Patents by Inventor Walter Kramer

Walter Kramer 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: 12559328
    Abstract: The invention relates to a separator for separating a conveyed medium, preferably air, from a conveyed material (4). Said separator comprises a container (1) which has at least one feed line (3) for the conveyed medium/conveyed material mixture, at least one outlet for the conveyed material (4), and at least one outlet (8) for the conveyed medium. In order to avoid abrasion damage at high conveying speeds or to ensure that said abrasion damage occurs at most only to a small extent, while nevertheless ensuring that the conveying medium and conveying material are reliably separated, an impact wall (14), which adjoins a cover wall (15) at an angle thereto, is located in the housing (1) opposite and at a distance from the outlet end (10) of the feed line (3) in the inflow direction (13) of the conveyed medium/conveyed material mixture. Said impact wall covers the inflow path of the conveyed medium/conveyed material mixture, blocking it from the outlet (8) for the conveyed medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Inventor: Walter Kramer
  • Publication number: 20240051771
    Abstract: A gate valve has a gate for opening and closing a conveyor line, which is connected to a piston. The piston delimits a pressure chamber within a housing which can be pressure-connected to the interior of the conveyor line. A module for producing a conveyor line of a system for conveying bulk material has a tube section from which a tubular crosspiece branches off, in which a valve is seated. The system for conveying bulk material has at least two senders containing the bulk material and at least one receiver receiving the bulk material, which are line-connected to one another by conveyor lines. The conveyor lines have at least one receiver collecting line, which has a line section running upwards, into which at least two transverse lines open, in each of which a valve is seated for opening and closing the line sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Walter Kramer
  • Publication number: 20230129108
    Abstract: The invention relates to a separator for separating a conveyed medium, preferably air, from a conveyed material (4). Said separator comprises a container (1) which has at least one feed line (3) for the conveyed medium/conveyed material mixture, at east one outlet for the conveyed material (4), and at least one outlet (8) for the conveyed medium. In order to avoid abrasion damage at high conveying speeds or to ensure that said abrasion damage occurs at most only to a small extent, while nevertheless ensuring that the conveying medium and conveying material are reliably separated, an impact wall (14), which adjoins a cover wall (15) at an angle thereto, is located in the housing (1) opposite and at a distance from the outlet end (10) of the feed line (3) in the inflow direction (13) of the conveyed medium/conveyed material mixture. Said impact wall covers the inflow path of the conveyed medium/conveyed material mixture, blocking it from the outlet (8) for the conveyed medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: Walter Kramer
  • Patent number: 11066255
    Abstract: A vacuum conveying system has at least two storage locations and at least two consumers connected by supply conduits and discharge conduits to each other. A vacuum source is provided that produces a vacuum flow/air flow. A central material conduit is provided with valves, wherein the supply conduits and the discharge conduits each have one of the valves associated therewith. The valves actuate conveying paths of bulk material from the at least two storage locations to the at least two consumers. The valves have a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the valves open the material conduit to provide a through passage. In the second position, the valves supply the vacuum flow/air flow to the central material conduit or conduct the vacuum flow/air flow away from the central material conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventor: Walter Kramer
  • Patent number: 10906757
    Abstract: The module (19) for a conveyor system for bulk goods has at least one first tubular section (20). A second tubular section (23), which is provided with at least one coupling piece (21), branches away from said first tubular section. The second tubular section (23) adjoins a valve (13) which has three connections (25, 26). The first connection forms a flow-connection with the second tubular section (23). The second connection (26) of the valve (13) can be selectively connected to the first connection (25) by means of a first line and to the third connection (25) by means of a second line (48).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventor: Walter Kramer
  • Publication number: 20200270074
    Abstract: A vacuum conveying system has at least two storage locations and at least two consumers connected by supply conduits and discharge conduits to each other. A vacuum source is provided that produces a vacuum flow/air flow. A central material conduit is provided with valves, wherein the supply conduits and the discharge conduits each have one of the valves associated therewith. The valves actuate conveying paths of bulk material from the at least two storage locations to the at least two consumers. The valves have a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the valves open the material conduit to provide a through passage. In the second position, the valves supply the vacuum flow/air flow to the central material conduit or conduct the vacuum flow/air flow away from the central material conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Walter Kramer
  • Patent number: 10598289
    Abstract: The disclosed spool valve is used especially in conveying systems comprising conveying pipes (6, 7) and includes a spool (1) which allows the conveying cross-section of the conveying pipe (6, 7) to be closed. The spool (1) has at least one through-hole (33). The conveying pipe (6, 7) is sealed from the spool (1) by at least one sealing ring (27, 28). Said sealing ring (27, 28) surrounds the conveying line (6, 7) and includes a washer-shaped sealing portion. Said sealing portion lies flat on the spool and seals under the effect of the difference between the pressure in the conveying line (6, 7) and the ambient pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Inventor: Walter Kramer
  • Publication number: 20200055679
    Abstract: The module (19) for a conveyor system for bulk goods has at least one first tubular section (20). A second tubular section (23), which is provided with at least one coupling piece (21), branches away from said first tubular section. The second tubular section (23) adjoins a valve (13) which has three connections (25, 26). The first connection forms a flow-connection with the second tubular section (23). The second connection (26) of the valve (13) can be selectively connected to the first connection (25) by means of a first line and to the third connection (25) by means of a second line (48).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Walter Kramer
  • Publication number: 20190291977
