Patents by Inventor Tonny Konstmann
Tonny Konstmann 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).
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Patent number: 11827392Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a stretch-hood machine configured to optimize reefing device lateral movement and unwinding speed during film stretching to minimize reefing device travel distance and wear on the actuators that move the reefing devices and to reduce the possibility of damaging the film during stretching.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Signode Industrial Group LLCInventor: Tonny Konstmann
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Publication number: 20230182939Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems including stretch-hood machines configured to vertically and horizontally apply tubular stretch film to loads of goods and to methods for wrapping loads of goods with multiple segments of tubular stretch film.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Flemming B. Olsen, Carsten Fenn, Tonny Konstmann, Peter Rybicki-Madsen
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Publication number: 20230027796Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a stretch-hood machine configured to optimize reefing device lateral movement and unwinding speed during film stretching to minimize reefing device travel distance and wear on the actuators that move the reefing devices and to reduce the possibility of damaging the film during stretching.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventor: Tonny Konstmann
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Patent number: 11492155Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a stretch-hood machine configured to optimize reefing device lateral movement and unwinding speed during film stretching to minimize reefing device travel distance and wear on the actuators that move the reefing devices and to reduce the possibility of damaging the film during stretching.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Signode Industrial Group LLCInventor: Tonny Konstmann
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Patent number: 11273935Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for gathering-up a tubular film portion on at least two gathering fingers of a packaging machine and to a gathering apparatus of a packaging machine for carrying out the method as claimed in the invention. The method is distinguished in that the tubular film portion is expanded at least in a part region when being gathered-up onto the gathering fingers. The gathering apparatus as claimed in the invention is distinguished in that the gathering fingers can be driven into a gathering-up position for gathering-up the tubular film portion, in which gathering-up position the tubular film portion is expanded at least in a part region.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Signode Industrial Group LLCInventors: Per Lachenmeier, Tonny Konstmann
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Publication number: 20210354861Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a stretch-hood machine configured to optimize reefing device lateral movement and unwinding speed during film stretching to minimize reefing device travel distance and wear on the actuators that move the reefing devices and to reduce the possibility of damaging the film during stretching.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventor: Tonny Konstmann
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Patent number: 11097860Abstract: Packaging method and device in which, with the aid of a stretch hood system 1, a tubular film portion 3 is drawn over an article 2 that is to be packaged. The tubular film portion 3 is firstly reefed with the aid of a reefing device 8 onto at least two reefing fingers 7 of a drawing-over device 6. Then, by moving the drawing-over device 6 along the article 2 that is to be packaged, the tubular film portion 3 is unreefed from the reefing fingers 7 of the drawing-over device 6 and drawn at least in sections over the article 2. During the reefing, the tubular film portion 3 is at least intermittently inflated.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Signode Industrial Group LLCInventors: Gynter Lorenzen, Tonny Konstmann
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Publication number: 20200140127Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for gathering-up a tubular film portion on at least two gathering fingers of a packaging machine and to a gathering apparatus of a packaging machine for carrying out the method as claimed in the invention. The method is distinguished in that the tubular film portion is expanded at least in a part region when being gathered-up onto the gathering fingers. The gathering apparatus as claimed in the invention is distinguished in that the gathering fingers can be driven into a gathering-up position for gathering-up the tubular film portion, in which gathering-up position the tubular film portion is expanded at least in a part region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Per Lachenmeier, Tonny Konstmann
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Patent number: 10526097Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for gathering-up a tubular film portion on at least two gathering fingers of a packaging machine and to a gathering apparatus of a packaging machine for carrying out the method as claimed in the invention. The method is distinguished in that the tubular film portion is expanded at least in a part region when being gathered-up onto the gathering fingers. The gathering apparatus as claimed in the invention is distinguished in that the gathering fingers can be driven into a gathering-up position for gathering-up the tubular film portion, in which gathering-up position the tubular film portion is expanded at least in a part region.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2012Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Signode Industrial Group LLCInventors: Per Lachenmeier, Tonny Konstmann
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Patent number: 10421570Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for packaging an article of merchandise with a film material using a packaging apparatus. The film is a side-pleated tubular film roll. An input device receives the sole film packaging parameters of the thickness of the film, the width of the film, and the distance between a first side fold and a second side fold of the film. Based on these three film packaging parameters, a controller determines a specified length of the tubular film for packaging the article, and the packaging apparatus cuts off a segment of the tubular film having that specified length. The packaging apparatus then draws the segment of tubular film over the article being packaged.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2015Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Signode Industrial Group LLCInventors: Alice Holm Kristensen, Tonny Konstmann
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Publication number: 20190152632Abstract: Packaging method and device in which, with the aid of a stretch hood system 1, a tubular film portion 3 is drawn over an article 2 that is to be packaged. The tubular film portion 3 is firstly reefed with the aid of a reefing device 8 onto at least two reefing fingers 7 of a drawing-over device 6. Then, by moving the drawing-over device 6 along the article 2 that is to be packaged, the tubular film portion 3 is unreefed from the reefing fingers 7 of the drawing-over device 6 and drawn at least in sections over the article 2. During the reefing, the tubular film portion 3 is at least intermittently inflated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Gynter Lorenzen, Tonny Konstmann
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Publication number: 20150321781Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for packaging an article of merchandise with a film material using a packaging apparatus. The film is a side-pleated tubular film roll. An input device receives the sole film packaging parameters of the thickness of the film, the width of the film, and the distance between a first side fold and a second side fold of the film. Based on these three film packaging parameters, a controller determines a specified length of the tubular film for packaging the article, and the packaging apparatus cuts off a segment of the tubular film having that specified length. The packaging apparatus then draws the segment of tubular film over the article being packaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Alice Holm Kristensen, Tonny Konstmann
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Publication number: 20140137516Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for gathering-up a tubular film portion on at least two gathering fingers of a packaging machine and to a gathering apparatus of a packaging machine for carrying out the method as claimed in the invention. The method is distinguished in that the tubular film portion is expanded at least in a part region when being gathered-up onto the gathering fingers. The gathering apparatus as claimed in the invention is distinguished in that the gathering fingers can be driven into a gathering-up position for gathering-up the tubular film portion, in which gathering-up position the tubular film portion is expanded at least in a part region.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Per Lachenmeier, Tonny Konstmann