Patents by Inventor Horst Franken

Horst Franken 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 for rolling tube blanks in a planetary skew rolling mill
    Patent number: 6497129
    Abstract: A method and device for rolling tube blanks in a planetary skew rolling mill continuously feeds tubular blanks which are to be rolled into the rolling gap end to end. A first tube blank is located in the rolling mill. A second tubular blank following the first tubular blank which is respectively located in the rolling gap of the rolling mill is fed forward with a rotation corresponding to the rotation of the end of the first tube blank caused by the torsion under the rollers in the rolling mill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: SMS Demag AG
    Inventors: Thomas Pfeiffer, Horst Franken
  • Method for rolling tube blanks in a planetary skew rolling mill
    Publication number: 20020020201
    Abstract: A method and device for rolling tube blanks in a planetary skew rolling mill continuously feeds tubular blanks which are to be rolled into the rolling gap end to end. A first tube blank is located in the rolling mill. A second tubular blank following the first tubular blank which is respectively located in the rolling gap of the rolling mill is fed forward with a rotation corresponding to the rotation of the end of the first tube blank caused by the torsion under the rollers in the rolling mill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Pfeiffer, Horst Franken