Patents by Inventor Frank Kirchner

Frank Kirchner 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).

  • Ink applicator for printing roller
    Patent number: 8006616
    Abstract: A printing roller has an outer surface and is rotatable in a rotational sense about a roller axis. A liquid applicator has an upstream blade having an edge engageable with the roller surface and a downstream blade having an edge engageable with the roller surface downstream in the sense from the upstream-blade edge. The blades form a compartment fillable with a liquid to be applied to the roller outer surface. The upstream blade is shifted on rotation of the roller between an engaged position with the respective edge engaging the surface and a disengaged position with the respective edge spaced radially from the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: KBA-Metronic AG
    Inventors: Josef Kleinschnitz, Frank Kirchner
  • INK APPLICATOR FOR PRINTING ROLLER
    Publication number: 20080295718
    Abstract: A printing roller has an outer surface and is rotatable in a rotational sense about a roller axis. A liquid applicator has an upstream blade having an edge engageable with the roller surface and a downstream blade having an edge engageable with the roller surface downstream in the sense from the upstream-blade edge. The blades form a compartment fillable with a liquid to be applied to the roller outer surface. The upstream blade is shifted on rotation of the roller between an engaged position with the respective edge engaging the surface and a disengaged position with the respective edge spaced radially from the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Josef Kleinschnitz, Frank Kirchner
  • Autonomous mobile robot system for sensor-based and map-based navigation in pipe networks
    Patent number: 6108597
    Abstract: The autonomous mobile robot system is provided with a sensor-based and map-based navigation system for navigating in a pipe network. The navigation is based on the classification of pre-existing natural landmarks. The navigation system can compensate for inaccurate robot system's motion control, sensor information, and landmark classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: GMD-Forschungszentrum Informationstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Kirchner, Joachim Hertzberg