Patents by Inventor Peter Willburger

Peter Willburger 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).

  • Patent number: 12116153
    Abstract: A method and a device for packaging fresh products, in particular meat and sausage products, where the fresh product is introduced into a container simultaneously with an absorbent base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Fuergut, Peter Willburger, Martin Staudenrausch, Thomas Wenk
  • Patent number: 12043490
    Abstract: A belt conveyor comprises a belt with a drive roller, a deflection roller that can be adjusted relative thereto upwardly and/or downwardly, and an upper run extending therebetween for transporting the food products. The belt conveyor comprises a deflection element arranged between the drive roller and the deflection roller and configured for adjustment in the direction of transport. The upper and/or the associated lower run of the belt transitions from a first longitudinal section running in the direction of transport to a second longitudinal section tilted relative thereto when the deflection roller has been adjusted. The second longitudinal section can be quickly tilted and flexibly adapted to the dimensions of the food products and their transport distances inbetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Mueller, Peter Willburger, Georg Bannert
  • Patent number: 11975458
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cutting a base web with a separating device as well as a corresponding method, where the separating device can cut a base web into individual bases which can be guided under a fresh product. The separating device comprises a knife device and a counter cutting device, each of which comprise at least two cutting edges. The knife device and/or the counter cutting devices can be moved to and fro in two directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Mueller, Peter Willburger, Michael Heim, Robin Volz
  • Publication number: 20220411194
    Abstract: A belt conveyor comprises a belt with a drive roller, a deflection roller that can be adjusted relative thereto upwardly and/or downwardly, and an upper run extending therebetween for transporting the food products. The belt conveyor comprises a deflection element arranged between the drive roller and the deflection roller and configured for adjustment in the direction of transport. The upper and/or the associated lower run of the belt transitions from a first longitudinal section running in the direction of transport to a second longitudinal section tilted relative thereto when the deflection roller has been adjusted. The second longitudinal section can be quickly tilted and flexibly adapted to the dimensions of the food products and their transport distances inbetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan MUELLER, Peter WILLBURGER, Georg BANNERT
  • Publication number: 20210402632
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cutting a base web with a separating device as well as a corresponding method, where the separating device can cut a base web into individual bases which can be guided under a fresh product. The separating device comprises a knife device and a counter cutting device, each of which comprise at least two cutting edges. The knife device and/or the counter cutting devices can be moved to and fro in two directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan MUELLER, Peter WILLBURGER, Michael HEIM, Robin VOLZ
  • Publication number: 20210362892
    Abstract: A method and a device for packaging fresh products, in particular meat and sausage products, where the fresh product is introduced into a container simultaneously with an absorbent base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michael FUERGUT, Peter WILLBURGER, Martin STAUDENRAUSCH, Thomas WENK
  • Patent number: 10834954
    Abstract: Device for forming and dividing of at least one string-shaped pasty foodstuff into slice-shaped products, with a forming nozzle for extruding the string-shaped foodstuff along a conveying direction through a nozzle opening, which determines the thickness of the slice-shaped product, at least one forming plate that is arranged downstream of the forming nozzle and that can be displaced during extrusion with at least one positioning element in at least one component transversally to the conveying direction, and with a control unit that controls the positioning element synchronously to the extrusion velocity in a way that the at least one forming plate forms a longitudinal contour of the slice-shaped product variably during extrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Baechtle, Siegfried Reutter, Claudiu Cret, Daniel Teufel, Achim Werner, Peter Willburger, Simon Haid
  • Patent number: 10820600
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and a method for transferring sausage portions with a first transport device for transporting the sausage portions, an ejection device for pushing the sausage portions from a first transport device to a second transport device, which is configured as a drum or fan belt. The first transport device has a lower and an upper circumferential transport means, between which the sausage portions are transported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter Willburger, Michael Heim, Michael Fuergut
  • Patent number: 10238123
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for transferring sausage portions with a supply transport device, at least one removal transport device, and at least one ejector for ejecting at least one sausage portion from the supply transport device onto the removal transport device. The removal transport device comprises a lower transport device and a holding device disposed thereabove between which the at least one sausage portion is transported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Willburger, Michael Heim, Siegfried Reutter, Thomas Fischer
  • Publication number: 20180064158
    Abstract: Device for forming and dividing of at least one string-shaped pasty foodstuff into slice-shaped products, with a forming nozzle for extruding the string-shaped foodstuff along a conveying direction through a nozzle opening, which determines the thickness of the slice-shaped product, at least one forming plate that is arranged downstream of the forming nozzle and that can be displaced during extrusion with at least one positioning element in at least one component transversally to the conveying direction, and with a control unit that controls the positioning element synchronously to the extrusion velocity in a way that the at least one forming plate forms a longitudinal contour of the slice-shaped product variably during extrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Manfred BAECHTLE, Siegfried REUTTER, Claudiu CRET, Daniel TEUFEL, Achim WERNER, Peter WILLBURGER, Simon HAID
  • Publication number: 20170112150
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and a method for transferring sausage portions with a first transport device for transporting the sausage portions, an ejection device for pushing the sausage portions from a first transport device to a second transport device, which is configured as a drum or fan belt. The first transport device has a lower and an upper circumferential transport means, between which the sausage portions are transported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Peter WILLBURGER, Michael HEIM, Michael FUERGUT
  • Patent number: 9554581
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sausage collating device and a method for collating sausages to form sausage groups of a predetermined number of sausages with a transport device for transporting spaced sausages and at least one accumulator element for accumulating the sausages, where the at least one accumulator element is for collating and is movable in the direction of transport of the transport device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Willburger, Michael Fuergut, Michael Heim
  • Publication number: 20160219891
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sausage collating device and a method for collating sausages to form sausage groups of a predetermined number of sausages with a transport device for transporting spaced sausages and at least one accumulator element for accumulating the sausages, where the at least one accumulator element is for collating and is movable in the direction of transport of the transport device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Willburger, Michael Fuergut, Michael Heim
  • Publication number: 20160143300
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for transferring sausage portions with a supply transport device, at least one removal transport device, and at least one ejector for ejecting at least one sausage portion from the supply transport device onto the removal transport device. The removal transport device comprises a lower transport device and a holding device disposed thereabove between which the at least one sausage portion is transported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Willburger, Michael Heim, Siegfried Reutter, Thomas Fischer
  • Patent number: 7744448
    Abstract: A method and a filling machine for the temperature control of a mass flow in a filling machine, wherein the mass flow passes through several sections. In order to also process temperature-sensitive types of filling material reliably with the minimum outlay, the temperature of the filling material is measured in several sections of the filling machine and the temperature of the filling material is controlled by a heating/cooling device to a certain temperature in dependence of the measured temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Maile, Peter Willburger
  • Publication number: 20090130962
    Abstract: A filling machine and a method of filling foodstuffs e.g. into sausage casings, with the filling machine having supplied thereto containers in which a foodstuff is stored, and a machine control unit. In order to guarantee a correct operation of the filling machine, a data reader receives container data stored in a storage means at the respective container, whereby the machine control unit is implemented such that the filling process is executed in dependence upon the container data read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN
    Inventors: Peter Willburger, Gerhard Mueller
  • Publication number: 20080299885
    Abstract: A method and a filling machine for the temperature control of a mass flow in a filling machine, wherein the mass flow passes through several sections. In order to also process temperature-sensitive types of filling material reliably with the minimum outlay, the temperature of the filling material is measured in several sections of the filling machine and the temperature of the filling material is controlled by a heating/cooling device to a certain temperature in dependence of the measured temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Maile, Peter Willburger