Patents by Inventor Albertus Robbertson

Albertus Robbertson 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 taking over, temporarily storing and passing on elongated, hollow cylindrical product units and a method for the operation of such a device
    Patent number: 8590690
    Abstract: A device for taking over, temporarily storing and passing on elongated, hollow-cylindrical product units, preferably tubes, sleeves or cans, which come from a production line, has a first supplying conveyor belt and a continuously delivering second conveyor belt. The first and the second conveyor belts are disposed horizontally lying one above the other in a transfer zone. An intermediate storage arrangement is designed as a high-rack storage arrangement or as a paternoster storage arrangement. At least one handling robot is also located in the region of the transfer zone between the conveyor belts and the intermediate storage arrangement. This handling robot is designed either (a) to take a number of product units from the first conveyor belt and to feed them to the second conveyor belt or the intermediate storage arrangement, or (b) to remove a number of product units from the intermediate storage arrangement and to feed them to the second conveyor belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Texal AG, Boxal Netherlands BV
    Inventors: Gottlieb Benz, Albertus Robbertson
  • DEVICE FOR TAKING OVER, TEMPORARILY STORING AND PASSING ON ELONGATED, HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL PRODUCT UNITS AND A METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF SUCH A DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100138041
    Abstract: A device for taking over, temporarily storing and passing on elongated, hollow-cylindrical product units, preferably tubes, sleeves or cans, which come from a production line, has a first supplying conveyor belt and a continuously delivering second conveyor belt. The first and the second conveyor belts are disposed horizontally lying one above the other in a transfer zone. An intermediate storage arrangement is designed as a high-rack storage arrangement or as a paternoster storage arrangement. At least one handling robot is also located in the region of the transfer zone between the conveyor belts and the intermediate storage arrangement. This handling robot is designed either (a) to take a number of product units from the first conveyor belt and to feed them to the second conveyor belt or the intermediate storage arrangement, or (b) to remove a number of product units from the intermediate storage arrangement and to feed them to the second conveyor belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: TEXA AG
    Inventors: Gottlieb Benz, Albertus Robbertson