Patents by Inventor Juergen Walz
Juergen Walz 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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Publication number: 20230200614Abstract: The invention relates to a floor cleaning system, comprising a user-guided floor cleaning machine for cleaning a floor surface, a sensor device, a control device, and an actuatable display device, wherein the floor cleaning machine comprises an operating device for a user, a chassis for moving the cleaning machine over the floor surface, and at least one cleaning device having a cleaning tool and preferably a drive device for the cleaning tool, wherein, during operation of the floor cleaning machine, a cleaning path along which, proceeding from a starting point, the cleaning machine travels over the floor surface can be determined by the control device on the basis of signals from the sensor device, and wherein the control device actuates the display device in order to display cleaning-related information, depending upon the cleaning path along which the cleaning machine is determined to have traveled.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Jürgen WALZ, Lukas SOBOTTA, Alexander BRÄNDLE, Denis DAMMKÖHLER, Marten JAHN, Miriam UNGERER
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Patent number: 11135691Abstract: The inventive working spindle comprises a spindle housing and a spindle shaft with axial positioning surface and axial contact surface by which the correct axial position of each fitting provided spindle shaft in the spindle housing is obtained. For torque-proof holding of the spindle shaft in the spindle housing, preferably with stationary motor, a braking unit is provided that comprises a radial outer part that is coupled with the spindle housing in a torque-proof manner and a radial inner part that is coupled with the spindle shaft in a torque-proof manner. The largest outer diameter of the peripheral surface of the inner part is smaller than the narrowest location of the through-opening of the spindle housing between the braking unit and the tool side end of the spindle housing. For this reason the spindle shaft can be readily removed from the spindle housing without disassembly measures of the braking unit, if required, and can be reinserted in reverse route.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: GEBR. HELLER MASCHINENFABRIK GMBHInventors: Thomas Dorn, Jürgen Walz
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Patent number: 11059136Abstract: A workpiece holder device for a machine tool has a holder, which has a support part and a holder part. The support part supports the holder on a support device, preferably so that the holder can rotate about an axis of rotation. The holder part is set up to hold a workpiece directly or indirectly. To avoid, or at least minimize deviations from a desired alignment of the holder part based on elastic deformation of the holder due to the weight force of the workpiece, the holder has at least one mechanical or hydraulic pretensioning device arranged on or in it. The pretensioning device can be used to pretension the material of the holder, so that the pretensioning device applies a tensile stress or a compressive stress to at least one part of the holder. This can counteract a deviation of position due to an elastic deformation of the holder.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: GEBR. HELLER MASCHINENFABRIK GMBHInventors: Juergen Walz, Erhard Hummel
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Patent number: 10779697Abstract: A method for adjusting a position of suction lips of a floor cleaning machine relative to a floor to be cleaned is proposed, wherein a first suction lip and at least one second suction lip located at a distance therefrom, which are arranged on a suction beam, contact the floor, a fan device generates a suction flow which subjects a space between the first suction lip and the second suction lip to a negative pressure, a negative pressure is detected, and the suction flow is adjusted such that the negative pressure lies at a set value or in a set value range, so that an angle of incidence of the first suction lip and the second suction lip on the floor lies at a set value or in a set value range.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KGInventors: Juergen Walz, Melanie Ritscher, Wilhelm Eisenmann
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Publication number: 20200130117Abstract: The inventive working spindle comprises a spindle housing and a spindle shaft with axial positioning surface and axial contact surface by which the correct axial position of each fitting provided spindle shaft in the spindle housing is obtained. For torque-proof holding of the spindle shaft in the spindle housing, preferably with stationary motor, a braking unit is provided that comprises a radial outer part that is coupled with the spindle housing in a torque-proof manner and a radial inner part that is coupled with the spindle shaft in a torque-proof manner. The largest outer diameter of the peripheral surface of the inner part is smaller than the narrowest location of the through-opening of the spindle housing between the braking unit and the tool side end of the spindle housing. For this reason the spindle shaft can be readily removed from the spindle housing without disassembly measures of the braking unit, if required, and can be reinserted in reverse route.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Thomas Dorn, Jürgen WALZ
