Patents by Inventor Gerhard Ruppenthal

Gerhard Ruppenthal 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).

  • Conveyor apparatus for batch treatment of objects
    Patent number: 5377815
    Abstract: A conveyor system has a carousel rotatable about an axis in steps and having an outer periphery along which loading, unloading, and treatment stations are spaced and a drive for rotating the carousel about the axis in steps. A plurality of fixed segments spaced along the periphery each have a straight outer edge and a plurality of movable segments spaced along the periphery are interleaved with the fixed segments and each have a straight outer edge and a pair of ends. Respective pivots secured between one of the ends of each of the movable segments and the carousel allow movement of each of the movable segments between an inner position with its outer edge nonparallel to the outer edges of adjacent fixed segments and an outer position with its outer edge parallel to the outer edge of a one of the adjacent fixed segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Arzneimittel GmbH Apotheker Vetter & Co.
    Inventors: Helmut Vetter, Gerhard Ruppenthal, Klaus Steinbach