Patents by Inventor Wilfried Waukmann

Wilfried Waukmann 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: 9156627
    Abstract: A clutch/brake unit for an accumulating conveyor for driving and for braking at least one roller which is provided for transporting a unit load on a roller path of the accumulating conveyor. The clutch/brake unit is driven continuously during operation via an endless drive traction mechanism on a driving roller and is configured, in an engaged operating state, for transmitting the rotational movement of the driving roller about an axis to a driven roller and, in a braking operating state, for slowing down the driven roller on a housing of the clutch/brake unit. The driven roller is connected to the roller via the endless traction mechanism. A compression spring displaces the driven roller along the axis in the direction of the housing in order to shift the clutch/brake unit into its braking operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Knapp AG
    Inventors: Franz Mathi, Jörg Bergmann, Wilfried Waukmann
  • Publication number: 20140291118
    Abstract: A clutch/brake unit for an accumulating conveyor. The clutch/brake unit is driven continuously during operation via an endless drive traction mechanism on a driving roller and is configured, in an engaged operating state, for transmitting the rotational movement of the driving roller about an axis to a driven roller and, in a braking operating state, for slowing down the driven roller on a housing of the clutch/brake unit. The driven roller is connected to the roller via the endless traction mechanism. A first actuating mechanism is configured for displacing the driven roller along the axis in the direction of the housing in order to shift the clutch/brake unit into its braking operating state, and a second actuating mechanism is configured for displacing the driven roller along the axis in the direction of the driving roller in order to shift the clutch/brake unit into its engaged operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Franz Mathi, Jörg Bergmann, Wilfried Waukmann
  • Patent number: 6907983
    Abstract: A conveying device (1) with change of direction for conveying stock, preferably on pallets (2), along a first conveying line (3) and along a second conveying line (4) oriented in a different direction, and with a transferring system for transferring the pallets from the first to the second conveying line. The transferring system is provided in the form of a driven linear conveying track (5) for receiving the pallet(s) (2) from the first conveying line (3), for linearly advancing it/them on the linear conveying track and for transferring the pallet(s) to the second conveying line (4). The linear conveying track can swivel around an essentially vertical axis (7) between the first and the second conveying line via a driven swivel device (6). The vertical axis is located outside of the conveying track center (m) of the linear conveying track (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Knapp Logistic Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Freudelsperger, Wilfried Waukmann
  • Publication number: 20040251112
    Abstract: A conveying device (1) with change of direction for conveying stock, preferably on pallets (2) or the like, along a first conveying line (3) and along a second conveying line (4) oriented in a different direction, and with a transferring system for transferring the pallets from the first to the second conveying line. The transferring system is provided in the form of a driven linear conveying track (5) for receiving the pallet(s) (2) from the first conveying line (3), for linearly advancing it/them on the linear conveying track and for transferring the pallet(s) to the second conveying line (4). The linear conveying track can swivel around an essentially vertical axis (7) between the first and the second conveying line via a driven swivel device (6). The vertical axis is located outside of the conveying track center (m) of the linear conveying track (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Karl Freudelsperger, Wilfried Waukmann