Patents by Inventor Rudolf Beisswanger

Rudolf Beisswanger 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: 7005036
    Abstract: An apparatus is available for transferring a flexible material web from an upstream section to at least one downstream section of a machine having a web running direction. The machine is configured for at least one of manufacturing and treating the material web. The apparatus includes two separation elements configured for splitting and thereby separating the material web into an edge strip, an adjoining transfer strip and a remaining web adjoining the transfer strip, the edge strip extending in the web running direction. The apparatus further includes at least one deflection device configured for deflecting the edge strip away from the transfer strip and simultaneously tautening the edge strip upon deflection thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Beisswanger, Wolfgang Drefs, Allan Broom, Sylvain Demers
  • Patent number: 6994773
    Abstract: An apparatus is available for transferring a flexible material web from an upstream section to at least one downstream section of a machine having a web running direction. The machine is configured for at least one of manufacturing and treating the material web. The apparatus includes two separation elements configured for splitting and thereby separating the material web into an edge strip, an adjoining transfer strip and a remaining web adjoining the transfer strip, the edge strip extending in the web running direction. The apparatus further includes at least one deflection device configured for deflecting the edge strip away from the transfer strip and simultaneously tautening the edge strip upon deflection thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Beisswanger, Wolfgang Drefs, Allan Broom, Sylvain Demers
  • Publication number: 20040016843
    Abstract: An apparatus is available for transferring a flexible material web from an upstream section to at least one downstream section of a machine having a web running direction. The machine is configured for at least one of manufacturing and treating the material web. The apparatus includes two separation elements configured for splitting and thereby separating the material web into an edge strip, an adjoining transfer strip and a remaining web adjoining the transfer strip, the edge strip extending in the web running direction. The apparatus further includes at least one deflection device configured for deflecting the edge strip away from the transfer strip and simultaneously tautening the edge strip upon deflection thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Beisswanger, Wolfgang Drefs, Allan Broom, Sylvain Demers
  • Patent number: 6604703
    Abstract: A method is provided using a winder to afford precise adjustment, preferably control of the progression of line force between the reel drum and the wound roll despite unevenness in the surface contour of the wound roll, and ensures that no air entrapment occurs between the individual layers in the wound roll. Further, the “wound in” web tension is maintained during the entire winding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Beisswanger, Zygmunt Madrzak, Matthias Wohlfahrt
  • Patent number: 6520447
    Abstract: A reeling machine is designed for continuous winding of fibrous web, in particular a paper or carton web, into a jumbo roll. An air squeeze arrangement is located in the lower area of the reeling machine which can be positioned against the jumbo roll and includes a positionable supporting profile with segmented rolls positioned eccentrically next to each other by means of bearings, whereby, the interior of the supporting profile is provided with a tube, which is surrounded by a guide pipe and filled with a pressure medium from a pressure source, upon which bearings are centrally supported by power transmission elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Kaipf, Rudolf Beisswanger
  • Publication number: 20020053414
    Abstract: An apparatus is available for transferring a flexible material web from an upstream section to at least one downstream section of a machine having a web running direction. The machine is configured for at least one of manufacturing and treating the material web. The apparatus includes two separation elements configured for splitting and thereby separating the material web into an edge strip, an adjoining transfer strip and a remaining web adjoining the transfer strip, the edge strip extending in the web running direction. The apparatus further includes at least one deflection device configured for deflecting the edge strip away from the transfer strip and simultaneously tautening the edge strip upon deflection thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Rudolf Beisswanger, Wolfgang Drefs, Allan Broom, Sylvain Demers
  • Publication number: 20010052560
    Abstract: A method is provided using a winder to afford precise adjustment, preferably control of the progression of line force between the reel drum and the wound roll despite unevenness in the surface contour of the wound roll, and ensures that no air entrapment occurs between the individual layers in the wound roll. Further, the “wound in” web tension is maintained during the entire winding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Rudolf Beisswanger, Zygmunt Madrzak, Matthias Wohlfahrt
  • Publication number: 20010040200
