Patents by Inventor Erhard Kramer

Erhard Kramer 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).

  • Apparatus for optional removal of packages in the longitudinal or transverse direction onto a conveyor belt of a packing machine
    Patent number: 5038913
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the optional removal of packages in the longitudinal or transverse direction onto a conveyor belt of the packing machine, the packages being continuously guided automatically both in their removal in the longitudinal direction and in their removal in the transverse direction by means of a rotary device and an oblique track roller guide system which is provided with an adjustable guide deflector by which guide rollers of a steering gear of the rotary device are automatically guided. By adjusting the guide deflector parallel or obliquely to the direction of travel of the packages, they can be removed in the longitudinal direction or, after being turned through an angle of 90 degrees, in the transverse direction onto a conveyor belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Benz & Hilgers GmbH
    Inventor: Erhard Kramer