Patents by Inventor Dag WINDELSTAD

Dag WINDELSTAD 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: 9604790
    Abstract: A device and a method for singulation of used beverage containers received in bulk into individual containers and forwarding them towards a receiving station. The used beverage containers have different shapes and sizes. The device includes a rotating surface, a conveyor at least partly encircling the rotating surface and adapted to receive used beverage containers from the rotating surface and transport them away from the rotating surface; and an outer wall along the periphery of the conveyor at least along the part of the conveyor that encircles the rotating surface. The conveyor includes a first section where it is capable of receiving used beverage containers from the rotating surface, and a second section where it is only capable of transporting used beverage containers one by one and aligned with the direction of movement of the conveyor or otherwise fall back onto the rotating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: TOMRA SYSTEMS ASA
    Inventors: Katrin Jacobsen, Dag Windelstad, Lars Alfred Bech, Åsmund Birger Dagslet
  • Publication number: 20150375944
    Abstract: A device and a method for singulation of used beverage containers received in bulk into individual containers and forwarding them towards a receiving station. The used beverage containers have different shapes and sizes. The device includes a rotating surface, a conveyor at least partly encircling said rotating surface and adapted to receive used beverage containers from the rotating surface and transport them away from the rotating surface; and an outer wall along the periphery of the conveyor at least along the part of the conveyor that encircles the rotating surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: TOMRA SYSTEMS ASA
    Inventors: Katrin A. JACOBSEN, Dag WINDELSTAD, Lars Alfred BECH, Åsmund Birger DAGSLET