Patents by Inventor Joerg Wermelinger
Joerg Wermelinger 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).
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Patent number: 11768183Abstract: A method and device for the ultrasonic testing of a weld of an electric arc-welded sleeve (10) for plastic pipes (11), having the following steps: fastening a testing device (1) on the outer contour of the welded plastic pipe (11), comprising a circumferential fastening element (2) and a holder (3), the holder (3) preferably comprising a support (7), a carrier (8) and a gripper (9), and a coupling element with a recess, feeding a liquid, preferably water, into the recess (5) of the coupling element (4), wherein the recess (5) in the coupling element (4) is fully filled with the liquid, and a constant liquid column is maintained in the coupling element (4) during the ultrasonic testing in order to transmit the ultrasound.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Inventors: Joerg Wermelinger, Riccardo Barbone, Paul Kaftan
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Patent number: 11624729Abstract: A method for inspecting a weld of plastic pipes by means of a data processing device, comprising: capturing and storing documents; monitoring and recording the installation and the implementation of the weld of the joint; producing a welding report, or adopting a welding report from the welding machine; testing the weld ultrasonically, wherein the test detects and stores the defects that are in the weld; wherein software is used to capture and store the documents, the welding report and the defects, more specifically the data on said defects, wherein an algorithm of the software is used to evaluate the stored documents, reports, defects and data on said defects, and to classify the welded joint as compliant or non-compliant with the requirements.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Georg Fischer Rohrleitungssysteme AGInventors: Joerg Wermelinger, Riccardo Barbone
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Patent number: 11518111Abstract: Weld seam testing chain for testing a weld seam by means of ultrasound on two plastic tubes welded together at the ends, comprising standard chain links, wherein the standard chain links are hooked together to form the weld seam testing chain, and the chain can be lengthened or shortened individually, a sensor receptacle for accommodating the ultrasonic sensor, and an adjusting unit for the fine adjustment of the weld seam testing chain length, wherein the standard chain links have a hook on one side and a hook receptacle on the opposite side, thereby enabling the individual chain links to be hooked together.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Georg Fischer Rohrleitungssysteme AGInventors: Riccardo Barbone, Joerg Wermelinger
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Publication number: 20210132003Abstract: A method for inspecting a weld of plastic pipes by means of a data processing device, comprising: capturing and storing documents; monitoring and recording the installation and the implementation of the weld of the joint; producing a welding report, or adopting a welding report from the welding machine; testing the weld ultrasonically, wherein the test detects and stores the defects that are in the weld; wherein software is used to capture and store the documents, the welding report and the defects, more specifically the data on said defects, wherein an algorithm of the software is used to evaluate the stored documents, reports, defects and data on said defects, and to classify the welded joint as compliant or non-compliant with the requirements.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Joerg WERMELINGER, Riccardo BARBONE
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Publication number: 20210132007Abstract: A method and device for the ultrasonic testing of a weld of an electric arc-welded sleeve (10) for plastic pipes (11), having the following steps: fastening a testing device (1) on the outer contour of the welded plastic pipe (11), comprising a circumferential fastening element (2) and a holder (3), the holder (3) preferably comprising a support (7), a carrier (8) and a gripper (9), and a coupling element with a recess, feeding a liquid, preferably water, into the recess (5) of the coupling element (4), wherein the recess (5) in the coupling element (4) is fully filled with the liquid, and a constant liquid column is maintained in the coupling element (4) during the ultrasonic testing in order to transmit the ultrasound.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Joerg WERMELINGER, Riccardo BARBONE, Paul KAFTAN
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Publication number: 20210129452Abstract: Weld seam testing chain for testing a weld seam by means of ultrasound on two plastic tubes welded together at the ends, comprising standard chain links, wherein the standard chain links are hooked together to form the weld seam testing chain, and the chain can be lengthened or shortened individually, a sensor receptacle for accommodating the ultrasonic sensor, and an adjusting unit for the fine adjustment of the weld seam testing chain length, wherein the standard chain links have a hook on one side and a hook receptacle on the opposite side, thereby enabling the individual chain links to be hooked together.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Riccardo BARBONE, Joerg WERMELINGER
