Patents by Inventor Kai Urbanzyk

Kai Urbanzyk 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).

  • Publication number: 20160158997
    Abstract: Deflecting device (3) for a chain of tenter clips (1) with running rollers (2) for the transport of a moving material web, with a sprocket (4) as well as with a guide rail (5) with at least two tracks (6.1, 6.2) for the running rollers (2) of the tenter clips (1). The two tracks (6.1, 6.2) are respectively arranged on two mutually oppositely facing sides of the guide rail (5) parallel to the rotation axis of the sprocket (4). The guide rail (5) comprises at least one curved section (5.2) for deflecting the chain. In the area of the curved section (5.2) of the guide rail (5), connecting elements (8, 9, 10) are present, by which the guide rail (5) is connected with the deflecting device (3). Several connecting elements (8, 9, 10) are embodied in such a manner so that at least a part of the curved section (5.2) of the guide rail (5) is radially slidable with respect to the sprocket (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Karsten RESCH, Kai URBANZYK, Martin VEIL
  • Patent number: 9222861
    Abstract: An apparatus (2) with a chain (1) that is arranged endlessly circulateable in the apparatus (2) includes a measuring apparatus (3) for measuring the stretching or elongation of the chain (1), with a first signal pick-up (4) and with a second signal pick-up (5), which are arranged at a spacing distance (D) relative to one another, which extends in the running direction over several chain links (6) of the chain (1). A first element for signal generation (7) is arranged on a first chain link (6.1) in such a manner so that with a circulating chain (1) a signal is produced upon running past the first signal pick-up (4). Several further elements for signal generation (8) are arranged on a second chain link (6.2) in such a manner so that with a circulating chain (1) a further signal is generated with each one of these further elements (8) upon running past the second signal pick-up (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Lindauer DORNIER Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Kai Urbanzyk
  • Publication number: 20140102212
    Abstract: An apparatus (2) with a chain (1) that is arranged endlessly circulateable in the apparatus (2) includes a measuring apparatus (3) for measuring the stretching or elongation of the chain (1), with a first signal pick-up (4) and with a second signal pick-up (5), which are arranged at a spacing distance (D) relative to one another, which extends in the running direction over several chain links (6) of the chain (1). A first element for signal generation (7) is arranged on a first chain link (6.1) in such a manner so that with a circulating chain (1) a signal is produced upon running past the first signal pick-up (4). Several further elements for signal generation (8) are arranged on a second chain link (6.2) in such a manner so that with a circulating chain (1) a further signal is generated with each one of these further elements (8) upon running past the second signal pick-up (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: LINDAUER DORNIER GMBH
    Inventor: Kai Urbanzyk
  • Patent number: 6609831
    Abstract: A method and apparatus continuously monitor the functional condition of the successive bearings of the tenter clips or claws of a tenter chain as the bearings roll along a contact surface of the endless guide rail of a tentering machine. A sensing arrangement is integrated into the guide rail in the area of the contact surface thereof. The sensing arrangement senses a physical value indicative of the presence and condition of the respective bearing passing by the sensing arrangement. The sensing arrangement may include a pressurized air outlet and an adjacent pressure measuring channel connected to a pressure sensor to sense the back pressure created by a passing bearing. The sensing arrangement may alternatively include an electromagnetic eddy current sensor, or an optoelectronic light beam sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Lindauer Dornier Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Kai Urbanzyk, Andreas Rutz
  • Publication number: 20020100151
    Abstract: A method and apparatus continuously monitor the functional condition of the successive bearings of the tenter clips or claws of a tenter chain as the bearings roll along a contact surface of the endless guide rail of a tentering machine. A sensing arrangement is integrated into the guide rail in the area of the contact surface thereof. The sensing arrangement senses a physical value indicative of the presence and condition of the respective bearing passing by the sensing arrangement. The sensing arrangement may include a pressurized air outlet and an adjacent pressure measuring channel connected to a pressure sensor to sense the back pressure created by a passing bearing. The sensing arrangement may alternatively include an electromagnetic eddy current sensor, or an optoelectronic light beam sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Applicant: Lindauer DORNIER Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Kai Urbanzyk, Andreas Rutz