Patents by Inventor Martin Ruge
Martin Ruge 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).
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CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING AND ADJUSTING THE POSITION AND/OR SPACING OF CONVEYED GOODS
Publication number: 20240002161Abstract: A conveyor system for conveyed goods, in particular for parcel pieces and packages, is disclosed. The conveyor system includes at least one conveyor device, which includes at least one cluster module and at least one control unit connected to the conveyor device. The conveyor system has a superordinate control system which is connected to the at least one control unit in terms of control technology, so that an adjustment of the position of a conveyed good and/or spacing between adjacent conveyed goods occurs on the basis of control commands from the control system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: FERAG AGInventors: Markus BRETZ, Martin Ruge, Roberto Fenile -
Patent number: 11760578Abstract: A device for transferring units of goods has a suspended conveyor system on which conveyor units can be conveyed in a suspended manner along a continuous conveyor path. In an entry region, supplied conveyor units can be provided for further processing. Downstream of said entry region, a transfer device is provided in a transfer region, with which units of goods can be transferred into and/or out of a conveyor unit located in the transfer region. Downstream of said transfer region, processed conveyor units can be provided in an exit region for further use. The absolute alignment in space of a conveyor unit in the entry region and in the transfer region are substantially the same, and the relative alignment in relation to the conveying direction in the entry region and the transfer region are substantially different.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: FERAG AGInventors: Roberto Fenile, Martin Ruge
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Publication number: 20220234834Abstract: A device for transferring units of goods has a suspended conveyor system on which conveyor units can be conveyed in a suspended manner along a continuous conveyor path. In an entry region, supplied conveyor units can be provided for further processing. Downstream of said entry region, a transfer device is provided in a transfer region, with which units of goods can be transferred into and/or out of a conveyor unit located in the transfer region. Downstream of said transfer region, processed conveyor units can be provided in an exit region for further use. The absolute alignment in space of a conveyor unit in the entry region and in the transfer region are substantially the same, and the relative alignment in relation to the conveying direction in the entry region and the transfer region are substantially different.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: FERAG AGInventors: Roberto FENILE, Martin Ruge
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Patent number: 11299350Abstract: A transport bag (10) for a suspended conveyor system, particularly a rail-guided conveyor system or a transport chain conveyor system, has a conveyor member, particularly a carriage (20) of a rail-guided (41) conveyor system or a conveyor chain link of a transport chain conveyor system, and a transport bag (10) having a receiving region for receiving one or a plurality of units of goods (91). The transport bag is attached, via a suspension means (17), in a suspended manner to a carrying means (23) of the conveyor member. The transport bag has two frame brackets (15, 16) which are pivotally connected to the suspension means. The two frame brackets (15, 16) are substantially 2-fold rotationally symmetrical to one another, but not mirror symmetrical to one another.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: FERAG AGInventors: Roberto Fenile, Martin Ruge
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Publication number: 20210053763Abstract: A transport bag (10) for a suspended conveyor system, particularly a rail-guided conveyor system or a transport chain conveyor system, has a conveyor member, particularly a carriage (20) of a rail-guided (41) conveyor system or a conveyor chain link of a transport chain conveyor system, and a transport bag (10) having a receiving region for receiving one or a plurality of units of goods (91). The transport bag is attached, via a suspension means (17), in a suspended manner to a carrying means (23) of the conveyor member. The transport bag has two frame brackets (15, 16) which are pivotally connected to the suspension means. The two frame brackets (15, 16) are substantially 2-fold rotationally symmetrical to one another, but not mirror symmetrical to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: FERAGAGInventors: Roberto FENILE, Martin RUGE
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Publication number: 20200290819Abstract: A method for unloading an item for transport (T) from a laterally open transport bag (2) which, hanging on a carriage (3), conveys the item for transport (T) along a running rail (4) in a conveying direction, the item for transport (T) lying on a support surface (21) of the transport bag (2) and the item for transport (T) being unloaded laterally by virtue of a part (211) of the support surface (21) of the transport bag (2) being raised in the direction of the hanging point (P) of the transport bag (2) on the carriage (3) by means of a raising device (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventor: Martin RUGE
