Patents by Inventor Lothar Wilhelm

Lothar Wilhelm 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: 10207835
    Abstract: A capping machine in a beverage bottling plant configured to cap beverage bottles with beverage bottle crown caps or beverage bottle screw caps and a capping machine configured to cap containers with container caps. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Wilhelm, Heinz Hillmann
  • Patent number: 10000369
    Abstract: A beverage bottle closing machine being configured and disposed to close tops of filled beverage bottles with screw-type and other caps. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Wilhelm, Thomas Schneider, Igor Singur
  • Patent number: 9498913
    Abstract: The method and the device are used to produce filled containers. A preform (2) made of a thermoplastic material is first subjected to thermal conditioning in the area of a heating section along a transport path. Then the preform (2) is shaped into the container (11) inside a mold by applying pressure. A filling medium (21) with which the container is to be filled is used as the fluid for forming the container. The preform (2) is guided at least intermittently while the preform is shaped into the container (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: KHS GMBH, KHS CORPOPLAST GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Haesendonckx, Dieter Klatt, Thomas Von Hamme, Rolf Baumgarte, Harald Rieger, Lothar Wilhelm, Thomas Stolte
  • Publication number: 20160009435
    Abstract: A capping machine in a beverage bottling plant configured to cap beverage bottles with beverage bottle crown caps or beverage bottle screw caps and a capping machine configured to cap containers with container caps. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Lothar WILHELM, Heinz HILLMANN
  • Publication number: 20150121805
    Abstract: A beverage bottle closing machine being configured and disposed to close tops of filled beverage bottles with screw-type and other caps. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Lothar WILHELM, Thomas SCHNEIDER, Igor SINGUR
  • Patent number: 8915047
    Abstract: A beverage bottle closing machine being configured and disposed to close tops of filled beverage bottles with screw-type and other caps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Wilhelm, Thomas Schneider, Igor Singur
  • Patent number: 8302767
    Abstract: A rotary container handling machine which has a stationary frame and a turntable supported thereby, which turntable has container handling devices for handling containers. The turntable is rotated by a drive. The drive comprises an encircling collar with a plurality of magnets, and at least one stator which overlaps one subsector of the collar to permit rotation of the turntable by an electromagnetic field generated by the at least one stator. The collar is disposed on either the stationary frame or the turntable, while the at least one stator is disposed on the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Wilhelm, Uwe Wolf, Christian Albrecht, Günter Schmid
  • Publication number: 20120266567
    Abstract: The method and the device are used to produce filled containers. A preform (2) made of a thermoplastic material is first subjected to thermal conditioning in the area of a heating section along a transport path. Then the preform (2) is shaped into the container (11) inside a mold by applying pressure. A filling medium (21) with which the container is to be filled is used as the fluid for forming the container. The preform (2) is guided at least intermittently while the preform is shaped into the container (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicants: KHS CORPOPLAST GMBH, KHS GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Haesendonckx, Dieter Klatt, Thomas Von Hamme, Rolf Baumgarte, Harald Rieger, Lothar Wilhelm, Thomas Stolte
  • Publication number: 20100307110
    Abstract: A beverage bottle closing machine being configured and disposed to close tops of filled beverage bottles with screw-type and other caps. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Lothar WILHELM, Thomas SCHNEIDER, Igor SINGUR
  • Publication number: 20100037988
    Abstract: A bottling or container filling machine and other rotary bottle or container handling machines in a bottling or container filling plant and a drive therefor. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Lothar WILHELM, Uwe WOLF
  • Publication number: 20100037557
    Abstract: A capping machine in a beverage bottling plant configured to cap beverage bottles with beverage bottle crown caps or beverage bottle screw caps and a capping machine configured to cap containers with container caps. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Lothar WILHELM, Heinz HILLMANN
  • Patent number: 7481636
