Patents by Inventor Heinz Gerdes

Heinz Gerdes 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: 4227610
    Abstract: A curved belt conveyor having a generally planar ring shaped belt supported and guided for movement along a closed path of travel having first and second generally parallel, spaced apart runs with an inner peripheral edge of the belt substantially defining an arc of the circle about a predetermined center. In accordance with the present invention, the inner peripheral edge of the belt is engaged by a plurality of guide rollers, each of which is mounted for individual independent movement radially of the arc described by the inner peripheral edge. The rollers are resiliently biased radially outwardly against the edge of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1980
    Assignee: Conrad Scholtz AG
    Inventors: Heinz Gerdes, Karl-Gunther Blattermann