Patents by Inventor Roberto Fenile

Roberto Fenile 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: 12246921
    Abstract: A transport device for transporting bulk products includes a fixed supply portion and a fixed discharge portion which is arranged downstream in a conveying direction and an ejection device including a first and second ejection unit which are arranged in the conveying direction. The first ejection unit includes a fixed or movable end which is arranged adjacent to the fixed supply portion and a movable end which is arranged downstream thereof, and the second ejection unit includes a movable end which is arranged adjacent to and downstream of the first ejection unit and a fixed or movable end which is arranged downstream thereof adjacent to the fixed discharge portion, wherein the first and second ejection unit each include a drive unit for independently driving the respective ejection unit and by moving apart the movable end of the first ejection unit and the movable end of the second ejection unit forms a gap through which bulk products are ejected from the transport device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Roberto Fenile
  • Publication number: 20250011105
    Abstract: A station (3) for managing the load of transport units of a conveyor system includes a first conveyor (21) and a second conveyor (25) with a plurality of transport units (4, 4?, 4?); at least one transfer station (31), arranged for receiving units of goods (9), wherein the at least one transfer station (31) has a third conveyor (32) for conveying units of goods (9); a retrieval station (36) for retrieving units of goods from a transport unit (4?) of the first conveyor (21) and for transferring the retrieved units of goods to said transfer station; and a transfer station (37, 37?) for transferring units of goods from said transfer station to a transport unit (4, 4?) of the second conveyor. The first conveyor (21) and the second conveyor (25) are functionally connected by a conveyor system (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Roberto FENILE
  • Publication number: 20240400306
    Abstract: An order picking system (1) for the transportation and stacked provision of piece good (W) includes a feeding device (2) with a suspension conveyor (2.1) for providing the piece good (W) and a delivery station (2.2) for discharging the piece good (W) from the suspension conveyor (2.1) to a stacking device (3) for stacking the conveyed piece good (W), wherein the piece good (W) is stacked vertically on a stacking spot (3.1) by the stacking device (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Marc-Andreas BENZ, Roberto FENILE
  • Publication number: 20240311753
    Abstract: An order picking system (1) for transporting and providing general cargo (S, S?) and associated method includes a feeding device (2) with a suspension conveyor (21) for feeding the general cargo (S, S?), and a delivery station (22) for delivering the general cargo (S, S?) from the suspension conveyor (2.1) to a transfer device (3) for grouping the conveyed general cargo (S, S?), which transfer device (3) includes a horizontally movable transfer element (31) by which the general cargo (S, S?) can be grouped gravity-driven onto a grouping space (P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Marcel RAMSEIER, Simon GUHL, Roberto FENILE
  • Patent number: 12077387
    Abstract: A conveyor system for conveying articles, which conveyor system includes a transport device for transporting articles along a predefined path. The transport device includes at least one running rail and at least one running carriage which is attachable to the running rail. The running carriage is configured to run in a conveying direction (F) along the running rail and to convey at least one article. The conveyor system furthermore includes a drivable carrier device which is arranged at least in regions along the running rail and is intended for carrying along the running carriage of the transport device. The carrier device includes at least one carrier element with a freely rotatable carrier roller, wherein the freely rotatable carrier roller can be brought into engagement (E) with the running carriage in order to carry along the running carriage along the running rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Roberto Fenile
  • Publication number: 20240262399
    Abstract: A distance optimization device (20, 20a-20e) for overhead transport elements (23, 23a-23e), in particular within an overhead conveyor (22), includes at least one sensor unit (21), at least one distance adjustment element (27), and at least one control unit (39). The at least one control unit is designed to control the at least one distance adjustment element on the basis of measurements of the at least one sensor unit of the free space between two adjacent overhead transport elements (23, 23a-23e), so that the distance between the adjacent overhead transport elements (23, 23a-23e) is adjusted in an adaptable and parametrized manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Roberto FENILE
  • Publication number: 20240067463
    Abstract: A conveying facility with a feed conveying device, a take-over conveying device and a control device, for transferring horizontally or lying conveyed goods from the feed conveying device to the take-over conveying device, wherein the conveying facility forms a transfer region, in which the conveyed goods are transferred from the feed conveying device to the take-over conveying device. The conveying facility includes a transfer assistance device which is designed to act in the transfer region by way of pressurised gas from below onto at least one conveyed good being moved past.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Markus Bretz, Roberto Fenile
