Patents by Inventor Jens Eckermann

Jens Eckermann 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: 10507944
    Abstract: A machine for folding and adhesively bonding blanks for the production of folding boxes. It includes a transport system which has at least one puller which wraps around deflecting rollers and extends along a processing path, a drive connected to a deflecting roller and drives the deflecting roller. Workpiece carriers are fastened to the puller and are moved along the processing path by the at least one puller. It also includes a magazine for a stack of blanks, a mechanism for removing individual blanks from the stack in the magazine, a feeding mechanism for the removed blanks to the workpiece carriers, structure for retaining blanks on the workpiece carriers, a control which is connected to the structure to retain blanks, and structure for adhesively bonding blanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventor: Jens Eckermann
  • Patent number: 10053270
    Abstract: A bottle carrier made of foldable flat material having a handle comprising two overlapping outer handle walls and two inner handle walls between the outer handle walls, front walls, perpendicular to the handle and two front wall sections on different sides of the handle, connecting straps, connected with an inner edge of a front wall section via a front folding line, folded around front folding lines and connected with the handle, longitudinal walls, parallel to the handle and connected with the outer edges of two front wall sections via side folding lines, a bottom wall, connected with lower edges of longitudinal walls via bottom folding lines, separating webs, connected with lower edge areas of the outer handle walls via inner web folding lines, folded around the inner web folding lines out of the lower edge areas, an insert is arranged between the two outer handle walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Inventor: Jens Eckermann
  • Publication number: 20170157880
    Abstract: A machine for folding and adhesively bonding blanks for the production of folding boxes. It includes a transport system which has at least one puller which wraps around deflecting rollers and extends along a processing path, a drive connected to a deflecting roller and drives the deflecting roller. Workpiece carriers are fastened to the puller and are moved along the processing path by the at least one puller. It also includes a magazine for a stack of blanks, a mechanism for removing individual blanks from the stack in the magazine, a feeding mechanism for the removed blanks to the workpiece carriers, active means for retaining blanks on the workpiece carriers, control means, which are connected to the active means to control the retention and release of the blanks, and at least one means arranged on the processing path in a stationary manner for adhesively bonding blanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Jens Eckermann
  • Publication number: 20160311593
    Abstract: A bottle carrier made of foldable flat material having a handle comprising two overlapping outer handle walls and two inner handle walls between the outer handle walls, front walls, perpendicular to the handle and two front wall sections on different sides of the handle, connecting straps, connected with an inner edge of a front wall section via a front folding line, folded around front folding lines and connected with the handle, longitudinal walls, parallel to the handle and connected with the outer edges of two front wall sections via side folding lines, a bottom wall, connected with lower edges of longitudinal walls via bottom folding lines, separating webs, connected with lower edge areas of the outer handle walls via inner web folding lines, folded around the inner web folding lines out of the lower edge areas, an insert is arranged between the two outer handle walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventor: Jens Eckermann
  • Patent number: 8770467
    Abstract: Device made from foldable planar material for forming compartments for receiving containers comprising at least two parallel longitudinal strips and at least two transverse ribs joined via first fold lines to the longitudinal strips, transverse ribs joined to adjacent longitudinal strips being joined together in overlapping regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International Europe Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Bernard Skolik, Jens Eckermann
  • Patent number: 8770468
    Abstract: A folding box for receiving a group of containers includes a cuboid-shaped external packaging made of cardboard. The external packaging has side walls, bottom walls and top walls. The folding box also includes a lining on the inside of the external packaging at least in the corner region between the side walls, top walls and/or bottom walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International Europe Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Bernard Skolik, Jens Eckermann
  • Publication number: 20140061072
    Abstract: A bottle carrier made of foldable flat material having a handle comprising two overlapping outer handle walls and two inner handle walls between the outer handle walls, front walls, perpendicular to the handle and two front wall sections on different sides of the handle, connecting straps, connected with an inner edge of a front wall section via a front folding line, folded around front folding lines and connected with the handle, longitudinal walls, parallel to the handle and connected with the outer edges of two front wall sections via side folding lines, a bottom wall, connected with lower edges of longitudinal walls via bottom folding lines, separating webs, connected with lower edge areas of the outer handle walls via inner web folding lines, folded around the inner web folding lines out of the lower edge areas, an insert is arranged between the two outer handle walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: Jens Eckermann
  • Patent number: 8453919
    Abstract: A container carrier for bottles having a blank made of cardboard for wrapping around a group of bottles, a grip portion is stabilized between the two handle openings and the further handle opening by at least three layers of cardboard, a first layer is formed by the web defined by the handle openings in the top wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: A & R Carton BV
    Inventors: Jens Eckermann, Bernard Skolik, Harmen Boersma
  • Patent number: 8453832
    Abstract: A container carrier which is made of a foldable flat material. The container carrier includes a box-shaped carrying container which is open at top and has a bottom wall, longitudinal walls, and end walls, a middle wall parallel to the two longitudinal walls in the carrying container that has a carrying handle at top. The container carrier also includes transverse webs parallel to the end walls between the middle wall and the longitudinal walls for forming compartments in the carrying container to receive containers therein, and outwardly inclined bottom slopes which are joined to the longitudinal-sided edges of the bottom wall at bottom and to the lower edges of the longitudinal walls at top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: A&R Carton BV
    Inventors: Bernard Skolik, Jens Eckermann, Hilger Scheelcke
  • Publication number: 20120193404
    Abstract: A container carrier for bottles having a blank made of cardboard for wrapping around a group of bottles, a grip portion is stabilised between the two handle openings and the further handle opening by at least three layers of cardboard, a first layer is formed by the web defined by the handle openings in the top wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: A&R CARTON BV
    Inventors: Jens Eckermann, Bernard Skolik, Harmen Boersma
  • Publication number: 20110297739
    Abstract: Folding box for receiving a group of containers comprising a cuboid-shaped external packaging made of cardboard and having side walls, bottom walls and top walls and a lining on the inside of the external packaging at least in the corner region between the side walls and top walls and/or bottom walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: A & R CARTON B.V.
