Patents by Inventor Manfred Thomas

Manfred Thomas 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: 6513423
    Abstract: A pickling machine includes a carrier, a plurality of needles mounted to the carrier, a valve for controlling the supply of brine to the needles, and a pressure cylinder associated with each of the needles for buffering them. The valve includes, for each pair of needle and pressure cylinder, a separate valve for individually closing off the pressure cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Schroeder Mashinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Thomas
  • Publication number: 20020117059
    Abstract: A pickling machine includes a carrier, a plurality of needles mounted to the carrier, a valve for controlling the supply of brine to the needles, and a pressure cylinder associated with each of the needles for buffering them. The valve includes, for each pair of needle and pressure cylinder, a separate valve for individually closing off the pressure cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventor: Manfred Thomas
  • Patent number: 6405646
    Abstract: Needle register for pickling machines, including one or more needles (12) that are fed with brine from a pressurized chamber (18), and valves (22) that are assigned to the individual needles for controlling the flow of brine, in which each needle (12) is connected to the pressurized chamber (18) via a piece of flexible tubing (24), and in that the valves (22) are formed by squeezing-off mechanisms (30, 34) for the pieces of flexible tubing (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Schroeder Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Thomas
  • Publication number: 20010052295
    Abstract: Needle register for pickling machines, [comprising] including one or more needles (12) that are fed with brine from a pressurized chamber (18), and valves (22) that are assigned to the individual needles for controlling the flow of brine, [characterized in that] in which each needle (12) is connected to the pressurized chamber (18) via a piece of flexible tubing (24), and in that the valves (22) are formed by squeezing-off mechanisms (30, 34) for the pieces of flexible tubing (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventor: Manfred Thomas
  • Patent number: 5913968
    Abstract: Device for injecting fluids into foods, with at least one fluid chamber into which is fed the fluid under pressure, with several hollow needles which each are connected with the fluid chamber or one of the fluid chambers via a valve device and movable in such a way that they puncture the foods, and with a control instrument for operating the valve devices dependent on the needle movement, wherein the valve devices are arranged on a detachable or swivellable cover of the appropriate fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Schroder Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Thomas
  • Patent number: 5860318
    Abstract: Device for the adjustment of the stroke length of a needle carrier (12) of a pickling machine, which can be moved back and forth in such a way that the lower deadpoint of the needle carrier is independent of the stroke length, is characterized by the fact that needle carrier (12) is articulated with an intermediate lever (24) that can be turned around a rigid axis (26) and this lever (24) is joined in turn via a connecting rod (22) with a crankshaft (18) driven in rotation, and that coupling point (32) of connecting rod (22) on intermediate lever (24) can be adjusted in a connecting link (34), which runs concentric to the axis of rotation of crankshaft (18) in the lower dead-point position of intermediate lever (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Schroder Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Thomas
  • Patent number: 5537866
    Abstract: A method for correcting tire imbalance of a tubeless pneumatic vehicle tire includes the step of mounting the tire on a master wheel rim of great manufacturing precision and having a design that is identical at least in its seat surface to commercial wheel rims for the tire. The tire is inflated to a pressure within a range of -0.3 bar to +0.2 bar of a maximum operating pressure. The pneumatic vehicle tire mounted on the master wheel rim is pressed against a measuring device. At least one radial parameter is measured. The values of the radial parameter are recorded as a function of the angle of rotation from 0.degree. to 360.degree. of the tire. The maximum and the minimum of the radial parameter is determined and the difference between the maximum and minimum is calculated. The difference is compared to a predetermined threshold value. The bead of the tire, when the difference between the maximum and the minimum is above the threshold value, is corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Continental Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz-Albert Bangert, Karl-Heinz Evertz, Klaus Kleinhoff, Manfred Thomas, Erich Buschmann