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conveying system for bulk goods, in particular plastic granules, which conveying system has at least two senders (A to C) and at least two receivers (I to IV), which are connected to each other by conveying lines (7 to 9) via at least one switch station (1). The switch station (1) has at least two inlets (4 to 6) and at least two outlets (10 to 12), which are each provided with a valve (13) and which are provided on a coupling tube (2) that connects the inlets (4 to 6) and the outlets (10 to 12). The switch station (1) has at least one venting valve (14, 15, 32), which is provided on the coupling tube (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Walter KRAMER
  • Publication number: 20170159831
    Abstract: The disclosed spool valve is used especially in conveying systems comprising conveying pipes (6, 7) and includes a spool (1) which allows the conveying cross-section of the conveying pipe (6, 7) to be closed. The spool (1) has at least one through-hole (33). The conveying pipe (6, 7) is sealed from the spool (1) by at least one sealing ring (27, 28). Said sealing ring (27, 28) surrounds the conveying line (6, 7) and includes a washer-shaped sealing portion. Said sealing portion lies flat on the spool and seals under the effect of the difference between the pressure in the conveying line (6, 7) and the ambient pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Walter Kramer
  • Publication number: 20160176657
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coupling point serving to form a coupling station between at least two senders and at least one receiver of a pneumatic conveyance system for conveying bulk material. The bulk material is directed by sender tubes and receiver tubes, which fluidically connect the sender and the receiver to the coupling station (6). The coupling point is a plug-in module which has at least one sender divider tube (7) and at least one receiver divider tuber (12). The sender divider tube (7) has at least one outlet (10) and the receiver divider tube (12) has at least one inlet (15) for the bulk material. The sender divider tube (7) and the receiver divider tube (12) each have at least one connection (9, 14) for a next plug-in module (21) or a sender tube (4) or receiver tube (5). The outlet (10) of the sender divider tube (7) and the inlet (15) of the receiver divider tube (12) can be closed or released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventor: Walter KRAMER
  • Patent number: 9291342
    Abstract: An arrangement for influencing the flow of an exhaust gas of a gas turbine in a channel that preferably leads to a waste-heat exchanger or boiler. A flow grating is disposed transversely in the channel at an end of the channel that faces the gas turbine. The flow grating partially obstructs the cross-sectional area of the channel, and is provided with passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: NEM POWER-SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Walter Kramer, Wim Stijger, Raymond Johannes Josephus Gunnewijk, Uwe Hensch
  • Publication number: 20120279596
    Abstract: An arrangement for influencing the flow of an exhaust gas of a gas turbine in a channel that preferably leads to a waste-heat exchanger or boiler. A flow grating is disposed transversely in the channel at an end of the channel that faces the gas turbine. The flow grating partially obstructs the cross-sectional area of the channel, and is provided with passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Walter Kramer, Wim Stijger, Raymond Johannes Josephus Gunnewijk, Uwe Hensch
  • Publication number: 20090218753
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for the torque limitation in a machine for processing means of payment. The invention has use as a device for limiting torque in a machine for processing means of payment, wherein the device for the torque limitation includes two elements transmitting a torque, the two elements having magnets which are disposed in the two elements with an angular distribution of the same kind, the magnets connecting the two elements to each other in a non-positive fashion, and the connection of the two elements being disrupted when a maximum transmittable torque is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventor: Walter Kramer
  • Patent number: 7153078
    Abstract: Through a loading and unloading station for load carriers of vehicle bodies, vehicles or the like, it is possible to unload vehicle bodies from a railway car in a continuous cycle and supply them to a production facility, wherein in one cycle simultaneously the load carriers receiving the vehicle bodies are returned to an empty railway car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignees: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, UTC Uebach Technologie Consulting GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Beerhalter, Lothar Boettcher, Guenther Wolf, Guenther Wittenmayer, Claus-Peter Krause, Eckard Uebach, Ernst Hopf, Walter Kramer
  • Publication number: 20050018855
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing an improved film/nonwoven laminate from a fibrous nonwoven web and a polymeric film wherein the nonwoven web and polymeric film are bonded together by passing the nonwoven web and the polymeric film through the nip between two rolls. One of the rolls is in contact with polymeric film. This roll has a surface that is made from a soft material that deforms under nip pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventor: Walter Kramer
  • Patent number: 6786366
    Abstract: A metering device for metering dry bulk material contained in a storage container has at least one metering element and a rotary drive connected to the at least one metering element. At least one outlet is provided, and the metering element feeds the dry bulk material to the outlet. The metering element transports the dry bulk material in a direction different from a horizontal direction and comprises at least one helical stay. The outlet has an outlet pipe that extends into the lower area of the storage container. The helical stay interacts with the outlet pipe for effecting transport of the dry bulk material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Motan Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Kramer, Holger Kühnau, Manfred Nowak, Paul Hodruss
  • Publication number: 20040103979
    Abstract: A composite is first formed by depositing on a breathable but water-impermeable synthetic resin film, a multiplicity of molten binding polymer threads from a multiplicity of orifices so that there is substantial space between the threads. A second web, e.g. an open-pore structure is then bonded to the first web by the molten thread so that the composite retains the flexibility and softness of the open-pore structure and the breathability of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicant: Reifenhauser GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik
    Inventor: Walter Kramer
  • Publication number: 20040081540
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a loading car (1), in particular for transferring a load (2) from a readiness zone (3) to a target zone (4), and to a loading system (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Eckhard Uebach, Walter Kramer, Ernst-Roland Hopf
  • Publication number: 20040052621
    Abstract: Through a loading and unloading station for load carriers of vehicle bodies, vehicles or the like, it is possible to unload vehicle bodies from a railway car in a continuous cycle and supply them to a production facility, wherein in one cycle simultaneously the load carriers receiving the vehicle bodies are returned to an empty railway car.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Christoph Beerhalter, Lothar Boettcher, Guenther Wolf, Guenther Wittenmayer, Claus-Peter Krause, Eckard Uebach, Ernst Hopf, Walter Kramer