Patents by Inventor Claus Alger

Claus Alger 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).

  • Device for emptying and then disposing of trays filled with brochures
    Patent number: 10207880
    Abstract: The device for emptying and then disposing of trays filled with brochures comprises a feed device for transporting the filled trays in a transport direction and a turning device for rotating the trays. The turning device may comprise a slide, which is rotatable and thus movable back and forth along a U-shaped path between a receiving position to receive the trays, an emptying position in which the brochures are pushed out of the trays, and a disposal position, in which the empty trays are disposed of. The device may also comprise at least one pusher element to push the brochures out of the trays when the slide is in the emptying position, and conveying means for conveying the brochures which have been pushed out of the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: UHLMANN PAC-SYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Krueger, Claus Alger, Volker Rafensteiner, Andreas Russ
  • DEVICE FOR EMPTYING AND THEN DISPOSING OF TRAYS FILLED WITH BROCHURES
    Publication number: 20150344243
    Abstract: The device for emptying and then disposing of trays filled with brochures comprises a feed device for transporting the filled trays in a transport direction and a turning device for rotating the trays. The turning device may comprise a slide, which is rotatable and thus movable back and forth along a U-shaped path between a receiving position to receive the trays, an emptying position in which the brochures are pushed out of the trays, and a disposal position, in which the empty trays are disposed of. The device may also comprise at least one pusher element to push the brochures out of the trays when the slide is in the emptying position, and conveying means for conveying the brochures which have been pushed out of the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Krueger, Claus Alger, Volker Rafensteiner, Andreas Russ