Patents by Inventor Augustinus Cornelis Antonius van der Hijden

Augustinus Cornelis Antonius van der Hijden 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).

  • Apparatus for stacking and unstacking rectangular articles such as for instance griddles, proofing pans, crates, baking pans and the like
    Patent number: 5733101
    Abstract: An apparatus for stacking and unstacking substantially rectangular articles, such as, for instance, crates or baking pans for bread, the apparatus having at least one guide extending in the longitudinal direction of an article storage area, a lifting trolley mobile over the guide and a lifting arm connected with the lifting trolley. The lifting arm carries a lifting member extending in the width direction of the article storage area and movable upward and downward above the article storage area by means of the lifting arm, at least two guides being provided. Each guide comprises a lifting trolley with a swivellable lifting arm hingedly connected with the lifting trolley. The swivellable lifting arms can each be swivelled in a vertical plane, the swivellable lifting arms being connected, at the end remote from the lifting trolley, with the lifting machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Gebr. van Capelleveen B.V.
    Inventor: Augustinus Cornelis Antonius van der Hijden