Patents Assigned to Wipotec GmbH
  • Flexure hinge
    Patent number: 9964142
    Abstract: A flexure hinge with two material segments connected to each other via a material tapering to a thin spot which defines a pivot axis between the two material segments. The material segments are provided with recesses such that the strength existing in the thin spot with respect to normal stresses or bending stresses is kept largely constant within a distance from the thin spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Rübel, Christian Bur
  • Abdeckhaube
    Publication number: 20180094967
    Abstract: A covering hood for jointly covering a plurality of a load cell housings in which a load introduction pin protrudes from each load cell housing through a housing opening. The covering hood including a separate passage opening in an upper part of the covering hood for each load introduction pin. The covering hood can be connected to the individual load cell housings at each separate passage opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Schulzki, Andreas Rübel
  • Conveyor System with Height-Adjustable Conveyor Bodies
    Publication number: 20180037419
    Abstract: A conveyor device includes at least three lift columns, a lower conveyor body, and an upper conveyor body. The upper conveyor body is adjustable in its height relative to the lower conveyor body. The lift columns project at least partially above the upper conveyor body without lengthwise supports acting in the transport direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Günther, Kay-Eric Schmidt
  • Method for X-raying products
    Patent number: 9869642
    Abstract: A method for X-raying products of a product stream in which products are conveyed in a conveyance direction before the X-raying in a number n lanes parallel to each other. Several adjacent products transverse to the conveyance direction are transferred as a group together into a radiation-protected X-ray room, and the products are rearranged for an X-ray process in the X-ray room such that the shadowing effects during the X-ray process are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventor: Theo Düppre