Patents by Inventor Karl Heinz Bittermann

Karl Heinz Bittermann 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).

  • Adjustable high speed lid dropper
    Patent number: 5931341
    Abstract: An automated, fully adjustable high speed lid dropper (10) including an upright set of guide rods (26) for supporting a stack of lids (12) above a conveyor (16), a set of three feed screws (62) for capturing the lowest lid at the bottom of stack (12) and feeding it onto a can positioned therebelow, a pivotal crank arm (64) for each feed screw for radially adjusting the feed screw, and a height adjustment mechanism (22) for vertically adjusting the position of the feed screws above the cans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Wild Horse Industrial Corporation
    Inventor: Karl Heinz Bittermann