Patents by Inventor Michael Nimbs

Michael Nimbs 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 positioning a carriage for loading or unloading a wound reel, such as printing material webs for web-fed rotary presses
    Patent number: 6941190
    Abstract: In combination with a transport mechanism that includes a plurality of conveyor rollers, an apparatus is used to position a carriage loadable with a wound reel at a desired location on the transport mechanism. The apparatus includes a rotary pulse generator associated with one of the plural conveyor rollers for registering the revolutions of the one of the plural conveyor rollers wherein the revolutions embody a measure of the distance traveled on the transport mechanism by the carriage. The apparatus also includes at least a first and a second initiator for determining the current position of the carriage on the transport mechanism. The first initiator detects a first position of the carriage. The second initiator detects a second position of the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Thomas Gsell, Michael Nimbs
  • Apparatus for positioning a carriage for loading or unloading a wound reel, such as printing material webs for web-fed rotary presses
    Publication number: 20040007446
    Abstract: In combination with a transport mechanism that includes a plurality of conveyor rollers, an apparatus is used to position a carriage loadable with a wound reel at a desired location on the transport mechanism. The apparatus includes a rotary pulse generator associated with one of the plural conveyor rollers for registering the revolutions of the one of the plural conveyor rollers wherein the revolutions embody a measure of the distance traveled on the transport mechanism by the carriage. The apparatus also includes at least a first and a second initiator for determining the current position of the carriage on the transport mechanism. The first initiator detects a first position of the carriage. The second initiator detects a second position of the carriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Thomas Gsell, Michael Nimbs