Patents by Inventor Clemens De Vroome

Clemens De Vroome 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).

  • Device for moistening a paper web, corresponding rotary printing press and moistening method
    Patent number: 8313615
    Abstract: This device for applying a moistening liquid to a paper web includes a liquid applicator roller (44, 46) for applying the moistening liquid (38) on the paper web (18). The liquid applicator roller includes an application surface (60), and is characterized in that the application surface (60) is formed of a material capable of creating a corona effect on the paper web by discharge of static electricity between the surface and the paper web (18). Application to paper web dryers of rotary offset presses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Goss Contweb B.V.
    Inventors: Clemens De Vroome, Adrianus De Cock, Pieter Storm
  • DEVICE FOR MOISTENING A PAPER WEB, CORRESPONDING ROTARY PRINTING PRESS AND MOISTENING METHOD
    Publication number: 20110094693
    Abstract: This device for applying a moistening liquid to a paper web comprises a liquid applicator roller (44, 46) for applying the moistening liquid (38) on the paper web (18). The liquid applicator roller comprises an application surface (60), and is characterized in that the application surface (60) is formed of a material capable of creating a corona effect on the paper web by discharge of static electricity between the surface and the paper web (18). Application to paper web dryers of rotary offset presses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Goss Contiweb B.V.
    Inventors: Clemens De Vroome, Adrianus De Cock, Pieter Storm
  • Web-Fed Rotary Press and Method for Minimizing Fluting in a Web-Fed Rotary Press
    Publication number: 20080210111
    Abstract: A web-fed rotary press (10) for printing on a web substrate (12) using heat-set inks in an offset printing process, having at least one print unit (14) and one dryer (16), and at least one additional device (18) for inputting heat into the web substrate (12) which is positioned upstream from the print unit (14), in particular. Fluting in the web-fed rotary press (10) may be minimized by supplying heat to the web substrate (12) at least at one location along the path (36) through the web-fed rotary press (10), in particular before the printing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2004
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Goss Contiweb B.V.
    Inventors: Clemens De Vroome, Franciscus Ernst, Roeland Van Veen
  • Dryer for a material web with exhaust gas recirculation
    Patent number: 6058626
    Abstract: A dryer for material webs for supplying heat to at least one side of a material web, the dryer having a dryer housing formed with an inlet opening and an outlet opening for material webs, and at least one ventilator and at least one heating device for producing heated gas, includes a burner unit shielded against the atmosphere in the dryer, and a supply system for supplying the burner unit with process gas formed of a large portion of exhaust gas of the dryer, the process gas being maintained for a dwell time and at a temperature level adequate for complete combustion of volatile solvents before it is supplied once again as heated gas to the interior of the dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Clemens De Vroome, Franciscus Ernst