Patents by Inventor Heinz Uberwolf

Heinz Uberwolf 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).

  • Process and device for feeding glass sheets to a furnace
    Patent number: 4488846
    Abstract: A device and a process for feeding glass sheets at a predetermined rate to a furnace having a main conveyor moving at a constant speed and extending through the furnace where glass sheets are to be positioned on the main conveyor separated by a predetermined spacing. An auxiliary conveyor moves supply sheets to the entry side of the main conveyor until a supply sheet is temporarily positioned closer to a sheet on the main conveyor than the predetermined spacing at which point the auxiliary conveyor is stopped. A sheet transfer device is provided for then transferring a supply sheet to the main conveyor from the stopped auxiliary conveyor at the speed of the main conveyor when the distance between the last sheet on the main conveyor and the supply sheet is equal to the predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1984
    Assignee: Saint Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Friedrich Halberschmidt, Josef Audi, Herbert Radermacher, Heinz Uberwolf