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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6547907 | Method for producing a rotationally symmetric body The invention relates to a method for producing a rotationally symmetric body, especially a hose, specifically a large hose, by utilizing a rotating core as a supporting body for the inner layer; a device for storing and guiding the thread, the device bei... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6511057 | Pneumatic suspension system The invention relates to a pneumatic suspension system (1) comprising at least the following parts: pneumatic suspension bellows (4) made of an elastomer material encompassing a volume-variable air chamber (5); a pneumatic suspension lid (7) to which one ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6484872 | Belt for a conveyor The invention relates to belt (1) for a conveyor. The inventive belt is made of rubber or a plastic similar to rubber and is provided with incorporated traction carriers (2) in the form of cables or cords that are made of steel. The inventive conveyor bel... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6477809 | Device for covering a gap The invention relates to a device for covering a gap, especially for providing a protective cover for the clearance between the door leaf and the door frame so as to avoid accidents. The novel flexible and strand-shaped gap covering profile is configured ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6471138 | Electrically insulating rail system The invention relates to a rail system consisting of a rail, especially a grooved rail, comprising a head, stem and foot, whereby a base profile, made of an elastomeric material is for the most part arranged underneath the foot of the rail, in addition to... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6471139 | Rail arrangement The invention relates to a rail arrangement for a rail superstucture such as a fixed railroad, comprising an elastic intermediate plate (3) which is located between the rail foot and a hard support (6) in the form of a concrete tie and has two through hol... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6468631 | Elastic band-shaped base, specially track-bed matting Elastic band-shaped base (1) made of rubber or of a material similar to rubber for insulating and absorbing vibrations and impact sound, specially track-bed matting, wherein the base is fitted with spaced tubes (2, 3) running parallel to the ground side (... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6434904 | Sealing device The invention relates to a sealing device consisting of two contiguous building elements made of concrete, steel, reinforced concrete, cast iron or other materials, and a shaped sealing element made of an elastomer material which is inserted into a recess... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6371457 | Pneumatic spring with a hose rolling bellows This invention concerns a pneumatic spring consisting of a hose roll bellows of elastomer material which is equipped, in particular, with stiffening supports. The ends of the hose roll bellows are pushed onto a connecting element and attached there by a r... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6315274 | Pneumatic suspension system The invention concerns a pneumatic suspension system (1) comprising at least an elastomer bellows (2) provided with reinforcement linings, a cover (5) with a bottom zone (A) whereon is fixed, by means of a clamp ring or the like (3), the bellows (2) top e... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6296195 | Rail system A rail arrangement includes a bullheaded rail having joint ties and a rail head, a rail bridge and a rail foot. There is a driving track made of concrete with an integrated joint, in which the rail is seated in connection with a substrate; as well as prof... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6291991 | Device for continuously monitoring the junction of a conveyor belt The present invention relates to a device for continuously monitoring the junction of a conveyor belt which is made of rubber or a rubber-type plastic material and which comprises supports inserted therein for reinforcing the same. In an advantageous embo... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6283383 | Rail system The invention relates to a rail system (1) comprising a line of rails with fixations, cross ties (wood, concrete, etc.), an infrastructure (2) on which the cross ties are laid, as well as an elastomeric cross tie shoe, whose sidewall (7), which tapers upw... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6267536 | Sealing arrangement for tunnel segments A sealing arrangement (1) has two abutting construction elements made of concrete, steel, reinforced concrete, cast iron or other materials, as well as a sealing section made of an elastomer material which sealingly bridges the gap between the two constru... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6254948 | Slit protection for a tubular body A tubular body made of elastomeric material and/or plastics, in particular the bellows of a pneumatic cushioning system, consists of a outer layer, an inner layer, and an embedded reinforcement layer, shaped in particular as axial reinforcing threads. The... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6247306 | Pneumatic spring system The invention relates to a pneumatic spring system comprising at least one pneumatic spring which consists of at least the following: a pneumatic spring cap as an upper component; a pneumatic spring piston as a lower component; pneumatic cushioning bellow... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6238139 | Sealing arrangement A sealing arrangement includes face walls of two construction parts made of concrete, reinforced concrete or the like, these face walls being pressed against each other, particularly of tunnel tube segments, as well as a strand shaped seal made of elastom... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6227527 | Pneumatic suspension system A pneumatic suspension system forming a McPherson strut has a pneumatic suspension pot with an integrated strut bearing, pneumatic suspension bellows made of an elastomer material, a pneumatic suspension piston, an outer guide and a damping device. The es... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6213833 | Float for buoyant hoses The invention relates to a float (2) for buoyant hoses comprising at least one multi-layer foam body which surrounds the buoyant hose (1), whereby the foam body is composed of individual foam sheets (3, 4, 5). Inside a layer, a radial connection (6) is pr... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6168143 | Pneumatic spring A pneumatic spring, in particular for rail vehicles, trucks and busses, has a bellows made of elastomer material, if required provided with reinforcing inserts; a pot to whose upper part the bellows are secured, the bellows preferably rolling on the outer... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6129485 | Seal and process for producing such seal The invention relates to a seal between a side face of a first part (11) and an application face (10), the seal being made of a compressible profiled lining (1) and being comprised of an internal portion (2) sealingly fixed to the first part (11) and an e... