Patents by Inventor Ralf Tide

Ralf Tide 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: 8622681
    Abstract: Provided is a specimen carrier supply and delivery device having at least one specimen carrier magazine with separate compartments for receiving interchangeably specimen carriers and a magazine lift, which is adjustable in height in a magazine carrier frame for receiving interchangeably specimen carrier magazines. Two pairs of bars, which stand vertically and parallel to one another, are arranged in the magazine carrier frame, wherein the magazine lift is guided in a height adjustable manner on the two complementary first bars of the bar pairs. An equal-sided coupling frame, which is aligned vertically to the plane formed by the first bars, with a bridge, which is arranged parallel to the plane, is mounted in a sliding manner on the two complementary second bars of the pairs of bars. A linear scale, which is aligned parallel to the direction of the bars, is fastened to the magazine lift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Maerzhaeuser Wetzlar GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Rippl, Uwe Wagner, Lukas Nagel, Ralf Tide, Sebastian Scherer, Andreas Loehr
  • Publication number: 20130264299
    Abstract: Provided is a specimen carrier supply and delivery device having at least one specimen carrier magazine with separate compartments for receiving interchangeably specimen carriers and a magazine lift, which is adjustable in height in a magazine carrier frame for receiving interchangeably specimen carrier magazines. Two pairs of bars, which stand vertically and parallel to one another, are arranged in the magazine carrier frame, wherein the magazine lift is guided in a height adjustable manner on the two complementary first bars of the bar pairs. An equal-sided coupling frame, which is aligned vertically to the plane formed by the first bars, with a bridge, which is arranged parallel to the plane, is mounted in a sliding manner on the two complementary second bars of the pairs of bars. A linear scale, which is aligned parallel to the direction of the bars, is fastened to the magazine lift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Maerzhaeuser Wetzlar GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Rippl, Uwe Wagner, Lukas Nagel, Ralf Tide, Sebastian Scherer, Andreas Loehr