Patents by Inventor Max Appel

Max Appel 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).

  • Manipulator for receptacles
    Patent number: 5242256
    Abstract: The individual grippers of a gripper head provided for simultaneously introducing a number of bottles into a box or removing them from the box, where the bottles have neck diameters close to the diameter of the body of the bottle, have polygonal external cross sections with even numbers of sides so that the cylindrical sockets can lie close together. The sockets receive elastic inserts which are actuatable by pistons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Rico - Maschinenbau Max Appel KG
    Inventor: Max Appel