Patents by Inventor Herbert Spindler

Herbert Spindler 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).

  • Publication number: 20240051694
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strapping device and a method for producing strapped packages, which combine at least two articles by means of at least one strap. The strapping device is paired with a device for providing two or more grouped articles. and the strapping device comprises a handling device (10) with two pivoting arms (11, 12) which can be adjusted relative to each other and each of which is equipped with clamping devices (14, 15) for fixing the belt ends (27) of a strapping belt (26) or a strapping blank (28) in a clamped manner. The pivoting arms (11, 12) can surround the grouped articles for the purpose of strapping same, thereby pivoting the first pivoting arm (11) and the second pivoting arm (12). The strapping device additionally comprises a fixing device for connecting the two belt ends (27) of the strapping belt (26) or the strapping blank (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastian SCHMID, Thomas STADLER, Herbert SPINDLER
  • Publication number: 20230339695
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transport device (1) and a method for distributing a plurality of similarly shaped and dimensioned articles (10). The transport device (1) comprises an infeed (2) for conveying a plurality of similarly shaped and dimensioned articles (10) in a mass flow; a distribution section (3) downstream of the infeed (2), which distribution section (3), in the conveying direction (FR) of the articles (10), leads into a row transport (4), in which distribution section (3) the articles (10) are conveyed onwards or transported away in at least two separate parallel rows (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas HENSEL, Martin BAUER, Herbert SPINDLER, Juergen WERNER, Marcus SEIDL
  • Publication number: 20230264369
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gripper (1) for beverage cans (20). The gripper (1) comprises at least one gripping device (6) used to grip a particular beverage can (20) from underneath the top seam (5) in a form-fitting manner in the region of a top seam (5), which top seam (5) is formed by a particular beverage can (20). The gripper (1) comprises at least one centering device (30), by which at least one centering device (30) aligns the particular beverage can (20) into a defined alignment, where the at least one gripping device (6) is able to grip a particular beverage can (20) from underneath in a form-fitting manner in the region of its top seam (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas STADLER, Stephan WITTMANN, Herbert SPINDLER
  • Patent number: 11697518
    Abstract: A device (1) handling articles comprises at least one work module (30), which can move packages with article placed on a first packaging type and at least one folding mechanism (45) used to erect back and/or front flaps of the first packaging type. Another component of the device (1) is at least one transport module (20), with a transport device (2), along which articles intended for packages of a second packaging type move, where the second packaging type differs from the first packaging type. The at least one folding mechanism (45) and the transport device (2) alternate between an operating position (BP) and a waiting position (WP). The operating positions (BP) and the waiting positions (WP) are configured such that the at least one folding mechanism (45) is disposed exclusively adjacent to the right side or to the left side of the transport means (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Krones Ag
    Inventors: Juergen Werner, Herbert Spindler, Johann Luber, Stephan Wittmann
  • Publication number: 20230130558
    Abstract: A packaging device (1) for producing packs each comprising several articles is disclosed. The packaging device (1) comprises at least one horizontal conveying device and at least one manipulator (25, 35). Article groups are moved via the at least one horizontal conveying device into a working area (AP1, AP2) of the at least one manipulator (25, 35). The at least one manipulator (25, 35) is designed to combine respective articles of a respective article group, which are moved into its working area (AP1, AP2) via the at least one horizontal conveying device, and for this purpose can apply at least one packaging material (40) to the respective article group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Herbert SPINDLER, Peter KOCH, Johann LUBER, Wolfgang HUBER, Juergen WERNER, Richard ESCHLBECK, Thomas HENSEL
  • Publication number: 20220234768
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging apparatus (1) and a method used to produce packaging units (35). The packaging units (35) comprise at least one article (30), in particular at least one beverage can (31), with at least one at least in some areas flatly designed packaging blank (20) arranged on the article (30) or beverage can (31). The packaging blank (20) has at least one passage opening (23) in the flatly designed area for the at least one article (30). The packaging apparatus (1) comprises at least one feeder device (2) for the at least one article (30) or for assemblies (40) of at least two articles (30); a pre-treatment module (9) to prepare the packaging blank (20) for the application to the at least one article (30); and a first packaging module (7) to apply and locate the packaging blank (20) to the at least one article (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Johann LUBER, Thomas STADLER, Tobias GUT, Herbert SPINDLER, Markus GABLER
  • Patent number: 11390405
    Abstract: An apparatus (1) for assembling several beverage containers (2) into a multipack (4) is disclosed. The apparatus (1) comprises a horizontal conveying device (5) for moving groupings (3), each grouping (3) comprising several beverage containers (2). The apparatus (1) also comprises at least one working device (25) that applies packaging blanks (41) to the groupings (3). The beverage containers (2) of a grouping (3) pass through openings in the packaging blank (41) and are held together by the packaging blank (41). The apparatus (1) furthermore comprises at least one handling apparatus (15) which places the beverage containers (2) on the horizontal conveying device (5) such that the beverage containers (2) are in alignment with respect to one another. The alignment of the beverage containers (2) allows the packaging blank (41) to be applied to the beverage containers (2) directly upon their placement on the horizontal conveying device (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Herbert Spindler, Markus Gabler, Thomas Stadler, Johann Luber, Tobias Gut
