Patents by Inventor Hans-Jürgen Gittel

Hans-Jürgen Gittel 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: 6640854
    Abstract: The invention relates to a treatment unit with a cutting tool (1) for treating wood, plastic or the like. Said treatment unit comprises a suction hood (6) with a ring (17) that encircles the tool (1) completely in the circumferential direction and at least partially in the axial direction. The suction hood (6) is located on the side of the drive spindle of the tool (1). A chip receiving opening (10) is provided in the tool (1) in the vicinity of the blade (4), said opening traversing the tool (1) in both the axial and the radial direction. A chip formed at the blade (4) is transported through the chip receiving opening (10) to the suction hood (6) from where the chip is removed by air suction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Ledermann GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Kalmbach, Wilhelm Kalmbach, Hans-Jürgen Gittel, Ewald Westfal
  • Patent number: 6454499
    Abstract: The invention relative to a device for machining workpieces comprising: a chip removing, rotating tool (2) configured substantially as a hollow body including at least one cutter (4), a portion of the tool adjoining the cutter (4) being penetrated by a chip receiving opening (6) for communicating chips into a tool cavity; and an exhaust means including a stationary exhaust housing (10) configured substantially as a hollow body communicating with the cavity (8) at least in part and in connection with at least one exhaust air source; the communicating portion of the exhaust housing (10) comprising in the region of the cutter (4) a chip communicating window (26) porting into an exhaust passage (36) of the exhaust housing (10); and the exhaust passage comprising in an exhaust passage section upstream of the chip communicating window (26), relative to the exhaust direction, at least one auxiliary air infeed opening. The invention relates furthermore to a method for machining workpieces by means of one such device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignees: Ledermann GmbH, Homag Maschinenbau AG
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Gittel, Ewald Westfal, Kurt Kalmbach, Wilhelm Kalmbach, Roland Fischer, Michael Oertel
  • Publication number: 20020037202
    Abstract: The invention relative to a device for machining workpieces comprising: a chip removing, rotating tool (2) configured substantially as a hollow body including at least one cutter (4), a portion of the tool adjoining the cutter (4) being penetrated by a chip receiving opening (6) for communicating chips into a tool cavity; and an exhaust means including a stationary exhaust housing (10) configured substantially as a hollow body communicating with the cavity (8) at least in part and in connection with at least one exhaust air source; the communicating portion of the exhaust housing (10) comprising in the region of the cutter (4) a chip communicating window (26) porting into an exhaust passage (36) of the exhaust housing (10); and the exhaust passage comprising in an exhaust passage section upstream of the chip communicating window (26), relative to the exhaust direction, at least one auxiliary air infeed opening. The invention relates furthermore to a method for machining workpieces by means of one such device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Gittel, Ewald Westfal, Kurt Kalmbach, Wilhelm Kalmbach, Roland Fischer, Michael Oertel
  • Patent number: 6186199
    Abstract: A milling tool for machining workpieces of wood, derived timber products, plastic material etc., has a support with a receiving portion and a cutting portion. The cutting portion has cutouts with a support surface for receiving at least two exchangeable cutting tips that are connected to the cutouts by at least one screw, respectively. The cutting portion has bores extending from the support surface of the cutouts into the cutting portion. the bores have a threaded portion and a threadless portion. The screws are threaded into the threaded portion of the bores for pressing the cutting tips against the support surface. The cutting tips have receiving openings. The screws have a guide shaft penetrating the receiving opening and extending into the threadless portion that has a tight clearance fit relative to the guide shaft. The screws have a head and the head has a clamping surface extending parallel to the support surface. The guide shaft is arranged adjacent to the clamping surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Ledermann GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Gittel, Pascal Wendel