Patents by Inventor Clemens Jozef Anton ELFERINK

Clemens Jozef Anton ELFERINK 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).

  • Transport device, applicator and method for transporting a tire component
    Patent number: 11958693
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transport device, an applicator and a method for transporting a tire component in a transport direction. The transport device includes at least three conveyors extending mutually parallel in the transport direction and side-by-side in a lateral direction perpendicular to the transport direction to form a combined conveying surface for conveying the tire component in the transport direction, wherein the at least three conveyors include an intermediate conveyor, a first side conveyor on a first side of the intermediate conveyor in the lateral direction and a second side conveyor on a second side of the intermediate conveyor in the lateral direction, opposite to the first side, wherein the intermediate conveyor, the first side conveyor and the second side conveyor are movable at different speeds with respect to each other in a direction parallel to the transport direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: VMI HOLLAND B.V.
    Inventors: Luuk Van Tienen, Hendrik Jan Grolleman, Anne-Per Joseph Hendrik Van Der Kolk, Clemens Jozef Anton Elferink
  • TRANSPORT DEVICE, APPLICATOR AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING A TIRE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20230091822
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transport device, an applicator and a method for transporting a tire component in a transport direction. The transport device includes at least three conveyors extending mutually parallel in the transport direction and side-by-side in a lateral direction perpendicular to the transport direction to form a combined conveying surface for conveying the tire component in the transport direction, wherein the at least three conveyors include an intermediate conveyor, a first side conveyor on a first side of the intermediate conveyor in the lateral direction and a second side conveyor on a second side of the intermediate conveyor in the lateral direction, opposite to the first side, wherein the intermediate conveyor, the first side conveyor and the second side conveyor are movable at different speeds with respect to each other in a direction parallel to the transport direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Luuk VAN TIENEN, Hendrik Jan GROLLEMAN, Anne-Per Joseph Hendrik VAN DER KOLK, Clemens Jozef Anton ELFERINK