Patents by Inventor Ivo Van Den Mooter

Ivo Van Den Mooter 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: 20240149547
    Abstract: Tableting device including a rotary turret with a rotation axis including: an upper receptacle body (IO) provided with reciprocating upper punches, a lower receptacle body provided with reciprocating lower punches, a die table, die inserts; wherein the die table is provided with receiving recesses in which the die inserts are arranged; wherein the die inserts and the receiving recesses have a complementary form; wherein each die insert comprises at least one circular cylindrical outer surface with a die insert outer diameter (N), said surface acing an inner surface of the corresponding receiving recess, wherein each die insert includes a pair of working bores in which a pair of directly adjacent upper punches respectively reciprocate in use, and in which a corresponding pair of directly adjacent lower punches respectively reciprocate in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: GEA Process Engineering nv
    Inventors: Dirk Christiaens, Ivo Van den Mooter, Koen Van De Voorde
  • Patent number: 10052836
    Abstract: The rotary tablet press has a housing including a compression section (6) with a turret (10) including a die disc (40), a top punch guide (20), a bottom punch guide (30), and a plurality of punches (25, 35). The turret (10) defines an axial direction (a) and a radial direction (r), the punches being arranged at a predefined radius defining a pitch (p) of the turret. The rotary tablet press comprises a bearing assembly (50) connected to the turret (10) and providing support to at least one auxiliary component of the rotary tablet press and the bearing assembly comprises a bearing (51) and a support means (60) for the at least one auxiliary component, and the bearing (51) is positioned outside the pitch (p) of the turret in the radial direction (r).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: GEA PROCESS ENGINEERING NV
    Inventors: Jan Vogeleer, Ivo Van Den Mooter, Freddy Gerard Luc Vandenbroucke, Joris Vanderputten, Nicolas Robin, Frederik Detobel
  • Publication number: 20180178474
    Abstract: The rotary tablet press has a housing including a compression section (6) with a turret (10) including a die disc (40), a top punch guide (20), a bottom punch guide (30), and a plurality of punches (25, 35). The turret (10) defines an axial direction (a) and a radial direction (r), the punches being arranged at a predefined radius defining a pitch (p) of the turret. The rotary tablet press comprises a bearing assembly (50) connected to the turret (10) and providing support to at least one auxiliary component of the rotary tablet press and the bearing assembly comprises a bearing (51) and a support means (60) for the at least one auxiliary component, and the bearing (51) is positioned outside the pitch (p) of the turret in the radial direction (r).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: GEA Process Engineering nv
    Inventors: Jan Vogeleer, Ivo Van Den Mooter, Freddy Gerard Luc Vandenbroucke, Joris Vanderputten, Nicolas Robin, Frederik Detobel
  • Patent number: 8361360
    Abstract: A method for controlling a tablet press comprises the steps of consecutively supplying material into each die of a die table 1, subjecting the material to a pre-compression and a main-compression, whereby the main-compression is performed under substantially constant compression force and variable resulting tablet thickness of the individual tablets, and measuring a weight value representative of the weight of the material fed into the die. The quantity of material supplied to each die is regulated on the basis of a deviation between a previously measured weight value and a first set value. The weight value is measured during pre-compression of the material located in each die. A rotary tablet press is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Courtoy NV
    Inventors: Jan Vogeleer, Ivo Van Den Mooter, Jurgen Boeckx, Wouter Happaerts
  • Patent number: 8078329
    Abstract: A system for rejection of tablets produced in a rotary tablet press comprises pan ejection nozzle for sorting out defective tablets. The ejection nozzle is supplied with compressed gas through a supply line having an inlet end for connection with a source of compressed gas and an outlet end communicating with the ejection nozzle. The supply line is provided with a control valve controlled by a control unit in order to open the supply line when a defective tablet has been detected by the control unit. Furthermore, the supply line is provided with a sensor arranged between the control valve and the inlet end of the supply line and adapted to detect a variable indicative of a gas flow through the control valve in order for the control unit to generate an error signal in the case of malfunction of the control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Courtoy NV
    Inventors: Jurgen Boeckx, Dirk Christiaens, Ivo Van Den Mooter
  • Publication number: 20100094449
    Abstract: A system for rejection of tablets produced in a rotary tablet press comprises pan ejection nozzle for sorting out defective tablets. The ejection nozzle is supplied with compressed gas through a supply line having an inlet end for connection with a source of compressed gas and an outlet end communicating with the ejection nozzle. The supply line is provided with a control valve controlled by a control unit in order to open the supply line when a defective tablet has been detected by the control unit. Furthermore, the supply line is provided with a sensor arranged between the control valve and the inlet end of the supply line and adapted to detect a variable indicative of a gas flow through the control valve in order for the control unit to generate an error signal in the case of malfunction of the control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: COURTOY NV
    Inventors: Jurgen Boeckx, Dirk Christiaens, Ivo Van Den Mooter
  • Publication number: 20100038808
    Abstract: A method for controlling a tablet press comprises the steps of consecutively supplying material into each die of a die table 1, subjecting the material to a pre-compression and a main-compression, whereby the main-compression is performed under substantially constant compression force and variable resulting tablet thickness of the individual tablets, and measuring a weight value representative of the weight of the material fed into the die. The quantity of material supplied to each die is regulated on the basis of a deviation between a previously measured weight value and a first set value. The weight value is measured during pre-compression of the material located in each die. A rotary tablet press is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: COURTOY NV
    Inventors: Jan Vogeleer, Ivo Van Den Mooter, Jurgen Boeckx, Wouter Happaerts
  • Publication number: 20050200038
    Abstract: A method for controlling a rotary tablet press comprises the steps of consecutively supplying material into each die of a die table, subjecting the material to a pre-compression and a main-compression, measuring, during the pre-compression, a value representative of the weight of material compressed, and during the main-compression, a value representative of the hardness of the resulting tablet. The quantity of material supplied to each die is regulated on the basis of a deviation between a measured value representative of the weight and a first set value. The degree of compression during main-compression is regulated on the basis of a deviation between a measured value representative of the hardness and a second set value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Jan Vogeleer, Jurgen Boeckx, Ivo Van Den Mooter, Wouter Happaerts