Patents by Inventor Thomas Hrach

Thomas Hrach 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A CALIBRATED STAMPED PART
    Publication number: 20260138391
    Abstract: A method for producing a calibrated stamped part for use in the production of embossed products, in particular coins, from a flat, in particular rolled or drawn, stamped part (1), comprises the following steps:—a positioning step a), in which the flat stamped part (1) is positioned between an upper punch surface (4) and a lower punch surface (5), —a contact step b), after which the two punch surfaces (4, 5) are in contact with the flat stamped part (1), —a calibration step c), in which the flat stamped part (1) is plastically deformed until a predefined distance (A) is reached between the punch surfaces (4, 5), with material of the flat stamped part (1) being displaced laterally, and —at least one severing step d), in which the laterally protruding material (10) of the flat stamped part (1) is severed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventor: Thomas HRACH
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING GIVEAWAY MATERIAL ON MINT PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20250083352
    Abstract: A machine and method for reducing giveaway material on mint products. The machine may include a conveying assembly for conveying a plurality of mints products to be processed. The machine may also include a processing assembly for processing at least one given mint product at a time, so as to remove an amount of giveaway material from each one of the mint products. The machine may also include a recuperating assembly for recuperating mint products having being processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Yanick Mathieu, David John Stanley Baldwin, Frederick Leclerc, Thomas Hrach, Mag. Hermann Schurer
  • System and method for reducing giveaway material on mint products
    Patent number: 12097631
    Abstract: A machine and method for reducing giveaway material on mint products. The machine may include a conveying assembly for conveying a plurality of mints products to be processed. The machine may also include a processing assembly for processing at least one given mint product at a time, so as to remove an amount of giveaway material from each one of the mint products. The machine may also include a recuperating assembly for recuperating mint products having being processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: MONNAIE ROYALE CANADIENNE / ROYAL CANADIAN MINT
    Inventors: Yanick Mathieu, David John Stanley Baldwin, Frederick Leclerc, Thomas Hrach, Mag. Hermann Schurer
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING GIVEAWAY MATERIAL ON MINT PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20210138676
    Abstract: A machine and method for reducing giveaway material on mint products. The machine may include a conveying assembly for conveying a plurality of mints products to be processed. The machine may also include a processing assembly for processing at least one given mint product at a time, so as to remove an amount of giveaway material from each one of the mint products. The machine may also include a recuperating assembly for recuperating mint products having being processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Yanick Mathieu, David John Stanley Baldwin, Frederick Leclerc, Thomas Hrach, Mag. Hermann Schurer
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING GIVEAWAY MATERIAL ON MINT PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20180370057
    Abstract: A machine and method for reducing giveaway material on mint products. The machine may include a conveying assembly for conveying a plurality of mints products to be processed. The machine may also include a processing assembly for processing at least one given mint product at a time, so as to remove an amount of giveaway material from each one of the mint products. The machine may also include a recuperating assembly for recuperating mint products having being processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yanick Mathieu, David John Stanley Baldwin, Frederick Leclerc, Thomas Hrach, Mag. Hermann Schurer
  • System and method for reducing giveaway material on mint products
    Patent number: 10029378
    Abstract: A machine and method for reducing giveaway material on mint products. The machine may include a conveying assembly for conveying a plurality of mints products to be processed. The machine may also include a processing assembly for processing at least one given mint product at a time, so as to remove an amount of giveaway material from each one of the mint products. The machine may also include a recuperating assembly for recuperating mint products having being processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Royal Canadian Mint
    Inventors: Yanick Mathieu, David John Stanley Baldwin, Frederick Leclerc, Thomas Hrach, Mag. Hermann Schurer