Patents by Inventor Peter Schmah

Peter Schmah 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).

  • Mining device
    Patent number: 7438365
    Abstract: A mining device for subsurface extraction of raw materials off rocks includes bracing means for the reversible bracing of the mining device in a hollow space, a frame, and tunneling means stationarily connected with the bracing means, whereby the frame is movable by the tunneling means in a predefined direction. A rotatable roller is arranged on the frame, at the circumference of which cutting tools and clearing devices are arranged such that a rectangular mining cross-section can be created and such that the mining device and also the frame of the mining device is movable into a mining tunnel created by these cutting tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Herrenknecht Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Kaiser, Thorsten Reich, Thomas Studer, Peter Schmah
  • Mining device
    Publication number: 20070046095
    Abstract: A mining device for subsurface extraction of raw materials off rocks includes bracing means for the reversible bracing of the mining device in a hollow space, a frame, and tunneling means stationarily connected with the bracing means, whereby the frame is movable by the tunneling means in a predefined direction. A rotatable roller is arranged on the frame, at the circumference of which cutting tools and clearing devices are arranged such that a rectangular mining cross-section can be created and such that the mining device and also the frame of the mining device is movable into a mining tunnel created by these cutting tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: Herrenknecht Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Kaiser, Thorsten Reich, Thomas Studer, Peter Schmah