Patents by Inventor Reinhard Wilzeck

Reinhard Wilzeck 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: 10538393
    Abstract: An apparatus for transporting containers or packs of containers includes an endlessly circulating belt driven by a drive. A mark marks a position on the belt and a sensor detects the mark. A controller receives data from the drive's rotation-angle detector and from the sensor. It then uses this data to either determine an extent to which the belt has elongated or to control the drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Wagner, Andreas Linder, Dominik Thiesing, Thomas Lelie, Josef Düpper, Reinhard Wilzeck
  • Publication number: 20190210813
    Abstract: An apparatus for transporting containers or packs of containers includes an endlessly circulating belt driven by a drive. A mark marks a position on the belt and a sensor detects the mark. A controller receives data from the drive's rotation-angle detector and from the sensor. It then uses this data to either determine an extent to which the belt has elongated or to control the drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan Wagner, Andreas Linder, Dominik Thiesing, Thomas Lelie, Josef Düpper, Reinhard Wilzeck
  • Patent number: 9738404
    Abstract: An apparatus for at least partially folding outer packaging includes a conveyor that transports the outer packaging, a first folder, a second folder, and a set of one or more rotating folders that are part of the second folder. The first folders swivel on the conveyor and fold a front side segment of the outer package that adjoins its base segment and connecting segments that are hinged relative to the base segment. The second folders are above the conveyor device and are configured to fold connecting segments that are hinged relative to the base segment of the outer package. The second folders act on the front side segment of the outer package in a direction oriented against an effective direction of the first folding device around a fold line running in the particular connecting segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Koster, Reinhard Wilzeck
  • Publication number: 20140290178
    Abstract: An apparatus for at least partially folding outer packaging includes a conveyor that transports the outer packaging, a first folder, a second folder, and a set of one or more rotating folders that are part of the second folder. The first folders swivel on the conveyor and fold a front side segment of the outer package that adjoins its base segment and connecting segments that are hinged relative to the base segment. The second folders are above the conveyor device and are configured to fold connecting segments that are hinged relative to the base segment of the outer package. The second folders act on the front side segment of the outer package in a direction oriented against an effective direction of the first folding device around a fold line running in the particular connecting segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Christoph Koster, Reinhard Wilzeck
  • Patent number: 7574843
    Abstract: A beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles with a liquid beverage material with a packing apparatus for packing filled bottles and a method of operation thereof. Further, a method of manufacturing and stacking packaging units with increased stability is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: KHS Maschinen- und Anlagenbau AG
    Inventors: Christoph Koster, Josef Düpper, Alexander Brüker, Reinhard Wilzeck, Michael Jörissen
  • Publication number: 20070169433
    Abstract: A beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles with a liquid beverage material with packing apparatus for packing filled bottles and a method of operation thereof. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: CHRISTOPH KOSTER, JOSEF DUPPER, ALEXANDER BRUKER, REINHARD WILZECK, MICHAEL JORISSEN