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Patent number: 10358299Abstract: A loading device (10) for continuously loading receiving units (4.1-4.8) with transport goods (T), wherein the loading device (10) comprises a plurality of receiving units (4.1-4.8), a conveyor device (2), in which the receiving units (4.1-4.8) can be conveyed, a supply device (3) for supplying transport goods (T) and a transfer device (1), which is designed to acquire the transport goods (T) from the supply device (3), as well as to convey and transfer the transport goods to the receiving units (4.1-4.8), wherein the transfer device (1) and the receiving units (4.1-4.8) can be moved in the same direction during the transfer of the transport goods (T).Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: FERAG AGInventors: Martin Ruge, Markus Felix
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Publication number: 20180208407Abstract: The invention proposes a loading device (10) for continuously loading receiving units (4.1-4.8) with transport goods (T), wherein the loading device (10) comprises a plurality of receiving units (4.1-4.8), a conveyor device (2), in which the receiving units (4.1-4.8) can be conveyed, a supply device (3) for supplying transport goods (T) and a transfer device (1), which is designed to acquire the transport goods (T) from the supply device (3), as well as to convey and transfer the transport goods to the receiving units (4.1-4.8), wherein the transfer device (1) and the receiving units (4.1-4.8) can be moved in the same direction during the transfer of the transport goods (T).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: FERAG AGInventors: Martin RUGE, Markus FELIX
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Patent number: 9886811Abstract: The invention relates to a warehousing installation (1) for a plurality of roller packaging units embodied as a rollable body, which comprises at least one storage device (20) for storing several rolling packaging units, a single storage device (30) for receiving a rolling packaging unit and for guiding said roller packing unit into the storage device, a rolling out device (40, 40?, 40?) for rolling away a rolling packaging unit stored in the storage device as a rolling away rolling packaging unit and a control device (50) for controlling the rolling out device (40).Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: WRH Walter Reist Holding AGInventors: Martin Ruge, Markus Felix
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Publication number: 20180034320Abstract: A rolling body (10a) for temporarily accommodating goods or products for purposes of storage and/or transport includes a shell (11) that encloses an inner space (12). A usable volume (13) for accommodating the goods is provided in the inner space (12). An autonomous mode of functioning is made possible in that an energy store (14) and an energy consumer (15) are additionally situated in the inner space (12), and the energy store (14) is connectable to the energy consumer (15) in order to deliver energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: WRH WALTER REIST HOLDING AGInventors: Martin RUGE, Markus FELIX
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Patent number: 9494128Abstract: A plant for extracting electric energy from water power. The plant has an energy extraction module designed as an assembly unit, and includes a drive arrangement, with a multiplicity of flow-impinged components, which can be driven in a circulating direction by water power, two spaced-apart deflection elements around which the drive arrangement is guided in a circulating manner, an electric power generator for extracting electric energy from the circulating drive arrangement, a water conveying duct for forming water receiving compartments interacting with the flow-impinged components, and also a module frame, to which are connected the drive arrangement, the deflection elements, the electric power generator and the water conveying duct. The module frame includes an interface via which the energy extraction module is connected to a sub-structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2013Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: WRH WALTER REIST HOLDING AGInventors: Felix Widmer, Martin Ruge, Markus Felix
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Publication number: 20160176571Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging body (13, 131, 132) having an outer shape which can roll. Said packaging body (13, 131, 132) comprises a chamber for the content or a cavity, the shape of which is adapted or can be adapted to the shape of the contents of the packaging (11) which are to be received in the packaging body (13, 131, 132). Said claimed packaging body (13, 131, 132) enables a packaging unit (10), which is easy to transport by rolling, to be produced in a particularly simple manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: WRH Walter Reist Holding AGInventor: Martin RUGE
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Publication number: 20160122127Abstract: The invention relates to a warehousing installation (1) for a plurality of roller packaging units embodied as a rollable body, which comprises at least one storage device (20) for storing several rolling packaging units, a single storage device (30) for receiving a rolling packaging unit and for guiding said roller packing unit into the storage device, a rolling out device (40, 40?, 40?) for rolling away a rolling packaging unit stored in the storage device as a rolling away rolling packaging unit and a control device (50) for controlling the rolling out device (40).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: WRH Walter Reist Holding AGInventors: Martin RUGE, Markus Felix
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Publication number: 20160114956Abstract: The invention relates to a rollable transport container (1) comprising an outer shell (2) that can roll on a support, and an inner holder (3) for holding goods to be transported (5). Bearing means (4) are configured to allow the inner holder (3) to be rotatably arranged in the outer shell (2). The bearing means (4) are only in a central and/or lower region of the rollable transport body (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: WRH Walter Reist Holding AGInventors: Markus FELIX, Martin RUGE
