Patents by Inventor Markus Schonfelder

Markus Schonfelder 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: 10399836
    Abstract: A device for closing a filled container with a screw cap, for example, for closing support ring-less bottles with a screw cap, is described. The device includes a neck guide with at least one torsion protection element for accommodation of a neck section of the filled container in a torsion-protected manner during the closing with the screw cap, and a discharge element for discharging the closed container from the neck guide. The neck guide and the discharge element are displaceable relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Bruno Landler, Markus Schönfelder
  • Patent number: 9643791
    Abstract: Device and a corresponding method for orienting containers having a noncircular cross-section, in particular bottles, which are transported along a transport path by way of neck handling, the device including at least one rotary device arranged along the transport path, the rotary device being stationary and including one or more stationary resilient rotary elements which are suitable for orienting a container in a specified direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Bruno Landler, Markus Schönfelder, Fabian Kolbinger, Sebastian Baumgartner, Reiner Glötzl
  • Publication number: 20160176651
    Abstract: Device and a corresponding method for orienting containers having a noncircular cross-section, in particular bottles, which are transported along a transport path by way of neck handling, the device including at least one rotary device arranged along the transport path, the rotary device being stationary and including one or more stationary resilient rotary elements which are suitable for orienting a container in a specified direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Bruno Landler, Markus Schönfelder, Fabian Kolbinger, Sebastian Baumgartner, Reiner Glötzl
  • Publication number: 20150315002
    Abstract: A device for closing a filled container with a screw cap, for example, for closing support ring-less bottles with a screw cap, is described. The device includes a neck guide with at least one torsion protection element for accommodation of a neck section of the filled container in a torsion-protected manner during the closing with the screw cap, and a discharge element for discharging the closed container from the neck guide. The neck guide and the discharge element are displaceable relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Bruno Landler, Markus Schönfelder
  • Patent number: 9051124
    Abstract: There is provided devices for supplying molded parts in, for example, a beverage filling plant. An exemplary device may include a circulating conveyor chain for conveying the molded parts, wherein the circular conveyor chain forms a helical conveying track between an intake area and a discharge area, and a buffer for buffering the molded parts, wherein the buffer is disposed at the intake area or at the discharge area. The buffer may include a buffer base area within the helical conveying track for buffering the molded part. Another exemplary device may include a circulating conveyor chain for conveying the molded parts, wherein the circular conveyor chain forms a helical conveying track between an intake area and a discharge area, and wherein the helical conveying track extends around a space which is free of machine parts. The space may be formed to allow for an assembly space or manhole through the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Klaus Buchhauser, Sebastian Klepatz, Markus Schönfelder
  • Patent number: 9016459
    Abstract: A device for buffering molded parts in a beverage filling plant, and in one embodiment, for buffering container closures in a beverage filling plant, is described. The device has an intake and an outlet, between which a buffer surface for buffering the molded parts is disposed. The buffer surface is rotatably disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Klaus Buchhauser, Sebastian Klepatz, Markus Schönfelder
  • Publication number: 20140138210
    Abstract: There is provided devices for supplying molded parts in a beverage filling plant. An exemplary device may include a circulating conveyor chain for conveying the molded parts, wherein the circular conveyor chain forms a helical conveying track between an intake area and a discharge area, and a buffer for buffering the molded parts, wherein the buffer is disposed at the intake area or at the discharge area. The buffer may include a buffer base are within the helical conveying track for buffering the molded part. Another exemplary device may include a circulating conveyor chain for conveying the molded parts, wherein the circular conveyor chain forms a helical conveying track between an intake area and a discharge area, and wherein the helical conveying track extends around a space which is free of machine parts. The space may be formed to allow for an assembly space or manhole through the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Krones AG
    Inventors: Klaus Buchhauser, Sebastian Klepatz, Markus Schönfelder
  • Publication number: 20140138209
    Abstract: A device for buffering molded parts in a beverage filling plant, and in one embodiment, for buffering container closures in a beverage filling plant, is described. The device has an intake and an outlet, between which a buffer surface for buffering the molded parts is disposed. The buffer surface is rotatably disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Klaus Buchhauser, Sebastian Klepatz, Markus Schönfelder
  • Patent number: 8656688
    Abstract: A capper used for a great variety of containers and comprising a container carrier, which is adapted to be driven by a capper drive motor for transporting the containers on a lower part, and an upper part, which carries at least one closing element and which is also adapted to be driven by the capper drive motor, the upper part being vertically adjustable relative to the lower part at least for adaptation to different container heights, and where the upper part is vertically adjusted by the capper drive motor, and that a clutch system is provided, which is adapted to be selectively switched between a drive function and an upper-part height adjustment function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Markus Schonfelder, Peter Schwarzfischer, Lutz Kampmann
  • Publication number: 20110131923
    Abstract: A capper used for a great variety of containers and comprising a container carrier, which is adapted to be driven by a capper drive motor for transporting the containers on a lower part, and an upper part, which carries at least one closing element and which is also adapted to be driven by the capper drive motor, the upper part being vertically adjustable relative to the lower part at least for adaptation to different container heights, and where the upper part is vertically adjusted by the capper drive motor, and that a clutch system is provided, which is adapted to be selectively switched between a drive function and an upper-part height adjustment function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Markus Schonfelder, Peter Schwarzfischer, Lutz Kampmann