Patents Assigned to Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH
  • Patent number: 8615971
    Abstract: A system for automatically filling tablets into tablet containers comprising at least one tablet compartment for receiving tablets comprises: reception means (30) for receiving a patient order containing a patient identification (PAT-ID) and at least one prescription comprising prescription data (REZ) regarding the types of tablets to be taken by the patient and instructions for taking said tablets; allocation means (40) for allocating the prescription data (REZ) and patient identification (PAT-ID) to respective tablet containers (1); at least one automatic tablet dispenser (50) containing supplies of a plurality of tablet types for automatically filling at least one tablet compartment of a respective tablet container, wherein the allocation means (40) or the automatic tablet dispenser (50) is/are designed for determining, from the prescription data (REZ), the number of tablets of the respective types of tablets to be taken by a patient at certain times and for allocating a tablet compartment (2) of a tablet
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Patent number: 8061109
    Abstract: A device for filling tablets into tablet carriers such as blisters is provided. The device includes , a tablet storage container for intermediately storing a multiplicity of tablets which lie loosely next to one another and above one another. The device also removes a single tablet from the tablet storage container and transfers the received tablet to the tablet carrier. The device thereby removes the tablet from above from the tablet storage container. The device is designed for performing scanning movements above the tablet storage container, where the scanning movements proceed under the control of either predetermined curves or of a sensor for detecting tablets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Patent number: 7878320
    Abstract: A directional-change conveyor (1) is provided for conveying piece goods (2) along a first conveying strip and a second conveying strip oriented in a different direction. A transfer structure (3) is provided for transferring conveyed piece goods from the first to the second conveying strip. The first and second conveying strips are twin-belt conveyors (4, 5). The transfer structure (3) is provided with tilted non-driven guide rollers (11) in an angle sector (10) between the two revolving belts (6, 7) of the first twin-belt conveyor (4). The lateral revolving belts (6, 7; 8, 9) of the two twin-belt conveyors (4, 5) are provided as the only drive of the conveyor (1). The tilted non-driven (first) guide rollers (11) are the exclusive deflection elements in the angle sector (10) and deflect conveyed piece goods (2) from the first twin-belt conveyor (4) on a curved strip to the second twin-belt conveyor (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Patent number: 7770720
    Abstract: A conveying device (1) is provided for conveying preferably heavy goods on pallets or the like on an essentially horizontal conveying line or track (5, 6) on the floor (4) of a room or outdoors. The conveying line is, in the longitudinal direction, divided into a first conveying track (5) and into a second conveying track (6). A dividing area is formed by at least one moving partial piece of the same kind that can be folded upward in the form of a folding piece (3) similar to a drawbridge in order to provide an unobstructed transversal passage (D), for example, for a fork-lift truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Patent number: 7748519
    Abstract: A vertical conveyor (1) is provided in a commissioning system for vertically conveying piece good-type conveying materials of a commissioning order from an upper transfer point (2) to a lower transfer point (3) of the commissioning system. The conveyor includes a vertically oriented receiving device which supports the conveying materials and is open towards the bottom. The receiving device is provided through which conveying material that has been accommodated in the open state falls down into a closest bottom vertically oriented receiving device and/or onto the lower transfer point (3). The receiving device is embodied in the form of a tray or shell between the transfer points (2, 3). The shell can be opened on the bottom side and encompasses two vertical tilting walls (9, 9?) that face each other and can be opened on the bottom side or two horizontal slides (25, 25?) which face each other and can be opened on the bottom side as an opening mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Publication number: 20100011715
    Abstract: A device for filling tablets into tablet carriers, e.g., blisters, comprises a tablet storage container for intermediately storing a multiplicity of tablets which lie loosely next to one another and above one another and at least one displaceable load receiving means for removing a single tablet from the tablet storage container and transferring the received tablet to the tablet carrier. The load receiving means thereby removes the tablet from above from the tablet storage container. The load receiving means is designed for performing scanning movements above the tablet storage container, where the scanning movements proceed under the control of either predetermined curves or of a sensor for detecting tablets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: KNAPP LOGISTIK AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Patent number: 7646156
    Abstract: In a shelf storage system (1) comprising at least two shelf units (1a-1d), wherein each shelf unit has a separate moveable shelf feeder device (5) with electric drive motors (6, 7, 8), and comprising an electric energy supply circuit (P, S1, S2, S3) which supplies the shelf units (1a-1d) with electric energy, the shelf feeder devices (5) are designed for recycling electric energy produced in their drive motors (6, 7, 8) by operating them as generators back into the electric energy supply circuit, with the electric energy supply circuit distributing electric energy recycled by the shelf feeder devices among the shelf units according to requirements (arrow ES1, arrow EP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Patent number: 7540375
