Patents by Inventor Zygmunt Madrzak

Zygmunt Madrzak 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: 6250580
    Abstract: Process and winding machine for the continuous winding of a web of material onto a reel spool to form a reel. The process includes forming a winding nip between a peripheral zone of a reel drum the reel, guiding the material web over the peripheral zone of the reel drum, positioning the reel in a secondary zone, and displacing and pressing the reel drum against the reel in the secondary zone. In this manner, one of control and regulation of a linear force in the winding nip occurs through the displacement of the reel drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Zygmunt Madrzak, Roland Möller
  • Patent number: 6173636
    Abstract: A paper machine for one of making and processing a fiber material web. A plurality of rolls carry the fiber material web. The plurality of rolls include a load roll and another roll defining a nip therebetween. The fiber material web travels through the nip and defines a gore with the load roll on an approach side of the nip. A movable cutoff knife includes a cutting edge positioned in the gore at a slight distance from the nip and adjacent to the fiber material web. At least one impulse exchanger is positioned in association with the cutoff knife. The impulse exchanger is configured to transfer impulse energy to the cutoff knife whereby the cutting edge cuts the fiber material web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Zygmunt Madrzak, Bernd Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 6129305
    Abstract: Winding machine for continuous winding of a material web, in particular a paper or cardboard web, onto a reel into a winding roll, having a movable pressing drum, which forms a winding gap with the winding roll, having at least one primary transport device by means of which the reel can be moved along a first guide track, and at least one secondary transport device that guides the reel along a second guide track. To prepare for a reel change, the new reel can be shifted by the primary transport device into a reel-changing position in which a new winding gap is formed between the new reel and the pressing drum. In the reel-changing position, the material web is guided over a circumference region of the new reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Moller, Ralf Preising, Rudolf Beisswanger, Zygmunt Madrzak, Walter Kaipf
  • Patent number: 6086954
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for direct or indirect one-sided or double-sided application of a liquid or pasty coating medium onto a spliced traveling material web, notably of paper or cardboard, includes at least one applicator applying the coating medium at a predetermined point of coating application onto the material web. At least one coating suspension system briefly suspends the application of the coating medium at the point of coating application or at a point of suspension located, based on the direction of travel of the material web, ahead of the point of coating application. The suspension of the application of coating medium occurs while or before the material web splice passes the point of coating application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Kaufmann, Zygmunt Madrzak
  • Patent number: 6063193
    Abstract: An applicator for direct or indirect application of a liquid or pasty medium onto a traveling fiber material web includes a metering slot formed as open-jet nozzle between an approach-side lip and a departure-side lip. The approach-side lip or the departure-side lip features on its end directed toward the fiber web an angled flow guide surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Hess, Zygmunt Madrzak
  • Patent number: 6029927
    Abstract: A reeling machine for winding a web, in particular a paper or cardboard web, for the formation of a wound web roll on a reel-spool, with a reeling drum, which forms a winding nip with the wound web roll and with at least one separating mechanism, which separates the web in a separating area. In the reeling machine, the separating mechanism is advanced before the separating process--as seen in vertical direction--from above to the separating area, which lies at a short distance to the outer periphery of the new reel-spool and/or--as seen in run direction of the web--to the winding nip between the reeling drum and the new reel-spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Wohlfahrt, Thomas Martin, Zygmunt Madrzak, Roland Thomas
  • Patent number: 5997646
    Abstract: An applicator for direct or indirect application of a liquid or pasty coating medium onto a traveling material web includes a metering system with a metering slot configured as a nozzle and formed between an approach-side lip and a departure-side lip. The applicator also includes, disposed opposite the nozzle, a traveling countersurface on which the coating medium issuing out of the metering slot is to be applied. The exit of the metering slot is followed by a transfer blade for the coating medium, arranged on the approach-side lip. The transfer blade has its length, with respect to the countersurface, selected such that the transfer blade in its operating position contacts the countersurface. The transfer blade passes the coating medium along its departure-side surface from the exit of the metering slot onto the countersurface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Zygmunt Madrzak, Manfred Ueberschaer
