Patents by Inventor Halvor Wergeland

Halvor Wergeland 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).

  • Handling and compacting of empty beverage cans
    Patent number: 5251546
    Abstract: A system for identification, separation and compacting of empty beverage cans including a first device for distinguishing between cans to be accepted and not accepted and rejecting non-acceptable cans, and for detecting at least one dimension of a can to be compacted, and for determining a can redemption value based on such detection, and a second device for compacting the can through interaction of a three arm device, a first arm contacting a mid-portion of the can and compressing that mid portion, and second and third arms acting on end regions on either side of the mid-portion to compress the remaining portions of the can. The arm device is retracted and the compacted can is removed after the compressing action is completed by the arm device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Tomra Systems A/S
    Inventors: Halvor Wergeland, Tore Planke, Tommy Wincent
  • Handling and compacting of empty beverage cans
    Patent number: 5249689
    Abstract: A system for identification, separation and compacting of empty beverage cans including a first device for distinguishing between cans to be accepted and not accepted and rejecting non-acceptable cans, and for detecting at least one dimension of a can to be compacted, and for determining a can redemption value based on such detection, and a second device for compacting the can through interaction of a three arm device, a first arm contacting a mid-portion of the can and compressing that mid portion, and second and third arms acting on end regions on either side of the mid-portion to compress the remaining portions of the can. The arm device is retracted and the compacted can is removed after the compressing action is completed by the arm device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Assignee: Tomra Systems A/S
    Inventors: Halvor Wergeland, Tore Planke, Tommy Wincent