Patents by Inventor Johannes Wilhelmus Broers
Johannes Wilhelmus Broers 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).
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Patent number: 10259654Abstract: A helical conveyor comprises a belt having a transport section for transporting products where the belt follows at least partly a helical path between a lower end and an upper end of the transport section and a return section where the belt follows a path. The conveyor comprises a lower end reverse guide for turning the belt upside down and reversing its direction of movement between the transport section and the return section at the lower end of the transport section and an upper end reverse guide for turning the belt upside down and reverting its direction of movement between the transport section and the return section at the upper end of the transport section. The return section leaves the upper end through a horizontally oriented upper return section portion and the return section leaves the lower end through a horizontally oriented lower return section portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: AMBAFLEX INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventors: Wouter Balk, Johannes Wilhelmus Broers
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Publication number: 20170291770Abstract: A helical conveyor comprises a belt having a transport section for transporting products where the belt follows at least partly a helical path between a lower end and an upper end of the transport section and a return section where the belt follows a path. The conveyor comprises a lower end reverse guide for turning the belt upside down and reversing its direction of movement between the transport section and the return section at the lower end of the transport section and an upper end reverse guide for turning the belt upside down and reverting its direction of movement between the transport section and the return section at the upper end of the transport section. The return section leaves the upper end through a horizontally oriented upper return section portion and the return section leaves the lower end through a horizontally oriented lower return section portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Wouter Balk, Johannes Wilhelmus Broers
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Patent number: 9630785Abstract: A conveyor for buffering products includes a first helical conveyor having a first conveyor input and a first conveyor output and a second helical conveyor having a second conveyor input and a second conveyor output. The first conveyor output is coupled to the second conveyor input and the second conveyor output is coupled to the first conveyor input. A loading station and a discharging station are configured to load and discharge products to and from the conveyor. A single conveyor belt follows the helical tracks of the first and second helical conveyors.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: SPECIALTY CONVEYOR B.V.Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus Broers, Wouter Balk
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Publication number: 20160031655Abstract: A conveyor for buffering products includes a first helical conveyor having a first conveyor input and a first conveyor output and a second helical conveyor having a second conveyor input and a second conveyor output. The first conveyor output is coupled to the second conveyor input and the second conveyor output is coupled to the first conveyor input. A loading station and a discharging station are configured to load and discharge products to and from the conveyor. A single conveyor belt follows the helical tracks of the first and second helical conveyors.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus Broers, Wouter Balk
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Patent number: 9227783Abstract: A conveyor for conveying products comprises at least a drivable helically-shaped inner track conveyor member and a drivable helically-shaped outer track conveyor member. The outer track conveyor member surrounds the inner track conveyor member. The pitches of the inner track conveyor member and the outer track conveyor member are different.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Specialty Conveyor B.V.Inventors: Wouter Balk, Johannes Wilhelmus Broers
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Patent number: 9181041Abstract: A conveyor for buffering products comprises at least first and second drivable curved conveyor parts, which are spaced from each other in horizontal direction. At least, the first conveyor part has at least an inner track and an outer track, wherein the outer track is adjacent to the inner track and disposed at the outside bend side of the inner track. The second conveyor part has at least a second conveyor part track, wherein one end of the outer track of the first conveyor part is coupled to one end of the second conveyor part track. An other end of the second conveyor part track is coupled to one end of the inner track of the first conveyor part. The first and second conveyor parts are at least partly helically-shaped.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2009Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Specialty Conveyor B.V.Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus Broers, Wouter Balk
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Patent number: 9174806Abstract: A transfer conveyor for transferring articles from a first conveyor to a second conveyor comprises an input for receiving articles from the first conveyor and an output for transporting articles to the second conveyor, a first contact member and a second contact member having first and second contact surfaces, respectively, extending upwardly and facing each other for clamping articles between said contact surfaces when travelling from the input to the output and a curved transport path between the input and the output, and a counter member for holding up an article and/or at least one of the first and second contact members in vertical direction when an article is clamped by the contact members. At least one of the first contact member, the second contact member and the counter member is drivable for transporting articles from the input to the output.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Specialty Conveyor B.V.Inventor: Johannes Wilhelmus Broers
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Publication number: 20140291121Abstract: A transfer conveyor for transferring articles from a first conveyor to a second conveyor comprises an input for receiving articles from the first conveyor and an output for transporting articles to the second conveyor, a first contact member and a second contact member having first and second contact surfaces, respectively, extending upwardly and facing each other for clamping articles between said contact surfaces when travelling from the input to the output and a curved transport path between the input and the output, and a counter member for holding up an article and/or at least one of the first and second contact members in vertical direction when an article is clamped by the contact members. At least one of the first contact member, the second contact member and the counter member is drivable for transporting articles from the input to the output.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2011Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventor: Johannes Wilhelmus Broers
