US Patent Issued to J.SCHMALZ on July 15 for "Valve apparatus and vacuum handling apparatus having a valve apparatus" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,103, issued on July 15, was assigned to J.SCHMALZ GMBH (Glatten, Germany).

"Valve apparatus and vacuum handling apparatus having a valve apparatus" was invented by Jan GauB (Freudenstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a valve apparatus (10) for vacuum applications, comprising a valve housing (20) which delimits a valve chamber (22), the valve chamber comprising a vacuum supply opening (28), a suction opening (32), and a ventilation opening (36); comprising a valve body (40) which is arranged in the valve chamber and can be displaced along a switching axis (38) between a suction position and a ventila...