Patents Assigned to GRENZEBACH MASCHINENBAU
  • Transport diverter for plate material conveyor, particularly a plate glass conveyor
    Patent number: 6669003
    Abstract: In a transport diverter for diverting plate material from a supply conveyer to take-off conveyor branches, the transport diverter comprises a series of short conveyor segments, which can be raised in unison for the transfer of a plate from the supply conveyor to a conveyor takeoff branch, which extends at a higher level than the supply conveyer, and which can subsequently be lowered individually one after the other to the level of the supply conveyor as the plate moves off the conveyor segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Grenzebach Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Donald T. Vassel
  • Apparatus for the transfer of plates from a plate transport device to a plate storage rack or similar device
    Patent number: 6659265
    Abstract: In an apparatus for the transport of plates from a plate transport device to a plate storage rack or similar device, including a robotic arm having at its free end a plate engagement structure, the plate transport device is provided with a recess over which the plate can be centered and into which the plate engagement structure can be moved to engage the plate from the bottom side thereof and lift an remove the plate from the plate transport device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Grenzebach Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Pfeilschifter, Edwin Lang