Patents by Inventor Johannes F. G. Smits

Johannes F. G. Smits 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).

  • Conveying rail system for a trolly
    Patent number: 5590995
    Abstract: A conveying system provided with a rail system, with a trolley or the like, which is movable along the rail system, and with a switch device, by which a trolley can be diverted from one rail track to another rail track connected to the first rail track. The trolley or the like is provided with two guides, which are arranged some distance apart and which cooperate during operation with a fixed guide extending in the longitudinal direction of a rail track. The trolley is furthermore provided with two further guides, which are arranged some distance apart and which are furthermore arranged in staggered relationship with respect to each other, transversely to the intended direction of movement, for cooperation with the guides, which form part of the switch device, for diverting the trolley from one rail track to the other, which guides are disposed near the connection between the two rail tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Vanderlande Industries Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius J. H. Berkers, Johannes F. G. Smits, Antonius A. P. Van De Ven