Patents by Inventor Germ Buter

Germ Buter 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: 20240002156
    Abstract: There is presented a conveyor belt module (10) with first and second sets of eye parts for allowing connecting the conveyor belt module to a like conveyor belt module (10II) via a rod (41), said conveyor belt module being suitable for a side flexing modular conveyor belt (100), wherein in a cross-sectional plane intersecting an outermost eye part and being orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the conveyor belt module the conveyor belt module comprises portions of material having positions which on both sides of a plane comprising the longitudinal axis and intersecting both first and second eye parts are present on both sides of axis through both of the first and second eye parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: Marel Poultry B.V., Ammeraal Beltech Modular A/S
    Inventors: Harry Van Der Eerden, Germ Buter, Kenneth Westergaard Andersen
  • Publication number: 20230406643
    Abstract: There is presented a conveyor belt module for a side flexing modular conveyor belt wherein a width ratio between a longitudinal surface width and a maximum width of eye parts placed centrally along a longitudinal is smaller than a width ratio for eye parts placed on both sides of the centrally placed eye parts. There is furthermore presented a modular conveyor belt, a conveyor belt system, a method for conveying one or more elements and use of modular conveyor belt for conveying one or more elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: Marel Poultry B.V., Ammeraal Beltech Modular A/S
    Inventors: Harry Van Der Eerden, Germ Buter, Kenneth Westergaard Andersen
  • Publication number: 20230356952
    Abstract: There is presented an attachment unit (60) comprising a flight part (66) and an attachment part comprising first and second sets of protrusions where each of the protrusions is extending away from the flight part (66) in the first transverse direction, and where each of the first set of protrusions and the second set of protrusions comprises one or more protrusions, which each has one or more protuberances and/or cavities each extending in a longitudinal direction and/or a second transverse direction, and wherein the first set of protrusions is off-set (80) along the second transverse direction (64).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicants: Marel Poultry B.V., Ammeraal Beltech Modular A/S
    Inventors: Harry Van Der Eerden, Germ Buter, Kenneth Westergaard Andersen
  • Publication number: 20220281689
    Abstract: Provided is a conveyor belt link, of the type used in endless conveyor belts assembled from a plurality of such modular conveyor belt links, where the modular conveyor belt link has a main body extending in the modular belt link's width direction, and where a plurality of eye parts extend forwards and rearwards from the main body, the eye parts being spaced in the width direction of the modular belt link, where forwards extending eye parts are offset relative to rearwards extending eye parts, such that when two modular conveyor belt links are pushed together the eye parts on one link will inter-fit between eye parts on the other modular belt link, wherein the modular belt link laterally is limited by two sides, and that the outermost eye parts on either side are provided with a cutout, such that the width of the modular conveyor belt link is smaller in the cutout than outside the cutout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Kenneth Westergaard Andersen, Germ Buter
  • Patent number: 11155418
    Abstract: A spiral conveyor construction comprises an endless conveyor belt guided on a conveying path. At least a part of the conveying path surrounds a drive tower. Spaced along the periphery of the drive tower are arranged vertical engagement members. Additionally on a lower section of the drive tower adjacent blocks are provided, radially projecting further from the drive tower than the engagement members, and where the blocks are provided with a radially extending secondary rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Ammeraal Beltech Modular A/S
    Inventors: Germ Buter, Kenneth Westergaard Andersen
  • Publication number: 20200346872
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spiral conveyor construction comprising an endless conveyor belt assembled from a plurality of substantially identical modular belt links, where the endless conveyor belt is guided on a conveying path, where at least a part of the conveying path is surrounding a drive tower, where the drive tower can rotate around a vertical axis, such that the drive tower engages a side surface of the endless conveyor belt thereby propelling the endless conveyor along the conveying path characterized in that spaced along the periphery of the drive tower are arranged vertical engagement members, where at least some of these engagement members has a vertically arranged rib projecting radially away from the drive tower, and where on a lower section of the drive tower adjacent at least some of the engagement members with projecting ribs, blocks are provided, said blocks near the bottom of the drive tower radially project further from the drive tower that the engagement members, and where the blocks are
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Germ Buter, Kenneth Westergaard Andersen
  • Patent number: 8991595
    Abstract: Modular belt link module consisting of a main body element and an insert, where the modular belt link module is of the type which when assembled with a plurality of substantially identical modular belt link modules constitutes a conveyor belt, where each main body element has a central part, from which central part eye parts project in a forward and rearward direction with respect to the intended travelling direction, such that eye parts along a front part of one modular belt link may be interleafed between eye parts on a rear part of an adjacent modular belt link module, and where the eye parts each are provided with an aperture arranged laterally to the intended travelling direction, such that when the eye parts are interleafed, the apertures of adjacent eye parts overlap, and a connection pin may be inserted laterally at least through some of the apertures, hingely connecting adjacent modular belt link modules, wherein the central part and a plurality of the eye parts are provided with a continuous cavity,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Ammeraal Beltech Modular A/S
