Patents by Inventor Josef Winkelmann

Josef Winkelmann 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).

  • Production unit having an individual drive and printing press having at least one production unit
    Patent number: 8850983
    Abstract: A production unit for a printing material processing machine includes a drive, a computer, a cylinder and an associated impression cylinder having a circumference different from that of the cylinder. Provision is made to detect an increase in drive torque on the cylinder and to calculate therefrom a differential angle of rotation varying at least over one revolution between the cylinder and the impression cylinder in the computer, to be used to actuate the drive of the cylinder. A printing press having at least one production unit is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Leib, Josef Winkelmann, Ralf Würdinger
  • PRODUCTION UNIT HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL DRIVE AND PRINTING PRESS HAVING AT LEAST ONE PRODUCTION UNIT
    Publication number: 20120152134
    Abstract: A production unit for a printing material processing machine includes a drive, a computer, a cylinder and an associated impression cylinder having a circumference different from that of the cylinder. Provision is made to detect an increase in drive torque on the cylinder and to calculate therefrom a differential angle of rotation varying at least over one revolution between the cylinder and the impression cylinder in the computer, to be used to actuate the drive of the cylinder. A printing press having at least one production unit is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG
    Inventors: RUDOLF LEIB, JOSEF WINKELMANN, RALF WÜRDINGER
  • ROLLER PAIR AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING A ROLLER PAIR
    Publication number: 20110271853
    Abstract: A roller pair for embossing web-shaped materials, consisting of a male part and a female part, which during operation are arranged in specified axial and radial positions to produce a nip, characterized in that at least one of the rollers has at least two markings on the shell surface thereof, of which two markings in each case in an extension form an angle ?, with 0<?<90°, and wherein the markings are arranged depending on the stamping pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Alois Wesseler, Josef Winkelmann, Thomas Terhechte