  • Patent number: 5993548
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a machine for processing a fiber web. The machine includes a spreading device with a width. The spreading device is configured for applying a liquid or pasty medium onto the fiber web, or finely controlling an amount of the liquid or pasty medium on the fiber web. A support beam associated with the spreading device has opposing ends and a length which extends across the width of the spreading device. Two support elements are engaged with the support beam for holding the support beam in place. The two support elements are spaced along the length of the support beam, with each support element being located at a distance from a respective end of the support beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Zygmunt Madrzak, Manfred Ueberschar
  • Patent number: 5958513
    Abstract: An apparatus for direct or indirect application of a liquid or pasty medium onto a traveling material web, notably of paper or cardboard, with a support beam which substantially extends in its length direction across the entire width of the material web, is supported in at least two bearing points and includes at least one finish-dosing apparatus. A backing roll opposes the support beam. A relevant bearing point includes two mutually spaced support bars each of which is at its one end jointedly fixed to pivot points of the support beam and at its other end pivotally connected to at least one foundation. At least one prop bar is attached at its one end jointedly to the support beam and is at its other end jointedly fixed to the foundation. A least one of the aforementioned bars is lengthwise adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Zygmunt Madrzak
  • Patent number: 5948477
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a coating apparatus for the direct or indirect application of a liquid or pasty substance onto a moving layer of material, such as paper, carton or cardboard, with a dispenser implement and, at some distance further along the line, a spreading device for finely controlling the amount of applied medium. The dispenser implement and the spreading device share a common collector/drain surface and a common collector bin for gathering excess amounts of the liquid or pasty substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Zygmunt Madrzak, Manfred Ueberschar
  • Patent number: 5932010
    Abstract: An application unit for directly or indirectly applying a fluid or pasty medium to a continuous material web, particularly made of paper or cardboard, includes a support beam extending in its longitudinal direction substantially across the entire width of the material web; a counter-roll opposite the support beam; a doctor element detachably secured to the support beam via a holding device and extending substantially across the entire width of the counter-roll; and a pressing member disposed on the support beam and to which a pressing force is directly and/or indirectly applied by at least one pressing device and with which the doctor element can be pressed against the counter-roll at a predetermined pressure in the region of its blade-element end mated with the counter-roll. When viewed in cross section, the pressing member is formed as a parallelogram body supported at one end in or on at least one mount and running substantially parallel to the doctor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen
    Inventors: Zygmunt Madrzak, Manfred Ueberschaer
  • Patent number: 5922407
    Abstract: A method of application of a liquid or pasty medium onto a moving material web consisting, in particular, of paper or cardboard, in which a direct application (2) of a liquid or pasty medium (4) onto one side of a moving material web (1) and a contactless deflection (3) of the moving material web along a curved path of motion ensues, the side of the moving material web to be provided with the liquid or pasty medium passing through a concave curvature and the direct application (2) of the liquid or pasty medium ensuing directly ahead of the deflection (3) or during the deflection as a free jet along a contactlessly guided section of the moving material web. Additionally, an apparatus for implementing the method is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Hess, Joachim Henssler, Michael Trefz, Bernhard Kohl, Zygmunt Madrzak, Rudolf Munch
  • Patent number: 5915648
    Abstract: A drum for guiding a material web, in particular a paper web. The drum has a jacket and a hollow interior. A respective cover at each end of the jacket. A respective bearing journal at each cover for supporting the roll to rotate. The jacket has a plurality of passage openings for passage of air therethrough. At least one and perhaps two impellers inside the interior of the drum, each having a suction side for drawing air into the drum through the passage openings. A pressure side at the other side of the impeller. Air exits the drum from the pressure side of the impeller through passage openings and/or an opening in a cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Zygmunt Madrzak, Karl Ruck
  • Patent number: 5893951
    Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator for direct or indirect application of a liquid or pasty coating medium onto a traveling material web, notably of paper or cardboard, including at least one adjustable coating edge delimiting apparatus for adjustment of a coating width on an applicator roll, backing roll and/or a traveling material web. The coating edge delimiting apparatus is arranged so as to be movable stepwise or continuously in a direction substantially transverse to the direction of travel of the material web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Zygmunt Madrzak, Anton Plomer
