Patents by Inventor Petrus Theodorus Cornelis Vervoort
Petrus Theodorus Cornelis Vervoort 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).
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Publication number: 20240059498Abstract: System (1) for sorting products, comprising: ?—a conveyor (11) comprising carrying bodies (113) one after another, extending parallel to each other, the carrying bodies associated with a pusher body (114), an electric motor (117) for moving the pusher body along the carrying body in a sort direction, ?—a central control server (12) arranged for transmitting destination data relating to a sorting location?—a plurality of controllers (13), in communication with the central control server and moveable in the transport direction, each to control two or more electrical motors in accordance with destination data received from the central control server, ?—a stationary Access Point, AP (14), communicating with the server, and?—a pair of stationary radiating cables (15, 16) connected to the AP, one radiating cable extending in the transport direction and the other radiating cable extending against the transport direction, the radiating cables arranged for communication with the controllers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Koen Maarten Geert Grobben, Petrus Theodorus Cornelis Vervoort, Thomas Hendrikus Peeters
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Publication number: 20230257212Abstract: System for sorting products comprising a number of combinations of an elongated carrying body and a pusher body, located one after another, which combinations are movable in a direction of movement following a path along which a number of sorting locations are provided, wherein the carrying bodies extend parallel to each other and perpendicular to the direction of movement and wherein the carrying bodies are configured for carrying the products to be sorted, a displacing device for moving the combinations in the direction of movement along the path, wherein each combination is further provided with a further displacing device comprising an electric motor for moving the pusher body in a sorting direction along the carrying body, the sorting direction extending perpendicularly to the direction of movement, for pushing a product carried by the carrying body off of the carrying body with the pusher body, and, amongst other, a plurality of controllers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Koen Maarten Geert Grobben, Petrus Theodorus Cornelis Vervoort
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Patent number: 10822178Abstract: The system and method for sorting products include a device comprising a frame, carriers for products, pusher members which are displaceable along a carrier, guide means with a guiding member for guiding the pusher member in a conveying direction during transportation of the carriers in order to move it in a length direction of the carrier, for the purpose of laterally moving a product off the supporting surface at a discharge location, a presorting switch device with a presorting switch member in order, in an active presorting position, to move or keep the pusher member to or in a second transverse position, a switchable switch device with a switch member in order, in an active position, to move the pusher member in such a way that the guide member is subsequently guided by the guiding member.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Vanderlande Industries B.V.Inventors: Petrus Theodorus Cornelis Vervoort, Fred Van Toor
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Publication number: 20200130953Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1), system and method for sorting products, the device comprising a frame, carriers (2) for products, pusher members (20) which are displaceable along a carrier (2), guide means (32) with a guiding member (38) for guiding the pusher member (20) in a conveying direction during transportation of the carriers (2) in order to move it in a length direction of the carrier (2), for the purpose of laterally moving a product off the supporting surface at a discharge location, a presorting switch device (36) with a presorting switch member (50) in order, in an active presorting position, to move or keep the pusher member (20) to or in a second transverse position, a switchable switch device (34) with a switch member (56) in order, in an active position, to move the pusher member (20) in such a way that the guide member (24) is subsequently guided by the guiding member (38).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Vanderlande Industries B.V.Inventors: Petrus Theodorus Cornelis Vervoort, Fred Van Toor
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Patent number: 9540184Abstract: A sorting device for sorting products, comprising successive carrier units each provided with a load carrying platform having a front arcuate edge and a rear arcuate edge. The sorting device further conveys the load carrying platforms along a conveying path and includes an elongated pusher element for each load carrying platform for pushing a product to be sorted sideways off, using at least one pusher element, at a desired sorting location. The pusher elements each extend above a load carrying platform and are designed for joint transport with the load carrying platform. The sorting device further comprises two elongated passages in the load carrying platform, and drive means at least partially provided under the load carrying platforms for moving a pusher element sideways between two opposite lateral positions at a desired sorting location.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Vanderlande Industries B.V.Inventors: Frits Franciscus Carolus Groot, Arnoldus Wilhelmus Johannes Hulsen, Marinus Adrianus Maria Potters, Erwin Hendrikus Petrus Martinus Johannes Van Schaijk, Petrus Theodorus Cornelis Vervoort
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Publication number: 20140309768Abstract: A sorting device for sorting products, comprising successive carrier units each provided with a load carrying platform having a front arcuate edge and a rear arcuate edge, the arcuate shape of the front edge of a load carrying platform matching the arcuate shape of the rear edge of a next load carrying platform located at the front side of the load carrying platform in question. Each load carrying platform is provided with a supporting surface between the front edge and the rear edge. The sorting device further comprises conveying means for conveying the load carrying platforms in a conveying direction along a conveying path and sorting means comprising an elongated pusher element for each load carrying platform for pushing a product to be sorted sideways off at least one supporting surface, using at least one pusher element, at a desired sorting location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Frits Franciscus Carolus Groot, Arnoldus Wilhelmus Johannes Hulsen, Marinus Adrianus Maria Potters, Erwin Hendrikus Petrus Martinus Johannes Van Schaijk, Petrus Theodorus Cornelis Vervoort
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Patent number: 6702095Abstract: A method and device for conveying packages supplied from at least one supply unit, via a transfer unit, to a switch unit formed by a conveyor, pivotable about a horizontal axis and in which the packages are carried to a first discharge conveyor in a first position of the switch unit and to a second discharge conveyor arranged above the first discharge conveyor in a second position of the switch unit. The method and device detect the size and the identity of the packages, and control the transport of the packages by the supply unit and/or the transfer unit influenced by the detecting of the size of the packages. The spacing between packages delivered to the switch unit that are carried to the same discharge conveyor is smaller than the spacing between packages delivered to the switch unit that are carried to a second discharge conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2001Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: Vanderlande Industries Nederland B.V.Inventors: Henricus Wilhelmus Marinus Van Heeswijk, Petrus Theodorus Cornelis Vervoort, Marinus Adrianus Maria Potters, Johannes Antonius Henricus Maria Van Keulen, Ivo Johannes Van Der Meulen, Marcus Wilhelmus Maria Van Hoorn, Johannes Martinus Maria Van Boxtel
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Publication number: 20020066638Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for conveying objects, which objects are supplied from at least one supply unit, via a transfer unit, to a switch unit by means of which the objects are carried to a first discharge unit in a first position of the switch unit and to a second discharge unit in a second position of the switch unit Detection means are provided for detecting the size of the objects being supplied by means of the supply unit and for detecting the identity of the objects being supplied in connection with the desired convey of the objects either to the first discharge unit and/or to the second discharge unit. Control means are provided for controlling the transport of the objects by means of the supply unit and/or the transfer unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2001Publication date: June 6, 2002Applicant: Vanderlande Industries Nederland B.V.Inventors: Henricus Wilhelmus Marinus Van Heeswijk, Petrus Theodorus Cornelis Vervoort, Marinus Adrianus Maria Potters, Johannes Antonius Henricus Maria Van Keulen, Ivo Johannes Van Der Meulen, Marcus Wilhelmus Maria Van Hoorn, Johannes Martinus Maria Van Boxtel