Patents by Inventor Urs Fluetsch

Urs Fluetsch 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: 20110253686
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laser processing machine for selectively processing plate-like or pipe-like workpieces, including: a displacement device to which a workpiece table for supporting a plate-like workpiece can be secured in order to move the workpiece table into and out of a processing range of the laser processing machine and a handling device for handling a pipe-like workpiece when the pipe-like workpiece is processed in the processing range, the handling device having at least one support device for supporting the pipe-like workpiece during the processing operation. The support device can be moved in a controlled manner in the longitudinal direction (X) of the pipe-like workpiece over at least 20% of the processing range. The invention also relates to methods for retrofitting laser processing machines from processing plate-like workpieces to processing pipe-like workpieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: TRUMPF WERKZEUGMASCHINEN GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Urs Keel, Alois Fischli, Erich Siegrist, Urs Fluetsch