Patents by Inventor Edward R. Ochsenbauer

Edward R. Ochsenbauer 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).

  • Sheet folding apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7758486
    Abstract: In some embodiments of the present invention, a method and apparatus for folding sheets are disclosed in which single transverse folds are created by vacuum rolls in one operational mode and double transverse folds are created by vacuum rolls in another operational mode. The folder can have a low profile in which the axes of various elements and assemblies in the folder are located within height ranges relative to the height of a folding roll axis in the folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Edward R. Ochsenbauer
  • Sheet folding apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7008364
    Abstract: In some embodiments of the present invention, a method and apparatus for folding sheets are disclosed in which single transverse folds are created by vacuum rolls in one operational mode and double transverse folds are created by vacuum rolls in another operational mode. The folder can have a low profile in which the axes of various elements and assemblies in the folder are located within height ranges relative to the height of a folding roll axis in the folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward R. Ochsenbauer
  • Sheet folding apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20040063559
    Abstract: In some embodiments of the present invention, a method and apparatus for folding sheets are disclosed in which single transverse folds are created by vacuum rolls in one operational mode and double transverse folds are created by vacuum rolls in another operational mode. The folder can have a low profile in which the axes of various elements and assemblies in the folder are located within height ranges relative to the height of a folding roll axis in the folder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Edward R. Ochsenbauer
  • Short count sheet separator
    Patent number: 4997338
    Abstract: A short count sheet separator for separating relatively short count clips of laminar products or cut sheets having horizontally extending table top fingers for supporting a continuously building stack of laminar products and a rotatable count finger assembly having a plurality of count fingers extending radially therefrom and rotatable into and out of the stack building path and further having a pusher finger to displace a relatively short count clip of the laminar products from the stack building path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis P. Couturier, Edward R. Ochsenbauer