Patents by Inventor Rudolf Kirth
Rudolf Kirth 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).
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Patent number: 11319665Abstract: The invention relates to a rope made of a textile fibre material for applications in which a diagonal pull may occur, characterized in that the rope is a core/sheath rope the core (1) of which and the sheath of which are composed essentially of a textile fibre material the core (1) of which is stranded and which exhibits a force-fitting winding with a tensile element (2, 2?, 2?) between the core (1) and the sheath.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: TUEFELBERGER FIBER ROPE GMBHInventors: Peter Baldinger, Björn Ernst, Gunter Kaiser, Rudolf Kirth, Erich Rührnössl, Robert Traxl
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Patent number: 11008702Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-strength fibre rope for hoisting equipment like cranes having a rope core (11) comprising high-strength synthetic fibres or strands (4) as well as a sheathing (2) surrounding the rope core (11) and indicating wear, wherein the sheathing (2) has at least a sheath layer, in which the synthetic fibres having different wear resistance and/or tensile strength and/or bending fatigue are interwoven with each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: TEUFELBERGER FIBER ROPE GMBHInventors: Peter Baldinger, Robert Traxl, Gunther Kaiser, Rudolf Kirth, Björn Ernst, Erich Rührnössl
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Patent number: 11008703Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the replacement state of wear of a rope made of a textile fibre material, wherein, in the course of using the rope, the elongation of the rope is monitored over its entire length and the rope is discarded if the elongation of the rope over the entire length exceeds a predetermined maximum value (%). The method according to the invention is characterized in that also the local elongation of a discrete rope section is monitored and the rope is discarded if the local elongation of the rope section exceeds a predetermined maximum value (%), with the maximum value of the local elongation of the rope section being greater than the maximum value of the elongation of the rope over the entire length.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: TEUFELBERGER FIBER ROPE GMBHInventors: Björn Ernst, Erich Rührnössl, Rudolf Kirth, Peter Baldinger, Robert Traxl, Gunter Kaiser
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Patent number: 10808355Abstract: A high-strength fibre rope (1) comprising a rope core as well as a sheathing indicating optical wear, wherein the sheathing comprises a sheath layer (2) made up of textile subunits (3, 4) of a first hierarchy level. An outermost sheath layer (2) is provided, wherein textile subunits (3, 4) of said outermost sheath layer of the first hierarchy level differ from each other in terms of their textile structure, and/or an outermost sheath layer and a further sheath layer underneath said outermost sheath layer are provided, and wherein the textile subunits of the first hierarchy level of said outermost sheath layer differ in their textile structure from that of said further sheath layer. The textile subunits of a lowermost hierarchy level of the rope are neither dispersed in a resin matrix in the outermost sheath layer nor in the further sheath layer arranged underneath the outermost sheath layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: TEUFELBERGER FIBER ROPE GMBHInventors: Peter Baldinger, Robert Traxl, Gunter Kaiser, Rudolf Kirth, Björn Ernst, Erich Rührnössl
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Patent number: 10640922Abstract: A hybrid strand includes a core and outer wires arranged around the core, wherein at least a part of the outer wires is compressed, wherein the compressed outer wires include a flattened cross-sectional shape, the outer wires are composed of steel, and the core is a fiber core. A corresponding production method produces such a hybrid strand.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: TEUFELBERGER SEIL GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H.Inventors: Robert Traxl, Gunter Kaiser, Rudolf Kirth, Bjoern Ernst, Erich Ruehrnoessl, Peter Baldinger
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Patent number: 10563350Abstract: The present invention relates to a rope assembly (1) consisting of at least one rope (2) that is made of textile fibre material and is folded back to form two substantially parallel rope portions (2?, 2?), wherein load distribution between the two rope portions is enabled and the rope portions are surrounded by a common sleeve (4). The rope assembly according to the invention is particularly suitable as a winch rope or as a rope for drive pulley drives, e.g., as a lift cable, in Koepe hoists and in capstans.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: TEUFELBERGER FIBER ROPE GMBHInventors: Rudolf Kirth, Erich Rührnössl, Susanna Schiemer, Björn Ernst
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Patent number: 10472765Abstract: The invention relates to a rope (1) made of textile fibre material, which is characterized by the combination of features whereby a) the load-bearing fibre material of the rope (1) consists of high-strength synthetic fibres b) the rope (1) is in the form of a spiral strand rope c) the rope (1) has at least two, preferably at least three concentric load-bearing strand layers (3,4,5) d) the individual strands (7,8,9,10,11,12) of the strand layers (3,4,5) are movable with respect to one another e) the degree of filling of the rope (1) with textile fibre material is ?75%, preferably ?85% f) the outermost ply (5,6) of the rope has a coefficient of friction ? with respect to steel of ?<0.15.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: TEUFELBERGER FIBER ROPE GMBHInventors: Rudolf Kirth, Björn Ernst, Erich Rührnössl, Robert Traxl, Peter Baldinger, Gunter Kaiser
