Patents by Inventor Tim WEERS

Tim WEERS 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).

  • Interchangeable hook-and-bracket system
    Patent number: 11317634
    Abstract: An interchangeable hook-and-bracket system for a manufacturing process is disclosed. The interchangeable hook-and-bracket system may be configured to cooperate with a vertical conveying system of a food-processing system. Interchangeable hooks of the conveyor system may comprise hook portions and bracket portions that may be configured to releasably attach to one another. The bracket portions may be made substantially of a structurally robust material such as a metal and may be non-releasably attached to the conveyor system, and the hook portions may be made substantially of a flexible material such as a polymer-based material. More than one hook portion may correspond to a bracket portion, each hook portion having a configuration corresponding to a particular product, casing, throughput, and/or process condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MAREL FURTHER PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Brent M. Veldkamp, Tim Weers, Mattheus Catharina Willems, Johannes Martinus Meulendijks
  • INTERCHANGEABLE HOOK-AND-BRACKET SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210282417
    Abstract: An interchangeable hook-and-bracket system for a manufacturing process is disclosed. The interchangeable hook-and-bracket system may be configured to cooperate with a vertical conveying system of a food-processing system. Interchangeable hooks of the conveyor system may comprise hook portions and bracket portions that may be configured to releasably attach to one another. The bracket portions may be made substantially of a structurally robust material such as a metal and may be non-releasably attached to the conveyor system, and the hook portions may be made substantially of a flexible material such as a polymer-based material. More than one hook portion may correspond to a bracket portion, each hook portion having a configuration corresponding to a particular product, casing, throughput, and/or process condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Brent M. VELDKAMP, Tim WEERS, Mattheus Catharina WILLEMS, Johannes Martinus MEULENDIJKS
  • Hook
    Patent number: D988846
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: MAREL FURTHER PROCESSING B.V., MAREL, INC.
    Inventors: Brent M. Veldkamp, Tim Weers, Mattheus Catharina Willems, Johannes Martinus Meulendijks