Patents by Inventor Josef Zitek

Josef Zitek 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: 5909997
    Abstract: A feeder for transferring workpieces from one press to another on a press line includes a carrier device with a linkage whose free, load-carrying end executes a horizontal linear movement on both sides of the carrier. The end of the linkage system is secured in an elongate boom whose longitudinal direction coincides with the linear movement. The boom is provided with a holder device appropriate to the workpieces and movable along the boom by an endless belt which, at the ends of the boom, runs over rollers and which, with the lower part, is secured in the holder device and, with the upper part, in the carrier device. The boom is provided with a sliding guide and is supported on the carrier device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: AB Volvo
    Inventors: John-Erik Liljengren, Josef Zitek
  • Patent number: 5520502
    Abstract: A feeder for transferring workpieces from one press to another on a press line includes a carrier device with a linkage whose free, load-carrying end executes a horizontal linear movement on both sides of the carrier. The end of the linkage system is secured in an elongate boom whose longitudinal direction coincides with the linear movement. The boom is provided with a holder device appropriate to the workpieces and movable along the boom by an endless belt which, at the ends of the boom, runs over rollers and which, with the lower part, is secured in the holder device and, with the upper part, in the carder device. The boom is provided with a sliding guide and is supported on the carrier device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: AB Volvo
    Inventors: John-Erik Liljengren, Josef Zitek
  • Patent number: 5158423
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for moving objects along a predetermined movement path, comprising a stand, a slide assembly carried by the stand, and a gripping-device attachment device connected to the slide assembly, the gripping device being intended to hold the object being moved by the arrangement. According to the invention an elongated carrier is displaceably mounted on the stand for reciprocating movement along a first straight path. The slide assembly is displaceably mounted on the elongated carrier for reciprocating movement along a second straight path which is substantially perpendicular to the first path. The slide assembly carries one end of a link system, the other end of which is free and reciprocatingly moveable along a third straight path extending perpendicularly to both the first path and the second path. The free end of the link system carries the attachment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: AB Volvo
    Inventors: John-Erik Liljengren, Josef Zitek