Patents by Inventor Christophe Rifflart

Christophe Rifflart 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).

  • Web printing press with delivery stream length determination
    Patent number: 7765926
    Abstract: A printing press is provided including at least one print unit printing a first job on a web, a folder splitting the web into a plurality of ribbons, combining the ribbons, and cutting the ribbons into signatures, the folder having a folder delivery for delivery of the signatures, a marking device marking every ribbon, a sensor sensing the marks on every ribbon, and a controller connected to the marking device and the sensor and determining a shortest ribbon value and a longest ribbon value, the shortest ribbon value being a function of a shortest path length of a first ribbon through the folder and the longest ribbon value being a function of a longest path length of a further ribbon through the folder. A method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Raymond Rancourt, George Athans, Christophe Rifflart, Kevin Lauren Cote
  • Web printing press with delivery stream length determination
    Publication number: 20080190309
    Abstract: A printing press is provided including at least one print unit printing a first job on a web, a folder splitting the web into a plurality of ribbons, combining the ribbons, and cutting the ribbons into signatures, the folder having a folder delivery for delivery of the signatures, a marking device marking every ribbon, a sensor sensing the marks on every ribbon, and a controller connected to the marking device and the sensor and determining a shortest ribbon value and a longest ribbon value, the shortest ribbon value being a function of a shortest path length of a first ribbon through the folder and the longest ribbon value being a function of a longest path length of a further ribbon through the folder. A method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: Goss International Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Raymond Rancourt, George Athans, Christophe Rifflart, Kevin Lauren Cote