Patents by Inventor Andreas Seidl

Andreas Seidl 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).

  • Air conveyor for conveying articles
    Patent number: 6890128
    Abstract: This invention relates to an air conveyor for conveying articles with a collar and a head arranged above that, in particular plastic bottles along a conveyor channel having two carrying strips arranged along the conveyor channel on which the articles are conveyed by suspending them from the collars, and having a head space having inclined side walls formed above the carrying strips. Air nozzles, which act upon the heads of the articles, are provided in the inclined side walls. This counteracts a tendency of the articles to become tilted or jammed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Andreas Seidl, Alexander Sixt, Markus Sigler
  • Switching device for pneumatic conveyor
    Patent number: 6854936
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switching device for air conveyors for bottles, preforms or similar parts, which can be transported, suspended by their neck in the pneumatic conveyor, where the pneumatic conveyor presents fixed conveyor track sections. The switching device is characterized by the fact that at least one shifting device, which is shiftable with respect to the fixed conveyor track sections, is provided with at least one conveyor track section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Christoph Dragon, Andreas Seidl
  • Switching device for pneumatic conveyor
    Publication number: 20040120776
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switching device for air conveyors for bottles, preforms or similar parts, which can be transported, suspended by their neck in the pneumatic conveyor, where the pneumatic conveyor presents fixed conveyor track sections. The switching device is characterized by the fact that at least one shifting device, which is shiftable with respect to the fixed conveyor track sections, is provided with at least one conveyor track section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Christoph Dragon, Andreas Seidl
  • Pneumatic conveyor
    Publication number: 20040115012
    Abstract: This invention relates to an air conveyor for conveying articles with a collar and a head arranged above that, in particular plastic bottles along a conveyor channel having two carrying strips arranged along the conveyor channel on which the articles are conveyed by suspending them from the collars, and having a head space having inclined side walls formed above the carrying strips. Air nozzles, which act upon the heads of the articles, are provided in the inclined side walls. This counteracts a tendency of the articles to become tilted or jammed together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Andreas Seidl, Alexander Sixt, Markus Sigler