Patents by Inventor Frank Winzinger

Frank Winzinger 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).

  • Publication number: 20240067426
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a container comprising fibers, wherein the container further comprises a coating that is biodegradable. The disclosure further relates to a method for coating a container comprising fibers for producing the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas ALBRECHT, Martina BIRK, Patrick ENGELHARD, Sandra BREITSCHAEDEL, Angelika GROSSER, Jörg ZACHARIAS, Michael NEUBAUER, Matthias WAHL, Frank WINZINGER, Ulrich LAPPE
  • Publication number: 20240066765
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fiber material for producing a container, wherein the fiber material comprises fiber structures for ensuring a predetermined stability of a container produced from the fiber material. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a method for producing a container using the fiber material, and container comprising the fiber material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jörg ZACHARIAS, Thomas ALBRECHT, Matthias WAHL, Frank WINZINGER, Patrick ENGELHARD, Michael NEUBAUER, Angelika GROSSER
  • Publication number: 20240066818
    Abstract: A device for producing a container from a material comprising fibers and for treating the container, wherein the device comprises a mold, a first apparatus for performing at least one production step for producing the container from the material comprising fibers in the mold, and a second apparatus for performing at least one treatment step for treating the container, and wherein the second apparatus is configured to treat the container in the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Frank WINZINGER, Matthias WAHL, Yvette FREESE, Andreas HIPPEL, Joerg ZACHARIAS
  • Publication number: 20240068170
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing a container comprising fibers, wherein the method comprises providing at least two different fluid fiber mixtures and introducing the fiber mixtures into a mold in which the container is formed such that at least two different continuous volume regions of the container which extend from an inner to an outer surface of the container are produced with different fiber mixtures. The disclosure further relates to a device for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Frank WINZINGER, Angelika GROSSER, Jörg ZACHARIAS
  • Publication number: 20240068171
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing a container comprising fibers by means of a controlled application head that applies material comprising the fibers to container positions. The disclosure further relates to a device, for example for carrying out the method, wherein the device comprises at least one controlled application head for applying material comprising the fibers to container positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Frank WINZINGER, Angelika GROSSER, Barbara WEIN
  • Publication number: 20240051697
    Abstract: The invention relates inter alia to a device (1) for labeling objects (3), preferably containers. The device (1) includes a label conveyor (7) for conveying a plurality of labels (2) along a circulating conveyor track (19) by means of multiple movement devices (20). The label conveyor (7) has a plurality of module docking stations (52). At least one auxiliary unit module is connected to one of the plurality of module docking stations (52). Advantageously, the flexibility of the device (1) can thus be substantially increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Frank WINZINGER
  • Publication number: 20240017513
    Abstract: A device for forming and pressing a mouth piece of a container comprising fibers, for example pulp, wherein the device comprises a mold for surrounding at least one outer surface of a mouth region of the container in which the mouth piece is to be formed, wherein the mold comprises a structure for forming the mouth piece. The device also comprises a mandrel for introduction into an opening of the mouth region and a movement means for performing a relative movement between the mold and the mandrel to reduce a clearance of the mold and the mandrel, and thus to form and press the mouth piece. This disclosure also includes a method for forming and pressing a mouth piece of a container comprising fibers, for example pulp, using the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jochen Hirdina, Frank Winzinger
  • Publication number: 20240010442
    Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to a device for transporting objects. The device has a guide track and at least one movement device having a main body and a bracket for holding an object. The bracket is connected to the main body pivotably about a pivot axis, and the pivot axis is oriented at an angle to a vertical axis of the at least one movement device. A pivoting device is arranged separately from the at least one movement device and is designed to cause the bracket to pivot about the pivot axis. The device makes it possible for different handling devices with differing requirements on an orientation of the object to be able to be run with just one movement device without it being necessary, in the meantime, to hand the object over from the movement device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Frank WINZINGER, Wolfgang ROIDL, Michael NEUBAUER
  • Patent number: 11809167
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container processing system (10A-10U) for processing containers (12). The container processing system (10A-10U) has a plurality of processing units (22) for processing the containers (12) and a planar drive system (14) for transporting the containers (12). The planar drive system (14) is configured to move the plurality of movement devices (18) individually to a selection of the plurality of processing units (22) according to in each case one of a plurality of processing profiles for different container processing, wherein each of the plurality of processing profiles has a different selection of the plurality of processing units (22). The container processing system (10A-10U) advantageously allows flexible processing of different containers (different formats, contents, designs, bundles, packages, etc.) from a lot size of 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Stefan Scherl, August Peutl, Heinrich Bielmeier, Florian Lauterbach, Roland Laumer, Stefan Elsperger, Michael Neubauer, Alexander Kaiser, Wolfgang Roidl, Frank Winzinger
  • Publication number: 20230286204
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for treating containers with a transport device for transporting a container along a predetermined transport path, wherein the apparatus includes at least one container treatment device and preferably a plurality of container treatment devices, wherein the at least one container treatment device has at least one wear element, wherein the at least one container treatment device has a wear detection device for detecting wear data relating to wear of the at least one wear element. The wear detection device includes at least one sensor device for detecting the wear data relating to the wear of the at least one wear element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: Frank WINZINGER
  • Patent number: 11702328
    Abstract: An apparatus for filling a vessel with a multicomponent filling product includes a filler having at least one filling unit set up to introduce the filling product into the vessel, and a filler tank set up for intermediate buffering of the filling product and in fluid connection with the filling unit via a product conduit to supply the filling unit with the filling product; and a mixer set up to blend the filling product from at least two filling product components, wherein the mixer has a circulation conduit; and the mixer has at least one dosage branch set up to introduce one filling product component into the circulation conduit, wherein the mixer has a heat exchanger set up to adjust the temperature of the filling product in the circulation conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Thomas Oehmichen, Christina Laumer, Johanna Justl, Frank Winzinger, Stefan Hoeller, Erwin Engel, Christoph Mieko, Holger Mueller
