Patents by Inventor Konrad Roeingh
Konrad Roeingh 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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Patent number: 7836581Abstract: The invention relates to a device for installing and removing a bearing assembly (3) which consists of a chock in which a trunnion hearing is arranged on a supporting roller stud (1) of a rolling stand. The aim of said invention is to replace said assembly by means of an operationally reliable device without carrying out modifications or large-scale modifications of the supporting roller stud (1), in particular to obtain reproducible mounting forces in order to ensure best long-term wear-less service possible, best possible rotation and easily controlled stripping forces for reliable operation of the rolling stand. The invention also relates to a nut (8) fixed to the roller stud (1) prestressed against the bearing assembly (3). According to said invention, a stripping device (11) can be temporarily coupled to the bearing assembly (3), the hydraulic cylinder (15) thereof resting against the roller stud (1).Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2004Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: SMS Siemag AktiengesellschaftInventors: Karl Keller, Konrad Roeingh
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Publication number: 20100284639Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing arrangement with a bearing for rotatably supporting a journal of a roller in a rolling mill stand, and a bearing support body with a bore for receiving the bearing. In order to prevent local overload in the bearing, it is proposed, according to the invention, to configure the profile of the bore in the unstressed bearing support body at least approximately according to the negated pre-calculated profile of the bore under a load.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2009Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventors: Karl Keller, Konrad Roeingh
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Publication number: 20100125992Abstract: A device for dismounting the neck bush (4), the bearing bush (5), and the chock (6) from the conically constructed region of the roll neck (2) of a roll (1), where a pressure shoulder ring (8), which is supported on the end face of the neck bush (4), is installed on a roll neck shoulder (3) of the roll (1), is to be improved in such a way that it can be built very short and that it can carry out the dismounting movement with very small pressures of a pressure medium. To this end, it is proposed that a gap (11) be provided between the pressure shoulder ring (8) and the end face (7) of the roll neck (2), that the pressure shoulder ring (8) be coupled with the neck bush (4), and that at least one pressure medium for removing the neck bush (4) and the chock (6) be provided in the gap (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2007Publication date: May 27, 2010Inventors: Karl Keller, Konrad Roeingh, Kurt Scheffe
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Publication number: 20100109253Abstract: The invention relates to a journal seal for rolling bearings, wherein the journal seal comprises: —a ring-shaped sealing body (50), which is rotatably fixed to a roller journal (2) with the bearing surface (53) coaxially oriented in relation to the bearing axis (52) and with at least two spaced webs (54, 55) facing away from the bearing axis (52), the webs being directly or indirectly in contact with an annular projection (7), —and—a reinforcing element (51) for reinforcing the sealing body (50). The reinforcing element (51) has a width that is greater than the outer distance (59) of the two webs (54, 55).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: Karl Keller, Konrad Roeingh, Daniel Knie
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Patent number: 7611150Abstract: Disclosed is a sealing device (16) for a rotatably mounted roll (15). Said sealing device (16) comprises at least one annular body which sits on a roll neck (2), encompasses said roll neck (2), and is provided with at least one outward-extending lip (21) that rests in a sealing manner against a stationary part (7) during rotation of the roll. Said ring body is embodied in at least two pieces (17; 18), one first piece (17) resting against one part (2) of the roll (15) and one second piece (18) encompassing at least one outward-extending lip (21, 22).Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2003Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: SMS Demag AGInventors: Konrad Roeingh, Karl Keller
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Publication number: 20090232431Abstract: In the case of a plain bearing having at least one support part (25), which is composed of an iron-containing base material, of a bearing sleeve (24) which is provided at the raceway side with a coating (8, 26) which is composed of a coating material, is formed as a melted-on layer and is metallurgically connected to the base material by means of an FeSn2-containing connecting zone (9), it is possible to obtain a long service life in that the thickness of the FeSn2-containing connecting zone (9) is at most 10 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2007Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: SMS DEMAG AGInventors: Konrad Roeingh, Karl Keller
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Patent number: 7549647Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing device for roller bearings, comprising a journal seal (4), which is arranged upstream on the roller-ball side of the annular seal (8) which is connected in a rigid manner to an annular projection (7) of the bearing housing (5). The sealing lip (18) of the sealing device is applied to the front side (10) of the roller (1) by means of a sealing contact. The aim of the invention is to improve the sealing device in such a manner that the sealing lip of the annular seal is barely impinged upon by cooling means mixed by impurities, making it long lasting and ensuring that no undesired water can penetrate into said outlet.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2004Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: SMS Demag AGInventors: Konrad Roeingh, Karl Keller, Rolf Hücker
