Patents by Inventor Hubert H. Keil

Hubert H. Keil 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).

  • Adjustable conveyor for varied size and shape containers
    Patent number: 7654384
    Abstract: A conveyor for varied size and shape containers has a pair of feed screws mounted parallel to one another on opposite sides of a line of container travel. A mechanism is provided for moving the screws toward or away from one another in a manner to maintain an equal distance of each screw from the line of container travel. The screws are preferably formed with a helix having straight sidewalls that are at an angle of 90° to 100° to one another. In one embodiment one feed screw has a left hand helix and is rotated in a first direction and the other feed screw has a right hand helix and is rotated in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hubert H. Keil
  • Apparatus and method for packing pills in blister cavities
    Publication number: 20080110134
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for packing pills in cavities formed in a blister web includes a plurality of downwardly directed flexible members, for example brushes, that are continuously cyclically moved to contact and knock down pills that are not properly nested in respective blister cavities. The flexible members are mounted parallel to and spaced apart from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Bogdan Nitulescu, Robert W. Parker, Hubert H. Keil, Markus J. Haid