Patents by Inventor Stephan Mies

Stephan Mies 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: 12064934
    Abstract: A rotary press comprising at least one pressing station having each of a vertically-adjustable upper and lower pressure roller, which are mounted by axes in the at least one pressing station. Cam-guided upper punches having punch heads are fed to the upper pressure roller by a control cam and a pull-up cam raises the upper punches to a highest point above a filling device. A vertically-adjustable safety cam is designed to be vertically adjustable in relation to the upper pressure roller. The rotary press may comprise a preliminary pressure cam, which is integrated in a guide block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Korsch AG
    Inventors: Stephan Mies, Ingo Klaer, Michael Matthes
  • Patent number: 11919268
    Abstract: A rotary press comprising at least one pressing station having each of a vertically-adjustable upper and lower pressure roller, which are mounted by axes in the at least one pressing station. Cam-guided upper punches having punch heads are fed to the upper pressure roller by a control cam and a pull-up cam raises the upper punches to a highest point above a filling device. A vertically-adjustable safety cam is designed to be vertically adjustable in relation to the upper pressure roller. The rotary press may comprise a preliminary pressure cam, which is integrated in a guide block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Korsch AG
    Inventors: Michael Matthes, Wolfgang Korsch, Stephan Mies
  • Publication number: 20220410518
    Abstract: The invention preferably relates to a compression roller station for rotary tableting machines with a guide profile which can be locked to the rotary tableting machine and comprises two side surfaces on which a pair of upper and lower shaft mountings for compression roller shafts are arranged externally in each case, so that two pairs of compression rollers can be attached to the same guide profile. In preferred embodiments, the shaft mountings have a laterally outwardly open shape, particularly preferably a u-shape, and are arranged for a swivelable mounting of compression roller shafts. In a further aspect, the invention relates to a rotary tableting machine comprising such a preferred compression roller station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jürgen Böhnlein, Peter Weisbach, INGO Klaer, Stephan Mies
  • Patent number: 11504934
    Abstract: The invention relates to an impeller filling shoe for material feed to die bores of a rotary press, which is built-up modularly in order to enable a change in function between a 2-chamber filling shoe comprising a filling vaned wheel and a proportioning vaned wheel, and a 3-chamber filling shoe comprising a filling vaned wheel, a proportioning vaned wheel and a feeding vaned wheel, wherein the impeller filling shoe does not comprise a gearbox for driving the vaned wheels. Furthermore, the invention relates to a rotary press comprising the modular impeller filling shoe, whereby the gearbox for driving the vaned wheels is located outside the impeller filling shoe. The invention relates in addition to the use of the impeller filling shoe according to the invention in methods for converting the modular impeller filling shoe from a 2-chamber filling shoe to a 3-chamber filling shoe and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Korsch AG
    Inventors: Ingo Klaer, Stephan Mies, Robert Peucker
  • Publication number: 20220332078
    Abstract: In a first aspect, the invention relates to an apparatus for supporting a component of a tableting machine, the apparatus comprising as components an upper part, an intermediate element and a lower part. In further aspects, the invention relates to a tableting machine comprising a described apparatus and a method or use of the apparatus for adjusting a position of a component of a tableting machine. By means of the proposed apparatus, in particular the feeder support of a tableting machine and thus preferably the position of the filling device above the die table can be easily, quickly and reproducibly adjusted, preferably during machine set-up, but also during operation of the rotary tableting machine, in such a way that material loss is minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas WEISSBACH, Ahmet CENTINTAS, Stephan MIES
  • Publication number: 20210283877
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for providing supporting meshes for use as inserts in a pellet on a tablet machine, and a method for producing a pellet which includes an insert or supporting mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: KORSCH AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang KORSCH, Michael SCHMETT, Stephan MIES
  • Publication number: 20210221085
    Abstract: The invention relates to a discharge chute (1) for a tablet-making machine, and to a method for sorting tablets after they have been produced in a tablet-making machine. The discharge chute (1) is characterised in that the channels (4, 5, 6, 13), into which the tablets are guided and/or sorted after they have been produced, are arranged on two planes (2, 3), the sorting of the tablets taking place with tandem sorting devices (7, 14). A sorting device preferably comprises two bars (8, 9, 10, 11), which are preferably designated as sorting bars (8, 10) and as separating bars (9, 11). The sorting bar (8, 10) preferably comprises a linear drive (17), which is preferably connected by means of a rocking lever (22) to the separating bar (9, 11). If the sorting bar (8, 10) moves upwards out of the rest position into the sorting position, the separating bar (9, 11) falls downwards automatically and frees the opening of the sorting channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: KORSCH AG
    Inventors: Ingo KLAER, Pierre BRAUN, Stephan MIES
  • Publication number: 20210170710
    Abstract: The invention relates to an impeller filling shoe for material feed to die bores of a rotary press, which is built-up modularly in order to enable a change in function between a 2-chamber filling shoe comprising a filling vaned wheel and a proportioning vaned wheel, and a 3-chamber filling shoe comprising a filling vaned wheel, a proportioning vaned wheel and a feeding vaned wheel, wherein the impeller filling shoe does not comprise a gearbox for driving the vaned wheels. Furthermore, the invention relates to a rotary press comprising the modular impeller filling shoe, whereby the gearbox for driving the vaned wheels is located outside the impeller filling shoe. The invention relates in addition to the use of the impeller filling shoe according to the invention in methods for converting the modular impeller filling shoe from a 2-chamber filling shoe to a 3-chamber filling shoe and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Ingo Klaer, Stephan Mies, Robert Peucker
