Patents by Inventor Ulrich Gathmann

Ulrich Gathmann 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: 6319435
    Abstract: A method for the production monitoring with the manufacture of tablets in a rotary tabletting machine, with a row of upper and lower punches arranged in pairs, which cooperate with matrix bores, in which for each punch pair the maximum of the pressing force is measured, via a preselected number of readings (measuring row) an actual mean value is computed and compared to a nominal mean value and the supply of material to the individual matrix bores (filling degree) is changed when the deviation exceeds a predetermined measure, wherein before forming the mean value those pressing force readings of each measuring row, which significantly deviate with respect to other readings, are eliminated (freak value test).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Wilhelm Fette GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Hinzpeter, Ingo Schmidt, Ulrich Gathmann, Jörg Reitberger, Joachim Greve, Klaus-Peter Preuss
  • Patent number: 6074584
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing pressed parts from hard metal, ceramic, sintered metal or likewise, in which a part of a charge of a powder-like or granular original material is filled into a pressing mould and is pressed with at least one pressing stamp against a counter surface, wherein the force and the distance of the pressing stamp are measured, and wherein there are the following method steps:depending on the geometry of the pressed part and on the original material during the compression for a pressing stamp a desired force-distance diagram (nominal curve) is determined and stored;in a computer during the compression the measured values for the distance and the force of the pressing stamp are compared to the nominal curve;by way of at least one separately actuated section of the pressing stamp or of a separate stamp the pressure on the pressing material during the compression phase is increased or reduced as soon as a deviation from the nominal curve is determined, in order at the end of the compression pha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Wilhelm Fette GmbH
    Inventors: Jurgen Hinzpeter, Ingo Schmidt, Ulrich Gathmann, Jorg Reitberger, Klaus-Peter Preuss, Alexander Oldenburg, Joachim Greve