Patents by Inventor Thorkild Kvisgaard

Thorkild Kvisgaard 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).

  • Publication number: 20040176874
    Abstract: Batching of currently supplied articles with non-uniform weights into portions of a uniform target weight is effected by passing the articles through a weighing station (6, 8) to a distribution system (12), in which the articles (4) are selectively allocated to a plurality of receiver bins (14). Probability calculations based on a regularly updated record of the weight distribution of a relatively high number of newly weighed articles and the probability of each new incoming article complete a portion of target weight are used to determine which of a plurality of bins the article should be diverted into from a stream of incoming articles. The process can be used for production of mixed jobs on multiple lines, e.g., portions with one type of parts being formed from the stream articles in one line of batching bins and portions of a different type of parts, or portions with differing numbers of parts, or of different weights being formed from the stream articles in a parallel line of batching bins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: Scanvaegt A/S
    Inventors: Thorkild Kvisgaard, John Bomholt
  • Patent number: 6712221
    Abstract: A batching of currently supplied articles with non-uniform weights into portions of a uniform target weight is effected by passing the articles through a weighing station (6, 8) to a distribution system (12), in which the articles (4) are selectively allocated to a plurality of receiver bins (14). It is known to improve the capacity of such a system by way of probability calculations based on the normal distribution of the articles in the supply flow, but according to the invention it is still better to base such calculations on a regularly updated recorded histogram (28) of the weight distribution of a relatively high number of newly weighed articles. Thereby the target calculations will rely on factual rather than just expected conditions, and a very important result is that it is possible to effect relevant batching even when the article weights in the supply flow are not normally distributed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Scanvaegt A/S
    Inventors: Thorkild Kvisgaard, John Bomholt
  • Publication number: 20030094404
    Abstract: A batching of currently supplied articles with non-uniform weights into portions of a uniform target weight is effected by passing the articles through a weighing station (6, 8) to a distribution system (12), in which the articles (4) are selectively allocated to a plurality of receiver bins (14). It is known to improve the capacity of such a system by way of probability calculations based on the normal distribution of the articles in the supply flow, but according to the invention it is still better to base such calculations on a regularly updated recorded histogram (28) of the weight distribution of a relatively high number of newly weighed articles. Thereby the target calculations will rely on factual rather than just expected conditions, and a very important result is that it is possible to effect relevant batching even when the article weights in the supply flow are not normally distributed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: THORKILD KVISGAARD, JOHN BOMHOLT
  • Patent number: 5998740
    Abstract: A batching of currently supplied articles with non-uniform weights into portions of a uniform target weight is effected by passing the articles through a weighing station (6, 8) to a distribution system (12), in which the articles (4) are selectively allocated to a plurality of receiver bins (14). It is known to improve the capacity of such a system by way of probability calculations based on the normal distribution of the articles in the supply flow, but it is better to base such calculations on a regularly updated recorded histogram (28) of the weight distribution of a relatively high number of newly weighed articles. Thereby the target calculations will rely on factual rather than just expected conditions, and a result is that it is possible to effect batching even when the article weights in the supply flow are not normally distributed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Scanvaegt A/S
    Inventors: Thorkild Kvisgaard, John Bomholt
  • Patent number: 5178227
    Abstract: For obtaining accurate product weighing results in ships it is not sufficient to effect a correction of the weighing results by an accelerometer, which will only roughly compensate for the weighing errors due to the general movements in the sea. Thus correction are also effected for errors from other marked sources of error, so that it is possible to stake on a large-scale rearrangement of the fish industry from land-based to ship-based plants. Thus, corrections are made for errors due to tiltings of the ship and due to the mechanical noise produced by the engine of the ship or by operative implements on the ship. A calibration of the weighing system is carried out regularly by a calibration system which is effective even during movements in the sea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: Scanvagt A/S
    Inventors: Thorkild Kvisgaard, John Bomholt