Patents by Inventor Michael ESSLINGER

Michael ESSLINGER 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).

  • Publication number: 20260225830
    Abstract: A separating device for separating stacked substrates includes: a frame; a stack holder for receiving a stack of substrates; and a separating element mounted on the frame so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation. The separating element is arranged such that the stack of substrates arranged in the stack holder are supportable thereon, and the separating element has a holder for engaging with one substrate of the stack of substrates and a sliding portion for sliding along a further substrate of the stack of substrates upon rotation of the at least one separating element about the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventors: Jürgen GRETSCHER, Michael ESSLINGER, Meinrad KEMPTER
  • Publication number: 20260097921
    Abstract: A stacking device for stacking substrates includes: a frame; an input region; an output region; and at least one conveying element mounted on the frame so as to be completely rotatable about an axis of rotation. The at least one conveying element has a gripping portion for conveying a substrate located in the input region to the output region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventors: Michael ESSLINGER, Meinrad KEMPTER, Jürgen GRETSCHER
  • Publication number: 20260077606
    Abstract: A transport device for transporting substrates along at least one guide includes: a frame; and at least one hold-down device movable relative to the frame from a depositing position, in which a passage region is exposed, such that a substrate is depositable along a depositing direction through the passage region on the at least one guide, into a hold-down position, in which the at least one hold-down device is arranged in the passage region so as to block a movement of a deposited substrate on the at least one guide against the depositing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Jürgen GRETSCHER, Erich MATZKOVITS, Michael ESSLINGER
  • Publication number: 20260008281
    Abstract: A transport device for transporting substrates includes: a frame; two guides fastened to or formed on the frame, the two guides extending in an elongate manner in a transport direction and being spaced apart from one another in a lateral direction, in the lateral direction, a first guide of the two guides being a fixed bearing and a second guide of the two guides being a floating bearing; and a drive by which a substrate mounted on the two guides is displaceable along the two guides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Jürgen GRETSCHER, Meinrad KEMPTER, Michael PETER, Kilian KLAGES, Michael ESSLINGER
  • Patent number: 11166594
    Abstract: A stirrer for inserting into a bottom opening of a vessel bottom of a stirring vessel of an electric motor operated kitchen appliance has a plurality of positioning protrusions embodied on its circumferential surface one behind the other in the circumferential direction. A plurality of first positioning protrusions of the circumferential surface protrude with a first radial length difference beyond a smallest radius of the circumferential surface. At least one second positioning protrusion protrudes with a second radial length difference beyond the smallest radius of the circumferential surface, which second radial length difference is smaller than the first radial length difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Esslinger, Daniel Zuber, Patrick Scholder
  • Patent number: 10383483
    Abstract: A mixing vessel for an electric motor-operated food processor, with a vessel floor, an agitator extending through the vessel floor into the mixing vessel, and a foot part that can be externally connected with the vessel floor, which is designed for fixing the agitator to the vessel floor. In order to prevent a user from filling the mixing vessel without the agitator properly assembled in the food processor, it is proposed that the vessel floor or foot part have a blocking element that can be exposed to the spring force of a spring element, and can be shifted against the spring force by means of a corresponding contact element of the foot part or vessel floor from a blocking position that prevents a fixation of the agitator into a release position that enables a fixation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Esslinger, Daniel Zuber, Patrick Scholder
  • Publication number: 20190104889
    Abstract: A stirrer for inserting into a bottom opening of a vessel bottom of a stirring vessel of an electric motor operated kitchen appliance has a plurality of positioning protrusions embodied on its circumferential surface one behind the other in the circumferential direction. A plurality of first positioning protrusions of the circumferential surface protrude with a first radial length difference beyond a smallest radius of the circumferential surface. At least one second positioning protrusion protrudes with a second radial length difference beyond the smallest radius of the circumferential surface, which second radial length difference is smaller than the first radial length difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Michael ESSLINGER, Daniel ZUBER, Patrick SCHOLDER
  • Publication number: 20180064288
    Abstract: A mixing vessel for an electric motor-operated food processor, with a vessel floor, an agitator extending through the vessel floor into the mixing vessel, and a foot part that can be externally connected with the vessel floor, which is designed for fixing the agitator to the vessel floor. In order to prevent a user from filling the mixing vessel without the agitator properly assembled in the food processor, it is proposed that the vessel floor or foot part have a blocking element that can be exposed to the spring force of a spring element, and can be shifted against the spring force by means of a corresponding contact element of the foot part or vessel floor from a blocking position that prevents a fixation of the agitator into a release position that enables a fixation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Vorwerk & Co. lnterholding GmbH
    Inventors: Michael ESSLINGER, Daniel ZUBER, Patrick SCHOLDER