    Abstract: A roller conveyor installation (1) includes a curved roller conveyor (2) for conveying piece goods, optionally from a first conveying strip to a second conveying strip oriented in a different direction. The first and second conveying strips are roller conveyors (3, 4) with driven rollers (9) that extend at an angle to the conveying strip. The curved roller conveyor (2) includes, at an angle to the conveying strip, radially extending, spaced-apart individual rollers (5) that are driven by a common revolving driving belt. A revolving driving belt is configured as a V-belt (6) which is guided in coaxial drive rollers (13) or coaxial peripheral sections of the individual rollers (5) both at the upper end in the V-belt upper strand (6a) and at the bottom end in the V-belt lower strand (6b) in the same V-belt guide. The V-belt (6) is held in the V-belt guide from above in the V-belt upper strand (6a) and from below in the V-belt lower strand (6b) by floating upper or lower press rollers (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Publication number: 20090021023
    Abstract: In a shelf storage system (1) comprising at least two shelf units (1a-1d), wherein each shelf unit has a separate moveable shelf feeder device (5) with electric drive motors (6, 7, 8), and comprising an electric energy supply circuit (P, S1, S2, S3) which supplies the shelf units (1a-1d) with electric energy, the shelf feeder devices (5) are designed for recycling electric energy produced in their drive motors (6, 7, 8) by operating them as generators back into the electric energy supply circuit, with the electric energy supply circuit distributing electric energy recycled by the shelf feeder devices among the shelf units according to requirements (arrow ES1, arrow EP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: KNAPP LOGISTIK AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Publication number: 20080270327
    Abstract: A process for commissioning customer orders for placing products ready in a desired number of pieces comprises assigning each customer order to at least one order storage container (6), fetching the products as specified in the customer order in the required number of pieces from a main store (2) and putting the products fetched into the at least one order storage container (6) assigned to the customer order and—for each customer order—transferring the products temporarily stored in the at least one order storage container (6) assigned to the customer order to a collective conveyor (3) at a time fixed for the customer order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: KNAPP LOGISTIK AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Patent number: 7441387
    Abstract: A method and a commissioning system are provided for commissioning articles (A1) which are suitable for a central belt in a central belt commissioning system and articles (A2) which are not suitable for a central belt, preferably manually from an article warehouse or shelf (5), wherein articles which are suitable for a central belt (1) are commissioned and automatically fall directly onto the driven central belt (1) in a targeted manner, and at the end of the central belt they fall into a stationary container or immediately into a container (10) arranged on the driven central belt. The articles (A2) which are not suitable for a central belt are commissioned manually in containers (10) in a commissioning path to the right and/or left of the central belt (1) of the central belt commissioning device and are directly fed to a dispatching station or preferably to the central belt commissioning device for commissioning with articles (A1) which are suitable for a central belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Patent number: 7344348
    Abstract: A storage and retrieval unit (1) is provided for operating a product storage shelving (2), which has at least one shelf, on which essentially cubic products (4, 5, 6) are arranged and held. The products can be removed and fed to a driven, essentially horizontal continuous belt (8) of a height-adjustable storage and retrieval unit that is movable along the product storage shelving. The products removed are centered by a centering device with a lateral product centering element (9), which is arranged on a transverse side of the continuous belt (8) in the area of at least one longitudinal end of the continuous belt. The lateral product centering element centers a product removed from the product storage shelving (2) against a lateral longitudinal stop (10) of the continuous belt (8). Differently configured cubic products may be handled by the storage and retrieval unit in an easy, fast and reliable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Publication number: 20080006510
    Abstract: A conveying device (1) is provided for conveying preferably heavy goods on pallets or the like on an essentially horizontal conveying line or track (5, 6) on the floor (4) of a room or outdoors. The conveying line is, in the longitudinal direction, divided into a first conveying track (5) and into a second conveying track (6). A dividing area is formed by at least one moving partial piece of the same kind that can be folded upward in the form of a folding piece (3) similar to a drawbridge in order to provide an unobstructed transversal passage (D), for example, for a fork-lift truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: KNAPP LOGISTIK AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Patent number: 7261509
