Patents by Inventor Bernd Anton Hillebrand

Bernd Anton Hillebrand 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).

  • Printed product and method for producing a printed product
    Patent number: 6896250
    Abstract: A printed product is produced on a web-fed rotary newspaper printing press. The dimensions of the resultant printed product can be varied. Paper webs of constant and preselected widths are combined with sub-paper webs of preselected and somewhat smaller widths. These webs are combined and are brought together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernd Anton Hillebrand
  • Web-fed rotary press
    Patent number: 6510791
    Abstract: A multi-color, web-fed rotary printing press provides a shortened construction. A web passes vertically downwardly through a plurality of bridge printing units which are arranged one above the other. A lowermost one of these bridge printing units has a transfer cylinder that changes the path of web travel from a generally vertical direction to a generally horizontal direction in route to a downstream located device, such as a drying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Anton Hillebrand, Wolfgang Günter Ruckmann
  • Web-fed rotary press
    Patent number: 6499396
    Abstract: A web-fed rotary printing press includes at least two printing units each of which has two print units. The two print units are situated adjacent each other and form a double print unit or print unit module. Several double print units or printing units can be situated one after the other. One of the printing units can be shifted with respect to the other printing unit to afford access to each print unit for maintenance work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernd Anton Hillebrand
  • Printed product and method for producing a printed product
    Publication number: 20020195813
    Abstract: A printed product is produced on a web-fed rotary newspaper printing press. The dimensions of the resultant printed product can be varied. Paper webs of constant and preselected widths are combined with sub-paper webs of preselected and somewhat smaller widths. These webs are combined and are brought together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: KOENIG & BAUER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Bernd Anton Hillebrand
  • Rotary press with a five-cylinder printing unit
    Patent number: 6467408
    Abstract: A rotary printing unit consists of a pair of modules, each of which has two pairs of cooperating formed and transfer cylinders and a counter-pressure cylinder. A multi-variable cylinder arrangement is utilized. The counter-pressure cylinder in each of the five-cylinder modules can be placed on either side of a line extending between the axes of rotation of the transfer cylinders in the two pairs of cooperating formed cylinders and transfer cylinders in each module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernd Anton Hillebrand
  • Method of producing a newspaper
    Patent number: 6435092
    Abstract: A method for producing a printed product, such as a newspaper using a plurality of product and part-product webs. The webs, or selected ones of the webs can be longitudinally or transversely perforated or both. This allows a simple way for accomplishing the removal of parts of the printed product, such as selected advertisements or selected columns of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernd Anton Hillebrand
  • Apparatus for moving point needles
    Patent number: 6128988
    Abstract: Point needles in a conveying cylinder of a rotary press are caused to follow a curve course which securely fastens a web to the cylinder while eliminating transport damage to the printed products as well as reducing paper waste. The needle tips of the point needles are moved along their path by the superimpositioning of two pivot movements, one of which is accomplished by a point holder arm and the second of which is accomplished by a rocker. The two cooperate to form a level four member swivel joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Anton Hillebrand, Horst Bernhard Michalik
  • Apparatus for moving point needles
    Patent number: 6125728
    Abstract: Point needles in a collecting cylinder are driven in a two stage extension process to initially needle or pierce the leading edge of a product web being cut. Once the cut has been made, the needle tips are moved further radially outwardly from the cylinder to secure the cut edge. As the signatures are transferred to a folding cylinder, the needle points are retracted along a single stage retraction curve which is different from the path traveled during the two stage extension process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernd Anton Hillebrand
  • Cutting device
    Patent number: 5983764
    Abstract: A cutting device for transversely cutting a traveling web into signatures is usable to cut signatures into equal or unequal lengths and to accomplish proper register of the cuts. This is accomplished by supporting at least one cutter blade in a cutting cylinder so that the blade can be shifted circumferentially, and by supporting the cutting cylinder so that it can be phase-shifted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernd Anton Hillebrand
  • Method for moving point needles on a compound course curve
    Patent number: 5860342
    Abstract: Point needles in a conveying cylinder of a rotary press are caused to follow a curve course which securely fastens a web to the cylinder while eliminating transport damage to the printed products as well as reducing paper waste. The needle tips of the point needles are moved along their path by the superimpositioning of two pivot movements, one of which is accomplished by a point holder arm and the second of which is accomplished by a rocker. The two cooperate to form a level four member swivel joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Anton Hillebrand, Horst Bernhard Michalik
  • Stitching device
    Patent number: 5848745
    Abstract: A stapling device is usable to staple printed products transversely to their direction of travel in a folding machine of a rotary press assembly. There is no relative movement between the stapling heads and the product sections during stapling. The stapling heads move directly radially to the counter cylinder during the stapling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernd Anton Hillebrand
  • Binding device
    Patent number: 5772097
    Abstract: A binding device accomplishes the transverse binding or stapling of product elements in a folding apparatus that is situated downstream from a rotary printing press. One or more binding cylinders are supported for rotation with, and with respect to, a binding cylinder support which is cooperatively positioned with respect to a collection and counter-cylinder. The binding device minimizes vibrations and maintains staple-forming elements within the binding cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernd Anton Hillebrand
  • Method for moving point neeedles in a two stage extension path
    Patent number: 5765459
    Abstract: Point needles in a collecting cylinder are driven in a two stage extension process to initially needle or pierce the leading edge of a product web being cut. Once the cut has been made, the needle tips are moved further radially outwardly from the cylinder to secure the cut edge. As the signatures are transferred to a folding cylinder, the needle points are retracted along a single stage retraction curve which is different from the path traveled during the two stage extension process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernd Anton Hillebrand
  • Drive for a folding blade
    Patent number: 5741209
    Abstract: The folding blade spindle of a folding drum is rotatably driven by a single drive train that utilizes only one gear drive pair. The folding drum itself is rotated by a separate drive assembly. The use of only one gear drive pair for the folding blade spindle drive substantially reduces play in the folding blade and promotes accurate folding of printed products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Anton Hillebrand, Horst Bernhard Michalik
  • Cutting device
    Patent number: 5692440
    Abstract: A cutting device for transversely severing a printed web into signatures utilizes a collection and counter-cylinder, in cooperation with a cutting cylinder support that carries two cutting cylinders. Each cutting cylinder is rotatable with respect to the cutting cylinder support. These two cutting cylinders are also both axially shiftable on the cutting support cylinder to vary the lengths of the signatures being cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernd Anton Hillebrand