Patents by Inventor Hartmut Pallmann

Hartmut Pallmann 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: 8113455
    Abstract: A device for grinding input material is provided with a supporting disk rotating around an axis of rotation within a housing. On the supporting disk, in its circumferential area, first grinding tools are arranged concentrically, axially opposite from which second grinding tools are arranged, forming a radial grinding gap. During operation of a device in accordance with the invention, the grinding tools execute a motion relative to one another. In accordance with an embodiment, the first grinding tools be fastened over an interchangeable ring to the supporting disk, wherein the interchangeable ring is fastened removably to the supporting disk concentric to the axis of rotation and on which the first grinding tools are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hartmut Pallmann
  • Patent number: 8066212
    Abstract: A rotor and device for the comminution of input material is provided. The rotor includes a drive shaft on which a predetermined number of rotor discs are provided and over the circumference of which grinding tools are arranged. In accordance with an embodiment, it is provided that frictional connection elements are arranged between the rotor discs forming axial ends of the rotor and the shaft for transferring a torque, and that power transmission elements are arranged in a contact surface of two adjacent rotor discs and that the rotor discs can be clamped together with axially acting clamping elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hartmut Pallmann
  • Publication number: 20110259986
    Abstract: A device for comminuting feedstock having a rotor, rotating within a housing around an axis, with rotor tools lying within the outer circumferential region on a circumferential ring and a stator, associated with the rotor, with stator tools arranged concentrically in the outer circumferential region and forming a comminuting surface, whereby the rotor tools and the stator tools lie opposite at a distance with the formation of a working gap and the stator tools are formed by segments, which to form the comminuting surface rest on the stator with their rear side and lie with their long sides against one another. The segments are attached to the stator in each case with their first short side and second short side by a positive fit, whereby the stator has a clamping element, which works together with the first short side and/or second short side to clamp the segments against the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventor: Hartmut PALLMANN
  • Patent number: 8038088
    Abstract: A device for comminuting feedstock is provided that includes a cutting tool with a first rotor and at least one second rotor, each of which rotate around their longitudinal axis with an opposite rotation direction. Each rotor is provided with a number of cutting discs, which are arranged at an axial distance to one another. In this case, the cutting discs of the first rotor are located on gaps and with radial overlapping relative to the cutting discs of the second rotor. The cutting discs along their circumference have support surfaces for accepting cutting tools, whose cutting edges move past one another over the course of the rotation of rotors with the formation of a cutting clearance. For the positionally precise fixation of the cutting tool on the cutting discs, a positive fit is formed between the cutting tools and cutting discs, a positive fit groove running in the plane of the cutting disc is arranged in the common contact area, the groove in which at least one positive fit strip engages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: PALLMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hartmut Pallmann
  • Patent number: 7927388
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for producing woodfuel briquettes, pellets, compounds, composites, agglomerates, or granulates as source material for subsequent processing in injection molding or extrusion processes, includes a pressing screw with screw spirals, which rotate around a longitudinal axis and which are arranged inside a screw shell. The feed material is conveyed to the pressing screw via a feed chute located at an input side. At the end of the pressing screw, processing tools are arranged, to which the feed material is conveyed by the rotating screw spirals. In the area of the processing tools, the residual moisture in the feed material evaporates due to the heat generated during the processing procedure, and is vented as a steam flow from the apparatus through the screw shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hartmut Pallmann
  • Publication number: 20100282888
    Abstract: A device for processing free-flowing input material is provided that includes a rotor rotating around a shaft within a housing, the rotor being fitted over its circumference with rotor tools. Stator tools, permanently fixed to the housing, are arranged, which are disposed opposite the rotor tools allowing a working gap and interact with the rotor tools to process the input material. The stator tools are held in a holder, forming a tool unit. The tool units are made self-supporting over the length of the rotor and end sections of the tool units are fixed removably in respective clamping devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventor: Hartmut PALLMANN
  • Publication number: 20100282881
    Abstract: A device for mixing, grinding, drying, deagglomeration, crushing, or coating of feedstock with a rotor is provided, rotating around an axis within a housing, and a stator, fixed relative to the housing, encompassing the rotor with maintenance of a radial working gap. The rotor has rotor tools, which are distributed over its outer surface and whose active edges for crushing the feedstock work together with the stator tools on the inner circumference of the stator. In this regard, the feedstock is supplied in the carrier gas stream to the working gap. For effective processing of the feedstock, it is proposed according to the invention that in the outer surface of the rotor a plurality of indentations is introduced, whereby areas between two adjacent indentations form webs, which form the active edges of the rotor tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventor: Hartmut PALLMANN
