Patents by Inventor Jan-Willem Takens

Jan-Willem Takens 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).

  • Buffer conveyor for conveying and buffering products
    Patent number: 8770376
    Abstract: A buffer conveyor for conveying and buffering products, comprising at least a first elongated conveyor (7), which can be driven in a first direction, a second elongated conveyor (8), which can be driven in a second, opposite direction, and a transfer unit (12) having an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein a transfer element of the transfer unit describes a path between the inlet end and the outlet end which makes at most a small angle with the horizontal and which extends outside the area defined by the adjacent paths of the first and the second conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Specialty Conveyor B.V.
    Inventor: Jan-Willem Takens
  • BUFFER CONVEYOR FOR CONVEYING AND BUFFERING PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20110132727
    Abstract: A buffer conveyor for conveying and buffering products, comprising at least a first elongated conveyor (7), which can be driven in a first direction, a second elongated conveyor (8), which can be driven in a second, opposite direction, and a transfer unit (12) having an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein a transfer element of the transfer unit describes a path between the inlet end and the outlet end which makes at most a small angle with the horizontal and which extends outside the area defined by the adjacent paths of the first and the second conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Jan-Willem Takens