Patents by Inventor Benedict Kleine-Koenig

Benedict Kleine-Koenig 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: 11987414
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a capsule filling machine for filling two-piece capsules that each include a capsule upper part and a capsule lower part. The capsule filling machine includes a measuring device, the measuring device including a capacitive measuring system. The measuring device is downstream of the closing station. The capacitive measuring system includes a measuring section, along which the mass of the filled, closed capsule can be measured via the capacitive measuring system. The measuring device includes a guide device for the closed capsule, the guide device being configured to convey the filled, closed capsule from the capsule segment to the measuring section of the capacitive measuring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lux, Benedict Kleine-Koenig
  • Publication number: 20230192339
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a capsule filling machine for filling two-piece capsules that each include a capsule upper part and a capsule lower part. The capsule filling machine includes a measuring device, the measuring device including a capacitive measuring system. The measuring device is downstream of the closing station. The capacitive measuring system includes a measuring section, along which the mass of the filled, closed capsule can be measured via the capacitive measuring system. The measuring device includes a guide device for the closed capsule, the guide device being configured to convey the filled, closed capsule from the capsule segment to the measuring section of the capacitive measuring system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Lux, Benedict Kleine-Koenig
  • Patent number: 10480988
    Abstract: A calibration unit is for a capacitive measuring system in a metering installation, or a metering installation for in particular solid pharmaceutical dosage units, and to an associated method for metering. The calibration unit includes a test body, a drive for the test body, and a guide for the test body. The guide has a first terminal position, a second terminal position, and a guided section that runs between the two terminal positions. The drive is configured for moving the test body along the guided section in a reciprocating manner between the two terminal positions. The capacitive measuring system is calibrated via the calibration unit. The dosage units are then metered via the metering installation and checked for a properly metered mass via the calibrated capacitive measuring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lux, Jonas Hoepfer, Benedict Kleine-Koenig
  • Publication number: 20180031410
    Abstract: A calibration unit is for a capacitive measuring system in a metering installation, or a metering installation for in particular solid pharmaceutical dosage units, and to an associated method for metering. The calibration unit includes a test body, a drive for the test body, and a guide for the test body. The guide has a first terminal position, a second terminal position, and a guided section that runs between the two terminal positions. The drive is configured for moving the test body along the guided section in a reciprocating manner between the two terminal positions. The capacitive measuring system is calibrated via the calibration unit. The dosage units are then metered via the metering installation and checked for a properly metered mass via the calibrated capacitive measuring system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas Lux, Jonas Hoepfer, Benedict Kleine-Koenig