公开(公告)号：US12286320B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

申请号：US18564573

申请日：2022-05-09

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Ruben Visser ,  Antonie Slots ,  Herman Sebastiaan Scherpenhuizen

IPC: B65H20/06 ,  B29D30/00 ,  B29D30/26 ,  B65H23/02 ,  B65H23/032 ,  B65H16/00

Abstract: The invention relates to an unwinding system, an assembly and a method for unwinding a tire component from a stock reel and for outputting said tire component in a transport direction, wherein the unwinding system comprises a reel station, an output conveyor and a transfer device for transferring a leading end of the tire component from the reel station to said output conveyor, wherein the transfer device comprises a retaining member which is movable along a guide path between a pick-up position and a release position, wherein the retaining member comprises a retaining surface for releasably retaining the leading end of the tire component, wherein the transfer device further comprises an arm that is rotatable around the inverting axis for moving the retaining member along the guide path, wherein the retaining member is movable with respect to the arm in an extension direction perpendicular to the inverting axis.

公开(公告)号：US12257213B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-25

申请号：US18572206

申请日：2022-01-19

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee ,  Peter van Roon ,  Patrick van Voorn

IPC: G06F7/00 ,  A61J7/00 ,  B25J11/00 ,  B65B5/10 ,  B65B57/14 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B65G1/10

Abstract: A method, a computer program product and a dispensing device for dispensing discrete medicaments, wherein the dispensing device comprises a dispensing section, a collection section and a packaging section, wherein the dispensing section defines an array of feeder positions for holding a plurality of feeder units, wherein the collection section comprises a first collection unit that is movable in a collection direction, wherein the method comprises the steps of: positioning a first feeder unit at a first feeder position; and prior to removing the first feeder unit from the first feeder position, positioning a second feeder unit at a second feeder position, downstream from the first feeder position in the collection direction, wherein the first feeder unit and the second feeder unit hold medicaments of the same first composition.

公开(公告)号：US12202701B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-21

申请号：US16978962

申请日：2019-02-18

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Gerardus Johannes Catharina Van Laar

IPC: B65H7/02 ,  B29D30/46 ,  B65H7/20

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for correcting misalignment of a strip, wherein the apparatus includes a correction device with an alignment surface for supporting a strip in a support plane, wherein the support plane extends at a support angle with respect to a first vertical plane in a range of five to thirty degrees, wherein the support plane intersects with a second vertical plane that is perpendicular to the first vertical plane at an intersecting line, wherein the correction device further includes one or more correction elements for exerting a displacement force onto said strip in a correction direction parallel to the support plane and transverse to the intersecting line.

公开(公告)号：US12115745B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US18275194

申请日：2022-01-17

Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.

Inventor： Teunis Johannes Verbruggen ,  Jochem Johannes Van Steenis

IPC: B65H20/34 ,  B29D30/00 ,  B65H23/188

CPC classification number: B29D30/0016 ,  B65H20/34 ,  B29D2030/0038 ,  B65H2408/217

Abstract: Disclosed is a festooner and a method for buffering a strip, the festooner having a first set of buffer rollers and a second set of buffer rollers, wherein the first set of buffer rollers and the second set of buffer rollers define a meandering first buffer path between them, wherein the festooner further includes a first endless drive element for driving the first set of buffer rollers and the second set of buffer rollers. The festooner further includes a third set of buffer rollers and a fourth set of buffer rollers coaxial to the first set of buffer rollers and the second set of buffer rollers, respectively, defining a meandering second buffer path between them. The festooner further includes a second endless drive element for driving the third set of buffer rollers and the fourth set of buffer rollers.

公开(公告)号：US20240308164A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18566292

申请日：2022-05-16

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Peter SCHIPPER ,  Gerardus Johannes Catharina VAN LAAR

IPC: B29D30/46 ,  B26D1/00 ,  B26D1/18

CPC classification number: B29D30/46 ,  B26D1/0006 ,  B26D1/18

Abstract: A cutting device and a method are provided for cutting a tire component. The cutting device includes a counter member and a cutting disc that is movable in a cutting direction over a cutting stroke along said counter member for cutting the tire component in cooperation with said counter member. The cutting disc, at an end of the cutting stroke, is movable in a lifting direction from a cutting position at the counter member into a standby position away from the counter member. The cutting disc, in said standby position, is movable in a return direction opposite to the cutting direction over a return stroke. The cutting device further includes a braking member that is fixed in the lifting direction at the standby position for braking the rotation of the cutting disc when said cutting disc is in the standby position.

