Patents by Inventor Andreas Blume

Andreas Blume 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).

  • Patent number: 10150636
    Abstract: A stacker device in an items processing system is a last station of a mail line. The stacker device has a receiving plate to receive flat items, a longitudinal alignment wall, graduated in at least two steps, at a rear side of the stacker device, and a stop wall that is arranged at the downstream end of the receiving plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Francotyp-Postalia GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Blume, Volker Harder
  • Patent number: 10011452
    Abstract: A stacker device in an items processing system is a last station of a mail line. The stacker device has a receiving plate to receive flat items, a longitudinal alignment wall, graduated in at least two steps, at a rear side of the stacker device, and a stop wall that is arranged at the downstream end of the receiving plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Francotyp-Postalia GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Blume, Volker Harder
  • Publication number: 20180105384
    Abstract: A stacker device in an items processing system is a last station of a mail line. The stacker device has a receiving plate to receive flat items, a longitudinal alignment wall, graduated in at least two steps, at a rear side of the stacker device, and a stop wall that is arranged at the downstream end of the receiving plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Blume, Volker Harder
  • Patent number: 9778094
    Abstract: A dynamic scale to achieves a higher throughput, by at least one of a spring steel sheet being installed in the travel direction of the first shaft of the first transport belt, and/or the control of the motors as well as the transmission of the sensor signals taking place via ribbon cables which are arranged parallel to the transport belts, and/or an electronic evaluation of interference oscillations of the signals of the sensors of the weighing cell takes place, within at least one lowpass filter being used, and wherein at least two digital notch filters are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Francotyp-Postalia GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Geserich, Stefan Beckmann, Andreas Blume, Karsten van der Waydbrink
  • Patent number: 9739656
    Abstract: In a dynamic scale and a weighing method therefor, an object to be weighed is received on a weighing unit of the dynamic scale and weight information of the object on the weighing unit is detected by the weighing unit. The weight information includes a number of items of weight information, which are supplied to a processor, and a derived weight value is determined in the processor by evaluation of a predetermined number of the items of weight information, and a quality value for the derived weight value is also determined in the processor by evaluation of the predetermined number of items of weight information. Depending on the quality value, it is established, in the processor, that the derived weight value is a valid weight value and, when it is established that the derived weight value is a valid weight value, the weighing unit is then fed with a new object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Francotyp-Postalia GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Kieser, Volker Baum, Andreas Blume, Karsten Von der Waydbrink
  • Publication number: 20170197800
    Abstract: A stacker device in an items processing system is a last station of a mail line. The stacker device has a receiving plate to receive flat items, a longitudinal alignment wall, graduated in at least two steps, at a rear side of the stacker device, and a stop wall that is arranged at the downstream end of the receiving plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA GMBH
    Inventors: ANDREAS BLUME, VOLKER HARDER
  • Publication number: 20160018251
    Abstract: A dynamic scale to achieves a higher throughput, by at least one of a spring steel sheet being installed in the travel direction of the first shaft of the first transport belt, and/or the control of the motors as well as the transmission of the sensor signals taking place via ribbon cables which are arranged parallel to the transport belts, and/or an electronic evaluation of interference oscillations of the signals of the sensors of the weighing cell takes place, within at least one lowpass filter being used, and wherein at least two digital notch filters are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: FRANCOTYP POSTALIA GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Geserich, Stefan Beckmann, Andreas Blume, Karsten van der Waydbrink
  • Publication number: 20150362357
    Abstract: In a dynamic scale and a weighing method therefor, an object to be weighed is received on a weighing unit of the dynamic scale and weight information of the object on the weighing unit is detected by the weighing unit. The weight information includes a number of items of weight information, which are supplied to a processor, and a derived weight value is determined in the processor by evaluation of a predetermined number of the items of weight information, and a quality value for the derived weight value is also determined in the processor by evaluation of the predetermined number of items of weight information. Depending on the quality value, it is established, in the processor, that the derived weight value is a valid weight value and, when it is established that the derived weight value is a valid weight value, the weighing unit is then fed with a new object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA GMBH
    Inventors: Axel Kieser, Volker Baum, Andreas Blume, Karsten Von der Waydbrink