Patents by Inventor Wilhelm Maler

Wilhelm Maler 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).

  • System and method for filling, removing and transporting containers
    Patent number: 7304260
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for automatically transporting receiving containers for sorted products. The containers are filled with the sorted products along a sorting stretch at individual, similar target stations, and automatically transported by means of a transport device after being filled. A full receiving container for sorted products is thus lowered, after a transport command has been triggered, by means of a transport device beneath a target station. The container is then placed on the transport device, if the device is not already occupied by a receiving container. The receiving container is then transported away from the target station by means of the transport device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Manfred Boller, Wilhelm Maler
  • Method for franking and processing deliveries
    Publication number: 20040074561
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for automatically transporting receiving containers for sorted products. The containers are filled with the sorted products along a sorting stretch at individual, similar target stations, and automatically transported by means of a transport device after being filled. A full receiving container for sorted products is thus lowered, after a transport command has been triggered, by means of a transport device beneath a target station. The container is then placed on the transport device, if the device is not already occupied by a receiving container. The receiving container is then transported away from the target station by means of the transport device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Manfred Boller, Wilhelm Maler