Patents by Inventor Josef Switalla

Josef Switalla 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: 9757937
    Abstract: Screen printing device for applying an ink, having at least: a) a conveyor belt, b) a rotating hollow cylindrical screen stencil arranged above the conveyor belt with a circumferential screen and a rotating ink removal cylinder arranged adjacent the screen stencil, wherein: c) inside the screen stencil an ink supply device, a first doctor blade adjacent the conveyor belt, a second doctor blade adjacent the ink removal cylinder, and a third doctor blade, which is arranged upstream of the first doctor blade in the running direction of the conveyor belt and/or the rotational direction of the screen stencil are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Georg Berger, Achim Breuer, Wolfram Nilles, Josef Switalla
  • Publication number: 20150191005
    Abstract: Screen printing device for applying an ink, having at least: a) a conveyor belt, b) a rotating hollow cylindrical screen stencil arranged above the conveyor belt with a circumferential screen and a rotating ink removal cylinder arranged adjacent the screen stencil, wherein: c) inside the screen stencil an ink supply device, a first doctor blade adjacent the conveyor belt, a second doctor blade adjacent the ink removal cylinder, and a third doctor blade, which is arranged upstream of the first doctor blade in the running direction of the conveyor belt and/or the rotational direction of the screen stencil are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Georg Berger, Achim Breuer, Wolfram Nilles, Josef Switalla
  • Patent number: 7582833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing electrically conducting tracks on a transparent substrate, by screen printing with an electrically conducting paste, and to the transparent substrate provided with said tracks. According to the invention, conducting tracks are formed with a width less than or equal to 0.3 mm by applying, by screen printing, a thixotropic electrically conducting paste having a ratio of the viscosity without shear stress to the viscosity under shear stress under screen-printing conditions of at least 50 and having a silver content greater than 35% and of which at least 98% of the particles which form it have a size less than 25 ?m, by means of a screen having at least 90 threads per cm, the coating of said screen being provided with slots, the narrowest width of which is equal to 0.25 mm±0.05 mm, and by subjecting said tracks to baking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Dieter Hahn, Josef Switalla, Rainer Kummutat, Andre Beyrle, Yannick Lebail
  • Patent number: 7053313
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing electrically conducting tracks on a transparent substrate, by screen printing with an electrically conducting paste, and to the transparent substrate provided with said tracks. According to the invention, conducting tracks are formed with a width less than or equal to 0.3 mm by applying, by screen printing, a thixotropic electrically conducting paste having a ratio of the viscosity without shear stress to the viscosity under shear stress under screen-printing conditions of at least 50 and having a silver content greater than 35% and of which at least 98% of the particles which form it have a size less than 25 ?m, by means of a screen having at least 90 threads per cm, the coating of said screen being provided with slots, the narrowest width of which is equal to 0.25 mm±0.05 mm, and by subjecting said tracks to baking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Dieter Hahn, Josef Switalla, Rainer Kummutat, Andre Beyrle, Yannick Lebail
  • Publication number: 20060065435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing electrically conducting tracks on a transparent substrate, by screen printing with an electrically conducting paste, and to the transparent substrate provided with said tracks. According to the invention, conducting tracks are formed with a width less than or equal to 0.3 mm by applying, by screen printing, a thixotropic electrically conducting paste having a ratio of the viscosity without shear stress to the viscosity under shear stress under screen-printing conditions of at least 50 and having a silver content greater than 35% and of which at least 98% of the particles which form it have a size less than 25 ?m, by means of a screen having at least 90 threads per cm, the coating of said screen being provided with slots, the narrowest width of which is equal to 0.25 mm±0.05 mm, and by subjecting said tracks to baking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Dieter Hahn, Josef Switalla, Rainer Kummutat, Andre Beyrle, Yannick Lebail
  • Publication number: 20040031146
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing electrically conducting tracks on a transparent substrate, by screen printing with an electrically conducting paste, and to the transparent substrate provided with said tracks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Dieter Hahn, Josef Switalla, Rainer Kummutat, Andre Beyrle, Yannick Lebail