Patents by Inventor Karl-Heinz KLUMPE

Karl-Heinz KLUMPE 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).

  • Device and Method for Forming Bundles of Individual Packages
    Publication number: 20220281624
    Abstract: A bundling machine comprises a transporter that conveys the bundle along a transport direction, a wrapper that receives the bundle from the transport direction and that is configured to surround the bundle with a paper cutout as the bundle proceeds along the transport direction through the wrapper such that a front end and a rear end of the paper cutout overlap, and a tensioner that is configured to be brought into engagement with the paper cutout to temporarily apply a tension to the rear end against the transport direction so as to cause the rear end to be held taut against the front end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan Wagner, Karl-Heinz Klumpe, Bernd Cox, Michael Jörissen, Wilfried Ehmer
  • Apparatus and method for forming packs
    Patent number: 10858194
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming packs from multiple packaging units includes three transporters, a deflector, and an exchange transporter having no more than one transport segment. A gap exists between the first transporter and the third transporter. Either the exchange transporter or the second transporter is in the gap. Movement of the deflector adjusts a lineal dimension of the gap so as to accommodate insertion of the exchange transporter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Christopher Stuhlmann, Karl-Heinz Klumpe, Stefan Wagner, Jörg Koppers
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING PACKS
    Publication number: 20200122930
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming packs from multiple packaging units includes three transporters, a deflector, and an exchange transporter having no more than one transport segment. A gap exists between the first transporter and the third transporter. Either the exchange transporter or the second transporter is in the gap. Movement of the deflector adjusts a lineal dimension of the gap so as to accommodate insertion of the exchange transporter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher STUHLMANN, Karl-Heinz KLUMPE, Stefan WAGNER, Jörg KOPPERS