公开(公告)号：US20240228095A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18572219

申请日：2022-06-22

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee ,  Peter Van Roon ,  Aalf Wijnia ,  Henk Jan Spijkerboer ,  Cornelis Jan Jochemsen ,  Martijn Roest

IPC: B65B57/06 ,  B65B5/10 ,  B65B9/073 ,  B65B9/093 ,  B65B51/30 ,  B65B61/00 ,  B65B61/02 ,  B65B61/18

CPC classification number: B65B57/06 ,  B65B9/073 ,  B65B9/093 ,  B65B61/007 ,  B65B61/025 ,  B65B61/18 ,  B65B5/103 ,  B65B51/303

Abstract: A method for packaging discrete medicaments in pouches in a packaging device configured to form and fill the pouches in an elongated web,



the method comprising the following steps:
transporting the elongated web along a web trajectory,
printing information on the elongated web related to the discrete medicaments that are fed to the elongated web at the position of the printed information on the elongated web,
feeding the discrete medicaments to the elongated web at the position on the elongated web of the related printed information,
inspecting the elongated web to determine whether there is a fault related to the elongated web, and
in response to a fault being detected, printing a fault indication or a fault symbol on the elongated web, and forming an empty pouch at the position of the fault indication or fault symbol.

公开(公告)号：US11931317B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-19

申请号：US17674952

申请日：2022-02-18

Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.

Inventor： Martinus Johannes Donatus Brakkee ,  Peter van Roon ,  Patrick van Voorn

IPC: G06F7/00 ,  A61J7/00 ,  B25J11/00 ,  B65B5/10 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B65G1/10

CPC classification number: A61J7/0084 ,  B25J11/00 ,  B65B5/103 ,  B65G1/045 ,  B65G1/10

Abstract: A method for dispensing discrete medicaments with a dispensing device includes the steps of predicting a depletion time in the future when the medicaments in the container of a first feeder unit of the plurality of feeder units will be depleted or are past their expiry date; providing a notification ahead of said depletion time that a second feeder unit holding medicaments with the same composition as the first feeder unit needs to be presented to the dispensing device, together with a due time for presenting said second feeder unit to the dispensing device; and continuing the dispensing of the medicaments from the first feeder unit at least until the due time.

公开(公告)号：US11712862B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-01

申请号：US17387383

申请日：2021-07-28

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： René Dijkstra ,  Henk-Jan Grolleman

IPC: B29D30/24 ,  B29D30/28 ,  B29D30/58 ,  B29D30/26

CPC classification number: B29D30/28 ,  B29D30/242 ,  B29D30/58 ,  B29D2030/2685

Abstract: The invention relates to a belt and tread drum for manufacturing a package of a belt layer and a tread layer into a cylindrical tire component, wherein the belt and tread drum comprises two support surfaces which are arranged spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of said belt and tread drum and which face away from the drum centre line and are radially movable with respect to the rigid support surface from a retracted position in which the tread support surface is arranged at or near the rigid support surface, to a raised position wherein the tread support surface is arranged in a radially outward position with respect to the rigid support surface, and vice versa, and wherein the tread support surfaces are movable in the substantial longitudinal direction of said drum.

公开(公告)号：US20220332070A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17765413

申请日：2020-11-12

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Mattheus Jacobus KAAGMAN ,  Ruben Matthias VISSER

IPC: B29D30/30

Abstract: Disclosed is a transfer wheel, a transfer device and a method for transferring a strip, in particular a run-flat reinforcement strip or a sidewall strip, to a tire building drum, wherein the transfer wheel defines a retaining area that is divided into a first end section for retaining the leading end, a second end section for retaining the trailing end and a main section for supporting the strip body. The transfer wheel has a first mounting member that defines first mounting positions for receiving a first group of retaining segments at the first end section, wherein the first group of retaining segments includes first body retaining segments for retaining the strip body and a first end retaining segment for retaining the leading end, wherein the first mounting member is arranged for interchangeably receiving one first body retaining segment or the first end retaining segment in each first mounting position.

公开(公告)号：US11419792B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US17282966

申请日：2019-09-27

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Kees Jochemsen ,  Ton De Boer

IPC: A61J7/00 ,  G16H20/13 ,  G07F11/18 ,  A61J7/02

Abstract: Disclosed is a medicine dispensing device and a method for dispensing medicine, wherein the medicine dispensing device includes a tray and a drop plate below the tray in a drop direction, wherein the drop plate is slidable relative to the tray between a hold position and a drop position, wherein the medicine dispensing device further includes one or more retaining members for retaining the drop plate relative to the tray in the drop direction when the drop plate is in a dispensing path, wherein the drop plate is slidable in a release direction into a release position outside of the dispensing path, wherein the one or more retaining members are arranged for releasing the drop plate from the tray in the release position.