Patents by Inventor Bernardus Cornelis Tichelaar

Bernardus Cornelis Tichelaar 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).

  • Conveyor assembly with ejecting provision, a document processing line provided with such a conveyor assembly, and a method of ejecting products
    Patent number: 7490712
    Abstract: A conveyor assembly with ejecting provision, wherein the assembly comprises an upstream and a downstream belt conveyor defining a conveying surface, which are arranged for operatively conveying a series of products at a conveying speed in a conveying direction, wherein the upstream belt conveyor connects by a discharge end to a feed end of the downstream belt conveyor, wherein the discharge end is defined by a discharge end return pulley and wherein the feed end is defined by a feed end return pulley, wherein the discharge end return pulley and/or the feed end return pulley are arranged displaceably along the conveying direction in a plane parallel to the conveying surface of the respective conveyor for forming an ejection opening between the two return pulleys. The invention further relates to a document processing line with such a conveyor assembly and to a method of ejecting products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Buhrs-Zaandam B.V.
    Inventors: Ludovicus Wilhelmus A. Hamers, Menno Koppen, Freek Willem L. De Ridder, Bernardus Cornelis Tichelaar