Patents by Inventor Reiner Kopf
Reiner Kopf 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).
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Patent number: 11944981Abstract: The invention relates to a crusher (10), in particular a rock crusher, having a crusher unit (40), to which a band conveyor unit (60) having an endlessly circulating band conveyor is indirectly or directly assigned, wherein a magnetic separator (70) having a magnet (79) is held in the area of the band conveyor unit (60) above the band conveyor in the direction opposite from the direction of gravity, and wherein an adjustment unit (80) is provided, which can be used to change the height of the magnet (79) above the band conveyor. To enable the reliable operation of such a crusher, it is provided according to the invention that the magnetic separator (70) is suspended from at least two limp ties (81, 82, 84, 85), and that the limp ties (81, 82, 84, 85) can be adjusted by means of at least one actuator unit (90) to change the height of the magnet (79).Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Kleemann GmbHInventors: Reiner Köpf, Steffen Häberle
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Patent number: 11661287Abstract: The invention relates to a hopper, in particular for a rock-crushing plant, a screening plant or the like having a side wall that bounds the hopper space, a wall broadening portion being pivotably coupled to the side wall, an auxiliary means for positioning in an upright state being assigned to the wall broadening portion in order to move the wall broadening portion from a folded-down transport position to an upright working position, and wherein the auxiliary means for positioning in an upright state has an actuator that is coupled to a pivotably mounted lever. In the context of such a hopper, in order to be able to easily move the wall broadening portion in a controlled and reliably manner between the transport position and the working position, it is provided according to the invention that the lever is pivotably coupled to an equalizing lever, and that the equalizing lever is pivotably coupled to the wall broadening portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Inventors: Elena Burgart, Christian Knoblich, Reiner Köpf
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Patent number: 11517915Abstract: A rock processing machine having functional units and a control panel that switches the rock processing machine, in a starting switching operation and, in a stopping switching operation. The control panel includes a plurality of state switching elements with which, for at least one functional unit, a state transition is associated in such a way that actuation of the state switching element on the functional unit brings about a state transition. A first set of switching elements participates in the starting switching operation, and a second set of switching elements, participates in the stopping switching operation; each set being arranged in a visually perceptible spatial arrangement that corresponds to a predetermined actuation sequence.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Inventors: Timo Hommel, Tobias Klöss, Reiner Köpf
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Patent number: 11358151Abstract: A feed hopper for a material processing device, in particular for a crusher (10), having two side walls (21) and a rear wall of the hopper (22), wherein the side walls (21) are directly or indirectly coupled to a machine support (12.1) in a swiveling manner and can be converted from a set-up work position to a folded-down transport position and back, wherein a feed area is formed between the side walls (21), and wherein at least one of the side walls (21) is supported relative to the machine support (12.1) in the set-up work position by a supporting device (30). A support lever (31), which in the work position is supported directly or indirectly in relation to the machine support (12.1) by a detachable form-fit connection, wherein the form-fit connection prevents the side wall (21) from folding down, projects into the feed area in the folded-down transport position. In this way, a space-saving design is also achieved in the folded-down transport position.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Inventors: Reiner Köpf, Christian Knoblich, Elena Burgart
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Patent number: 11214447Abstract: The invention relates to a conveyor belt arrangement of a material processing device having a conveyor belt (20) and a receiving and adjustment mechanism for adjusting the conveyor belt between a transport position and a working position. To this end, the conveyor belt is mounted on bearing elements (40, 60), which are rotatably connected to receiving elements (30, 50) of the receiving and adjusting mechanism. According to the invention, the receiving elements are each coupled to a pivot bearing each having a pivot axis (30.1, 50.1) for the pivotable attachment to the material processing device, and at least one bearing element is connected to the conveyor belt in a linearly adjustable manner, and/or between the conveyor belt and the pivot bearing of at least one receiving element, a compensating mechanism is provided, by means of which a spacing change between the bearing elements can be compensated for.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Inventors: Frank Lebender, Tobias Geywitz, Reiner Köpf
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Publication number: 20210284459Abstract: The invention relates to a conveyor belt arrangement of a material processing device having a conveyor belt (20) and a receiving and adjustment mechanism for adjusting the conveyor belt between a transport position and a working position. To this end, the conveyor belt is mounted on bearing elements (40, 60), which are rotatably connected to receiving elements (30, 50) of the receiving and adjusting mechanism. According to the invention, the receiving elements are each coupled to a pivot bearing each having a pivot axis (30.1, 50.1) for the pivotable attachment to the material processing device, and at least one bearing element is connected to the conveyor belt in a linearly adjustable manner, and/or between the conveyor belt and the pivot bearing of at least one receiving element, a compensating mechanism is provided, by means of which a spacing change between the bearing elements can be compensated for.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Frank Lebender, Tobias Geywitz, Reiner Köpf
