Patents by Inventor Patric Romes

Patric Romes 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).

  • Device and method for transferring a threading strip or a material strip
    Patent number: 6425513
    Abstract: An apparatus transfers a threading strip and/or a material web can from a pick-up area into a transfer area along a web travel path for production and/or processing/of the strip and/or web. The device includes a carrier for moving the strip and/or web along the web travel path through the machine at a carrier speed. The device also includes at least one pick-up unit for transferring the strip and/or web from the pick-up area to the transfer area at relocation speed that is lower than the carrier speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Zygmunt Madrzak, Rüdiger Kurtz, Oswald Satzger, Wolf Gunter Stotz, Thomas Hermsen, Georg Kugler, Werner Goebel, Karlheinz Straub, Patric Romes
  • Apparatus and process for the prevention and removal of obstructions in the outlet opening of a metering slot of a coating apparatus
    Patent number: 6099656
    Abstract: An apparatus and process prevents and removes obstructions in the discharge opening of a metering slot of a coating apparatus, or fountain applicator, applying a coating medium onto a moving material web. The process repeatedly removes obstructions from the discharge opening of the metering slot, thereby preventing defects in the applied coating. The apparatus includes a scraper disposed and translatory movable within the discharge opening in a direction transverse to the direction of movement of the material web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Kustermann, Patric Romes