Patents by Inventor Markus Rechsteiner

Markus Rechsteiner 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 for upright-oriented flat articles
    Patent number: 4848558
    Abstract: A conveyor apparatus comprises a plurality of side-by-side arranged first conveyors lying in a first plane. Each first conveyor has a pivotal first conveyor belt portion adapted to assume a first pivotal position in which articles continue to be advanced on the first conveyor and a second pivotal position in which articles are deviated from the first conveyor. The conveyor apparatus has a second conveyor which lies in a second plane spaced vertically from the first plane and which traverses each first conveyor at a location of crossing downstream of the downstream end of the first conveyor belt portions. The second conveyor includes a plurality of pivotal second conveyor belt portions adapted to assume a first pivotal position in which the upstream end of the respective second conveyor belt portion is in alignment with the second conveyor, and a second pivotal position in which the upstream end of the second conveyor belt portion is out of alignment with the second conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Sig Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft
    Inventor: Markus Rechsteiner