Patents by Inventor Mark Strerath

Mark Strerath 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: 12208970
    Abstract: A conveying apparatus for tablet products produced by a tableting apparatus having a sliding base and a conveying mechanism, which runs over the sliding base and has a pockets for the separated products, the pockets being open in relation to the sliding base and being movable by the conveying mechanism in a conveying direction over the sliding base, the conveying apparatus includes a discharge device having an aperture, which is provided in the sliding base and encompasses a discharge portion of the conveying path, and having a movable discharge base, which is assigned to the aperture and has at least one closed base region for closing the discharge portion and at least one open through-passage region for giving the discharge portion free, wherein the movement direction of the discharge base for optionally closing or freeing the discharge portion is essentially the same as the conveying direction of the conveying mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Romaco Kilian GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Kock, Martin Baksa, Roman Kübler, Mark Strerath
  • Publication number: 20230063559
    Abstract: A conveying apparatus which is intended for individually separated products, in particular for tablet products produced by means of a tableting apparatus, and has a sliding base and a conveying mechanism, which runs over the sliding base and has a multiplicity of accommodating pockets for the separated products, said accommodating pockets being open in relation to the sliding base located beneath and being movable by the conveying mechanism in a conveying direction along a conveying path over the sliding base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Bernhard Kock, Martin Baksa, Roman Kübler, Mark Strerath
  • Patent number: 10322556
    Abstract: A rotary tablet press, having a rotor, which is driveable about a vertical axis of rotation and has a die plate with die bores for producing tablets inside the die bores by means of punch pairs, having at least one filling station, having at least one pressing station, and having at least one tablet outlet for removing the produced tablets out of the rotary tablet press, with which is associated a discharging device, by way of which tablets, in dependence on a control signal, can be supplied as single tablets to a first channel or as a tablet stream to a second channel in the tablet outlet. In order to enable increased production output with improved adherence to the demands on the tablets, a weighing device with a weighing cell is incorporated into the tablet outlet, tablets from the first channel being suppliable to the weighing device by means of a supply channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: IMA KILIAN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jens Carstens, Uwe Zietmann, Mark Strerath, Horst Muller
  • Publication number: 20170080662
    Abstract: A rotary tablet press, having a rotor, which is driveable about a vertical axis of rotation and has a die plate with die bores for producing tablets inside the die bores by means of punch pairs, having at least one filling station, having at least one pressing station, and having at least one tablet outlet for removing the produced tablets out of the rotary tablet press, with which is associated a discharging device, by way of which tablets, in dependence on a control signal, can be supplied as single tablets to a first channel or as a tablet stream to a second channel in the tablet outlet. In order to enable increased production output with improved adherence to the demands on the tablets, a weighing device with a weighing cell is incorporated into the tablet outlet, tablets from the first channel being suppliable to the weighing device by means of a supply channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: IMA KILIAN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jens Carstens, Uwe Zietmann, Mark Strerath, Horst Muller