Patents Assigned to VMI
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Patent number: 11993042Abstract: A stitching roller is provided for stitching a strip, in particular a continuous strip for strip-winding. The stitching roller includes a roller body that is rotatable about a roller axis. The roller body comprises a circumferential member and a support member provided with a connection end that is connected to the circumferential member and a base end for coupling of the stitching roller to a rotation shaft. The support member is made of a flexible material that allows for the circumferential member to tilt relative to the base end from a neutral orientation into a tilted orientation. The support member includes one or more reinforcements that reinforce the axial stiffness of the support member from the outer radius towards the inner radius.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: VMI HOLLAND B.V.Inventors: Gerben Mulder, Henrick Theodoor Posthumus
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Patent number: 11958693Abstract: Disclosed is a transport device, an applicator and a method for transporting a tire component in a transport direction. The transport device includes at least three conveyors extending mutually parallel in the transport direction and side-by-side in a lateral direction perpendicular to the transport direction to form a combined conveying surface for conveying the tire component in the transport direction, wherein the at least three conveyors include an intermediate conveyor, a first side conveyor on a first side of the intermediate conveyor in the lateral direction and a second side conveyor on a second side of the intermediate conveyor in the lateral direction, opposite to the first side, wherein the intermediate conveyor, the first side conveyor and the second side conveyor are movable at different speeds with respect to each other in a direction parallel to the transport direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: VMI HOLLAND B.V.Inventors: Luuk Van Tienen, Hendrik Jan Grolleman, Anne-Per Joseph Hendrik Van Der Kolk, Clemens Jozef Anton Elferink
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Patent number: 11931317Abstract: A method for dispensing discrete medicaments with a dispensing device includes the steps of predicting a depletion time in the future when the medicaments in the container of a first feeder unit of the plurality of feeder units will be depleted or are past their expiry date; providing a notification ahead of said depletion time that a second feeder unit holding medicaments with the same composition as the first feeder unit needs to be presented to the dispensing device, together with a due time for presenting said second feeder unit to the dispensing device; and continuing the dispensing of the medicaments from the first feeder unit at least until the due time.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: VMI Holland B.V.Inventors: Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee, Peter van Roon, Patrick van Voorn
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Publication number: 20240083651Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sheet, a pouch containing pills made of a sheet material and a web of multiple of said pouches. The disclosure also relates to a method for manufacturing said web which makes use of said sheet. The pouches allow for optimal visibility of information printed on the pouches as well as optimal visibility of the pills for inspection purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.Inventors: Henk Jan Spijkerboer, Hermanus Johannes Albertus Wiskamp
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Patent number: 11925604Abstract: A method for dispensing discrete medicaments with a first feeder unit includes the steps of determining a remaining value indicative of the amount of the medicaments remaining in the container; comparing said remaining value to a threshold value; making a selection between a complete empty detection mode when said remaining value is above the threshold value and a shortened empty detection mode when the remaining value is below the threshold value; and executing the selected one of the complete empty detection mode and the shortened empty detection mode when no medicament is fed from the container towards the outlet after controlling the dispensing mechanism to feed a medicament from the container into the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: VMI Holland B.V.Inventors: Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee, Peter van Roon, Patrick van Voorn
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Patent number: 11896557Abstract: A method for loading a medicine transport plate with one or more medicine items using a docking station includes the steps of moving a preparation release mechanism of a docking station into a preparation holding state; inserting the one or more medicine items into one or more preparation compartments in the docking station; loading the medicine transport plate into the docking station; and moving the preparation release mechanism from the preparation holding state into a preparation release state to release the one or more medicine items from the preparation compartments.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: VMI Holland B.V.Inventors: Johan Gerard van Beek, Anthonius Maria Hendrina de Boer, Cornelis Jan Jochemsen, Patrick van Voorn
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Patent number: 11781960Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device and a method for determining rheological properties of a viscous, polymeric mass, wherein the measuring device comprises a rheometer with a container containing the mass and a rotation element that is positionable inside the container, wherein the measuring device provides a relative between the rotation element and the container about an rotation axis that defines an axial direction parallel to the rotation axis and a radial direction perpendicular to the rotation axis, wherein the measuring device comprises one or more normal force sensors for detecting at least a component of the normal force that is exerted onto the container or the rotation element in the axial direction and a radial force sensor for detecting a radial force exerted onto the container in the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: VMI HOLLAND B.V.Inventors: Reinhard Uphus, Peng Chea, Martinus Regterschot
