Patents by Inventor Frank Nagel

Frank Nagel 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).

  • Publication number: 20120205862
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and a method for depositing sheet-shaped substrates (6), in particular printing materials, in a printing machine so as to form a stack. The device comprises a tray (10) for receiving the substrates, said tray having a tray surface (8) that is tilted about a first axis and about a second axis, relative to a horizontal. Also provided are a lifting device for lifting and lowering the tray, as well as a first abutment having a first abutment surface and a second abutment (26) having a second abutment surface, with the first and the second abutment surfaces being arranged so as to be perpendicular to each other, and with substrates deposited on the tray coming to abut against the first and the second abutment surfaces due to the tilting of the tray surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Soenke Christian Bluethgen, Frank Nagel, Dieter Gritzuhn
  • Publication number: 20120193868
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and a method for depositing sheet-shaped substrates (6), in particular printing materials, in a printing machine so as to form a stack. The device comprises a tray (10) for receiving the substrates, said tray having a tray surface (8) that is tilted about a first axis and about a second axis, relative to a horizontal. Also provided are a lifting device for lifting and lowering the tray, as well as a first abutment (25) having a first abutment surface and a second abutment (26) having a second abutment surface, with the first and the second abutment surfaces being arranged so as to be perpendicular to each other, and with substrates deposited on the tray coming to abut against the first and the second abutment surfaces due to the tilting of the tray surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Soenke Christian Bluethgen, Frank Nagel, Dieter Gritzuhn
  • Patent number: 7850167
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for depositing sheets in a machine that preferably processes sheets by graphic means, in particular for a printing machine, preferably for an electrophotographically operating machine, comprising at least one deposit tray for depositing and preferably also for stacking processed sheets. Furthermore, the invention relates to a deposit tray for a device of the aforementioned type. The object of the invention is to provide a device or a deposit tray of the aforementioned type, which permits a controlled depositing and stacking of sheets, in particular, at greater sheet-processing speeds, and, preferably, in a cost-effective manner. In accordance with the invention, this object is achieved in that a deposit surface of the deposit tray is arranged, or can be arranged, at an angle that deviates from the horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Soenke C. Bluethgen, Soenke Dehn, Frank Nagel, Dieter R. Gritzuhn
  • Publication number: 20080230983
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for depositing sheets in a machine that preferably processes sheets by graphic means, in particular for a printing machine, preferably for an electrophotographically operating machine, comprising at least one deposit tray for depositing and preferably also for stacking processed sheets. Furthermore, the invention relates to a deposit tray for a device of the aforementioned type. The object of the invention is to provide a device or a deposit tray of the aforementioned type, which permits a controlled depositing and stacking of sheets, in particular, at greater sheet-processing speeds, and, preferably, in a cost-effective manner. In accordance with the invention, this object is achieved in that a deposit surface of the deposit tray is arranged, or can be arranged, at an angle that deviates from the horizontal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Soenke C. Bluethgen, Soenke Dehn, Frank Nagel, Dieter R. Gritzuhn
  • Patent number: 7381144
    Abstract: A gearbox assembly, in particular for a wheel drive of a vehicle with a hydrostatic gearbox having, according to a first driving mode, the sun gear of the single planetary stage in effective interaction with a ring gear of the planetary stage via a first coupling, so that the output speed of the planetary stage is a linear function of the output speed of the hydrostatic gearbox and that, according to a second driving mode, the ring gear is in effective interaction with the hydrostatic gearbox, wherein, at the same time, the sun gear is in effective interaction with a gearbox input shaft via a second coupling so that as a consequence of power distribution, the speeds of the ring gear and the sun gear overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Lohmann & Stolterfoht GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Meise, Bernhard Langenbeck, Steffan Reiblein, Frank Nagel
  • Publication number: 20060214360
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sheet transport device, preferably for arrangement on the sheet-delivery side of a printing machine, including at least two rollers that are axis-parallel with respect to each other and form between them a transport gap for the sheets for a reversible deformation and stiffening of the sheets respectively transported between them. The rollers are such that a sheet which exceeds a specific intrinsic stiffness is able to move the rollers apart against the applied force in order to avoid said sheet's deformation and/or in order to enlarge the diameter of the second roller, viewed in side elevation of the second roller, a rounded transition has been implemented in at least one section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Ingo Neuber, Frank Nagel, Soenke Dehn
  • Publication number: 20060094553
    Abstract: A gearbox assembly, in particular for a wheel drive of a vehicle with a hydrostatic gearbox (2) having at least one downstream planetary stage (3), wherein coupling the planetary stage (3) to the hydrostatic gearbox (2) is via intermediate gearbox means for speed overlap within the planetary stage (3), by having, according to a first driving mode, the sun gear (3b) of the single planetary stage (3) in effective interaction with a ring gear (3a) of the planetary stage (3) via a first coupling (4), so that the output speed of the planetary stage (3) is a linear function of the output speed of the hydrostatic gearbox (2) and that, according to a second driving mode, the ring gear (3a) is in effective interaction with the hydrostatic gearbox (2), wherein, at the same time, the sun gear (3b) is in effective interaction with a gearbox input shaft (1) via a second coupling (5) so that as a consequence of power distribution, the speeds of the ring gear (3a) and the sun gear (3b) overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Andreas Meise, Bernhard Langenbeck, Steffen Reiblein, Frank Nagel
  • Patent number: 5300778
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multispectral sensor with several filters and sensor elements for different spectral ranges of a radiation to be measured. The object of the invention is to so further develop a multispectral sensor of this type that it can be manufactured as a discrete component with small dimensions and has a high measuring accuracy, whilst obtaining a high output signal. This object is achieved in that the beam is broken down by an optical device into several partial beams and reflected onto filters. Behind the filters are located radiation-sensitive elements, which detect the spectral range corresponding to the transmission range of the in each case upstream filter. The remaining spectral range of the partial beam is reflected by the filter surface towards the other filters. Thus, each filter is supplied with the associated spectral ranges of all the partial beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: ULTRAKUST electronic GmbH
    Inventors: Volkmar Norkus, Christian Schiewe, Frank Nagel