  • Publication number: 20100282886
    Abstract: A device for comminuting input material, especially for fine and ultrafine grinding of input material, includes a rotor revolving around a shaft inside a housing, the rotor having a cylindrical or conical jacket surface. An annular gap is present between the housing and the jacket surface, the gap forming a comminution zone and the input material being introduced axially to it. To increase the economic efficiency of the device, it is provided that a plurality of first pin-shaped comminuting tools for comminuting the input material are disposed over the circumference of the rotor, wherein the tools are aligned with their longitudinal direction perpendicular to the jacket surface in the direction of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventor: Hartmut PALLMANN
  • Publication number: 20100206970
    Abstract: A device for comminuting scrappable feedstock by way of cutting or shear-cutting is provided that includes at least one rotor situated within a housing. The rotor has a plurality of rotary disks which are situated at an axial distance from each other, forming spaces, and which are fitted on their circumferences with comminuting tools which interact with additional comminuting tools to perform the comminution work. Stationary scraping elements extend into the spaces in the radial direction. To achieve a largely unhindered flow of stock through the device, it is proposed according to the invention to situate the stationary scraping elements in the dead zone of the at least one rotor with regard to the direction of stock flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventor: Hartmut Pallmann
  • Publication number: 20100206967
    Abstract: A device for the determination of the state of wear of comminuting tools a comminuting tool, a comminuting device with such a comminuting tool, and a corresponding method. A reference surface is provided on the comminuting tool, the surface from which the distance A0, A1 to the active edges of the comminuting tool can be determined. The degree of wear then results from a comparison of the original distance A0 in an unused comminuting tool with the distance A1 reduced due to wear after a certain period of use. The thereby achieved advantage is that the state of wear can be determined independent of the general wear of the comminuting device. A distortion of the measurement result caused by this is therefore ruled out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventor: Hartmut PALLMANN
  • Patent number: 7757988
    Abstract: A device for processing feedstock is provided that includes a rotor rotating around an axis in a housing, which houses processing tools, and has stator tools that are stationary with respect to the housing, which, by maintaining a working clearance, the rotor side processing tools are arranged opposite to the stator tools and interact with the stator tools to process the feedstock. The device also includes a resetting device for displacing the stator tools in a radial direction to set the working clearance. The resetting device for the stator tools include at least one tilted support surface, which directly or indirectly forms a contact surface for the stator tools. Whereby, the support surface is slideable with respect to the stator tools in order to adjust the working clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hartmut Pallmann, Jochen Heib
  • Patent number: 7708039
    Abstract: An apparatus for chipping material, particularly wood, includes a plurality of knife carriers are arranged around a mutual axis that form the boundaries of a cutting chamber while forming a comminution path. On the knife carriers, the slicing knives, under inclusion of a cutting angle ?, are detachably attached to the comminution path. The blades of the slicing knives uniformly project into the cutting chamber. To adjust the cutting angle ? so as to adapt it to the prevailing conditions, a control element for determining the cutting angle ? is detachably arranged between the slicing knives and the knife carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Inventor: Hartmut Pallmann
  • Publication number: 20100090044
    Abstract: A device for processing feedstock, includes a housing surrounding a processing chamber in which a rotational rotor having processing tools and mounted on a drive shaft is disposed around an axis. The feedstock is fed to the processing chamber via a material inlet and removed from the device via a material outlet. To facilitate assembly and disassembly of the device and to retool, maintain and repair or clean the device, it is provided according to the invention that the housing includes a first end wall, a material element in the shape of a hollow cylinder or hollow truncated cone, and a second end wall which are detachably connected to each other to form the processing chamber. The connection can be made by axially acting clamps, which clamp the first end wall against the second end wall by clamping the casing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventor: Hartmut PALLMANN
  • Patent number: 7631825
    Abstract: An apparatus for comminuting large pieces of cuttable material, particularly bales of rubber, is provided. The apparatus includes a first comminuting stage for carrying out a pre-comminuting, and a second comminuting stage for carrying out a fine comminuting, whereby the second comminuting stage includes a comminuting system that rotates around an axis of rotation, to which the material is conveyed via a supply channel. The first comminuting stage is integrated in the supply channel to the second comminuting stage. In this way, a largely even feeding of material to the second comminuting stage can be achieved so that comparatively low machine performances are sufficient and the performance capacity of the second comminuting stage can be better utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hartmut Pallmann
