Patents by Inventor ROLF GAENZ

ROLF GAENZ 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: 10239710
    Abstract: A method for loading a pallet with different individual packs of a picked order includes a first method step in which the individual packs to be palletized are delivered in a conveyor cart, a second method step in which the individual packs are separated, positioned and prepared for palletizing in such a way that a palletizing station has access to all of the individual packs and a third method step in which the individual packs are picked in a sequence predetermined by the palletizing station and stacked on the pallet. A device for performing the method includes one or more palletizing stations with a storage device for the individual packs and with a continuous conveying loop acting as a conveying path for the conveyor cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: ATLANTIC C Handels—und Beratungs GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Gaenz
  • Publication number: 20160023851
    Abstract: A gripper head for transporting packages of articles includes a suction nozzle having a suction opening for attachment to a package side wall by suction. The suction opening extends in a vertical plane in a loading position of the gripper head. At least one carrying element can be passed under a package bottom and longitudinally displaced in a horizontal plane in the loading position of the gripper head. A device tilts the package of articles from the loading position into a gripping position. A suction tube, which is provided in addition to the suction nozzle, is configured to be pivoted out in a direction of the package of articles and is movable transversely across a width of the gripper head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventor: ROLF GAENZ
  • Publication number: 20160023853
    Abstract: A method for loading a pallet with different individual packs of a picked order includes a first method step in which the individual packs to be palletized are delivered in a conveyor cart, a second method step in which the individual packs are separated, positioned and prepared for palletizing in such a way that a palletizing station has access to all of the individual packs and a third method step in which the individual packs are picked in a sequence predetermined by the palletizing station and stacked on the pallet. A device for performing the method includes one or more palletizing stations with a storage device for the individual packs and with a continuous conveying loop acting as a conveying path for the conveyor cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventor: ROLF GAENZ