Patents by Inventor Theodorus Johannes Gerardus Maria Rovers

Theodorus Johannes Gerardus Maria Rovers 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).

  • Apparatus and a method for collating and cartonning product units
    Patent number: 6929111
    Abstract: Apparatus for collating and cartonning product units comprising: product infeed means adapted to dispense a succession of discrete product units; one or more servo-trains, the or each servo-train comprising a plurality of buckets in which each bucket is adapted to receive a predetermined number of product units from the product infeed means to form a product group; first conveying means for conveying said one or more servo-trains between a loading station juxtaposed said product infeed means and a dispensing station; cartonning means comprising second conveying means adapted for transporting a succession of cartons juxtaposed said dispensing station; driving means associated with said first conveying means; controlling means for controlling operation of the driving means such that when a servo-train is positioned at the loading station, said servo-train is moved intermittently in synchronisation with the product infeed means for collating product units into the buckets, and after loading of the servo-train is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Langenpac NV
    Inventor: Theodorus Johannes Gerardus Maria Rovers
  • Apparatus and a method for collating and cartonning product units
    Publication number: 20040225406
    Abstract: Apparatus for collating and cartonning product units comprising: product infeed means adapted to dispense a succession of discrete product units; one or more servo-trains, the or each servo-train comprising a plurality of buckets in which each bucket is adapted to receive a predetermined number of product units from the product infeed means to form a product group; first conveying means for conveying said one or more servo-trains between a loading station juxtaposed said product infeed means and a dispensing station; cartonning means comprising second conveying means adapted for transporting a succession of cartons juxtaposed said dispensing station; driving means associated with said first conveying means; controlling means for controlling operation of the driving means such that when a servo-train is positioned at the loading station, said servo-train is moved intermittently in synchronisation with the product infeed means for collating product units into the buckets, and after loading of the servo-train is
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventor: Theodorus Johannes Gerardus Maria Rovers