Patents by Inventor Lothar Schulte

Lothar Schulte 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).

  • Machine for transposing of articles, particularly for unloading of pallets carrying containers
    Patent number: 4804306
    Abstract: These machines have the task to separate the containers stacked on the pallet as well as the intermediate bottoms provided for stabilization from each other. For this purpose additional devices are provided which are intended exclusively for the extraction and transportation of these intermediate bottoms. Now an essential simplification is to be accomplished, so that the extraction of the containers and the removal of the intermediate bottoms occurs automatically with the transposal movement of the container layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Assignee: H&K Verpackungstechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Lothar Schulte
  • Arrangement for displacing piece goods
    Patent number: 4431224
    Abstract: An arrangement for displacing piece goods has a plurality of supporting shafts and a plurality of grippers mounted on the supporting shafts so that when some of the grippers come into contact with the piece goods at location whereat no gripping openings are provided they do not prevent other of the grippers from unobjectionable engagement into the openings of the piece goods, and the grippers are provided in such a number that they can engage in the openings arranged in accordance with any of the different opening patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Assignee: Holstein and Kappert GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Mnilk, Manfred Keil, Lothar Schulte