Patents by Inventor Hartmut Levers

Hartmut Levers 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).

  • Method and production system for producing and/or packaging cigarettes
    Patent number: 9493258
    Abstract: A method for producing and/or packaging cigarettes, in a system in which at least one production unit is fed packaging units from a lower packaging level, and the production unit packages the packaging units in associated packaging units from a higher level, and the packaging units from the higher packaging level each comprise one or more packaging units from the lower packaging level. A camera records images of the packs of the packaging units from the lower level which are to be fed, or have been fed, to the production unit, and a camera records images of the packs of the packaging units from the higher level which are respectively assigned to the packaging units from the lower level, and the recorded images of the packs of the respectively associated packaging units are each assigned to a common identifier, preferably to a machine-internal counting number of the production unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Hartmut Olbrich, Michael Czarnotta, Hartmut Levers
  • Method and Production System for Producing and/or Packaging Cigarettes
    Publication number: 20140290180
    Abstract: A method for producing and/or packaging cigarettes, in a system in which at least one production unit is fed packaging units from a lower packaging level, and the production unit packages the packaging units in associated packaging units from a higher level, and the packaging units from the higher packaging level each comprise one or more packaging units from the lower packaging level. A camera records images of the packs of the packaging units from the lower level which are to be fed, or have been fed, to the production unit, and a camera records images of the packs of the packaging units from the higher level which are respectively assigned to the packaging units from the lower level, and the recorded images of the packs of the respectively associated packaging units are each assigned to a common identifier, preferably to a machine-internal counting number of the production unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: FOCKE & CO. (GMBH & CO. KG)
    Inventors: Hartmut Olbrich, Michael Czarnotta, Hartmut Levers