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Publication number: 20090116774Abstract: A bearing for rolling-mill rolls which each have two roll journals (2), of which at least one carries a journal bush (4) in the axial direction at least in a certain region, said journal bush (4) being arranged in a rotationally locked manner via a feather key (5), wherein the journal hush (4) is enclosed by a bearing bush (6) held in an insert (7), and a load-bearing lubricating film is provided between the journal bush (4) and the bearing bush (6), wherein the feather key (5) is provided in a region of the roll journal (2) which lies outside the region of the roll compression force acting on the journal bush (4) and transmitted to the insert (7), is to be improved in such a way that the fluctuations in the roll compression force which are caused by the feather key or its locating slot are ruled out and the roll is nonetheless of very short construction, such that considerable savings are obtained through narrower foundations and narrower rolling mill halls and also narrower roll workshops.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2007Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: Karl Keller, Konrad Roeingh, Kurt Scheffe
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Patent number: 7484891Abstract: An oil film bearing (1) for roll pins (4), which or whose pin bush (3) that is placed thereon is surrounded by a bearing bush (3) placed in an insert (2). The bearing bush has at least two inner lying hydrostatic pockets (9, 9?), which are arranged, in essence, in a common axial line and which can be supplied with a pressure medium via a check valve (18) and via boreholes (6, 6?) extending inside the bearing bush (5). Throttles (15, 15?) inside the boreholes (6, 6?) ensure an optimal hydrostatic bearing even when the roll pin (4) or the pin bush (3) is in an oblique position inside the bearing bush (5). The aim of the invention is to improve an oil film bearing of the aforementioned type whereby economically assuring the hydrostatic function of the bearing and in which the inspection of the throttles (15, 15?) is possible without further ado.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2004Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: SMS Demag AGInventors: Karl Keller, Konrad Roeingh
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Publication number: 20080175523Abstract: An oil film bearing (1) for roll pins (4), which or whose pin bush (3) that is placed thereon is surrounded by a bearing bush (3) placed in an insert (2). The bearing bush has at least two inner lying hydrostatic pockets (9, 9?), which are arranged, in essence, in a common axial line and which can be supplied with a pressure medium via a check valve (18) and via boreholes (6, 6?) extending inside the bearing bush (5). Throttles (15, 15?) inside the boreholes (6, 6?) ensure an optimal hydrostatic bearing even when the roll pin (4) or the pin bush (3) is in an oblique position inside the bearing bush (5). The aim of the invention is to improve an oil film bearing of the aforementioned type whereby economically assuring the hydrostatic function of the bearing and in which the inspection of the throttles (15, 15?) is possible without further ado.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2004Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventors: Karl Keller, Konrad Roeingh
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Patent number: 7396021Abstract: A roll stub is rotatable relative to a stationary support and has a rotatable support fixed to the roll stub, an annular and radially directed seal surface fixed on one of the supports, and a seal ring on the other of the supports having a lip engageable with the seal surface. A support element that is substantially less stiff than the seal ring is provided between the other support and the seal ring for biasing the lip against the seal surface while permitting of the seal ring relative to the other support. A clamp body rotationally fixed to the other support directly engages the seal ring and presses the seal ring directly against an abutment. Interengaging tooth formations on the clamp body and on the seal ring arrest the seal ring on the other support against angular movement thereon while permitting relative radial movement.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2006Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: SMS Demag AktiengesellschaftInventors: Karl Keller, Konrad Roeingh
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Publication number: 20070290448Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for sealing the ball side of a bearing of a roller journal (2), comprising a journal bushing (3) which is drawn to the roller journal (2), said journal bushing being associated with a bearing ring (5), a bearing bushing (7) which is mounted in an insertion piece (6), also comprising radial shaft seals which are associated with the insertion piece via a holder (11) and which are provided with radial lips (13, 13) which co-operate with the bearing ring (5) and a sealing arrangement (16) which is arranged upstream from the radial shaft seals so that the roller (4) can roll. The aim of the invention is to improve said device in such a way that it can be produced and operated economically such that it consists of only a small number of parts and has an improved sealing effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2005Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Konrad Roeingh, Karl Keller, Kurt Scheffe
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Publication number: 20070158916Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing device for cylinder bearings, in particular, oil film bearings or roller bearings. According to the invention, a sealing ring (6) which has a cylindrically-shaped sealing surface (7) is connected to the cylinder journal (2) or the journal bushing (3). An elastic sealing element (9, 10) which is arranged in a fixed manner in a holder (8), which connected to an insertion piece (5), lies on said sealing surface. The sealing surface (7) is rolled.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2004Publication date: July 12, 2007Inventors: Konrad Roeingh, Karl Keller
