand pair.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: Rasspe Systemtechnik GmbHInventors: Michael FLANHARDT, Heinrich Günter SCHUMACHER, Hans-Robert LÜTTICH, Christian STEGLICH, Andreas ACIMAS, Karsten BALDSIEFEN
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Patent number: 10660267Abstract: A Knife attachment arrangement for oscillatingly driven mower knives, including a shaft (1) defining a first longitudinal axis (X) and having a receiving space (4) and a mower knife drive pin (2) engaging in the receiving space (4) and being detachably connected to the shaft (1). A head bearing holding area (13) of the mower knife drive pin (2) engages in the receiving space (4) and has a first contact face (14) that is in contact with the first support face (6) and is curved opposite to the first support face (6). An undercut (8) is formed in the wall (5) delimiting the receiving space (4) and the head bearing holding area (13) of the mower knife drive pin (2) has a collar (16) engaging in the undercut (8), wherein the undercut is formed as a groove (8) in the wall (5), the groove (8) extends radially with respect to the second longitudinal axis (Y).Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: EWM EICHELHARDTER WERKZEUG- UND MASCHINENBAU GMBHInventors: Heinrich Gunter Schumacher, Jochen Heinemann
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Patent number: 10602661Abstract: A drive (100) has two gearing arrangements (101, 102) both with a first gearing (103) and a second gearing (104). Each gearing (103, 104) has at least one transfer element (106) for transferring a reciprocating motion of a driving hinge point (107) into a reciprocating motion of an output hinge point (108). Output elements (117) are coupled to the output hinge points (108) of the two gearings (103, 104). A drive element (116) is coupled to the driving hinge points (107). A common drive element (116) is connected to the driving hinge points (107) of the gearings (103, 104) of the two gearing arrangements (101, 102). The gearing arrangements (101, 102) are mirror-symmetrically arranged so that the output elements (117) are driven on a common output axis in an opposed manner with respect to each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: EWM Eichelhardter Werkzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbHInventors: Heinrich Gunter Schumacher, Ralf Schmidt
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Patent number: 10495202Abstract: An angular gear arrangement for mower knife driven in an oscillating manner, including a transmission housing, an input shaft, which engages in the interior of the transmission housing, a rotor, which is mounted in the transmission housing to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation by a first bearing, a crankshaft, which engages in the receiving space of the rotor through the receiving opening and is mounted in the receiving space, to be rotatable about a second axis of rotation by a second bearing, a driving element, which is non-rotationally connected to the rotor and mounted so as to be rotatable about the first axis of rotation by at least one third bearing, and support means, which are arranged in the transmission housing and on which the third bearing is axially supported, the support means being releasably fastened to the transmission housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: EWM EICHELHARDTER WERKZEUG- UND MASCHINENBAU GMBHInventors: Marco Jung, Heinrich Günter Schumacher
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Patent number: 10349583Abstract: A centrally lubricated twine knotter for a press with twine tying, comprising at least one knotter driving disc, a knotter chassis, a knotter assembly and if necessary a knife lever, which can at least partly be supplied with lubricant, in the case of which the knotter driving disc is fastened on the knotter driveshaft that is driveable about its axis in a rotationally fixed manner, the knotter chassis is assigned to the knotter driving disc in such a manner that the knotter chassis with respect to the twine knotter stands fixed in space, the knotter chassis carries the knotter assembly forming the one or two knots in succession and if necessary the knife lever driven by a cam track of the knotter driving disc, the knotter assembly, comprises at least one twine holder and a knotter hook and for lubricating at least some of the bearings of a plurality of the driven components from the group of the knotter driving disc, knife lever, twine holder, knotter hook a central lubricating arrangement is provided, whereType: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Rasspe Systemtechnik GmbHInventors: Fred Schumacher, Heinz-Gunter Schumacher, Michael Flanhardt, Andreas Acimas
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Patent number: 9992929Abstract: A connecting arrangement (1) for connecting a mower knife drive to a mower knife (7), that moves back and forth along a knife or X-axis, has a driving element (2) and an output element (3). The driving element (2) connects the connecting arrangement (1) to the mower knife drive. The output element (3) connects the connecting arrangement (1) to the mower knife (7). The driving element (2) and the output element (3) rotate relative to one another about three mutually perpendicular axes of rotation (X, Y, Z). Also, the driving element (2) and output element (3) can be moved relative to one another along at least two of the axes of rotation (Y, Z).Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: EWM Eichelhardter Werkzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbHInventors: Heinrich Gunter Schumacher, Andreas Roth
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Publication number: 20180153097Abstract: A Knife attachment arrangement for oscillatingly driven mower knives, including a shaft (1) defining a first longitudinal axis (X) and having a receiving space (4) and a mower knife drive pin (2) engaging in the receiving space (4) and being detachably connected to the shaft (1). A head bearing holding area (13) of the mower knife drive pin (2) engages in the receiving space (4) and has a first contact face (14) that is in contact with the first support face (6) and is curved opposite to the first support face (6). An undercut (8) is formed in the wall (5) delimiting the receiving space (4) and the head bearing holding area (13) of the mower knife drive pin (2) has a collar (16) engaging in the undercut (8), wherein the undercut is formed as a groove (8) in the wall (5), the groove (8) extends radially with respect to the second longitudinal axis (Y).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: EWM EICHELHARDTER WERKZEUG- UND MASCHINENBAU GMBHInventors: Heinrich Gunter SCHUMACHER, Jochen HEINERMANN
