Patents by Inventor Bastian Schalk

Bastian Schalk 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).

  • Publication number: 20210394479
    Abstract: A device for machine-making a dunnage product from a single- or multi-ply continuous paper web may include a delivery conveyor configured to draw the paper web into the device in a conveying direction; a cutter configured to separate the dunnage product from a three-dimensional strand of dunnage material formed from the paper web within the device; and a removal conveyor positioned after the cutter in the conveying direction and configured to remove the separated dunnage product from the cutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Bastian Schalk, Christoph Engemann
  • Patent number: 11135802
    Abstract: In a device for machine-making a dunnage product from a single- or multi-ply continuous paper web comprising a delivery conveyor for drawing in a paper web into the device whereby a conveying direction is defined and a cutter for separating the dunnage product from a three-dimensional strand of dunnage material formed from the paper web within the device, it is provided that a removal conveyor succeeds in the conveying direction to the cutter, the removal conveyor transporting the separated dunnage product away from the cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier- und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
    Inventors: Bastian Schalk, Christoph Engemann
  • Patent number: 11021351
    Abstract: Lifting device for pallet goods for loading and unloading of a transport pallet such as a standard pallet, for example a euro pallet. The lifting device comprises a support frame, a tine assembly liftable mounted to the support frame of at least two, preferably four, tines having a parallel direction of extension for lifting and receiving the transport goods from the transport pallet and/or for depositing the transport goods onto the transport pallet. A tine spacing of two tines is adapted to a gap spacing of two longitudinal gaps and at least two tines are form-fitted with regard to the at least two longitudinal gaps such that they can access the longitudinal gaps in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier- und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
    Inventors: Bastian Schalk, Christoph Engemann
  • Patent number: 10974867
    Abstract: An anti-tilting device for releasably mounting on a transport pallet, such as a standardized transport pallet, such as a Euro pallet, is disclosed. The pallet—has a support side for placing the transport pallet on the ground and rest side opposite with respect to the support side, on which the transport goods are to be deposited and which is particularly formed by a plurality of parallel horizontal rest panels spaced apart from each other. The device includes a support pillar and a ground support connected with the support pillar, which extends along the transport pallet height downwards to the ground and which comprises a support end facing the ground for retaining on the ground, and a tine section fixedly connected with the support pillar and the ground support for reaching under the transport goods and particularly for engaging between the rest panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SPRICK GMBH BIELEFELDER PAPIER-UND WELLPAPPENWERKE & CO.
    Inventor: Bastian Schalk
  • Publication number: 20210086466
    Abstract: A Coiling device for spirally rolling-up a three-dimensional cushioning material made by a cushion forming device from a web-type source material (e.g. a roll or a Leporello-stack) of paper, can include a reel having at least two deflectors, and having a rotational axis extending in vertical direction. The deflectors can be a mandrel, hook, deflector edge, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier- und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
    Inventors: Bastian Schalk, Marco Schwarberg, Saskia Lange
  • Publication number: 20210016906
    Abstract: An apparatus for the manual or machine production of a tube-like packaging material from a paper supply unit, such as a paper strip wound up to a roll, includes a roll longitudinal axis and forming an inner hollow space, or a paper strip folded to a Leporello stack defining an upper side, from which the paper strip is drawable for forming the packaging material. A guiding chute has an opening for ejecting the packaging material from a paper supply unit arranged in an ejection position. The guiding chute has an inner contour narrowing in an ejection direction towards an opening. A receiving arrangement, such as a tube magazine, encompasses at least one paper supply unit at least partly circumferentiatingly with paper supply units arranged sequentially behind each other, wherein the apparatus having a movable transport, such as a slide, for displacing at least the at least one paper supply unit in the ejection direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier-und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
    Inventor: Bastian Schalk
  • Patent number: 10814578
    Abstract: Perforation tool for a device for the manufacturing by machine of a dunnage material which is to be formed of a single layer or multi-layer paper web whereby the perforation tool is configured for introducing a perforation into the dunnage material and comprises: at least one perforation nose, at least one perforation reception wherein the at least one perforation nose and the at least one perforation reception are associated with each other such that, for perforating, the at least one perforation nose can retract and extend with respect to the at least one perforation reception, and at least one stripper which is associated with the at least one perforation nose and/or the at least one perforation reception such that, when disengaging, perforated dunnage material is removed from the at least one perforation nose and/or from the at least one perforation reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier-und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
