Patents by Inventor Jochen Forsthovel
Jochen Forsthovel 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).
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Publication number: 20240075675Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for heating plastic preforms, having a transport device which transports the plastic preforms along a predetermined transport path, the transport device having a circulating transport and a plurality of holding devices for holding the plastic preforms, having a plurality of heating devices which are arranged stationarily along the transport path, in such a way that the plastic preforms transported along the transport path are heated by these heating devices, the heating devices each having a plurality of heating lamps, and the apparatus having a detection device which is configured to detect a failure of the heating lamps, wherein the apparatus has a control device which is configured to control the apparatus in dependence on a number of heating lamps detected having failed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Daniel VOGLER, Michael EIFLER, Thomas PHILIPP, Andreas PENSE, Simon MOEWES, Andreas ROTH, Wolfgang SCHOENBERGER, Robert AUST, Jochen FORSTHÖVEL, Daniel PETER
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Patent number: 11220368Abstract: An apparatus is provided for a container comprising a base, a bell, a sidewall between the base and the bell, a neck and a finish which define an opening to an interior of the container, and a shoulder between the sidewall and the bell. Strap ribs extend from a central portion of the base and terminate at the sidewall. The strap ribs cooperate with vertically aligned recessed columns of the sidewall to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, or stretching along the sidewall and the base. An inwardly offset portion of the sidewall is disposed between each pair of adjacent recessed columns. The inwardly offset portions of the sidewall are configured to resist outward bowing of the sidewall due to internal pressure of contents within the container.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Niagara Bottling, LLCInventors: Jay Clarke Hanan, Jochen Forsthovel, Alexander Schau
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Patent number: 10807759Abstract: A container may have a base, a sidewall connected to the base, a bell connected to the sidewall, and a finish connected to the bell. The base may have strap ribs to resist deformation of the base. The sidewall may have recessed columns to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, and/or stretching. The strap ribs and recessed columns may vertically line up along a central axis of the container to communicate forces on the container vertically along the container to continuously resist.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Niagara Bottling, LLC.Inventors: Jay Clarke Hanan, Jochen Forsthövel, Alexander Schau
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Publication number: 20200255178Abstract: A container may have a base, a sidewall connected to the base, a bell connected to the sidewall, and a finish connected to the bell. The base may have strap ribs to resist deformation of the base. The sidewall may have recessed columns to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, and/or stretching. The strap ribs and recessed columns may vertically line up along a central axis of the container to communicate forces on the container vertically along the container to continuously resist deformation in the base and the sidewall.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Jay Clarke Hanan, Jochen Forsthövel, Alexander Schau
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Publication number: 20190322404Abstract: Plastic container (1) being composed of a neck (3), a shoulder (5), a body (4) and a base section (2), where the base section (2) comprises at least two tie members (6a) extending from a central area (8) to the side wall of the base (2). According to the invention, the tie members (6b, 6c) and/or the function of the tie members (6b, 6c) of the base (2) at least in certain areas extend into the body section (4) or into the body (4) and the shoulder section (5) of the plastic container (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: Niagra Bottling, LLCInventors: Jochen Forsthövel, Alexander Schau, Gerald Hüttner, Andrew Dimitri Peykoff, Jay Clarke Hanan
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Patent number: 10392150Abstract: Plastic container (1) being composed of a neck (3), a shoulder (5), a body (4) and a base section (2), where the base section (2) comprises at least two tie members (6a) extending from a central area (8) to the side wall of the base (2). According to the invention, the tie members (6b, 6c) and/or the function of the tie members (6b, 6c) of the base (2) at least in certain areas extend into the body section (4) or into the body (4) and the shoulder section (5) of the plastic container (1).Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Niagara Bottling, LLCInventors: Jochen Forsthovel, Alexander Schau, Gerald Huttner, Andrew Dimitri Peykoff, Jay Clarke Hanan
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Patent number: 10358252Abstract: A container may have a base, a sidewall connected to the base, a bell connected to the sidewall, and a finish connected to the bell. The base may have strap ribs to resist deformation of the base. The sidewall may have recessed columns to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, and/or stretching. The strap ribs and recessed columns may vertically line up along a central axis of the container to communicate forces on the container vertically along the container to continuously resist deformation in the base and the sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Niagara Bottling, LLCInventors: Jay Clarke Hanan, Jochen Forsthovel, Alexander Schau