  • Publication number: 20090224089
    Abstract: A rotor and device for the comminution of input material is provided. The rotor includes a drive shaft on which a predetermined number of rotor discs are provided and over the circumference of which grinding tools are arranged. In accordance with an embodiment, it is provided that frictional connection elements are arranged between the rotor discs forming axial ends of the rotor and the shaft for transferring a torque, and that power transmission elements are arranged in a contact surface of two adjacent rotor discs and that the rotor discs can be clamped together with axially acting clamping elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventor: Hartmut PALLMANN
  • Publication number: 20090189004
    Abstract: A device for comminuting feedstock is provided that includes a cutting tool with a first rotor and at least one second rotor, each of which rotate around their longitudinal axis with an opposite rotation direction. Each rotor is provided with a number of cutting discs, which are arranged at an axial distance to one another. In this case, the cutting discs of the first rotor are located on gaps and with radial overlapping relative to the cutting discs of the second rotor. The cutting discs along their circumference have support surfaces for accepting cutting tools, whose cutting edges move past one another over the course of the rotation of rotors with the formation of a cutting clearance. For the positionally precise fixation of the cutting tool on the cutting discs, a positive fit is formed between the cutting tools and cutting discs, a positive fit groove running in the plane of the cutting disc is arranged in the common contact area, the groove in which at least one positive fit strip engages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventor: Hartmut PALLMANN
  • Publication number: 20090140085
    Abstract: A device and method for dissociating feed material occurring as mixed materials is provided. The device includes a rotor/stator system arranged within a housing, a rotor of the rotor/stator system being equipped around its circumference with processing tools which are radially opposed by stator tools that are arranged stationary relative to the housing while maintaining a working gap; a first circumferential section for supply of the feed material and wherein the processing of the feed material takes place along a second circumferential section, the second circumferential section being divided in a direction of rotation of the rotor into a first subsection and at least one additional second subsection; and a stator tool followed by a processing path being provided at a start of each subsection with respect to the direction of rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventor: Hartmut PALLMANN
  • Patent number: 7510133
    Abstract: An apparatus for comminuting material is provided. The apparatus includes two disks, which are arranged coaxially to one another inside a housing that encloses a comminuting room. The rim areas of the disks are positioned opposite one another, thus forming a milling gap, and are provided with interacting comminuting tools. To generate a mutual relative movement of the disks, at least one of the disks carries out a rotational motion around the mutual axis. To comminute the material, it is first fed into the comminuting room and subsequently radially channeled to the milling gap. For additional cooling, the disk on the intake side is arranged at an axial distance to the intake side of the housing front wall, thus forming a ringwheel-shaped cool air conduit. This can be charged with cool air, which flows through the conduit in a radial direction. In this way, the machine capacity can be increased without causing thermal damage to the material to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventor: Hartmut Pallmann
  • Patent number: 7467585
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a device for converting free-flowing feed material by pressurization with a cylindrical compression chamber arranged around an axis and confined at its periphery by a ring element with passage openings, and accommodating a pressure element that rotates around the axis in the direction of rotation. The feed material is axially conveyed to the compression chamber and is radially supplied to the ring element by the pressure element. The pressure element includes at least one pressing blade, which extends to and interacts with the ring element, the front flank of said pressing blade in the direction of rotation being curved such that between pressure arm and ring element, a narrowing compression zone is formed, the end of which is formed by a pressure piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hartmut Pallmann
  • Publication number: 20080287277
    Abstract: A device for dewatering bulk or free-flowing input material by compacting it is provided. The device has a housing arranged along an axis of rotation, which has an input area and a feed and compaction area following axially within a jacket pipe. In the housing, a coaxial drive shaft with circumferentially extending coils rotates, compacting the input material during transport from the input area through the feed and compaction area. In this process the residual water present in the input material is conducted through radial openings in the jacket pipe from the device. According to the invention it is provided that at least in a partial region the jacket pipe is provided with passages and inside the jacket pipe an inner pipe is arranged, which lies at least partially with its external circumference against the inner circumference of the outer jacket pipe and which at least in the area of the passages has passage openings that are several fold smaller than the passages in the jacket pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventor: Hartmut PALLMANN