Patents by Inventor Werner Schumers

Werner Schumers 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).

  • Device for continuously casting molten metals
    Patent number: 7048032
    Abstract: A device for casting a molten metal comprising casting rolls and a housing arranged downstream from the rolls for the cast strip. The aim of the invention is to be able to replace the casting rolls with minimum mounting, and to simultaneously reduce the thermal load of the casting rolls and the adjacent units. A casting roll screen which forms a displaceable structural unit with a frame used to support the casting rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignees: Voest Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH & Co., Thyssenkrupp Nirosta GmbH
    Inventors: Gerald Hohenbichler, Michael Zahedi, Karl Klima, Thomas Stepanek, Guido Stebner, Wilhelm Mankau, Werner Schümers
  • Device for continuously casting molten metals
    Publication number: 20050077024
    Abstract: A device for casting a molten metal comprising casting rolls and a housing arranged downstream from the rolls for the cast strip. The aim of the invention is to be able to replace the casting rolls with minimum mounting, and to simultaneously reduce the thermal load of the casting rolls and the adjacent units. A casting roll screen which forms a displaceable structural unit with a frame used to support the casting rolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Gerald Hohenbichler, Michael Zahedi, Karl Klima, Thomas Stepanek, Guido Stebner, Wilhelm Mankau, Werner Schumers
  • Lifting device on a continuous casting mold
    Patent number: 4953613
    Abstract: A lifting device is provided which has two rotatingly driven eccentric shafts articulated to an elevating platform for the continuous casting mold or directly to the latter. At least one Cardan shaft (D) which meets at least one of the following two conditions is provided in the linkage between the rotating drive (B) and the eccentric shafts (A):(a) the position of the joint head (H) removed from the eccentric shaft (A) is variable (change of position angle .beta.),(b) the joint heads (G,H) can be rotated mutually (gimbal error).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Thyssen Edelstahlwerke AG
    Inventor: Werner Schumers