Patents by Inventor Jörg Schmeiser

Jörg Schmeiser 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: 11577869
    Abstract: A packaging apparatus for packaging objects, in particular for packaging food portions, having a conveying device (10) for transporting a continuous web of a first packaging material (12), in particular of a bottom film, in a transport direction (TR); and having a feed device (14) for feeding a continuous web of a second packaging material (16), in particular of a top film, in the transport direction (TR), wherein the conveying device (10) comprises a first reception shaft (18) for receiving a first supply roll (20) of the first packaging material (12) and the feed device (14) comprises a second reception shaft (22) for receiving a second supply roll (24) of the second packaging material (16); wherein the first reception shaft (18) can be driven by means of a first drive motor (26) to carry out a rotational movement; and/or wherein the second reception shaft (22) can be driven by means of a second drive motor (28) to carry out a rotational movement, with the first and/or second drive motor (26, 28) in particu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: WEBER MASCHINENBAU GMBH BREIDENBACH
    Inventors: Josef Mayer, Jörg Schmeiser
  • Publication number: 20230026644
    Abstract: A system for processing food products to be sliced or to be divided comprises a processing line that comprises a plurality of work stations and a single-track or multi-track transport device for transporting the products along a transport path from work station to work station, wherein at least one of the work stations has a means for determining at least one parameter, and wherein the means is connected to an evaluation and control device that is configured to generate a control signal in dependence on the at least one parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Steffen Zecher, Patrick Schneider, Ingo Rother, Joachim Schaub, Thomas Nispel, Jörg Schmeiser, Pedro Ruedin
  • Publication number: 20220330560
    Abstract: In a method for processing products, in particular for processing fresh meat, in a processing line comprising a plurality of work stations, the products are transported along a transport path on one track or multiple tracks from work station to work station and at least one parameter is determined at at least one work station and is considered at another position of the processing line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Steffen Zecher, Patrick Schneider, Ingo Rother, Joachim Schaub, Thomas Nispel, Jörg Schmeiser, Pedro Ruedin
  • Patent number: 11027868
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus for handling food portions which comprises a first conveying device, a rotation device with a second conveying device forming a depositing surface which can be turned about a vertical axis, a third conveying device, and a control unit. The first conveying device is configured such that it can at least in regions be arranged above the rotation device. The control unit is adapted to control the first conveying device such that food portions are deposited in a format arrangement by the first conveying device from above onto the depositing surface of the rotation device, to control the rotation device to rotate the depositing surface with the food portions about the vertical axis, and to control the second conveying device to convey the turned food portions onward onto the third conveying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach
    Inventors: Joerg Schmeiser, Christoph Kuhmichel
  • Publication number: 20210000126
    Abstract: A movable contact element for a pressing device for pressing meat products, in particular frozen and/or partly frozen meat products, preferably fresh meat products and/or bacon, comprises a base part; an attachment part; a transverse sliding part; and a height part that are connected to one another at respective connection points and that form a contact surface for a product at one side of the contact element during the pressing. The contact surface has an effective length along a first direction of extent and an effective width along a second direction of extent perpendicular to the first direction of extent, with the effective length and the effective width of the contact surface being variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Steffen Zecher, Patrick Schneider, Ingo Rother, Joachim Schaub, Thomas Nispel, Jörg Schmeiser, Pedro Ruedin, Joseph Mayer, Fabian Müller, Matthias Hehle, Markus Seidel
  • Publication number: 20210001582
    Abstract: In a method of pressing and processing meat products, in particular frozen and/or partly frozen meat products, preferably fresh meat products and/or bacon, the products are inserted into a pressing chamber of a pressing device and are pressed in the pressing chamber by at least one displaceable contact element, with the contact element being moved by means of a servomotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Steffen Zecher, Patrick Schneider, lngo Rother, Joachim Schaub, Thomas Nispel, Jörg Schmeiser, Pedro Ruedin, Josef Mayer, Fabian Müller, Matthias Hehle, Markus Seidel
  • Publication number: 20210000125
    Abstract: A pressing device for pressing meat products, in particular frozen and/or partly frozen meat products, preferably fresh meat products and/or bacon, comprises a pressing chamber which extends along a longitudinal axis and into which a product to be pressed can be inserted, wherein the pressing chamber comprises at least one counter-element and at least one contact element, which is movable in the direction of the counter-element, that cooperate such that the product inserted into the pressing chamber can be compressed between the at least one counter-element and the at least one contact element; and wherein the pressing device comprises at least one servomotor that is configured to move the at least one contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Steffen Zecher, Patrick Schneider, Ingo Rother, Joachim Schaub, Thomas Nispel, Jörg Schmeiser, Pedro Ruedin, Josef Mayer, Fabian Müller, Matthias Hehle, Markus Seidel
  • Patent number: 10850416
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for slicing food products, in particular to high-performance slicers, having a cutting region at whose end a cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner, in a cutting plane, and having a transport device which transports products to be sliced in a direction of transport over one track or multiple tracks to the cutting region, with the transport device comprising a plurality of positioners for the products in the or each transport track driven simultaneously in the direction of transport and arranged spaced apart from one another in the direction of transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Textor Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Schmeiser, Josef Mayer
  • Publication number: 20190308760
    Abstract: A packaging apparatus for packaging objects, in particular for packaging food portions, having a conveying device (10) for transporting a continuous web of a first packaging material (12), in particular of a bottom film, in a transport direction (TR); and having a feed device (14) for feeding a continuous web of a second packaging material (16), in particular of a top film, in the transport direction (TR), wherein the conveying device (10) comprises a first reception shaft (18) for receiving a first supply roll (20) of the first packaging material (12) and the feed device (14) comprises a second reception shaft (22) for receiving a second supply roll (24) of the second packaging material (16); wherein the first reception shaft (18) can be driven by means of a first drive motor (26) to carry out a rotational movement; and/or wherein the second reception shaft (22) can be driven by means of a second drive motor (28) to carry out a rotational movement, with the first and/or second drive motor (26, 28) in particu