  • Patent number: 11124327
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system (1) for forming a transport section for a packaging line and for coordinating the transport section to individual articles or article sets with different packaging types. The system (1) comprises at least one module (3), which at least one module (3) has at least two individual module units (5, 7), which at least two individual module units (5, 7) cooperate in a first operating mode (B1) of the system (1) for the transport of individual articles or article sets provided for a first packaging type. It is furthermore provided that the at least two individual module units (5, 7) are each designed to be movable, and that the system (1) is transferable by way of a movement of the at least two individual module units (5, 7) into a second operating mode (B2), which is aligned to a transport of individual articles or article sets provided for a second packaging type that differs from the first packaging type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Wittmann, Herbert Spindler, Olaf Treter, Juergen Werner
  • Patent number: 11117754
    Abstract: The invention includes a method (100) and an apparatus to handle irregularly conveyed and/or irregularly aligned and/or non-upright articles of an article stream under prevention of disturbances. The method (100) comprises the following steps: identifying at least one non-upright article in an article stream as an error; performing a correction step to resolve the error, the correction step comprising removal from the article stream of the at least one irregularly aligned article, or transfer to an upright orientation of the at least one irregularly aligned article, with a defined action being exerted temporally before and/or in temporal overlap with the correction step upon the at least one irregularly aligned article or upon regularly conveyed articles of the article stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Simon Berger, Richard Eschlbeck, Thomas Hensel, Herbert Spindler, Martin Bauer, Lucas Kiefer, Georg Goetz
  • Patent number: 11117749
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) with at least two modules that are selectively transferable into a specific operating position (BL) for handling of individual articles or article sets. The apparatus (1) comprises at least one transport module (3) that moves individual articles or article sets with a first packaging type and at least one work module (5) that moves individual articles or article sets with a second, different, packaging type. The work module (5) can handle packaging material during the movement, with the packaging material being in contact with the individual articles or article sets. The apparatus (1) has an operating position (BL) and a waiting position (W1), into which operating position (BL) the transport module (3) or the work module (5) can be selectively inserted, and into which waiting position (W1) the transport module (3) is transferable by removing it from the specific operating position (BL).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Wittmann, Juergen Werner, Herbert Spindler
  • Patent number: 11104465
    Abstract: In an installation for the treatment of containers, comprising at least one filling station and a packing station for processing film or packaging material blanks and having work components acting upon the packaging material and forming packages, at least one measuring device for dimensional deviations of filled containers, and a control unit for automatically adjusting at least one installation station depending on a dimensional deviation detected, work components in the packing station (P) acting upon the packaging material when the filled containers are packed are automatically adjustable by way of the control unit. In a method for packing filled containers, work components of the packing station acting upon packaging material are adjusted automatically depending on dimensional deviations measured in order to form packages of different dimensions with at least substantially the same packing density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Herbert Spindler, Martin Bauer
  • Patent number: 11066199
    Abstract: Provided is a method for packaging piece good groupings, in which a plurality of piece goods, particularly containers, are at least partially interconnected by a first connector, wherein at least two-piece goods of this plurality are directly interconnected by the connector. According to the embodiment, this plurality of piece goods connected by the connector is packaged with a second connector in the form of a second wrapping element, and said plurality of piece goods connected by a first connector is conveyed by a conveyor device to a packaging device and enclosed, particularly wrapped, with the second wrapping element by said packaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Johannes Kirzinger, Christian Hastreiter, Manuel Kollmuss, Richard Eschlbeck, Heiner Schaefer, Andreas Fritsch, Juergen Werner, Thomas Wimmer, Herbert Spindler, Christian Napravnik
  • Publication number: 20210214108
    Abstract: A method for packaging piece good batches is provided. A transport device transports a plurality of piece goods in particular in the form of a piece good flow in a specified transport direction, and a first wrapping device wraps a film element around the piece goods, the film element having a specified first width. The first wrapping device has a dispensing assembly which circulates around the piece goods, and the piece goods are supplied to the first wrapping device in order to be wrapped with the film element. The piece goods are wrapped with a strip-like element by means of a strip application device, the strip-like element having a smaller width than the film element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Johannes KIRZINGER, Herbert SPINDLER, Heiner SCHAEFER, Manuel KOLLMUSS, Andreas FRITSCH, Juergen WERNER, Richard ESCHLBECK, Thomas WIMMER, Christian NAPRAVNIK
  • Publication number: 20210114759
