Patents by Inventor Eckhard Polman

Eckhard Polman 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: 9927409
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for inspecting objects fed in a continuous flow, in particular packages or components, wherein an inspecting body is guided along an inspection segment together with an object and a response to an inspection of the object is detected by means of a sensor in order to determine if the object meets a quality criterion, in particular is tight or leaky or true to size or functional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventor: Eckhard Polman
  • Publication number: 20140366658
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for inspecting objects fed in a continuous flow, in particular packages or components, wherein an inspecting body is guided along an inspection segment together with an object and a response to an inspection of the object is detected by means of a sensor in order to determine if the object meets a quality criterion, in particular is tight or leaky or true to size or functional.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Eckhard Polman
  • Patent number: 8689968
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conveyor device having an endless conveyor which revolves between deflection rollers and on which a receiving device for conveying goods to be conveyed is provided. The conveyor device also includes a power supply line. The conveyor element is a conveyor chain having chain links hinged together. Each link has a section of the power supply line, and the sections of adjacent chain links are coupled to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Inventor: Eckhard Polman
  • Publication number: 20130206544
    Abstract: A palletising device for populating transport pallets (1) with packaging units (2) in rows and/or stacks in at least one layer (A1) of packaging units (2), having a feed apparatus (3) for bringing the packaging units into the vicinity of the transport pallet (1) and having a delivery apparatus (5) for providing a transport pallet (1) with the packaging units (2) brought. In order to make continuous palletising possible with a generic palletising device, it is proposed that the delivery apparatus (5) comprises an endless conveying means (5A), which comprises at least two conveyor runs (T1, T2, T3, . . . ) acting as transport legs (T) in a horizontal arrangement and the horizontally arranged endless conveying means (5A) as a whole can be moved by at least one packaging unit width or part-width and/or height relative to the transport pallet (1) in a transverse direction component to the direction of extent of one of its transport legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventor: Eckhard Polman
  • Publication number: 20120024674
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conveyor device having an endless conveyor which revolves between deflection rollers and on which a receiving device for conveying goods to be conveyed is provided. The conveyor device also includes a power supply line. The conveyor element is a conveyor chain having chain links hinged together. Each link has a section of the power supply line, and the sections of adjacent chain links are coupled to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventor: Eckhard Polman
  • Publication number: 20100276257
    Abstract: A belt conveyor comprising a continuous conveyor belt running between deflection rolls, to which a workpiece receptacle is attached. A synchronously revolving continuous power supply line is provided for the belt conveyor. The power supply line is formed separately from the conveyor belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventor: Eckhard Polman
  • Patent number: 6305624
    Abstract: A system (100) for recycling the components of defective or spent fluorescent tubes (3) comprises a conveying device (15), on which the fluorescent tubes (3), which are arranged parallel to each other, adjacent to each other and perpendicular to the conveying device, can be conveyed past processing stations (22, 28, 36, 38, 40) in a substantially horizontal manner. There is a feed station (5) for feeding the delivered fluorescent tubes (3) to the conveying device (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: LVG Leuchtstofflampen Verwertungs Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Eckhard Polman, Christian Bonmann