Patents by Inventor Siegfried Scheibe

Siegfried Scheibe 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: 8821977
    Abstract: A transport device and method of transporting a substrate using a rotatable shaft and baffles may be used to extend cleaning intervals for the transport device and reduce deposition of a vapor deposition material upon the transport device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: First Solar, Inc.
    Inventors: Hubertus von der Waydbrink, Georg Laimer, Siegfried Scheibe, Ricky C. Powell, James Ernest Hinkle, James B. Foote
  • Patent number: 8470094
    Abstract: Apparatus for continuous coating has a chamber wall which forms a processing chamber, thermal insulation which forms a processing area within the chamber, a transportation device for substrates located in the processing area with a substrate transportation direction of the substrates lying in the lengthwise extension of the apparatus for continuous coating, and heating equipment which heats the substrates, is designed to minimize unwanted coating, in particular of parts of the apparatus, in order to minimize the expense of maintaining and servicing the apparatus A condensation element is positioned in the processing chamber, which extends into the processing area and binds the arising vapor through condensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: VON ARDENNE Anlagentechnik GmBH
    Inventors: Hubertus Von Der Waydbrink, Siegfried Scheibe, Jens Meyer, Andrej Wolf, Uwe Traeber, Michael Hentschel
  • Publication number: 20130056333
    Abstract: A transport device and method of transporting a substrate using a rotatable shaft and baffles may be used to extend cleaning intervals for the transport device and reduce deposition of a vapour deposition material upon the transport device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Hubertus Von Der Waydbrink, Georg Laimer, Siegfried Scheibe, Ricky C. Powell, James Ernest Hinkle, James B. Foote
  • Patent number: 8277890
    Abstract: The transporting device according to the invention, in particular for transporting sheet-like substrates through a coating installation, comprises transporting rollers which are rotatably mounted on both sides and horizontally arranged transversely in relation to the transporting direction, the uppermost surface lines of the transporting rollers defining the transporting plane, and is characterized in that the end parts of the transporting rollers have a smaller diameter than the middle part of the transporting rollers and in that baffles which are mounted displaceably in the axial direction of the transporting rollers between a first position and a second position are arranged between the end parts of the transporting rollers and the transporting plane. The fact that the baffles are mounted in an axially displaceable manner has the effect of considerably extending the cleaning intervals of the transporting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignees: First Solar, Inc., Von Ardenne Anlagentechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Hubertus Von Der Waydbrink, Georg Laimer, Siegfried Scheibe, Ricky C. Powell, James Ernest Hinkle, James B. Foote
  • Publication number: 20120055404
    Abstract: Apparatus for continuous coating has a chamber wall which forms a processing chamber, thermal insulation which forms a processing area within the chamber, a transportation device for substrates located in the processing area with a substrate transportation direction of the substrates lying in the lengthwise extension of the apparatus for continuous coating, and heating equipment which heats the substrates, is designed to minimize unwanted coating, in particular of parts of the apparatus, in order to minimize the expense of maintaining and servicing the apparatus A condensation element is positioned in the processing chamber, which extends into the processing area and binds the arising vapor through condensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: VON ARDENNE ANLAGENTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Hubertus VON DER WAYDBRINK, Siegfried SCHEIBE, Jens MEYER, Andrej WOLF, Uwe TRAEBER, Michael HENTSCHEL
  • Publication number: 20090214784
    Abstract: The transporting device according to the invention, in particular for transporting sheet-like substrates through a coating installation, comprises transporting rollers which are rotatably mounted on both sides and horizontally arranged transversely in relation to the transporting direction, the uppermost surface lines of the transporting rollers defining the transporting plane, and is characterized in that the end parts of the transporting rollers have a smaller diameter than the middle part of the transporting rollers and in that baffles which are mounted displaceably in the axial direction of the transporting rollers between a first position and a second position are arranged between the end parts of the transporting rollers and the transporting plane. The fact that the baffles are mounted in an axially displaceable manner has the effect of considerably extending the cleaning intervals of the transporting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicants: VON ARDENNE ANLAGENTECHNIK GMBH, FRIST SOLAR INC.
    Inventors: Hubertus Von Der Waydbrink, Georg Laimer, Siegfried Scheibe, Ricky C. Powell, James Ernest Hinkle, James B. Foote
  • Publication number: 20090050057
    Abstract: Apparatus for continuous coating has a chamber wall which forms a processing chamber, thermal insulation which forms a processing area within the chamber, a transportation device for substrates located in the processing area with a substrate transportation direction of the substrates lying in the lengthwise extension of the apparatus for continuous coating, and heating equipment which heats the substrates, is designed to minimize unwanted coating, in particular of parts of the apparatus, in order to minimize the expense of maintaining and servicing the apparatus A condensation element is positioned in the processing chamber, which extends into the processing area and binds the arising vapor through condensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: VON ARDENNE Anlagentechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Hubertus VON DER WAYDBRINK, Siegfried SCHEIBE, Jens MEYER, Andrej WOLF, Uwe TRAEBER, Michael HENTSCHEL