Patents by Inventor Thomas Buchmaier

Thomas Buchmaier 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).

  • Blocking device in a paper-making machine
    Patent number: 5882481
    Abstract: A machine for the production of a continuous web, particularly of paper or cardboard, may include a plurality of rolls around which a continuous web may be guided. The machine may also include a blocking device, arranged in a vicinity of an edge of the continuous web, to prevent turbulences and arranged at a predetermined distance from a free stretch formed by the continuous web traveling between two adjacent rolls. The blocking device may extend along a longitudinal portion of the free stretch, i.e, in a transport direction of the continuous web, and/or may extend across a portion of the free stretch transverse to the transport direction of the continuous web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kahl, Wolfgang Muller, Thomas Buchmaier