Patents by Inventor Helmut Horl

Helmut Horl 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: 6755640
    Abstract: A plastics injection molding machine includes a heatable plasticizing cylinder having an inlet side for incoming plastic material and a machine drive, and an injection mold receiving the plastic material from the plasticizing cylinder for making an injection molded article. Acting between the machine drive and the inlet side of the plasticizing cylinder is a heat transport system for preheating the incoming plastic material with waste heat generated by the machine drive to thereby realize a recovery of energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Krauss-Maffei Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Bauer, Martin Wurtele, Erwin Burkle, Helmut Horl
  • Publication number: 20030082265
    Abstract: A plastics injection molding machine includes a heatable plasticizing cylinder, having an inlet side for incoming plastic material and a machine drive, and an injection mold receiving the plastic material from the plasticizing cylinder for making an injection molded article. Acting between the machine drive and the inlet side of the plasticizing cylinder is a heat transport system for preheating the incoming plastic material with waste heat generated by the machine drive to thereby realize a recovery of energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: KRAUSS-MAFFEI KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Bauer, Martin Wurtele, Erwin Burkle, Helmut Horl