Patents by Inventor Andreas Niffeler

Andreas Niffeler 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 Apparatus For Mounting A Piece Of Foil On A Substrate
    Publication number: 20100018643
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a piece of foil on a substrate comprises a holder for receiving a strip of foil which is wound up on a roll, a loop buffer, an alignment unit in which the strip of foil is guided between two parallel plates and is deflected at least twice, a feed unit for the intermittent feeding of the strip of foil and a cutting unit for cutting a piece of foil. The cutting unit comprises two blades which touch each other in a contact point in order to cut the piece of foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Roland Kuster, Andreas Niffeler, Martin Von Arx