Patents by Inventor Siegfried Topf

Siegfried Topf 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).

  • Publication number: 20080271671
    Abstract: The invention relates to an extrusion nozzle comprising at least one core (21-25). Said extrusion nozzle is also provided with a plurality of flow channels (11-19) for melt streams, said channels merging inside the extrusion nozzle to form the desired profiled element. The inventive extrusion nozzle consists of a plurality of plates (1-7). The flow channels (11-19) are separated from each other for all plates comprising at least one core (3-7), with the exception of the last plate (7), such that the at least one core (21-25) is connected to the remaining plate by the connecting elements (34-38) between the flow channels (11-20). When the flow channels (11-19) in the last plate (7) are continuously interconnected, the at least one core (21-25) of the last plate (7) is screwed onto the corresponding core or cores of the adjacent plate (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventor: Siegfried Topf
  • Patent number: 7147449
    Abstract: A food product comprising a sugar wafer preferably cone-shaped having a filling of a substantially water-free fat-based confectionery material and a process for preparing it which comprises filling the sugar wafer with the substantially water-free fat-based confectionery in a molten, semi-liquid or semi-solid mass, and allowing the filling to harden.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Topf Kunststofftechnik Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Siegfried Topf
  • Publication number: 20050147703
    Abstract: A food product comprising a sugar wafer preferably cone-shaped having a filling of a substantially water-free fat-based confectionery material and a process for preparing it which comprises filling the sugar wafer with the substantially water-free fat-based confectionery in a molten, semi-liquid or semi-solid mass, and allowing the filling to harden.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventor: Siegfried Topf
  • Patent number: 6813576
    Abstract: A method and device for cooling and calibrating a section of plastic, where the section is introduced, via a matched opening, into a preferably evacuated housing such as a tank or bath, including several panels arranged one behind the other, and treated with a cooling fluid, for example a liquid, by means of jets arranged peripherally around the section. The cooling fluid is supplied to the jets with a pressure p of p≧5 bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Topf Kunstsofftechnik Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Siegfried Topf
  • Patent number: 5474720
    Abstract: Upstream of a distributor at which flow from an actuator is fed to the shaping orifices for the production of plastic extrusions and downstream of the extruder producing the stream of plastified plastic, a rotary adapter having a displacement body subdividing its cross section into asymmetrical partial cross sections is provided so that, upon deviation of a property of the extrusions from a desired value, the adapter can be rotated to compensate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Friedrich Theysohn GmbH
    Inventor: Siegfried Topf
  • Patent number: 5238165
    Abstract: A hauler for extruded profiles has a pair of track assemblies engaging at least one profile between them. At least one of the profiles is mounted so that it can yaw about a longitudinal axis through the center of that track assembly and a handwheel, electric motor or spring mechanism is provided to effect a yaw of at least 2.degree. and up to 15.degree., preferably up to 4.degree. about this longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Friedrich Theysohn GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Groblacher, Ludwig Reisinger, Siegfried Topf
  • Patent number: 5169650
    Abstract: A calibrating unit for an extruder includes an inner calibrating member, and a plurality of outer calibrating members at least partially surrounding the inner calibrating member and forming a gap therebetween through which a plastic material may be extruded, the plurality of outer calibrating members including a base member and at least a first lateral member. The calibrating unit also includes an integrated joint connecting the first lateral member to the base member. The first integrated joint includes a circular cylindrical hinge pin integrally formed along a longitudinal edge of the first lateral member, and a cylindrical circular bearing shell formed in the base member. The circular cylindrical hinge pin is received within the circular cylindrical bearing shell of the base member so that the first lateral member is rotatably interconnected to the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: Friedrich Theysohn GmbH
    Inventor: Siegfried Topf
  • Patent number: 5139402
    Abstract: The invention relates to a calibrating device for extruded plastics sections, having a number of calibrating units 5 to 7 disposed successively in the drawing-off direction. The calibrating units 5 to 7 are mounted on a guide 1, 2 floatably in the plane normal of the drawing-off direction and disposed on the guide 1, 2, securably in the drawing-off direction. A calibrating device of the kind specified ensures that the precise positioning of the successively disposed calibrating units 5 to 7 is superfluous. Since therefore the section passes the individual calibrating units without lateral deflection or jamming, the individual calibrating unit can be designed with close dimensional tolerances, utilizing the loadability of the section, without introducing an excessive shrinkage into the section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: Friedrich Theysohn GmbH
    Inventor: Siegfried Topf
  • Patent number: 4685879
    Abstract: The calibrator for plate like extruded products, particularly a wall section composed of a plastic, comprises an upper portion, a lower portion connected to the upper portion and a gap for the extruded material formed between them, the upper and lower portions being pivotally connected on one side by a pivot member. To allow a rapid and easy closing and opening of this calibrator a pivoting member pivotally attached to these portions and positioned for locking of the upper with the lower portion is provided. Further in the calibrator a cooling means through which a cooling medium, for example water, flows is provided. For even more efficient cooling a snake like channel for the cooling medium running transverse to the extrusion direction is provided. Both the above features can be employed independently of each other or used jointly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Inventors: Franz Purstinger, Siegfried Topf