Patents by Inventor Eckehardt Grimm

Eckehardt Grimm 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).

  • Method for controlling a device used to remove packages from a pile
    Patent number: 6378859
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an apparatus for doffing flat shipments at a controllable doffing speed that delivers the shipments at constant speed to driven conveyor belts. According to the invention, the speed at which the shipment to be doffed must be transported, from the time it reaches a first sensor for detecting the shipments until it reaches a corresponding second sensor in order to achieve a desired gap is ascertained. The first sensor is located at the position at which the shipments (1′) to be doffed have reached a fixed mean doffing speed, and the second sensor is located at the point of takeover by the conveyor belts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hauke Lübben, Eckehardt Grimm, Frank Gerstenberg