Patents by Inventor Iwan Wolf

Iwan Wolf 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: 20040211793
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressurized package and a method for manufacturing and filling a pressurized package. The pressurized package has an outer container (10) and an inner container (20) situated within the outer container (10). In the outer container (10) a chamber (11) for material (12) to be dispensed is arranged and in the inner container (20) a propellant chamber (21) for propellant (20) is arranged, which are separated from each other in a manner that is impermeable to liquid and gas. The outer container (10) is closed by a cover part (15) on which a valve part (16) is arranged for dispensing the material (12) from the chamber (11) outwards. To improve pressurized packages of this type, a pressurized cartridge (30) containing a propellant (22) is arranged in the inner container (20), and the pressurized cartridge is associated with an opening mechanism (31) for at least one-time opening of the pressurized cartridge (30) to the propellant chamber (21) of the inner container (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Ulrich Schiestl, Ulrich Rosenbaum, Hans Gschwend, Iwan Wolf
  • Publication number: 20040187810
    Abstract: A combustion-engined setting tool for driving fasting elements such as nails, bolts, pins in an object, includes a combustion chamber (13), a fuel source (11), a fuel conduit (12) connecting the fuel source (11) with combustion chamber (13) for feeding fuel thereinto, and at least one metering device (30) for metering a predetermined amount of fuel for effecting a setting process and having at least one variable volume metering chamber (31), and a displaceable piston body (34) for a pulsed ejection of fuel from the metering chamber (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Hans Gschwend, Kaveh Towfighi, Lothar Voelker, Ulrich Schiestl, Iwan Wolf, Ulrich Rosenbaum
  • Publication number: 20040134961
    Abstract: A combustion-engined setting tool for driving fastening elements, such as nails, bolts, and the like in an object includes a combustion chamber (11), a piston guide (17) adjoining the combustion chamber (11), a drive piston (15) arranged in the piston guide (17) and displaceable in a setting direction under action of expanding gases produced in the combustion chamber (11) upon combustion of fuel, and an electrically driven device (5) for pre-compressing oxidation medium necessary for effecting a combustion process in the combustion chamber (11) and/or the fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Iwan Wolf, Ulrich Rosenbaum, Ulrich Schiestl, Hans Gschwend, Nikolaus Hannoschoeck
  • Publication number: 20040134960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an internal combustion-operated setting tool for driving fastener elements such as nails, bolts, pins into a substrate, having a fuel source, with a fuel feed line from a fuel source to a combustion chamber and having at least one dosing device (30), which is arranged between the fuel source and the combustion chamber. For improving such setting tools, a displacement body (50) is arranged in a chamber in the dosing device (30) for forcing fuel out of the chamber, whose displacement volume can be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Ulrich Schiestl, Ulrich Rosenbaum, Iwan Wolf, Hans Gschwend, Peter Hertlein
  • Publication number: 20040108353
    Abstract: A combustion-engined setting tool for driving fastening elements into a constructional component includes a piston guide (12) adjoining the combustion chamber (14), a drive piston displaceable in the piston guide (12) under action of expanding combustion gases produced by combustion of oxidation medium-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber (14), at least on magnetic piston-retaining element (31) for temporarily retaining the drive piston (13) at the combustion chamber (14); and at least one magnetic conducting element (32) for transmitting a magnetic holding force from the magnetic piston-retaining element (31) to the drive piston (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Iwan Wolf, Joachim Thieleke, Lothar Werle
  • Publication number: 20040079302
    Abstract: An internal combustion-engined setting tool includes a drive piston (15) displaceably supported in the piston guide (17) and displaceable in a setting direction (4) by expandable gases produced in the main combustion chamber (11) of the tool and pre-chamber (20) for generating pressure that is transmitted to the main combustion chamber (11) before the ignition (19) of the air-fuel mixture in the main combustion chamber takes place, with the pre-chamber (20) being formed by space a within the piston guide (17) beneath a bottom of the drive piston (15) remote from the main combustion chamber (11), when the drive piston occupies its initial position, and with the pre-chamber (20) being connected with the main combustion chamber (11) by a transfer guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Iwan Wolf, Ulrich Schiestl, Ulrich Rosenbaum, Hans Gschwend
