Patents by Inventor Harald Romer
Harald Romer 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: 8337741Abstract: A method for operating a rotary press, comprising a rotor rotatably driven about a vertical axis that has a die-plate and upper and lower rams which, while being guided vertically in guides of the rotor, interact with holes of dies in the die-plate wherein at least one compression station is provided and has an upper and a lower pressing roller past which the presser rams run along and by which they are moved towards the die-bore for the purpose of compacting the material in the die-hole, wherein the upper and lower rams are lifted subsequent to the compression procedure, causing the lower ram to eject a compact from the die and the compact to be stripped by a stripper in the direction of a discharge chute, characterized in that while an compact ejection procedure is under way the upper ram stands upright on top of the compact and is lifted therewith and the stripper seizes the compact laterally while the upper ram is still standing upright on top of the compact.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2006Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Fette GmbHInventors: Harald Romer, Ulrich Zeuschner, Ingo Schmidt, Thorsten Ehrich, Kurt Marquardt
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Patent number: 8186988Abstract: A powder press, with a press frame, which comprises an upper and lower frame section, an upper linear drive attached to the upper frame section and a lower linear drive attached to the lower frame section, wherein the drives are connected to an upper and lower punch plate or a die table, respectively, wherein the punch plates have a clamping system for an upper or a lower punch, a die clamping system on a die table with a die, and at least one force measuring device for measuring the pressing force on at least one punch, characterized in that at least one force measuring device is disposed between a punch plate and the associated clamping system.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Fette GmbHInventors: Udo Baltruschat, Stephan Mallon, Harald Römer, Jan Naeve, Ingo Schmidt
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Patent number: 8137089Abstract: A punch for a rotary press, which has a shaft and a head, wherein the head has an upper mirror surface, a cylinder surface and a rounded transition area between the mirror surface and cylinder surface with a first and a second radius, wherein the first radius is larger than the second radius and wherein the punch head also has a preferably conical transition area from the cylinder surface to the shaft, wherein the diameter of the head is less than 25 mm and the first radius of the transition area is selected such that its height is less than half the height of the cylinder surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Fette GmbHInventors: Jürgen Schikowski, Friedrich Meissner, Jan Naeve, Harald Römer, Reinhard Wagner
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Patent number: 7951215Abstract: A filtering plant for removing dusts from gases, with a plurality of filter units, which are parallel connected to a line for crude gas and the outlets thereof are parallel connected to a line for purified gas, wherein an extraction blowing engine is connected to the line for purified gas, further with an apparatus for cleaning the filter units, which has a lower collecting space for the filter cake with a discharge opening with flap on the lower end of the collecting space, characterized in that the dust discharge openings of all the filter units except one are connected to a common collecting main and the collecting main is connected to the crude gas region of the one filter unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Fette GmbHInventors: Harald Römer, Detlef Nuppenau, Eugen Krüger, Dieter Schmidt, Michael Markl, Bernd Granzow, Jens Mannshard
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Patent number: 7881058Abstract: A cooling system for a rotary tablet press with which a rotor is driven by an electrical drive motor and the rotor and drive motor are arranged in a closed housing, and a control cabinet for the drive motor and further units in the housing, wherein arranged within the housing is a cooling machine whose evaporator is part of a first heat exchanger, whose other part is arranged in a coolant circuit for the drive motor, a fan is arranged in a channel in the housing closed relative to the housing interior, where the fan draws cool air in via an air inlet of the housing and gives it off via an air outlet of the housing, wherein the cool air is engaged in heat exchange with a condenser of the cooling machine.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2008Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Fette GmbHInventors: Harald Römer, Ingo Schmidt, Werner Seifert, Peter Lüneburg
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Patent number: 7799105Abstract: An apparatus for the elimination of dusts from gases, with a filter arrangement, which is flown through by a loaded volume flow, and a cyclone which is arranged upstream to the filter arrangement, wherein a collector funnel below the filter arrangement forms the cover of the cyclone, wherein a branch stub forming the dust outlet opening of the collector funnel forms the dip pipe of the cyclone and an outlet opening of the cyclone is connected to a dust collector tank arranged under it.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Fette GmbHInventors: Detlef Nuppenau, Gabriele Oelerich, Dieter Schmidt, Eugen Krüger, Regine Wrage, Harald Römer
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Patent number: 7726961Abstract: Press for producing dimensionally stable pressed parts from powdered material, with a press frame, a die holding plate, at least one upper punch holding plate, at least one lower punch holding plate, adjusting drives for the upper punch and lower punch holding plate and/or die holding plate, a vertical guide in the press frame for at least the upper and lower punch holding plate and a measuring device for measuring the position of the upper punch holding plate, the lower punch holding plate and/or the die holding plate. A single measuring rule is attached in its thermal fixed reference point to a support vertically uncoupled from the press frame, on which measurement slides cooperating with the holding plates are guided.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Fette GmbHInventors: Udo Baltruschat, Holger Behns, Carsten Jordt, Jan Naeve, Thomas Pannewitz, Martin Plucinski, Harald Romer
