Patents by Inventor Robert Winghart

Robert Winghart 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: 11825853
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suspension unit and a method for taking up and transporting sausage loops with a guide rail and hooks circulating around the guide rail, where the guide rail has an elongate front side and an oppositely disposed rear side. The guide rail is inclined relative to a horizontal plane such that the front side is at a higher level than the rear side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Merk, Manfred Baechtle, Gerhard Schliesser, Robert Winghart, Kurt Strohm, Florian Osswald
  • Patent number: 11528915
    Abstract: A closure module and a method for closing and/or separating filled sausage casings connected via a sausage neck, comprising two stamps movable relative to and towards each other and arranged such that a sausage neck can be placed therebetween, the stamps being capable of clamping the sausage neck in a closed condition, and further comprising a first and a second electrode, through which, in a closed condition of the stamps, a current can flow from the first electrode into the sausage neck and via the sausage neck into the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kurt Strohm, Gerhard Schliesser, Manfred Baechtle, Robert Winghart, Florian Osswald, Jochen Merk
  • Patent number: 11330823
    Abstract: A closure module and a method for closing and/or separating filled sausage casings connected via a sausage neck, comprising, in at least one example, a first electrode and a second electrode located opposite the first one, the electrodes being arranged such that a sausage neck can be placed therebetween and being adapted to be moved relative to each other and towards the sausage neck to such an extent that a current can flow from the first electrode into the sausage neck and via the sausage neck into the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kurt Strohm, Gerhard Schliesser, Manfred Baechtle, Robert Winghart, Florian Osswald, Jochen Merk
  • Publication number: 20210352921
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suspension unit and a method for taking up and transporting sausage loops with a guide rail and hooks circulating around the guide rail, where the guide rail has an elongate front side and an oppositely disposed rear side. The guide rail is inclined relative to a horizontal plane such that the front side is at a higher level than the rear side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jochen MERK, Manfred BAECHTLE, Gerhard SCHLIESSER, Robert WINGHART, Kurt STROHM, Florian OSSWALD
  • Patent number: 11109597
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suspension unit and a method for taking up and transporting sausage loops with a guide rail and hooks circulating around the guide rail, where the guide rail has an elongate front side and an oppositely disposed rear side. The guide rail is inclined relative to a horizontal plane such that the front side is at a higher level than the rear side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Merk, Manfred Baechtle, Gerhard Schliesser, Robert Winghart, Kurt Strohm, Florian Osswald
  • Patent number: 10888097
    Abstract: A filling machine includes a suspension device, and is operable to suspend sausages, in particular sausage chains, with a plurality of circulating suspension hooks. The suspension device includes an integrated weighing unit for weighing at least one sausage or at least one sausage chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Florian Osswald, Robert Winghart, Klaus Schmid, Kurt Strohm, Jochen Merk, Gerhard Schliesser
  • Publication number: 20200000107
    Abstract: A closure module and a method for closing and/or separating filled sausage casings connected via a sausage neck, comprising, in at least one example, a first electrode and a second electrode located opposite the first one, the electrodes being arranged such that a sausage neck can be placed therebetween and being adapted to be moved relative to each other and towards the sausage neck to such an extent that a current can flow from the first electrode into the sausage neck and via the sausage neck into the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kurt STROHM, Gerhard SCHLIESSER, Manfred BAECHTLE, Robert WINGHART, Florian OSSWALD, Jochen MERK
  • Publication number: 20200000108
    Abstract: A closure module and a method for closing and/or separating filled sausage casings connected via a sausage neck, comprising two stamps movable relative to and towards each other and arranged such that a sausage neck can be placed therebetween, the stamps being capable of clamping the sausage neck in a closed condition, and further comprising a first and a second electrode, through which, in a closed condition of the stamps, a current can flow from the first electrode into the sausage neck and via the sausage neck into the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kurt STROHM, Gerhard SCHLIESSER, Manfred BAECHTLE, Robert WINGHART, Florian OSSWALD, Jochen MERK
  • Publication number: 20190000093
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suspension unit and a method for taking up and transporting sausage loops with a guide rail and hooks circulating around the guide rail, where the guide rail has an elongate front side and an oppositely disposed rear side. The guide rail is inclined relative to a horizontal plane such that the front side is at a higher level than the rear side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Jochen MERK, Manfred BAECHTLE, Gerhard SCHLIESSER, Robert WINGHART, Kurt STROHM, Florian OSSWALD
  • Publication number: 20180125081
    Abstract: A filling machine includes a suspension device, and is operable to suspend sausages, in particular sausage chains, with a plurality of circulating suspension hooks. The suspension device includes an integrated weighing unit for weighing at least one sausage or at least one sausage chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Florian OSSWALD, Robert WINGHART, Klaus SCHMID, Kurt STROHM, Jochen MERK, Gerhard SCHLIESSER
  • Patent number: 9017151
    Abstract: A filling machine for sausages, having a filling tube and a unit for removing a filling material plait exiting the filling tube end during a filling process interruption, where the removing unit includes a separator element by means of which the filling material plait can be removed when a relative movement is executed between the filling tube end and the separator element, the separator element including at least one filling material adhesion surface to which filling material is transferable and adherable, and the adhesion surface has associated therewith a cleaning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerhard Schliesser, Andreas Betz, Manfred Baechtle, Florian Osswald, Robert Winghart
  • Publication number: 20140213162
    Abstract: A filling machine for sausages, having a filling tube and a unit for removing a filling material plait exiting the filling tube end during a filling process interruption, where the removing unit includes a separator element by means of which the filling material plait can be removed when a relative movement is executed between the filling tube end and the separator element, the separator element including at least one filling material adhesion surface to which filling material is transferable and adherable, and the adhesion surface has associated therewith a cleaning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Betz, Gerhard Schliesser, Manfred Baechtle, Florian Osswald, Robert Winghart