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Publication number: 20160114934Abstract: The invention relates to a transport holder (1) for an object to be transported (7). Said transport holder comprises a roller body (2) having an annular-shaped roller surface for rolling the roller body (2) on a base, and retaining means (31 . . . 36, 41 . . . 46) for maintaining the object to be transported (7) in the roller body (2) in such a manner that the roller body (2) surrounds the object to be transported (7).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: WRH Walter Reist Holding AGInventor: Martin RUGE
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Publication number: 20160090226Abstract: The invention relates to a transportable packaging unit (10), having a packaging content (11), a covering (12) surrounding the packaging content (11) and connecting means (15a-d) connecting the packaging content (11) and the covering (12). The covering (12) has an outer shape which can roll. A packaging unit which is particularly simple and flexible to use is achieved such that the connecting means (15a-d) fix the content of the packaging (11) in the covering (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicant: WRH Walter Reist Holding AGInventor: Martin RUGE
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Patent number: 9186882Abstract: A device and method for producing complex multipart collections (K1) of printed products includes at least two partial collections (T1, T2, T3) of precursors. The device comprises a collating device (6) having a conveyor track (41) on which a plurality of receptacle units (50) circulate in a closed circuit for receiving collated precursors, and on which a plurality of feeder apparatuses (101-112) are disposed in at least one collating region (11, 12), from which precursors are dispensed into the receptacle units (50) moving past on the conveyor track. A transfer apparatus (30) is disposed in at least one location of the conveyor track (42), transferring collated first partial collections (T1) from the receptacle units (50) for further processing, and a collator (31, 32) is disposed in at least one further location of the conveyor track (41, 43), collating further collated partial collections (T3, T4) from the receptacle units (50) into collections (K1).Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2011Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Ferag AGInventors: Markus Felix, Martin Ruge
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Patent number: 9162823Abstract: A conveying system includes rolling bodies each with a rolling element cage and rolling elements. The rolling elements are arranged in recesses of the rolling element cage and for the rolling in a guide channel. In each case two or three or more rolling elements form a roller set, and the rolling elements of a roller set roll on one another as well as on the guide channel, and at least one roller set is present per rolling body. The conveying system includes at least two guide channels which run at an essentially constant distance to one another and together form a guide path; and at least two rolling bodies are connected to one other by way of a connection element, into a conveying element, and the conveying element with its at least two rolling bodies is movable in at least two guide channels along the guide path.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Ferag AGInventors: Martin Ruge, Markus Felix
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Publication number: 20150211476Abstract: A plant for extracting electric energy from water power. The plant has an energy extraction module designed as an assembly unit, and includes a drive arrangement, with a multiplicity of flow-impinged components, which can be driven in a circulating direction by water power, two spaced-apart deflection elements around which the drive arrangement is guided in a circulating manner, an electric power generator for extracting electric energy from the circulating drive arrangement, a water conveying duct for forming water receiving compartments interacting with the flow-impinged components, and also a module frame, to which are connected the drive arrangement, the deflection elements, the electric power generator and the water conveying duct. The module frame includes an interface via which the energy extraction module is connected to a sub-structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2013Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Felix Widmer, Martin Ruge, Markus Felix
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Publication number: 20130248326Abstract: A conveying system includes rolling bodies each with a rolling element cage and rolling elements. The rolling elements are arranged in recesses of the rolling element cage and for the rolling in a guide channel. In each case two or three or more rolling elements form a roller set, and the rolling elements of a roller set roll on one another as well as on the guide channel, and at least one roller set is present per rolling body. The conveying system includes at least two guide channels which run at an essentially constant distance to one another and together form a guide path; and at least two rolling bodies are connected to one other by way of a connection element, into a conveying element, and the conveying element with its at least two rolling bodies is movable in at least two guide channels along the guide path.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2011Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: FERAG AGInventors: Martin Ruge, Markus Felix