Patents by Inventor Claus Riedel

Claus Riedel 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 and method for transferring foldable blanks from a transfer station to a processing station
    Publication number: 20020033001
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for transferring foldable blanks used in the tobacco-processing industry for cigarette hard-shell packs that are pre-embossed or pre-stamped along folding lines, from a transfer station to a processing station. At least one fixing element is movable from a transfer position to a fixing position during the transfer to secure a collar on a block-shaped article group deposited on the foldable blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Karsten Meinke, Claus Riedel
  • Method and apparatus for supplying wrapping material to cigarette packing and like machines
    Patent number: 4641771
    Abstract: Wrapping material which is supplied from a reel to the intermittently actuated withdrawing tongs of a cigarette packing machine is looped in a magazine adjacent to the tongs and is stabilized against fluttering and other stray movements by a pneumatic conveyor which attracts one leg of the loop and tensions it so that such leg of the loop remains in its prescribed path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: Hauni-Werke Korber & Co. KG.
    Inventors: Gerhard Masuch, Claus Riedel