Patents Assigned to FERRUM PACKAGING AG
  • Patent number: 12509340
    Abstract: A container feeding system for transporting a container along a transport path from a container source to a container receiver. The container feeding system includes a carrier for receiving and transporting the container, a pulling element connected to the carrier in such a way that the carrier can be moved along the transport path, a guide arranged along the transport path for guiding the carrier along the transport path. The carrier is arranged at the guide in such a way that the carrier can be moved by the pulling element in a sliding manner along a first surface of the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: Ferrum Packaging AG
    Inventor: Cyrill Gasser
  • Patent number: 12371213
    Abstract: A sealer for sealing a container includes a working space, the container capable of being sealed with a lid from a plurality of lids in the working space, a housing surrounding the working space, and a lid supply configured to supply the plurality of the lids in a lid stack to the working space. The lid supply includes a first section which is arranged in the working space in such a way that the first section is surrounded by the housing, and a second section arranged outside the housing, and the lid supply comprising a seal arranged between the first section and the second section in such a way that the first section is capable of being sealed off from the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: FERRUM PACKAGING AG
    Inventors: Jörn Winkelmann, Peter Stoltenberg
  • Patent number: 12319454
    Abstract: A feeding device for gassing a container and a lid in a gassing area during feeding to a sealer includes a container feeder for feeding the container through the gassing area along a first feed path, and a lid feeder arranged on the container feeder such that a lid can be moved through the gassing area along a second feed path to the container and can be placed on the container at one end of the gassing area, and a gassing device arranged stationary at the gassing area for gassing the container and the lid in the gassing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Ferrum Packaging AG
    Inventors: Philippe Derendinger, Jörn Winkelmann
  • Patent number: 12318835
    Abstract: A seaming device includes a seaming head for fixing the lid to the container, first and second seaming rollers and a rotary drive. The seaming head is arranged between the first and second seaming rollers such that the container with the lid is fixed centered between the first and second seaming rollers in the operating state. The rotary drive is drive-connected to the first and second seaming rollers, the first and second seaming rollers rotated about the seaming head by the rotary drive, so that, in the operating state, the first and second seaming rollers are moved along a circumference of the container immovably fixed by the seaming head, and a container flange of the container are seamed with a lid flange of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Ferrum Packaging AG
    Inventor: Günter Hell
  • Patent number: 12275592
    Abstract: A container feed system for the transport of containers along a transport path includes a pulling element, first carriers, second carriers, the first and second carriers arranged distributed at fastening points of the pulling element such that the containers are received and transported along the transport path by the first and second carriers during movement of the pulling element. The fastening points for first and second carriers of the first carriers are arranged side by side on the pulling element and have a first fastening distance and the fastening points of a third carrier of the first carriers is arranged next to a first carrier of the second carriers on the pulling element and have a second fastening distance. The second carriers have a shape that is different the first carriers such that a transport distance between the containers guided side by side along the transport path is constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: FERRUM PACKAGING AG
    Inventor: Simon Schönenberg
  • Patent number: 12275549
    Abstract: A feeding device for feeding a lid to a sealer includes a lid guide for guiding the lid along a guide plane to the sealer, a lid feed for introducing a lid into the lid guide and a movement device arranged at the lid guide. The movement device movably arranged in such a way that the lid can be moved along the guide plane by the movement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: FERRUM PACKAGING AG
    Inventors: Thomas Müller, Roger Gisler
  • Patent number: 12214401
    Abstract: A seaming roll for sealing a container includes a rotation body rotatable on a bolt for sealing the container. The rotation body includes a first basic side and a second basic side different from the first basic side and a bearing. The bolt is arranged on the bearing via the first basic side such that the rotation body can be rotated about the bolt in the circumferential direction of the second basic side when the container is sealed. The seaming roll further includes an exchangeable seaming profile for seaming a container lid with a body of the container and a fastening mechanism. The exchangeable seaming profile is detachably connected to the rotation body via the fastening mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: FERRUM PACKAGING AG
    Inventors: Marco Siegrist, Lukas Meier, Alexander Frieden
  • Patent number: 12139354
    Abstract: A de-stacking device includes a de-stacking element, a supporting element for supporting a lid stack, and a groove for receiving and discharging a separated lid. The groove is arranged on the de-stacking element and the supporting element. The de-stacking device further includes a separating element, which is arranged on a first end of the groove such that the lid can be separated from the lid stack and can be received by the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: FERRUM PACKAGING AG
    Inventors: Thomas Müller, Roger Gisler
  • Patent number: 12103788
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a processing station with a container conveyor, a discharge apparatus including a discharge star with a carrier for transporting the containers, a discharge device arranged around the discharge star and defining a discharge curve for guiding the containers, a container inlet arranged at an end of the discharge device for receiving the containers, and a container outlet arranged at a second end of the discharge device for discharging the containers. The discharge device includes a discharge edge at the first end arranged in a region of the container conveyor such that, in the operating state, the container is received by the discharge edge into the container inlet, and the discharge star is rotatable such that the container is transported by the carrier on a guideway delimited by the discharge curve and the discharge star from the container inlet to the container outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: FERRUM PACKAGING AG
    Inventor: Jürg Dünki
  • Patent number: 11958644
    Abstract: A seaming shaft device for a sealer includes a seaming shaft, a seaming device detachable from the seaming shaft, and a fastening mechanism for fastening the seaming device to the seaming shaft. The fastening mechanism includes a lock and a fastener which can be arranged between the lock and the seaming device. The lock and the seaming device can be moved relative to each other along the seaming axis so that the seaming device can be brought from a locked state to an unlocked state, and the fastener in the locked stat is clamped between the seaming device and the lock such that the seaming device is fixed to the seaming shaft. The fastener can be unclamped by bringing the seaming device from the locked state to the unlocked state so that the seaming device is detachable from the seaming shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: FERRUM PACKAGING AG
    Inventor: Jürg Dünki
  • Patent number: 11932433
    Abstract: A gassing device for gassing a container includes a rotatable gassing rotor with a container receptacle for receiving the container and a feeding area for feeding a gas via a feed opening. The container receptacle includes a gassing nozzle flow-connected to the feed opening via a channel for gassing the container, and a stationary gas supply with a stationary supply opening arranged on the feeding area such that the supply opening can be flow-connected to the feed opening. The gassing rotor can be supplied with the gas from the gas supply in the operating state by moving the feed opening to the stationary supply opening by rotating the gassing rotor. The feeding area is connected without contact to the gas supply in the form of a labyrinth seal, so that the gassing rotor is rotatable relative to the gas supply in the operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: FERRUM PACKAGING AG
    Inventor: Philippe Derendinger