Patents by Inventor Thomas Menz

Thomas Menz 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).

  • Extruder
    Patent number: 5855927
    Abstract: An extruder for the plastification and extrusion of a rubber mixture in the form of two cold material strips through two inlet passages (4, 5) has in a housing (1) two gears (2, 3) meshing with one another in the manner of a gear pump. The inlet passages (4, 5) are provided each in an insert (8, 9) which is held replaceably in the housing (1). In this manner it becomes possible, by exchanging the inserts (8, 9) to adapt to various materials to be worked by the extruder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Uth GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Joachim Uth, Thomas Menz