Patents by Inventor Karlheinz Straub

Karlheinz Straub 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: 11319669
    Abstract: A lubricating device lubricates a circulating clothing of a machine for manufacturing a fibrous web. The device has a body with a feed chamber that has an inlet for supplying a pressurized liquid lubricant to the feed chamber and an outlet for discharging the lubricant therefrom. The body further has a nozzle chamber to which a nozzle for discharging the lubricant is connected. The nozzle has a flow-conducting connection to the feed chamber via the nozzle chamber and the outlet. Within the body, a diffuser is provided for diffusing the lubricant supplied through the outlet along the body, the diffuser being arranged between the outlet and the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Hodson, Karlheinz Straub, Wiebke Juergens, Fabian Koeberle
  • Publication number: 20200048834
    Abstract: A lubricating device lubricates a circulating clothing of a machine for manufacturing a fibrous web. The device has a body with a feed chamber that has an inlet for supplying a pressurized liquid lubricant to the feed chamber and an outlet for discharging the lubricant therefrom. The body further has a nozzle chamber to which a nozzle for discharging the lubricant is connected. The nozzle has a flow-conducting connection to the feed chamber via the nozzle chamber and the outlet. Within the body, a diffuser is provided for diffusing the lubricant supplied through the outlet along the body, the diffuser being arranged between the outlet and the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: MARK HODSON, KARLHEINZ STRAUB, WIEBKE JUERGENS, FABIAN KOEBERLE
  • Publication number: 20180119349
    Abstract: A device for cleaning a continuously revolving clothing in a machine producing and/or processing a paper, cardboard, tissue or other fiber web, includes at least one cleaning nozzle generating at least one fluid cleaning jet directed towards the clothing and a channel discharging fluid and dirt from the clothing in a discharge direction. The discharge channel has a first portion with a receptacle opening at the beginning of the discharge channel and a cleaning opening facing the clothing forming a cleaning zone. The nozzle causes the jet to impact the clothing in the cleaning zone. The receptacle opening is oriented opposite a clothing running direction and the nozzle provides the jet with a velocity component transverse to the running direction striking the clothing in an angular range 20°<B<80°, particularly 30°<B<70° relative to a clothing plane seen in the clothing running direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: MARK HODSON, KARLHEINZ STRAUB
  • Publication number: 20100043843
    Abstract: An apparatus to clean a continuously running conveyor belt for a machine to produce or refine paper, cardboard or other layers of fibrous material including a cleaning device and at least one supplementary device. The cleaning device is configured to dispense at least one cleansing stream to the conveyor belt in at least one cleaning stage. The supplementary device is configured to dispense a chemically active medium and/or a physically active medium in a preparation process. The preparation process is configured to support and/or enhance the cleaning effectiveness and conditioning of a surface of the conveyor belt for a cleaning process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Maria Dröscher, Wolfgang Schneider, Karlheinz Straub
  • Patent number: 7166194
    Abstract: A water jet cutter for separation of a trim strip from a moving paper, cardboard, tissue or other type of fiber web, in a machine for the production and/or conversion of the fiber web, including at least one nozzle whose water jet is directed onto the fiber web. An advantage of the present invention is to simplify the construction of the device while maintaining at least equal operational reliability, and to enable installation above a pulper in order to eliminate the necessity for removal and extraction systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Karlheinz Straub, Michael Sollinger, Ralf Pfifferling
  • Patent number: 7112260
    Abstract: Device and process for cleaning a circulating belt, the device using a cleaning device having at least one nozzle. The process includes feeding a pressurized fluid to the at least one nozzle, and subjecting the circulating belt to the pressurized fluid via the at least one nozzle. The pressurized fluid has a temperature in a range of between approximately 90° C. and approximately 160° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Karlheinz Straub, Michael Sollinger
  • Publication number: 20050121055