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Patent number: 11767289Abstract: Methods and compositions for pest control, and more particularly for control of ants, e.g., of the subfamily Myrmicinae, using tyramides.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignees: United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, THE VMI FOUNDATIONInventors: Tappey H. Jones, Robert Kenneth Vander Meer
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Patent number: 11759969Abstract: Container assembly for collecting pads, such as cosmetic pads or medical pads, wherein the container assembly comprises an elongate shell extending along a collecting axis parallel to a stacking direction and in a circumferential direction about the collecting axis, wherein the shell comprises a top side, a bottom side opposite to said top side in the stacking direction, wherein the shell is open at said top side for receiving the pads in said stacking direction and along said collecting axis, wherein the shell comprises a first shell segment and a second shell segment extending along said collecting axis between the top side and the bottom side and movable relative to one another in a clamping direction transverse to the stacking direction, wherein the second shell segment is biased relative to and towards the first shell segment in said clamping direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: VMI HOLLAND B.V.Inventor: Teunis Pijpers
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Patent number: 11752718Abstract: A bead retaining member includes a body having a concave first concave edge and one or more retaining elements which are distributed over the body along said first concave edge for retaining a first bead of a first size along a first retaining curve having a first retaining radius and for retaining a second bead of a second size along a second retaining curve having a second retaining radius larger than the first retaining radius. The first retaining curve intersects with the second retaining curve at a first intersection point and a second intersection point. The first concave edge is non-circular and is located radially outside of the second retaining curve in a center region of the first concave edge between the first intersection point and the second intersection point and radially outside of the first retaining curve in a first lateral region and a second lateral region.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: VMI Holland B.V.Inventors: Antonie Slots, Evert Doppenberg
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Patent number: 11712862Abstract: The invention relates to a belt and tread drum for manufacturing a package of a belt layer and a tread layer into a cylindrical tire component, wherein the belt and tread drum comprises two support surfaces which are arranged spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of said belt and tread drum and which face away from the drum centre line and are radially movable with respect to the rigid support surface from a retracted position in which the tread support surface is arranged at or near the rigid support surface, to a raised position wherein the tread support surface is arranged in a radially outward position with respect to the rigid support surface, and vice versa, and wherein the tread support surfaces are movable in the substantial longitudinal direction of said drum.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: VMI HOLLAND B.V.Inventors: René Dijkstra, Henk-Jan Grolleman
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Patent number: 11673700Abstract: A method for packaging discrete medicaments in pouches in a packaging device includes transporting the elongated web along a web trajectory, printing information on the elongated web related, feeding the discrete medicaments to the elongated web, inspecting the elongated web to determine whether there is a fault related to the elongated web, and in response to a fault being detected, printing a fault indication or a fault symbol on the elongated web, and forming an empty pouch at the position of the fault indication or fault symbol.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: VMI Holland B.V.Inventors: Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee, Peter van Roon, Aalf Wijnia, Henk Jan Spijkerboer, Cornelis Jan Jochemsen, Martijn Roest
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Patent number: 11654606Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling apparatus and a method for cooling a continuous strip, wherein the cooling apparatus comprises a cooling drum and a guiding device for guiding the strip in a plurality of windings around the cooling drum, wherein the guiding device comprises first and second guiding elements, wherein each one of the first guiding elements forms a set with one of the second guiding elements, wherein the first guiding element of the set receives the strip from a first winding in a first winding direction and directs the strip in a first transition direction towards the second guiding element which receives the strip in a second transition direction and directs the strip into a consecutive winding in a second winding direction, wherein the first transition direction is different from the first winding direction and the second transition direction is different from the second winding direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: VMI HOLLAND B.V.Inventors: Theodorus Gijsbertus Gerardus Teunissen, Willen Marinus Van Beek
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Patent number: 11649155Abstract: An environmentally-friendly test port mounting in a conventional gasoline/diesel fuel dispenser cabinet to provide a technician access to the fuel line and perform various tests that enables testing to occur at a highline point in the line system. The technician may access the test port while the line system head pressure s maintained at a point above ground. The test port has a quick connect/disconnect fitting disposed in a collar intermediate a mounting for a filter in a conventional gasoline/diesel fuel dispenser and the filter to provide a technician access to the fuel line and perform various tests. The quick connect/disconnect fitting may also be coupled to a hose for draining fuel under pressure into a safety can to prevent spillage during replacement of the filter. The safety can may be emptied into the fuel tank to conserve the fuel, prevent polluting the environment and as a safety measure.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: VMI MANUFACTURING, LLCInventor: Gregory E. Young