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Publication number: 20180119787Abstract: An angular gear arrangement for mower knife driven in an oscillating manner, including a transmission housing, an input shaft, which engages in the interior of the transmission housing, a rotor, which is mounted in the transmission housing to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation by a first bearing, a crankshaft, which engages in the receiving space of the rotor through the receiving opening and is mounted in the receiving space, to be rotatable about a second axis of rotation by a second bearing, a driving element, which is non-rotationally connected to the rotor and mounted so as to be rotatable about the first axis of rotation by at least one third bearing, and support means, which are arranged in the transmission housing and on which the third bearing is axially supported, the support means being releasably fastened to the transmission housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: EWM EICHELHARDTER WERKZEUG- UND MASCHINENBAU GMBHInventors: Marco JUNG, Heinrich Günter SCHUMACHER
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Publication number: 20180027743Abstract: A centrally lubricated twine knotter for a press with twine tying, comprising at least one knotter driving disc, a knotter chassis, a knotter assembly and if necessary a knife lever, which can at least partly be supplied with lubricant, in the case of which the knotter driving disc is fastened on the knotter driveshaft that is driveable about its axis in a rotationally fixed manner, the knotter chassis is assigned to the knotter driving disc in such a manner that the knotter chassis with respect to the twine knotter stands fixed in space, the knotter chassis carries the knotter assembly forming the one or two knots in succession and if necessary the knife lever driven by a cam track of the knotter driving disc, the knotter assembly, comprises at least one twine holder and a knotter hook and for lubricating at least some of the bearings of a plurality of the driven components from the group of the knotter driving disc, knife lever, twine holder, knotter hook a central lubricating arrangement is provided, whereType: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Fred Schumacher, Heinz-Gunter Schumacher, Michael Flanhardt, Andreas Acimas
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Patent number: 9832932Abstract: A twine knotter has a knotter frame (2). An intermediate shaft (3) is rotatably supported on the knotter frame (2) around a longitudinal axis L. A shaft input (4) connects the intermediate shaft (3) to an output element (61) of a knotter drive shaft (54). At least one knotter hook shaft (9, 10) is rotatably supported around a knotter hook axis (K1, K2) on the knotter frame (2). The at least one knotter hook shaft (9, 10) is drive-wise connected to the intermediate shaft (3). The at least one knotter hook shaft carries a knotter hook (11, 12) to form a knot. The twine knotter (1) is formed as an independent assembly. The twine knotter (1) is drive-wise detachably connectable, via the shaft input (4) of the intermediate shaft (3), to the knotter drive shaft (54).Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2014Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Rasspe Systemtechnik GmbHInventors: Friedrich-Wilhelm Schumacher, Heinrich Gunter Schumacher, Michael Flanhardt, Andreas Acimas
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Publication number: 20170118909Abstract: A connecting arrangement (1) for connecting a mower knife drive to a mower knife (7), that moves back and forth along a knife or X-axis, has a driving element (2) and an output element (3). The driving element (2) connects the connecting arrangement (1) to the mower knife drive. The output element (3) connects the connecting arrangement (1) to the mower knife (7). The driving element (2) and the output element (3) rotate relative to one another about three mutually perpendicular axes of rotation (X, Y, Z). Also, the driving element (2) and output element (3) can be moved relative to one another along at least two of the axes of rotation (Y, Z).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Heinrich Gunter SCHUMACHER, Andreas ROTH
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Publication number: 20170094898Abstract: A drive (100) has two gearing arrangements (101, 102) both with a first gearing (103) and a second gearing (104). Each gearing (103, 104) has at least one transfer element (106) for transferring a reciprocating motion of a driving hinge point (107) into a reciprocating motion of an output hinge point (108). Output elements (117) are coupled to the output hinge points (108) of the two gearings (103, 104). A drive element (116) is coupled to the driving hinge points (107). A common drive element (116) is connected to the driving hinge points (107) of the gearings (103, 104) of the two gearing arrangements (101, 102). The gearing arrangements (101, 102) are mirror-symmetrically arranged so that the output elements (117) are driven on a common output axis in an opposed manner with respect to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: Heinrich Gunter SCHUMACHER, Ralf SCHMIDT
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Publication number: 20150097370Abstract: A twine knotter has a knotter frame (2). An intermediate shaft (3) is rotatably supported on the knotter frame (2) around a longitudinal axis L. A shaft input (4) connects the intermediate shaft (3) to an output element (61) of a knotter drive shaft (54). At least one knotter hook shaft (9, 10) is rotatably supported around a knotter hook axis (K1, K2) on the knotter frame (2). The at least one knotter hook shaft (9, 10) is drive-wise connected to the intermediate shaft (3). The at least one knotter hook shaft carries a knotter hook (11, 12) to form a knot. The twine knotter (1) is formed as an independent assembly. The twine knotter (1) is drive-wise detachably connectable, via the shaft input (4) of the intermediate shaft (3), to the knotter drive shaft (54).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: Friedrich-Wilhelm SCHUMACHER, Heinrich Gunter SCHUMACHER, Michael FLANHARDT, Andreas ACIMAS
