Patents by Inventor Helmut Zeddies

Helmut Zeddies 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).

  • Method and device for inserting inserts (cores) into female molds of a rotary tableting press
    Patent number: 9114585
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for inserting inserts (cores) into female molds of a rotary tableting press. The inserts are inserted individually into one female mold each of a rotating rotor of the rotary tableting press by separating the inserts from a nonspecific quantity by means of a feeder mechanism, feeding them to a core distributor and aligning them from there with the female molds in a precisely defined position and delivering the inserts to the female molds in this position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: KORSCH AG
    Inventors: Michael Schmett, Wolfgang Korsch, Helmut Zeddies, Stephan Mies
  • Rotary press, particularly for the manufacture of tablets
    Patent number: 8550804
    Abstract: A rotary press, particularly for manufacturing tablets, has a rotarily driven rotor and at least one pressure roller unit which is detachably secured to a bearing device, particularly at least one bearing plate, by means of a retaining device. Provision is made here for a plurality of similar retaining devices to be arranged on the bearing device, wherein the pressure roller unit can optionally be secured to one of the retaining devices and/or transferred between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Korsch AG
    Inventors: Stephan Mies, Michael Matthes, Jürgen Böhnlein, Walter Hegel, Helmut Zeddies, Wolfgang Korsch
  • Rotary press, particularly for the manufacture of tablets
    Publication number: 20120058215
    Abstract: A rotary press, particularly for manufacturing tablets, has a rotarily driven rotor and at least one pressure roller unit which is detachably secured to a bearing device, particularly at least one bearing plate, by means of a retaining device. Provision is made here for a plurality of similar retaining devices to be arranged on the bearing device, wherein the pressure roller unit can optionally be secured to one of the retaining devices and/or transferred between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Stephan Mies, Michael Matthes, Jürgen Böhnlein, Walter Hegel, Helmut Zeddies, Wolfgang Korsch
  • Rotary tableting press
    Patent number: 8025498
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary tableting press comprising a rotor, at least one filling station and at least one pressure station as well as lower and upper ram guides. The rotary tableting press has a modular design, such that individual modules are arranged so they can be removed and/or converted within the rotary tableting press for retooling the rotary tableting press from two-layer operation to single-layer operation or vice-versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Korsch AG
    Inventors: Helmut Haase, Wolfgang Korsch, Helmut Zeddies, Stephen Mies, Walter Hegel, Peter Weisbach, Alf Gārtner
  • Rotary Tableting Press
    Publication number: 20090263532
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary tableting press comprising a rotor, at least one filling station and at least one pressure station as well as lower and upper ram guides. The rotary tableting press has a modular design, such that individual modules are arranged so they can be removed and/or converted within the rotary tableting press for retooling the rotary tableting press from two-layer operation to single-layer operation or vice-versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Helmut Haase, Wolfgang Korsch, Helmut Zeddies, Stephen Mies, Walter Hegel, Peter Weisbach, Alf Gartner
  • Method and Device for Inserting Inserts (Cores) into Female Molds of a Rotary Tableting Press
    Publication number: 20090260212
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for inserting inserts (cores) into female molds of a rotary tableting press. The inserts are inserted individually into one female mold each of a rotating rotor of the rotary tableting press by separating the inserts from a nonspecific quantity by means of a feeder mechanism, feeding them to a core distributor and aligning them from there with the female molds in a precisely defined position and delivering the inserts to the female molds in this position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Schmett, Wolfgang Korsch, Helmut Zeddies, Stephan Mies
  • Method for producing tablets with tablet presses protected from the environment and protective device for such tablet presses
    Patent number: 7140856
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for producing tablets under protection from the environment with a tablet press and a protective device disposed on such tablet presses for protecting the surroundings of the presses from tablet ingredients, such as toxic substances, and/or for protecting the tablets from ambient media, such as oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Korsch AG
    Inventors: Helmut Zeddies, Peter Weisbach
  • Method for producing tablets with tablet presses protected from the environment and protective device for such tablet presses
    Publication number: 20030197299
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for producing tablets under protection from the environment with a tablet press and a protective device disposed on such tablet presses for protecting the surroundings of the presses from tablet ingredients, such as toxic substances, and/or for protecting the tablets from ambient media, such as oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: Korsch AG
    Inventors: Helmut Zeddies, Peter Weisbach