Patents by Inventor Stefan Furthmüller

Stefan Furthmüller 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).

  • Device for stacking flat products
    Patent number: 7540702
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for stacking flat products, in particular, folding boxes, comprising a lower and upper transport unit, wherein the flat products are transported between the transport units in the direction of a stack shaft, each transport unit comprising at least one conveyor belt, wherein the position of the front end, facing the stack shaft, of at least one conveyor belt can be adjusted and changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Wilhelm Bahmueller Maschinenbau-Praezisionswerkzeuge GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Furthmueller
  • Device for separating overlapping flat products
    Patent number: 7467703
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for separating imbricated flat products, in particular, folding boxes, with a delivery belt on which the products are supported in the form of an imbricated flow and are transported at a transport speed, with a transfer conveyor belt, disposed downstream of the delivery belt, which has a higher transport speed than the delivery belt. The transfer conveyor belt is designed as vacuum belt, or comprises a vacuum belt, and a retaining device is provided for the trailing flat products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Wilhelm Bahmueller Maschinenbau-Praezisionswerkzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Furthmüller, Bruno Fezer
  • Upward and downward stacking shaft having a tray pivoting mechanism
    Patent number: 7445417
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for stacking flat products, in particular, folding boxes, comprising a stack shaft for receiving the flat products which comprises an inlet opening opposite to an impinging surface, and is provided with guiding element disposed in side flanks, which guide the flat products in the form of a stack, wherein each side flank comprises a transport means for upward and downward vertical movement of a tray which projects into the stack shaft and which carries the flat products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Wilhelm Bahmueller Maschinenbau-Praezisionswerkzeuge GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Furthmüller
  • Device for separating overlapping flat products
    Publication number: 20070221474
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for separating imbricated flat products, in particular, folding boxes, with a delivery belt on which the products are supported in the form of an imbricated flow and are transported at a transport speed, with a transfer conveyor belt, disposed downstream of the delivery belt, which has a higher transport speed than the delivery belt. The transfer conveyor belt is designed as vacuum belt, or comprises a vacuum belt, and a retaining device is provided for the trailing flat products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Stefan Furthmueller, Bruno Fezer
  • Device for stacking flat products
    Publication number: 20060263195
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for stacking flat products, in particular, folding boxes, comprising a lower and upper transport unit, wherein the flat products are transported between the transport units in the direction of a stack shaft, each transport unit comprising at least two conveyor belts, wherein the position of the front end, facing the stack shaft, of at least one conveyor belt can be adjusted and changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventor: Stefan Furthmueller
  • Device for separating overlapping flat products
    Publication number: 20060254881
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for separating imbricated flat products, in particular, folding boxes, with a delivery belt on which the products are supported in the form of an imbricated flow and are transported at a transport speed, with a transfer conveyor belt, disposed downstream of the delivery belt, which has a higher transport speed than the delivery belt. The transfer conveyor belt is designed as vacuum belt, or comprises a vacuum belt, and a retaining device is provided for the trailing flat products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Stefan Furthmueller, Bruno Fezer