    Abstract: Apparatus for producing plastic containers by stretch blowing including a rotatable rotor and at least one distributor block connected to the rotor. The distributor block has a mixing chamber that can be directly connected to an internal space of a preform so that a combustion chamber is formed from the mixing chamber and the internal space of the preform. A feed device is provided for feeding an explosive fluid into the combustion chamber and a firing device is provided for firing the explosive fluid in the combustion chamber. Of importance is that the distributor block can be connected directly to a preform or to a formed container. The apparatus is desirably a round rotor machine with a rotatable carousel for receiving a plurality of distributor blocks having a mixing chamber that can be directly connected to an internal space of a preform. The distributor blocks are desirably arranged in such a way that they can be rotated together with the carousel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Damerow Volker, Heinrich Gruenwald, Jens Fuchs, Hanno Käβ, Lothar Wilhelm, Hans Kindinger, Eberhard Sendobry, Rudiger Wlach
  • Publication number: 20060110483
    Abstract: Apparatus for producing plastic containers by stretch blowing including a rotatable rotor and at least one distributor block connected to the rotor. The distributor block has a mixing chamber that can be directly connected to an internal space of a preform so that a combustion chamber is formed from the mixing chamber and the internal space of the preform. A feed device is provided for feeding an explosive fluid into the combustion chamber and a firing device is provided for firing the explosive fluid in the combustion chamber. Of importance is that the distributor block can be connected directly to a preform or to a formed container. The apparatus is desirably a round rotor machine with a rotatable carousel for receiving a plurality of distributor blocks having a mixing chamber that can be directly connected to an internal space of a preform. The distributor blocks are desirably arranged in such a way that they can be rotated together with the carousel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Volker Damerow, Heinrich Gruenwald, Jens Fuchs, Hanno Kass, Lothar Wilhelm, Hans Kindinger, Eberhard Sendobry, Rudiger Wlach
  • Patent number: 6926506
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing containers from a plastic material that can be shaped by means of stretch blow forming and whose inner space corresponds to the finished container, said container being retained on its open end by a receiving element with gas flow pipes. A moveable stretch die (1) is axially guided through the receiving element and an ignition device is mounted in order to ignite an explosive gas mixture inside the container. In order to produce plastic containers having a better outer appearance, such as a substantially clear, transparent wall, and improve reliability of production, the receiving element can be engaged in a fluidically tight manner with the main distribution block (2) by the end thereof that faces the container, the stretching die (1) being movably guided through said distribution block in the axial extension of the receiving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Dominique Chatard, Jens Fuchs, Hans Kindinger, Rolf Kuhn, Rudiger Wlach, Lothar Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 6796780
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing containers from a plastic material which can be formed by stretch-blowing with a mold, the internal space of which corresponds to the finished container, which is held by its open end by a receiving portion, wherein lines connected to a metering unit are provided on the receiving portion, a moveable stretching die is guided axially through the receiving portion, and an ignitor is arranged for igniting an explosive gas mixture inside the container, and wherein a heater and cooler are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Dominique Chatard, Jens Fuchs, Hans Kindinger, Rolf Kuhn, Thomas Riedel, Eberhard Sendobry, Rudiger Wlach, Lothar Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20040028761
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing containers from a plastic material that can be shaped by means of stretch blow forming and whose inner space corresponds to the finished container, said container being retained on its open end by a receiving element with gas flow pipes. A moveable stretch die (1) is axially guided through the receiving element and an ignition device is mounted in order to ignite an explosive gas mixture inside the container. In order to produce plastic containers having a better outer appearance, such as a substantially clear, transparent wall, and improve reliability of production, the receiving element can be engaged in a fluidically tight manner with the main distribution block (2) by the end thereof that faces the container, the stretching die (1) being movably guided through said distribution block in the axial extension of the receiving element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Dominique Chatard, Jens Fuchs, Hans Kindinger, Rolf Kuhn, Rudiger Wlach, Lothar Wilhelm