Patents by Inventor Stefan Schmatz

Stefan Schmatz 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 sterilizing container closures
    Patent number: 8728394
    Abstract: A device for sterilizing container closures includes a transport device which transports the container closures along a predetermined transport path (P), an enclosure, which surrounds the transport device at least in sections, and a light source, which applies ultraviolet radiation (S) to the container closures during the transport thereof along the transport path (P). The light source is disposed outside the enclosure, and the ultraviolet radiation is conducted into the interior of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventor: Stefan Schmatz
  • Device for closing containers with screw caps including quick change mechanism for closing element
    Patent number: 8166730
    Abstract: A device for closing containers, particularly bottles, with screw caps, having at least one rotatably drivable closing head in which a closure-specific closing element is exchangeably retained, a positive-fit quick-change mechanism for the respective closing element is embodied in the closing head, and in the release state of the quick-change mechanism the closing element can be laterally removed or inserted essentially perpendicular to the rotational axis of the closing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventor: Stefan Schmatz
  • DEVICE FOR STERILIZING CONTAINER CLOSURES
    Publication number: 20110097239
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for sterilizing container closures (10), comprising a transport device (2) which transports the container closures (10) along a predetermined transport path (P), an enclosure (4), which surrounds the transport device (2) at least in sections, and a light source (8), which applies ultraviolet radiation (S) to the container closures (10) during the transport thereof along the transport path (P). According to the invention, the light source (8) is disposed outside the enclosure (4), and the ultraviolet radiation is conducted into the interior of the enclosure (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventor: Stefan Schmatz
  • Device for Closing Containers with Screw Caps
    Publication number: 20100205905
    Abstract: A device for closing containers, particularly bottles, with screw caps, having at least one rotatably drivable closing head in which a closure-specific closing element is exchangeably retained, a positive-fit quick-change mechanism for the respective closing element is embodied in the closing head, and in the release state of the quick-change mechanism the closing element can be laterally removed or inserted essentially perpendicular to the rotational axis of the closing head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: KRONES AG
    Inventor: Stefan Schmatz