Patents by Inventor Gordon BACH

Gordon BACH 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).

  • Method and apparatus for zigzag folding a material web
    Patent number: 11479437
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for zigzag folding a material web, the method having the following steps: continuously feeding a material web to be folded into a folding apparatus along a feed direction, alternately gripping the material web in a proximal region of the folding apparatus by means of gripping devices, holding and conveying the material web by means of the gripping devices into a distal region of the folding apparatus, the material web being zigzag folded thereby, and releasing the material web from the gripping devices and depositing the material web in a stack (9) with folds in the distal region, a distance between adjacent gripping devices (4, 5) being equal to a fold length. Furthermore, the application also relates to an apparatus for zigzag folding a material web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN
    Inventors: Arne Glodde, Gordon Bach, Robert Mooy, Muhammed Aydemir
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ZIGZAG FOLDING A MATERIAL WEB
    Publication number: 20180170705
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for zigzag folding a material web, the method having the following steps: continuously feeding a material web to be folded into a folding apparatus along a feed direction, alternately gripping the material web in a proximal region of the folding apparatus by means of gripping devices, holding and conveying the material web by means of the gripping devices into a distal region of the folding apparatus, the material web being zigzag folded thereby, and releasing the material web from the gripping devices and depositing the material web in a stack (9) with folds in the distal region, a distance between adjacent gripping devices (4, 5) being equal to a fold length. Furthermore, the application also relates to an apparatus for zigzag folding a material web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Arne GLODDE, Gordon BACH, Robert MOOY, Muhammed AYDEMIR