Patents by Inventor Heinz Debus

Heinz Debus 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).

  • Sub-quantity scale having an air nozzle along a conveying channel, and a method of operating a sub-quantity scale
    Patent number: 10184823
    Abstract: A sub-quantity scale and method for transferring a sub-quantity are provided. The scale includes a product feeding device, a product distributing device and a plurality of sub-quantity storage containers for transferring the sub-quantities to a weighing device, from which the sub-quantities pass into a packaging container. The product is fed into the sub-quantity storage containers by using vibration conveyor devices, each of which has a conveying channel and is assigned to one of the sub-quantity storage containers. A nozzle device subjects a conveying surface of the conveying channel to an air flow oriented in the conveying direction. The nozzle device is arranged in a transfer area between the product distributing device and the conveying channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: MUTLIWEIGH GMBH
    Inventors: Heinz Debus, Frank Schmehl
  • SUB-QUANTITY SCALE AND OPERATION OF A SUB-QUANTITY SCALE
    Publication number: 20160231164
    Abstract: A sub-quantity scale and method for transferring a sub-quantity are provided. The scale includes a product feeding device, a product distributing device and a plurality of sub-quantity storage containers for transferring the sub-quantities to a weighing device, from which the sub-quantities pass into a packaging container. The product is fed into the sub-quantity storage containers by using vibration conveyor devices, each of which has a conveying channel and is assigned to one of the sub-quantity storage containers. A nozzle device subjects a conveying surface of the conveying channel to an air flow oriented in the conveying direction. The nozzle device is arranged in a transfer area between the product distributing device and the conveying channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Heinz Debus, Frank Schmehl