Patents by Inventor Reinhard Schmidt

Reinhard Schmidt 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: 10857509
    Abstract: A stirring element device, in particular for mixing media with a wide range of viscosities, in particular for a polycondensation reactor, includes at least one inner stirring blade and at least one outer stirring blade which are rotatable about a common axis of rotation, wherein at least the inner stirring blade is inclined at least section-wise relative to the axis of rotation. The inner stirring blade is arranged entirely in a subregion around the axis of rotation which is equivalent to a cylinder sector with a circular sector of less than 360° as base area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: EKATO Rühr- und Mischtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Nicole Rohn, Horst Beck, Reinhard Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20200078746
    Abstract: A stirring element device, in particular for mixing media with a wide range of viscosities, in particular for a polycondensation reactor, includes at least one inner stirring blade and at least one outer stirring blade which are rotatable about a common axis of rotation, wherein at least the inner stirring blade is inclined at least section-wise relative to the axis of rotation. The inner stirring blade is arranged entirely in a subregion around the axis of rotation which is equivalent to a cylinder sector with a circular sector of less than 360° as base area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Nicole ROHN, Horst BECK, Reinhard SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20160000961
    Abstract: This invention relates to a feminine hygiene absorbent article comprising water-absorbing composites obtainable by foaming an aqueous mixture comprising at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer bearing acid groups, at least one crosslinker, at least one initiator and at least one surfactant, contacting the foam obtained with at least one web of synthetic fibers and polymerizing, to the composites themselves and to their use for absorbing aqueous fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Achille Di Cintio, Antje Ziemer, Horst Jurgen Kaluza, Ernst Juergen Bauer, Stefan Bruhns, Thomas Daniel, John Christian Schmitt, Kerstin Meyer-Lipp, Guenter Reinhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9198996
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing water-absorbing composites comprising the steps of foaming an aqueous mixture comprising at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer bearing acid groups, at least one crosslinker, at least one initiator and at least one surfactant, contacting the foam obtained with at least one web of synthetic fibers and polymerizing, to the composites themselves and to their use for absorbing aqueous fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Antje Ziemer, Horst Kaluza, Ernst Jürgen Bauer, Stefan Bruhns, Thomas Daniel, John Christian Schmitt, Kerstin Meyer-Lipp, Guenter Reinhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9149556
    Abstract: This invention relates to a feminine hygiene absorbent article comprising water-absorbing composites obtainable by foaming an aqueous mixture comprising at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer bearing acid groups, at least one crosslinker, at least one initiator and at least one surfactant, contacting the foam obtained with at least one web of synthetic fibers and polymerizing, to the composites themselves and to their use for absorbing aqueous fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Achille Di Cintio, Antje Ziemer, Horst Jürgen Kaluza, Ernst Juergen Bauer, Stefan Bruhns, Thomas Daniel, John Christian Schmitt, Kerstin Meyer-Lipp, Guenter Reinhard Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20140158626
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing water-absorbing composites comprising the steps of foaming an aqueous mixture comprising at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer bearing acid groups, at least one crosslinker, at least one initiator and at least one surfactant, contacting the foam obtained with at least one web of synthetic fibers and polymerizing, to the composites themselves and to their use for absorbing aqueous fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: VASF SE
    Inventors: Antje Ziemer, Horst Kaluza, Ernst Jürgen Bauer, Stefan Bruhns, Thomas Daniel, John Christian Schmitt, Kerstin Meyer-Lipp, Guenter Reinhard Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20120296296
    Abstract: This invention relates to a feminine hygiene absorbent article comprising water-absorbing composites obtainable by foaming an aqueous mixture comprising at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer bearing acid groups, at least one crosslinker, at least one initiator and at least one surfactant, contacting the foam obtained with at least one web of synthetic fibers and polymerizing, to the composites themselves and to their use for absorbing aqueous fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Achille DI CINTIO, Antje Ziemer, Horst Jürgen Kaluza, Ernst Juergen Bauer, Stefan Bruhns, Thomas Daniel, John Christian Schmitt, Kerstin Meyer-Lipp, Guenter Reinhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6169849
    Abstract: A ventilation-heating apparatus comprises a fresh air passage with which a fresh air ventilation mechanism is associated and which opens into a room-side inflow air supply opening. The ventilation-heating apparatus further comprises a room air passage with which a room air ventilation mechanism is associated and which opens into a room-side air removal outlet opening. Fresh air and room air passages are passed through a heat exchanger which is suitable for the transfer of heat from the room air passage to the fresh air passage. An electrically heatable metallic heating element is provided in the region of the fresh air passage. A suitable heat storage element is associated with the heating element for the storage of the heat produced. An electrically heatable metallic additional heating element which can be selectively switched on is provided in the region of the fresh air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Olsberg Hermann Everken GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5904070
    Abstract: In order to make an apparatus for attenuating the pivotal or sliding movement of motor-vehicle parts which is formed of a first part fixed on the nonsliding or nonpivoting part and a second part mounted on the pivotal or slidable part which is extremely inexpensive and which takes up minimal space it is suggested that one of the two elements be formed by a tubular and stiff or flexible tube which is filled with a viscous mass and that the other part being formed by a core which slides in the tubular body so that relative pivoting or sliding of the parts coaxially slides the core relative to the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: R. Schmidt GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5898973
