Patents by Inventor Erwin Meyer

Erwin Meyer 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).

  • Device for grouping or isolating articles
    Patent number: 6360871
    Abstract: A device for grouping or isolating articles which are transported on a conveyor belt in one or more closed rows and are separated from each other individually or in groups for subsequent processing. At least two elements are provided which can be moved back and forth independently of each other and parallel to the direction of transport, and which can be made to engage with or disengage from the articles in a controlled manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Kettner GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Meyer, Helmut Diederichs, Silke Evans, Stefan Elsperger
  • Apparatus for separating in groups a predetermined number of continuously fed flat workpieces overlapping in scale formation
    Patent number: 4183518
    Abstract: Overlapping sheet articles continuously arriving on a belt conveyor are separated into groups by brake bands which are intermittently pressed against respective rails disposed between the belts substantially flush with the conveying runs. The brake bands lie loosely on the sheet articles which pass thereunder unimpeded until they are to be temporarily halted, which is done by successively lowering a plurality of weights on the brake bands starting at the leading ends of the brake bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1980
    Assignee: Windmoller & Holscher
    Inventors: Friedrich-Franz Brockmuller, Richard Feldkamper, Erwin Meyer