    Inventors: Bastian Schalk, Christoph Engemann
  • Publication number: 20200282687
    Abstract: A device for manually or mechanically producing a tubular packaging material of a paper web is wound to form a roll, which forms an internal cavity, from which the paper web can be drawn to form packaging material. The device includes a receptacle for at least partially circumferentially encompassing the roll and an axial holder for holding an end face of the roll. The axial holder has a wall, in which a dispensing opening for dispensing the packaging material in an axial dispensing direction is formed. The wall has an inner guide contour, which tapers in a funnel-like manner in the axial dispensing direction from the receptacle to the dispensing opening. The wall is provided with at least one front axial recess at a front end of the axial holder in the axial dispensing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier-und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
    Inventors: Bastian Schalk, Vitali Krebs
  • Publication number: 20200180257
    Abstract: In a cushion supply system for a logistic center, for example a warehouse or a dispatch hall, which comprises a cushion source for providing cushion products, such as cushion pads, in particular paper cushion pads; several packing stations at which containers can be loaded with goods and filled with cushion products; and a cushion transport system, such as a belt conveyor, for transporting the cushion products from the cushion source to the packing stations, the one cushion source is configured to supply said plurality of packing stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier-und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
    Inventors: Bastian Schalk, Marco Schwarberg
  • Publication number: 20200147918
    Abstract: An apparatus for the manual/automatic production of a tube-like packaging material can include a guiding chute with an opening for ejecting the packaging material from a roll arranged in the ejection position, wherein the guiding chute has an inner contour narrowing towards an opening in an ejection direction, a primary seating for at least partly circumferentially gripping the first roll and for holding the first roll in the ejection position, and at least one secondary seating for receiving of at least a second roll for reloading the apparatus, wherein the secondary seating is movable with a second roll between a passive position in which the second roll is outside an ejection position and an active position in which the second roll is arranged in the ejection position or is displaceable from the secondary seating into the primary seating under (e.g. exclusively under) the impact of gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier- und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
    Inventors: Bastian Schalk, Marco Schwarberg, Vitali Krebs
  • Publication number: 20200086599
    Abstract: A packaging station comprising a deformation device for converting a web of packaging material drawn from a supply of packaging material web, such as a leporello folded stacked web, into a dunnage material and a conveyor structure for receiving the drawn web of packaging material and for feeding the drawn web of packaging material into the deformation device, wherein the conveyor structure comprises a conveyor track extending from a reception of the conveyor structure to the deformation device and being dimensioned such that, after passing the reception, the web of packaging material is able to bear over its entire surface on the conveyor track in the conveying direction for at least the twofold of the width of the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Bastian Schalk, Oliver Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20200070458
    Abstract: An apparatus for the production of a three-dimensional packaging product, such as a cushion product, from a single- or multi-layer paper strip may include a preforming station deforming the paper strip to a three-dimensional packaging product with at least one crumple hollow space extending in the strip direction, and a rotation cutter following the preforming station in the feed direction of the paper strip, which is cutting a preformed paper strip to the desired length of the packaging product from a preformed paper strip. A cutting shaft on which a blade of the rotation cutter is mounted and a counter shaft on which the cutting pad is mounted may be included. A set-on element is mounted to the cutting shaft and/or the counter shaft for enlarging the flushing radial extension of the shaft and forming a flush profile channel wall section, the flushing profile course of the set-on element extending in the axial direction of the shaft to at least half of the width of the preformed paper strip section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier-und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
    Inventor: Bastian Schalk
  • Publication number: 20200070461
    Abstract: An apparatus for the production a cushion product from a single- or multi-layer continuous paper strip includes a feed unit for drawing the paper strip into the apparatus, a cutting unit for cutting the cushion product from the paper strip, and control electronics for the activation of the cutting unit according to a predetermined motion profile. A sensor captures a rotation angle position of the feed unit. The control electronics are configured to activate the feed unit continuously and to start an activation of the cutting unit for a discontinuous cutting operation during capturing a predetermined actual rotation angle position of the feed unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier-und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
    Inventor: Bastian Schalk
  • Publication number: 20200070460
