Patents by Inventor Robert Rottweiler

Robert Rottweiler 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: 11821560
    Abstract: A fluid manifold apparatus, in particular a water distribution apparatus, comprises a fluid chamber, at least one fluid inlet, a plurality of fluid outlets, and a manifold unit, including a plurality of valve units for closing the fluid outlets and a camshaft supported to be rotatable about a rotary axis, comprising a plurality of lobes for operating the valve units, wherein each of the valve units has a cam follower and a sealing unit, and the lobes of the camshaft are provided to lift the cam followers of the valve units as a function of a rotary position of the camshaft. Each of the cam followers has a receiver for receiving one sealing unit, wherein the sealing units are arranged to be linearly moveable in the receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Minebea Mitsumi Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Häuser, Christian Schmid, Robert Rottweiler, Vladimir Popov, Alexander Zwetkow
  • Publication number: 20220170578
    Abstract: A fluid manifold apparatus, in particular a water distribution apparatus, comprises a fluid chamber, at least one fluid inlet, a plurality of fluid outlets, and a manifold unit, including a plurality of valve units for closing the fluid outlets and a camshaft supported to be rotatable about a rotary axis, comprising a plurality of lobes for operating the valve units, wherein each of the valve units has a cam follower and a sealing unit, and the lobes of the camshaft are provided to lift the cam followers of the valve units as a function of a rotary position of the camshaft. Each of the cam followers has a receiver for receiving one sealing unit, wherein the sealing units are arranged to be linearly moveable in the receivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Eric HÄUSER, Christian SCHMID, Robert ROTTWEILER, Vladimir POPOV, Alexander ZWETKOW
  • Patent number: 10280029
    Abstract: An accumulator for an automatic sheet media punching and collating system includes a proximal end, having a shoulder, a distal end, and a moveable collating belt, disposed below the shoulder, extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The collating belt has an upwardly extending lower stop with an accumulating position opposite the shoulder, defining a drop region. The lower stop is configured to contact a lower edge of sheets of media sequentially received at the proximal end, whereby the sheets stop and accumulate in the drop region in a lift in a book order. The collating belt is selectively moveable to discharge the lift as a unit toward the distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Inventors: Christoph Gahr, Markus Gleichauf, Berthold Schoch, Robert Rottweiler, Tad Shupe, Steven Parker
  • Publication number: 20180370750
    Abstract: An accumulator for an automatic sheet media punching and collating system includes a proximal end, having a shoulder, a distal end, and a moveable collating belt, disposed below the shoulder, extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The collating belt has an upwardly extending lower stop with an accumulating position opposite the shoulder, defining a drop region. The lower stop is configured to contact a lower edge of sheets of media sequentially received at the proximal end, whereby the sheets stop and accumulate in the drop region in a lift in a book order. The collating belt is selectively moveable to discharge the lift as a unit toward the distal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Christoph Gahr, Markus Gleichauf, Berthold Schoch, Robert Rottweiler, Tad Shupe, Steven Parker