Patents by Inventor Erik Andreas Van Holten

Erik Andreas Van Holten 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: 11878866
    Abstract: The tray body comprises a support surface and a spring for spring biasing the tray door relative to the tray body to urge the tray door to open. When the tray door is fully opened, it rests against the support surface under the influence of a spring biasing force, provided by the spring, that exceeds a first non-zero threshold. The tray body comprises a tray frame and a door shaft that defines an axis of rotation of the tray door and the spring comprises a torsion spring arranged around the door shaft. The tray door comprises a shaft channel in which the door shaft is rotatably accommodated. The torsion spring has one end fixed coupled to the door shaft and another end to an inside wall of the shaft channel and/or the damper is arranged in the shaft channel and fixed in position relative to the door shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: EAE SOLUTIONS HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Erik Andreas Van Holten, Menno Jansen
  • Publication number: 20220204275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bomb bay sorter and to a tray to be used in such a system. According to the present invention, the tray body comprises a support surface and a spring for spring biasing the tray door relative to the tray body to urge the tray door to open. According to the invention, when the tray door is fully opened, it rests against the support surface under the influence of a spring biasing force, provided by the spring, that exceeds a first non-zero threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Erik Andreas VAN HOLTEN, Menno JANSEN
  • Patent number: 10571688
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of protecting a camera (2) for inspecting printed work during printing from soiling. A transparent protective element (7) is placed here between the camera (2) and the printed work for inspection, and the protective element (7) is replaced when the transparency thereof decreases. The transparent protective element (7) can form part of a strip of transparent film (7) which is unwound from a supply reel (9) and wound onto a take-up reel (10). The decrease in transparency can be determined on the basis of a recording made by the camera (2). The invention also relates to a device (1) for protecting such a camera (2) from soiling, comprising a transparent protective element (7) to be placed between the camera (2) and the printed work for inspection; and means ( ) for replacing the protective element (7) when the transparency thereof decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Q.I. Press Controls Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Menno Jansen, Erik Andreas Van Holten
  • Patent number: 9531936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera system (1). The invention also relates to a color measuring system and a printing press provided with such a color measuring system and/or camera system. The focal distance can be determined by making use of a plurality of sensors (2, 2?, 2?, 2??, 15) to record an image of the printed image (8, 16, 17) printed by the press and determining the overlap (9, 9?, Ov) between these images (16, 17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Q.I. Press Controls Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Menno Jansen, Erik Andreas van Holten
  • Publication number: 20150304542
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera system (1). The invention also relates to a colour measuring system and a printing press provided with such a colour measuring system and/or camera system. The focal distance can be determined by making use of a plurality of sensors (2, 2?, 2?, 2??, 15) to record an image of the printed image (8, 16, 17) printed by the press and determining the overlap (9, 9?, Ov) between these images (16, 17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Menno Jansen, Erik Andreas van Holten
  • Publication number: 20150077539
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of protecting a camera (2) for inspecting printed work during printing from soiling. A transparent protective element (7) is placed here between the camera (2) and the printed work for inspection, and the protective element (7) is replaced when the transparency thereof decreases. The transparent protective element (7) can form part of a strip of transparent film (7) which is unwound from a supply reel (9) and wound onto a take-up reel (10). The decrease in transparency can be determined on the basis of a recording made by the camera (2). The invention also relates to a device (1) for protecting such a encamera (2) from soiling, comprising a transparent protective element (7) to be placed between the camera (2) and the printed work for inspection; and means () for replacing the protective element (7) when the transparency thereof decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Menno Jansen, Erik Andreas Van Holten
  • Patent number: 6108436
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring the quality of a moving web of multicolor print during a printing process, including monitoring the mutual location of the various colors on the basis of marks arranged on the web of print and further monitoring the location in longitudinal direction and transversal direction of the web of print in relation to at least one printing press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Q.I. Press Controls V.O.F.
    Inventors: Menno Jansen, Erik Andreas Van Holten