    Abstract: An apparatus for the production of a cushion product from a single or multi-layer continuous paper strip includes a chute-like preforming station for the compression of a paper strip in the transverse direction and a deformation station following the preforming station in the feed direction of the paper strip having two embossing rollers engaging into each other in a deformation area in order to form the paper strip to a cushion product with at least one crumple hollow space extending in the longitudinal direction. The preforming station has a lifting unit and is positioned upstream in the feed direction of the embossing rollers for lifting a central area of the paper strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier-und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
    Inventor: Bastian Schalk
  • Publication number: 20200070459
    Abstract: An apparatus for the provision of packaging material includes a forming unit for producing a cushion or tubular-like packaging material from a paper strip and for ejecting the packaging material. A feeding unit draws in the paper strip from a Leporello stack-shaped paper strip supply having two feed rollers opposing each other for driving the paper strip and a motor for operating the feed rollers. A preforming station is positioned upstream the feed unit in paper feed direction for transverse compression of the paper strip. A guiding unit is positioned upstream the preforming station in paper feed direction for aligning the paper strip for the preforming station and a frame, on which the preforming station is pivotably supported between a working position and a loading position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier-und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
    Inventor: Bastian Schalk
  • Publication number: 20190023453
    Abstract: An anti-tilting device for releasably mounting on a transport pallet, such as a standardized transport pallet, such as a Euro pallet, is disclosed. The pallet-has a support side for placing the transport pallet on the ground and rest side opposite with respect to the support side, on which the transport goods are to be deposited and which is particularly formed by a plurality of parallel horizontal rest panels spaced apart from each other. The device includes a support pillar and a ground support connected with the support pillar, which extends along the transport pallet height downwards to the ground and which comprises a support end facing the ground for retaining on the ground, and a tine section fixedly connected with the support pillar and the ground support for reaching under the transport goods and particularly for engaging between the rest panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Bastian Schalk
  • Patent number: 9937682
    Abstract: Device for manually forming spiral-shaped packaging material (3), including a reception (20) for at least partially circumferentially encompassing a wound reel (1) of a web of fiber material defining an axial direction (A) and forming an interior side (2) from which the web of fiber material is drawn for shaping the packaging material (3), and an axial support (30) connected to the reception (20), by which axial support an axial front side (6) of the reel of the web of fiber material facing in drawing direction is held, and having a dispensing opening (11) formed therein for dispensing the packaging material (3) in the axial direction (A), and comprising an interior wall section (31) facing the front side (6) and tapering towards the dispensing opening (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier- und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
    Inventors: Oliver Schmid, Bastian Schalk
  • Publication number: 20170313562
    Abstract: Lifting device for pallet goods for loading and unloading of a transport pallet such as a standard pallet, for example a euro pallet. The lifting device comprises a support frame, a tine assembly liftable mounted to the support frame of at least two, preferably four, tines having a parallel direction of extension for lifting and receiving the transport goods from the transport pallet and/or for depositing the transport goods onto the transport pallet. A tine spacing of two tines is adapted to a gap spacing of two longitudinal gaps and at least two tines are form-fitted with regard to the at least two longitudinal gaps such that they can access the longitudinal gaps in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier-und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
    Inventors: Bastian Schalk, Christoph Engemann
  • Publication number: 20170313016
    Abstract: In a device for machine-making a dunnage product from a single- or multi-ply continuous paper web comprising a delivery conveyor for drawing in a paper web into the device whereby a conveying direction is defined and a cutter for separating the dunnage product from a three-dimensional strand of dunnage material formed from the paper web within the device, it is provided that a removal conveyor succeeds in the conveying direction to the cutter, the removal conveyor transporting the separated dunnage product away from the cutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier- und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
    Inventors: Bastian Schalk, Christoph Engemann
  • Publication number: 20160207274
    Abstract: Perforation tool for a device for the manufacturing by machine of a dunnage material which is to be formed of a single layer or multi-layer paper web whereby the perforation tool is configured for introducing a perforation into the dunnage material and comprises: at least one perforation nose, at least one perforation reception wherein the at least one perforation nose and the at least one perforation reception are associated with each other such that, for perforating, the at least one perforation nose can retract and extend with respect to the at least one perforation reception, and at least one stripper which is associated with the at least one perforation nose and/or the at least one perforation reception such that, when disengaging, perforated dunnage material is removed from the at least one perforation nose and/or from the at least one perforation reception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Bastian Schalk, Christoph Engemann