    Abstract: A method for operating a rack system preferably in a dispatch unit (1), with a rack (2) and an associated rack serving device for the storage and retrieval of containers (3), trays or the like to or from the rack. A rack region of the rack (2) has a plurality of rack planes (13) arranged one above the other and is served by a dedicated, mechanically coupled, height and length-adjustable rack serving device (4). In each track region embodied as an independent, closed rack unit (A, B, C), containers (3), trays or the like undergo interim storage in a buffer zone (P1, P2, P3) on the same level, are transferred for storage or retrieval and transported by an elevator (5; 6a, 6b) and/or a preferably horizontal transport connection (F1, F2) arranged in the region of the rack unit (A, B, C) at the same level, from or to a transport system or workplace outside the rack system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Publication number: 20070162179
    Abstract: A system for automatically filling tablets into tablet containers comprising at least one tablet compartment for receiving tablets comprises: reception means (30) for receiving a patient order containing a patient identification (PAT-ID) and at least one prescription comprising prescription data (REZ) regarding the types of tablets to be taken by the patient and instructions for taking said tablets; allocation means (40) for allocating the prescription data (REZ) and patient identification (PAT-ID) to respective tablet containers (1); at least one automatic tablet dispenser (50) containing supplies of a plurality of tablet types for automatically filling at least one tablet compartment of a respective tablet container, wherein the allocation means (40) or the automatic tablet dispenser (50) is/are designed for determining, from the prescription data (REZ), the number of tablets of the respective types of tablets to be taken by a patient at certain times and for allocating a tablet compartment (2) of a tabl
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: KNAPP LOGISTIK AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Patent number: 7225918
    Abstract: A transport device for transporting goods, preferably on pallets or the like, along a transport path has at least two lateral peripheral traction elements (2), especially transport chains. To this end, support elements (3) are fixed, preferably articulated, to the peripheral traction elements (2), the goods to be transported or the pallets being supported on the support elements. The support elements (3) are arranged tightly in a row along the traction element, and especially cover the peripheral traction element (2), each peripheral traction element (2) having its own support element (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Knapp Logistik Automation GMBH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Publication number: 20060177290
    Abstract: A method and a commissioning system are provided for commissioning articles (A1) which are suitable for a central belt in a central belt commissioning system and articles (A2) which are not suitable for a central belt, preferably manually from an article warehouse or shelf (5), wherein articles which are suitable for a central belt (1) are commissioned and automatically fall directly onto the driven central belt (1) in a targeted manner, and at the end of the central belt they fall into a stationary container or immediately into a container (10) arranged on the driven central belt. The articles (A2) which are not suitable for a central belt are commissioned manually in containers (10) in a commissioning path to the right and/or left of the central belt (1) of the central belt commissioning device and are directly fed to a dispatching station or preferably to the central belt commissioning device for commissioning with articles (A1) which are suitable for a central belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: KNAPP LOGISTIK AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger
  • Patent number: 7011206
    Abstract: A vertical conveyor in the form of a said C-shaped fixed tray conveyor (1) for the vertical conveying of individual products from and to a lower level (3) to or from a upper level (2) on essentially horizontal, vertically movable spaced carrying platforms (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Franz Hornhofer
  • Patent number: 6971833
    Abstract: The invention relates to an order picking system (1) with at least one automatic commissioning machine (2) having article racks (3) in which channels (4) for articles are positioned which are inclined in relation to the horizontal. Said channels comprise an article stop element and an article distributing device on their lower longitudinal ends and can be filled with new articles at their other, higher longitudinal ends on the rack loading side (B). The order picking system provided for in the invention is characterized in that a movable rack steering unit (5) has an article handling device (51) which is mobile in three dimensions and has an article stack retaining device (52) which can contain a vertical stack of articles and can be positioned vertically at each higher longitudinal end of an article channel (4) on the rack loading side (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Freudelsperger, Manfred Preiss
  • Patent number: 6892509
    Abstract: Tiltable containers (3) with a filling opening (4) are arranged horizontally in the longitudinal direction of a shelf. A lower conveyor (5), is associated with the tiltable containers (3) in the longitudinal direction of the shelf. One or more containers (3) are filled with selected products preferably simultaneously in a filling position (F) of the containers. The selected products are released onto the conveyor (5) by tilting the filled containers into a tilted position (K). Each tiltable container (3) has, aside from the filling opening (4), a open container side (7), which is kept closed in the filling position (F) of the container by a stationary shelf wall (8) and is open in the tilted position (K) that is away from the stationary shelf wall (8) and forms the release opening of the container (3), from which the products of the container fall onto the conveyor (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Freudelsperger