Patents by Inventor Klaus Kossmann

Klaus Kossmann 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: 6598875
    Abstract: A device for affixing an original onto a scanning cylinder includes a housing for accommodating components of the device, the housing having a front, a rear and a lateral region, and being provided, in the front region, with an original table whereon an original is clampable, and in the lateral region, with two arms articulatedly connected therein and being slidable on guides for moving the table to the cylinder, the housing, in the rear region, being provided with a trough open at the top for accommodating the cylinder, and being constructed to accommodate, respectively, one of two cylinders of different diameter; and a roller for pressing the original onto the cylinder during a clamping process of the original, the roller extending parallel to the cylinder and being fixed to two curved swinging arms articulatedly connected to the rear region and matching the shape of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Bernd Lassen, Klaus Kossmann
  • Publication number: 20020008353
    Abstract: A device for affixing an original onto a scanning cylinder includes a housing for accommodating components of the device, the housing having a front, a rear and a lateral region, and being provided, in the front region, with an original table whereon an original is clampable, and in the lateral region, with two arms articulatedly connected therein and being slidable on guides for moving the table to the cylinder, the housing, in the rear region, being provided with a trough open at the top for accommodating the cylinder, and being constructed to accommodate, respectively, one of two cylinders of different diameter; and a roller for pressing the original onto the cylinder during a clamping process of the original, the roller extending parallel to the cylinder and being fixed to two curved swinging arms articulatedly connected to the rear region and matching the shape of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Bernd Lassen, Klaus Kossmann