Patents by Inventor Rikkert GRAAFLAND

Rikkert GRAAFLAND 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).

  • Wrapping material feeding device and method with cleaning function
    Patent number: 10225989
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus and a feeding method are disclosed. The apparatus and the method feed wrapping material towards an inlet of a chamber. An object in this chamber is to be wrapped with wrapping material injected into the chamber. A wrapping material supplying unit supplies wrapping material from a reservoir towards the inlet such that a loose end area is formed. A drive drives a conveying surface of a wrapping material feeding unit either in a feeding direction or in a cleaning direction. If moved in the feeding direction, the conveying surface conveys the loose end area towards the inlet. If moved in the cleaning direction, the conveying surface cleans the inlet from debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Forage Company B.V.
    Inventors: Willem Jacobus Reijersen Van Buuren, Peter Rodewald, Malte Cornelius Schlichting, Rikkert Graafland
  • WRAPPING MATERIAL FEEDING DEVICE AND METHOD WITH CLEANING FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20150373917
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus and a feeding method are disclosed. The apparatus and the method feed wrapping material towards an inlet of a chamber. An object in this chamber is to be wrapped with wrapping material injected into the chamber. A wrapping material supplying unit supplies wrapping material from a reservoir towards the inlet such that a loose end area is formed. A drive drives a conveying surface of a wrapping material feeding unit either in a feeding direction or in a cleaning direction. If moved in the feeding direction, the conveying surface conveys the loose end area towards the inlet. If moved in the cleaning direction, the conveying surface cleans the inlet from debris.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: FORAGE INNOVATIONS B.V.
    Inventors: Willem Jacobus REIJERSEN VAN BUUREN, Peter RODEWALD, Malte Cornelius SCHLICHTING, Rikkert GRAAFLAND