Patents by Inventor Reiner Glotzl

Reiner Glotzl 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: 9643791
    Abstract: Device and a corresponding method for orienting containers having a noncircular cross-section, in particular bottles, which are transported along a transport path by way of neck handling, the device including at least one rotary device arranged along the transport path, the rotary device being stationary and including one or more stationary resilient rotary elements which are suitable for orienting a container in a specified direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Bruno Landler, Markus Schönfelder, Fabian Kolbinger, Sebastian Baumgartner, Reiner Glötzl
  • Publication number: 20160176651
    Abstract: Device and a corresponding method for orienting containers having a noncircular cross-section, in particular bottles, which are transported along a transport path by way of neck handling, the device including at least one rotary device arranged along the transport path, the rotary device being stationary and including one or more stationary resilient rotary elements which are suitable for orienting a container in a specified direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Bruno Landler, Markus Schönfelder, Fabian Kolbinger, Sebastian Baumgartner, Reiner Glötzl
  • Patent number: 8128142
    Abstract: A clamp for holding containers, having two rigid gripping arms that are pivotably supported about at least one axis in opposite direction and have clamp structures at one end, a force accumulator which is operative between the gripping arms, gripping-arm closing levers as extensions of the gripping arms towards the other axis side, a closing cam which is rotatable between the closing levers, with at least one closing lever being actuatable by the closing cam via an elastic deformation area, the deformation area is a section of an arm which acts on the closing cam and which is constructionally separated from the gripping arm and which is positively coupled with the gripping arm for joint pivotable movement, and a defined deformation space is provided at least in a substantially undeformed state of the section between a stop on the closing lever and the section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventor: Reiner Glotzl
  • Patent number: 8109697
    Abstract: An air conveyor for transporting plastic bottles, in which bottles are driven by applying air, in the area of the bottle openings. In a partial area of the air conveyor, means are provided to apply air to the bottle bodies. These means are arranged such that the bottles are essentially oriented vertically with the openings of the bottles facing upwards and the bottom of the bottles facing downwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Reiner Glötzl, Hermann Klarl, Andreas Seidl
  • Publication number: 20100007160
    Abstract: A clamp for holding containers, having two rigid gripping arms that are pivotably supported about at least one axis in opposite direction and have clamp structures at one end, a force accumulator which is operative between the gripping arms, gripping-arm closing levers as extensions of the gripping arms towards the other axis side, a closing cam which is rotatable between the closing levers, with at least one closing lever being actuatable by the closing cam via an elastic deformation area, the deformation area is a section of an arm which acts on the closing cam and which is constructionally separated from the gripping arm and which is positively coupled with the gripping arm for joint pivotable movement, and a defined deformation space is provided at least in a substantially undeformed state of the section between a stop on the closing lever and the section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: KRONES AG
    Inventor: Reiner Glotzl
  • Publication number: 20090092450
    Abstract: An air conveyor for transporting plastic bottles, in which bottles are driven by applying air in the area of the bottle openings. In a partial area of the air conveyor, means are provided to apply air to the bottle bodies. These means are arranged such that the bottles are essentially oriented vertically with the openings of the bottles facing upwards and the bottom of the bottles facing downwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Reiner Glotzl, Hermann Klarl, Andreas Seidl