Patents by Inventor GUNTHER DORFLER

GUNTHER DORFLER 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).

  • Drilling tool magazine
    Patent number: 6419029
    Abstract: A drilling tool magazine and a horizontal boring machine having a drilling tool magazine in which automatic and reliable handling and access to any of the drilling tools to be handled is ensured, the drilling tool magazine (10) which is particularly suitable for horizontal boring machines (5) is fitted with a plurality of tool bays (12) so as to receive tools (8) in an essentially horizontal position; these tool bays are each formed by at least one drive catch (14) movable along a conveyance path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignees: FlowTex® Technologie GmbH & Co. KG, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Bayer, Günther Dörfler, Alexander Steck, Michael Keller, Norbert Cottone, Uwe Bräuning
  • DRILLING TOOL MAGAZINE
    Publication number: 20010045301
    Abstract: To provide a drilling tool magazine and a horizontal boring machine having such a drilling tool magazine in which automatic and reliable handling and access to any of the drilling tools to be handled is ensured, the drilling tool magazine (10) which is particularly suitable for horizontal boring machines (5) is fitted with a plurality of tool bays (12) so as to receive tools (8) in an essentially horizontal position; these tool bays are each formed by at least one drive catch (14) movable along a conveyance path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: HANS-JOACHIM BAYER, GUNTHER DORFLER, ALEXANDER STECK, MICHAEL KELLER, NOBERT COTTONE, UWE BRAUNING