Patents by Inventor Reiner Kahl

Reiner Kahl 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).

  • Device for intermediately storing and conveying containers at least in one conveying direction
    Patent number: 12291405
    Abstract: A device for intermediately storing and conveying containers in at least one conveying direction includes a multi-row intermediate storage device. The device also includes container outlet lanes arranged, in a conveying direction, downstream of the multi-row intermediate storage device. The device also includes at least one movable container outlet link each configured to receive containers from at least one row of the multi-row intermediate storage device, and to discharge and distribute the containers to a plurality of the container outlet lanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Martin Seger, Michael Jogsch, Reiner Kahl, Nicolò Verza
  • DEVICE FOR INTERMEDIATELY STORING AND CONVEYING CONTAINERS AT LEAST IN ONE CONVEYING DIRECTION
    Publication number: 20230339702
    Abstract: A device for intermediately storing and conveying containers in at least one conveying direction includes a multi-row intermediate storage device. The device also includes container outlet lanes arranged, in a conveying direction, downstream of the multi-row intermediate storage device. The device also includes at least one movable container outlet link each configured to receive containers from at least one row of the multi-row intermediate storage device, and to discharge and distribute the containers to a plurality of the container outlet lanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Martin Seger, Michael Jogsch, Reiner Kahl, Nicolò Verza
  • Drive for a transport device, set of drives and method for driving a transport device
    Patent number: 9790032
    Abstract: A drive for a transport device, such as a conveyor belt, the drive including an external rotor motor having a stator and a rotor, and a gear unit having a shaft and an input drive gear. A set of drives in which external rotor motors of different sizes, including stators of identical diameter and different heights with corresponding rotors, and/or gear units having different speed-increasing stages or speed-reducing stages, are provided. Also, a method for driving a transport device using the drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Franz Lautenschlager, Hartmut Davidson, Johann Hüttner, Martin Seger, Reiner Kahl, Johannes Vierheilig
  • DRIVE FOR A TRANSPORT DEVICE, SET OF DRIVES AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A TRANSPORT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160046448
    Abstract: A drive for a transport device, such as a conveyor belt, the drive including an external rotor motor having a stator and a rotor, and a gear unit having a shaft and an input drive gear. A set of drives in which external rotor motors of different sizes, including stators of identical diameter and different heights with corresponding rotors, and/or gear units having different speed-increasing stages or speed-reducing stages, are provided. Also, a method for driving a transport device using the drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Franz Lautenschlager, Hartmut Davidson, Johann Hüttner, Martin Seger, Reiner Kahl, Johannes Vierheilig