Patents by Inventor Jochen Loose
Jochen Loose 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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Patent number: 10961059Abstract: Parcel processing systems and methods. A method for processing parcels includes receiving a stream of a plurality of parcels on a conveying system of a parcel processing system. The method includes receiving physical characteristics of a parcel of the plurality of parcels. The method includes selectively reorienting the parcel on the conveying system based on the physical characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Siemens Logistics LLCInventor: Jochen Loose
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Publication number: 20210061578Abstract: Parcel processing systems and methods. A method for processing parcels includes receiving a stream of a plurality of parcels on a conveying system of a parcel processing system. The method includes receiving physical characteristics of a parcel of the plurality of parcels. The method includes selectively reorienting the parcel on the conveying system based on the physical characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventor: Jochen Loose
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Patent number: 6793214Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for dividing a stack of items. The items may comprise mail pieces. The apparatus comprises at least one supporting finger which extends through an opening within a base. The base supports the items which stand thereon and further lean against a supporting wall. Where more than one supporting finger is present, the finger may further comprise a hollow opening and/or groove which accommodates the other supporting fingers therein. Accordingly, as all of the supporting fingers pass through the opening, the size of the opening is reduced. In addition, the supporting fingers may be specially sized so as to accommodate different sized items. The supporting fingers are arced so that when they are extended through the opening, they arc towards the base. The height achieved by a supporting finger is related to the height of the item being engaged by the finger.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jochen Loose, Armin Zimmermann
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Patent number: 6755606Abstract: An improved jogger includes a sidewall with a guide groove, a chain defining a closed path including a sloped loading end and a straight transport section, the sloped loading end being angled toward the transport section in the direction of the travel of the chain at least two sprockets, the sprockets defining the slope of the sloped loading end of the closed path, a plurality of fingers coupled to the chain at spaced apart intervals, the fingers receiving flat articles therebetween at the sloped loading end and conveying the articles along the horizontal transport section and a plurality of guides coupled to the fingers, the guides engaging the guide groove and orienting fingers in a position perpendicular to the horizontal transport section as the fingers are carried into the sloped loading end.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2001Date of Patent: June 29, 2004Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hauke Luebben, Jochen Loose, Daniel Kang, Michael Allain, Michael Yaklin
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Patent number: 6679491Abstract: A method of singulating and feeding a random mix of thick and thin flat articles includes: (a) sensing whether a flat article is positioned on a feed conveyor in a position for removal from the feeder conveyor with a sensor, (b) advancing the feed conveyor with a first motor an incremental step to place a series of flat articles positioned on edge in a position for removal from the feed conveyor each time the sensor detects the absence of a flat article for removal from the feed conveyor, (c) counting each incremental advance of the feed conveyor, (d) incrementally advancing the stack of flat articles with a jogger driven by a second motor after the feed conveyor has moved a predetermined number of incremental steps to load additional flat articles on the feed conveyor, the jogger tending to edge the flat articles for removal from the feed conveyor; and (e) repeating steps (a)-(d) while sequentially removing flat articles from the feed conveyor on a one-by-one basis as the feed conveyor is advanced.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2001Date of Patent: January 20, 2004Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hauke Luebben, Jochen Loose, Daniel Kang, Michael Allain, Michael Yaklin
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Publication number: 20030168797Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for dividing a stack of items. The items may comprise mail pieces. The apparatus comprises at least one supporting finger which extends through an opening within a base. The base supports the items which stand thereon and further lean against a supporting wall. Where more than one supporting finger is present, the finger may further comprise a hollow opening and/or groove which accommodates the other supporting fingers therein. Accordingly, as all of the supporting fingers pass through the opening, the size of the opening is reduced. In addition, the supporting fingers may be specially sized so as to accommodate different sized items. The supporting fingers are arced so that when they are extended through the opening, they arc towards the base. The height achieved by a supporting finger is related to the height of the item being engaged by the finger.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2003Publication date: September 11, 2003Inventors: Jochen Loose, Armin Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20030052444Abstract: A method of singulating and feeding a random mix of thick and thin flat articles includes: (a) sensing whether a flat article is positioned on a feed conveyor in a position for removal from the feeder conveyor with a sensor, (b) advancing the feed conveyor with a first motor an incremental step to place a series of flat articles positioned on edge in a position for removal from the feed conveyor each time the sensor detects the absence of a flat article for removal from the feed conveyor, (c) counting each incremental advance of the feed conveyor, (d) incrementally advancing the stack of flat articles with a jogger driven by a second motor after the feed conveyor has moved a predetermined number of incremental steps to load additional flat articles on the feed conveyor, the jogger tending to edge the flat articles for removal from the feed conveyor; and (e) repeating steps (a)-(d) while sequentially removing flat articles from the feed conveyor on a one-by-one basis as the feed conveyor is advanced.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2001Publication date: March 20, 2003Inventors: Hauke Luebben, Jochen Loose, Daniel Kang, Michael Allain, Michael Yaklin
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Publication number: 20030053905Abstract: An improved jogger includes a sidewall with a guide groove, a chain defining a closed path including a sloped loading end and a straight transport section, the sloped loading end being angled toward the transport section in the direction of the travel of the chain at least two sprockets, the sprockets defining the slope of the sloped loading end of the closed path, a plurality of fingers coupled to the chain at spaced apart intervals, the fingers receiving flat articles therebetween at the sloped loading end and conveying the articles along the horizontal transport section and a plurality of guides coupled to the fingers, the guides engaging the guide groove and orienting fingers in a position perpendicular to the horizontal transport section as the fingers are carried into the sloped loading end.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2001Publication date: March 20, 2003Inventors: Hauke Luebben, Jochen Loose, Daniel Kang, Michael Allain, Michael Yaklin
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Patent number: 6273243Abstract: The invention relates to a device for correcting the run of a belt automatically, in particular, for item sorting systems, having a rotatable adjusting roller which can be adjusted in its inclination, wherein, via a lever arm of the adjusting roller mount and a spring force acting on the lever arm, a torque is generated at the rotary axis to adjust the inclination of the adjusting roller. This torque compensates for the torque which is exerted on the adjusting roller mount via the adjusting roller by the belt tension during a centered run of the belt.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1998Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jochen Loose, Falk Schaal