  • Publication number: 20040056063
    Abstract: A hand-guided working tool such as a fuel-driven setting tool (10) for driving fastening elements such as nails, bolts, pins and the like into a substrate. The setting tool (10) has a voltage source for supplying an electrical circuit onto the working tool (10) promising electrical consumers (12, 13, 21, 50). The voltage source is formed by at least one capacitor (31) arranged on the working tool, which is connected on the discharge side with the electrical circuit comprising the electrical consumers (12, 13, 21, 50) to make quick charging of the voltage source on the working tool (10) possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Ulrich Rosenbaum, Ulrich Schiestl, Hans Gschwend, Iwan Wolf, Nikolaus Hannoschock, Peter Hertlein
  • Publication number: 20030218027
    Abstract: A pressure container with an outer container (20) and a constantly deformable or compressible inner container is arranged within the outer container (20), whose container wall is constructed of a metallic foil. A fill material chamber (11) for fill material (12) is arranged in the inner container (10) and in the outer container (20), a propellant chamber (21) is formed for propellant (22, 23), which are separated from one another in a fluid- and/or gas-tight manner. The pressure container is furthermore provided with a cover part (25) for sealing the containers (10, 20), on which a valve part (30) is arranged for dispensing fill material (12) from the fill material chamber (11) to the outside. For improving the pressure container it is proposed that a compensation body (41) be provided in the inner container (10) for the purpose of compensating volume variations in the fill material chamber (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Ulrich Schiestl, Hans Gschwend, Iwan Wolf, Andreas Klima, Thomas Granacher, Walter Odoni, Ulrich Rosenbaum
  • Publication number: 20030097832
    Abstract: A method of controlling operation of a portable, combustion-engined, power tool and including feeding fuel into the combustion chamber of the power tool, before ignition, several times one after another in accordance with an intermittent metering operational mode, and a power tool including a control device (34, 64) for controlling operation of the fuel feeding device (32, 33) of the power tool so that the feeding device (32, 33) feeds the fuel into the combustion chamber (1) several times in accordance with the intermittent metering operational mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Lothar Voelker, Iwan Wolf
  • Patent number: 6520127
    Abstract: A method of driving a piston (80 of a portable, internal combustion, engine tool by combusting a combustible gas mixture in a combustion chamber (1) having a combustion chamber wall (14) located opposite the piston (8), the method including dividing the combustion chamber (1) in at least two chamber sections (21, 22) by providing, between the combustion chamber wall (14) and the piston (8), a separation plate (18) having a plurality of through-openings (38) and separately adjusting the combustible gas mixture in each chamber section (21, 22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Thieleke, Kaveh Towfighi, Iwan Wolf
  • Patent number: 6505767
    Abstract: A portable, internal combustion-engined tool includes a combustion chamber (1), a piston (8) adjoining the combustion chamber (1), with a pressure build-up in the combustion chamber (1) providing for movement of the piston (8) from its initial position, in which the piston adjoins the combustion chamber (1), away from the combustion chamber (1). A brake device (43) retains the piston (8) substantially in its initial position during build-up of pressure in the combustion chamber (1), with a braking force applied to piston (8) being changeable for adjusting the amount of energy generated in the combustion chamber and transmittable to the piston (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Hiltie Aktiengeselschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Thieleke, Kaveh Towfighi, Iwan Wolf
  • Patent number: 6491015
    Abstract: A device for creating a laminar flame front in an internal combustion-engined tool having a combustion chamber (1) with two walls (14, 18) extending parallel to each other, the device including a cage (51) located between the two walls (14, 18) and having a plurality of openings (53) formed in an otherwise solid circumferential wall of the cage (51), and an ignition element (52) located in a cage interior for igniting a combustible gas mixture located between the two walls (14, 18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Thieleke, Kaveh Towfighi, Iwan Wolf
  • Patent number: 6460507
