Patents by Inventor Volker Groninger

Volker Groninger 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).

  • Closing device including intertwined sliding cage and gripping part
    Patent number: 9845230
    Abstract: A closing device, in particular for bottles, jars, pots or similar packaging containers for pharmaceutical or cosmetic products, having a rotationally drivable screw head for screwing a closure, for example a screw cap, onto the container which screw head has on a carrier a gripping part for grasping a closure and is actuable between a release position and a clamping position. The gripping part is embraced by a sliding cage for actuation by relative movement. Both the gripping part and the sliding cage are configured as a monolithic component and the two are intertwined in such a way that parts of the sliding cage reach through openings in the gripping part into the interior thereof and as far as a lifting apparatus in the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: GRONINGER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Volker Groninger, Ralf Glock
  • CLOSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150217982
    Abstract: A closing device, in particular for bottles, jars, pots or similar packaging containers for pharmaceutical or cosmetic products, having a rotationally drivable screw head for screwing a closure, for example a screw cap, onto the container which screw head has on a carrier a gripping part for grasping a closure and is actuable between a release position and a clamping position. The gripping part is embraced by a sliding cage for actuation by relative movement. Both the gripping part and the sliding cage are configured as a monolithic component and the two are intertwined in such a way that parts of the sliding cage reach through openings in the gripping part into the interior thereof and as far as a lifting apparatus in the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Volker Groninger, Ralf Glock