Patents by Inventor Elmar KLÜPFEL

Elmar KLÜPFEL 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 processing machine, method for inspecting at least one remaining portion of at least one sheet processed by a shaping device, and method for inspecting a sheet
    Patent number: 11597200
    Abstract: A sheet-processing machine has a shaping device for processing sheets. The shaping device has at least one shaping point. The sheet-processing machine comprises at least one separating device. The at least one separating device is designed to remove at least one remaining piece from at least one sheet of the sheets. The at least one separating device is arranged downstream of the at least one shaping point along a transport path provided for transporting the sheets. At least one inspection device is arranged, downstream of the separating device in the transport direction of the sheets, to determine an actual state of the at least one sheet of the sheets. The invention additionally relates to a method for inspecting at least one remaining part of at least one sheet of sheets, which part has been processed by a shaping device, and to a method for inspecting at least one sheet of sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KOENIG & BAUER AG
    Inventors: Michael Donnert, Bastian Deppisch, Elmar Klüpfel
  • SHEET PROCESSING MACHINE, METHOD FOR INSPECTING AT LEAST ONE REMAINING PORTION OF AT LEAST ONE SHEET PROCESSED BY A SHAPING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING A SHEET
    Publication number: 20220143967
    Abstract: A sheet-processing machine has a shaping device for processing sheets. The shaping device has at least one shaping point. The sheet-processing machine comprises at least one separating device. The at least one separating device is designed to remove at least one remaining piece from at least one sheet of the sheets. The at least one separating device is arranged downstream of the at least one shaping point along a transport path provided for transporting the sheets. At least one inspection device is arranged, downstream of the separating device in the transport direction of the sheets, to determine an actual state of the at least one sheet of the sheets. The invention additionally relates to a method for inspecting at least one remaining part of at least one sheet of sheets, which part has been processed by a shaping device, and to a method for inspecting at least one sheet of sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Michael DONNERT, Bastian DEPPISCH, Elmar KLÜPFEL