Patents by Inventor Roland Topf

Roland Topf 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: 9078943
    Abstract: A hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) supply arrangement which has a storage container for the H2O2 and metering valves designed to meter doses of H2O2 to a plurality of article sterilization devices. The H2O2 supply arrangement also has a line arrangement which connects the storage container to the metering valves. The line arrangement is designed so as to conduct H2O2 to the metering valves, but also to cycle H2O2 not metered or dosed out by the metering valves back into the H2O2 storage container in a cyclical manner. The H2O2 supply arrangement is designed in this manner to minimize decomposition of the H2O2, and thus minimize waste and improve accuracy of the metered doses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Herold, Roland Topf
  • Publication number: 20110182710
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for swiveling a bottle (2) from a suspended position to an overhead position and back, said bottle being conveyed in a gripper. The aim of the invention is to devise a device of the above type which is compact for the bottles conveyed in the grippers so that it can be used in a different station where it is necessary to swivel the bottle but not necessarily to supply it to a rinser. The device according to the invention has a gripper (4) which is mounted on a rotational element (6) having a shaft (7), a gear or the like actively connected supporting arm (5), the rotational element (6) being driven by a drive element (8) and being arranged on a spider (12) or the like which is located in immediate proximity outside the rinser (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Fahldieck, Peter Fried, Roland Topf
  • Publication number: 20100205907
    Abstract: A beverage bottle or container filling plant having a beverage bottle or container treatment arrangement and a method of operating a beverage bottle or container filling plant. 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: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas HEROLD, Roland TOPF
  • Patent number: 7360345
    Abstract: A treatment device handles and treats bottle or container caps, which treatment device may be used in a capping machine in a beverage bottle or container filling plant. The treatment device transports the caps on carrier rings and transfer chutes inside a housing, which has a flow of treatment gas traveling therethrough to treat the caps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: KHS Maschinen- und Anlagenbau AG
    Inventor: Roland Topf
  • Publication number: 20060266003
    Abstract: A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material having a filling machine with a filling control element. 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: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Roland Topf, Matthias Bestmann
  • Patent number: 7089715
    Abstract: A beverage bottling plant and method for filling bottles with a liquid beverage having a treatment device for beverage container caps. The treatment device for treating beverage container caps includes a first tower and a second tower provided with parallel axes and driven at the same peripheral speed. Transfer chutes are provided that emerge with their ends onto carrier rings of different towers, which chutes transfer caps from each tier of the first tower to a tier of the second tower, and from there, optionally via at least one additional tower and transfer chutes, to the next-lower tier of first tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: KHS Maschinen- Und Anlagenbau AG
    Inventor: Roland Topf
  • Publication number: 20050247028
    Abstract: A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage material having a treatment device for the treatment of bottle caps. 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: February 18, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventor: Roland Topf
  • Publication number: 20050161110
    Abstract: A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage having a treatment device for beverage container caps. 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: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventor: Roland Topf