Patents by Inventor Karl-Ludwig Maier

Karl-Ludwig Maier 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).

  • Apparatus for the underlap imbricated feeding of sheet-like printing substates to a printing machine and method
    Patent number: 5636833
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for feeding a stream of underlap-imbricated sheet-like printing substrates to printing machine, the apparatus comprising a conveying table for conveying the stream in a conveying direction toward the printing, a source of compressed air, and at least one blowing device coupled to the source of compressed air, the blowing device being disposed in a region of the conveying table adjacent to printing machine, and including at least one opening disposed to direct compressed air beneath the imbricated stream in a direction opposite to the conveying direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Karl-Ludwig Maier, Arno Gartner, Nikola Pupic, Bert Cappel