Patents by Inventor Bengt Large

Bengt Large 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).

  • SORTER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090078617
    Abstract: A device for directionally guiding articles of different shapes that are being conveyed on a conveyor off the conveyor with the aid of a movable gate (8-11) that is controllable (23-25) to move across the conveyor (1) at an angle to the direction of travel of the article on the conveyor. The gate is made having a means (8) which, upon movement across the conveyor, is designed to forcibly cause the article to be driven along the gate, in a direction corresponding to said angle, off the conveyor (1) and to an exit (6, 6?; 6?, 6?). Advantageously, the means consists of at least one motor-driven, rotatable disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: TOMRA SYSTEMS ASA
    Inventors: Bengt LARGE, Hans Georg ONSTAD
  • Sorter device
    Publication number: 20060144764
    Abstract: A device for directionally guiding articles of different shapes that are being conveyed on a convey or off the conveyor with the aid of a movable gate (8-11) that is controllable (23-25) to move across the conveyor (1) at an angle to the direction of travel of the article on the conveyor. The gate is made having a means (8) which, upon movement across the conveyor, is designed to forcibly cause the article to be driven along the gate, in a direction corresponding to said angle, off the conveyor (1) and to an exit (6, 6?; 6?, 6?). Advantageously, the means consists of at least one motor-driven, rotatable disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Bengt Large, Hans Pmstad