Patents by Inventor Oliver Wiedenmayer

Oliver Wiedenmayer 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).

  • Method and apparatus for gently depositing trays
    Patent number: 11001457
    Abstract: A method for operating a tray conveying apparatus, wherein a tray edge of a tray to be destacked is guided in contact with and along a support until the tray has been deposited on a conveying unit positioned therebelow. An apparatus for destacking and further conveying trays that may comprise a destacker for destacking trays, wherein the destacker may also comprise a frame for accommodating at least one tray stack and a plurality of destacking screws configured to be operated in a respective direction of rotation. Each destacking screw may comprise a helically configured spiral or groove with a support. A conveying unit may be positioned below the destacker and used for receiving and transporting the destacked trays from the destacker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Fickler, Franz Osterrieder, Oliver Wiedenmayer
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENTLY DEPOSITING TRAYS
    Publication number: 20190283983
    Abstract: A method for operating a tray conveying apparatus, wherein a tray edge of a tray to be destacked is guided in contact with and along a support until the tray has been deposited on a conveying unit positioned therebelow. An apparatus for destacking and further conveying trays that may comprise a destacker for destacking trays, wherein the destacker may also comprise a frame for accommodating at least one tray stack and a plurality of destacking screws configured to be operated in a respective direction of rotation. Each destacking screw may comprise a helically configured spiral or groove with a support. A conveying unit may be positioned below the destacker and used for receiving and transporting the destacked trays from the destacker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Bernhard Fickler, Franz Osterrieder, Oliver Wiedenmayer