Patents Assigned to KBA-Metronic AG
  • Method and Device for Changing the Trajectory of Ink Droplets
    Publication number: 20070081051
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for changing the trajectory of ink droplets generated by and emitted from a print head which operates in a continuous manner, the ink droplets being electrostatically charged and deflected in a plane out of an original trajectory by at least one electrical field in a first deflecting device, the ink droplets being deflected in the same plane by at least one electrical field in a second deflecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: KBA-METRONIC AG
    Inventors: Frank Otte, Klaus Pechtl, Georg Schmidt, Roland Wernsdorfer
  • Sheet support for printing press
    Patent number: 7063015
    Abstract: A sheet support bridging a pair of parallel longitudinally extending and transversely spaced guides has a stack of substantially identical and transversely extending support elements having transversely opposite ends slidable along the guides and a flexible connecting strand engaging all of the elements such that when stressed longitudinally the elements separate longitudinally from one another at a generally uniform spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: KBA-Metronic AG
    Inventor: Rainer Wieland