Patents by Inventor Norbert Brucks

Norbert Brucks 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).

  • Apparatus for transferring small goods out of and onto a conveyor belt
    Patent number: 5205393
    Abstract: An apparatus for transferring small goods from a main conveyor belt onto a branch-off conveyor belt, the apparatus including a pivotal lateral guide perpendicular to the conveyor belt. The main conveyor belt as well as the beginning of the branch-off conveyor belt are provided with a pivotal module, with each module including two lateral conveyor belts that are perpendicular to the conveyor belt and the lateral conveyor belts of the pivotal module of the main conveyor belt have the same length while the lateral conveyor belts of the pivotal module of the branch-off conveyor belt have different lengths, with the difference in length corresponding to the offset of the lateral conveyor belts of the main conveyor belt in the pivoted-out state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-GmbH
    Inventors: Siegmar Malow, Norbert Brucks