Patents by Inventor KONRAD EBERLE

KONRAD EBERLE 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: 9809400
    Abstract: A method for the partial emptying of buoyant objects, which are stored in a loading aid having at least one opening is provided. A processing weight to be partially emptied is established. A fill weight is determined of the objects in the loading aid via a first weighing. The loading aid is at least partially immersed in a liquid bath. The loading aid is positioned or moved for a retention time predefined as a function of the fill weight and of the processing weight in the bath such that there is an on-average constant flow relative to the loading aid and such that the opening is disposed at least partially below a fill level surface of the bath, whereby the objects are taken along by the flow. The at least partially emptied loading aid is lifted out of the bath after the retention time has elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: LTW Intralogistics GmbH
    Inventors: Konrad Eberle, Urs Gerber, Christian Baldauf, Thomas Tumler
  • Patent number: 9527667
    Abstract: A configuration contains a coupling mechanism for closing a door of a rack store, the door being guided in particular on rails, and an uncoupling and displacing device for opening and displacing the door. The uncoupling and displacing device has a displaceable driver, with which the coupling mechanism can be moved from a closed position into an open position and the door can be displaced. A closure sensor monitors the closed position of the coupling mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: LTW Intralogistics GmbH
    Inventors: Urs Gerber, Konrad Eberle
  • Publication number: 20150239683
    Abstract: A method for the partial emptying of buoyant objects, which are stored in a loading aid having at least one opening is provided. A processing weight to be partially emptied is established. A fill weight is determined of the objects in the loading aid via a first weighing. The loading aid is at least partially immersed in a liquid bath. The loading aid is positioned or moved for a retention time predefined as a function of the fill weight and of the processing weight in the bath such that there is an on-average constant flow relative to the loading aid and such that the opening is disposed at least partially below a fill level surface of the bath, whereby the objects are taken along by the flow. The at least partially emptied loading aid is lifted out of the bath after the retention time has elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: LTW Intralogistics GmbH
    Inventors: Konrad EBERLE, Urs GERBER, Christian BALDAUF, Thomas TUMLER
  • Publication number: 20130245818
    Abstract: A logistics installation for a high-rack storage system has a plurality of conveyor vehicles that travel along a reference track section. A control device is enabled to block a given region of the reference section for travel by a second conveyor vehicle depending on a measured position of a first conveyor vehicle along the reference section. A device for determining a direction of movement of the conveyor vehicles transmits a corresponding signal to the control device. The region that is blocked for the second conveyor vehicle can be established by the control device with regard to the signal representing the direction of movement of the first conveyor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: LTW INTRALOGISTICS GMBH
    Inventors: KONRAD EBERLE, URS GERBER
  • Publication number: 20110120014
    Abstract: A configuration contains a coupling mechanism for closing a door of a rack store, the door being guided in particular on rails, and an uncoupling and displacing device for opening and displacing the door. The uncoupling and displacing device has a displaceable driver, with which the coupling mechanism can be moved from a closed position into an open position and the door can be displaced. A closure sensor monitors the closed position of the coupling mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: LTW INTRALOGISTICS GMBH
    Inventors: URS GERBER, KONRAD EBERLE