Patents by Inventor Cristovao Mesquita

Cristovao Mesquita 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).

  • Patent number: 8302762
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for transporting flat products having at least one feeder feeding the flat products in a first transport direction, and having at least two conveying units for forwarding the flat products in a second transport direction. The conveying units are configured symmetrically and in each case have a plurality of guiding elements which can be set against the flat sides of the products. It is possible for the flat products to be received between in each case two adjacent guiding-element pairs and to be gripped by them and, as a result, to be transported upright in the second transport direction. During the movement in the second transport direction, the guiding elements are moved gradually out of holding engagement with the flat products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Palamides GmbH
    Inventors: Cristovao Mesquita, Martin Schweitzer
  • Publication number: 20110315511
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for transporting flat products having at least one feeder feeding the flat products in a first transport direction, and having at least two conveying units for forwarding the flat products in a second transport direction. The conveying units are configured symmetrically and in each case have a plurality of guiding elements which can be set against the flat sides of the products. It is possible for the flat products to be received between in each case two adjacent guiding-element pairs and to be gripped by them and, as a result, to be transported upright in the second transport direction. During the movement in the second transport direction, the guiding elements are moved gradually out of holding engagement with the flat products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Cristovao MESQUITA, Martin Schweitzer
  • Publication number: 20110315510
    Abstract: A device and a method for transporting flat products comprising at least one feeder and a first transport unit having at least two transport elements that can be set against side edges lying opposite one another of the flat products. The flat products can be gripped by the transport elements and can be transported upright in the transport direction. In the transporting process, the flat products are received in the first transport unit, are transported within the latter, and are held upright at the side edges by the transport elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Stefano Palamides, Cristovao Mesquita, Martin Schweitzer