Patents by Inventor Roger Tobler

Roger Tobler 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: 11931762
    Abstract: A dilute phase powder pump for pumping powder, particularly coating powder, from a powder reservoir to a powder spray-coating device, includes a powder inlet, which is or can be flow-connected to the powder reservoir, and a powder outlet, which is or can be flow-connected to the powder spray-coating device. The dilute phase powder pump also has a powder pumping injector with a motive fluid nozzle and a converging inlet nozzle, and has a valve device for optionally interrupting a flow connection between the powder inlet (80) of the dilute phase powder pump and a powder inlet of the motive fluid nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Roger Tobler, Marco Sanwald, Felix Mauchle
  • Patent number: 11446683
    Abstract: Disclosed are a Venturi nozzle arrangement for powder conveying injectors and corresponding powder conveying injectors. The Venturi nozzle arrangement has a first region, which serves as a drive nozzle, and a second region, which serves as a collecting nozzle, wherein the second region has a channel that serves as a stream collecting channel with a longitudinal axis, and wherein the first region has a nozzle opening which lies axially opposite the stream collecting channel, the first and second regions of the nozzle arrangement being inseparably connected to one another as a combined component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Marco Sanwald, Roger Tobler
  • Publication number: 20220080447
    Abstract: A rear casing is disclosed for a spray gun that has a handle part and a gun barrel connected to the handle part. The rear casing can be removably and exhangeably attached to the rear side of a main body of the spray gun and has a first region designed as a handle casing and a second region designed as a covering casing for rear-side covering of a rear region of the gun barrel. At least one connection element is provided on the second region of the rear casing for optionally forming a removable connection to a part having, for this purpose, at least some portions with a design complementing that of said connection element. In particular, according to the invention, the entire rear casing, together with the at least one connection element, is designed as a monolithic plastic component, in particular a plastic injection moulded molded part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Roger Tobler
  • Publication number: 20220016653
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dilute phase powder pump (51) for pumping powder, particularly coating powder, from a powder reservoir to a powder spray-coating device, comprising a powder inlet (80), which is or can be flow-connected to the powder reservoir, and a powder outlet (81), which is or can be flow-connected to the powder spray-coating device, the dilute phase powder pump (51) having also a powder pumping injector (100) with a motive fluid nozzle (1) and a converging inlet nozzle (11), and the dilute phase powder pump (51) having a valve device for optionally interrupting a flow connection between the powder inlet (80) of the dilute phase powder pump (51) and a powder inlet (5) of the motive fluid nozzle (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Roger Tobler, Marco Sanwald, Felix Mauchle
  • Publication number: 20220001403
    Abstract: A powder discharge device includes a powder thin flow pump for delivering powder, particularly coating powder, from a powder reservoir to a powder spray device, with a control device being integrated in the powder discharge device, which control device is designed to adjust at least one parameter, which is characterizing in relation to a spray coating process performed with the powder spray device and/or in relation to a powder delivery performed with the powder thin flow pump, the control device forming a structural unit with the powder thin flow pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Roger Tobler, Marco Sanwald, Felix Mauchle
  • Publication number: 20200047200
    Abstract: Disclosed are a Venturi nozzle arrangement for powder conveying injectors and corresponding powder conveying injectors. The Venturi nozzle arrangement has a first region, which serves as a drive nozzle, and a second region, which serves as a collecting nozzle, wherein the second region has a channel that serves as a stream collecting channel with a longitudinal axis, and wherein the first region has a nozzle opening which lies axially opposite the stream collecting channel, the first and second regions of the nozzle arrangement being inseparably connected to one another as a combined component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Marco Sanwald, Roger Tobler
  • Patent number: D905823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Roger Tobler, Marco Sanwald
  • Patent number: D908187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Roger Tobler, Marco Sanwald
  • Patent number: D959606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Roger Tobler, Marco Sanwald
  • Patent number: D972683
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Roger Tobler, Marco Sanwald
  • Patent number: D976364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Marco Sanwald, Thomas Staub, Roger Tobler
  • Patent number: D1008199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Roger Tobler