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Publication number: 20230057693Abstract: A filling station for filling a feeder unit with discrete medicaments includes a base and a holder that is positionable in one or more inclined orientations relative to said base for holding the feeder unit in said one or more inclined orientations. A method for filling a feeder unit with discrete medicaments includes the step of filling the feeder unit with the discrete medicaments when the feeder unit is held by the holder in one of the one or more inclined orientations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.Inventors: Anthonius Maria Hendrina de Boer, Cornelis Jan Jochemsen
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Publication number: 20230020340Abstract: A method for dispensing discrete medicaments with a dispensing device includes the steps of predicting a depletion time in the future when the medicaments in the container of a first feeder unit of the plurality of feeder units will be depleted; providing a notification ahead of said depletion time that a second feeder unit holding medicaments with the same composition as the first feeder unit needs to be presented to the dispensing device, together with a due time for presenting said second feeder unit to the dispensing device; and continuing the dispensing of the medicaments from the first feeder unit at least until the due time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.Inventors: Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee, Peter van Roon, Patrick van Voorn
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Publication number: 20220401305Abstract: A method for dispensing discrete medicaments with a dispensing device includes the steps of predicting a depletion time in the future when the medicaments in the container of a first feeder unit of the plurality of feeder units will be depleted or are past their expiry date; providing a notification ahead of said depletion time that a second feeder unit holding medicaments with the same composition as the first feeder unit needs to be presented to the dispensing device, together with a due time for presenting said second feeder unit to the dispensing device; and continuing the dispensing of the medicaments from the first feeder unit at least until the due time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.Inventors: Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee, Peter van Roon, Patrick van Voorn
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Publication number: 20220402640Abstract: A method for packaging discrete medicaments in pouches in a packaging device configured to form and fill the pouches in an elongated web, the method comprising the following steps: transporting the elongated web along a web trajectory, printing information on the elongated web related to the discrete medicaments that are fed to the elongated web at the position of the printed information on the elongated web, feeding the discrete medicaments to the elongated web at the position on the elongated web of the related printed information, inspecting the elongated web to determine whether there is a fault related to the elongated web, and in response to a fault being detected, printing a fault indication or a fault symbol on the elongated web, and forming an empty pouch at the position of the fault indication or fault symbol.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.Inventors: Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee, Peter van Roon, Aalf Wijnia, Henk Jan Spijkerboer, Cornelis Jan Jochemsen, Martijn Roest
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Publication number: 20220401306Abstract: A method for dispensing discrete medicaments with a first feeder unit includes the steps of determining a remaining value indicative of the amount of the medicaments remaining in the container; comparing said remaining value to a threshold value; making a selection between a complete empty detection mode when said remaining value is above the threshold value and a shortened empty detection mode when the remaining value is below the threshold value; and executing the selected one of the complete empty detection mode and the shortened empty detection mode when no medicament is fed from the container towards the outlet after controlling the dispensing mechanism to feed a medicament from the container into the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.Inventors: Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee, Peter van Roon, Patrick van Voorn
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Patent number: 11498761Abstract: The invention relates to a method for step dispensing discrete medicaments from a feeder unit, wherein the feeder unit comprises a container holding said medicaments, and a dispensing mechanism configured for receiving the medicaments from the container and selectively dispensing the medicaments from the feeder unit, wherein the dispensing mechanism comprises a singulating body with a plurality of singulation chambers; and a first release member arranged below the singulating body and provided with a release opening, wherein the first release member and the singulating body are movable with respect to each other, the method comprising the steps of: moving the singulating body and the first release member relative to each other into an aligned position in which one of the plurality of singulation chambers is aligned with the release opening; when the singulating body is in the aligned position, stopping relative movement between the singulating body and the first release member; maintaining the singulating bodType: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: VMI Holland B.V.Inventors: Aalf Wijnia, Hendrik Leendert 't Lam, Patrick Van Voorn, Rogier Scheide