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Publication number: 20200070290Abstract: The machine tool according to the invention comprises a workpiece support (16) that is held so as to be pivotable about an A-axis. In doing so, the workpiece support (16) is held asymmetrically to the extent that it is connected only on one side to a rotary positioner (27). However, both sides are held on the slides (25, 26), each being connected to a linear drive (30, 34). The slide (26) without rotary drive runs only on one guide rail (24), whereas the slide (25) with the rotary positioner (27) runs on two guide rails (22, 23). In view of the Z-acceleration, the workpiece support (16) is guided symmetrically. The result is a compact and still highly robust machine concept.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Karl-Heinz Jenter, Juergen Walz
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Patent number: 10390674Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cleaning a floor surface with a floor cleaning device, in which method, during the cleaning movement of the floor cleaning device over the floor surface, a first recording of a floor surface portion before the cleaning is created with an optical recording unit, the floor cleaning device is moved with at least one cleaning unit over the floor surface portion, which is cleaned, a second recording of the floor surface portion after the cleaning is created with an optical recording unit and the recordings are compared with one another in order to check the cleaning result. The invention further relates to a floor cleaning device for carrying out the method.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KGInventors: Juergen Walz, Christian Hofner, Barbara Pfister, Carsten Eckart
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Publication number: 20190160614Abstract: A workpiece holder device for a machine tool has a holder, which has a support part and a holder part. The support part supports the holder on a support device, preferably so that the holder can rotate about an axis of rotation. The holder part is set up to hold a workpiece directly or indirectly. To avoid, or at least minimize deviations from a desired alignment of the holder part based on elastic deformation of the holder due to the weight force of the workpiece, the holder has at least one mechanical or hydraulic pretensioning device arranged on or in it. The pretensioning device can be used to pretension the material of the holder, so that the pretensioning device applies a tensile stress or a compressive stress to at least one part of the holder. This can counteract a deviation of position due to an elastic deformation of the holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Juergen Walz, Erhard Hummel
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Patent number: 9687912Abstract: The present invention relates to a tool carrier 62 for a machine tool, in particular a lathe, having a rotary shaft drive for a numerically controllable rotary shaft B for rotating the tool carrier 62, a first tool turret head 62A carrying tools, rotatably mounted around a first turret axis, and a second tool turret head 62B carrying tools, rotatably mounted around a second turret axis, the first tool turret head 62A and the second tool turret head 62B being positioned on opposite sides of the tool carrier 62 with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotary shaft B. The present invention also relates to a machine tool, in particular a lathe, having a tool carrier 62 of this type.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: GILDEMEISTER Italiana S.p.A.Inventors: Jürgen Walz, Franco Rigolone, Gottfried Deuringer, Renato Rota, Manuel Gerst
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Publication number: 20170007091Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cleaning a floor surface with a floor cleaning device, in which method, during the cleaning movement of the floor cleaning device over the floor surface, a first recording of a floor surface portion before the cleaning is created with an optical recording unit, the floor cleaning device is moved with at least one cleaning unit over the floor surface portion, which is cleaned, a second recording of the floor surface portion after the cleaning is created with an optical recording unit and the recordings are compared with one another in order to check the cleaning result. The invention further relates to a floor cleaning device for carrying out the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Juergen Walz, Christian Hofner, Barbara Pfister, Carsten Eckart
