Patents by Inventor Franz Reiner

Franz Reiner 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: 6314884
    Abstract: A register control device for the cylinder of a printing machine that emits a signal when a printing plate is resting in register on one or more register pins associated with a print cylinder. The signal is communicated to a stationary evaluation unit by a magnetic field. In this regard, a magnetic field sensor is attached to the printing machine frame and is used to detect the signal and forward the signal to the evaluation unit. The evaluation unit uses the communicated signal to determine whether or not insertion of the printing plate was properly performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventor: Franz Reiner
  • Patent number: 6074500
    Abstract: A method for producing a metal component which is made up of at least two partial elements with differing material properties is distinguished in that a first partial element made of a steel material, which can be tempered, is preassembled in a recess in a second partial element made of a magnetic iron material of low retentivity. A copper based solder is applied to the preassembled component at the recess in the transition area between the first partial element and the second partial element. Thereafter, the component is heated to a temperature which lies above the melting temperature of the solder. After the liquid solder has been distributed in a contact area of the two partial elements, the component is cooled. The component is then brought at least once to the tempering temperature of the steel material of the first partial element, is maintained at this temperature for a predetermined length of time and then is completely cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: FEV Motorentechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Schebitz, Franz-Reiner Carduck
  • Patent number: 6032581
    Abstract: The present invention generally describes register control equipment for the cylinder of a printing machine. It specifically pertains to the printing plate of sheet-fed offset printing machine that has fitted register pins. The register pins are electrically insulated with respect to the cylinder and emit a signal when a printing plate is resting in register on one or more of the pins. The signal is communicated to a stationary evaluation unit by an electrical contact adapted to contact the printing plate. The evaluation unit uses the communicated signal to determine whether or not insertion was properly performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Thomas Beutler, Christopher Muth, Michael Rother, Helmut Schild, Peter Biernot, Franz Reiner