Patents by Inventor Guenter Graeler

Guenter Graeler 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: 6511281
    Abstract: A device is provided for palletizing parcels, preferably stacks of tubular sections or flat lying sacks. Said device comprises a lifting frame, which can be raised and lowered in a stand and which is provided with a roller track, in order to slide the pallets on and off. Said device also comprises a conveyor, which supplies the parcels to be stacked and from which a controlled accepting unit accepts the supplied parcels and deposits them on a pallet, provided on the roller track. To align the pallets accurately in relation to the accepting gripper, there are stops or clamping strips that can be moved in opposing directions in the lifting frame above the conveying plane of the roller track. Said stops or clamping strips act on the opposing sides or comers of the pallet and fix them in a position, in which the accepting unit deposits the parcels with positioning accuracy, according to the predetermined pattern, on the pallet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Windmoeller & Hoelscher
    Inventor: Guenter Graeler
  • Publication number: 20010024612
    Abstract: A device is provided for palletizing parcels, preferably stacks of tubular sections or flat lying sacks. Said device comprises a lifting frame, which can be raised and lowered in a stand and which is provided with a roller track, in order to slide the pallets on and off. Said device also comprises a conveyor, which supplies the parcels to be stacked and from which a controlled accepting unit accepts the supplied parcels and deposits them on a pallet, provided on the roller track. To align the pallets accurately in relation to the accepting gripper, there are stops or clamping strips that can be moved in opposing directions in the lifting frame above the conveying plane of the roller track. Said stops or clamping strips act on the opposing sides or comers of the pallet and fix them in a position, in which the accepting unit deposits the parcels with positioning accuracy, according to the predetermined pattern, on the pallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventor: Guenter Graeler