Patents by Inventor Dieter Stueckle

Dieter Stueckle 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 apparatus for orienting articles
    Patent number: 7581633
    Abstract: An apparatus for orienting a pill. The apparatus has a curved member having a point of tangency at which the pill is positioned on the curved member and a portion for positioning the pill skewed from a tangent at the point of tangency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Inventor: Dieter Stueckle
  • Method and apparatus for orienting articles
    Publication number: 20070246327
    Abstract: An apparatus for orienting a pill. The apparatus has a curved member having a point of tangency at which the pill is positioned on the curved member and a portion for positioning the pill skewed from a tangent at the point of tangency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventor: Dieter Stueckle
  • Method and apparatus for orienting articles
    Publication number: 20060096656
    Abstract: An apparatus for orienting pills has an upper assembly portion, a lower assembly portion, and a channel formed in the upper assembly portion and the lower assembly portion. Between the upper assembly portion and the lower assembly portion is a smooth-walled twist portion which twists to rotate the pills as the pills move from the upper assembly portion to the lower assembly portion to dispense the pills into blister packages in a desired orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventor: Dieter Stueckle