Herbert Bernhard
23Patents
8h-index
2Co-inventors
65Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 5, 1982 → Aug 12, 2011
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5150558A | Closing mechanism for a capping machine | Performing Operations; Transporting | 12 | Expired |
| US6276113A | Setup table for bottle handling machines | Performing Operations; Transporting | 12 | Expired |
| US5394975A | Transport mechanism for machines that process bottles or similar containers | Performing Operations; Transporting | 12 | Expired |
| US5040354A | Arrangement for cleaning capping mechanisms of a rotary-type capping machine | Performing Operations; Transporting | 12 | Expired |
| US8240459B2 | Accelerator feed arrangement configured to accelerate blow-molded pet beverage bottles from a linear conveyor to a rotary pet bottle sterilizing machine and minimize misalignment and jamming of blow-molded pet beverage bottles during transport from a linear conveyor to a rotary pet bottle sterilizing machine | Performing Operations; Transporting | 9 | Active |
| US6484477B1 | Capping machine for capping and closing containers, and a method for closing containers | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Expired |
| US6918417B2 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, and an easily cleaned lifting device in a beverage bottling plant | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Expired |
| US7997048B2 | Container filling plant, such as a beverage bottling plant, for filling containers with a liquid beverage and for closing filled containers | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Active |
| US9233820B2 | Rotatable bottle or container capping machine for screwing threaded screw caps onto a threaded mouth portion of filled bottles or containers to close filled bottles or containers, and a method of operation thereof | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Active |
| US4644981A | Filling element for filling machines | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Expired |
| US4445549A | Arrangement for a bottle handling machine | Performing Operations; Transporting | 7 | Expired |
| US7513279B2 | Rotary beverage filling machine for filling cans with a liquid beverage | Performing Operations; Transporting | 6 | Active |
| US7162849B2 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage material having a bottle closing device, and a closure applying machine for closing of containers, such as bottles, cans, canisters, or the like, by way of screwing on of screw caps | Performing Operations; Transporting | 6 | Expired |
| US7415816B2 | Beverage bottling plant having a beverage bottle closing machine with a bearing system to guide a reciprocating shaft in the beverage bottle closing machine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Expired |
| US4909377A | Preliminary stage of container processing machines | Performing Operations; Transporting | 4 | Expired |
| US5285618A | Apparatus for separating and making available closure elements | Performing Operations; Transporting | 4 | Expired |
| US7325372B2 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage material having a bottle closing machine for applying screw caps to bottles | Performing Operations; Transporting | 4 | Expired |
| US7882681B2 | Beverage bottle closing apparatus configured to close beverage bottles in a beverage bottling plant | Performing Operations; Transporting | 3 | Active |
| US7814939B2 | Method of operating a beverage bottling plant with a beverage filling machine for filling beverage bottles, and a method and apparatus for monitoring beverage bottle or container handling machines in the beverage bottling plant | Performing Operations; Transporting | 3 | Active |
| US7108025B2 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, and a container filling lifting device for pressing containers to container filling machines | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2 | Expired |
| US8024909B2 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material having a receiving table for the container handling machines therein | Performing Operations; Transporting | 1 | Active |
| US5309694A | Device for use with a closure magazine for introducing closures into a closure channel | Performing Operations; Transporting | 1 | Expired |
| US8413408B2 | Container filling plant, such as a beverage bottling plant, for filling containers with a liquid beverage and for closing filled containers | Performing Operations; Transporting | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.