Patents by Inventor Jan Peter Hecktor

Jan Peter Hecktor 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: 8967041
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for aligning containers (1) comprising at least one detection system (7). In order to be able to apply identically orientated and aligned labels even to containers without embossings, the invention proposes that at least one detection system (7) is configured as a cover detection system (7) and is disposed so that a closure element (4) disposed on the container (1) can be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Peter Hecktor, Marius Michael Herrmann
  • Patent number: 8893459
    Abstract: An apparatus for closing containers includes a supplying device for supplying a closure element to a container. The supplying device includes a cap detecting system that records a random position of the closure element and is designed to hold the closure element in the random position and to convey it in a circumferential direction while maintaining it in this random position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Peter Hecktor, Marius Michael Herrmann
  • Patent number: 8841565
    Abstract: A filling system for containers that are supplied to a filling device via a supplying device and that are removed from the filling device via a removal device, said filling system includes a measuring device for weighing the filled containers. The measuring device is formed by circulating measuring sensors that convey containers from an inlet side to an outlet while concurrently weighing the containers, and circulating synchronously with the container flow. The measuring sensors are oriented at right angles to a direction along a horizontal belt along which the containers are conveyed. Each one has measuring fingers that collectively form a multi-fingered measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Herrmann, Jan Peter Hecktor
  • Publication number: 20110206496
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for aligning containers (1) comprising at least one detection system (7). In order to be able to apply identically orientated and aligned labels even to containers without embossings, the invention proposes that at least one detection system (7) is configured as a cover detection system (7) and is disposed so that a closure element (4) disposed on the container (1) can be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Peter Hecktor, Marius Michael Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20110162332
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for closing containers (2), comprising an infeed device (4, 9, 10; 4, 14), wherein a closure element (5) is fed into the container (2) by means of the infeed device (4, 9, 10; 4, 14). In order to continuously apply the closure element (5) to the containers (2) in the same orientation, preferably to design features and/or labels or similar identification, the invention proposes that the infeed device (4, 9, 10; 4, 14) comprises a cap detecting system (8) receiving a random position of the closure element (5), wherein the infeed device (4, 9, 10; 4, 14) is designed such that the closure element (5) is held and can be transported in the random position thereof in a non-rotatable manner in the circumferential direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Peter Hecktor, Marius Michael Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20110126940
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filling system (1) for containers (2) fed into a filling device by means of a feeder device (3) and removed by means of a removal device (4), wherein at least one measurement device (5) is provided at least for weighing the filled container (2). The invention further relates to a measurement device (5) at least for weighing filled containers (2). In order to achieve that each container (2) can be subjected to fill level monitoring without interrupting the flow of containers, wherein reliable measurement data can be obtained at the same time regardless of foaming or of container tolerances, for example, the invention proposes that the at least one measurement device (5) is formed of a plurality of circulating measurement sensors (6) on which the containers (2) are transported from an inlet side (7) to an outlet side (8) while standing on the base thereof, and are simultaneously weighed, wherein the measurement sensors (6) circulate synchronously with the container flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Herrmann, Jan Peter Hecktor