Patents by Inventor Carl-Jørn Madsen

Carl-Jørn Madsen 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).

  • Tray feeding system and a method of operating such a tray feeding system
    Patent number: 10099858
    Abstract: A tray feeding system having a buffer conveyor for trays including a belt with spaced apart free running rollers having a rotation axis perpendicular to the conveying direction. These rollers extend upward from the belt such that the trays partly rest on the rollers. A tray conveyor receiving end is adjacent to an outputting end of the buffer conveyor where items are placed into the trays by a tray filler. A roller interactor is positioned below and adjacent to the surface of the buffer conveyor belt at an outputting end to engage with the rollers at the outputting end area when the buffer conveyor belts move forward rotating the rollers positioned within the outputting end area accelerating the trays on the buffer conveyor within the outputting end area of the buffer conveyor towards the receiving end of the tray conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: MAREL A/S
    Inventors: Bjørn Heide Pedersen, Niels Hundtofte, Carl-Jørn Madsen, Lars Riis Jensen
  • A TRAY FEEDING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATING SUCH A TRAY FEEDING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170144843
    Abstract: A tray feeding system having a buffer conveyor for trays including a belt with spaced apart free running rollers having a rotation axis perpendicular to the conveying direction. These rollers extend upward from the belt such that the trays partly rest on the rollers. A tray conveyor receiving end is adjacent to an outputting end of the buffer conveyor where items are placed into the trays by a tray filler. A roller interactor is positioned below and adjacent to the surface of the buffer conveyor belt at an outputting end to engage with the rollers at the outputting end area when the buffer conveyor belts move forward rotating the rollers positioned within the outputting end area accelerating the trays on the buffer conveyor within the outputting end area of the buffer conveyor towards the receiving end of the tray conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Bjørn Heide Pedersen, Niels Hundtofte, Carl-Jørn Madsen, Lars Riis Jensen