    Abstract: A portable, combustion-engined tool including a collapsible combustion chamber (1) having a movable separation plate (18) for dividing the combustion chamber (1), in an expanded position of the combustion chamber, in a forechamber section (21) and at least one further chamber section (22), a movable combustion chamber wall (14) arranged parallel to the separation plate (18) for limiting, together with the separation plate (18), the forechamber section, an ignition device (52) located in the forechamber section (21), and a collapse control device (19, 20, 33) for controlling movement of the separation plate (18) and the movable wall (14) after the combustion of the gas mixture in the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Thieleke, Kaveh Towfighi, Iwan Wolf
  • Patent number: 6443118
    Abstract: A portable, combustion-engined tool including a combustion chamber (1) in which a fuel gas in combusted upon ignition for building up pressure in the combustion chamber for driving the tool piston (8), an ignition device (20) for igniting the fuel gas in the combustion chamber (1), and gas drain means (43) provided in the combustion chamber (1) for controlling a pressure build-up therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Thieleke, Kaveh Towfighi, Iwan Wolf
  • Patent number: 6425354
    Abstract: A method of controlling operation of a portable, combustion-engined tool including a combustion chamber (1) an inlet/outlet valve (26) of which is closed or is opened dependent on an operational phase of the tool, with the method including igniting a fuel gas mixture filling the combustion chamber (1) for build-up of gas pressure therein and closing or opening the inlet/outlet valves (26) dependent on the gas pressure developed in the combustion chamber (1), and a tool in which the method is implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Franz Büchel, Stefan Bönig, Joachim Thieleke, Iwan Wolf
  • Patent number: 6419168
    Abstract: A metering head for delivering a liquified fuel gas in different combustion chamber sections of a tool and including an inlet (8), at least two outlets (16, 17), and at least one metering valve (5, 5a, 5b) connecting the inlet (8) with the at least two outlets (16, 17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Thieleke, Kaveh Towfighi, Iwan Wolf
  • Publication number: 20020020374
    Abstract: A method of controlling operation of a portable, combustion-engined tool including a combustion chamber (1) an inlet/outlet valve (26) of which is closed or is opened dependent on an operational phase of the tool, with the method including igniting a fuel gas mixture filling the combustion chamber (1) for build-up of gas pressure therein and closing or opening the inlet/outlet valves (26) dependent on the gas pressure developed in the combustion chamber (1), and a tool in which the method is implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Franz Buchel, Stefan Bonig, Joachim Thieleke, Iwan Wolf
  • Publication number: 20010011535
    Abstract: A portable, combustion-engined tool including a combustion chamber (1), a piston (8) adjoining the combustion chamber (1), with a pressure build-up in the combustion chamber (1) providing for movement of the piston (8) from its initial position, in which the piston adjoins the combustion chamber (1), away from the combustion chamber (1), a brake device (43) for retaining the piston (8) substantially in its initial position during build-up of pressure in the combustion chamber (1), and elements for changing a braking force applied to piston (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventors: Joachim Thieleke, Kaveh Towfighi, Iwan Wolf
  • Publication number: 20010006045
    Abstract: A portable, combustion-engined tool including a collapsible combustion chamber (1) having a movable separation plate (18) for dividing the combustion chamber (1), in an expanded position of the combustion chamber, in a forechamber section (21) and at least one further chamber section (22), a movable combustion chamber wall (14) arranged parallel to the separation plate (18) for limiting, together with the separation plate (18), the forechamber section, an ignition device (52) located in the forechamber section (21), and a collapse control device (19, 20, 33) for controlling movement of the separation plate (18) and the movable wall (14) after the combustion of the gas mixture in the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Inventors: Joachim Thieleke, Kaveh Towfighi, Iwan Wolf
  • Publication number: 20010006046
    Abstract: A portable, combustion-engined tool including a combustion chamber (1) in which a fuel gas in combusted upon ignition for building up pressure in the combustion chamber for driving the tool piston (8), an ignition device (20) for igniting the fuel gas in the combustion chamber (1), and gas drain means (43) provided in the combustion chamber (1) for controlling a pressure build-up therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Inventors: Joachim Thieleke, Kaveh Towfighi, Iwan Wolf