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Patent number: 10179437Abstract: Electric welding coupler for the welding of pipes made of thermoplastic material or other weldable plastics comprising a cylindrical body made of thermoplastic material or other weldable plastics, containing at least one welding element, wherein the welding element is arranged close to the inner diameter of the cylindrical body, wherein the welding element forms at least two welding zones, a contact for feeding the electric current and at least one cavity, wherein the cavity is arranged in the cylindrical body, wherein a reinforcing ring is arranged around the outer circumference respectively outer diameter of the cylindrical body.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Georg Fischer Rohrleitungssysteme AGInventors: Joerg Wermelinger, Oliver Hein
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Patent number: 9903512Abstract: A pipe clamp adaptor (50; 300; 400) for securing a pipe (22) comprises the unitarily molded combination of: a cradle (70) having a concave surface (74; 424) for accommodating the pipe and a base surface (72); and a closure (76) connected to the cradle by a living hinge for articulation between an open condition and a closed condition, first features (80) on the cradle engageable to complementary second features (82) of the closure to hold the closed condition.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Georg Fischer LLCInventors: Thomas G. Sixsmith, Jörg Wermelinger, Casey A. Williamson
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Patent number: 9664313Abstract: A fitting (1) of weldable, thermoplastic material of a modular structure, comprising a number of elements (2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12), at least one main element (2, 9) and at least one connecting element (3, 10, 11, 12), characterized in that the elements (2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12) have end faces (4, 5) at right angles to the center axis (8), and the elements (2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12) are welded to one another exclusively at the end faces (4, 5).Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2012Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Georg Fischer Rohrleitungssysteme AGInventor: Joerg Wermelinger
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Publication number: 20170113401Abstract: Electric welding coupler for the welding of pipes made of thermoplastic material or other weldable plastics comprising a cylindrical body made of thermoplastic material or other weldable plastics, containing at least one welding element, wherein the welding element is arranged close to the inner diameter of the cylindrical body, wherein the welding element forms at least two welding zones, a contact for feeding the electric current and at least one cavity, wherein the cavity is arranged in the cylindrical body, wherein a reinforcing ring is arranged around the outer circumference respectively outer diameter of the cylindrical body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Joerg WERMELINGER, Oliver HEIN
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Publication number: 20160348811Abstract: A pipe clamp adaptor (50; 300; 400) for securing a pipe (22) comprises the unitarily molded combination of: a cradle (70) having a concave surface (74; 424) for accommodating the pipe and a base surface (72); and a closure (76) connected to the cradle by a living hinge for articulation between an open condition and a closed condition, first features (80) on the cradle engageable to complementary second features (82) of the closure to hold the closed condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2015Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: GEORG FISCHER LLCInventors: Thomas G. Sixsmith, Jörg Wermelinger, Casey A. Williamson
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Patent number: 9358743Abstract: A method and a device for welding plastic pipes (1) made of thermoplastic material by a butt-welding method, wherein the pipes (1) are held in a coaxial position in relation to one another by clamping points (2), are trimmed by a trimmer (3), which can be brought between the clamping points (2), and are heated up by heated tools (6), which can be fitted in place of the trimmer (3), wherein the heating of the free pipe ends (8) to be welded has the effect of forming a melting region which forms a bead when pressing occurs, the pipe projection (5) of the pipes (1) being trimmed to a defined size.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: George Fischer Rohrleitungssysteme AGInventor: Joerg Wermelinger
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Patent number: 9255641Abstract: A saddle, in particular a clamping saddle for plastic pipes, containing a branch projection, a saddle piece, center axes (X), (Y) and (Z), and a groove for the arrangement of a seal, wherein the inner cheek of the groove is arranged, throughout the course of the groove, perpendicular to the inner surface of the saddle piece.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Georg Fischer Rohrleitungssysteme AGInventors: Moritz Raible, Wolfgang Paul, Juergen Roesch, Joerg Wermelinger
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Publication number: 20150290082Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of filling a container with a liquid drug from a drug reservoir may include: a) connecting a container and a drug reservoir with a cannula such that the drug reservoir and the container fluidically communicate with each other via the cannula, while being hermetically sealed; b) reducing a first volume contained within the container to displace a gaseous medium from the first volume of the container via the cannula into a second volume contained within the drug reservoir; c) increasing the first volume of the container to displace the liquid drug from the second volume of the drug reservoir into the first volume of the container to fill the container; and d) disconnecting the container and the drug reservoir. Before performing action d), action b) and action c) can be successively performed more than once to stepwise increase an amount of liquid drug displaced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Roger Haenggi, Urs Rindlisbacher, Franco Moia, Marcel Mueller, Christoph Huwiler, Florian Kuhni, Joerg Wermelinger, Andreas Lischewski, Christian Classen, Tilo Callenbach, Louis Widmer, Maurice Ducret
