Patents by Inventor Wilhelmus Josephus Maria Manders

Wilhelmus Josephus Maria Manders 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).

  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING ELONGATE FOOD PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20130020176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for transporting elongate food products including a plurality of elongate product carriers, coupling means for parallel coupling of the product carriers and drive means for displacing the coupled product carriers over a transport path. The invention also relates to a method for displacing elongate food products over a transport path using elongate transport carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Josephus Maria MANDERS, Patricius Petrus Marinus Johannes MAAS, Marcellinus Franciscus OTTOW
  • Device and method for transporting elongate food products
    Patent number: 8220616
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for transporting elongate food products, comprising: a plurality of elongate product carriers, coupling means for parallel coupling of the product carriers and drive means for displacing the coupled product carriers over a transport path. The invention also relates to a method for displacing elongate food products over a transport path using elongate transport carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: F.R. Drake Company
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Josephus Maria Manders, Patricius Petrus Marinus Johannes Maas, Marcellinus Franciscus Ottow
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING ELONGATE FOOD PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20100133065
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for transporting elongate food products, comprising: a plurality of elongate product carriers, coupling means for parallel coupling of the product carriers and drive means for displacing the coupled product carriers over a transport path. The invention also relates to a method for displacing elongate food products over a transport path using elongate transport carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: STORK TOWNSEND B.V.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Josephus Maria Manders, Patricius Petrus Marinus Johannes Maas, Marcellinus Franciscus Ottow
  • Apparatus and method for positioning advancing food products
    Patent number: 7673734
    Abstract: A positioning element for positioning advancing food products includes an engaging member with a contact side for engaging on the products for positioning, and a displacing assembly connecting to the engaging member for intermittently displacing the engaging member in a direction which encloses an angle with the contact side of the engaging member. The engaging member of the positioning element is also provided with at least two engaging sides remote from each other to exert a positioning effect in two directions. Also disclosed is a method for positioning food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Stork Townsend B.V.
    Inventor: Wilhelmus Josephus Maria Manders
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING ADVANCING FOOD PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20090026043
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positioning element for positioning food products advancing by means of a conveyor. The invention also relates to an apparatus for positioning food products, comprising such a positioning element in combination with a conveyor. The invention finally also relates to a method for positioning food products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventor: Wilhelmus Josephus Maria Manders
  • Apparatus and method for positioning separately supplied elongate meat products
    Patent number: 6913136
    Abstract: A device for positioning separately supplied elongate meat products, comprises two driven endless aligning conveyors running with the transport paths substantially parallel to each other, which transport paths together form a support for the meat products for transporting such that, at the position where the transport paths are mutually adjacent, they are in a lower position than when at a greater mutual distance. This structure also relates to a method for positioning separately supplied elongate meat products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Townend Engineering Company
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Johannes Everardus Maria van den Dungen, Johannes Theodorus Antonius Andreas van Donzel, Wilhelmus Josephus Maria Manders
  • Apparatus and method for positioning separately supplied elongate meat products
    Publication number: 20040038637
    Abstract: A device for positioning separately supplied elongate meat products, comprises two driven endless aligning conveyors running with the transport 5 paths substantially parallel to each other, which transport paths together form a support for the meat products for transporting such that, at the position where the transport paths are mutually adjacent, they are in a lower position than when at a greater mutual distance. This structure also relates to a method for positioning separately supplied elongate meat products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: Townsend Engineering Company
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Johannes Everardus Maria van den Dungen, Johannes Theodorus Antonius Andreas van Donzel, Wilhelmus Josephus Maria Manders