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Patent number: 9421616Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine tool, in particular a lathe, having a machine frame 1, a first work spindle 21, arranged on a face of a first carrier portion 1a of the machine frame 1, for receiving a first workpiece W1, a second work spindle 22, facing the first work spindle 21 and arranged on a face of second carrier portion 1b of the machine frame 1, for receiving a second work piece W2, the spindle axis of the second work spindle 22 being aligned parallel to, in particular coaxial with, the spindle axis of the first work spindle 21, and two displaceable tool carrier slides 51 and 52 on each of which a tool-carrying tool carrier 61 or 62 is arranged. According to the invention, a third tool carrier 63 is provided which is displaceable between the work spindles 21 and 22 transverse to the spindle axes and which is arranged on a tool carrier face WTS3 of a central carrier portion 1c positioned between the first and the second carrier portion 1a, 1b.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: GILDEMEISTER ITALIANA S.P.A.Inventors: Jürgen Walz, Franco Rigolone, Gottfried Deuringer, Renato Rota, Manuel Gerst
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Publication number: 20160073845Abstract: A method for adjusting a position of suction lips of a floor cleaning machine relative to a floor to be cleaned is proposed, wherein a first suction lip and at least one second suction lip located at a distance therefrom, which are arranged on a suction beam, contact the floor, a fan device generates a suction flow which subjects a space between the first suction lip and the second suction lip to a negative pressure, a negative pressure is detected, and the suction flow is adjusted such that the negative pressure lies at a set value or in a set value range, so that an angle of incidence of the first suction lip and the second suction lip on the floor lies at a set value or in a set value range.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Juergen Walz, Melanie Beer, Wilhelm Eisenmann
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Patent number: 9220388Abstract: A method is proposed for operating a cleaning appliance which comprises a control device as well as at least one cleaning element for cleaning a surface which has a memory element. The control device comprises a control memory member and the control device is connected to a reader for reading the memory element. In order to reduce the risk of the user unintentionally using an unsuitable cleaning element, it is suggested that characterizing data distinguishing the type of cleaning element be stored in the memory element, these data being read and evaluated in the period of time from the starting up of the cleaning appliance up to the beginning of the cleaning action of the cleaning element. In addition, a cleaning appliance for implementing the method is suggested.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Juergen Walz, Michael Schuetz, Frank Nonnenmann, Gilles Troff, Samuel Baeuerle, Dieter Schaible
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Patent number: 9156119Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine tool, in particular to a lathe, comprising a machine frame 1, a first work spindle 21 which is arranged on a spindle carrier face of the machine frame 1 and is to receive a first workpiece W1, a second work spindle 22 which faces the first work spindle 21, is arranged on a spindle carrier face of the machine frame 1 and is to receive a second workpiece W2, the axis of the second work spindle 22 being aligned parallel, in particular coaxially to the axis of the first work spindle 21, and comprising two movable tool carrier slides 51 and 52, on which a respective tool-carrying tool carrier 61 and 62 is arranged. According to the invention, provided between the work spindles 21 and 22 is a tool carrier 62 which can be moved transversely to the spindle axes, is configured as a tool turret and the turret axis of which is aligned transversely to the spindle axes.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: GILDEMEISTER ITALIANA S.P.A.Inventors: Jürgen Walz, Franco Rigolone, Gottfried Deuringer, Renato Rota, Manuel Gerst
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Patent number: 9126266Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine tool, in particular a lathe, comprising a machine frame 1 having a first carrier side TS1 and a second carrier side TS2, wherein the machine frame 1 includes a first carrier portion 1a, a second carrier portion 1b and a middle carrier portion 1c which is arranged between the first and second carrier portions, a first spindle carrier 31 which is arranged on the first carrier side TS1 of the first carrier portion 1a and which holds a first work spindle 21, a first spindle carrier slide 42 which is arranged on the first or second carrier side of the second carrier portion 1b and on which a second spindle carrier 32 is arranged which holds a second work spindle 22 facing the first work spindle 21, wherein the spindle axes are aligned in parallel, in particular coaxially, and wherein the second spindle carrier 32 can be moved in direction W parallel to the spindle axes, and a second tool carrier slide 52 which is arranged on the first carrier side TS1 of the middle portioType: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: GILDEMEISTER Italiana S.p.A.Inventors: Jürgen Walz, Franco Rigolone, Gottfried Deuringer, Renato Rota, Manuel Gerst