  • Patent number: 5858096
    Abstract: The invention relates to an application unit for the direct or indirect application of a liquid or pasty medium (12) onto a moving material web, in particular consisting of paper or board, comprising a dosing gap formed as a free jet nozzle, the dosing gap being formed between a leading lip (4) and a trailing lip (8), and at least one feed channel (14) leading to the dosing gap. The application unit is characterized in that the dosing gap is subdivided in a comb-like manner and has a plurality of defined through-gaps (32) for the liquid or pasty medium (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Zygmunt Madrzak, Manfred Ueberschar, Benjamin Mendez, Michael Trefz, Ingo Gottwald, Martin F. Kustermann
  • Patent number: 5848756
    Abstract: A method and device for the winding up of a moving web of paper (9) on a reel spool (11), as large a part as possible of the developing wound roll (12) having a high degree of winding hardness (WH), characterized by the fact that a relatively soft intermediate layer is formed between the wound roll (12) of high winding hardness and the winding core (11). This is achieved in the manner that, during a short initial phase of the winding process, it is ensured that the winding hardness (WH) is relatively slight in the innermost layers of the wound roll (12), whereupon an immediate transition to a relatively high winding hardness (WH) is effected which is being substantially maintained during the rest of the winding-up process. Alternately, the relatively soft intermediate layer can also be created in the manner that the reel spool (11A-11D) has a soft covering (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47) on a metal reel spool body (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Sollinger, Rudolf Beisswanger, Ulrich Schettler, Karl-Josef Boeck, Zygmunt Madrzak, Karl Rueck
  • Patent number: 5820675
    Abstract: An application unit for directly or indirectly applying a fluid or pasty medium to a continuous material web, particularly one made of paper or cardboard, includes a beam that extends across the entire length of the application unit, and a distribution pipe arranged within beam. The pipe is connected via through-flow openings to a feed duct merging into a metering gap forming a free-jet nozzle. The pipe may alternatively be coupled to an application chamber. The through-flow openings are arranged in an upper portion of the distribution pipe and at least one discharge opening for fluid or pasty medium is provided at any one or more other portions of the distribution pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Zygmunt Madrzak
  • Patent number: 5816124
    Abstract: A device and method for separating a running material web includes a knife, having a substantially planar body and a toothed edge, and an apparatus for swinging the knife into the running material web. The method includes running the material web in a direction and subsequently swinging the knife toward the web in a direction, the cutting edge contacting the web at an angle of inclination between the knife body and the web measuring at most 45.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Zygmunt Madrzak
  • Patent number: 5797561
    Abstract: An unwinding station for fiber webs, particularly paper webs, features a support each for a new web roll (primary paper roll 16) and for a previous web roll (secondary paper roll) as well as a system for splicing the web leader of the primary paper roll on the fly to the web end of the secondary paper roll. This system allows the so-called flying splice. A drive unit (M) operating selectively as a motor or brake is coupled to the primary paper roll (16). An RPM control (24) or a web draw control (25) is coupled selectively to a control (20) of the drive unit (M) using a switching system (34). An additional drive (M') operating exclusively as a motor is coupled to the primary paper roll (16), and at that, during the period of time between the activation of the drive unit (M) and splicing the web on the fly, independent of the drive unit (M).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Zygmunt Madrzak
  • Patent number: 5788771
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for applying a fluid or pasty medium to a continuous material web, particularly one made of paper or cardboard, having at least one application unit (1) for the fluid or pasty medium, comprising a roll (2) assigned to the application unit (1) for receiving the fluid or pasty medium in the case of an indirect application or for supplying the web in the event of a direct application, further comprising an application blade (6), and a cleaning blade (7) arranged against the direction of rotation (P) of the roll (2) at a distance from the application blade (6), the cleaning blade (7) limiting by means of the application blade (6) an application chamber (5) for the fluid or pasty medium and having a blade element (12) extending across the width of the web and arranged within a blade base (13). The blade element (12) is movably arranged in a direction running essentially parallel to its longitudinal extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Zygmunt Madrzak, Benjamin Mendez