Patents by Inventor Volker Dieter Rollwa

Volker Dieter Rollwa 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).

  • Method and device for changing the alignment of articles in a conveying flow
    Patent number: 10513401
    Abstract: A method for changing the alignment of articles in a conveying flow, wherein, by a rotary projection projecting into the conveying path of a conveyor of a material handling system, the alignment of the article is achieved via the force of the conveying flow, and the conveying flow runs obliquely in front of the rotary projection in relation to the direction thereof, in order to ensure the contacting of the article on the rotary projection. The rotary projection is configured such that it can move in a transverse manner in relation to the conveying flow, in such a way that the extension thereof into the conveying flow is variable, wherein the scale of the extension of the rotary projection into the conveying flow is determined based on the respective article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Dematic GmbH
    Inventor: Volker Dieter Rollwa
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHANGING THE ALIGNMENT OF ARTICLES IN A CONVEYING FLOW
    Publication number: 20180072510
    Abstract: A method for changing the alignment of articles in a conveying flow, wherein, by a rotary projection projecting into the conveying path of a conveyor of a material handling system, the alignment of the article is achieved via the force of the conveying flow, and the conveying flow runs obliquely in front of the rotary projection in relation to the direction thereof, in order to ensure the contacting of the article on the rotary projection. The rotary projection is configured such that it can move in a transverse manner in relation to the conveying flow, in such a way that the extension thereof into the conveying flow is variable, wherein the scale of the extension of the rotary projection into the conveying flow is determined based on the respective article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventor: Volker Dieter Rollwa