Patents by Inventor Patrick Kirchner

Patrick Kirchner 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).

  • Publication number: 20230227197
    Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a shrinkable label on a product placed on a conveyor, by irradiating light onto the shrinkable label, comprises two sets of light emitters which are arranged opposite each other on both sides of the conveyor along a defined length of the conveyor to form an irradiation volume through which the conveyor passes. The light emitters are configured to emit directed light bundles into the irradiation volume in different directions. In a plan view of the apparatus, the directions of the light bundles intersect with a longitudinal central axis of the conveyor. The intersection points of the directions of the light bundles emitted from the light emitters on a same side of the conveyor with the longitudinal central axis of the conveyor differ from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Fuji Seal International, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederik Gerardus Heeman, Marinus Antonius Leonarda Van Heck, Christoph Hollenbeck, Patrick Kirchner, Stephan Jansen, Klaus Baltes
  • Patent number: 10562236
    Abstract: A device and method for inductively heating package sleeves including: at least one unit for producing an alternating current, at least one inductor having at least one effective section, and a holding unit having a front holding area and a rear holding area for mounting the inductor, wherein the inductor is connected to the unit for producing an alternating current, and wherein the holding areas arranged in such a way that a gap is formed between the front holding area and the rear holding area, the longitudinal direction of which gap corresponds to the conveying direction of the package sleeves. The effective sections of the at least one inductor may be at least in sections arranged asymmetrically to one another in relation to a center plane lying in the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SIG Technology AG
    Inventors: Klaus Baltes, Patrick Kirchner, Andreas Meckbach
  • Publication number: 20180243996
    Abstract: A device for compressing packaging sleeves includes at least two movably supported pressure bars for compressing the packaging sleeve, and at least one drive for moving the pressure bars. The pressure bars are supported in such a way that between the pressure bars a gap is created, the longitudinal direction of which corresponds to a transport direction of the packaging sleeve. The pressure bars are supported in such a way that the distance between the pressure bars is variable. The pressure bars are supported in such a way that the pressure bars are movable in the longitudinal direction of the gap. Also described is a corresponding method for compressing packaging sleeves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Klaus Baltes, Patrick Kirchner, Sergey Anokhin
  • Publication number: 20170087762
    Abstract: A device and method for inductively heating package sleeves including: at least one unit for producing an alternating current, at least one inductor having at least one effective section, and a holding unit having a front holding area and a rear holding area for mounting the inductor, wherein the inductor is connected to the unit for producing an alternating current, and wherein the holding areas arranged in such a way that a gap is formed between the front holding area and the rear holding area, the longitudinal direction of which gap corresponds to the conveying direction of the package sleeves. The effective sections of the at least one inductor may be at least in sections arranged asymmetrically to one another in relation to a center plane lying in the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Klaus Baltes, Patrick Kirchner, Andreas Meckbach