Patents by Inventor Erwin Stauber

Erwin Stauber 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: 11878876
    Abstract: A device for emptying transport bags conveyed in a suspended manner, includes a conveying system via which transport bags may be supplied in a suspended manner along a conveying path. The transport bags have a pocket that is open at the top when in the filled state and a front side. A circulating conveyor belt for receiving piece good units transported in the transport bags is included, and in a contact section, the conveying paths of the conveying system and the conveyor belt are situated relative to one another in such a way that the distance between the conveying paths of the conveying system and the conveyor belt become continuously smaller, so that when a transport bag is conveyed along the contact section, the front side of the pocket of the transport bag contacts and comes to rest on the conveyor belt, and the transport bag is thereby pivoted backwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Roberto Fenile, Erwin Stauber
  • Patent number: 11753249
    Abstract: A conveying unit (10) for the suspended transport of transport elements (40) in a conveyor system, in particular a rail-guided (86) conveyor system or a conveyor-chain system, includes a support hook (21) attached to a conveying element (20), in particular a carriage or a conveyor-chain link, a transport element (40), and a suspension hook (41) attached to the transport element, wherein the suspension hook is mounted in a suspended manner in the support hook. The support hook is configured such that the suspension hook can take up two stable positions (61, 62) in the support hook. The suspension hook (41) in a first stable position (61) has been turned through an angle with respect to the suspension hook in a second stable position (62).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Erwin Stauber
  • Publication number: 20220332520
    Abstract: A device for emptying transport bags conveyed in a suspended manner, includes a conveying system via which transport bags may be supplied in a suspended manner along a conveying path. The transport bags have a pocket that is open at the top when in the filled state and a front side. A circulating conveyor belt for receiving piece good units transported in the transport bags is included, and in a contact section, the conveying paths of the conveying system and the conveyor belt are situated relative to one another in such a way that the distance between the conveying paths of the conveying system and the conveyor belt become continuously smaller, so that when a transport bag is conveyed along the contact section, the front side of the pocket of the transport bag contacts and comes to rest on the conveyor belt, and the transport bag is thereby pivoted backwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Roberto FENILE, Erwin Stauber
  • Patent number: 11434084
    Abstract: A method and a device for opening a transport bag for loading and/or unloading, wherein the transport bag is conveyed along a conveying path by a conveyor system, in a suspended manner, to a device for opening the transport bag. The transport bag has a front and rear wall and a movable push element, which effects a relative movement of the front and rear wall with respect to one another between a closed bag state and an open bag state. An actively moved push device exerts a pushing force on a first end of the push element of the transport bag and the push element is converted from an idle conformation into a conformation subjected to a pushing force. The front and rear wall are thus moved relative to one another in the direction of an open bag state and the transport bag is opened for loading and/or unloading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Marcel Ramseier, Erwin Stauber, Martin Keller
  • Patent number: 11267658
    Abstract: A device for emptying transport bags conveyed in a suspended manner, includes a conveying system via which transport bags may be supplied in a suspended manner along a conveying path. The transport bags have a pocket that is open at the top when in the filled state and a front side. A circulating conveyor belt for receiving piece good units transported in the transport bags is included, and in a contact section, the conveying paths of the conveying system and the conveyor belt are situated relative to one another in such a way that the distance between the conveying paths of the conveying system and the conveyor belt become continuously smaller, so that when a transport bag is conveyed along the contact section, the front side of the pocket of the transport bag contacts and comes to rest on the conveyor belt, and the transport bag is thereby pivoted backwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Roberto Fenile, Erwin Stauber
  • Publication number: 20210395017
    Abstract: A conveying unit (10) for the suspended transport of transport elements (40) in a conveyor system, in particular a rail-guided (86) conveyor system or a conveyor-chain system, includes a support hook (21) attached to a conveying element (20), in particular a carriage or a conveyor-chain link, a transport element (40), and a suspension hook (41) attached to the transport element, wherein the suspension hook is mounted in a suspended manner in the support hook. The support hook is configured such that the suspension hook can take up two stable positions (61, 62) in the support hook. The suspension hook (41) in a first stable position (61) has been turned through an angle with respect to the suspension hook in a second stable position (62).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Erwin STAUBER