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Patent number: 11117747Abstract: The invention relates to a feed unit for a processing plant, in particular for a crushing or screening station, having a feed chute which has a chute beam (90), wherein the chute beam (90) has a bottom (92), wherein the bottom (92) extends in the conveying direction (V) of the feed chute, wherein at least one beam (130) extending in the conveying direction (V) is arranged in the area of the underside of the bottom (92) and supports the bottom (92), wherein furthermore a bracket (140) is provided, which supports at least one vibration exciter (150), and wherein the bracket (140) is connected to the beam (130).Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Inventors: Reiner Köpf, Christian Knoblich, Wolfgang Schmid
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Publication number: 20210229110Abstract: The invention relates to a crusher (10), in particular a rock crusher, having a crusher unit (40), to which a band conveyor unit (60) having an endlessly circulating band conveyor is indirectly or directly assigned, wherein a magnetic separator (70) having a magnet (79) is held in the area of the band conveyor unit (60) above the band conveyor in the direction opposite from the direction of gravity, and wherein an adjustment unit (80) is provided, which can be used to change the height of the magnet (79) above the band conveyor. To enable the reliable operation of such a crusher, it is provided according to the invention that the magnetic separator (70) is suspended from at least two limp ties (81, 82, 84, 85), and that the limp ties (81, 82, 84, 85) can be adjusted by means of at least one actuator unit (90) to change the height of the magnet (79).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Reiner Köpf, Steffen Häberle
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Publication number: 20210107012Abstract: The present invention relates to a rock processing machine having functional units that are activatable and deactivatable, and having a control panel (50) that switches the rock processing machine, in a starting switching operation, from a less-active operating state into a more-active operating state with more activated functional units and, in a stopping switching operation, switches it from a more-active operating state into a less-active operating state with fewer activated functional units; the control panel (50) comprising a plurality of state switching elements (74, 80, 94, 96) with which, for at least one functional unit, a state transition is associated in such a way that actuation of the state switching element (74, 80, 94, 96) on the functional unit brings about a state transition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Timo Hommel, Tobias Klöss, Reiner Köpf
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Publication number: 20210001349Abstract: The invention relates to a feed hopper for a material processing device, in particular for a crusher (10), having two side walls (21) and a rear wall of the hopper (22), wherein the side walls (21) are directly or indirectly coupled to a machine support(12.1) in a swiveling manner and can be converted from a set-up work position to a folded-down transport position and back, wherein a feed area is formed between the side walls (21), and wherein at least one of the side walls (21) is supported relative to the machine support (12.1) in the set-up work position by means of a supporting device (30). To provide an effective securing of the side wall in the unfolded work position for such a feed hopper featuring a minimum of cost and effort in parts and assembly, provision in made in accordance with the invention for the support device (30) to have a support lever (31), which in the work position is supported directly or indirectly in relation to the machine support (12.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Reiner Köpf, Christian Knoblich, Elena Burgart
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Publication number: 20200391946Abstract: The invention relates to a feed unit for a processing plant, in particular for a crushing or screening station, having a feed chute which has a chute beam (90), wherein the chute beam (90) has a bottom (92), wherein the bottom (92) extends in the conveying direction (V) of the feed chute, wherein at least one beam (130) extending in the conveying direction (V) is arranged in the area of the underside of the bottom (92) and supports the bottom (92), wherein furthermore a bracket (140) is provided, which supports at least one vibration exciter (150), and wherein the bracket (140) is connected to the beam (130).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Reiner Köpf, Christian Knoblich, Wolfgang Schmid
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Publication number: 20190119046Abstract: The invention relates to a hopper, in particular for a rock-crushing plant, a screening plant or the like having a side wall that bounds the hopper space, a wall broadening portion being pivotably coupled to the side wall, an auxiliary means for positioning in an upright state being assigned to the wall broadening portion in order to move the wall broadening portion from a folded-down transport position to an upright working position, and wherein the auxiliary means for positioning in an upright state has an actuator that is coupled to a pivotably mounted lever. In the context of such a hopper, in order to be able to easily move the wall broadening portion in a controlled and reliably manner between the transport position and the working position, it is provided according to the invention that the lever is pivotably coupled to an equalizing lever, and that the equalizing lever is pivotably coupled to the wall broadening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Elena Burgart, Christian Knoblich, Reiner Köpf
