Patents by Inventor Karl Heinz Nikolaus Finatzer

Karl Heinz Nikolaus Finatzer 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).

  • Conveyor belt section
    Patent number: 9340358
    Abstract: A conveyor belt section (10) capable of bending vertically and horizontally includes a base (12) and side walls (14, 16) extending anguiarly from opposing sides of the base (12) to form a channel (18), wherein the belt section (10) is corrugated with at least two alternating peaks (20) and troughs (22) extending continuously across the side walls (14, 16) and base (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Inventor: Karl Heinz Nikolaus Finatzer
  • Conveyor system
    Patent number: 9296566
    Abstract: A conveyor system (10) includes two tracked or wheeled carriages (12); a continuous conveyor belt (16) supported on the carriages (12); an actuator (18) for controlling the relative orientation of the carriages (12); carriage measuring means for measuring either the position of the actuator (18) or the relative orientation of the carriages (12); steering means for steering each carriage (12) while driven forward; distance measuring means for measuring the initial position of a select point on the conveyor system (10) and displacement of the select point from the initial position as the conveyor system (10) is driven forward; recording means for recording the initial position, displacement measurements, and measurements of the carriage measuring means corresponding to each displacement measurement, such that when the conveyor system (10) is driven in reverse, the conveyor system (10) uses the information stored in the recording means to adjust the actuator (18) and cause the conveyor system (10) to follow a si
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Inventor: Karl Heinz Nikolaus Finatzer
  • Conveyor System
    Publication number: 20140190788
    Abstract: A conveyor system (10) includes two tracked or wheeled carriages (12); a continuous conveyor belt (16) supported on the carriages (12); an actuator (18) for controlling the relative orientation of the carriages (12); carriage measuring means for measuring either the position of the actuator (18) or the relative orientation of the carriages (12); steering means for steering each carriage (12) while driven forward; distance measuring means for measuring the initial position of a select point on the conveyor system (10) and displacement of the select point from the initial position as the conveyor system (10) is driven forward; recording means for recording the initial position, displacement measurements, and measurements of the carriage measuring means corresponding to each displacement measurement, such that when the conveyor system (10) is driven in reverse, the conveyor system (10) uses the information stored in the recording means to adjust the actuator (18) and cause the conveyor system (10) to follow a si
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventor: Karl Heinz Nikolaus Finatzer