Patents by Inventor Marvin Schaefer

Marvin Schaefer 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: 20240150054
    Abstract: The invention relates to an output unit for a provision individually per track of sheet material for placing beneath products fed on two or multiple tracks, in particular beneath food portions, said output unit comprising a draw-in device that is configured to draw in individually per track a respective one material web of the sheet material per track and that in particular has at least one driven draw-in shaft and at least one draw-in pressure unit; a separation device that is configured to separate the sheet material from the material webs; and an ejection device that is configured to discharge sheet material on two or multiple tracks and that comprises a driven ejection roller and an ejection counter-unit that forms an ejection gap for the sheet material together with the ejection roller, wherein the ejection roller is jointly associated with at least two tracks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Marvin Schäfer, Thorsten Schneider, Markus Gerhardt, Florian Reitz, Julian Nolte, Heiko Knöppel
  • Patent number: 11975873
    Abstract: The invention relates to an output unit for a provision individually per track of sheet material for placing beneath products fed on two or multiple tracks, in particular beneath food portions, said output unit comprising a draw-in device that is configured to draw in individually per track a respective one material web of the sheet material per track and that in particular has at least one driven draw-in shaft and at least one draw-in pressure unit; a separation device that is configured to separate the sheet material from the material webs; and an ejection device that is configured to discharge sheet material on two or multiple tracks and that comprises a driven ejection roller and an ejection counter-unit that forms an ejection gap for the sheet material together with the ejection roller, wherein the ejection roller is jointly associated with at least two tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach
    Inventors: Marvin Schäfer, Thorsten Schneider, Markus Gerhardt, Florian Reitz, Julian Nolte, Heiko Knöppel
  • Publication number: 20230339105
    Abstract: A handling device for a manufacturing environment includes a manufacturing apparatus for additive manufacturing of an object, a robot device, a transport device, where the robot device is configured to interact with at least one component of the manufacturing apparatus, and a coupling device which is configured to couple the robot device detachably to the transport device. The transport device is configured to transport the robot device to at least one workstation and to uncouple the robot device from the transport device by the coupling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Gerhard KLEINPETER, Philip OBST, Jan Marvin SCHÄFER
  • Publication number: 20230219249
    Abstract: A system for processing food products comprises a slicing apparatus that is configured to cut off slices from food products and to form part portions having one or more slices in a portioning section. A transport device adjoining the portioning section is provided and the portioning section comprises a conveying device that transfers the part portions to the transport device. The system comprises a stacking apparatus that is configured to form a food portion comprising a plurality of part portions. The transport device is configured to transport the part portions onto a product support of the stacking apparatus, wherein the transport device and/or the stacking apparatus has/have a scale for measuring the weight of the part portions and/or of the food portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Marvin SCHÄFER, Thorsten SCHNEIDER, Michael KNAUF, Julian NOLTE
  • Publication number: 20230219772
    Abstract: A stacking apparatus for preparing food portions comprises at least one product support movable between a feed position and a depositing position, wherein, in the feed position of the product support, a part portion of the food portion to be prepared can be conveyed along a conveying direction onto a support surface of the product support, and wherein the stacking apparatus is configured to place the part portion conveyed onto the product support beneath the product support by moving the product support into the depositing position, in particular to stack the part portion conveyed onto the product support on a previously placed part portion. In the product support, at least one pneumatic channel is furthermore formed that can be connected to a device for generating a pressure difference and that has at least one orifice into the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Marvin SCHÄFER, Thorsten SCHNEIDER, Julian NOLTE
  • Patent number: 11537552
    Abstract: A computer system, computer program product, and a computer-implemented method for supplementing a data governance framework with one or more new data governance technical rules is disclosed. The method comprises providing a plurality of expressions and a first mapping. The expressions assign natural language patterns to technical language patterns. The first mapping maps first terms to data sources. A rule generator receives a new natural language (NL) rule comprising one or more natural-language patterns and one or more first terms. The rule generator resolves the new NL rule into one or more new technical rules interpretable by a respective rule engine and stores the one or more technical rules in a rule repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mike W. Grasselt, Yannick Saillet, Marvin Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20220144465
    Abstract: The invention relates to an output unit for a provision individually per track of sheet material for placing beneath products fed on two or multiple tracks, in particular beneath food portions, said output unit comprising a draw-in device that is configured to draw in individually per track a respective one material web of the sheet material per track and that in particular has at least one driven draw-in shaft and at least one draw-in pressure unit; a separation device that is configured to separate the sheet material from the material webs; and an ejection device that is configured to discharge sheet material on two or multiple tracks and that comprises a driven ejection roller and an ejection counter-unit that forms an ejection gap for the sheet material together with the ejection roller, wherein the ejection roller is jointly associated with at least two tracks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Marvin Schäfer, Thorsten Schneider, Markus Gerhardt, Florian Reitz, Julian Nolte, Heiko Knöppel
