Patents by Inventor Franz Plasswich

Franz Plasswich 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: 11331903
    Abstract: A system for the replacement of sleeves that can be slipped on arbors of ink transfer rollers of at least printing machine has a storage device, in which the sleeves not being used in current ink transfer can be stored, and a transport device, with which several sleeves can be transported to the printing machine. The system has a transfer device the facilitates the transfer of the sleeves between the storage device and/or the transport device and the arbors of the ink transfer rollers, and/or between the storage device and the transport device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: WINDMOELLER & HOELSCHER KG
    Inventors: Franz Plasswich, Dietmar Poetter
  • Patent number: 10857780
    Abstract: A system for the replacement of sleeves that can be slipped on arbors of ink transfer rollers of at least printing machine has a storage device, in which the sleeves not being, used in current ink transfer can be stored, and a transport device, with which several sleeves can be transported to the printing machine. The system has a transfer device the facilitates the transfer of the sleeves between the storage device and/or the transport device and the arbors of the ink transfer rollers, and/or between the storage device and the transport device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: WINDMOELLER & HOELSCHER KG
    Inventors: Franz Plasswich, Dietmar Poetter
  • Patent number: 10737482
    Abstract: A system for replacement of sleeves that can be slipped on arbors of Wei y transfer rollers of a printing machine has a storage device, in which the sleeves, which are not used in cl current ink transfer, can be stored, and transport devices, with which several sleeves can be transported to the printing machine, Devices for the transfer of the sleeves with which the sleeves can be transported between the storage device, the transport devices, an, the arbors of the ink transfer rollers include devices for receiving the sleeves, which are associated with a robotic arm such that the devices for receiving the sleeves have three degrees of freedom for translation and are rotatable about at least two axes of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: WINDMOELLER & HOELSCHER KG
    Inventors: Franz Plasswich, Dietmar Poetter
  • Publication number: 20180086046
    Abstract: A system for the replacement of sleeves that can be slipped on arbors of ink transfer rollers of at least printing machine has a storage device, in which the sleeves not being, used in current ink transfer can be stored, and a transport device, with which several sleeves can be transported to the printing machine. The system has a transfer device the facilitates the transfer of the sleeves between the storage device and/or the transport device and the arbors of the ink transfer rollers, and/or between the storage device and the transport device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Windmoeller & Hoelscher KG
    Inventors: Franz PLASSWICH, Dietmar Poetter
  • Publication number: 20180086047
    Abstract: A system for the replacement of sleeves that can be slipped on arbors of ink transfer rollers of at least printing machine has a storage device, in which the sleeves not being used in current ink transfer can be stored, and a transport device, with which several sleeves can be transported to the printing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Windmoeller & Hoelscher KG
    Inventors: Franz PLASSWICH, Dietmar POETTER
  • Publication number: 20160009076
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for replacement of sleeves (6, 6a) (6, 6a) that can be slipped on arbors (5, 5a) of ink transfer rollers (4) of at least one printing machine (1), with a storage device, in which the sleeves (6, 6a) (6, 6a), which are not used in the current ink transfer, can be stored, and/or with transport devices (8, 9), with which several sleeves (6, 6a) (6, 6a) can be transported to the printing machine (1). The inventive step lies in the means for the transfer of the sleeves (10-19, 21), with which the sleeves (6, 6a) can be transported between the storage device and/or the transport devices (8,9) and the arbors (5, 5a) of the ink transfer rollers (4) in at least one printing machine (1) and/or between the storage device and the transport devices (8, 9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: Windmoelle & Hoelscher
    Inventors: Franz Plasswich, Dietmar Poetter
  • Publication number: 20140116278
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for replacement of sleeves (6, 6a) (6, 6a) that can be slipped on arbors (5, 5a) of ink transfer rollers (4) of at least one printing machine (1), with a storage device, in which the sleeves (6, 6a) (6, 6a), which are not used in the current ink transfer, can be stored, and/or with transport devices (8, 9), with which several sleeves (6, 6a) (6, 6a) can be transported to the printing machine (1). The inventive step lies in the means for the transfer of the sleeves (10-19, 21), with which the sleeves (6, 6a) can be transported between the storage device and/or the transport devices (8,9) and the arbors (5, 5a) of the ink transfer rollers (4) in at least one printing machine (1) and/or between the storage device and the transport devices (8, 9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Windmoelle & Hoelscher
    Inventors: Franz Plasswich, Dietmar Poetter
  • Publication number: 20110283907
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for replacement of sleeves (6, 6a) (6, 6a) that can be slipped on arbors (5, 5a) of ink transfer rollers (4) of at least one printing machine (1), with a storage device, in which the sleeves (6, 6a) (6, 6a), which are not used in the current ink transfer, can be stored, and/or with transport devices (8, 9), with which several sleeves (6, 6a) (6, 6a) can be transported to the printing machine (1). The inventive step lies in the means for the transfer of the sleeves (10-19, 21), with which the sleeves (6, 6a) can be transported between the storage device and/or the transport devices (8,9) and the arbors (5, 5a) of the ink transfer rollers (4) in at least one printing machine (1) and/or between the storage device and the transport devices (8, 9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Franz Plasswich, Dietmar Poetter
  • Publication number: 20090028613