  • Publication number: 20210395022
    Abstract: A method and a device for opening a transport bag for loading and/or unloading, wherein the transport bag is conveyed along a conveying path by a conveyor system, in a suspended manner, to a device for opening the transport bag. The transport bag has a front and rear wall and a movable push element, which effects a relative movement of the front and rear wall with respect to one another between a closed bag state and an open bag state. An actively moved push device exerts a pushing force on a first end of the push element of the transport bag and the push element is converted from an idle conformation into a conformation subjected to a pushing force. The front and rear wall are thus moved relative to one another in the direction of an open bag state and the transport bag is opened for loading and/or unloading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Marcel RAMSEIER, Erwin STAUBER, Martin KELLER
  • Patent number: 11084658
    Abstract: A conveying unit (10) for the suspended transport of transport elements (40) in a conveyor system, in particular a rail-guided (86) conveyor system or a conveyor-chain system, includes a support hook (21) attached to a conveying element (20), in particular a carriage or a conveyor-chain link, a transport element (40), and a suspension hook (41) attached to the transport element, wherein the suspension hook is mounted in a suspended manner in the support hook. The support hook is configured such that the suspension hook can take up two stable positions (61, 62) in the support hook. The suspension hook (41) in a first stable position (61) has been turned through an angle with respect to the suspension hook in a second stable position (62).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Erwin Stauber
  • Publication number: 20210171292
    Abstract: A device for emptying transport bags conveyed in a suspended manner, includes a conveying system via which transport bags may be supplied in a suspended manner along a conveying path. The transport bags have a pocket that is open at the top when in the filled state and a front side. A circulating conveyor belt for receiving piece good units transported in the transport bags is included, and in a contact section, the conveying paths of the conveying system and the conveyor belt are situated relative to one another in such a way that the distance between the conveying paths of the conveying system and the conveyor belt become continuously smaller, so that when a transport bag is conveyed along the contact section, the front side of the pocket of the transport bag contacts and comes to rest on the conveyor belt, and the transport bag is thereby pivoted backwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Roberto FENILE, Erwin STAUBER
  • Patent number: 10703568
    Abstract: A carriage for a rail-guided conveying system, in particular a gravity conveyor, in which a plurality of similar carriages are mounted one behind the other in the rail-longitudinal direction and displaceable in the rail-longitudinal direction, on a running rail extending in the rail-longitudinal direction. A first and a second set of upright rollers are arranged one behind the other for guiding the running rail in the rail-longitudinal direction and which in each case are rotatably mounted on a carriage body transversely to the rail-longitudinal direction about an associated axis and are spaced apart from one another along the associated axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Erwin Stauber
  • Publication number: 20190367282
    Abstract: A conveying unit (10) for the suspended transport of transport elements (40) in a conveyor system, in particular a rail-guided (86) conveyor system or a conveyor-chain system, includes a support hook (21) attached to a conveying element (20), in particular a carriage or a conveyor-chain link, a transport element (40), and a suspension hook (41) attached to the transport element, wherein the suspension hook is mounted in a suspended manner in the support hook. The support hook is configured such that the suspension hook can take up two stable positions (61, 62) in the support hook. The suspension hook (41) in a first stable position (61) has been turned through an angle with respect to the suspension hook in a second stable position (62).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Erwin STAUBER
  • Patent number: 10280005
    Abstract: A conveying system including a conveying rail, at least one conveying vehicle, which is led along the conveying rail, wherein the at least one conveying vehicle forms a contact element, and also including a driver chain with at least one driver for driving the at least one conveying vehicle in the conveying direction. The driver forms a receiver for receiving the contact element for the purpose of forming a driving contact. The driver includes a deflecting member that forms a spatial limitation for the receiver. The deflecting member is elastically deflectable by the contact element while opening up the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Erwin Stauber
  • Patent number: 10112783
    Abstract: A transfer device (1) for the separated transfer of product carriers (2a-2e) with holders (21, 21a-21e) to an overhead conveyor is described, comprising a helical conveyor (11), which defines a conveying section (F) for the holders (21, 21a-21e) with a conveying portion (FF) and a transfer portion (FU), wherein the conveying section (F) in the conveying portion (FF) describes a linear path and in the transfer portion (FU) describes a transversely curved path superimposed on the linear path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Erwin Stauber