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Publication number: 20140174890Abstract: A conveyor for conveying products comprises at least a drivable helically-shaped inner track conveyor member and a drivable helically-shaped outer track conveyor member. The outer track conveyor member surrounds the inner track conveyor member. The pitches of the inner track conveyor member and the outer track conveyor member are different.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Specialty Conveyor B.V.Inventors: Wouter Balk, Johannes Wilhelmus Broers
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Patent number: 8695785Abstract: A conveyor for conveying products comprises at least a drivable helically-shaped inner track conveyor member and a drivable helically-shaped outer track conveyor member. The outer track conveyor member surrounds the inner track conveyor member. The pitches of the inner track conveyor member and the outer track conveyor member are different.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Specialty Conveyor B.V.Inventors: Wouter Balk, Johannes Wilhelmus Broers
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Patent number: 8302763Abstract: An apparatus for buffering products comprises at least three buffer conveyors arranged in series, which can be driven independently of each other, a first buffer conveyor which can be connected to supply device for supplying products and a last buffer conveyor which can be connected to discharge device for discharging the products, wherein the buffer conveyors are so arranged that each of the products follows the same conveying path and that at least one of the buffer conveyors comprises a spiral path.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2008Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Specialty Conveyor B.V.Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus Broers, Jozef Walter Maria Hopman, Wouter Balk
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Publication number: 20120043182Abstract: A conveyor for conveying products comprises at least a drivable helically-shaped inner track conveyor member and a drivable helically-shaped outer track conveyor member. The outer track conveyor member surrounds the inner track conveyor member. The pitches of the inner track conveyor member and the outer track conveyor member are different.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: Specialty Conveyor B.V.Inventors: Wouter Balk, Johannes Wilhelmus Broers
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Publication number: 20110259711Abstract: A conveyor for buffering products comprises at least first and second drivable curved conveyor parts, which are spaced from each other in horizontal direction. At least, the first conveyor part has at least an inner track and an outer track, wherein the outer track is adjacent to the inner track and disposed at the outside bend side of the inner track. The second conveyor part has at least a second conveyor part track, wherein one end of the outer track of the first conveyor part is coupled to one end of the second conveyor part track. An other end of the second conveyor part track is coupled to one end of the inner track of the first conveyor part. The first and second conveyor parts are at least partly helically-shaped.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2009Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: Lijesa Developments Pty LtdInventors: Johannes Wilhelmus Broers, Wouter Balk
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Publication number: 20110180373Abstract: A buffer conveyor for conveying and buffering products comprises a first and a second conveyor, which move at least substantially parallel to each other in helical paths about a common vertical axis, albeit in opposite directions. A transfer unit is movable parallel to the first and the second conveyor in the aforesaid path with its inlet (HA) and outlet (HB) ends. The transfer unit is provided with at least one separate, drivable transfer element for transferring the products from the first conveyor to the second conveyor, so that the products can be transferred from the inlet end of the first conveyor to the discharge end of the second conveyor via the transfer unit. The transfer unit comprises a drive unit for moving the transfer unit along the paths of the respective conveyors with its ends in dependence on the speeds of the first and the second conveyor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2009Publication date: July 28, 2011Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus Broers, Wouter Balk
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Patent number: 7963389Abstract: A conveyor for conveying piece goods or the like through a helical path around a central axis in a vertical direction includes a frame which supports an endless conveyor belt that is movable along the helical path in a conveying direction. The conveyor belt includes carrier plates which are movably connected to each other. The frame includes at least a guide and at least a number of carrier plates comprise at least a guide roller rotatable about an axis of rotation. The guide roller has at least a first guide roller surface which is in contact with the guide in a first contact location, and a second guide roller surface which is in contact with the guide in a second contact location. The first and second contact locations are spaced from each other and the normal to the first guide roller surface in the first contact location deviates from the normal to the second guide roller surface in the second contact location.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2007Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Specialty Conveyor B.V.Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus Broers, Jozef Walter Maria Hopman, Wouter Balk
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Publication number: 20100140054Abstract: An apparatus for buffering products comprises at least three buffer conveyors (2) arranged in series, which can be driven independently of each other, a first buffer conveyor (2a) which can be connected to supply means for supplying products and a last buffer conveyor (2c) which can be connected to discharge means for discharging the products, wherein the buffer conveyors are so arranged that each of the products follows the same conveying path and that at least one of the buffer conveyors comprises a spiral path.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: Specialty Conveyor B.V.Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus Broers, Jozef Walter Maria Hopman, Wouter Balk
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Publication number: 20100089724Abstract: A conveyor for conveying piece goods or the like through a helical path around a central axis in a vertical direction includes a frame which supports an endless conveyor belt that is movable along the helical path in a conveying direction. The conveyor belt includes carrier plates which are movably connected to each other. The frame includes at least a guide and at least a number of carrier plates comprise at least a guide roller rotatable about an axis of rotation. The guide roller has at least a first guide roller surface which is in contact with the guide in a first contact location, and a second guide roller surface which is in contact with the guide in a second contact location. The first and second contact locations are spaced from each other and the normal to the first guide roller surface in the first contact location deviates from the normal to the second guide roller surface in the second contact location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2007Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: SPECIALTY CONVEYOR B.V.Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus Broers, Jozef Walter Maria Hopman, Wouter Balk