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Patent number: 10202217Abstract: A container may have a base, a sidewall connected to the base, a bell connected to the sidewall, and a finish connected to the bell. The base may have strap ribs to resist deformation of the base. The sidewall may have recessed columns to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, and/or stretching. The strap ribs and recessed columns may vertically line up along a central axis of the container to communicate forces on the container vertically along the container to continuously resist deformation in the base and the sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Niagara Bottling, LLCInventors: Jay Clarke Hanan, Jochen Forsthovel, Alexander Schau
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Publication number: 20180297741Abstract: An apparatus is provided for a container comprising a base, a bell, a sidewall between the base and the bell, a neck and a finish which define an opening to an interior of the container, and a shoulder between the sidewall and the bell. Strap ribs extend from a central portion of the base and terminate at the sidewall. The strap ribs cooperate with vertically aligned recessed columns of the sidewall to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, or stretching along the sidewall and the base. An inwardly offset portion of the sidewall is disposed between each pair of adjacent recessed columns. The inwardly offset portions of the sidewall are configured to resist outward bowing of the sidewall due to internal pressure of contents within the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: Niagara Bottling, LLCInventors: Jay Clarke Hanan, Jochen Forsthovel, Alexander Schau
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Patent number: 10023346Abstract: An apparatus is provided for a container comprising a base, a bell, a sidewall between the base and the bell, a neck and a finish which define an opening to an interior of the container, and a shoulder between the sidewall and the bell. Strap ribs extend from a central portion of the base and terminate at the sidewall. The strap ribs cooperate with vertically aligned recessed columns of the sidewall to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, or stretching along the sidewall and the base. An inwardly offset portion of the sidewall is disposed between each pair of adjacent recessed columns. The inwardly offset portions of the sidewall are configured to resist outward bowing of the sidewall due to internal pressure of contents within the container.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Niagara Bottling, LLCInventors: Jay Clarke Hanan, Jochen Forsthovel, Alexander Schau
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Patent number: 9381674Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for producing plastics material pre-forms from a thermoplastic plastics material (12) with a device (1) for providing flowable thermoplastic plastics material (12), a hot runner tool (2) arranged downstream of the device (1) and a conveying device (4) having a plurality of cavities (3), wherein the hot runner tool (2) has at least one hot runner (5), which is formed in a face (6) of the hot runner tool (2), and the conveying device (4) has a face (7) in which openings (8) for filling the cavities (3) are formed, wherein the faces (6, 7) of the hot runner tool (2) and of the conveying device (4) are capable of being orientated with respect to each other in such a way that they slide one over the other, wherein at least one opening (8) of a cavity (3) is always positioned above the hot runner (5).Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2013Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Krones AGInventors: Jochen Forsthövel, Konrad Senn
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Patent number: 8834779Abstract: A method for assembling a handling unit of filled containers and a corresponding method, where the handling unit comprises different container types being different with respect to at least the height, base area, base area shape or the mechanical load capacity of the containers, and the supplied containers are arranged on a handling unit carrier. The arrangement of the containers with respect to the number and/or the position and/or the rotational position of the containers on the handling unit carrier is made in dependence on at least one of the above container parameters, and the handling units can be produced flexibly and with a high packing density.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Krones AGInventors: Wolfgang Hahn, Jochen Forsthovel, Konrad Senn, Markus Zolfl, Frank Winzinger, Bernd Sobiech, Josef Hausladen, Stefan Raith, Alexandra Donhauser, Clemens Berger
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Publication number: 20140238951Abstract: Plastic container (1) being composed of a neck (3), a shoulder (5), a body (4) and a base section (2), where the base section (2) comprises at least two tie members (6a) extending from a central area (8) to the side wall of the base (2). According to the invention, the tie members (6b, 6c) and/or the function of the tie members (6b, 6c) of the base (2) at least in certain areas extend into the body section (4) or into the body (4) and the shoulder section (5) of the plastic container (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Krones AGInventors: Jochen Forsthövel, Alexander Schau, Gerald Hüttner, Andrew Dimitri Peykoff, Jay Clarke Hanan