    Abstract: A reeling machine is designed for continuous winding of fibrous web, in particular a paper or carton web, into a jumbo roll. An air squeeze arrangement is located in the lower area of the reeling machine which can be positioned against the jumbo roll and includes a positionable supporting profile with segmented rolls positioned eccentrically next to each other by means of bearings, whereby, the interior of the supporting profile is provided with a tube, which is surrounded by a guide pipe and filled with a pressure medium from a pressure source, upon which bearings are centrally supported by power transmission elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Walter Kaipf, Rudolf Beisswanger
  • Patent number: 6311922
    Abstract: A winding machine and process for winding a material web onto a reel. The material web is guided around a carrying drum, in which a nip is formed between the carrying drum and the reel. One of the reel and the carrying drum may be cyclically inclined in relation to a travel direction of the material web by a drive device or press device in order to achieve an axial changing of the material web in a winding roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Beisswanger, Zygmunt Madrzak, Roland Möller, Georg Ihle, Karl Josef Böck
  • Patent number: 6129305
    Abstract: Winding machine for continuous winding of a material web, in particular a paper or cardboard web, onto a reel into a winding roll, having a movable pressing drum, which forms a winding gap with the winding roll, having at least one primary transport device by means of which the reel can be moved along a first guide track, and at least one secondary transport device that guides the reel along a second guide track. To prepare for a reel change, the new reel can be shifted by the primary transport device into a reel-changing position in which a new winding gap is formed between the new reel and the pressing drum. In the reel-changing position, the material web is guided over a circumference region of the new reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Moller, Ralf Preising, Rudolf Beisswanger, Zygmunt Madrzak, Walter Kaipf
  • Patent number: 5848760
    Abstract: A carrier roll winding machine for winding up a web, such as a paper web. Two carrier rolls form a winding bed for a reel and the reel is fed with a web wrapped around the bottom of and then passing between the two rolls and to the reel. A blow box beneath the space between the carrier rolls having a compressed air connection. The blow box has a respective wall at each of the carrier rolls and a sealing element at each of the walls sealing to the respective carrier roll. The region, of at least one wall or of both walls, supporting the sealing element are movable from the sealing position to a non-sealing position either by translatory movement or pivoting movement with reference to the remaining stationary wall parts of the blow box. A web severing device is movable to sever the web when a wall portion and sealing element are moved away from the carrier roll permitting the severing device to pass to the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Kruger, Rudolf Beisswanger, Walter Kaipf
  • Patent number: 5848756
    Abstract: A method and device for the winding up of a moving web of paper (9) on a reel spool (11), as large a part as possible of the developing wound roll (12) having a high degree of winding hardness (WH), characterized by the fact that a relatively soft intermediate layer is formed between the wound roll (12) of high winding hardness and the winding core (11). This is achieved in the manner that, during a short initial phase of the winding process, it is ensured that the winding hardness (WH) is relatively slight in the innermost layers of the wound roll (12), whereupon an immediate transition to a relatively high winding hardness (WH) is effected which is being substantially maintained during the rest of the winding-up process. Alternately, the relatively soft intermediate layer can also be created in the manner that the reel spool (11A-11D) has a soft covering (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47) on a metal reel spool body (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Sollinger, Rudolf Beisswanger, Ulrich Schettler, Karl-Josef Boeck, Zygmunt Madrzak, Karl Rueck
  • Patent number: 5839689
    Abstract: An air box for use beneath a pair of carrier rolls or a roll winder for a web. The air box disposed beneath the carrier rolls has first and second side walls generally sealed respectively at each of the carrier rolls. The paper web passes beneath one of the carrier rolls and up between the rolls. The web may tear and the paper web then drops into the air box. A connecting wall in the air box between the side walls thereof and above the base receives the paper falling thereon rather than the paper falling into the air box. The connecting wall may be inclined to direct the falling paper toward a side wall where an opening is provided enabling the moving of the paper. The connecting wall may be perforated and the air flow into the air box is beneath the perforated wall so that the air flow through the wall cooperates in moving the falling paper along the connecting wall. As a result, the waste paper can be removed quickly and easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Kruger, Rudolf Beisswanger, Walter Kaipf
  • Patent number: 5655730
    Abstract: A paper machine carrier drum apparatus includes a drivable carrier drum and a cylinder disposed adjacent the carrier drum. The cylinder is disposed parallel to an axis of the carrier drum and can be swiveled about a peripheral region of the drum. The apparatus also includes a guide roll disposed upstream of the carrier drum with respect to a direction of travel of a paper web through the apparatus and a pressure roll disposed adjacent to the drum and adjustably pressable thereagainst. The pressure roll can be moved to a number of positions about a periphery of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Beisswanger, Karl Ruck, Hanspeter Elger
