Patents by Inventor Gunther Victor Maria Emiel Van Goolen

Gunther Victor Maria Emiel Van Goolen 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).

  • Transfer line
    Patent number: 8671650
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transfer line for the transfer of identical filled two-piece capsules between two successive processing stations comprising a and on unloading area, a plurality of identical transfer units each comprising a plurality of cavities each adapted to receive a capsule at the loading area and to let such capsule being unloaded at the unloading area, said plurality of cavities of each transfer unit being designed so as to receive in a first relative configuration the groups of filled two-piece capsules when located at a loading position in the loading area and so as to discharge these groups when located at an unloading position in the unloading area, a conveyor device adapted to temporarily and individually support the transfer units so as to transfer them from the loading position to the unloading position and vice-versa, while keeping them substantially in a same orientation in the loading and unloading positions, and at least from the loading position to the unloading position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Capsugel Belgium NV
    Inventors: Gunther Victor Maria Emiel Van Goolen, Stefaan Jaak Vanquickenborne, Nigel Harrison
  • Transfer Line
    Publication number: 20110005167
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transfer line for the transfer of identical filled two-piece capsules between two successive processing stations comprising a and on unloading area, a plurality of identical transfer units each comprising a plurality of cavities each adapted to receive a capsule at the loading area and to let such capsule being unloaded at the unloading area, said plurality of cavities of each transfer unit being designed so as to receive in a first relative configuration the groups of filled two-piece capsules when located at a loading position in the loading area and so as to discharge these groups when located at an unloading position in the unloading area, a conveyor device adapted to temporarily and individually support the transfer units so as to transfer them from the loading position to the unloading position and vice-versa, while keeping them substantially in a same orientation in the loading and unloading positions, and at least from the loading position to the unloading position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Gunther Victor Maria Emiel Van Goolen, Stefaan Jaak Vanquickenborne, Nigel Harrison