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Patent number: 8795575Abstract: A method for producing plastic containers and/or plastic preforms by means of an injection molding machine, including providing plastic recyclate and new plastic material, heating the plastic recyclate, and heating the new plastic material using at least a part of the heat contained in the heated plastic recyclate.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Krones AGInventor: Jochen Forsthovel
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Publication number: 20140167318Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for producing plastics material pre-forms from a thermoplastic plastics material (12) with a device (1) for providing flowable thermoplastic plastics material (12), a hot runner tool (2) arranged downstream of the device (1) and a conveying device (4) having a plurality of cavities (3), wherein the hot runner tool (2) has at least one hot runner (5), which is formed in a face (6) of the hot runner tool (2), and the conveying device (4) has a face (7) in which openings (8) for filling the cavities (3) are formed, wherein the faces (6, 7) of the hot runner tool (2) and of the conveying device (4) are capable of being orientated with respect to each other in such a way that they slide one over the other, wherein at least one opening (8) of a cavity (3) is always positioned above the hot runner (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventors: Jochen Forsthövel, Konrad Senn
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Publication number: 20120101628Abstract: A method for assembling a handling unit of filled containers and a corresponding method, where the handling unit comprises different container types being different with respect to at least the height, base area, base area shape or the mechanical load capacity of the containers, and the supplied containers are arranged on a handling unit carrier. The arrangement of the containers with respect to the number and/or the position and/or the rotational position of the containers on the handling unit carrier is made in dependence on at least one of the above container parameters, and the handling units can be produced flexibly and with a high packing density.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: KRONES AGInventors: Wolfgang Hahn, Jochen Forsthovel, Konrad Senn, Markus Zolfl, Frank Winzinger, Bernd Sobiech, Josef Hausladen, Stefan Raith, Alexandra Donhauser, Clemens Berger
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Publication number: 20120098153Abstract: A plant for the continuous production of preforms for plastic containers using at least polyester recyclate for the filling of foodstuffs, having at least one melt-producing upstream plant section, at least one preform producing injection molding plant section, and a plant control system, where at least the melt-producing upstream plant section and the injection molding plant section are interlocked at an interface to form a plant block. For the derivation of process alteration strategies and/or preform qualifying strategies, an inline measurement station including an evaluating device is provided at the interface for at least one quality parameter of the melt measured in the process flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: KRONES AGInventor: Jochen FORSTHOVEL
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Publication number: 20120098159Abstract: The invention comprises a method for producing plastic containers and/or plastic preforms by means of an injection moulding machine, comprising the steps of: providing plastic recyclate and new plastic material, heating the plastic recyclate, and heating the new plastic material using at least a part of the heat contained in the heated plastic recyclate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: KRONES AGInventor: JOCHEN FORSTHOVEL
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Patent number: 8163225Abstract: An apparatus and a method for manufacturing plastic containers, where the plastic containers are produced from aplastic material such as recycled plastic. The plastic preforms are heated in a heating unit and expanded into plastic containers in an expansion device. An infrared absorption degree of the plastic material or of the plastic preforms produced from said plastic material is then examined at least once in the course of the production process. From this examination conclusions can be drawn with respect to the quality of the preforms and their behavior when they are being heated.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Krones AGInventors: Jochen Forsthovel, Rudolf Fiegler, Ulrich Lappe
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Publication number: 20120085071Abstract: A method of treating at least one container in a container treatment plant, including marking at least one container with a marking, detecting the marking of the at least one container, selecting at least one container treatment machine of a container treatment plant and/or at least one operation setting of the at least one container treatment machine of the container treatment plant based on the detected marking, and treating the at least one container based on the selection of the at least one container treatment machine and/or the at least one operation setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: KRONES AGInventors: Wolfgang Hahn, Konrad Senn, Stefan Raith, Frank Winzinger, Jochen Forsthovel, Markus Zolfl, Bernd Sobiech, Alexandra Donhauser, Clemens Berger, Josef Hausladen