Patents by Inventor Klaus Schoneweiss

Klaus Schoneweiss 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: 5819902
    Abstract: An arrangement is provided for monitoring at least one of raising and lowering of individual steps of a band of steps of an escalator The escalator includes guide rails for the steps, a driving gear, and endless driving chains provided in a region of balustrade bases and being driven by the driving gear. The guide rails have a transition curve from a horizontal run to a vertical run. Each step includes rollers supported on the guide rails and is held between the endless driving chains. A safety device is disposed essentially in the transition curve for switching off the driving gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: O&K Rolltreppen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Schoneweiss, Jerzy Welnic
  • Patent number: 5398800
    Abstract: A safety device for people movers, particularly for escalators and moving sidewalks, includes at least one carrier plate supporting a comb segment at a first end. The carrier plate is horizontally displaceable relative to at least one carrier element which accommodates the carrier plate, and is pivotable about a horizontal rotational axis which is located at a second end of the carrier plate and cooperates with at least one switch-off device for immobilizing the people mover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: O&K Rolltreppen GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Hofling, Klaus Schoneweiss, Alfred Thiel
  • Patent number: 4645059
    Abstract: Roller-path system for the transportation of persons and goods, having an endless tread-plate band reversed around a horizontal axis as well as either a freely supported or a roller supported traction chain and self-supporting tread plates, each plate having two pull and two drag support-rod parts arranged close to the slate corners, respectively, opposite each other, where these plates can either directly support themselves, freely supporting rollers and the pull support-rod parts in addition to the traction chain, or can indirectly support themselves, having the pull support-rod parts mounted in traction chains with intermediate rollers and fork-shaped tread-plate resting elements which are attached by drag support-rod parts. The support-rod parts are provided as replaceably arranged system-adaptable pull and drag bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: O&K Orenstein & Koppel Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Hofling, Klaus Schoneweiss
  • Patent number: 4476971
    Abstract: A safety device for passenger transporter systems for the prevention of the wedging in of foreign bodies, with a switching element, the latter serving to stop the transporter system, the switching element to be actuated from within the stationary part of the intake by means of horizontally moveable comb segments and/or a rotatably arranged carrier plate, the switching element comprises a switch which is operatively actuated via an angle lever, the latter being moved by means of a switch rod. One of the legs of the angle lever is connected with a push rod which can actuate the switch, the push rod being biased by means of a compression spring. The passenger transporter system upon displacement of at least one comb segment and/or upon lifting of the carrier plate as a consequence of pivoting about a pivot point is stopped by actuation of the switch by means of pivoting of the angle lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: O&K Orenstein & Koppel Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Klaus Schoneweiss
  • Patent number: 4360078
    Abstract: A device for placing escalators in and out of operation and having a system comprising safety switches, actuating elements and signal bodies. An outwardly swingable flap is provided having a rear side facing an interior of the escalator. Actuating elements for starting and stopping the escalator and monitoring elements are fastened on the rear side of the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Assignee: O&K Orenstein & Koppel Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Klaus Schoneweiss