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Patent number: 9089647Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of filling a container with a liquid drug from a drug reservoir may include: a) connecting a container and a drug reservoir with a cannula such that the drug reservoir and the container fluidically communicate with each other via the cannula, while being hermetically sealed; b) reducing a first volume contained within the container to displace a gaseous medium from the first volume of the container via the cannula into a second volume contained within the drug reservoir; c) increasing the first volume of the container to displace the liquid drug from the second volume of the drug reservoir into the first volume of the container to fill the container; and d) disconnecting the container and the drug reservoir. Before performing action d), action b) and action c) can be successively performed more than once to stepwise increase an amount of liquid drug displaced.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Roche Diagnostics International AGInventors: Roger Haenggi, Urs Rindlisbacher, Franco Moia, Marcel Mueller, Christoph Huwiler, Florian Kuhni, Joerg Wermelinger, Andreas Lischewski, Christian Classen, Tilo Callenbach, Louis Widmer, Maurice Ducret
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Publication number: 20150028581Abstract: A saddle, in particular a clamping saddle for plastic pipes, containing a branch projection, a saddle piece, centre axes (X), (Y) and (Z), and a groove for the arrangement of a seal, wherein the inner cheek of the groove is arranged, throughout the course of the groove, perpendicular to the inner surface of the saddle piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Moritz RAIBLE, Wolfgang Paul, Juergen Roesch, Joerg Wermelinger
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Publication number: 20140020811Abstract: A fitting (1) of weldable, thermoplastic material of a modular structure, comprising a number of elements (2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12), at least one main element (2, 9) and at least one connecting element (3, 10, 11, 12), characterized in that the elements (2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12) have end faces (4, 5) at right angles to the centre axis (8), and the elements (2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12) are welded to one another exclusively at the end faces (4, 5).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: GEORG FISCHER ROHRLEITUNGSSYSTEME AGInventor: Joerg Wermelinger
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Patent number: 8474785Abstract: A valve assembly (1) comprising a valve housing (2), a stem (4) that is disposed perpendicular to the direction of flow within the valve housing (2), and a blocking member (3) which can be movably connected to the stem (4). The stem (4) is provided with a device (5) for limiting torque.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2008Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Georg Fischer Wavin AGInventors: Thomas Helmbold, Ozan Ufuk Topcuogullari, Oliver Trefz, Joerg Wermelinger, Peter Haug
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Publication number: 20130126088Abstract: A method and a device for welding plastic pipes (1) made of thermoplastic material by a butt-welding method, wherein the pipes (1) are held in a coaxial position in relation to one another by clamping points (2), are trimmed by a trimmer (3), which can be brought between the clamping points (2), and are heated up by heated tools (6), which can be fitted in place of the trimmer (3), wherein the heating of the free pipe ends (8) to be welded has the effect of forming a melting region which forms a bead when pressing occurs, the pipe projection (5) of the pipes (1) being trimmed to a defined size.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: GEORG FISCHER ROHRLEITUNGSSYSTEME AGInventor: Joerg Wermelinger
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Publication number: 20130035658Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of filling a container with a liquid drug from a drug reservoir may include: a) connecting a container and a drug reservoir with a cannula such that the drug reservoir and the container fluidically communicate with each other via the cannula, while being hermetically sealed; b) reducing a first volume contained within the container to displace a gaseous medium from the first volume of the container via the cannula into a second volume contained within the drug reservoir; c) increasing the first volume of the container to displace the liquid drug from the second volume of the drug reservoir into the first volume of the container to fill the container; and d) disconnecting the container and the drug reservoir. Before performing action d), action b) and action c) can be successively performed more than once to stepwise increase an amount of liquid drug displaced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS INTERNATIONAL AGInventors: Roger Haenggi, Urs Rindlisbacher, Franco Moia, Marcel Mueller, Christoph Huwiler, Florian Kuhni, Joerg Wermelinger, Andreas Lischewski, Christian Classen, Tilo Callenbach, Louis Widmer, Maurice Ducret