Patents by Inventor Josef Kusser

Josef Kusser 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).

  • Device and method for supporting a disk
    Patent number: 6068231
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for movably supporting or mounting a disk, a fluid supply being provided in a holding device so that the disk can be supported movably in the holding device on a fluid film and a return force acting on the object due to the configuration of the supported disk and a recess arranged in the holding device in conjunction with the fluid film when the object is deflected from its resting position, the invention also relating to a method for supporting the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Granit-und Schotterweke Josef Kusser
    Inventors: Georg Kusser, Josef Kusser
  • Base bearing assembly for bearing an upright object
    Patent number: 6065731
    Abstract: The invention relates to a base bearing assembly, more particularly a device for bearing an upright object such as e.g. a work of art or a monument having a base and a pedestal arranged on the base, characterized in that the pedestal is borne by a film of liquid floatingly rotatable about a perpendicular axis on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Inventor: Josef Kusser
  • Machine for grinding large balls
    Patent number: 4856231
    Abstract: A machine for grinding large balls, in particular of natural or artificial stone, comprises a dish-shaped grinding tool and an arrangement for moving a ball blank in the grinding tool; the grinding tool is arranged vertically above the ball blank which is mounted and rotated on rollers; the ball blank and the grinding tool are pressed resiliently against each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Inventor: Josef Kusser