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Patent number: 8301906Abstract: An apparatus for writing checksum information on a data content on a storage medium. The apparatus has a provider for providing checksum information based on the data content and a writer for writing the data content and the checksum information on the storage medium such that a baseline reader and an enhanced reader can read the data content, the enhanced reader can read and process the checksum information, and the baseline reader ignores, skips or does not read the checksum information.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Nero AGInventors: Andreas Eckleder, Richard Lesser, Reiner Kopf
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Patent number: 7539095Abstract: A selection device for a reading and/or writing device for a rewritable Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) includes a selector for selecting a specified complete and limited data area of a plurality of such data areas present on the DVD after a Lead-in Area, and a representer for representing the selected data area to the operating system of a data processing unit, which can only access to a first or a single data area on the DVD as this single or only data area. By transferring a start address of the first or only single data area, which the operating system can access, into a start address of the selected data area, an inquiry of the operating system to the first or single data area is diverted to the selected data area.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2003Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Nero AGInventors: Roland Weickert, Reiner Kopf
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Patent number: 7471598Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for copying the data content of a source multi-session DVD-storage medium to a destination multi-session DVD-storage medium, wherein the data content is organized in sessions and files, and each session contains a file allocation table storing at least the physical start address of each file within a session, and wherein the address space between two adjacent sessions on said DVD-storage media is different. The apparatus comprises a read unit for reading data from said first storage medium, a write unit for writing data on said second storage medium, and a controller unit for controlling said read unit and said write unit. An address converting unit adapted to analyze the file allocation table of each session and to apply a predetermined address offset to each address in the file allocation table before writing said data to the second storage medium is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2004Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Nero AGInventor: Reiner Kopf
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Publication number: 20080320314Abstract: An apparatus for writing data to a medium. The apparatus has a receiver for receiving a write request and encrypted data from a data provider. The apparatus further has a creator for creating a medium ID upon reception of the write request. Furthermore, the apparatus has a provider for providing the medium ID to the data provider for generating the encrypted data and a storage for storing the encrypted data on the medium and for storing the medium ID on the medium upon creation of the medium ID, wherein the encrypted data is encrypted based on the medium ID.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2007Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Andreas Eckleder, Richard Lesser, Reiner Kopf
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Publication number: 20080256365Abstract: An apparatus for writing checksum information on a data content on a storage medium. The apparatus has a provider for providing checksum information based on the data content and a writer for writing the data content and the checksum information on the storage medium such that a baseline reader and an enhanced reader can read the data content, the enhanced reader can read and process the checksum information, and the baseline reader ignores, skips or does not read the checksum information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2007Publication date: October 16, 2008Inventors: Andreas ECKLEDER, Richard LESSER, Reiner KOPF
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Publication number: 20060245740Abstract: A selection device for a reading and/or writing device for a ewritable Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) includes a selector for selecting a specified complete and limited data area of a plurality of such data areas present on the DVD after a Lead-in Area, and a representer for representing the selected data area to the operating system of a data processing unit, which can only access to a first or a single data area on the DVD as this single or only data area. By transferring a start address of the first or only single data area, which the operating system can access, into a start address of the selected data area, an inquiry of the operating system to the first or single data area is diverted to the selected data area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2003Publication date: November 2, 2006Inventors: Roland Weickert, Reiner Kopf
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Publication number: 20050265168Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for copying the data content of a source multi-session DVD-storage medium to a destination multi-session DVD-storage medium, wherein the data content is organized in sessions and files, and each session contains a file allocation table storing at least the physical start address of each file within a session, and wherein the address space between two adjacent sessions on said DVD-storage media is different. The apparatus comprises a read unit for reading data from said first storage medium, a write unit for writing data on said second storage medium, and a controller unit for controlling said read unit and said write unit. An address converting unit adapted to analyze the file allocation table of each session and to apply a predetermined address offset to each address in the file allocation table before writing said data to the second storage medium is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2004Publication date: December 1, 2005Inventor: Reiner Kopf