Patents by Inventor Werner Karsten

Werner Karsten 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).

  • Anchoring apparatus for a mining installation
    Patent number: 4176884
    Abstract: Apparatus for anchoring a mining installation to the floor of a mine working includes an anchor beam and means for anchoring the anchor beam. A trolley is mounted on the anchor beam for longitudinal movement relative thereto. A guide skid is pivotally connected, at one end, to the trolley and one end of a support skid is pivotally connected to the other end of the guide skid. The other end of the support skid is pivotally connected to a support table for the mining installation, whereby the support table can pivot in a vertical plane. A support strut pivotally connected to both the guide skid and the support table holds the support table firmly at a given inclination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1979
    Assignee: Gewerkschaft Eisenhutte Westfalia
    Inventors: Helmut Erwien, Werner Karsten
  • Anchoring apparatus for anchoring a mining installation
    Patent number: 4094157
    Abstract: Apparatus for anchoring a mining installation to the floor of a mining excavation includes an anchor beam and at least one anchoring element which is anchored in a borehole in the floor of the mining excavation. Each anchoring element is provided with a respective tensioning device for prestressing that anchoring element. Each tensioning device comprises a freely pivotable support member on which is arrayed an adjustable anchoring element connection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1978
    Assignee: Gewerkschaft Eisenhutte Westfalia
    Inventors: Werner Karsten, Helmut Erwien