Patents by Inventor Rainer Wenzl

Rainer Wenzl 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).

  • Method and apparatus for determining the moisture of a running material web
    Patent number: 7759947
    Abstract: In a method for determining the moisture of a running material web, in particular a paper web or paperboard web, the material web is scanned by way of a sensor including a microwave resonator, the resonance response of the microwave resonator is investigated, and the moisture in the material web is established in the light of this resonance response while taking account of the distance between the microwave resonator and the material web. Also disclosed is a corresponding apparatus for determining the moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: VOITH Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Kaufmann, Peter Biener, Rainer Wenzl
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE MOISTURE OF A RUNNING MATERIAL WEB
    Publication number: 20080211514
    Abstract: In a method for determining the moisture of a running material web, in particular a paper web or paperboard web, the material web is scanned by way of a sensor including a microwave resonator, the resonance response of the microwave resonator is investigated, and the moisture in the material web is established in the light of this resonance response while taking account of the distance between the microwave resonator and the material web. Also disclosed is a corresponding apparatus for determining the moisture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Oliver Kaufmann, Peter Biener, Rainer Wenzl