Patents by Inventor Heiner Schulze-Uphoff

Heiner Schulze-Uphoff 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).

  • Apparatus for applying a liquid to a passing web
    Patent number: 8418646
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying a treatment liquid to a web moving in a predetermined web-travel direction has an applicator element having a surface extending transverse to the direction and positioned to contact the moving web. The liquid is applied to the surface such that the liquid is transferred to the moving web where the moving web contacts the surface. A shield directly engages a portion of the surface between the web and the surface so that where the shield extends between the moving web and the surface there is generally no transfer of the liquid from the surface to the moving web. Formations on the shield conduct the liquid away from edges of the shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Reifenhaeuser GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik
    Inventors: Thomas Fett, Sebastian Sommer, Heiner Schulze-Uphoff, Walter Kuehn, Michael Nitschke
  • APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A LIQUID TO A PASSING WEB
    Publication number: 20100242839
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying a treatment liquid to a web moving in a predetermined web-travel direction has an applicator element having a surface extending transverse to the direction and positioned to contact the moving web. The liquid is applied to the surface such that the liquid is transferred to the moving web where the moving web contacts the surface. A shield directly engages a portion of the surface between the web and the surface so that where the shield extends between the moving web and the surface there is generally no transfer of the liquid from the surface to the moving web. Formations on the shield conduct the liquid away from edges of the shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas FETT, Sebastian Sommer, Heiner Schulze-Uphoff, Walter Kuehn, Michael Nitschke