Patents by Inventor Thomas Sigrist

Thomas Sigrist 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).

  • Patent number: 9839990
    Abstract: Method for reinforcing a grinding wheel, preferably for grinding gears. By means of at least one plastic that is poured in, both a ring lining a bore of the grinding wheel and a reinforcing layer are formed in the grinding wheel pores. The plastic that is poured in preferably consists of a potting compound, used in the raw state, made of a 2-component polyurethane system. In order to produce the reinforcement, the grinding wheel is set rotating, i.e., rotated, and, at the same time, a specific quantity of potting compound is poured into the bore. An increase in the explosion speed during operation of the grinding wheel is thereby made possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Reishauer AG
    Inventors: Florian Hänni, Martin Pavlovic, Thomas Sigrist
  • Publication number: 20160158919
    Abstract: The invention relates to a grinding wheel (1), preferably for grinding gears. By means of at least one plastic that is poured in, both a ring (2a) lining the bore (2) and the reinforcing layer (2b) are formed in the grinding wheel pores. The plastic that is poured in preferably consists of a potting compound, used in the raw state, made of a 2-component polyurethane system. In order to produce the reinforcement, the grinding wheel (1) is set rotating and, at the same time, a specific quantity of potting compound is poured into the bore (2). An increase in the explosion speed during operation of the grinding wheel (1) is made possible thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Florian HÄNNI, Martin PAVLOVIC, Thomas SIGRIST
  • Patent number: 5943740
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for forming a sliver with a first regulated drafting arrangement (10) with several pairs of rollers (11, 12, 14) for the regulated drafting of the fibre mass (8) supplied to the drafting arrangement, with the fibre fleece (28) delivered by the drafting arrangement being joined and supplied to a measuring member (32) from where the measured fibre material is thereafter supplied to a second drafting arrangement (40) and with the autoleveller device (35, 52, 21) of the first drafting arrangement (10) intervening in a regulating manner in the drive of the first drafting arrangement (40) in order to compensate fluctuations in mass on the basis of the signals issued by the measuring member (32) by including a predetermined setpoint value.Various regulating and control devices are known in practice in order to obtain a high-quality sliver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Rieter Machine Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Walter Slavik, Gerd Gschliesser, Viktor Pietrini, Thomas Sigrist, Roland Fischer