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for replacement of sleeves (6, 6a) (6, 6a) that can be slipped on arbors (5, 5a) of ink transfer rollers (4) of at least one printing machine (1), with a storage device, in which the sleeves (6, 6a) (6, 6a), which are not used in the current ink transfer, can be stored, and/or with transport devices (8, 9), with which several sleeves (6, 6a) (6, 6a) can be transported to the printing machine (1). The inventive step lies in the means for the transfer of the sleeves (10-19, 21), with which the sleeves (6, 6a) can be transported between the storage device and/or the transport devices (8,9) and the arbors (5, 5a) of the ink transfer rollers (4) in at least one printing machine (1) and/or between the storage device and the transport devices (8, 9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Franz Plasswich, Dietmar Poetter
  • Patent number: 7370581
    Abstract: A changing station for sleeves of a printing machine has a conveyable magazine with at least one take-up device for the sleeves. The magazine is both vertically and horizontally conveyable alongside the printing machine. The horizontal movement can be provided by a rail, and the vertical movement can be provided by a crane or hoist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Windmoeller & Hoelscher KG
    Inventors: Franz Plasswich, Robert Blom
  • Publication number: 20060162600
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for replacing printing sleeves (7) of a printing machine (1), in which printing sleeves (7) that are not required for the actual printing process are mounted in at least one storage device and the transportation of the printing sleeves (7) necessary for the replacement between the storage device and the printing machine (1) is performed by at least one transportation device (13), that comprises printing sleeve retaining devices (14) that can bring the printing sleeves (7) into a position that is suited for the replacement of the printing sleeves (7). The present invention is characterized in that the arrangement of the printing sleeves (7) in the transportation device (13) is determined by a processing and control unit (19), to which the set positions of the printing sleeves in the printing machine during the next printing job are known.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Franz Plasswich, Frank Twiehaus
  • Publication number: 20050139109
    Abstract: Changing station for sleeves (12, 15) of a printing machine (1), with a magazine (17) with at least one take-up device (18) for sleeves (12, 15), which (8) is vertically conveyable, whereby an additional conveyance option (21) is provided for the magazine (17) in the horizontal direction, which ensures that the magazine (17) is conveyable on a horizontal (x) and on a vertical (y) plane alongside the printing machine (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Franz Plasswich, Robert Blom
  • Patent number: 6766722
    Abstract: A cutting and transport roller and a process for cutting the material webs which rest on the peripheral surface of the cutting and transport roller. In so doing, the material webs are severed with the aid of a cutter, which is located inside the shell of the cutting and transport roller in its resting position and which exhibits at least one knife, which during the cutting process of the material web reaches through an opening in the shell of the cutting and transport roller. The cutting motion, which is executed by the cutting surfaces of the knife during the cutting process, exhibits rotary components, whereby the rotational motions of the knife run about an axis of rotation, which is either parallel or at an acute angle to a perpendicular line on the plane which is defined by the radial (r) and axial (z) coordinates of the cutting and transport roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Windmoeller & Hoelscher
    Inventor: Franz Plasswich
  • Patent number: 6705980
    Abstract: A lay-flat removal device for a plastic tube film web with a lay-flat and squeezing device having lay-flat plates and squeezing rolls that are rotatable in a reversing manner around an axis of a supplied film tube. The removal device includes a first reversing, non-rotational pneumatic reversal rod and a first reversing, rotating deflection roll mechanically connected to one another in a first fixed transmission ratio to form a first functional pair which is driven by a first motor, and a second reversing, non-rotational pneumatic reversal rod and a second reversing, rotating deflection roll mechanically connected to one another in a second fixed transmission ratio to form a second functional pair driven by a second motor. The motors are controlled in such a way that the different functional pairs cover angles of rotation that can be determined in a variable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Windmoeller & Hoelscher
    Inventors: Michael Hoene, Franz Plasswich
  • Publication number: 20020066347
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting and transport roller (1) and a process for cutting the material webs (7), which rest on the peripheral surface (3) of the cutting and transport roller. In so doing, the material webs (7) are severed with the aid of a cutter (4), which is located in essence inside the shell of the cutting and transport roller (1) in its resting position and which exhibits at least one knife (9), which during the cutting process of the material web reaches through an opening (6) of the shell of the cutting and transport roller. The cutting motion, which is executed by the cutting surfaces (9a, 9b) of at least one knife during the cutting process, exhibits rotary components, whereby the rotational motions of at least one knife (9) run about the axes (D, 36), which are either parallel or at an acute angle to a perpendicular line on the plane, which is defined by the radial (r) and axial (z) coordinates of the cutting and transport roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventor: Franz Plasswich
  • Publication number: 20020048617
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lay-flat and removal device for a plastic tube film web produced by means of a film blowing head arranged in a stationary manner, whose lay-flat plates (10) and squeezing rolls (9) may be rotated in a reversing manner around the axis of the supplied film tube (17), having a subsequent fixed winding device or device for further processing as well as at least two reversing pneumatic reversal rods (6, 106) and at least two reversing deflection rolls (19, 119), with one reversing, non-rotational pneumatic reversal rod (6, 106) each and one adjacent reversing, rotating deflection roll (19, 119) each forming one functional pair (1, 101), with a motor (11, 111) being assigned to each functional pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Michael Hoene, Franz Plasswich