Patents by Inventor Sven Kluwe

Sven Kluwe 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).

  • Method for regulating a conveying stream composed of articles of the tobacco-processing industry between a tray discharger and a feed device with multiple feed units
    Patent number: 8037991
    Abstract: A method is provided to regulate a conveying stream composed of articles of the tobacco-processing industry between at least one tray discharger and connected to at least one feed device by a conveying element that conveys a mass flow of the articles. The feed device has at least one chamber designed to receive the articles, and each chamber has at least two feed units running independently of each other to feed the articles to subsequent apparatuses. Each feed unit has an individual feed rate (P1, P2, . . . Pn). The method includes monitoring a level within the feed device using monitoring elements; sending a signal to each of the at least one tray dischargers for regulating the speed of transport of the conveying element and the feed rate (in articles/min) as a function of a current level within the feed device, and adapting the speed of transport to a desired level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Hauni Maschinenbau AG
    Inventor: Sven Kluwe
  • METHOD FOR REGULATING A CONVEYING STREAM COMPOSED OF ARTICLES OF THE TOBACCO-PROCESSING INDUSTRY BETWEEN A TRAY DISCHARGER AND A FEED DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE FEED UNITS
    Publication number: 20090003980
    Abstract: A method is provided to regulate a conveying stream composed of articles of the tobacco-processing industry between at least one tray discharger and connected to at least one feed device by a conveying element that conveys a mass flow of the articles. The feed device has at least one chamber designed to receive the articles, and each chamber has at least two feed units running independently of each other to feed the articles to subsequent apparatuses. Each feed unit has an individual feed rate (P1, P2, . . . Pn). The method includes monitoring a level within the feed device using monitoring elements; sending a signal to each of the at least one tray dischargers for regulating the speed of transport of the conveying element and the feed rate (in articles/min) as a function of a current level within the feed device, and adapting the speed of transport to a desired level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Hauni Maschinenbau AG
    Inventor: Sven Kluwe