Patents by Inventor Andres Miescher

Andres Miescher 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).

  • Patent number: 7581493
    Abstract: A device is provided for engaging and/or disengaging a roller with or from a first mating roller. The device includes a second mating roller, with which the roller is engaged, and with a basic unit, with which the roller can be moved to or away from the first mating roller in the circumferential direction of the second mating roller. A process for engaging and/or disengaging a roller of a printing press with or from a first mating roller is provided wherein the roller is engaged with a second mating roller and the roller is guided in the circumferential direction of the second mating roller in the state in which it is engaged with the second mating roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: WIFAG Maschinenfabrik AG
    Inventors: Andres Miescher, Andreas Zahnd
  • Publication number: 20060124005
    Abstract: A device is provided for engaging and/or disengaging a roller with or from a first mating roller. The device includes a second mating roller, with which the roller is engaged, and with a basic unit, with which the roller can be moved to or away from the first mating roller in the circumferential direction of the second mating roller. A process for engaging and/or disengaging a roller of a printing press with or from a first mating roller is provided wherein the roller is engaged with a second mating roller and the roller is guided in the circumferential direction of the second mating roller in the state in which it is engaged with the second mating roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Andres Miescher, Andreas Zahnd
  • Patent number: 5875714
    Abstract: A protective device is provided on printing presses with a two-dimensional protective cover. The cover is mounted pivotably around a pivot axis in a press frame and shields a cylinder pair from access by an operating personnel and grants access to the said cylinder pair after pivoting off from the cylinder pair. The cylinder pair comprises a rubber blanket cylinder and a plate cylinder. A separate protective cover is provided for each of the cylinder pairs of a printing tower with "U" and "N" (type) bridge elements arranged alternatingly one on top of another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Wifag
    Inventors: Peter Winkler, Max Egger, Andres Miescher