  • Patent number: 11130650
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for providing web-like interleaving sheet material on one track or on multiple tracks at a cutting zone in which products supplied on one track or multiple tracks are cut into slices and interleaving sheets are introduced that are cut off from the provided interleaving sheet material in the cutting zone, having a removal device that is configured to remove the material web from a material store, and having a loop store in which the material web forms a loop having a loop portion at the incoming side and a loop portion at the outgoing side, wherein the loop store provides a reception space for the loop whose one side forms a support for the one loop portion and whose side opposite the support forms a boundary for the other loop portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Gerhardt, Andreas Stöwer, Michael Knauf, Jens Krüger, Marvin Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20200290840
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for providing web-like interleaving sheet material on one track or on multiple tracks at a cutting zone in which products supplied on one track or multiple tracks are cut into slices and interleaving sheets are introduced that are cut off from the provided interleaving sheet material in the cutting zone, having a removal device that is configured to remove the material web from a material store, and having a loop store in which the material web forms a loop having a loop portion at the incoming side and a loop portion at the outgoing side, wherein the loop store provides a reception space for the loop whose one side forms a support for the one loop portion and whose side opposite the support forms a boundary for the other loop portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Markus Gerhardt, Andreas Stöwer, Michael Knauf, Jens Krüger, Marvin Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20200272598
    Abstract: A computer system, computer program product, and a computer-implemented method for supplementing a data governance framework with one or more new data governance technical rules is disclosed. The method comprises providing a plurality of expressions and a first mapping. The expressions assign natural language patterns to technical language patterns. The first mapping maps first terms to data sources. A rule generator receives a new natural language (NL) rule comprising one or more natural-language patterns and one or more first terms. The rule generator resolves the new NL rule into one or more new technical rules interpretable by a respective rule engine and stores the one or more technical rules in a rule repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Mike W. Grasselt, Yannick Saillet, Marvin Schaefer
  • Patent number: 10747716
    Abstract: The invention relates to computer-implemented method for supplementing a data governance framework with one or more new data governance technical rules. The method comprises providing a plurality of expressions and a first mapping. The expressions assign natural language patterns to technical language patterns. The first mapping maps first terms to data sources. A rule generator receives a new natural language (NL) rule comprising one or more natural-language patterns and one or more first terms. The rule generator resolves the new NL rule into one or more new technical rules interpretable by a respective rule engine and stores the one or more technical rules in a rule repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mike W. Grasselt, Yannick Saillet, Marvin Schaefer
  • Patent number: 10185720
    Abstract: The invention relates to computer-implemented method for supplementing a data governance framework with one or more new data governance technical rules. The method comprises providing a plurality of expressions and a first mapping. The expressions assign natural language patterns to technical language patterns. The first mapping maps first terms to data sources. A rule generator receives a new natural language (NL) rule comprising one or more natural-language patterns and one or more first terms. The rule generator resolves the new NL rule into one or more new technical rules interpretable by a respective rule engine and stores the one or more technical rules in a rule repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mike W. Grasselt, Yannick Saillet, Marvin Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20180101538
    Abstract: The invention relates to computer-implemented method for supplementing a data governance framework with one or more new data governance technical rules. The method comprises providing a plurality of expressions and a first mapping. The expressions assign natural language patterns to technical language patterns. The first mapping maps first terms to data sources. A rule generator receives a new natural language (NL) rule comprising one or more natural-language patterns and one or more first terms. The rule generator resolves the new NL rule into one or more new technical rules interpretable by a respective rule engine and stores the one or more technical rules in a rule repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Mike W. Grasselt, Yannick Saillet, Marvin Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20170329788
    Abstract: The invention relates to computer-implemented method for supplementing a data governance framework with one or more new data governance technical rules. The method comprises providing a plurality of expressions and a first mapping. The expressions assign natural language patterns to technical language patterns. The first mapping maps first terms to data sources. A rule generator receives a new natural language (NL) rule comprising one or more natural-language patterns and one or more first terms. The rule generator resolves the new NL rule into one or more new technical rules interpretable by a respective rule engine and stores the one or more technical rules in a rule repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Mike W. Grasselt, Yannick Saillet, Marvin Schaefer
  • Patent number: 5826268
    Abstract: A secure multilevel object oriented database management system which maintains data confidentiality and optimizes data integrity. All requests for database operations are mediated through an access validation monitor (AVM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Ontos, Inc.
    Inventors: Marvin Schaefer, Paul A. Martel, Antoun J. Kanawati, Sandra A. Wade