Patents by Inventor Robert Voigt

Robert Voigt 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: 11858746
    Abstract: A sprocket comprising teeth for engaging one or more chains is provided with datum connection portions which releasably support a datum body, such as a tensioned wire, in a predefined position. The datum body provides a temporary reference or datum element or surface from which the position of the wear surfaces of the sprocket teeth may be determined by eye or by measurement, particularly in the radial direction. The teeth may further comprise a set of markings corresponding to angularly spaced reference planes intersecting at the sprocket axis. The markings are preferably arranged on the crown or radially outward surface of the teeth and are used to determine wear in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Voigt, Jarrod Brooks
  • Publication number: 20220063923
    Abstract: A sprocket comprising teeth for engaging one or more chains is provided with datum connection portions which releasably support a datum body, such as a tensioned wire in a predefined position. The datum body provides a temporary reference or datum element or surface from which the position of the wear surfaces of the sprocket teeth may be determined by eye or by measurement, particularly in the radial direction. The teeth may further comprise a set of markings corresponding to angularly spaced reference planes intersecting at the sprocket axis. The markings are preferably arranged on the crown or radially outward surface of the teeth and are used to determine wear in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Caterpillar Global Mining GmbH
    Inventors: Robert VOIGT, Jarrod BROOKS
  • Patent number: 10392195
    Abstract: A sprocket adapted to be used in a drive unit of a chain conveyor for underground mining applications is disclosed. The sprocket may have a cylindrical body. The cylindrical body may have a front face, an axis of rotation (A-A?), and a lateral surface. The sprocket may also have a scraping member provided on the front face. The scraping member may scrape off deposits during rotation of the sprocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Voigt, Karl-Heinz Schürer, William R. Weber
  • Publication number: 20170197793
    Abstract: A sprocket adapted to be used in a drive unit of a chain conveyor for underground mining applications is disclosed. The sprocket may have a cylindrical body. The cylindrical body may have a front face, an axis of rotation (A-A?), and a lateral surface. The sprocket may also have a scraping member provided on the front face. The scraping member may scrape off deposits during rotation of the sprocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH
    Inventors: ROBERT VOIGT, Karl-Heinz SCHÜRER, William R. WEBER
  • Patent number: 9598241
    Abstract: A reversing station of an apron conveyor is disclosed. The reversing station may have a machine frame including a base having a recess. The reversing station may also have a slide construction movable relative to the machine frame by means of an adjusting device and having a guide base displaceably guided in the recess. The reversing station may have a chain wheel fastened to the slide construction. The reversing station may also have guide elements fastened to a front region of the guide base of the slide construction and cooperating with guide rails fixedly fastened to the base of the machine frame. The reversing station may have a fixing device mountable to a front region of the slide construction. The chain wheel may be disposed on the slide construction in a middle portion between a stop for the adjusting device and the front region of the guide base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Voigt
  • Patent number: 9546047
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a slat conveyor for transporting material in mining and extraction systems. The slat conveyor may comprise a plurality of channel elements arranged in a series, a material-transport strand and an oppositely-moving return strand. The slat conveyor may further comprise an endless conveyor including a conveyor chain and a plurality of transport plates with a plate section, which may be pivotable downward in a delivery area for the transported material. Thus, for example, a flat-constructed slat conveyor (apron conveyor) having a low loading height may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Brotzmann, Oliver Kortmann, Joachim Raschka, Hendrik Padberg, Robert Voigt
  • Patent number: 9227788
    Abstract: A chain wheel for driving or diverting a conveyor of an apron conveyor including transport plates is disclosed. The transport plates may be releasably connectable via a chain connecting parts to the conveyor chain. The chain wheel may have a chain wheel body including a lateral face. The chain wheel may also have teeth arranged peripherally offset over the lateral face. In addition, the chain wheel may have bearing faces. The bearing faces may be arranged peripherally offset over the lateral face between two adjacently situated teeth. The bearing faces may also be configured to support the chain connecting parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Voigt
  • Publication number: 20150284188
