Patents by Inventor Heinz-Bernd Rissmann

Heinz-Bernd Rissmann 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 holding a glass sheet in a substantially vertical position during heat treatment of the glass sheet
    Patent number: 4626207
    Abstract: A frame for holding a glass sheet in a substantially vertical position. The frame has two uprights joined by upper and lower crosspieces. A lower support means adapted to engage a bottom edge of a glass sheet is carried by the lower crosspiece. Upper support means freely movable in a vertical direction are adopted to engage the upper edge of the glass sheet and form part of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1986
    Assignee: Saint Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Claude Aubry, Jacques Chaumette, Bernard Letemps, Jean-Marc Petitcollin, Werner Gatzweiler, Heinz-Bernd Rissmann, Luc Vanaschen, Jurgen Zeitzen
  • Apparatus for the automatic unfastening of glass sheets suspended from pincer-like gripping machines
    Patent number: 4274792
    Abstract: An apparatus for automatically unfastening sheets of glass which are suspended vertically from pincer-like gripping means including a lifting element for lifting a sheet of glass towards the gripping means. A release means for moving the gripping means out of engagement with the sheet is included when a sheet is raised by the lifting means. The lifting means includes at least one gripper element which is movable in a horizontal direction to grip a surface of a sheet of glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1981
    Assignee: Saint Gobain Industries
    Inventors: Mario Roth, Werner Pagel, Heinz-Bernd Rissmann, Karl-Christoph Happich