Patents by Inventor Thomas ROEHL

Thomas ROEHL 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).

  • Sampling of individual rod-like articles of the tobacco-processing industry from a massflow
    Patent number: 8156828
    Abstract: Method for sampling individual rod-like articles of the tobacco-processing industry from an article massflow via a sampling unit. The article massflow includes a plurality of rod-like articles arranged longitudinally and axially parallel to each other and is conveyed along a conveying section at a predetermined conveyor speed. The method includes moving the sampling unit parallel to a conveyor direction of the article massflow, capturing at least one individual rod-like article from the article massflow with the sampling unit, and removing the captured at least one individual rod-like article from the article massflow in a direction at an angle to the conveyor direction of the article massflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hauni Maschinenbau AG
    Inventors: Thomas Röhl, Jürgen Schmid-Dörnte
  • SAMPLING OF INDIVIDUAL ROD-LIKE ARTICLES OF THE TOBACCO-PROCESSING INDUSTRY FROM A MASSFLOW
    Publication number: 20090193912
    Abstract: Method for sampling individual rod-like articles of the tobacco-processing industry from an article massflow via a sampling unit. The article massflow includes a plurality of rod-like articles arranged longitudinally and axially parallel to each other and is conveyed along a conveying section at a predetermined conveyor speed. The method includes moving the sampling unit parallel to a conveyor direction of the article massflow, capturing at least one individual rod-like article from the article massflow with the sampling unit, and removing the captured at least one individual rod-like article from the article massflow in a direction at an angle to the conveyor direction of the article massflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: HAUNI Maschinenbau AG
    Inventors: Thomas ROEHL, Juergen SCHMID-DOERNTE