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Patent number: 10273609Abstract: The invention relates to a paper guide rope braided from a plurality of textile subunits, wherein each subunit contains a plurality of twisted yarns made from multifilament yarn. The rope according to the invention is characterized in that the titre of at least part of the twisted yarns, preferably of all the twisted yarns, is in each case at most 5000 dtex, and that the twist rate of at least part of the twisted yarns, preferably of all the twisted yarns, is in each case at least 150 T/m.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: TEUFELBERGER GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H.Inventors: Rudolf Kirth, Klaus Kronlachner, Alfred Pirklbauer, Susanna Schiemer
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Patent number: 10159314Abstract: A textile product (1) comprising individual elements (4) interconnected by a textile technique, characterized in that the interconnected individual elements (4) hold at least one decorative or functional element (2, 2?, 2?, 12, 12?, 22) between each other, e.g. by braiding in or braiding around.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: TEUFELBERGER GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H.Inventors: Rudolf Kirth, Susanna Schiemer, Christoph Ebel
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Publication number: 20180363241Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the replacement state of wear of a rope made of a textile fibre material, wherein, in the course of using the rope, the elongation of the rope is monitored over its entire length and the rope is discarded if the elongation of the rope over the entire length exceeds a predetermined maximum value (%). The method according to the invention is characterized in that also the local elongation of a discrete rope section is monitored and the rope is discarded if the local elongation of the rope section exceeds a predetermined maximum value (%), with the maximum value of the local elongation of the rope section being greater than the maximum value of the elongation of the rope over the entire length.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: TEUFELBERGER FIBER ROPE GMBHInventors: Björn Ernst, Erich Rührnössl, Rudolf Kirth, Peter Baldinger, Robert Traxl, Gunter Kaiser
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Patent number: 10132033Abstract: The invention relates to a rope end which is spliced, whereby a loop is formed, comprising a rope end piece folded back in order to form the loop and a rope section leading to the loop, wherein a spliced area is provided in which the rope end piece is guided within the rope section leading to the loop, and wherein the rope is a core/sheath rope. The rope end according to the invention is characterized in that, in the rope end piece, part of the core, preferably the entire core, is removed in the spliced area, that a load-bearing sewing of the rope end piece to the rope section leading to the loop is provided in the spliced area and that a load-bearing sewing is provided in an area of the rope section leading to the loop which comprises part of the core, preferably the entire core.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: TEUFELBERGER GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H.Inventors: Pavla Vandrovcova, Rene Mäser, Rudolf Kirth, Christopher Sidney Cowell
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Publication number: 20180305865Abstract: A high-strength fibre rope (1) comprising a rope core as well as a sheathing indicating optical wear, wherein the sheathing comprises a sheath layer (2) made up of textile subunits (3, 4) of a first hierarchy level. An outermost sheath layer (2) is provided, wherein textile subunits (3, 4) of said outermost sheath layer of the first hierarchy level differ from each other in terms of their textile structure, and/or an outermost sheath layer and a further sheath layer underneath said outermost sheath layer are provided, and wherein the textile subunits of the first hierarchy level of said outermost sheath layer differ in their textile structure from that of said further sheath layer. The textile subunits of a lowermost hierarchy level of the rope are neither dispersed in a resin matrix in the outermost sheath layer nor in the further sheath layer arranged underneath the outermost sheath layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Peter Baldinger, Robert Traxl, Gunther Kaiser, Rudolf Kirth, Björn Ernst, Erich Rührnössl
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Publication number: 20180305864Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-strength fibre rope for hoisting equipment like cranes having a rope core (11) comprising high-strength synthetic fibres or strands (4) as well as a sheathing (2) surrounding the rope core (11) and indicating wear, wherein the sheathing (2) has at least a sheath layer, in which the synthetic fibres having different wear resistance and/or tensile strength and/or bending fatigue are interwoven with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Peter Baldinger, Robert Traxl, Gunther Kaiser, Rudolf Kirth, Björn Ernst, Erich Rührnössl
