Patents by Inventor Christopher Atwan

Christopher Atwan 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).

  • Sorting conveyor with article removal device
    Patent number: 10668506
    Abstract: A sorting device for sorting articles, comprising a conveyor which is movable in a conveying direction along a conveying path, the conveyor comprising a number of sorting units, each sorting unit comprising a carriage and at least one load-carrying element connected to the carriage for supporting articles, wherein the load-carrying elements are movable with regard to an associated carriage for unloading articles from the load-carrying elements at predetermined unloading positions, at least two of the sorting units being coupled together, a gap being formed between two adjacent load-carrying elements of two sorting units that are coupled together, the gap being covered by an intermediate element adapted to support an article, the sorting device comprising a stationarily arranged removal device for moving a selected article in a transverse direction off the conveyor at a predetermined removal position, wherein the removal device comprises a support element, the support element being movable along a longitudinal
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: BEUMER Group GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventors: Ertan Erden, Pierre Damis, Christopher Atwan, Maurizio Zanni
  • SORTING CONVEYOR WITH ARTICLE REMOVAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190321860
    Abstract: A sorting device for sorting articles, comprising a conveyor which is movable in a conveying direction along a conveying path, the conveyor comprising a number of sorting units, each sorting unit comprising a carriage and at least one load-carrying element connected to the carriage for supporting articles, wherein the load-carrying elements are movable with regard to an associated carriage for unloading articles from the load-carrying elements at predetermined unloading positions, at least two of the sorting units being coupled together, a gap being formed between two adjacent load-carrying elements of two sorting units that are coupled together, the gap being covered by an intermediate element adapted to support an article, the sorting device comprising a stationarily arranged removal device for moving a selected article in a transverse direction off the conveyor at a predetermined removal position, wherein the removal device comprises a support element, the support element being movable along a longitudinal
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Ertan Erden, Pierre Damis, Christopher Atwan, Maurizio Zanni