  • Patent number: 11878876
    Abstract: A device for emptying transport bags conveyed in a suspended manner, includes a conveying system via which transport bags may be supplied in a suspended manner along a conveying path. The transport bags have a pocket that is open at the top when in the filled state and a front side. A circulating conveyor belt for receiving piece good units transported in the transport bags is included, and in a contact section, the conveying paths of the conveying system and the conveyor belt are situated relative to one another in such a way that the distance between the conveying paths of the conveying system and the conveyor belt become continuously smaller, so that when a transport bag is conveyed along the contact section, the front side of the pocket of the transport bag contacts and comes to rest on the conveyor belt, and the transport bag is thereby pivoted backwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Roberto Fenile, Erwin Stauber
  • Publication number: 20240002161
    Abstract: A conveyor system for conveyed goods, in particular for parcel pieces and packages, is disclosed. The conveyor system includes at least one conveyor device, which includes at least one cluster module and at least one control unit connected to the conveyor device. The conveyor system has a superordinate control system which is connected to the at least one control unit in terms of control technology, so that an adjustment of the position of a conveyed good and/or spacing between adjacent conveyed goods occurs on the basis of control commands from the control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Markus BRETZ, Martin Ruge, Roberto Fenile
  • Publication number: 20240002171
    Abstract: A drivable roller having a cylindrical surface for use in a conveyor system for steering conveyed materials conveyed horizontally across the roller, and an arrangement including such a roller. The roller can be connected to a vacuum device and has at least one vacuum opening for generating a vacuum in the region of the cylindrical surface and which opens into the cylindrical surface of the roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Roberto Fenile
  • Patent number: 11760578
    Abstract: A device for transferring units of goods has a suspended conveyor system on which conveyor units can be conveyed in a suspended manner along a continuous conveyor path. In an entry region, supplied conveyor units can be provided for further processing. Downstream of said entry region, a transfer device is provided in a transfer region, with which units of goods can be transferred into and/or out of a conveyor unit located in the transfer region. Downstream of said transfer region, processed conveyor units can be provided in an exit region for further use. The absolute alignment in space of a conveyor unit in the entry region and in the transfer region are substantially the same, and the relative alignment in relation to the conveying direction in the entry region and the transfer region are substantially different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Roberto Fenile, Martin Ruge
  • Publication number: 20230135404
    Abstract: A conveyor system for conveying articles, which conveyor system includes a transport device for transporting articles along a predefined path. The transport device includes at least one running rail and at least one running carriage which is attachable to the running rail. The running carriage is configured to run in a conveying direction (F) along the running rail and to convey at least one article. The conveyor system furthermore includes a drivable carrier device which is arranged at least in regions along the running rail and is intended for carrying along the running carriage of the transport device. The carrier device includes at least one carrier element with a freely rotatable carrier roller, wherein the freely rotatable carrier roller can be brought into engagement (E) with the running carriage in order to carry along the running carriage along the running rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Roberto FENILE
  • Publication number: 20230113012
    Abstract: A transport device for transporting bulk products includes a fixed supply portion and a fixed discharge portion which is arranged downstream in a conveying direction and an ejection device including a first and second ejection unit which are arranged in the conveying direction. The first ejection unit includes a fixed or movable end which is arranged adjacent to the fixed supply portion and a movable end which is arranged downstream thereof, and the second ejection unit includes a movable end which is arranged adjacent to and downstream of the first ejection unit and a fixed or movable end which is arranged downstream thereof adjacent to the fixed discharge portion, wherein the first and second ejection unit each include a drive unit for independently driving the respective ejection unit and by moving apart the movable end of the first ejection unit and the movable end of the second ejection unit forms a gap through which bulk products are ejected from the transport device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Roberto FENILE
  • Publication number: 20220332520
    Abstract: A device for emptying transport bags conveyed in a suspended manner, includes a conveying system via which transport bags may be supplied in a suspended manner along a conveying path. The transport bags have a pocket that is open at the top when in the filled state and a front side. A circulating conveyor belt for receiving piece good units transported in the transport bags is included, and in a contact section, the conveying paths of the conveying system and the conveyor belt are situated relative to one another in such a way that the distance between the conveying paths of the conveying system and the conveyor belt become continuously smaller, so that when a transport bag is conveyed along the contact section, the front side of the pocket of the transport bag contacts and comes to rest on the conveyor belt, and the transport bag is thereby pivoted backwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Roberto FENILE, Erwin Stauber