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Publication number: 20180216291Abstract: The invention relates to a rope made of a textile fibre material for applications in which a diagonal pull may occur, characterized in that the rope is a core/sheath rope the core (1) of which and the sheath of which are composed essentially of a textile fibre material the core (1) of which is stranded and which exhibits a force-fitting winding with a tensile element (2, 2?, 2?) between the core (1) and the sheath.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Peter Baldinger, Björn Ernst, Gunter Kaiser, Rudolf Kirth, Erich Rührnössl, Robert Traxl
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Publication number: 20180209093Abstract: A hybrid strand includes a core and outer wires arranged around the core, wherein at least a part of the outer wires is compressed, wherein the compressed outer wires include a flattened cross-sectional shape, the outer wires are composed of steel, and the core is a fiber core. A corresponding production method produces such a hybrid strand.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: TEUFELBERGER SEIL GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H.Inventors: Robert TRAXL, Gunter KAISER, Rudolf KIRTH, Ernst BJOERN, Erich RUEHRNOESSL, Peter BALDINGER
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Patent number: 9845571Abstract: A core-sheath rope can include an outer sheath provided in the form of a hollow braid and an inner sheath provided in the form of a hollow braid, wherein thread changes between threads of the inner sheath and threads of the outer sheath and/or enlacements between threads of the inner sheath and threads of the outer sheath are provided in certain places. The rope can be characterized in that bridge threads extending in the longitudinal direction of the rope are provided in the places of the thread changes and/or enlacements, with the threads of the outer sheath and the inner sheath, respectively, which change from the inside to the outside and from the outside to the inside, respectively, being guided around those bridge threads.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: TEUFELBERGER GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H.Inventors: Rudolf Kirth, Klaus Hemmers, Uwe Künzel, Rene Mäser, Susanna Schiemer
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Patent number: 9845572Abstract: A core-sheath rope, comprising a textile core with one or several stationary threads extending in the longitudinal direction of the rope, an outer sheath provided in the form of a hollow braid, and an inner sheath provided in the form of a hollow braid and surrounding the textile core. The rope is characterized in that at least part of the stationary threads of the textile core are braided individually into the hollow braid of the inner sheath.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: TUEFELBERGER FIBER ROPE GMBHInventors: Rudolf Kirth, Klaus Hemmers, Uwe Künzel, Rene Mäser, Susanna Schiemer
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Publication number: 20170328001Abstract: The invention relates to a rope (1) made of textile fibre material, which is characterized by the combination of features whereby a) the load-bearing fibre material of the rope (1) consists of high-strength synthetic fibres b) the rope (1) is in the form of a spiral strand rope c) the rope (1) has at least two, preferably at least three concentric load-bearing strand layers (3,4,5) d) the individual strands (7,8,9,10,11,12) of the strand layers (3,4,5) are movable with respect to one another e) the degree of filling of the rope (1) with textile fibre material is ?75%, preferably ?85% f) the outermost ply (5,6) of the rope has a coefficient of friction? with respect to steel of ?<0.15.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Rudolf Kirth, Björn Ernst, Erich Rührnössl, Robert Traxl, Peter Baldinger, Gunter Kaiser
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Publication number: 20170002513Abstract: The present invention relates to a rope assembly (1) consisting of at least one rope (2) that is made of textile fibre material and is folded back to form two substantially parallel rope portions (2?, 2?), wherein load distribution between the two rope portions is enabled and the rope portions are surrounded by a common sleeve (4). The rope assembly according to the invention is particularly suitable as a winch rope or as a rope for drive pulley drives, e.g., as a lift cable, in Koepe hoists and in capstans.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2015Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Rudolf Kirth, Erich Rohrnössl, Susanna Schiemer, Björn Ernst
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Publication number: 20160010277Abstract: The invention relates to a rope end which is spliced, whereby a loop is formed, comprising a rope end piece folded back in order to form the loop and a rope section leading to the loop, wherein a spliced area is provided in which the rope end piece is guided within the rope section leading to the loop, and wherein the rope is a core/sheath rope. The rope end according to the invention is characterized in that, in the rope end piece, part of the core, preferably the entire core, is removed in the spliced area, that a load-bearing sewing of the rope end piece to the rope section leading to the loop is provided in the spliced area and that a load-bearing sewing is provided in an area of the rope section leading to the loop which comprises part of the core, preferably the entire core.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Pavla VANDROVCOVA, Rene MÄSER, Rudolf KIRTH, Christopher Sidney COWELL