Patents by Inventor Thomas Bruns

Thomas Bruns 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: 11161651
    Abstract: A pinch bottom sack fillable with bulk good includes a sleeve with at least one area element, wherein the sleeve includes a mesh and the area element a handle means including a load element at which a load force is applicable for lifting the sack, and the load element is configured such that it extends at least in some areas at least in a load condition in which the load force acts at the load element opposite to an outer side of the area element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Windmöller & Hölscher KG
    Inventors: Thomas Bruns, Peter Lüttmann
  • Publication number: 20170361994
    Abstract: A pinch bottom sack fillable with bulk good includes a sleeve with at least one area element, wherein the sleeve includes a mesh and the area element a handle means including a load element at which a load force is applicable for lifting the sack, and the load element is configured such that it extends at least in some areas at least in a load condition in which the load force acts at the load element opposite to an outer side of the area element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Bruns, Peter Lüttmann
  • Publication number: 20150210415
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the alignment of a minimum of one packaging container, specifically a bag, during which the filled packaging container is moved in a horizontal direction in such a way that the packaging container has an infeed side at the front in the direction of movement and a rear side, whereby the filled packaging containers being fed to an aligning unit. A minimum of one gripper is approaching an upper edge of the packaging container and the position of the upper edge of the packaging container is being detected by sensors. The gripper is aligned to the upper edge of the packaging container and the packaging container is grasped by the aligned gripper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventor: Thomas Bruns
  • Patent number: 8753010
    Abstract: A packaging container, in particular a gusseted bag, has a container wall for wrapping filling material and a carrier handle arranged with its handle ends on the container wall. The carrier handle (18, 31) is a carrier strip, with handle ends (19, 20, 32, 33) that are routed via openings (21, 22, 34, 35) in the container wall (2) into the inside of the container. The handle ends in the vicinity of the openings have cutouts (23, 23?, 24, 24?, 36, 36?) that respectively reduce the carrier strip width. End sections (25, 26, 38, 39) of each handle end (19, 20, 32, 33) are routed into the inside of the container and are turned over such that the openings (21, 22, 34, 35) in the container wall (2) are covered from the inside. Each folded end section (25, 26, 38, 39) is sealed to the container wall by a one joint seam (27, 27?, 40, 40?) which runs at a distance to the respective opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Peel Plastic Products Limited
    Inventor: Thomas Bruns
  • Publication number: 20120275728
    Abstract: A packaging container, in particular a gusseted bag, has a container wall for wrapping filling material and a carrier handle arranged with its handle ends on the container wall. The carrier handle (18, 31) is a carrier strip, with handle ends (19, 20, 32, 33) that are routed via openings (21, 22, 34, 35) in the container wall (2) into the inside of the container. The handle ends in the vicinity of the openings have cutouts (23, 23?, 24, 24?, 36, 36?) that respectively reduce the carrier strip width. End sections (25, 26, 38, 39) of each handle end (19, 20, 32, 33) are routed into the inside of the container and are turned over such that the openings (21, 22, 34, 35) in the container wall (2) are covered from the inside. Each folded end section (25, 26, 38, 39) is sealed to the container wall by a one joint seam (27, 27?, 40, 40?) which runs at a distance to the respective opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventor: Thomas Bruns
  • Publication number: 20070285857
    Abstract: A power distribution protection system and method uses communications to coordinate operation of fault protection devices. Communications may be prioritized wherein messages of a lower priority are held or discarded in favor of messages of a higher priority, for example, messages indicating a fault condition. The devices may use multiple channel access schemes in accordance with a priority of a message to be communicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Donald Berkowitz, Michael Ennis, Michael Meisinger, James Niemira, Raymond O'Leary, Thomas Bruns, William Walburg
  • Publication number: 20070133908
    Abstract: A method for producing a package made of a flexible material, in which a single flexible material web is folded longitudinally, and superposed layers of the folded material web are firmly bonded to one another. At least one section of the material web is constructed as a tubular piece, and individual gusset edges of the material web are at least partly cut. Tubular pieces of a predetermined length are cut from the material web, in the area of at least one opening of the tubular piece. The outer layers are turned over, and layers of the material located therebetween are shortened. A sealing element is applied to the ends of the shortened layers and brought in contact with one of the outer layers. The shortened ends are closed after re-turning the outer layers, and fixed to a respective outer layer. Predefined regions of superposed layers of the tubular piece are then firmly bonded to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventor: Thomas Bruns
  • Patent number: 6565281
    Abstract: A device for working road surfaces comprising an automotive running gear (2) with a working roll (4) enclosed by a cover (8) forming a working chamber (6), and a drive motor for providing the power required for driving the working roll (4) and the travel, it is provided that a plurality of adjacent mixing components with foam outlet nozzles (14) for producing foamed bitumen are arranged in an upper portion of the cover (8), hot bitumen supplied from a bitumen reservoir via supply lines (16, 42) and a bitumen injection nozzle (18) together with water supplied from a water reservoir via a water injection nozzle (22) may be mixed under pressure in an expansion chamber (26) of the mixing components, and that the spray jet of foamed bitumen leaving the foam outlet nozzles (14) is directed into the working chamber (6) and becomes mixed into the construction material mixture granulated by the working roll (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bruns, Walter Grueber, Siegbert Dittmann
  • Publication number: 20010022919
    Abstract: In a device for working road surfaces comprising an automotive running gear (2) with a working roll (4) enclosed by a cover (8) forming a working chamber (6), and a drive motor for providing the power required for driving the working roll (4) and the travel, it is provided that the cover (8) has means (10) for producing foamed bitumen provided with a plurality of adjacent mixing means (12) with foam outlet nozzles (14), hot bitumen supplied from a bitumen reservoir via supply lines (16, 42) and a bitumen injection nozzle (18) together with water supplied from a water reservoir via a water injection nozzle (22) may be mixed under pressure in an expansion chamber (26) of the mixing means (12), and that the spray jet of foamed bitumen leaving the foam outlet nozzles (14) is directed into the working chamber (6) and becomes mixed into the construction material mixture granulated by the working roll (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Inventors: THOMAS BRUNS, WALTER GRUEBER, SIEGBERT DITTMANN