Patents by Inventor Ulrich Upmeyer

Ulrich Upmeyer 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: 7192236
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shelf stacking machine for stocking and removing paper reels, especially in the printing industry. The shelf stacking machine can be driven in a lane with storage places at both sides. Said storage places receive paper reels which are stacked one on top of the other or behind each other in the direction of the lane. The shelf stacking machine is provided with a receptacle for a paper reel. Said receptacle is formed by a fork which can be height-adjustably pivoted around a horizontal axle. The fork is provided with measuring devices which detect the load of the received paper reel. The measuring devices supply the detected measured data via a control device to an actuator which is coupled to the fork movement-wise and which height-adjustably pivots the fork into the horizontal position according to the measured data. The actuator holds the fork in said horizontal position during paper reel transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Westfalia-WST-Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ulrich Upmeyer
  • Patent number: 6241453
    Abstract: A satellite vehicle for moving pallet units (P) in and out of storage with transportation vehicles (F) is configured as a motor-driven lift-truck (1) with several parallel, adjacent and height adjustable fork arms (2). The position of said fork arms (2) in relation to the pallet can also be adjusted. At least two fork arms (2) are mounted on the lift-truck (1) in such a way that they can be displaced laterally, crosswise to the longitudinal direction of the arms. All of the fork arms (2) have pallet-receiving elements (3) which float crosswise to the longitudinal direction of the arms. The lift-truck (1) and the fork arms (2) are provided with ultrasound sensors (17, 18) for measuring and correcting the direction of travel and the lift-truck (1) is equipped with a rotation rate sensor (19) for measuring the angle and a cable drum (5) with a power and signal cable (6) for supplying propulsive power and for exchanging signals for measuring displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Westfalia-WST-Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ulrich Upmeyer
  • Patent number: 6148752
    Abstract: The cargo ship (SL) as seagoing or inland waterway ship or pushed lighter, is fitted with a pallet high bay shelving system which has both sides of at least one bay row (RG) has a number of storage bays (cells) (1) placed either above one another or side for the pallets units, and has a drivable pallet vehicle (RFZ) to store and remove the pallet units (PE) in the bay rows (RG). The pallet vehicle (RFZ) is fitted with a vertical, central mast (2) on its chassis (3) and accommodates on one or both sides of the mast a satellite vehicle (4) capable of extending into or out of the storage bays (1) transversely to the travel direction (f) of the transversely or longitudinally propellable pallet vehicle (RFZ), and the satellite vehicles (4) can travel right up to the respective ship's side walls (5), and over them in the case of cargo space overbuilt to the outside (SL), for storage and removal of the pallet units (PE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Westfalia-WST-Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ulrich Upmeyer
  • Patent number: 5562062
    Abstract: The pallet shelf system for/in a refrigerator ship has a number of bays (RZ), disposed on both sides of a shelf corridor (1) with a shelving vehicle (2) movable in the corridor, with channel-like supporting and running guides (3) arranged in tiers for pallets (4) to be set down on the guides and satellite cars (5) movable in them. On their lengthwise end remote from the corridor (1), the supporting and running guides (3) are assigned air ducts (6), which together with the supporting and running guides (3) and the set-down pallets (4) form an air circulation guide (LUF). Each of the bays (RZ), on its loading and unloading face end toward the corridor (1), is assigned one air lock (7) that closes the bay (RZ) over its entire height and is to be opened for loading and unloading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Westfalia-WST-Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ulrich Upmeyer