Patents by Inventor Klaus Hickethier

Klaus Hickethier 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).

  • Publication number: 20110130869
    Abstract: A sorting installation comprising a sorting area for sorting articles from source containers into target containers by a sorting person in a sorting area, a plurality of source container revolving conveyer devices adjacent to the sorting area, each of which being provided such that it supplies a plurality of source containers along a source container conveying circuit in a source container conveying circuit to the sorting person in the sorting area in a repeated and revolving manner until a predetermined number of articles are sorted from the respective source container into the respective target container, wherein the conveying circuit plane of the source container conveying circuit of the respective source container revolving conveyer device extends vertically and crosses the sorting area, a source container conveyer installation for automatically conveying source containers from an article storage to the source container revolving conveyer devices and for automatically conveying back source containers from
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: PSB INTRALOGISTICS GMBH
    Inventors: Niels Linge, Andreas Luetz, Hans Gerhard Schehl, Volker Welsch, Werner Utzinger, Klaus Hickethier, Martin Mueller
  • Publication number: 20110073534
    Abstract: Sorting installation with a sorting area for sorting articles from source containers into target containers by means of a sorting person located in the sorting area. The sorting installation includes at least one target container revolving conveyer device adjacent to the sorting area, which is provided such that it supplies a plurality of target containers along a target container conveying circuit in a conveying circuit plane to the sorting person in the sorting area in a repeated and revolving manner until the respective target container is loaded with articles from one or a plurality of source containers up to a predetermined degree, wherein the conveying circuit plane of the target container conveying circuit of the respective target container revolving conveying device extends substantially vertically and crosses the sorting area, and a target container conveying installation for supplying and returning target containers to and from the at least one target container revolving conveyer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Niels Linge, Andreas Luetz, Hans Gerhard Schehl, Volker Welsch, Werner Utzinger, Klaus Hickethier, Martin Mueller