Patents by Inventor Wilfried Maier

Wilfried Maier 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).

  • Patent number: 10836063
    Abstract: A method for the slicing of food products, wherein at least one product is fed to a cutting plane in which at least one cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner, by a product feed which comprises at least one conveying device. At least one multifunctional work unit is adjusted in dependence on the operating situation into a contact position, in which the work unit presses the product moving in the conveying direction toward a lower product support and/or toward a lateral product contact, or into a blocking position in which the work unit counteracts a movement of the product in the conveying direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TEXTOR MASCHINEBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Josef Mayer, Mathias Salmen, Jorg Schmeiser, Wilfried Maier, Holger Herzberger
  • Publication number: 20190240857
    Abstract: A method for the slicing of food products, wherein at least one product is fed to a cutting plane in which at least one cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner, by means of a product feed which comprises at least one conveying device. At least one multifunctional work unit is adjusted in dependence on the operating situation into a contact position, in which the work unit presses the product moving in the conveying direction toward a lower product support and/or toward a lateral product contact, or into a blocking position in which the work unit counteracts a movement of the product in the conveying direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Josef Mayer, Mathias Salmen, Jorg Schmeiser, Wilfried Maier, Holger Herzberger
  • Patent number: 10307927
    Abstract: A device for cutting up food products, particularly a high-performance slicer, having a product feed which comprises at least one conveying device. At least one product may be fed to a cutting plane in which at least one cutting tool is moving, particularly in a rotating or circulating manner. The cutting device further comprises at least one multifunctional working unit for at least intermittently handling the product. The working unit can be displaced into a contact position, in which the working unit presses the product which is movable in the conveying direction against a lower product bearing surface and/or a side product bearing surface, and into a locking position. In the locking position, the working unit prevents any movement of the product in the conveying direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: TEXTOR MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Josef Mayer, Mathias Salmen, Jorg Schmeiser, Wilfried Maier, Holger Herzberger
  • Patent number: 10065335
    Abstract: An apparatus for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: TEXTOR MASCHINEBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Josef Mayer, Wilfried Maier, Jörg Schmeiser
  • Publication number: 20180037423
    Abstract: An apparatus for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Josef Mayer, Wilfried Maier, Jörg Schmeiser
  • Patent number: 9809401
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product, having at least one overlapping unit which comprises a belt conveyor having at least two tracks, wherein an upper track and a lower track are deflected at the incoming side about a common input axle and at the outgoing side about two output axles disposed at different height levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: TEXTOR MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Josef Mayer, Wilfried Maier, Jörg Schmeiser
  • Publication number: 20160272440
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product, having at least one overlapping unit which comprises a belt conveyor having at least two tracks, wherein an upper track and a lower track are deflected at the incoming side about a common input axle and at the outgoing side about two output axles disposed at different height levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Josef Mayer, Wilfried Maier, Jörg Schmeiser
  • Publication number: 20150202786
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cutting up food products, particularly a high-performance slicer, having a product feed which comprises at least one conveying device. By means of said product feed, at least one product may be fed to a cutting plane in which at least one cutting tool is moving, particularly in a rotating or circulating manner. The cutting device further comprises at least one multifunctional working unit for at least intermittently handling the product. The working unit can be displaced into a contact position, in which the working unit presses the product which is movable in the conveying direction against a lower product bearing surface and/or a side product bearing surface, and into a locking position. In the locking position, the working unit prevents any movement of the product in the conveying direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Josef Mayer, Mathias Salmen, Jorg Schmeiser, Wilfried Maier, Holger Herzberger
  • Publication number: 20130133490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing food portions by means of a slicing device, in particular a slicer, wherein said food portions comprise at least one food slice and are cut from a stick of food using the slicing device, wherein the stick of food is irradiated, preferably by means of x-rays, before the particular food portion is sliced and the data measured in the process are used to control the slicing device and/or a device arranged downstream of the slicing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: CFS BUHL GMBH
    Inventors: Jorg Schmeiser, Silvio Quaglia, Rainer Maidel, Wilfried Maier
  • Publication number: 20070214969
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for simultaneously slicing at least two food product blocks fed to a blade. The present invention additionally relates to a device for severing food product slices and a means for extending product bars, in particular food product blocks, artificially in the axial direction and to a corresponding slicing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Peter Mueller, Alois Bochtler, Wilfried Maier
  • Publication number: 20070214923
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for producing portions of food, and also to a device for slicing food and to a method for separating slices from a block of food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventor: Wilfried Maier
  • Publication number: 20070212464
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for rolling sliced food including a first end and a second end. The device encompasses an optional means for bending the first end of the sliced food item, at least one means for conveying the sliced food item, and a means which is located above the conveying means, bends the sliced food item as required, and rolls up the bent sliced food item. The invention further relates to a method for rolling sliced food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventor: Wilfried Maier
  • Patent number: 6458213
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method and device for automatic cleaning of opto-electronic measuring systems used in process-technology for the analysis of substances in liquids and gases by means of optical absorption and fluorescence. The method is characterized in that the soiling degree is detected by the opto-electronic sensor system itself and, with predetermined soiling degree, a cleaning liquid cleans the soiling-sensitive optical components and detects the residual soiling, which is then evaluated quantitatively and compensated for in the signal analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventors: Gunther Krieg, Karl Koukolitschek, Wilfried Maier
  • Patent number: 6134496
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the control of the shifting process of a vehicle with electro-hydraulically actuatable friction elements for the shifting-over between different transmission stages in a vehicle with at least in addition a drive engine in which a current actual value is determined for at least one magnitude characterizing the shift process in each shifting process; the actual value is compared with an establishable and/or storable desired value; on deviation of the actual value from the desired value, the control pressure for the at least indirect influencing of the magnitude characterizing the switching process is adaptively changed by a determinable, calculatable or prescribable first correction value for the achieving of an optimal shifting behavior and the course of the altered magnitude is storable in each case as new characteristic curve of the desired values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. K.G.
