Patents by Inventor Brand van de Hazel

Brand van de Hazel 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).

  • Patent number: 7383945
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for transferring products, in particular eggs, comprising at least one height, at least one row of conveying units positioned under an endless sorting conveyor, wherein the products are discharged in a well-defined manner from the sorting conveyor into the conveying units, are received by the conveying units, and are subsequently delivered to a packaging device thereunder. Each conveying unit consists of at least two parts which can move relative to each other, in particular away from each other and back again, from a receiving position for taking up such a product to a discharge position for delivering the product downwardly therefrom. The at least one row is included in a frame and is arranged on one carrier, while the carrier with the row is exchangeable and interlockable, and the carrier is provided with an interlock at the ends of the row. The interlock consists of two fitting connection halves, of which one on the carrier and the other on the frame, and a fit retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: FPS Food Processing Systems B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Michiel Marie Bekelaar, Brand Van De Hazel
  • Patent number: 7195114
    Abstract: An apparatus for transferring products, in particular eggs, comprising at at least one height, positioned under an endless sorting conveyor, at least one row of conveying units, wherein the products are discharged in a well-defined manner from the sorting conveyor into the conveying units, are received by the conveying units, and are subsequently delivered to a packaging device thereunder, while each conveying unit is provided with at least a first and a second part which can move relative to each other, in particular away from each other and back again, from a receiving position for taking up such a product to a discharge position for delivering the product downwardly therefrom, wherein the said at least one row is included in a frame, while the at least one row is removeably and interlockably arranged in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: FPS Food Processing Systems B.V.
    Inventors: Brand van de Hazel, Sven Schuurman
  • Publication number: 20060037840
    Abstract: An apparatus for transferring products, in particular eggs, comprising at at least one height, positioned under an endless sorting conveyor, at least one row of conveying units, wherein the products are discharged in a well-defined manner from the sorting conveyor into the conveying units, are received by the conveying units, and are subsequently delivered to a packaging device thereunder, while each conveying unit is provided with at least a first and a second part which can move relative to each other, in particular away from each other and back again, from a receiving position for taking up such a product to a discharge position for delivering the product downwardly therefrom, wherein the said at least one row is included in a frame, while the at least one row is removeably and interlockably arranged in the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Brand van de Hazel, Sven Schuurman
  • Publication number: 20060000689
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for transferring products, in particular eggs, comprising at at least one height, at least one row of conveying units positioned under an endless sorting conveyor, wherein the products are discharged in a well-defined manner from the sorting conveyor into the conveying units, are received by the conveying units, and are subsequently delivered to a packaging device thereunder, wherein each conveying unit consists of at least two parts which can move relative to each other, in particular away from each other and back again, from a receiving position for taking up such a product to a discharge position for delivering the product downwardly therefrom, wherein the at least one row is included in a frame and is arranged on one carrier, while the carrier with the row is exchangeable and interlockable, and the carrier is provided with an interlock at the ends of the row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Johannes Bekelaar, Brand Van De Hazel
  • Patent number: 6452118
    Abstract: A weighing apparatus comprising a number of grippers each designed for receiving therein an object to be weighed, each gripper being mounted on a conveyor via a hingeless connection, so that the grippers are arranged for movement along a gripper path, each gripper comprising a first guide element which, over at least a part of the gripper path, moves over a weighing surface of at least one weighing element, the weight of the gripper and the object located therein being transferred vis the first guide element to the at least one weighing element, the hingeless connection between each gripper and the conveyor comprising at least one assembly of flexible members each having a particularly low spring constant in a direction perpendicular to the at least one weighing sruface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: FPS Food Processing Systems B.V.
    Inventors: Ad van Pinxteren, Brand van de Hazel, Willem van Veldhuisen
  • Patent number: 5807055
    Abstract: Apparatus for loading and/or unloading a container with stacks of packages, such as for instance egg boxes or egg trays, which container comprises a number of shelves which are arranged one above the other. The apparatus includes a collecting table, a sliding device for sliding the stacks of packages on the container shelf, and a transfer device for the transfer of the stacks of packages between the collecting table and one end of a further conveyor. The collecting table includes an endless collecting table conveyor and the transfer device includes an endless conveyor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: FPS Food Processing Systems B.V.
    Inventor: Brand van de Hazel