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Patent number: 8608399Abstract: A connection arrangement for connecting a sickle drive with a sickle (1) has a connection element (4) on the sickle (1). The connection element (4) has an open ring with a through bore (6) that extends along a longitudinal axis (5). A cup-shaped intermediate element (14) rests in the through bore (6) of the connection element (4). The cup-shaped intermediate element (14) has a spherical inner face (18). A rotational bearing (32) with a spherical outer face (21) is adapted to be accommodated in the spherical inner face (18) in the intermediate element (14).Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2010Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Eichelhardter Werkzeug-und Maschinenbau GmbHInventor: Heinrich Günter Schumacher
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Patent number: 8590355Abstract: Cutting blades and counterblades are presented having long edge life for chopping devices equipped with blades mounted on rotating drums and with counterblades which fit into the gaps between the blades, the blades and/or counterblades being produced by rolling at least one of the longitudinal edges of a piece of flat strip material to form a slightly rounded, prismatic cutting edge, the rolling being continued until satisfactory sharpness is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2005Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Rasspe Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Michael Flanhardt, Karlfried Platz, Manfred Gröning, Heinz-Günter Schumacher, Gerd Bernhardt, André Heinrich, Andreas Acimas
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Publication number: 20110110707Abstract: A connection arrangement for connecting a sickle drive with a sickle (1) has a connection element (4) on the sickle (1). The connection element (4) has an open ring with a through bore (6) that extends along a longitudinal axis (5). A cup-shaped intermediate element (14) rests in the through bore (6) of the connection element (4). The cup-shaped intermediate element (14) has a spherical inner face (18). A rotational bearing (32) with a spherical outer face (21) is adapted to be accommodated in the spherical inner face (18) in the intermediate element (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: Eichelhardter Werkzeug-und Maschinenbau GmbHInventor: Heinrich Günter Schumacher
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Publication number: 20100255945Abstract: A drive unit for an oscillatingly driven mowing sickles has a first transmission unit with a first housing defining a first axis. A rotor is rotationally supported in the first housing around the first axis. A first internal gear wheel is retained in the first housing. The internal gear wheel has internal teeth. A pinion is rotationally supported in the rotor around a second axis. The second axis is radially off-set to the first axis. The pinion forms an output element of the drive unit and meshes with the first internal gear wheel. A mowing sickle is coupled with said output element of said first transmission unit. A second transmission unit has an output non-rotationally connected to the rotor of the first transmission unit. The output is formed as a step-down gear. A motor with an output shaft rotationally drives the second transmission unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2010Publication date: October 7, 2010Inventors: Gûnter Schumacher, Gustav Schumacher, Heinrich Gûnter Schumacher
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Patent number: 7743592Abstract: A connection arrangement between a mowing sickle drive and a linear reciprocating mowing sickle has a first metallic connection element (4). The first connection element (4) forms either one component with the mowing sickle (1) or serves to connect the same. The first connection element (4) is at least partially formed annularly and includes a circular cylindrical bore (6), which defines a longitudinal axis (5). The first connection element (4) is slotted and includes a clamping mechanism (11) to change the cross-section of the bore (6). A metallic ring (14) has a circular cylindrical outer face (19) to nest in bore (6). A hollow spherical inner face (18) is on the intermediate ring (14). The intermediate ring (14) has at least one slot on its circumference. A rotational rolling member bearing has an outer metallic bearing ring (20) and is closed in a circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2007Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Inventors: Günter Schumacher, Heinrich-Günter Schumacher
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Patent number: 7708664Abstract: A drive unit for oscillatingly driven mowing sickles has a first transmission unit {1} with a first housing (5) defining a first axis (6). A rotor (7) is rotationally supported in the first housing (5) around the first axis (6). A first internal gear wheel (10) is fixed in the first housing (5) and provided with internal teeth. A toothed pinion (14) is rotationally supported in the rotor (7) around a second axis (12). The second axis (12) is radially off-set to the first axis (6). The toothed pinion (14) forms the output element of the drive unit and meshes with the first internal gear wheel (10). A second transmission unit (2) has an output (34) non-rotationally connected to the rotor (7) of the first transmission unit (1). The second transmission unit (2) is formed as a step-down gear. A motor (4), with an output shaft (45), rotationally drives the second transmission unit (2).Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2006Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Inventors: Günter Schumacher, Gustav Schumacher