    Inventors: Erwin Rotter, Thomas Schonhaar, Wilfried Maier, Friedrich Haberle, Herbert Depping
  • Patent number: 6095948
    Abstract: A process is provided for operating a vehicle transmission with preferably electrohydraulically actuatable friction elements for shifting between different transmission steps, in a vehicle with at least one drive engine in which an actual value of at least one of the quantities characterizing the shift process is determined for each shift process, which actual value is compared with a theoretical value that can be established and stored. When the actual value deviates from the theoretical value, a regulated quantity for at least direct influencing is changed by a correction value that can be established. For each shift process, the time duration for the output of a gear shift signal up to the beginning of the synchronization process and/or the change of the drive rpm during this time period is determined as a first and/or second actual value of the quantity characterizing the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Playtex Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert Depping, Wilfried Maier, Erwin Rotter, Friedrich Haberle, Thomas Schonhaar
  • Patent number: 5995896
    Abstract: A method for the control of shifting processes in a vehicle transmission from an initial gear to the next higher target gear includes the steps of continuously determining the vehicle acceleration (a) and the driven rpm (n.sub.2) behind the vehicle transmission. A shifting process is triggered when the acceleration value (a) and the essentially simultaneously recorded driven rpm value (n.sub.2) fall on a shifting point which lies on a shifting characteristic (n.sub.2 (a)) in an acceleration-driven rpm diagram, where the shifting characteristic (n.sub.2 (a)) has a stepped course with at least two break points (a.sub.-- max; a.sub.-- min) and the slope of the shifting characteristic for acceleration values a.sub.-- min<a<a.sub.-- max is always smaller than or equal to the slope of the shifting characteristic for acceleration values a.ltoreq.a.sub.-- min or a.gtoreq.a.sub.-- max. In other words, the following applies:.linevert split.n.sub.2 (a.sub.1).linevert split..ltoreq..linevert split.n.sub.2 (a.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Herbert Depping, Friedrich Haberle, Erwin Rotter, Voker Schempp, Wilfried Maier
  • Patent number: 5730682
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for operation of a drive unit of a vehicle, including a drive machine and a transmission with at least two gears. A quantity that characterizes acceleration of the vehicle and a quantity that characterizes the power of the drive engine are continuously determined. A gear shift speed range and a second speed range bounded by a lowest and highest attainable speed in the target gear can be established for a gear shift process in the initial gear. The gear shift speed range is bounded at least by a lower gear shift speed and an upper gear shift speed and the second speed range is bounded by a lower target speed, as well as an additional speed. The gear shift process is initiated as a function of the determined acceleration. The lower target speed is achieved in a gear shift process in a first limiting stage (high acceleration at low input speeds or limited deceleration at low input speeds) during initiation of a gear shift at a number of gear shift speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Depping, Friedrich Haberle, Wilfried Maier, Erwin Rotter, Volker Schempp
  • Patent number: 5405014
    Abstract: A method and device for detection and identification of liquid, solid, and gaseous foreign substances of beverages and/or beverage residues in re-usable bottles, especially in plastic bottles and other containers. Electromagnetic radiation traverses the walls of the bottles and containers at least once, and by areas of residual liquid, areas with liquid films, solid films on the inside wall and areas with contamination inside the wall are detected by the electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Gunther Krieg
    Inventors: Gunther Krieg, Karl Koukolitschek, Wilfried Maier
  • Patent number: 5361912
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for the selective on-line identification and distinguishing of pollutants and contents in bottles/containers in filling systems in the beverage or drinks industry using the absorption, reflection and scattering of electromagnetic waves from the UV to the microwave range, characterized in that characteristic value pairs/ranges of wavelength and amplitude are used for identification and distinguishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Prof. Dr. Ing. Gunther Krieg
    Inventors: Gunther Krieg, Karl Koukolitschek, Wilfried Maier
  • Patent number: D1017927
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Jakob Maier und Wilfried Hatzack Erfinder GbR
    Inventors: Jakob Maier, Wilfried Hatzack