Patents by Inventor Peter Guenzl

Peter Guenzl 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).

  • Depression for feeding ball-shaped bodies and a device for the stacking and distribution of a defined number of ball-shaped bodies
    Patent number: 8162172
    Abstract: A method and device for the removal of balls from a supply is disclosed. The device has a horizontal plate having one or a plurality of circular orifices of identical size in the form of transcurrent orifices running vertically from the upper side to the lower side. The plate on its upper side exhibits a depression around each orifice, in conjunction with which the base of the depression are curved, the periphery of the depression exhibits an elliptical, oval or spindle-shaped form at the level of the surface of the plate, the mid-point of the orifice in each case lies on the mid-point of the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis of the periphery of the depression, and the base of the depression is inclined towards the mid-point of the orifice along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Eberle, Peter Guenzl, Peter Hloch, Christoph Hundt, Thomas Lindner
  • DEPRESSION FOR FEEDING BALL-SHAPED BODIES AND A DEVICE FOR THE STACKING AND DISTRIBUTION OF A DEFINED NUMBER OF BALL-SHAPED BODIES
    Publication number: 20070199950
    Abstract: A method and device for the removal of balls from a supply is disclosed. The device has a horizontal plate having one or a plurality of circular orifices of identical size in the form of transcurrent orifices running vertically from the upper side to the lower side. The plate on its upper side exhibits a depression around each orifice, in conjunction with which the base of the depression are curved, the periphery of the depression exhibits an elliptical, oval or spindle-shaped form at the level of the surface of the plate, the mid-point of the orifice in each case lies on the mid-point of the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis of the periphery of the depression, and the base of the depression is inclined towards the mid-point of the orifice along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH
    Inventors: Walter Eberle, Peter Guenzl, Peter Hloch, Christoph Hundt, Thomas Lindner