    Abstract: A method for controlling a cleaning of an endlessly circulating belt in a machine for at least one of producing a fiber web and finishing the fiber web, includes the steps of: providing a cleaning device and a traversing unit coupled thereto; applying a cleaning liquid to the belt with the cleaning device; moving the cleaning device transversely with respect to the belt running direction with the traversing unit; and controlling a traversing speed as a function of a traversing direction. Another method for controlling a cleaning of the belt includes the steps of: providing a cleaning device and a traversing unit coupled thereto; applying a cleaning liquid to the belt with the cleaning device; moving the cleaning device transversely with respect to the belt running direction with the traversing unit; and controlling a quantity of the cleaning liquid applied to the belt as a function of a traversing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventor: Karlheinz Straub
  • Publication number: 20030196531
    Abstract: A water jet cutter for separation of a trim strip from a moving paper, cardboard, tissue or other type of fiber web, in a machine for the production and/or conversion of the fiber web, including at least one nozzle whose water jet is directed onto the fiber web. An advantage of the present invention is to simplify the construction of the device while maintaining at least equal operational reliability, and to enable installation above a pulper in order to eliminate the necessity for removal and extraction systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Karlheinz Straub, Michael Sollinger, Ralf Pfifferling
  • Publication number: 20030019602
    Abstract: Device and process for cleaning a circulating belt, the device using a cleaning device having at least one nozzle. The process includes feeding a pressurized fluid to the at least one nozzle, and subjecting the circulating belt to the pressurized fluid via the at least one nozzle. The pressurized fluid has a temperature in a range of between approximately 90° C. and approximately 160° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Karlheinz Straub, Michael Sollinger
  • Patent number: 6497792
    Abstract: Described is a machine for manufacturing a continuous web, in particular a paper or cardboard web, the machine having a number of rolls that may include press rolls, drying cylinders, suction rolls, or the like. At least one transport belt is guided with the web around the rolls and is characterized by the fact that a metallic screen is guided between the web and the respective roll surface. The metallic screen may be formed of metal, formed as a metallized drying screen, or formed from metal and synthetic threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Tri Chau Huu, Markus Oechsle, Robert Wolf, Wolfgang Mayer, Karlheinz Straub
  • Patent number: 6425513
    Abstract: An apparatus transfers a threading strip and/or a material web can from a pick-up area into a transfer area along a web travel path for production and/or processing/of the strip and/or web. The device includes a carrier for moving the strip and/or web along the web travel path through the machine at a carrier speed. The device also includes at least one pick-up unit for transferring the strip and/or web from the pick-up area to the transfer area at relocation speed that is lower than the carrier speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Zygmunt Madrzak, Rüdiger Kurtz, Oswald Satzger, Wolf Gunter Stotz, Thomas Hermsen, Georg Kugler, Werner Goebel, Karlheinz Straub, Patric Romes
  • Publication number: 20020060053
    Abstract: Described is a machine for manufacturing a continuous web, in particular a paper or cardboard web, the machine having a number of rolls that may include press rolls, drying cylinders, suction rolls, or the like. At least one transport belt is guided with the web around the rolls and is characterized by the fact that a metallic screen is guided between the web and the respective roll surface. The metallic screen may be formed of metal, formed as a metallized drying screen, or formed from metal and synthetic threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Applicant: VOITH SULZER PAPIERMASCHINEN GmbH
    Inventors: Tri Chau Huu, Markus Oechsle, Robert Wolf, Wolfgang Mayer, Karlheinz Straub
  • Patent number: 6379502
    Abstract: Process and apparatus for transferring a traveling material web into a target region. The process includes positioning at least two cutting mechanisms at one of a same and different width positions between web edges of a traveling material web. The at least two cutting mechanisms are movable relative to the traveling material web in a plane approximately parallel to the material web. The process also includes cutting the traveling material web at the one of the same and different width positions, thereby forming at least one resulting cut that extends approximately parallel to a web travel direction, and forming a substantially pointed beginning of a transfer strip by moving at least one of the at least two cutting mechanisms in a direction toward one of the web edges from its respective width position. In this manner, the resulting cuts of the at least two cutting mechanisms occur at one of a same and a substantially close proximity to a same width position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Oswald Satzger, Zygmunt Madrzak, Karlheinz Straub
