Patents by Inventor Wouter Happaerts

Wouter Happaerts 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 for controlling a tablet press
    Patent number: 8361360
    Abstract: A method for controlling a tablet press comprises the steps of consecutively supplying material into each die of a die table 1, subjecting the material to a pre-compression and a main-compression, whereby the main-compression is performed under substantially constant compression force and variable resulting tablet thickness of the individual tablets, and measuring a weight value representative of the weight of the material fed into the die. The quantity of material supplied to each die is regulated on the basis of a deviation between a previously measured weight value and a first set value. The weight value is measured during pre-compression of the material located in each die. A rotary tablet press is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Courtoy NV
    Inventors: Jan Vogeleer, Ivo Van Den Mooter, Jurgen Boeckx, Wouter Happaerts
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TABLET PRESS AND SUCH A PRESS
    Publication number: 20100038808
    Abstract: A method for controlling a tablet press comprises the steps of consecutively supplying material into each die of a die table 1, subjecting the material to a pre-compression and a main-compression, whereby the main-compression is performed under substantially constant compression force and variable resulting tablet thickness of the individual tablets, and measuring a weight value representative of the weight of the material fed into the die. The quantity of material supplied to each die is regulated on the basis of a deviation between a previously measured weight value and a first set value. The weight value is measured during pre-compression of the material located in each die. A rotary tablet press is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: COURTOY NV
    Inventors: Jan Vogeleer, Ivo Van Den Mooter, Jurgen Boeckx, Wouter Happaerts
  • Method for controlling a rotary tablet press and such a press
    Publication number: 20050200038
    Abstract: A method for controlling a rotary tablet press comprises the steps of consecutively supplying material into each die of a die table, subjecting the material to a pre-compression and a main-compression, measuring, during the pre-compression, a value representative of the weight of material compressed, and during the main-compression, a value representative of the hardness of the resulting tablet. The quantity of material supplied to each die is regulated on the basis of a deviation between a measured value representative of the weight and a first set value. The degree of compression during main-compression is regulated on the basis of a deviation between a measured value representative of the hardness and a second set value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Jan Vogeleer, Jurgen Boeckx, Ivo Van Den Mooter, Wouter Happaerts