Patents by Inventor Hermann Niederer

Hermann Niederer 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).

  • Publication number: 20220195681
    Abstract: In an apparatus for conveying and discharging bulk material or snow, comprising at least one conveying device which has a tubular, circumferentially partially open conveying housing (1) and the conveying direction of which extends substantially in the direction of the tube axis (5), and comprising at least one centrifugal ejector, adjoining the at least one conveying device in the conveying direction and having at least one centrifugal wheel (8), which has at least one discharge lever (9), is arranged in a centrifugal-wheel housing (11) having a discharge opening (14) and can be driven to rotate about an axis of rotation (12), the conveying housing (1) has a smaller diameter than the ejector wheel (8) and the tube axis (5) is arranged parallel under the axis of rotation (12) of the ejector wheel (8), at a vertical normal distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventor: Hermann Niederer
  • Patent number: 5634407
    Abstract: The transport cableway for transporting heavy loads includes a motor-driven cable winch fixed on a pivotable stirrup. The pivotable stirrup is pivotable relative to a part rigidly connected with a housing containing the drive motor and the hydraulic drive, and partially encompassing the carrying cable with a hook-shaped end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Inventor: Hermann Niederer