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Publication number: 20070140601Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing device for roller bearings, comprising a journal seal (4), which is arranged upstream on the roller-ball side of the annular seal (8) which is connected in a rigid manner to an annular projection (7) of the bearing housing (5). The sealing lip (18) of the sealing device is applied to the front side (10) of the roller (1) by means of a sealing contact. The aim of the invention is to improve the sealing device in such a manner that the sealing lip of the annular seal is barely impinged upon by cooling means mixed by impurities, making it long lasting and ensuring that no undesired water can penetrate into said outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2004Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Konrad Roeingh, Karl Keller, Rolf Hucker
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Publication number: 20060202429Abstract: A roll stub is rotatable relative to a stationary support and has a rotatable support fixed to the roll stub, an annular and radially directed seal surface fixed on one of the supports, and a seal ring on the other of the supports having a lip engageable with the seal surface. A support element that is substantially less stiff than the seal ring is provided between the other support and the seal ring for biasing the lip against the seal surface while permitting of the seal ring relative to the other support. A clamp body rotationally fixed to the other support directly engages the seal ring and presses the seal ring directly against an abutment. Interengaging tooth formations on the clamp body and on the seal ring arrest the seal ring on the other support against angular movement thereon while permitting relative radial movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Inventors: Karl Keller, Konrad Roeingh
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Patent number: 6866270Abstract: A C-section ring fixed on a steel-mill roll and coaxially surrounding its stub has inner and outer axially extending legs defining an axially open cavity. The inner leg is tapered away from the roll and is formed adjacent the free end with a radially outwardly open annular groove. An annular cover part fixed on a stationary support, engaged in the cavity, forming a drain compartment open axially away from the roll, and formed with a radially outwardly open catchment groove radially aligned with a free end of the inner leg is also formed with a passage extending from the catchment groove to the drain compartment. An annular extension on the cover part has an inner surface carrying a seal ring that bears radially inward on the stub. An add-on part on the extension forms with the extension, with the cover part, and with the C-section ring a labyrinth.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2002Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: SMS Demag AktiengesellschaftInventors: Karl Keller, Konrad Roeingh
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Publication number: 20050035561Abstract: Disclosed is a sealing device (16) for a rotatably mounted roll (15). Said sealing device (16) comprises at least one annular body which sits on a roll neck (2), encompasses said roll neck (2), and is provided with at least one outward-extending lip (21) that rests in a sealing manner against a stationary part (7) during rotation of the roll. Said ring body is embodied in at least two pieces (17,18), one first piece (17) resting against one part (2) of the roll (15) and one second piece (18) encompassing at least one outward-extending lip (21, 22).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2003Publication date: February 17, 2005Inventors: Konrad Roeingh, Karl Keller
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Publication number: 20040100029Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing device for cylinder bearings. An annular projection which is connected to the cylinder neck (2) in a rotationally fixed manner carries an annular sealing surface which interacts with an elastic, stationary sealing element (23, 24), a sealing labyrinth consisting of stationary parts and parts which are connected to the cylinder (1) being placed upstream from the sealing element (13) towards the cylinder barrel. The aim of the invention is to develop one such sealing device in such a way that good sealing action can be achieved using simple and cost-effective sealing elements, and the durability of the seal increased in relation to that created by known sealing devices in such a way that the entire sealing device is cheaper.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2003Publication date: May 27, 2004Inventors: Karl Keller, Konrad Roeingh
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Publication number: 20040080116Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing device for roll bearings in which a sealing element (9, 10) that interacts with a sealing surface is assigned to the rollpin (2). The aim of the invention is to improve a sealing device of this type so that a radial offset in the roll bearing results without significantly subjecting the sealing lip of the sealing element to stress. To this end, the sealing element is supported on the fixing device (8) thereof by means of an elastic supporting element (13), whereby the elastic supporting element has a rigidity less than that of the sealing lip (14, 15) of the sealing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2003Publication date: April 29, 2004Inventors: Karl Keller, Konrad Roeingh
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Patent number: 6589372Abstract: A plain bearing for necks of rolls of rolling mills includes a bearing bushing of metal and a plain bearing alloy introduced into the bushing. The plain bearing alloy is based on tin with antimony and copper and contains of 6.8 to 7.2 percent by weight antimony, 6.3 to 6.7 percent by weight copper, 0.5 to 0.7 percent by weight zinc, 0.05 to 0.15 percent by weight silver, and tin as the remainder, and wherein the plain bearing alloy is applied to an inner mantle of a pre-heated bearing bushing as a rough layer thickness of 4 to 5 mm by centrifugal casting.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2001Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: SMS Schloemann-Siemag AktiengesellschaftInventors: Konrad Roeingh, Werner Greis