Patents by Inventor Christian Reinhart

Christian Reinhart 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).

  • Embossing device, such as a cylinder or a sleeve
    Patent number: 8603583
    Abstract: An embossing device, such as a cylinder or a sleeve, includes on an outer peripheral surface an embossing raised and recessed pattern, to be reproduced on a deformable planar substrate. The cylinder or sleeve bears a photopolymer coating the outer surface which has the raised embossing pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Inventors: Chouaib Boukaftane, Hélène Biava, Christian Reinhart
  • EMBOSSING DEVICE, SUCH AS A CYLINDER OR A SLEEVE
    Publication number: 20090136679
    Abstract: An embossing device, such as a cylinder or a sleeve, includes on an outer peripheral surface an embossing raised and recessed pattern, to be reproduced on a deformable planar substrate. The cylinder or sleeve bears a photopolymer coating the outer surface which has the raised embossing pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: MACDERMID PRINTING SOLUTIONS EUROPE SAS
    Inventors: Chouaib Boukaftane, Helene Biava, Christian Reinhart
  • Endless belt-shaped element forming in particular a press-blanket
    Patent number: 5456171
    Abstract: A belt-shaped element for printing textiles. The belt is a sandwich structure shaped to conform around two textile printing machine cylinders, and operative to move fabric articles thereon past printing stations with minimal registration error. An exemplary belt has at least one outer elastomer layer, or "working layer," and an inner "cylinder" layer that is innermost against the printing machine cylinders. An exemplary cylinder layer comprises a sheet of fibers oriented longitudinally and having a rigidity of 10.sup.6 -10.sup.7 megapascals in the longitudinal direction. Other exemplary belts comprise an intermediate layer between the outer elastomer and inner fiber sheet layers. An exemplary intermediate layer comprises a layer of transverse fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Rollin S.A.
    Inventors: Helene Biava, Denis Hertzog, Christian Reinhart, Gerard Rich, Jean-Francois X. A. Van Den Bogaert