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Publication number: 20140318331Abstract: The present invention relates to a tool carrier 62 for a machine tool, in particular a lathe, having a rotary shaft drive for a numerically controllable rotary shaft B for rotating the tool carrier 62, a first tool turret head 62A carrying tools, rotatably mounted around a first turret axis, and a second tool turret head 62B carrying tools, rotatably mounted around a second turret axis, the first tool turret head 62A and the second tool turret head 62B being positioned on opposite sides of the tool carrier 62 with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotary shaft B. The present invention also relates to a machine tool, in particular a lathe, having a tool carrier 62 of this type.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: GILDEMEISTER Italiana S.p.A.Inventors: Jürgen Walz, Franco Rigolone, Gottfried Deuringer, Renato Rota, Manuel Gerst
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Publication number: 20140298961Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine tool, in particular a lathe, comprising a machine frame 1 having a first carrier side TS1 and a second carrier side TS2, wherein the machine frame 1 includes a first carrier portion 1a, a second carrier portion 1b and a middle carrier portion 1c which is arranged between the first and second carrier portions, a first spindle carrier 31 which is arranged on the first carrier side TS1 of the first carrier portion 1a and which holds a first work spindle 21, a first spindle carrier slide 42 which is arranged on the first or second carrier side of the second carrier portion 1b and on which a second spindle carrier 32 is arranged which holds a second work spindle 22 facing the first work spindle 21, wherein the spindle axes are aligned in parallel, in particular coaxially, and wherein the second spindle carrier 32 can be moved in direction W parallel to the spindle axes, and a second tool carrier slide 52 which is arranged on the first carrier side TS1 of the middle portioType: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: GILDEMEISTER Italiana S.p.A.Inventors: Jürgen Walz, Franco Rigolone, Gottfried Deuringer, Renato Rota, Manuel Gerst
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Publication number: 20140251097Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine tool, in particular to a lathe, comprising a machine frame 1, a first work spindle 21 which is arranged on a spindle carrier face of the machine frame 1 and is to receive a first workpiece W1, a second work spindle 22 which faces the first work spindle 21, is arranged on a spindle carrier face of the machine frame 1 and is to receive a second workpiece W2, the axis of the second work spindle 22 being aligned parallel, in particular coaxially to the axis of the first work spindle 21, and comprising two movable tool carrier slides 51 and 52, on which a respective tool-carrying tool carrier 61 and 62 is arranged. According to the invention, provided between the work spindles 21 and 22 is a tool carrier 62 which can be moved transversely to the spindle axes, is configured as a tool turret and the turret axis of which is aligned transversely to the spindle axes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: GILDEMEISTER Italiana S.p.A.Inventors: Jürgen Walz, Franco Rigolone, Gottfried Deuringer, Renato Rota, Manuel Gerst
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Publication number: 20140245870Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine tool, in particular a lathe, having a machine frame 1, a first work spindle 21, arranged on a face of a first carrier portion 1a of the machine frame 1, for receiving a first workpiece W1, a second work spindle 22, facing the first work spindle 21 and arranged on a face of second carrier portion 1b of the machine frame 1, for receiving a second work piece W2, the spindle axis of the second work spindle 22 being aligned parallel to, in particular coaxial with, the spindle axis of the first work spindle 21, and two displaceable tool carrier slides 51 and 52 on each of which a tool-carrying tool carrier 61 or 62 is arranged. According to the invention, a third tool carrier 63 is provided which is displaceable between the work spindles 21 and 22 transverse to the spindle axes and which is arranged on a tool carrier face WTS3 of a central carrier portion 1c positioned between the first and the second carrier portion 1a, 1b.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: GILDEMEISTER Italiana S.p.A.Inventors: Jürgen Walz, Franco Rigolone, Gottfried Deuringer, Renato Rota, Manuel Gerst
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Patent number: 8823487Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning apparatus, comprising an operating unit for operating the cleaning apparatus, at least one functional unit for carrying out an operating instruction, and a control unit for receiving operating instructions performed on the operating unit and controlling the at least one functional unit based on said operating instructions, wherein an access authorization stored on an authorization carrier is required in order to operate the cleaning apparatus. In order to provide such a cleaning apparatus with a more user-friendly access control, it is proposed that the cleaning apparatus have a detection unit operatively connected to the control unit and configured for contactless detection of the access authorization and transmission thereof to the control unit, and that the access authorization be verifiable for its validity by the control unit. The invention further relates to a method for controlling access to a cleaning apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Markus Duenne, Christian Hofner, Juergen Walz