Patents by Inventor Laurenz Hausmann

Laurenz Hausmann 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).

  • Apparatus for transporting sheets of glass in a vertical position
    Patent number: 4240660
    Abstract: Apparatus for transporting a sheet of glass in a vertical position where the apparatus has self-tightening tongs adapted to clasp an upper portion of the sheet. The tongs are operatively connected to a strap having a toothed support face. A beam supported by a trolley has a toothed support face thereon where the spaces between the teeth differ from the teeth of the strap. A differential block having a plurality of teeth on its upper side corresponding in shape and pitch to the teeth of the strap and having a plurality of teeth on its lower side corresponding in shape and pitch to the teeth of the beam is inserted between the support face of the beam and the strap to provide an adjustable connection between the beam and strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1980
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Industries
    Inventors: Mario Roth, Werner Pagel, Gunther Schmidt, Laurenz Hausmann