    Inventor: Germ Buter
  • Patent number: 8851271
    Abstract: Conveyor belts are made from modular links having offset forward and rearward projecting eye parts to intercalate eye parts from one belt link between eye parts with oval lateral apertures. Connecting rods inserted through aligned apertures hingedly connect adjacent links. Clips restrict lateral turning of the belt links. Clips have general U-shapes with two legs, a bridge portion end, and opposite free ends. Projecting members at the free ends have lengths parallel to the legs and smaller than the lengths of the apertures in the belt links in which the clip is to be installed, and have heights equivalent to or smaller than the heights of the aperture in the belt link in which the clip is to be installed. The lateral distance between the two legs of the U, is larger than the lateral extent of an eye part in the belt link in which the clip is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Ammeraal Beltech Modular A/S
    Inventor: Germ Buter
  • Publication number: 20140158503
    Abstract: Modular belt link module consisting of a main body element and an insert, where the modular belt link module is of the type which when assembled with a plurality of substantially identical modular belt link modules constitutes a conveyor belt, where each main body element has a central part, from which central part eye parts project in a forward and rearward direction with respect to the intended travelling direction, such that eye parts along a front part of one modular belt link may be interleafed between eye parts on a rear part of an adjacent modular belt link module, and where the eye parts each are provided with an aperture arranged laterally to the intended travelling direction, such that when the eye parts are interleafed, the apertures of adjacent eye parts overlap, and a connection pin may be inserted laterally at least through some of the apertures, hingely connecting adjacent modular belt link modules, wherein the central part and a plurality of the eye parts are provided with a continuous cavity,
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: AMMERAAL BELTECH MODULAR A/S
    Inventor: Germ Buter
  • Publication number: 20120031739
    Abstract: Conveyor belts are made from modular links having offset forward and rearward projecting eye parts to intercalate eye parts from one belt link between eye parts with oval lateral apertures. Connecting rods inserted through aligned apertures hingedly connect adjacent links. Clips restrict lateral turning of the belt links. Clips have general U-shapes with two legs, a bridge portion end, and opposite free ends. Projecting members at the free ends have lengths parallel to the legs and smaller than the lengths of the apertures in the belt links in which the clip is to be installed, and have heights equivalent to or smaller than the heights of the aperture in the belt link in which the clip is to be installed. The lateral distance between the two legs of the U, is larger than the lateral extent of an eye part in the belt link in which the clip is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventor: Germ Buter
  • Patent number: 8083053
    Abstract: A conveyor belt for following a conveyance path with straight and curved conveyance path sections is constructed of module rows of a module (10) or a plurality of modules situated side by side in the transverse direction of the conveyor belt. Adjacent module rows are connected to each other by means of connecting pins (42). Each module comprises a set (15) of first aligned spaced fingers (16) with transverse aperture (40), and also a set (19) of second aligned spaced fingers (20) with transverse aperture (44), which in general are disposed in a staggered position relative to the first fingers (16). The mutual distance between at least the three outermost fingers of a set situated side by side and having the same width in a set is greater than the mutual distance between fingers situated side by side at a distance from the abovementioned at least three outermost fingers. A shorter run-in length and run-out length of a curved conveyance section of the conveyance path is achieved in this way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Ammeraal Beltech B.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus Gerardus Maria Paardekooper, Germ Buter
  • Publication number: 20090057108
    Abstract: A conveyor belt for following a conveyance path with straight and curved conveyance path sections is constructed of module rows of a module (10) or a plurality of modules situated side by side in the transverse direction of the conveyor belt. Adjacent module rows are connected to each other by means of connecting pins (42). Each module comprises a set (15) of first aligned spaced fingers (16) with transverse aperture (40), and also a set (19) of second aligned spaced fingers (20) with transverse aperture (44), which in general are disposed in a staggered position relative to the first fingers (16). The mutual distance between at least the three outermost fingers of a set situated side by side and having the same width in a set is greater than the mutual distance between fingers situated side by side at a distance from the abovementioned at least three outermost fingers. A shorter run-in length and run-out length of a curved conveyance section of the conveyance path is achieved in this way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: AMMERAAL BELTECH B.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus Gerardus Maria Paardekooper, Germ Buter