Patents by Inventor Lothar Klimek

Lothar Klimek 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: 11339021
    Abstract: A device for winding and changing reels of web material includes two independently operable central drives for shifting winding shafts, a drivable winding shaft guide, a contact roller unit and slitting units. Both right-hand winding and left-hand winding are realized, whereby the device is without a prewinding station. For a winding shaft change, the drivable winding shaft guide is driven from the winding position into the parking position and is disconnected. Subsequently, the second central drive is connected to the winding shaft guide and is driven from its parking position into the winding position where the second central drive is connected with a new winding shaft. The contact roller unit is driven against the winding shaft and the web material is cut through by a slitting device and then wound to a new reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: HOSOKAWA ALPINE Aktiengesellschaft, HOSOKAWA KOLB GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Durner, Manfred Göllner, Lothar Klimek, Jens Christian Kammer, Nicole Hoyer, Sebastian Westphal
  • Publication number: 20200180890
    Abstract: A device for winding and changing reels of web material includes two independently operable central drives for shifting winding shafts, a drivable winding shaft guide, a contact roller unit and slitting units. Both right-hand winding and left-hand winding are realized, whereby the device is without a prewinding station. For a winding shaft change, the drivable winding shaft guide is driven from the winding position into the parking position and is disconnected. Subsequently, the second central drive is connected to the winding shaft guide and is driven from its parking position into the winding position where the second central drive is connected with a new winding shaft. The contact roller unit is driven against the winding shaft and the web material is cut through by a slitting device and then wound to a new reel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HOSOKAWA ALPINE Aktiengesellschaft, HOSOKAWA KOLB GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Durner, Manfred Göllner, Lothar Klimek, Jens Christian Kammer, Nicole Hoyer, Sebastian Westphal
  • Patent number: 9302423
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process to regulate the film thickness of tubular film manufactured using a film blowing process, wherein the film is laid flat and repositioned using an oscillating take-off unit and subsequently monoaxially oriented in machine direction using an orientation unit. This process produces a film whose thickness profile has as few deviations as possible from the average film thickness across the film width. This result is achieved by setting the film thickness profile of tubular film produced with a film blowing line such that after orientation and as a result of deviations during orientation, a film thickness profile develops that is uniform across the entire film width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Hosakawa Alpine Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Bayer, Lothar Klimek, Holger Niemeier
  • Publication number: 20110006452
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process to regulate the film thickness of tubular film manufactured using a film blowing process, wherein the film is laid flat and repositioned using an oscillating take-off unit and subsequently monoaxially oriented in machine direction using an orientation unit. This process produces a film whose thickness profile has as few deviations as possible from the average film thickness across the film width. This result is achieved by setting the film thickness profile of tubular film produced with a film blowing line such that after orientation and as a result of deviations during orientation, a film thickness profile develops that is uniform across the entire film width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Bernd Bayer, Lothar Klimek, Holger Niemeier