Patents by Inventor Gericke Stephan

Gericke Stephan 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).

  • Apparatus for transporting and stacking goods, in particular in the form of plates, and corresponding process
    Patent number: 6840733
    Abstract: The apparatus (10) serves for transporting and stacking goods (12), in particular in the form of plates such as metal plates or the like, and includes a feed transport device (14), which is connected to a stacking device (16). In this apparatus an overhead transport device (18) is provided which is disposed at least partially in a stacking area (20) above the stacking device (16) and which has a holding system (22) which can be activated and deactivated, where a delay system is provided for time-delayed activation of an effective holding force of the overhead transport device at a point in time when the front, seen in the direction of transport, area of the goods overlaps the stacking area in the direction of stacking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: LTG Mailänder GmbH
    Inventors: Michel Björn, Gericke Stephan
  • Apparatus for transporting and stacking goods, in particular in the form of plates, and corresponding process
    Publication number: 20030039536
    Abstract: The apparatus (10) serves for transporting and stacking goods (12), in particular in the form of plates such as metal plates or the like, and includes a feed transport device (14), which is connected to a stacking device (16). In this apparatus an overhead transport device (18) is provided which is disposed at least partially in a stacking area (20) above the stacking device (16) and which has a holding system (22) which can be activated and deactivated, where a delay system is provided for time-delayed activation of an effective holding force of the overhead transport device at a point in time when the front, seen in the direction of transport, area of the goods overlaps the stacking area in the direction of stacking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Michel Bjorn, Gericke Stephan