  • Publication number: 20180244488
    Abstract: The invention relates to a feeding device for feeding products to a conveying or processing or packaging or sorting or collecting line of an intra-logistics system, including a supply conveyor, a standby circular conveyor having a plurality of transport units, which are arranged spaced apart from one another in a variably conveyable manner, an accumulation section, in which the transport units can be accumulated, an acceleration section, in which the transport units can be accelerated. The supply conveyor is provided with a transfer point, at which the products are transferred to a respective transport unit of the standby circular conveyor. The feeding device is configured such that the feeding device delivers the products in a controlled manner to designated receiving units of the conveying or processing or packaging or sorting or collecting line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Alex KELLER, Erwin STAUBER
  • Publication number: 20180244471
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transport unit (1, 1a-d, 1a?-d?) of an overhead conveyor system (2, 2?, 2?), comprising an elastically deformable buffer element (11, 11?, 11?, 11a-d, 11a?-d?), which is designed to store deformation energy when under load and to release same when no longer under load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Alex KELLER, Erwin STAUBER
  • Publication number: 20180118471
    Abstract: A transfer device (1) for the separated transfer of product carriers (2a-2e) with holders (21, 21a-21e) to an overhead conveyor is described, comprising a helical conveyor (11), which defines a conveying section (F) for the holders (21, 21a-21e) with a conveying portion (FF) and a transfer portion (FU), wherein the conveying section (F) in the conveying portion (FF) describes a linear path and in the transfer portion (FU) describes a transversely curved path superimposed on the linear path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Erwin STAUBER
  • Publication number: 20180037413
    Abstract: A conveying system including a conveying rail, at least one conveying vehicle, which is led along the conveying rail, wherein the at least one conveying vehicle forms a contact element, and also including a driver chain with at least one driver for driving the at least one conveying vehicle in the conveying direction. The driver forms a receiver for receiving the contact element for the purpose of forming a driving contact. The driver includes a deflecting member that forms a spatial limitation for the receiver. The deflecting member is elastically deflectable by the contact element while opening up the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Erwin Stauber
  • Publication number: 20170341864
    Abstract: A carriage for a rail-guided conveying system, in particular a gravity conveyor, in which a plurality of similar carriages are mounted one behind the other in the rail-longitudinal direction and displaceable in the rail-longitudinal direction, on a running rail extending in the rail-longitudinal direction. A first and a second set of upright rollers are arranged one behind the other for guiding the running rail in the rail-longitudinal direction and which in each case are rotatably mounted on a carriage body transversely to the rail-longitudinal direction about an associated axis and are spaced apart from one another along the associated axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Erwin STAUBER
  • Patent number: 9227803
    Abstract: The device for separating product parts of a multi-part, flat product includes a receiving unit for receiving the product, a device for separating the product parts and a retaining device for acting on one of the product parts for the purpose of maintaining the separation of the product parts. The receiving unit includes a first friction element and a second friction element, which is movable with respect to the first friction element. The two friction elements are arranged on the receiving unit such that the product can be firmly clamped between the friction elements. The friction elements are designed such that the static friction between the product part and the friction element assigned to this is greater than the static friction between the product parts, so that the product parts can be moved with respect to one another given a relative movement between the two friction elements firmly clamping the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Othmar Brunschwiler, Erwin Stauber
  • Publication number: 20150042029
    Abstract: The device for separating product parts of a multi-part, flat product includes a receiving unit for receiving the product, a device for separating the product parts and a retaining device for acting on one of the product parts for the purpose of maintaining the separation of the product parts. The receiving unit includes a first friction element and a second friction element, which is movable with respect to the first friction element. The two friction elements are arranged on the receiving unit such that the product can be firmly clamped between the friction elements. The friction elements are designed such that the static friction between the product part and the friction element assigned to this is greater than the static friction between the product parts, so that the product parts can be moved with respect to one another given a relative movement between the two friction elements firmly clamping the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Othmar Brunschwiler, Erwin Stauber