Patents Assigned to Wipotec GmbH
  • Patent number: 12209976
    Abstract: An inspection device in a radiation protection housing comprises an electromagnetic radiation-based inspection device, especially an X-ray device and a weighing device. The inspection device an endless conveyor belt for transporting products in a transport direction from an entry region to an inspection region, from there to a region for weighing, and from there to an exit region of the inspection device. An upper run of the endless conveyor belt in its path from the region for weighing to the exit region, traverses a height difference in in a height direction by means of an inclined region. The conveyor belt circulates around at least part of the inclined region and the weighing device, looking in the transport direction, is disposed immediately in front of the inclined region in the inspection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventor: Theo Düppre
  • Publication number: 20240367912
    Abstract: A space saving apparatus comprised of a conveyor device and a scale. The scale includes a weighing belt that is directly adjacent to the conveyor device. The conveyor device includes a release section that permits unclamped products to reach the weighing belt. The length of the weighing belt is no shorter than the length of the release section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Anders, Markus Jochen Walter
  • Patent number: 12122614
    Abstract: A modular deflection unit includes a supporting part extending in a transverse direction, at least one module support positioned along the supporting part and at least two roller modules. Roller axles of the roller modules are received and supported by the at least one module support such that the deflection unit as a whole can be modularly exchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventor: Thorsten Blauth
  • Patent number: 12111202
    Abstract: A method for optimizing the running properties of a rotating belt of a weighing belt conveyor includes, for at least one rotation of the belt, determining a unique reference position on the belt. A force signal is determined in dependence on the movement of the belt with respect to the reference position during the at least one rotation. From this force signal, the course of a deviation of the force signal from a set value as a consequence of a disruptive force is determined. At least in correspondence with the direction of the determined deviation, the mass of the belt is increased or reduced at locations in dependence on the position of the belt with respect to the reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventor: Jan Gottfriedsen
  • Patent number: 12092446
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measurement and/or sensor device, comprising a camera and a memory unit, and comprising data stored in the memory unit for controlling the measurement and/or sensor device, wherein the measurement and/or sensor device has a protection device for the memory unit, which protects the data stored in the memory unit against unauthorized alteration, and the data stored in the memory unit are adjustment data for adjustment of the measurement and/or sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: WIPOTEC GMBH
    Inventors: Bernd Zinke, Stefan Schulz, Rene Elspass
  • Patent number: 12072227
    Abstract: A method and a scale for the performance thereof performs a zeroing process as soon as a product conveyed across a weighing platform leaves the weighing platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Zinke, Michael Rothfuchs
  • Publication number: 20240270501
    Abstract: A conveyor device includes a frame with side parts aligned in a longitudinal direction and at least two transverse parts extending in a transverse direction. A drive roller is mounted in a stationary and rotatable manner on or in the frame, with a drive roller axis extending in the transverse direction. One or more removable transport cassettes are inserted into the frame, each transport cassette having at least one return element extending in the transverse direction. One or more endless belt conveyors circulate around the drive roller, the at least two transverse parts and the one or more transport cassettes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventor: Eugen Stumpf
  • Patent number: 12043493
    Abstract: A sorting device for sorting out discrete products from a product stream includes a friction element driven by a roller. The friction element is movable to press against a product to be sorted out and thereby apply a frictional force to the product to sort the product out of the product stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Sebastian Höhler, Ernst Moritz Müller
  • Publication number: 20240228187
    Abstract: A modular deflection device comprises a housing and at least two steering elements for applying a steering action on discrete products moving along a conveyor plane. Each steering element has a swivel section formed about a swivel axis with an associated steering section. A drive with a drive element is provided in the housing for each steering element, each drive element being coupled or capable of being coupled to the swivel section of the associated steering element in such a way that the steering element is set into a swivelling movement about the swivel axis by an advancing movement of the drive element. The steering elements are arranged with their swivel sections outside the housing and a section of each drive element can be pushed in an advancing movement along a straight advancing direction with respect to the housing through its own passage opening leading out of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias Joachim
  • Publication number: 20240233997
    Abstract: A pot magnet for a plunger coil arrangement includes a housing defining an interior with a housing bottom surface and a circumferential surface extending perpendicularly to the housing bottom A permanent magnet unit is arranged in the interior of the housing and includes a permanent magnet and a pole plate. An annular gap for accommodating a plunger coil of a plunger coil arrangement is formed between a circumferential surface of the pole plate and the circumferential surface of the housing interior. The underside of the permanent magnet is bonded to the housing bottom surface. The pole plate is connected to the housing in a manner decoupled from the permanent magnet by a rigid fastening device and is positioned in such a manner that a lower side of the pole plate faces an upper side of the permanent magnet with a gap formed there between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Gottfriedsen, Bernd Zinke
