Patents by Inventor Bertram Hebenstreit

Bertram Hebenstreit 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).

  • Arrangement for counting and apportioning of rod-shaped uni-directionally oriented goods, in particular electrode rods
    Patent number: 4262793
    Abstract: An arrangement for counting and apportioning uni-directionally arranged rod-like goods, such as electrode rods. The arrangement includes a horizontal driven conveyor belt which transports the electrode rods along a predetermined feed path thereof to a rod feeding end of the conveyor belt. A paddle wheel and curved guide member are mounted immediately underneath the rod feeding end of the conveyor belt and conjointly form a rod receiving compartment. A light barrier having a light emitting path extending across the conveyor belt emits a pulse each time a rod moves past the light emitting path. A belt conveyor having a plurality of equidistantly mounted rod receiving chambers mounted thereon is disposed immediately underneath the paddle wheel and moves in synchronism with the paddle wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1981
    Inventors: Bertram Hebenstreit, Vereinigte Edelstahlwerke Aktiengesellschaft