    Abstract: A handle in a motor vehicle has a grip element that can be manually swivelled about a grip element axis from a home position. The handle may be moved back into the home position by spring tension. An attenuation device has an element which can rotate around the grip element axis on which a braking factor is exerted by a viscous material when moving back into the home position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: R. Schmidt GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5779273
    Abstract: A height adjuster for a vehicle safety belt with an adjusting element features two gears that can rotate on the adjusting element. The gears are braced against two support points in two opposing denticulations of a guide rail essentially symmetrical to a longitudinal middle plane running in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail. A catch element engages adjustably, in the longitudinal middle plane, with the denticulations of the two gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: R. Schmidt GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5695252
    Abstract: A motor-vehicle head rest has a one-piece plastic body formed with a pair of like recesses opening parallel to each other, and respective pivot assemblies in each recess. Each such pivot assembly has a holder and a pivot element held in the holder. Interengaging formations on the body and holder retain the holders in the recesses, and respective rods engage up through the pivot elements of the assemblies. Such a head rest is made by fitting the holders to the respective pivot elements, engaging the holders carrying the respective pivot elements into the respective recesses and thereby interengaging the formations and locking the holders with their pivot elements in the respective recesses, and fitting the rods through the pivot elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: R. Schmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Schmidt, Wolfgang Stenzel, Hermann Griech
  • Patent number: 5669667
    Abstract: A headrest assembly used in a motor-vehicle seat formed with an upwardly open recess has a pair of complementary housing shells having mating annular edges that meet and are joined together substantially on an upright plane to form a cavity. Each shell is formed with a pair of seat halves open at the plane and forming with the seat halves of the other shell a pair of seats aligned along a horizontal axis and lying on the plane. The joined shells are set and secured in the recess of the seat. Respective pivot bodies in the cavity engaged in the seats are pivotal therein about the axis between upright and horizontal positions. Respective support rods extend radially from the pivot bodies out of the cavity and a headrest is fixed on the support rods outside the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: R. Schmidt GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5641205
    Abstract: An arrangement for adjusting the distribution of pressure on a support plate in a backrest of a vehicle seat for vertebral support, wherein a pressure-distribution element which is adjustable in respect of height and which is in the form of a rolling carriage assembly is disposed between the support plate and a pressure plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: R. Schmidt GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5547222
    Abstract: A safety belt system for a motor vehicle includes a safety belt that is stored in a belt storage unit, a belt reversing point, a carrier that is fastened on a part of the motor vehicle body, an adjusting part that carries the belt reversing point and is arranged on the carrier such that it may be displaced and locked in different positions, and a clamping device. The clamping device is fastened onto the carrier in such a way that forces that originate from the safety belt while the safety belt is clamped in the clamping device and act at the fastening point of the clamping device and the locking position of the adjusting part are directed opposite to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: R. Schmidt GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5408727
    Abstract: In a mixing and opening device for pneumatically supplied flocculent fiber material, wherein fiber material is fed, by use of transport air and through a supply conduit, to a blow-in chute section of a hopper, wherein said blow-in chute section comprises a screen means for separating the fiber material from the transport air, and an air collecting chamber arranged behind said screen means for discharge of the transport air, and wherein, on the lower end of said hopper, the fiber material layered in said hopper can be fed via an intake means to an opening means, it is provided that the intake means comprises two intake rollers of different sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Hergeth Hollingsworth GmbH
    Inventors: Akiva Pinto, Guenter Lucassen, Reinhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5326194
    Abstract: A device and method for pneumatically feeding fiber flocks into a plurality of feeding chutes of fiber processing machines connected with at least one distributing line, the feeding being effected through a fiber and transport air flow, characterized in that the distributing line is a formed by a closed circular line (4) into which a first transport line section (6) opens for feeding in fiber flocks, and that, at the end of the first transport line section (6), the fiber and transport air flow may be switched selectively into the one or the other direction of the circular line (4) through a switching means (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Hergeth Hollingsworth GmbH
    Inventors: Akiva Pinto, Guenter Lucassen, Reinhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5315738
    Abstract: In a multiple bale opener (1) for a plurality of rows of fiber bales (8) arranged side by side and supplied on transport means (6), comprising a reduction device (2) moved in a surface of action (16) having a plane of action extending at an angle to the plane of supply of the transport means (6). It is contemplated that the reduction device (2) consists of at least one action and provided at the end of the transport means (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Hergeth Hollingsworth GmbH
    Inventors: Akiva Pinto, Guenter Lucassen, Reinhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5236343
    Abstract: In a device for opening pressed fiber bales and spinning material set up in rows along a bale supporting wall (12) by means of a milling device (5) accommodated in an arm casing (6) and having two parallel milling rollers (3,4) working on the surface (20) of the fiber bales (7). A suction hood is arranged above the milling rollers for sucking the loosened fibers off in an air flow. A suction opening (18), open towards the bale surface (20), is recessed between the milling rollers (3, 4) in the front wall (14) of the arm casing (6) facing the bale supporting wall (12) and a stripping device (26) abutting against the bale supporting wall (12), is arranged at the front wall (14) in the area of the suction opening (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Hergeth Hollingsworth GmbH
    Inventors: Akiva Pinto, Guenter Lucassen, Reinhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: D675396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Bahlsen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karin Tham, Carsten Polke, Reinhard Schmidt