Patents by Inventor Horst Merklinghaus

Horst Merklinghaus 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).

  • Apparatus for forming, punching and stacking deep-drawn articles of thermoplastic synthetic material
    Patent number: 5975877
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing and stacking deep-drawn articles of thermoplastic synthetic material or the like includes a heating unit, an intermittent foil transporting unit, a rigid upper tool, and a raisable and lowerable as well as pivotable lower tool, wherein the movements of the lower tool are determined by cam discs mounted on a drive shaft and by cam rollers for the cam discs, and a stacking device. The lower tool is arranged linearly movably guided in a pivoted bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Gabler Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Merklinghaus, Frank-Michael Wolk
  • Apparatus for thermoforming hollow articles
    Patent number: 4932856
    Abstract: An apparatus for thermoforming hollow articles including forming molds and die cutting molds disposed in spaced-apart relationship wherein the web or sheet of thermoplastic material is sequentially moved or indexed in an integrated operation whereby an article formed in the forming molds is advanced into proper alignment with respect to the die cutting molds and die cut, and subsequently withdrawn to an appropriate storage assembly. The forming molds and die cutting molds being positioned on upper and lower platens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1990
    Assignee: Maschinebau Gabler GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Merklinghaus, Herbert Voske