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ELPATRONIC AG
CH·156 granted patents·5 pending applications·2,020 citations·filing 1985–2004
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161 records- 0195US4852415AInspection machine for plastic bottlesELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1988·Granted Aug 1, 1989·81 cites·8 claims
- 0286US5655867AProcess for feeding can bodies to a can welding station and a device for carrying out the processELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 12, 1997·35 cites·16 claims
- 0386US5612525AApparatus for marking refillable containers, more especially plastic bottlesELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1995·Granted Mar 18, 1997·67 cites·4 claims
- 0484US5567335AProcess and apparatus for welding sheet metal edgesELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 22, 1996·55 cites·12 claims
- 0582US6227348B1Method and apparatus for separating and bringing together series of container bodiesELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1997·Granted May 8, 2001·35 cites·13 claims
- 0680US6828523B1Method and device for the formation of pipesELPATRONIC AG·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 7, 2004·20 cites·2 claims
- 0780US5590753ARetaining element on a carousel conveyor with several outlets for selective retention of conveyed containersELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1994·Granted Jan 7, 1997·37 cites·19 claims
- 0880US5506386ASimultaneous temperature measurements on laser welded seams with at least two pyrometers in relation to monitoring process parameters and weld qualityELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 9, 1996·36 cites·12 claims
- 0979US5978090AMethod and arrangement for optical inspection of a weld seamELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 2, 1999·62 cites·13 claims
- 1075US4990792AMethod for the application and reading of, and bottle with optically readable code marksELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1989·Granted Feb 5, 1991·45 cites·13 claims
- 1174US5661294AProcess and apparatus for the optical inspection of a transparent region of a container, in particular the mouth regionELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 26, 1997·49 cites·29 claims
- 1274US5343010AProcess for seam welding of sheet metal blanksELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1992·Granted Aug 30, 1994·33 cites·5 claims
- 1371US5877960AMethod and apparatus for monitoring and positioning a beam or jet for operating on a workpieceELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 2, 1999·38 cites·3 claims
- 1471US5136157AApparatus for the three-dimensional inspection of hollow bodies with plural mirror for generating plural partial imagesELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1990·Granted Aug 4, 1992·45 cites·11 claims
- 1570US5315108AProcess and device for acting upon moving containers with a laser beam and carousel shafted mounted opticsELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1992·Granted May 24, 1994·28 cites·7 claims
- 1670US5290990ASeam welding machine for joining sheet blanks togetherELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1992·Granted Mar 1, 1994·28 cites·11 claims
- 1769US5291423AArrangement for monitoring the quality of electric weldsELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1991·Granted Mar 1, 1994·40 cites·18 claims
- 1868US6909799B1Method and apparatus for following and inspecting an edge or borderELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 21, 2005·31 cites·12 claims
- 1968US5209625AApparatus for rounding and conveying onwards sheet-metal blanks for can bodiesELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1992·Granted May 11, 1993·18 cites·2 claims
- 2068US5031892AApparatus for removing blanks from a pile and conveying them onwardsELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1990·Granted Jul 16, 1991·18 cites·7 claims
- 2165US6127646AApparatus for butting two workpieces together for a welding operationELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 3, 2000·23 cites·13 claims
- 2265US4865243ASizing tool for a machine for the longitudinal seam welding of rounded can bodiesELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1988·Granted Sep 12, 1989·18 cites·4 claims
- 2363US6495792B1Method and device for positioning edges, especially in tube weldingELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 17, 2002·21 cites·25 claims
- 2463US5550345AProcess and device for welding sheets by laser to form compound sheetsELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1993·Granted Aug 27, 1996·17 cites·20 claims
- 2563US4726210AMethod and apparatus for making can bodies from sheetsELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1986·Granted Feb 23, 1988·19 cites·11 claims
- 2661US5841094AMethod and apparatus for resistance welding coated sheet metalELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 24, 1998·20 cites·9 claims
- 2761US5319957AMethod and apparatus for testing containersELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1993·Granted Jun 14, 1994·16 cites·2 claims
- 2860US5878944AMethod and apparatus for connecting two metallic workpieces togetherELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 9, 1999·17 cites·6 claims
- 2960US5738204AConveyor means and use thereofELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 14, 1998·19 cites·4 claims
- 3060US5718457AMethod of marking objects with code symbolsELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 17, 1998·30 cites·6 claims
- 3160US5365771AProcess and apparatus for testing bottles for contaminationELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1993·Granted Nov 22, 1994·24 cites·16 claims
- 3259US6394335B2Method for producing a molded part and a molded part produced according to said methodELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1997·Granted May 28, 2002·9 cites·12 claims
- 3359US4745255AMethod and apparatus for welding current regulation for a resistance welding machineELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1986·Granted May 17, 1988·23 cites·8 claims
- 3458US7081599B2Apparatus and method for processing workpiecesELPATRONIC AG·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 25, 2006·7 cites·20 claims
- 3558US5873680AMethod and injector arrangement for conveying pulverulent materialELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 23, 1999·22 cites·4 claims
- 3658US5711412ADevice for serial transport of sheet metal blanks towards a processing stationELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 27, 1998·22 cites·7 claims
- 3758US4824007AMethod and device for the orientation and logitudinal movement of rounded can bodies in relation to a welding apparatusELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1987·Granted Apr 25, 1989·17 cites·8 claims
- 3857US5035569AMethod and apparatus for positioning a can bodyELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1990·Granted Jul 30, 1991·15 cites·20 claims
- 3956US5592844AProcess and apparatus for rounding sheet-metal blanksELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 14, 1997·12 cites·21 claims
- 4056US5571978AApparatus for testing bottles for the presence of contaminationELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 5, 1996·18 cites·4 claims
- 4156US5175428AApparatus for the illumination of a region of a bottle or the like to be inspected such that bottle acts as waveguide and secondary light sourceELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1990·Granted Dec 29, 1992·25 cites·23 claims
- 4256US4870241AConveyor device for can bodies in a can welding machineELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1988·Granted Sep 26, 1989·13 cites·9 claims
- 4355US7118628B2Method and apparatus for covering areas of damaged protective coating, and a transport systemELPATRONIC AG·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 10, 2006·2 cites·3 claims
- 4455US5301238AProcess for reading a chain of code characters from a transparent bottleELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1991·Granted Apr 5, 1994·24 cites·9 claims
- 4554US6631631B2Two-roll rounding machine and method for rounding sheet-metal blanksELPATRONIC AG·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 14, 2003·4 cites·10 claims
- 4654US5639012AProcess and device for the posttreatment of welded compound panelsELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 17, 1997·9 cites·21 claims
- 4754US4901557AMethod and apparatus for the production of frusto-pyramidal can bodiesELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1988·Granted Feb 20, 1990·18 cites·16 claims
- 4854US4741468AApparatus for conveying rounded body blanks through a welding zoneELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1987·Granted May 3, 1988·13 cites·6 claims
- 4953US6452128B1Method of feeding a welding machine, as well as a welding machine and an automatic feeding device for carrying out the methodELPATRONIC AG·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 17, 2002·6 cites·19 claims
- 5053US5746571AProcess for the initial operation or changeover of a sheet metal processing machine and a modular magazine for carrying out the processELPATRONIC AG·Filed 1995·Granted May 5, 1998·22 cites·13 claims
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