Patents by Inventor Kai Huebner

Kai Huebner 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: 10195771
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary press with a rotor, whereby the rotor comprises one upper and one lower punch guide and a die plate between the upper and lower punch guides, furthermore with upper and lower press punches which interact with the die holes in the die plate, whereby the rotary press comprises several stations, namely at least one filling station in which the material to be pressed is filled into the die holes, at least one dosing station, in which the material filled into the die holes is dosed, at least one pressing station, in which the material that has been dosed and filled into the die holes is pressed through the upper and lower press punches into pellets, and at least one ejector station in which the pressed pellets are ejected, whereby at least one of the stations can be moved from its operating position to a resting position, in which the production process of the rotary press to produce pellets remains possible with the remaining stations in their respective operating positions, and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Lüdemann, Daniel Malick, Kai Hübner
  • Patent number: 9216553
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressing device for a press, in particular for a rotary press, wherein the pressing device is designed to work together with at least one press punch of the press during operation of the press so that the at least one press punch presses material located in a receiver, wherein the pressing device comprises a force measuring device for measuring the force exerted by the at least one press punch on the pressing device, wherein at least one section of the pressing device is moveable between a closed operation position and an opened maintenance position, and wherein the force measuring device in the opened maintenance position is at least partially accessible from outside. The invention also relates to a rotary press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Fette Compacting GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Hübner, Werner Seifert
  • Publication number: 20140183787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary press with a rotor, whereby the rotor comprises one upper and one lower punch guide and a die plate between the upper and lower punch guides, furthermore with upper and lower press punches which interact with the die holes in the die plate, whereby the rotary press comprises several stations, namely at least one filling station in which the material to be pressed is filled into the die holes, at least one dosing station, in which the material filled into the die holes is dosed, at least one pressing station, in which the material that has been dosed and filled into the die holes is pressed through the upper and lower press punches into pellets, and at least one ejector station in which the pressed pellets are ejected, whereby at least one of the stations can be moved from its operating position to a resting position, in which the production process of the rotary press to produce pellets remains possible with the remaining stations in their respective operating positions, and
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Lüdermann, Daniel Malick, Kai Hübner
  • Publication number: 20140178516
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressing device for a press, in particular for a rotary press, wherein the pressing device is designed to work together with at least one press punch of the press during operation of the press so that the at least one press punch presses material located in a receiver, wherein the pressing device comprises a force measuring device for measuring the force exerted by the at least one press punch on the pressing device, wherein at least one section of the pressing device is moveable between a closed operation position and an opened maintenance position, and wherein the force measuring device in the opened maintenance position is at least partially accessible from outside. The invention also relates to a rotary press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Fette Compacting GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Hübner, Werner Seifert
  • Patent number: 7740140
    Abstract: A method for sorting tablets at a rotary press for making tablets, comprising the following steps: the individual tablets are monitored with regard to at least one property of their condition during the pressing process, and a bad-signal is generated, if a tablet does not fulfill the property, and tablets which do not generate a bad-signal being good-tablets; the good-tablets are directed from a die plate of the rotary press into a good-channel; after a bad-signal has been generated, a bad-tablet is directed into a bad-channel by means of an air blast; by means of a further air stream, which is directed into the bad-channel, the bad-tablet is accelerated into the bad-channel whereby a returning to the die plate is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Fette GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Schmidt, Andreas Arning, Kai Hübner
  • Patent number: 7637728
    Abstract: A rotary tablet press, with a rotor driven by a driving motor, which has a die plate as well as an upper and a lower guiding for upper and lower punches, which co-operate with bores of the die plate, a stationary housing closely surrounding the rotor, which constitutes a pressing room, and with at least one ring-shaped sealing arrangement, which seals the housing against a punch guiding, wherein the sealing arrangement has a ring-shaped holder inside the housing, wherein the ring-shaped holder is axially movable between a first and a second position by means of a stationarily arranged lifting device, the sealing arrangement has a first sealing portion, which is continuously in engagement with a first sealing surface of the housing in the first and in the second position, and a second sealing portion which is in engagement with a second sealing surface of the punch guiding with a first sealing force in the first position and is in engagement with the second sealing surface in the second position either with a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Fette GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Roemer, Wolfgang Soltau, Kai Huebner, Hans Wolf
  • Publication number: 20090072491
    Abstract: A rotary tablet press, with a rotor driven by a driving motor, which has a die plate as well as an upper and a lower guiding for upper and lower punches, which co-operate with bores of the die plate, a stationary housing closely surrounding the rotor, which constitutes a pressing room, and with at least one ring-shaped sealing arrangement, which seals the housing against a punch guiding, wherein the sealing arrangement has a ring-shaped holder inside the housing, wherein the ring-shaped holder is axially movable between a first and a second position by means of a stationarily arranged lifting device, the sealing arrangement has a first sealing portion, which is continuously in engagement with a first sealing surface of the housing in the first and in the second position, and a second sealing portion which is in engagement with a second sealing surface of the punch guiding with a first sealing force in the first position and is in engagement with the second sealing surface in the second position either with a
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: Fette GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Roemer, Wolfgang Soltau, Kai Huebner, Hans Wolf