Patents by Inventor Gerhardus Frans Niewold

Gerhardus Frans Niewold 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).

  • System and a method for sorting items out of waste material
    Publication number: 20070208455
    Abstract: For sorting items out of waste material, a system is provided including a conveyor for transporting waste material, a detector for identifying and locating items of the waste material on the conveyor, at least one depositing area along the conveyor, at least one robot along the conveyor; and a control circuitry communicating with the detector and with the robots. The control circuitry is arranged for controlling the robot or at least one of the robots to pick-up located items of the waste material on the conveyor and to deposit picked-up items at the at least one depositing area. A method for sorting items out of waste material is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: Machinefabriek Bollegraaf Appingedam B.V.
    Inventors: Heiman Salle Bollegraaf, Gerhardus Frans Niewold, Hermannus Johannes Maria Legtenberg