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6116411 | Conveyor belt The invention concerns a conveyor belt comprised of a load-carrying side and a backing side made of elastomer material as well as a traction support area made of steel cables or cords located between the load-carrying side and the backing side. In one var... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6112849 | Sound protection device for railroad track system A sound protection device for reducing the propagation of airborne sound comprises a track system and an elastically deformable, low sound-protecting wall made of rubber or plastic and extending in the longitudinal direction of the track. The sound-protec... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6102378 | Spring device A spring device arrangement in particular for the area of railway vehicles, in particular for spring suspension between a bogie and coach body, in which a spring device is located between a supporting plate and a substructure includes two spring systems c... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6009911 | Safety hose The invention concerns a safety hose made of elastomer material and/or plastics, in particular for conveying environmentally-harmful substances and comprising: an inner layer; an outer layer; and an embedded rigid carrier in turn comprising two rigid carr... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5888023 | Seal arrangement for tubular tunnel segments The invention relates to a seal arrangement consisting of two abutting structures of concrete, steel, reinforced concrete, cast iron or other materials and a sealing section of elastomeric material which bridges and seals the gap between the two structure... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5773036 | Device and method for extrusion-coating tubes or compound tubular connection fittings with rubber or plastic A device is useful for extrusion-coating a tube, or the connection zone of a tubular composite body, which zone has to be sealed, with rubber or plastic. The device is particularly useful for extrusion-coating a hose connection, which includes a connectio... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5735457 | Rubber mixture for an elastic intermediate layer for a rail support A rubber mixture is particularly based on natural rubber (NR), epoxidized natural rubber (E-NR), isoprene rubber (IR), butadiene rubber (BR), acrylate rubber (ACM), styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), or blends of these types of rubber, particularly NR/SBR- b... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5722794 | Float for floating flexible pipes A float (1) for floating flexible pipes has a multilayered foam body (3) that surrounds the floating flexible pipe (2), a textile cover (4) arranged on the foam body (3) and having in particular several transverse layers, and an outer covering (5) made of... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5702132 | Pivotal link Pivotal link (1) as a connection piece between two construction parts, whereby at least one construction part is supported rotatable around its horizontal axis. The essence of the invention consists in that the pivotal link consists of a hose or a hose-like bo... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5648036 | Device and process for producing the corners of sealing frames Device consisting of an inner mold (15), an outer mold and at least one injection aperture arranged in the outer mold; for the manufacture of the corners of sealing frames, in particular tunnel sealing frames consisting in most cases of four assembled str... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5637645 | Caoutchouc mixture for the manufacture of rubber products with low-temperature application capability, resistance to oil, low crystallization tendency and high dynamic stressability The invention relates to a caoutchouc mixture for the manufacture of rubber products with low-temperature application capability, resistance to oil, low crystallization tendency, and high dynamic stressability, on the basis of natural caoutchouc, in parti... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5569066 | Device as part of a slaughtering line The invention relates to a device as part of a slaughtering line, especially for slaughtering hogs, consisting of a depilation beater (1) made of elastomaric material and having a baffle stool (3); a screw-on zone made of metal; a stop, against which the ... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5512356 | Multilayered textile web for forming flexible containers, tents, awnings, and protective suits comprising a rubber/polyvinylidene fluoride film/rubber layer In a multilayered textile web for forming flexible containers, tents, awnings, protective suits and the like, with a textile layer (5), a rubber layer (6) located on one side of the textile layer (5), and with a plastics film (7) located on the other side... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5460261 | Tubular conveyor belt A device for transporting materials along supporting rollers including a conveyor belt extending in a longitudinal direction. The device has two spaced longitudinal edges and a tensile fabric layer embedded within the conveyor belt made of a textile, a co... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5346331 | Shield tail sealing The invention relates to a shield tail sealing (7) for driving shields consisting of a basic body (2) made of elastomeric material and having a substantially rectangular cross section in the longitudinal direction and being inclined against the driving di... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5107622 | Sealing for containers, in particular for refrigerated containers A seal for a container, in particular, a refrigerated container having a door or two wings of the door, and having a door jamb having a corner zone comprising: (a) a strand shaped outer sealing profile made of elastomeric material; (b) the door having an outer... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4900607 | Sealing profile A sealing profile formed of rubber or rubber-like material is provided for sealing tunnel segments which have circumferential recesses. There is a plurality of slotted grooves running parallel in the lengthwise direction on the base side of the profile an... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4824289 | Sealing profile for tunnel segments There is provided a sealing profile formed of rubber or rubber-like material for tunnel segments having a recess therefor extending therearound, the profile having a base side facing the segment and a back side facing away from the segment, a plurality of... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4774040 | Process for the manufacture of molded bodies from heat resistant polyurethane integral foam There is provided a process for the manufacture of molded bodies of polyurethane integral foam, such as body parts for the automotive industry, in which the first step of the process, the polyol component is prepared and in the second step of the process ... | 09/27/1988 |