Patents by Inventor Georg Kässmair

Georg Kässmair 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).

  • Printing plate cartridge for a press and press
    Patent number: 7401553
    Abstract: A printing plate cartridge for a press including a housing having an old printing compartment for holding a printing plate to be removed during a printing plate change and a new printing plate compartment for holding a printing plate to be mounted on a form cylinder of a press during a printing plate change. A printing plate to be mounted on the form cylinder is removable from the new printing plate compartment via a first opening for feeding to the form cylinder during a printing plate changing operation. A printing plate to be removed from the form cylinder is capable of being fed to the old printing plate compartment via the first opening during a printing plate changing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Glunz, Albert Heller, Georg Kässmair, Michael Scholz
  • Device for fixing a cover on a cylinder of a printing unit
    Patent number: 7100502
    Abstract: To provide a device for fixing a covering to a printing-unit cylinder in which, while implementing a narrow gap in the cylinder circumferential surface, the legs of the covering can be tensioned easily and reliably, a spindle bears a trailing channel edge of a tension channel the trailing channel edge can be moved away from the leading channel edge by pivoting the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Albert Heller, Georg Kässmair
  • Printing plate cartridge for a press and press
    Publication number: 20050263024
    Abstract: The invention provides a printing plate cartridge for a press. The printing plate cartridge includes a housing comprising an upper side, an underside, a front side, a rear side and two narrow sides. The housing includes an old printing compartment for holding a printing plate to be removed during a printing plate change and a new printing plate compartment for holding a printing plate to be mounted on a form cylinder of a press during a printing plate change. A first opening is integrated into one of the upper side or the underside of the housing. A printing plate to be mounted on the form cylinder is removable from the new printing plate compartment via the first opening for feeding to the form cylinder during a printing plate changing operation. A printing plate to be removed from the form cylinder is capable of being fed to the old printing plate compartment via the first opening during a printing plate changing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Glunz, Albert Heller, Georg Kässmair, Michael Scholz
  • Roller element for pressing a flexible printing plate onto the form cylinder
    Patent number: 5617792
    Abstract: A roller element for pressing a flexible printing plate against a form cylinder of a printing unit in a rotary printing machine during a first mode of winding the printing plate on the form cylinder and a second mode of unwinding the printing plate from the form cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Gunnar Rau, Albert Heller, Michael Scholz, Georg Kaessmair