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Josef Mayer, Jörg Schmeiser
  • Publication number: 20190193884
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus for handling food portions which comprises a first conveying device, a rotation device with a second conveying device forming a depositing surface which can be turned about a vertical axis, a third conveying device, and a control unit. The first conveying device is configured such that it can at least in regions be arranged above the rotation device. The control unit is adapted to control the first conveying device such that food portions are deposited in a format arrangement by the first conveying device from above onto the depositing surface of the rotation device, to control the rotation device to rotate the depositing surface with the food portions about the vertical axis, and to control the second conveying device to convey the turned food portions onward onto the third conveying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: WEBER MASCHINENBAU GMBH BREIDENBACH
    Inventors: Joerg SCHMEISER, Christoph KUHMICHEL
  • Publication number: 20190152084
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for slicing food products, in particular to a high-performance slicer, having a working region which comprises a cutting region and a transport region having a product feed, wherein the product feed supplies products to be sliced to the cutting region on one track or on multiple tracks and a cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner, in a cutting plane at the end of the cutting region; and having a contactlessly working scanning device for detecting at least some of the outer contour of the products to be sliced, wherein the scanning device comprises at least one compact sensor arranged in the working region for contour detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Jörg Schmeiser
  • Patent number: 10065335
    Abstract: An apparatus for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: TEXTOR MASCHINEBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Josef Mayer, Wilfried Maier, Jörg Schmeiser
  • Publication number: 20180037423
    Abstract: An apparatus for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Josef Mayer, Wilfried Maier, Jörg Schmeiser
  • Patent number: 9862114
    Abstract: A slicing apparatus for a continuous slicing of products comprises a slicing unit having a movable cutting blade, a supply apparatus for a multi-track supply of the products to the slicing unit to cut off slices from the products and a removal apparatus for removing portions of cut-off slices along a transport direction. The removal apparatus has a first removal conveyor and a second removal conveyor arranged downstream of the first removal conveyor with respect to the transport direction. The slicing apparatus comprises a slicing apparatus provided between the first removal conveyor and the second removal conveyor for cut-off product parts to be discarded and a track combiner which is configured to take over portions not to be discarded in each case from a number of different conveyor tracks of the first removal conveyor consecutively in time and to combine them in a smaller number of tracks on the second removal conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach
    Inventor: Jörg Schmeiser
  • Patent number: 9809401
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product, having at least one overlapping unit which comprises a belt conveyor having at least two tracks, wherein an upper track and a lower track are deflected at the incoming side about a common input axle and at the outgoing side about two output axles disposed at different height levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: TEXTOR MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Josef Mayer, Wilfried Maier, Jörg Schmeiser
  • Publication number: 20170259448
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for continuously slicing products, in particular food products, comprising at least one slicing unit, in particular comprising a circular or sickle knife, for separating the product into product slices, a feed device for feeding the products to the slicing unit along multiple tracks and a discharge device for discharging portions which respectively comprise at least one separated product slice, the feed device comprises a loading device which is designed to receive at least one product and can be adjusted as a whole between the loading station and a guide station, at least one conveying device which when seen from the direction of guiding, is arranged downstream from the loading device and comprises at least two conveying tracks and a control device which is designed to control the conveying tracks independently from each other such that portions are produced continuously, in which the separation of product slices in a conveying track is interrupted and in particular, almost
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: WEBER MASCHINENBAU GmbH BREIDENBACH
    Inventors: Tobias Weber, Jörg Schmeiser
  • Publication number: 20170113368
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for slicing food products, in particular to high-performance slicers, having a cutting region at whose end a cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner, in a cutting plane, and having a transport device which transports products to be sliced in a direction of transport over one track or multiple tracks to the cutting region, with the transport device comprising a plurality of positioners for the products in the or each transport track driven simultaneously in the direction of transport and arranged spaced apart from one another in the direction of transport
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Jörg Schmeiser, Josef Mayer
  • Patent number: 9597812
    Abstract: A slicing device includes a cutting blade, a support, an endless belt, and a gripper. The cutting blade separates slices from a front end of a food product. The endless belt conveys the food product in a direction of a cutting blade and/or presses the food product against the support. The gripper is arranged on the endless belt so that the gripper is conveyed in a direction of a rear end of the food product to grip the rear end of the food product. A position of the gripper is moveable in a direction of the support. The endless belt includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is arranged closer to the cutting blade than the second portion. The first portion is arranged generally parallel to the support, and the second portion is arranged at an angle relative to the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Jörg Schmeiser
  • Patent number: 9555513
    Abstract: A packaging machine is disclosed that includes a deep-drawing station, a filling station, a sealing station, or a combination thereof. The deep-drawing station, the sealing station, or both have an upper tool including a supporting top part. The supporting top is pivotable via a pivot mechanism, and the pivot mechanism is detachable from the supporting top part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Joerg Schmeiser, Gerd Martin Huebner, Klaus Meyer, Juergen Niesar, Frank Runte
  • Publication number: 20160272440
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product, having at least one overlapping unit which comprises a belt conveyor having at least two tracks, wherein an upper track and a lower track are deflected at the incoming side about a common input axle and at the outgoing side about two output axles disposed at different height levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Josef Mayer, Wilfried Maier, Jörg Schmeiser