Patents by Inventor Alfred Meisinger

Alfred Meisinger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for combining and aligning packing unit groups
    Patent number: 7896151
    Abstract: A method for combining and aligning packing unit groups, having the steps of supplying, on an allocating conveyor, individual packing units and/or packing unit groups in an abutting relationship, operating a transportation conveyor downstream of the allocating conveyor with a first transportation speed, forming batches of packing units and/or packing unit groups, wherein predefined gaps are created between the batches by controlling the speed of the allocating conveyor in a corresponding manner, and transferring the batches with the gap predefined between them onto a row or layer forming conveyor, wherein the row or layer forming conveyor is operated at a second speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventor: Alfred Meisinger
  • Method and apparatus for combining and aligning packing unit groups
    Publication number: 20090250312
    Abstract: A method for combining and aligning packing unit groups, having the steps of supplying, on an allocating conveyor, individual packing units and/or packing unit groups in an abutting relationship, operating a transportation conveyor downstream of the allocating conveyor with a first transportation speed, forming batches of packing units and/or packing unit groups, wherein predefined gaps are created between the batches by controlling the speed of the allocating conveyor in a corresponding manner, and transferring the batches with the gap predefined between them onto a row or layer forming conveyor, wherein the row or layer forming conveyor is operated at a second speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: KRONES AG
    Inventor: Alfred Meisinger