Patents by Inventor Matthias Gubatz

Matthias Gubatz 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).

  • Fixing station and method for the uniform fixing of toner images on a carrier material with the aid of a movable covering device
    Patent number: 7043186
    Abstract: A fixing station and a method for fixing toner images on a carrier material. The fixing station has an arrangement for moving a carrier material in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction, a heat radiation source, which heats the carrier material to fix a toner thereon, and a covering device which is arranged between the carrier material and the heat radiation source and is movable parallel to the direction of the carrier material between an opened and closed position, so that while in the closed position, it blocks radiation from reaching the carrier device and in an opened position allows the radiation to heat the carrier material. The method includes delaying the opening and closing of the covering device so that a previously fixed area of the carrier material is not subjected to additional radiation from the heat radiation source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Oce Printing Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Segerer, Matthias Gubatz
  • Fixing station and method for the uniform fixing of toner images on a carrier material with the aid of a movable covering device
    Publication number: 20050042004
    Abstract: A fixing station and a method for fixing toner images on a carrier material. The fixing station has an arrangement for moving a carrier material in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction, a heat radiation source, which heats the carrier material to fix a toner thereon, and a covering device which is arranged between the carrier material and the heat radiation source and is movable parallel to the direction of the carrier material between an opened and closed position, so that while in the closed position, it blocks radiation from reaching the carrier device and in an opened position allows the radiation to heat the carrier material. The method includes delaying the opening and closing of the covering device so that a previously fixed area of the carrier material is not subjected to additional radiation from the heat radiation source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Segerer, Matthias Gubatz