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Publication number: 20100028478Abstract: A powder press, with a press frame, which comprises an upper and lower frame section, an upper linear drive attached to the upper frame section and a lower linear drive attached to the lower frame section, wherein the drives are connected to an upper and lower punch plate or a die table, respectively, wherein the punch plates have a clamping system for an upper or a lower punch, a die clamping system on a die table with a die, and at least one force measuring device for measuring the pressing force on at least one punch, characterized in that at least one force measuring device is disposed between a punch plate and the associated clamping system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: Fette GmbHInventors: Udo Baltruschat, Stephan Mallon, Harald Romer, Jan Naeve, Ingo Schmidt
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Publication number: 20090269433Abstract: A punch for a rotary press, which has a shaft and a head, wherein the head has an upper mirror surface, a cylinder surface and a rounded transition area between the mirror surface and cylinder surface with a first and a second radius, wherein the first radius is larger than the second radius and wherein the punch head also has a preferably conical transition area from the cylinder surface to the shaft, wherein the diameter of the head is less than 25 mm and the first radius of the transition area is selected such that its height is less than half the height of the cylinder surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2009Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: Fette GmbHInventors: Jurgen Schikowski, Friedrich Meissner, Jan Naeve, Harald Romer, Reinhard Wagner
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Patent number: 7559755Abstract: A press for the manufacture of dimensionally stable compacts from powdered material, characterized by the features of a press frame having vertically adjustable columns and cross-connections, a die retainer plate, at least one upper ram retaining plate, at least one lower ram retaining plate, a guide column outside a press main axis which has two parallel guideways on which all retainer plates are adapted to be guided vertically on one side or be selectively locatable, wherein the lower end of the guide column is fixedly coupled to a frame-mounted lower plate and the upper end is located on the press frame, an upper adjustable drive adapted to be located on the press frame, for the upper retaining plate (34), a lower adjustable drive (68) for the lower retaining plate (38, 40) and the die retainer plate, if desired, and which is fixed to the frame-mounted lower plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2007Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Fette GmbHInventors: Udo Baltruschat, Holger Behns, Carsten Jordt, Jan Naeve, Thomas Pannewitz, Martin Plucinski, Harald Romer
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Publication number: 20090027854Abstract: A cooling system for a rotary tablet press with which a rotor is driven by an electrical drive motor and the rotor and drive motor are arranged in a closed housing, and a control cabinet for the drive motor and further units in the housing, wherein arranged within the housing is a cooling machine whose evaporator is part of a first heat exchanger, whose other part is arranged in a coolant circuit for the drive motor, a fan is arranged in a channel in the housing closed relative to the housing interior, where the fan draws cool air in via an air inlet of the housing and gives it off via an air outlet of the housing, wherein the cool air is engaged in heat exchange with a condenser of the cooling machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2008Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: Fette GmbHInventors: Harald Romer, Ingo Schmidt, Werner Seifert, Peter Luneburg
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Publication number: 20080257689Abstract: An apparatus for conveying and dedusting of tablets or like pellets from a tablet press, with a vertically arranged vibration-screw conveyor, which has a lower inlet and an upper outlet, where the screw conveyor has at least two screw channels, to which, in each case, an inlet and an outlet are assigned.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: Fette GmbHInventor: Harald Romer
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Publication number: 20080256910Abstract: An apparatus for the elimination of dusts from gases, with a filter arrangement, which is flown through by a loaded volume flow, and a cyclone which is arranged upstream to the filter arrangement, wherein a collector funnel below the filter arrangement forms the cover of the cyclone, wherein a branch stub forming the dust outlet opening of the collector funnel forms the dip pipe of the cyclone and an outlet opening of the cyclone is connected to a dust collector tank arranged under it.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: Fette GmbhInventors: Detlef Nuppenau, Gabriele Oelerich, Dieter Schmidt, Eugen Kruger, Regine Wrage, Harald Romer
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Publication number: 20080223009Abstract: A filtering plant for removing dusts from gases, with a plurality of filter units, which are parallel connected to a line for crude gas and the outlets thereof are parallel connected to a line for purified gas, wherein an extraction blowing engine is connected to the line for purified gas, further with an apparatus for cleaning the filter units, which has a lower collecting space for the filter cake with a discharge opening with flap on the lower end of the collecting space, characterised in that the dust discharge openings of all the filter units except one are connected to a common collecting main and the collecting main is connected to the crude gas region of the one filter unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: Fette GmbHInventors: Harald Romer, Detlef Nuppenau, Eugen Kruger, Dieter Schmidt, Michael Markl, Bernd Granzow, Jens Mannshardt