  • Patent number: 11014321
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary press having height-staggered ram tips for carrying out at least two pressing operations, which preferably build on one another. Furthermore, the invention relates particularly to rotary presses and methods for producing multi-layer and coating-core tablets and for pressing tablets into cups during a rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: KORSCH AG
    Inventors: Ingo Klaer, Thomas Weissbach, Stephan Mies
  • Publication number: 20210086465
    Abstract: A casing for a rotor of a tableting machine is disclosed. A method for removing excess tableting material from a tableting machine is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Stephan Mies, Thomas Weissbach
  • Publication number: 20210053309
    Abstract: A rotary press comprising at least one pressing station having each of a vertically-adjustable upper and lower pressure roller, which are mounted by axes in the at least one pressing station. Cam-guided upper punches having punch heads are fed to the upper pressure roller by a control cam and a pull-up cam raises the upper punches to a highest point above a filling device. A vertically-adjustable safety cam is designed to be vertically adjustable in relation to the upper pressure roller. The rotary press may comprise a preliminary pressure cam, which is integrated in a guide block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Matthes, Wolfgang Korsch, Stephan Mies
  • Publication number: 20210031477
    Abstract: A rotary press comprising at least one pressing station having each of a vertically-adjustable upper and lower pressure roller, which are mounted by axes in the at least one pressing station. Cam-guided upper punches having punch heads are fed to the upper pressure roller by a control cam and a pull-up cam raises the upper punches to a highest point above a filling device. A vertically-adjustable safety cam is designed to be vertically adjustable in relation to the upper pressure roller. The rotary press may comprise a preliminary pressure cam, which is integrated in a guide block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Stephan Mies, Ingo Klaer, Michael Matthes
  • Publication number: 20200114610
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filling device for a tabletting machine comprising a covering device and a cone, wherein a gap is formed between the covering device and the cone, said gap being adapted to guide tabletting material from a filling tube of the filling device into a region of die openings of a die table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ingo KLAER, Stephan MIES
  • Publication number: 20190099972
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary press having height-staggered ram tips for carrying out at least two pressing operations, which preferably build on one another. Furthermore, the invention relates particularly to rotary presses and methods for producing multi-layer and coating-core tablets and for pressing tablets into cups during a rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Ingo KLAER, Thomas WEISSBACH, Stephan MIES
  • Patent number: 10183457
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and a method for exchanging vertically segmented rotor segments (16) on a rotary tablet press (34). The system comprises a rotor (10) comprising at least two vertically segmented rotor segments (16), a transfer unit (36) and an assembly carriage (38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: KORSCH AG
    Inventors: Stephan Mies, Ingo Klaer, Michael Matthes
  • Publication number: 20160144587
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method for exchanging vertically segmented rotor segments (16) on a rotary tablet press (34), said system comprising a rotor (10) comprising at least two vertically segmented rotor segments (16), a transfer unit (36) and an assembly carriage (38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Stephan Mies, Ingo Klaer, Michael Matthes
  • Patent number: 9114585
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for inserting inserts (cores) into female molds of a rotary tableting press. The inserts are inserted individually into one female mold each of a rotating rotor of the rotary tableting press by separating the inserts from a nonspecific quantity by means of a feeder mechanism, feeding them to a core distributor and aligning them from there with the female molds in a precisely defined position and delivering the inserts to the female molds in this position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: KORSCH AG
    Inventors: Michael Schmett, Wolfgang Korsch, Helmut Zeddies, Stephan Mies
  • Patent number: 8550804
    Abstract: A rotary press, particularly for manufacturing tablets, has a rotarily driven rotor and at least one pressure roller unit which is detachably secured to a bearing device, particularly at least one bearing plate, by means of a retaining device. Provision is made here for a plurality of similar retaining devices to be arranged on the bearing device, wherein the pressure roller unit can optionally be secured to one of the retaining devices and/or transferred between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Korsch AG
    Inventors: Stephan Mies, Michael Matthes, Jürgen Böhnlein, Walter Hegel, Helmut Zeddies, Wolfgang Korsch
  • Publication number: 20120058215
    Abstract: A rotary press, particularly for manufacturing tablets, has a rotarily driven rotor and at least one pressure roller unit which is detachably secured to a bearing device, particularly at least one bearing plate, by means of a retaining device. Provision is made here for a plurality of similar retaining devices to be arranged on the bearing device, wherein the pressure roller unit can optionally be secured to one of the retaining devices and/or transferred between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Stephan Mies, Michael Matthes, Jürgen Böhnlein, Walter Hegel, Helmut Zeddies, Wolfgang Korsch
  • Publication number: 20090260212
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for inserting inserts (cores) into female molds of a rotary tableting press. The inserts are inserted individually into one female mold each of a rotating rotor of the rotary tableting press by separating the inserts from a nonspecific quantity by means of a feeder mechanism, feeding them to a core distributor and aligning them from there with the female molds in a precisely defined position and delivering the inserts to the female molds in this position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Schmett, Wolfgang Korsch, Helmut Zeddies, Stephan Mies