  • Publication number: 20220162049
    Abstract: An apparatus for filling a vessel with a multicomponent filling product includes a filler having at least one filling unit set up to introduce the filling product into the vessel, and a filler tank set up for intermediate buffering of the filling product and in fluid connection with the filling unit via a product conduit to supply the filling unit with the filling product; and a mixer set up to blend the filling product from at least two filling product components, wherein the mixer has a circulation conduit; and the mixer has at least one dosage branch set up to introduce one filling product component into the circulation conduit, wherein the mixer has a heat exchanger set up to adjust the temperature of the filling product in the circulation conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Oehmichen, Christina Laumer, Johanna Justl, Frank Winzinger, Stefan Hoeller, Erwin Engel, Christoph Micko, Holger Mueller
  • Publication number: 20220035345
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container processing system (10A-10U) for processing containers (12). The container processing system (10A-10U) has a plurality of processing units (22) for processing the containers (12) and a planar drive system (14) for transporting the containers (12). The planar drive system (14) is configured to move the plurality of movement devices (18) individually to a selection of the plurality of processing units (22) according to in each case one of a plurality of processing profiles for different container processing, wherein each of the plurality of processing profiles has a different selection of the plurality of processing units (22). The container processing system (10A-10U) advantageously allows flexible processing of different containers (different formats, contents, designs, bundles, packages, etc.) from a lot size of 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan SCHERL, August PEUTL, Heinrich BIELMEIER, Florian LAUTERBACH, Roland LAUMER, Stefan ELSPERGER, Michael NEUBAUER, Alexander KAISER, Wolfgang ROIDL, Frank WINZINGER
  • Patent number: 11053082
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for handling piece goods (2) moved one after another being transported to a seizing range (4) of at least one manipulator (5). Hereby at least two transported piece goods (2) are seized, spatially separated from the closed formation (F) and brought into a specified relative first target position (P1) and/or target alignment in relation to the subsequent piece goods (2). There at least one of the piece goods (2) is released. The at least one second piece good (2) seized from the formation (F) is seized again and is brought into a specified relative second target position and/or target alignment that is spaced apart from the first target position (P1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Winzinger, Johannes Kirzinger, Manuel Kollmuss
  • Patent number: 11052595
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for molding plastic preforms into plastic containers using a blow mould assembly including a blow mould unit, wherein a part of the blow mould unit is retained on a blow mould holder element using negative pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Rupert Meinzinger, Klaus Voth, Thomas Albrecht, Erik Blochmann, Martin Seger, Konrad Senn, Frank Winzinger, Matthias Wallner, Christian Stoiber, Harald Steinberger, Thomas Hoellriegl, Hans-Juergen Fleishmann
  • Patent number: 10875725
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a conveying storage device for containers, said device comprising: a first conveyor/second conveyor which is drivable in a first direction/second direction; a transfer device for transferring containers from a first conveying surface to a second conveying surface; an additional element; and a separating element. Between the transfer device and the separating element is a passage region along a transition region between the first and second conveying surface. The transfer device is movable into an emptying position during an emptying process. The additional element is movable during the emptying process relative to the transfer device, is introducible into the passage region or is located in the passage region, and can move containers to the second conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Frank Winzinger, Konrad Senn, Arthur Binder, Johann Huettner
  • Patent number: 10710275
    Abstract: A container treatment system (1, 13) that has at least two working areas (AP). Each of the working areas (AP) respectively comprises at least one exchangeable working tool (2) and/or one adaptable format part. Furthermore, the container treatment system (1, 13) comprises at least one automatic exchange machine (10) which is movable, in particular drivable, to the at least two working areas (AP), which automatic exchange machine (10) can be connected selectively to any of the respective working areas (AP), in particular using centering means (22, 32), and which automatic exchange machine (10) comprises tools for exchanging the working tools (2) and/or for adapting the format parts of the respective working area (AP). The invention further relates to an automatic exchange machine (10) for exchanging working tools (2) and/or for adapting the format parts of at least two different working areas (AP) of a container treatment system (1, 13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Frank Winzinger
  • Publication number: 20200140207
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a conveying storage device for containers, said device comprising: a first conveyor/second conveyor which is drivable in a first direction/second direction; a transfer device for transferring containers from a first conveying surface to a second conveying surface; an additional element; and a separating element. Between the transfer device and the separating element is a passage region along a transition region between the first and second conveying surface. The transfer device is movable into an emptying position during an emptying process. The additional element is movable during the emptying process relative to the transfer device, is introducible into the passage region or is located in the passage region, and can move containers to the second conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Frank WINZINGER, Konrad SENN, Arthur BINDER, Johann HUETTNER
  • Patent number: 10456954
    Abstract: A method of shaping plastics material pre-forms into plastics material containers is provided, in which the plastics material pre-forms are expanded inside a blow mold with the aid of an expansion agent and a stretch rod to form the plastics material containers, and in which at least the blow mold and/or the stretch rod is or are sterilized if necessary at least in part with sterilization agent, wherein, to sterilize the outer side of the stretch rod, the stretch rod is displaced at least in part into the blow mold, and the sterilization agents are brought from a discharge element arranged outside the stretch rod to the exterior face of the stretch rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventor: Frank Winzinger
  • Patent number: 10350816
    Abstract: Process to produce containers out of preforms, in which the preform is inserted in a form-filling station, molded and filled in this station. Gas, which remains in the head space after the end of the filling process, is replaced by a purge gas, and a form-filling machine is provided to produce and to fill containers made of preforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventor: Frank Winzinger