Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Pradel

Wolfgang Pradel 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: 10919657
    Abstract: A method of feeding products into containers, in particular of feeding bags into cartons, wherein at least two different types of products are fed into a container, wherein the products are transported via respective feeding devices, in particular conveyors, in the direction of a device for feeding the products into a container, wherein each type of the products is transported separately by means of a dedicated feeding device, and wherein the conveying speed of the feeding devices is controlled such that, following the feeding devices, the products are present in a sequence which corresponds to the arrangement of the products within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Björn Brandhorst, Wolfgang Pradel, Marco Schloermann
  • Publication number: 20180162573
    Abstract: A method of feeding products into containers, in particular of feeding bags into cartons, wherein at least two different types of products are fed into a container, wherein the products are transported via respective feeding devices, in particular conveyors, in the direction of a device for feeding the products into a container, wherein each type of the products is transported separately by means of a dedicated feeding device, and wherein the conveying speed of the feeding devices is controlled such that, following the feeding devices, the products are present in a sequence which corresponds to the arrangement of the products within the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Björn Brandhorst, Wolfgang Pradel, Marco Schloermann
  • Publication number: 20160075459
    Abstract: A method for handling elongated articles wherein the articles are removed from a hopper, combined to form a group of articles, and supplied as a group of articles to a packaging process, wherein the formation of the articles in the group corresponds to the formation of the articles in the packaging process. The articles are removed from the hopper and are transferred to a pocket of a first intermediate conveyor as part groups with layers of several articles, wherein the number of layers of articles in the pocket of the first intermediate conveyor is smaller than the number of layers of articles in the group, and the part groups are transferred from the first intermediate conveyor to a second intermediate conveyor, and several part groups are transferred together as a group from the second intermediate conveyor to a removal conveyor, which supplies the group to a packaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Björn Brandhorst, Andreas Krebs, Wolfgang Pradel, Matthias Vocks