Patents by Inventor Heinz Michael KOCH

Heinz Michael KOCH 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: 11897251
    Abstract: In some examples, a sheet-fed printing press includes a dryer for drying sheets printed by a non-impact printing device. A cooling unit is directly downstream from the dryer in the transport direction, and includes a cooling module above a conveying plane. The cooling module uses air as a cooling medium, and may include a blower module with blower nozzles that blow the cooling medium onto the surface of the sheets being cooled. The blower module forms, with a guide surface, a gap with respect to the surface of the sheet being cooled. The guide surface of the blower module is arranged at a height above the surface of the sheet being cooled so that the cross-section of an outer annular gap, through the cooling medium exits, is smaller than or almost equal to a sum cross-section across all opening surfaces of the blower nozzles in the guide surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: KOENIG & BAUER AG
    Inventors: Annemarie Koch, Heinz Michael Koch, Maik Walter
  • Publication number: 20230391070
    Abstract: In some examples, a sheet-fed printing press includes a dryer for drying sheets printed by a non-impact printing device. A cooling unit is directly downstream from the dryer in the transport direction, and includes a cooling module above a conveying plane. The cooling module uses air as a cooling medium, and may include a blower module with blower nozzles that blow the cooling medium onto the surface of the sheets being cooled. The blower module forms, with a guide surface, a gap with respect to the surface of the sheet being cooled. The guide surface of the blower module is arranged at a height above the surface of the sheet being cooled so that the cross-section of an outer annular gap, through the cooling medium exits, is smaller than or almost equal to a sum cross-section across all opening surfaces of the blower nozzles in the guide surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Annemarie KOCH, Heinz Michael KOCH, Maik WALTER
  • Patent number: 11498790
    Abstract: A sheet-processing machine includes a turning device. Sheets can be conveyed, by a sheet conveyor system, from a sheet guide cylinder in the turning device, and can be conveyed in a sheet conveyor direction on a sheet conveyor path. A sheet guide element is provided beneath or along the sheet conveyor path. A deionization device is assigned to the sheet guide element. The deionization device can provide positive and negative ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: KOENIG & BAUER AG
    Inventors: Heinz Michael Koch, Mario Herzog, Tilo Hanke, Dietmar Lange, Michael Geihsler
  • Publication number: 20220204295
    Abstract: A sheet-processing machine includes a turning device. Sheets can be conveyed, by a sheet conveyor system, from a sheet guide cylinder in the turning device, and can be conveyed in a sheet conveyor direction on a sheet conveyor path. A sheet guide element is provided beneath or along the sheet conveyor path. A deionization device is assigned to the sheet guide element. The deionization device can provide positive and negative ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Heinz Michael KOCH, Mario HERZOG, Tilo HANKE, Dietmar LANGE, Michael GEIHSLER