    Abstract: A device (1) handling articles comprises at least one work module (30), which can move packages with article placed on a first packaging type and at least one folding mechanism (45) used to erect back and/or front flaps of the first packaging type. Another component of the device (1) is at least one transport module (20), with a transport device (2), along which articles intended for packages of a second packaging type move, where the second packaging type differs from the first packaging type. The at least one folding mechanism (45) and the transport device (2) alternate between an operating position (BP) and a waiting position (WP). The operating positions (BP) and the waiting positions (WP) are configured such that the at least one folding mechanism (45) is disposed exclusively adjacent to the right side or to the left side of the transport means (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Juergen WERNER, Herbert SPINDLER, Johann LUBER, Stephan WITTMANN
  • Publication number: 20200391889
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine for packaging piece good combinations with a transport device which transports a plurality of piece goods in a predetermined transport direction, and with a first wrapping device which is suitable and intended for wrapping the piece goods with a film element, wherein this first wrapping device has a dispensing unit revolving around the piece goods, and wherein the piece goods can be delivered to the first wrapping device in order be wrapped by the film element, According to the invention a mass balancing element likewise arranged revolving around the piece goods is associated with the dispensing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Juergen WERNER, Johannes KIRZINGER, Andreas FRITSCH, Thomas WIMMER, Richard ESCHLBECK, Herbert SPINDLER, Manuel KOLLMUSS, Christian HASTREITER, Heiner SCHAEFER
  • Publication number: 20200361645
    Abstract: An apparatus (1) for assembling several beverage containers (2) into a multipack (4) is disclosed. The apparatus (1) comprises a horizontal conveying device (5) for moving groupings (3), each grouping (3) comprising several beverage containers (2). The apparatus (1) also comprises at least one working device (25) that applies packaging blanks (41) to the groupings (3). The beverage containers (2) of a grouping (3) pass through openings in the packaging blank (41) and are held together by the packaging blank (41). The apparatus (1) furthermore comprises at least one handling apparatus (15) which places the beverage containers (2) on the horizontal conveying device (5) such that the beverage containers (2) are in alignment with respect to one another. The alignment of the beverage containers (2) allows the packaging blank (41) to be applied to the beverage containers (2) directly upon their placement on the horizontal conveying device (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Krones Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Herbert SPINDLER, Markus GABLER, Thomas STADLER, Johann LUBER, Tobias GUT
  • Publication number: 20200324926
    Abstract: Provided is a method for packaging piece good groupings, in which a plurality of piece goods, particularly containers, are at least partially interconnected by means of a first connection, wherein at least two-piece goods of this plurality are directly interconnected by the connection. According to the embodiment, this plurality of piece goods connected by the first connection is packaged with a second connection in the form of a second wrapping element, and said plurality of piece goods connected by a first connection is conveyed by a conveyor device to a packaging unit and enclosed, particularly wrapped, with the second wrapping element by said packaging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Christian NAPRAVNIK, Herbert SPINDLER, Johannes KIRZINGER, Christian HASTREITER, Manuel KOLLMUSS, Richard ESCHLBECK, Heiner SCHAEFER, Andreas FRITSCH, Juergen WERNER, Thomas WIMMER
  • Patent number: 10676303
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for supplying, staging, and/or handling, and/or for replacing rolls (12, 20) with flat material and/or film material wound thereonto and serving as packaging material (22) for packaging piece goods, bundles, or the like sets of articles. Depleted rolls (20) are removed from at least one installation position (EB1, EB2) of a packaging machine (14), and new rolls (12) are mounted into the particular installation position (EB1, EB2), with new rolls (12) being staged to the packaging machine (14) in a specified feeder device. Each of the installation positions (EB1, EB2) of the packaging machine (14) includes at least one rotatable receiving mandrel (70) for the rotatable reception and holding of the rolls (12). The at least one receiving mandrel (70) is shiftable in its axial direction upon removing a depleted roll (20) and/or upon mounting of a new roll (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Krones Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Irmengard Prankl, Herbert Spindler, Thomas Wimmer, Juergen Werner
  • Publication number: 20200095067
    Abstract: The invention includes a method (100) and an apparatus to handle irregularly conveyed and/or irregularly aligned and/or non-upright articles of an article stream under prevention of disturbances. The method (100) comprises the following steps: identifying at least one non-upright article in an article stream as an error; performing a correction step to resolve the error, the correction step comprising removal from the article stream of the at least one irregularly aligned article, or transfer to an upright orientation of the at least one irregularly aligned article, with a defined action being exerted temporally before and/or in temporal overlap with the correction step upon the at least one irregularly aligned article or upon regularly conveyed articles of the article stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Simon BERGER, Richard ESCHLBECK, Thomas HENSEL, Herbert SPINDLER, Martin BAUER, Lucas KIEFER, Georg GOETZ
  • Patent number: 10577209
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method and an apparatus (1) for handling flat material and/or film material wound onto rolls (5) and that serves as packaging material. Rolls (5), which are at least partially unwound, are alternately removed from at least one installation position (EB1; EB2) of a packaging machine (3), and in each case a new roll (5) of flat material and/or film material is mounted in the particular installation position (EB1; EB2). After each mounting, an externally arranged layer (15) is extracted from the particular new roll (5) near or in the area of its free end and is attached to a section of a material web being guided in the packaging machine (3). The direction of rotation and/or rotation-direction-conforming orientation of the new roll (5) is determined and/or verified by means of a capture device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Krones Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Wimmer, Herbert Spindler, Juergen Werner