Patents by Inventor Jan Kircheis

Jan Kircheis 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).

  • Patent number: 10710809
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a transporting device may comprise: a plurality of transporting rollers, of which at least two transporting rollers comprises: a glass tube mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation; the glass tube being joined together from a plurality of tube segments, a first tube segment of which is arranged between two second tube segments; and the first tube segment having a plurality of portions, the circumferential surfaces of which are surfaces of rotation with respect to the axis of rotation and/or are arranged coaxially; the plurality of transporting rollers providing by means of the circumferential surfaces a transporting surface for transporting a substrate in plate form and/or in strip form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: VON ARDENNE Asset GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Torsten Dsaak, Thomas Meyer, Michael Hofmann, Matthias Smolke, Jan Kircheis
  • Publication number: 20190185273
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a transporting device may comprise: a plurality of transporting rollers, of which at least two transporting rollers comprises: a glass tube mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation; the glass tube being joined together from a plurality of tube segments, a first tube segment of which is arranged between two second tube segments; and the first tube segment having a plurality of portions, the circumferential surfaces of which are surfaces of rotation with respect to the axis of rotation and/or are arranged coaxially; the plurality of transporting rollers providing by means of the circumferential surfaces a transporting surface for transporting a substrate in plate form and/or in strip form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Torsten Dsaak, Thomas Meyer, Michael Hofmann, Matthias Smolke, Jan Kircheis
  • Patent number: 9108798
    Abstract: A conveying roller for a horizontal continuous substrate treatment plant, has a roller body with two ends and two end caps having a receiving opening. Each end of the roller body is arranged in a receiving opening of an end cap. The end cap has two end cap parts which can be releasably connected to one another and which jointly form the receiving opening. The receiving opening is larger than the outside diameter of the end of the roller body. At least two elastic rings which center the roller body in the receiving opening are arranged on the end of the roller body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: VON ARDENNE GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Dsaak, Steffen Mosshammer, Thomas Meyer, Jan Kircheis, Michael Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20150001037
    Abstract: A conveying roller for a horizontal continuous substrate treatment plant, has a roller body with two ends and two end caps having a receiving opening. Each end of the roller body is arranged in a receiving opening of an end cap. The end cap has two end cap parts which can be releasably connected to one another and which jointly form the receiving opening. The receiving opening is larger than the outside diameter of the end of the roller body. At least two elastic rings which center the roller body in the receiving opening are arranged on the end of the roller body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: VON ARDENNE GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Dsaak, Steffen Mosshammer, Thomas Meyer, Jan Kircheis, Michael Hofmann