Patents by Inventor Martin Schwaps

Martin Schwaps 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).

  • Cross roping
    Patent number: 8887478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for at least partially wrapping a piece-goods stack, in which a tubular portion is pulled over the piece-goods stack, and to an apparatus for carrying out the method according to the invention. The method according to the invention is distinguished in particular in that, during the pulling of the tubular portion over the piece-goods stack, pleats are produced in a specific manner in the tubular portion, said pleats extending obliquely over at least one side of the goods stack. The invention is achieved in terms of the apparatus in that the apparatus has a reefing device for reefing and/or drawing over the tubular portion, said reefing device being configured in such a manner that it reefs and/or unreefs regions of the tubular portion at different speeds and/or at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Premark Packaging LLC
    Inventors: Per Lachenmeier, Martin Schwaps, Alice Holm Kristensen
  • CROSS ROPING
    Publication number: 20130180214
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for at least partially wrapping a piece-goods stack, in which a tubular portion is pulled over the piece-goods stack, and to an apparatus for carrying out the method according to the invention. The method according to the invention is distinguished in particular in that, during the pulling of the tubular portion over the piece-goods stack, pleats are produced in a specific manner in the tubular portion, said pleats extending obliquely over at least one side of the goods stack. The invention is achieved in terms of the apparatus in that the apparatus has a reefing device for reefing and/or drawing over the tubular portion, said reefing device being configured in such a manner that it reefs and/or unreefs regions of the tubular portion at different speeds and/or at different times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Per Lachenmeier, Martin Schwaps, Alice Holm Kristensen
  • Cross wrap
    Patent number: D693982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Per Lachenmeier, Martin Schwaps, Alice Holm Kristensen