Patents by Inventor Thomas Buckenmaier

Thomas Buckenmaier 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 emptying an open-topped mail item container and mail item container
    Patent number: 8020701
    Abstract: A device for emptying a mail item container that is open at the top and serves for transporting mail items. The mail item container has sidewalls and a container underside. The device has a lifting device for moving the mail items relative to the sidewalls. In order to enable postal articles, such as, for example, letter mail items, to be emptied from a mail item container in an ergonomically favorable and efficient manner without adversely affecting its mechanical stability to too great an extent, it is proposed that the lifting device is provided for passing through the underside of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Berdelle-Hilge, Thomas Buckenmaier, Dietmar Oexle, Armin Zimmermann
  • Device for Emptying an Open-Topped Mail Item Container and Mail Item Container
    Publication number: 20090236251
    Abstract: A device for emptying a mail item container that is open at the top and serves for transporting mail items. The mail item container has sidewalls and a container underside. The device has a lifting device for moving the mail items relative to the sidewalls. In order to enable postal articles, such as, for example, letter mail items, to be emptied from a mail item container in an ergonomically favorable and efficient manner without adversely affecting its mechanical stability to too great an extent, it is proposed that the lifting device is provided for passing through the underside of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Peter Berdelle-Hilge, Thomas Buckenmaier, Dietmar Oexle, Armin Zimmermann