    Inventors: Bernard Skolik, Jens Eckermann
  • Publication number: 20080290147
    Abstract: Device made from foldable planar material for forming compartments for receiving containers comprising at least two parallel longitudinal strips and at least two transverse ribs joined via first fold lines to the longitudinal strips, transverse ribs joined to adjacent longitudinal strips being joined together in overlapping regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: A & R Carton Bremen GmbH
    Inventors: Bernard Skolik, Jens Eckermann
  • Patent number: 6948293
    Abstract: A method for packing containers, in particular bottles, in transport boxes in which on the inside, on flat-lying transport boxes, flat-lying multi-piece packagings are releasably fastened or compartment units are fastened, the transport boxes and the multi-piece packagings or compartment units contained therein are set up, containers are applied through openings of the set-up transport boxes into receivers of the multi-piece packages or compartment units, and the openings of the transport boxes are closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: A & R Carton GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Eckermann, Lambert Brinks, Bernard Skolik
  • Patent number: 6899221
    Abstract: A bottle carrier made of a foldable flat material, particularly cardboard, comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, side walls interconnecting the top wall and bottom wall at the sides, and a handle portion extending across the top wall and into two opposed side walls which is defined by weakening lines in the top wall and the side walls, has a strip-shaped central portion in the top wall and two fork-shaped end portions each of which extends into an adjoining side wall from the top wall and is joined to the side wall at the outer ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: A & R Carton GmbH
    Inventors: Bernard Skolik, Jens Eckermann, Hilger Scheelcke
  • Publication number: 20040104134
    Abstract: A container carrier which is made of a foldable flat material, comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Bernard Skolik, Jens Eckermann, Hilger Scheelcke
  • Publication number: 20030006158
    Abstract: A bottle carrier made of a foldable flat material, particularly cardboard, comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, side walls interconnecting the top wall and bottom wall at the sides, and a handle portion extending across the top wall and into two opposed side walls which is defined by weakening lines in the top wall and the side walls, has a strip-shaped central portion in the top wall and two fork-shaped end portions each of which extends into an adjoining side wall from the top wall and is joined to the side wall at the outer ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Bernard Skolik, Jens Eckermann, Hilger Scheelcke
  • Patent number: 6170741
    Abstract: A container carrier including a blank of a foldable sheet material, in particular cardboard, for wrapping around a plurality of bottles or other containers which includes a bottom panel, side panels hingedly joined to the longitudinal edges of the bottom panel, and a top panel hingedly joined to other longitudinal edges of the side panels. Two spaced-apart handle openings are included in the top panel. The container carrier also includes a connection between one of the aforementioned panels and an adhesive tab hingedly attached to an adjacent panel or between overlapping sections of one of these panels. A further blank made of a foldable sheet material, in particular cardboard, is arranged above the plurality of containers which comprises a reinforcement panel provided under the top panel. Two further spaced-apart handle openings are included in the reinforcement panel arranged under the handle openings of the top panel and a connection to the blank to be wrapped around the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: FCP Europa Carton Faltschachtel GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Skolik, Jens Eckermann, Hilger Scheelcke
  • Patent number: 6131729
    Abstract: A container carrier with a box-shaped carrier container of a first foldable flat material, with a floor wall, lateral walls and end walls; with a middle wall parallel to the lateral walls, of a further foldable flat material with transverse flaps which can be folded out, for forming compartments for the containers. The first foldable flat material is a reinforced cardboard and the second foldable flat material is a recycling cardboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: FCP Europa Carton Faltshachtel GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Eckermann, Hilger Scheelcke, Bernhard Skolik