    Abstract: A chain wheel for driving or diverting a conveyor of an apron conveyor including transport plates is disclosed. The transport plates may be releasably connectable via a chain connecting parts to the conveyor chain. The chain wheel may have a chain wheel body including a lateral face. The chain wheel may also have teeth arranged peripherally offset over the lateral face. In addition, the chain wheel may have bearing faces. The bearing faces may be arranged peripherally offset over the lateral face between two adjacently situated teeth. The bearing faces may also be configured to support the chain connecting parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR GLOBAL MINING EUROPE GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Voigt
  • Publication number: 20150274430
    Abstract: A reversing station of an apron conveyor is disclosed. The reversing station may have a machine frame including a base having a recess. The reversing station may also have a slide construction movable relative to the machine frame by means of an adjusting device and having a guide base displaceably guided in the recess. The reversing station may have a chain wheel fastened to the slide construction. The reversing station may also have guide elements fastened to a front region of the guide base of the slide construction and cooperating with guide rails fixedly fastened to the base of the machine frame. The reversing station may have a fixing device mountable to a front region of the slide construction. The chain wheel may be disposed on the slide construction in a middle portion between a stop for the adjusting device and the front region of the guide base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Robert Voigt
  • Publication number: 20150027858
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a slat conveyor for transporting material in mining and extraction systems. The slat conveyor may comprise a plurality of channel elements arranged in a series, a material-transport strand and an oppositely-moving return strand. The slat conveyor may further comprise an endless conveyor including a conveyor chain and a plurality of transport plates with a plate section, which may be pivotable downward in a delivery area for the transported material. Thus, for example, a flat-constructed slat conveyor (apron conveyor) having a low loading height may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Gerhard Brotzmann, Oliver Kortmann, Joachim Raschka, Hendrik Padberg, Robert Voigt
  • Patent number: 8490779
    Abstract: A tail station for a scraper chain conveyor, in particular a transfer conveyor, including a machine frame having bearing holders, which are open at the margins, for a demountable chain wheel assembly, including a chain wheel assembly having a chain wheel shaft, a reversing chain wheel and bearing shells for the rotatable mounting of the chain wheel shaft, and having a deflector element assigned to the reversing chain wheel, the bearing holders being configured on cantilever arms connected to the machine frame and are upwardly open, wherein the chain wheel assembly is provided on the bearing shells with bearing blocks, which can be inserted with horizontal motional play into the bearing holders and are horizontally displaceable in the bearing holders between a removal position and a locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Bucyrus Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schurer, Armin Hoppe, Robert Voigt
  • Publication number: 20120138431
    Abstract: A tail station for a scraper chain conveyor, in particular a transfer conveyor, including a machine frame having bearing holders, which are open at the margins, for a demountable chain wheel assembly, including a chain wheel assembly having a chain wheel shaft, a reversing chain wheel and bearing shells for the rotatable mounting of the chain wheel shaft, and having a deflector element assigned to the reversing chain wheel, the bearing holders being configured on cantilever arms connected to the machine frame and are upwardly open, wherein the chain wheel assembly is provided on the bearing shells with bearing blocks, which can be inserted with horizontal motional play into the bearing holders and are horizontally displaceable in the bearing holders between a removal position and a locking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: BUCYRUS EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schurer, Armin Hoppe, Robert Voigt
  • Patent number: 7419965
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is specific lipidesters of halogenated nucleotides of the following formula wherein R1, R2, R3, X and Y are defined as described herein and salts thereof, said compounds have anti-cancer properties; pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, a method of synthesizing the compounds, and a method of using the compounds for treating malignant tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Heidelberg Pharma AG
    Inventors: Dieter Herrmann, Brigitte Heckl-Oestreicher, Christoph Mueller, Christian Lutz, Robert Voigt, William E. Bauta
  • Publication number: 20060293514
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention are specific lipidesters of halogenated-adenine nucleotides and the use of such lipidesters in the treatment of tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Dieter Herrmann, Brigitte Heckl-Oestreicher, Christoph Mueller, Christian Lutz, Robert Voigt, William Bauta