Patents by Inventor Michel Baenninger

Michel Baenninger 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).

  • Patent number: 7788887
    Abstract: A filling device including a web-forming station (A), a filling station (B), a sampling station (C), and a retrieval station (D). A first box conveyor (3) for conveying boxes exiting a folder-gluer (1) and for forwarding them from the web-forming station (A) to the filling station (B) along a forwarding path (Ta). A second box conveyor (10) for conveying boxes forwarded by the first box conveyor (3) and for transferring them from the sampling station (C) to the retrieval station (D) along a transfer path (Tt).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Bobst S.A.
    Inventor: Michel Baenninger
  • Publication number: 20090064639
    Abstract: The filling device according to the invention comprises a layering station, a filling station, a first box conveyor designed to convey boxes leaving a folder-gluer and to feed them from said layering station towards said filling station along a feed path, a sampling station, a recovery station, a second box conveyor designed to convey boxes fed by the first box conveyor and to transfer them from said sampling station towards said recovery station along a transfer path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventor: Michel Baenninger
  • Patent number: 7309307
    Abstract: A device for folding flaps of box blanks having crease lines transverse to the travel direction of the blanks, for use in a folder-gluer. A rotary member is rotatable around a transverse axis and provided with at least one folding arm. A removable linking device linking to a support secured to a frame of the folder-gluer. An adjusting device adjusts the position of the folding arm with respect to the support. A motor drives the rotary member. A synchronization device of the motor comprises an encoder in desmodromic connection with a drive mechanism for driving the box blanks in the drive direction and a detector of the passage past a reference position of the box blanks on the folder-gluer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Bobst S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Baenninger, Pierre Regazzoni
  • Publication number: 20060063655
    Abstract: A device for folding flaps of box blanks having crease lines transverse to the travel direction of the blanks, for use in a folder-gluer. A rotary member is rotatable around a transverse axis and provided with at least one folding arm. A removable linking device linking to a support secured to a frame of the folder-gluer. An adjusting device adjusts the position of the folding arm with respect to the support. A motor drives the rotary member. A synchronization device of the motor comprises an encoder in desmodromic connection with a drive mechanism for driving the box blanks in the drive direction and a detector of the passage past a reference position of the box blanks on the folder-gluer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Michel Baenninger, Pierre Regazzoni