Patents by Inventor Markus Sigler

Markus Sigler 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).

  • Pneumatic conveyor for containers
    Patent number: 8205740
    Abstract: A conveyor device for containers having a receiving rail for receiving a neck area of the containers, the containers being held by the receiving rail and are movable within this receiving rail. Guide mechanisms are provided with guide elements that are arranged beneath the receiving rail and guide the movement of the containers. The guide elements are movable in the longitudinal direction of the containers and the movements in the longitudinal direction of the containers of a plurality of different guide elements are mechanically linked to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Christoph Dragon, Markus Sigler, Andreas Seidl, Christian Paul
  • PNEUMATIC CONVEYOR FOR CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20080149465
    Abstract: A conveyor device for containers having a receiving rail for receiving a neck area of the containers, the containers being held by the receiving rail and are movable within this receiving rail. Guide mechanisms are provided with guide elements that are arranged beneath the receiving rail and guide the movement of the containers. The guide elements are movable in the longitudinal direction of the containers and the movements in the longitudinal direction of the containers of a plurality of different guide elements are mechanically linked to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Christoph Dragon, Markus Sigler, Andreas Seidl, Christian Paul
  • Air conveyor for conveying articles
    Patent number: 6890128
    Abstract: This invention relates to an air conveyor for conveying articles with a collar and a head arranged above that, in particular plastic bottles along a conveyor channel having two carrying strips arranged along the conveyor channel on which the articles are conveyed by suspending them from the collars, and having a head space having inclined side walls formed above the carrying strips. Air nozzles, which act upon the heads of the articles, are provided in the inclined side walls. This counteracts a tendency of the articles to become tilted or jammed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Andreas Seidl, Alexander Sixt, Markus Sigler
  • Pneumatic conveyor
    Publication number: 20040115012
    Abstract: This invention relates to an air conveyor for conveying articles with a collar and a head arranged above that, in particular plastic bottles along a conveyor channel having two carrying strips arranged along the conveyor channel on which the articles are conveyed by suspending them from the collars, and having a head space having inclined side walls formed above the carrying strips. Air nozzles, which act upon the heads of the articles, are provided in the inclined side walls. This counteracts a tendency of the articles to become tilted or jammed together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Andreas Seidl, Alexander Sixt, Markus Sigler