  • Publication number: 20240142295
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a scale operating according to the principle of electrodynamic force compensation and to a method for its operation. An automatic switchover from a measuring mode to an overload mode is provided for detecting overload forces. In this overload mode the load resistance formed by a coil and at least one measuring resistor is reduced in order to allow a higher coil current at the same output stage power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Gottfriedsen, Frank Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20240027370
    Abstract: An inspection device, in a radiation protection housing comprises an electromagnetic radiation-based inspection device, especially an X-ray device and a weighing device. The inspection device an endless conveyor belt for transporting products in a transport direction from an entry region to an inspection region, from there to a region for weighing, and from there to an exit region of the inspection device. An upper run of the endless conveyor belt in its path from the region for weighing to the exit region, traverses a height difference in in a height direction by means of an inclined region. The conveyor belt circulates around at least part of the inclined region and the weighing device, looking in the transport direction, is disposed immediately in front of the inclined region in the inspection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventor: Theo Düppre
  • Patent number: 11808618
    Abstract: A monolithic weighing block is produced according to the principle of additive manufacturing, that is, 3D printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Gottfriedsen, Thorsten Asal, Tobias Stellwagen, Jan-David Klingelhöfer
  • Publication number: 20230334652
    Abstract: A method for detecting anomalies in digital images of products, wherein a region of a digital image is detected as a maximum anomaly if the value of a property of the region is greater than a predetermined maximum threshold, and/or wherein a region is detected as a minimum anomaly if the value of the property of the region is less than a predetermined minimum threshold. The maximum threshold value and/or the minimum threshold value are determined in a learning process using relatively few digital images based on a statistical distribution of the largest or smallest values of a specific quantity used for the detection of anomalies in digital images to be examined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Siegrist, Manuel Bastuck
  • Patent number: 11726229
    Abstract: A test device for the irradiation of products which are fed into a housing along at least two tracks. At least one separate sensor is provided for each track in order to separately monitor the arrival at a target position selected individually for each track preferably within the housing of the test device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Siegrist
  • Publication number: 20230221171
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-element system for testing measuring systems, by means of which a train of several receiving elements and/or spacer elements lying one behind the other and/or side by side can be formed. The receiving elements having have one or more pockets for receiving test weights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Gottfriedsen, Tobias Stellwagen
  • Patent number: 11691828
    Abstract: A sorter for sorting out discrete products includes an arrangement of adjacent sorting fingers. The sorting fingers, depending on pivoted positions, open a sorting gap in a conveying path for bad products to be sorted out or else close the sorting gap in order to support the further conveying of good products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: WIPOTEC GmbH
    Inventors: Theo Düppre, Matthias Joachim
  • Publication number: 20230184580
    Abstract: A modular weighing device includes a basic base module and a plurality of extension modules mechanically and electrically connected to the basic base module in a disconnectable manner. Each extension module includes an add-on base module and a connection module. The extension modules are arranged adjacent to one another and are each mechanically and electrically connected to one another in a disconnectable manner to form a stack of extension modules and the basic base module is electrically and mechanically connected to one of the outer extension modules of the stack in a disconnectable manner. The connection modules can comprise electronic evaluation and/or control units for weighing components or can comprise weighing cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Burkart, Jan Gottfriedsen, Alexander Schulzki
  • Publication number: 20230174311
    Abstract: A belt conveyor includes at least two support elements selected from a group consisting of roller holder elements and core elements for forming a conveyor plane for supporting a belt for conveying the products, in a conveying direction. The at least two support elements are formed separately and the support elements directly adjoining one another are rigidly connected to one another by a fastening device. The support elements adjoining one another in the conveying direction have stop surfaces abutting one another so as to ensure a predefined alignment of adjoining support elements in three mutually orthogonal spatial directions. The first spatial direction lies in the conveying plane in the conveying direction, the second spatial direction lies in the conveying plane transversely to the conveying direction, and the third spatial direction lies perpendicularly to the conveying plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Sebastian Höhler
  • Publication number: 20230160842
    Abstract: An X-ray inspection apparatus includes a holder for arranging a protective element in the X-ray inspection apparatus. The holder includes a plurality of receiving structures arranged one behind the other in a conveying direction, in order to be able to easily insert or remove the protective element at different positions along the conveying direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Sebastian Höhler, Bernd Zinke