Patents by Inventor Reinhold Weichbrodt

Reinhold Weichbrodt 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: 11091321
    Abstract: A motor-driven conveyor roller for conveyor systems for conveying containers, pallets, and the like, includes a drum tube with a cavity formed therein and a longitudinal axis, a shaft which extends in the longitudinal axis and on which the drum tube is supported by at least one bearing, and an electric drive unit arranged in the cavity. The motor-driven conveyor includes a cooling sleeve which is fixed radially inwardly to the drum tube and at least partially radially surrounds the drive unit so that a radial air gap is formed between the drive unit and the cooling sleeve. The disclosure also relates to a manufacturing process for such a conveyor roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: INTERROLL HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Ralf Dorok, Reinhold Weichbrodt
  • Patent number: 10926959
    Abstract: A motor-driven conveying roller for conveying installations for conveying containers, pallets and the like, having a roller body, of which the outer circumferential surface constitutes a bearing surface for articles, having a drive unit, which is arranged within an interior of the roller body, and having a coupling unit, which is designed to transmit a torque from the drive unit to an inner circumferential surface of the interior of the roller body and has a coupling bushing, which has a drive portion, connected to the drive unit, and an outer peripheral output portion, wherein the coupling bushing is connected to the inner circumferential surface of the roller body in a frictionally fitting and/or integral manner, for torque-transmitting purposes, only at certain points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: INTERROLL HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Harry Lindemann, Dominik Langensiepen, Reinhold Weichbrodt
  • Publication number: 20200270065
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor-driven conveyor roller (1) for conveyor systems for conveying containers, pallets and the like, comprising a drum tube (2) with a cavity formed therein and a longitudinal axis (A), a shaft (4) which extends in the longitudinal axis (A) and on which the drum tube (2) is supported by means of at least one bearing (6), and an electric drive unit (14) arranged in the cavity. The invention is characterized by a cooling sleeve (30) which is fixed radially inwardly to the drum tube (2) and at least partially radially surrounds the drive unit (14) so that a radial air gap (S) is formed between the drive unit (14) and the cooling sleeve (30). The invention also concerns a manufacturing process for such a conveyor roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: INTERROLL HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Ralf Dorok, Reinhold Weichbrodt
  • Publication number: 20200102151
    Abstract: A motor-driven conveying roller for conveying installations for conveying containers, pallets and the like, having a roller body, of which the outer circumferential surface constitutes a bearing surface for articles, having a drive unit, which is arranged within an interior of the roller body, and having a coupling unit, which is designed to transmit a torque from the drive unit to an inner circumferential surface of the interior of the roller body and has a coupling bushing, which has a drive portion, connected to the drive unit, and an outer peripheral output portion, wherein the coupling bushing is connected to the inner circumferential surface of the roller body in a frictionally fitting and/or integral manner, for torque-transmitting purposes, only at certain points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: INTERROLL HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Harry Lindemann, Dominik Langensiepen, Reinhold Weichbrodt
  • Patent number: 9493305
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conveyor roller for conveyor installations for the purpose of conveying containers, pallets and the like, comprising a roller body with a roller axis, the outer peripheral area of which represents a bearing surface for items to be conveyed, and a head element that is inserted with an insertion section having a cylindrical outer surface into a hollow end of the roller body, whereby the insertion section of the head element has a reinforcement element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: INTERROLL HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Reinhold Weichbrodt, Georg Malina
  • Publication number: 20140251765
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conveyor roller for conveyor installations for the purpose of conveying containers, pallets and the like, comprising a roller body with a roller axis, the outer peripheral area of which represents a bearing surface for items to be conveyed, and a head element that is inserted with an insertion section having a cylindrical outer surface into a hollow end of the roller body, whereby the insertion section of the head element has a reinforcement element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: INTERROLL Holding AG
    Inventors: Reinhold WEICHBRODT, Georg MALINA
  • Patent number: 8172064
    Abstract: A drift conveyor (1) has rollers (14) introduced into bearings (13) of a frame (12). An axle (143) of the roller (14) is received in a receptacle (1310) of the bearing (13), and a roller plate (15) presses the bearing (13) so that a first sealing region (1308) of the bearing (13) contacts a sealing region (152) of the roller plate (15). A rotary fastening region of the bearing (13) contacts a fastening region (153a) of the roller plate (15) and a second sealing region of the bearing (13) contacts the frame sealing region. One side of the bearing (13) has the receptacle (1310), the first sealing region (1308) and a rotary fastening region that prevents rotation of the bearing (13) with respect to the roller plate (15). An opposite side of the bearing (13) has a second region for sealing between the bearing (13) and the frame (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Interroll Holding AG
    Inventor: Reinhold Weichbrodt
  • Publication number: 20090321216
    Abstract: A drift conveyor (1) has rollers (14) introduced into bearings (13) of a frame (12). An axle (143) of the roller (14) is received in a receptacle (1310) of the bearing (13), and a roller plate (15) presses the bearing (13) so that a first sealing region (1308) of the bearing (13) contacts a sealing region (152) of the roller plate (15). A rotary fastening region of the bearing (13) contacts a fastening region (153a) of the roller plate (15) and a second sealing region of the bearing (13) contacts the frame sealing region. One side of the bearing (13) has the receptacle (1310), the first sealing region (1308) and a rotary fastening region that prevents rotation of the bearing (13) with respect to the roller plate (15). An opposite side of the bearing (13) has a second region for sealing between the bearing (13) and the frame (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: Reinhold Weichbrodt