Patents by Inventor Ernst Heierli

Ernst Heierli 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).

  • Conveying device for feeding printed products to a processing unit
    Patent number: 8146910
    Abstract: A conveying device for feeding printed products to a processing unit in which the printed products are conveyed along a conveying path by a first conveyor, from a stack in which the printed products are arranged vertically, to a second conveyor which has a higher circumferential speed than the first conveyor for forming an imbricated formation which is upwardly offset, wherein a holding-down device which acts on the printed products and is formed of at least one endless traction unit is arranged in a transition area formed by the conveying end of the first conveyor and the conveying beginning of the second conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Muller Martini Holding AG
    Inventor: Ernst Heierli
  • Conveying device for feeding printed products to a processing unit
    Publication number: 20060237892
    Abstract: A conveying device for feeding printed products to a processing unit in which the printed products are conveyed along a conveying path by a first conveyor, from a stack in which the printed products are arranged vertically, to a second conveyor which has a higher circumferential speed than the first conveyor for forming an imbricated formation which is upwardly offset, wherein a holding-down device which acts on the printed products and is formed of at least one endless traction unit is arranged in a transition area formed by the conveying end of the first conveyor and the conveying beginning of the second conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventor: Ernst Heierli