  • Patent number: 5562261
    Abstract: There is provided a coiling machine for coiling a continuous paper web having two large rolls that form a coil bed for uptake of a paper coil. The space bounded by the large rolls and the coil is formed as a pressure-tight chamber that has a compressed air connection. Particularly for the present invention, one of the two large rolls has a jacket that is essentially more intensely deformable than the jacket of the other roll and, thus, one large roll is softer than the other large roll. The upper vertex of the softer large roll is located lower than the upper vertex of the harder large roll. The web guidance is configured for one embodiment of the coiling machine such that the web is introduced from below, and between the two large rolls, to wind around the softer large roll. For another embodiment of the coiling machine, the web is introduced through a pressing gap between one of the large rolls and the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Beisswanger, Hans-Peter Sollinger
  • Patent number: 5529629
    Abstract: An applicator system for applying color coating on a paper web is disclosed having a color coating applicator along with a backing roll around which is wrapped the paper web. A measuring system is incorporated for measuring a predetermined property of the color coating at several points along the width of the paper web. Predetermined qualities of the color coating include weight, thickness, or surface properties of the coated surface. A control means is included for controlling the color coating arriving at the application zone. The color coating is controlled by varying the temperature, or the consistency of the color coating in a zonewise fashion across the width of the paper web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: J. M. Voith GmbH
    Inventor: Rudolf Beisswanger
  • Patent number: 5496406
    Abstract: A device for coating a paper web includes two applicator rolls disposed parallel to one another, forming a roll gap for the passage of a paper web therethrough. At least one applicator for applying a coating onto a surface of at least one of the rolls is also provided. The coating roll thereafter transfers the coating onto one side of a paper web disposed in the roll gap. Guide elements disposed downstream of the roll gap with respect to a direction of travel of the paper web through the device include at least one beam-like air guide element adapted to create an air cushion-between the paper web and a surface of the air guide element facing the paper web. The air guide element is disposed in such a manner as to deflect a paper web at least once downstream the roll gap. At least one air guide element is disposed directly downstream of the roll gap at a distance from the roll gap of about 0.3 times to about 1 time the diameter of at least one of the rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: J. M. Voith GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Beisswanger, Martin Kustermann
  • Patent number: 5474608
    Abstract: An applicator for application of coating color on a paper web, including an applicator; a backing roll which wraps the paper web; an entrance gore formed between backing roll and applicator, and an outlet gore. A doctor follows the outlet gore for removing surplus coating color (doctor surplus) from the paper web. A deflector system is provided between the applicator and the doctor. The deflector system features a first guide surface for diverting a first coating color surplus from the outlet gore, as well as a second guide surface for the doctor surplus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: J. M. Voith GmbH
    Inventor: Rudolf Beisswanger
  • Patent number: 5464169
    Abstract: A winding device for paper or cardboard with at least two axis-parallel support elements for the sheet winding, which extend at least over the length of the sheet winding (T) and of which at least one is a carrier roll (2). The other support element has a rigid carrier (4), which guides the sheet winding over a sheath (7, 7') arranged in a rotating manner around the carrier or guided in a flexible tubing manner, and a carrying shoe (5, 5') combined with it and acting hydrodynamically with respect to sheath (7, 7'), which carrying shoe is provided with a concave pressure surface whose radius of curvature essentially corresponds to the maximum winding (T) including the sheath wall thickness, whereby carrying shoe (5, 5') can be adapted in its position to the size (position of the periphery) of the sheet winding (W') which is wound and present each time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: J. M. Voith GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Henseler, Rudolf Beisswanger
  • Patent number: 5370735
    Abstract: The invention concerns a roll-coating machine for the application of coating colors onto a paper web, including:a coating roll that rotates in a coating color pool;a trough retaining the color pool and having a coating color inlet, a guide wall with a first overflow edge, and an overflow channel for a first overflow stream;a mating roll that rotates in a direction opposite to that of the coating roll and with it forms an inlet gusset and an outlet gusset; anda guide shield that has a second overflow edge on its downstream end for a second overflow stream, a bypass channel for division of the second overflow stream and having a valve, and a restrictor defined by the guide shield in cooperation with the paper web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: J. M. Voith GmbH
    Inventor: Rudolf Beisswanger