Patents by Inventor Andreas Karrer

Andreas Karrer 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).

  • Method and device for ink-jet printing a moving web
    Patent number: 7731331
    Abstract: A device for printing a web moving in a direction (YB), wherein ink jets print on the web a printing width across its direction (YB) of advancement while traversing a printing station. The printing station includes one or more printer heads that produce ink jets over a footprint width which is narrower than the intended printing width over the web. One or more shaping elements bestow on the web traversing the printing station a V-shape so that the web is at least locally oriented oblique to the linear array of nozzles that project the ink. The ink from the printer head(s) is thus printed over the intended printing width of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andreas Karrer, Luca Minutillo, Piero Sabbi, Osvaldo Mancini, Simon Holt
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INK-JET PRINTING A MOVING WEB
    Publication number: 20090033716
    Abstract: A device for printing a web moving in a direction (YB), wherein ink jets print on the web a printing width across its direction (YB) of advancement while traversing a printing station. The printing station includes one or more printer heads that produce ink jets over a footprint width which is narrower than the intended printing width over the web. One or more shaping elements bestow on the web traversing the printing station a V-shape so that the web is at least locally oriented oblique to the linear array of nozzles that project the ink. The ink from the printer head(s) is thus printed over the intended printing width of the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Andreas Karrer, Luca Minutillo, Piero Sabbi, Osvaldo Mancini, Simon Holt