  • Publication number: 20220234834
    Abstract: A device for transferring units of goods has a suspended conveyor system on which conveyor units can be conveyed in a suspended manner along a continuous conveyor path. In an entry region, supplied conveyor units can be provided for further processing. Downstream of said entry region, a transfer device is provided in a transfer region, with which units of goods can be transferred into and/or out of a conveyor unit located in the transfer region. Downstream of said transfer region, processed conveyor units can be provided in an exit region for further use. The absolute alignment in space of a conveyor unit in the entry region and in the transfer region are substantially the same, and the relative alignment in relation to the conveying direction in the entry region and the transfer region are substantially different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Roberto FENILE, Martin Ruge
  • Patent number: 11299350
    Abstract: A transport bag (10) for a suspended conveyor system, particularly a rail-guided conveyor system or a transport chain conveyor system, has a conveyor member, particularly a carriage (20) of a rail-guided (41) conveyor system or a conveyor chain link of a transport chain conveyor system, and a transport bag (10) having a receiving region for receiving one or a plurality of units of goods (91). The transport bag is attached, via a suspension means (17), in a suspended manner to a carrying means (23) of the conveyor member. The transport bag has two frame brackets (15, 16) which are pivotally connected to the suspension means. The two frame brackets (15, 16) are substantially 2-fold rotationally symmetrical to one another, but not mirror symmetrical to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Roberto Fenile, Martin Ruge
  • Patent number: 11267658
    Abstract: A device for emptying transport bags conveyed in a suspended manner, includes a conveying system via which transport bags may be supplied in a suspended manner along a conveying path. The transport bags have a pocket that is open at the top when in the filled state and a front side. A circulating conveyor belt for receiving piece good units transported in the transport bags is included, and in a contact section, the conveying paths of the conveying system and the conveyor belt are situated relative to one another in such a way that the distance between the conveying paths of the conveying system and the conveyor belt become continuously smaller, so that when a transport bag is conveyed along the contact section, the front side of the pocket of the transport bag contacts and comes to rest on the conveyor belt, and the transport bag is thereby pivoted backwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Roberto Fenile, Erwin Stauber
  • Patent number: 11180322
    Abstract: A conveying device (100) for the clock-integration of transport units (1, 1.1-1.4), includes a plurality of transport units, an indexing conveyor (2) for the clocked conveyance of the transport units, the indexing conveyor having a plurality of carriers (21, 21.1), which are respectively detachably connectable to a transport unit, at least one conveyor section (3), and a diverter (4), via which the conveyor section is connected at a clock-integration point (E) to the indexing conveyor and which is configured to clock-integrate the transport units at the clock-integration point into the indexing conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Gallati, Roberto Fenile
  • Publication number: 20210171292
    Abstract: A device for emptying transport bags conveyed in a suspended manner, includes a conveying system via which transport bags may be supplied in a suspended manner along a conveying path. The transport bags have a pocket that is open at the top when in the filled state and a front side. A circulating conveyor belt for receiving piece good units transported in the transport bags is included, and in a contact section, the conveying paths of the conveying system and the conveyor belt are situated relative to one another in such a way that the distance between the conveying paths of the conveying system and the conveyor belt become continuously smaller, so that when a transport bag is conveyed along the contact section, the front side of the pocket of the transport bag contacts and comes to rest on the conveyor belt, and the transport bag is thereby pivoted backwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Roberto FENILE, Erwin STAUBER
  • Publication number: 20210053763
    Abstract: A transport bag (10) for a suspended conveyor system, particularly a rail-guided conveyor system or a transport chain conveyor system, has a conveyor member, particularly a carriage (20) of a rail-guided (41) conveyor system or a conveyor chain link of a transport chain conveyor system, and a transport bag (10) having a receiving region for receiving one or a plurality of units of goods (91). The transport bag is attached, via a suspension means (17), in a suspended manner to a carrying means (23) of the conveyor member. The transport bag has two frame brackets (15, 16) which are pivotally connected to the suspension means. The two frame brackets (15, 16) are substantially 2-fold rotationally symmetrical to one another, but not mirror symmetrical to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: FERAGAG
    Inventors: Roberto FENILE, Martin RUGE