Patents by Inventor Christian Bonadimann

Christian Bonadimann 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).

  • Method and device for discharging piece goods from a conveying apparatus
    Patent number: 9394118
    Abstract: Conveying apparatus including a plurality of conveying vehicles that can be moved along a movement path by the force of gravity independently of one another for conveying piece goods. The conveying apparatus also includes a discharging device for discharging piece goods from the conveying vehicles to a receiving device as well as an entraining device with a plurality of actively driven entrainment devices. The conveying vehicles include contact elements for producing a guiding contact with the entrainment devices. The entraining device supplies the conveying vehicles to a discharging region of the discharging device while exerting a holding-back contact with the contact elements and guides the conveying vehicles out of the discharging region again while exerting an entraining contact with the contact elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Roberto Fenile, Christian Bonadimann
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISCHARGING PIECE GOODS FROM A CONVEYING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150259145
    Abstract: Conveying apparatus including a plurality of conveying vehicles that can be moved along a movement path by the force of gravity independently of one another for conveying piece goods. The conveying apparatus also includes a discharging device for discharging piece goods from the conveying vehicles to a receiving device as well as an entraining device with a plurality of actively driven entrainment devices. The conveying vehicles include contact elements for producing a guiding contact with the entrainment devices. The entraining device supplies the conveying vehicles to a discharging region of the discharging device while exerting a holding-back contact with the contact elements and guides the conveying vehicles out of the discharging region again while exerting an entraining contact with the contact elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Roberto Fenile, Christian Bonadimann