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Patent number: 7374414Abstract: Rotary press with a rotor, rotatingly drivable around a vertical axis of rotation, which has a die plate with die bores and upper and lower punches guided in guidings, radial cams for the upper and lower punches, at least one compression station with upper and lower pressing roller, at least one filling equipment and at least one stripping device for pressed articles which are ejected from the die bores, characterized in that the rotor has an annular plane situated radially outside of the graduated circle for the die bores, which is concentric to the axis of rotation and is lowered with respect to the upper side of the die plate about a predetermined degree, first deflection portion direct the ejected pressed articles to the annular plane and second deflection portion direct the pressed articles from the annular plane towards the outside.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2006Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Fette GmbHInventors: Harald Römer, Ulrich Zeuschner, Thorsten Ehrich, Kurt Marquardt
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Patent number: 7360483Abstract: A device for the guidance of lower rams across the lower-ram head in a rotor-type rotary press in the area of a filling device wherein a charging cam is disposed between an ejector cam which precedes as viewed in the direction of production and a proportioning cam adjustable in height and is configured such as to lower the heads of the lower rams revolving along with the rotor from the level at the end of the ejector cam to a lower-located transition level of the proportioning cam, a press-mounted, first charging-cam element having a first filling-cam portion joining the ejector cam is provided on which the lower-ram heads are guided solely on the side facing the rotor axis subsequent to the ejector cam, an adjustable second charging-cam element is provided and has a second filling-cam portion on which the lower-ram heads are guided solely on the side facing away from the rotor axis before encountering the proportioning cam, that the second charging-cam element is displaceable both vertically and in the circuType: GrantFiled: April 12, 2007Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Fette GmbHInventors: Harald Romer, Peter Luneburg, Bernd Malner, Hans Wolf
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Patent number: 7325672Abstract: A device for stopping a continuous product stream of the products of a rotary press, with a height conveyor which has a lower loading region to which the products are supplied via a first conveying means, and an upper delivery region, from which the products are conveyed to a reception container via a second conveying means, wherein on the downstream side of the delivery region of the height conveyor a switch is assigned to the second conveying means, a third conveying device being connected to this switch, the lower end of which is assigned to the loading region of the height conveyor, so that the products are supplied to the second or third conveying means depending on the condition of the switchType: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Fette GmbHInventors: Detlef Nuppenau, Harald Romer, Sven Kolbe, Frank Schade
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Patent number: 7322812Abstract: A transfer lock for a tabletting plant, which has a casing with side walls where at least one wall has an aperture which is adapted to be closed by a first flap which is pivotable inwardly into the interior of the casing and is adapted to be locked by a locking device operable from the interior of the casing, wherein the aperture is externally surrounded by a connection profile which is adapted to be sealingly brought together with a counter-profile of a lock channel and the flap externally has a driver profile which interacts with a counter-driver profile of a second flap mounted at the end of the lock channel when the counter-profile of the lock channel is connected to the connection profile, thus allowing to pivot the two flaps into the interior of the casing when the locking device is unlocked, which integrates the connection profile into the material of the casing wall.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Fette GmbHInventors: Harald Romer, Frank Schade, Detlef Nuppenau, Ulrich Arndt
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Publication number: 20080020082Abstract: Press for producing pressed parts from powdered material with a die which may be clamped to a die table arranged in a press frame, in which a mould cavity is configured with a recess, and at least one upper and lower punch which cooperate with the mould cavity, the mould cavity being defined by at least one slider, transverse press punch or a movable part of the die, which may be displaced transversely to the vertical axis of the upper and lower punch (main pressing axis), and adjusting drives for the upper and lower punch and the slider and/or the displaceable die part attached in the press frame, characterised in that a sensor measures actual conditions of the adjusting drive for the slider, transverse press punch or the displaceable die part, the actual conditions being compared in a control device with a desired value and the control device actuating the adjusting drive for a slider, the transverse press punch or the displaceable die part via the energy supply to the adjusting drive according to the diffeType: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Martin Plucinski, Thomas Pannewitz, Udo Baltruschat, Carsten Jordt, Andreas Groth, Andreas Teetzen, Harald Romer, Jan Naeve, Stephan Mallon
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Publication number: 20070257411Abstract: A device for the guidance of lower rams across the lower-ram head in a rotor-type rotary press in the area of a filling device wherein a charging cam is disposed between an ejector cam which precedes as viewed in the direction of production and a proportioning cam adjustable in height and is configured such as to lower the heads of the lower rams revolving along with the rotor from the level at the end of the ejector cam to a lower-located transition level of the proportioning cam, a press-mounted, first charging-cam element having a first filling-cam portion joining the ejector cam is provided on which the lower-ram heads are guided solely on the side facing the rotor axis subsequent to the ejector cam, an adjustable second charging-cam element is provided and has a second filling-cam portion on which the lower-ram heads are guided solely on the side facing away from the rotor axis before encountering the proportioning cam, that the second charging-cam element is displaceable both vertically and in the circuType: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2007Publication date: November 8, 2007Applicant: Fette GmbHInventors: Harald Romer, Peter Luneburg, Bernd Malner, Hans Wolf