Patents by Inventor Thomas KNOEFEL

Thomas KNOEFEL 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: 20240017092
    Abstract: At least one example embodiment relates to a method of manufacturing an applicator. The method includes providing a shaft. The shaft has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The method further includes providing a cap, providing a base portion, and forming an applicator. The forming the applicator includes connecting the cap to the first end of the shaft and connecting the base portion to the second end of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Varian Medical Systems Particle Therapy GmbH
    Inventors: Judith JAENSCH, Ruth DESELAERS, Christian GERBER, Josef RUPPRECHT, Thomas KNOEFEL, Michael OTT
  • Patent number: 9420975
    Abstract: An imaging facility having an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, and a rotation facility operable to rotate the X-ray source and the X-ray detector around a center of rotation. The imaging facility also has a first translation facility operable to move the X-ray source in a direction that has a component that is tangential to a circle of rotation around the center of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marcus Gutfleisch, Thomas Knöfel, Gerhard Lechsel, Alexander Passin, Thomas Tücking
  • Patent number: 8234801
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) for feeding pieces of cloth to a device for treating clothes, said apparatus (1) comprising: one or more sets of spreader clamps (20) arranged to be moveable away from each other for straightening of a fore edge of said pieces of cloth and for delivering said piece of cloth to the conveyor (40). At least one set of spreader clamps is configured for performing a movement between a receiving (M) and a delivery (A) position, where the spreader clamps in the receiving position (M) have a first predetermined orientation relative to the conveyor (40); and wherein the spreader clamps (20) in the delivery (A) position have a second predetermined orientation, where the straightened piece of cloth is essentially in parallel with the conveyor (40). Hereby it is accomplished that the pieces of cloth can be received in the spreader clamps (20) from a random feeding position on the charger station (70).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Jensen Denmark A/S
    Inventors: Steen Nielsen, Henrik Munch Jensen, Jonas Birk Hansen, Thomas Knöfel
  • Publication number: 20120177171
    Abstract: An imaging facility having an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, and a rotation facility operable to rotate the X-ray source and the X-ray detector around a center of rotation. The imaging facility also has a first translation facility operable to move the X-ray source in a direction that has a component that is tangential to a circle of rotation around the center of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Marcus Gutfleisch, Thomas Knöfel, Gerhard Lechsel, Alexander Passin, Thomas Tücking
  • Publication number: 20100024260
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) for feeding pieces of cloth to a device for treating clothes, said apparatus (1) comprising: one or more sets of spreader clamps (20) arranged to be moveable away from each other for straightening of a fore edge of said pieces of cloth and for delivering said piece of cloth to the conveyor (40). At least one set of spreader clamps is configured for performing a movement between a receiving (M) and a delivery (A) position, where the spreader clamps in the receiving position (M) have a first predetermined orientation relative to the conveyor (40); and wherein the spreader clamps (20) in the delivery (A) position have a second predetermined orientation, where the straightened piece of cloth is essentially in parallel with the conveyor (40). Hereby it is accomplished that the pieces of cloth can be received in the spreader clamps (20) from a random feeding position on the charger station (70).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: JENSEN DENMARK A/S
    Inventors: Steen Nielsen, Henrik Munch Jensen, Jonas Birk Hansen, Thomas Knöfel