  • Patent number: 6364959
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for cleaning a transport belt of a machine for the production or processing a web. The apparatus includes at least one nozzle device composed of a rotatable nozzle head having at least one cleaning nozzle, a transport device including a crosspiece extending substantially crosswise to a transport belt travel direction, in which the at least one nozzle device is coupled to the transport device and adapted for displacement along the crosspiece. A traversing speed of the nozzle device is very low and falls within a range of between approximately 1 mm/min and 10 mm/min. Alternatively, the at least one nozzle is positionable in a plurality of cleaning positions that are successively arranged crosswise to the transport belt, and the at least one nozzle is held stationary in each respective cleaning position for a predefined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Karlheinz Straub, Dieter Haberzettl, Birgit Bertram, Johann Eisler, Lutz-Thomas Herrmann
  • Patent number: 6346171
    Abstract: Described is a machine for manufacturing a continuous web, in particular a paper or cardboard web, the machine having a number of rolls that may include press rolls, drying cylinders, suction rolls, or the like. At least one transport belt is guided with the web around the rolls and is characterized by the fact that a metallic screen is guided between the web and the respective roll surface. The metallic screen may be formed of metal, formed as a metallized drying screen, or formed from metal and synthetic threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Tri Chau Huu, Markus Oechsle, Robert Wolf, Wolfgang Mayer, Karlheinz Straub
  • Patent number: 6176939
    Abstract: A device to clean a transport belt of a machine for manufacturing a material web, in particular paper or cardboard web, is provided which includes at least one nozzle that can impart a medium under pressure and is designed to rotate on a rotational axis. The device is characterized in that the rotational speed of the nozzle for a gentle cleaning of the transport belt lies in the range of from about 2500 rpm to about 4000 rpm, and for an intensive cleaning of the transport belt in the range of from about 1000 rpm to about 2500 rpm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Oechsle, Karlheinz Straub
  • Patent number: 6143092
    Abstract: Process for cleaning a transport belt of a machine for manufacturing and/or processing a material web with at least one cleaning device. The process includes detecting the contamination of the transport belt with at least one sensor, generating a state matrix which contains the location coordinates of the detected contamination, and one of controlling and regulating the at least one cleaning device for cleaning over at least a width of the transport belt with a varying desired intensity of cleaning in accordance with the generated state matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Karlheinz Straub, Markus Oechsle, Gerhard Kotitschke
  • Patent number: 6135267
    Abstract: Device for cleaning the conveyor belt of a machine for producing a cellulosic web. The cleaning device includes a spray unit for discharging cleaning fluid in the opening nip of a roll around which the belt is guided, or at the point where the belt leaves the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Karlheinz Straub
  • Patent number: 6116156
    Abstract: A machine is provided for producing a continuous material web. In particular, a paper web or a cardboard web can be produced by the machine. The machine has a number of rolls, around which the material web is guided by the use of at least one belt. The belt has at least two zones. The zones have different properties with at least one of the zones being designed to transmit a drive force to the rolls of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schiel, Karlheinz Straub
  • Patent number: 6088926
    Abstract: Dryer section of a machine for manufacturing a material sheet. The dryer section may include at least one dryer cylinder, a plurality of sheet guide rolls, a transport belt for guiding the material sheet in a meandering manner around the at least one dryer cylinder and the plurality of sheet guide rolls, and threads surrounding at least one of the at least one dryer cylinder and the plurality of sheet guide rolls. The threads may be positioned between the material sheet and a surface of the at least one of the at least one dryer cylinder and the plurality of sheet guide rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Steiner, Karlheinz Straub, Robert Wolf, Albrecht Meinecke, Tri Chau-Huu, Markus Oechsle