Patents by Inventor Michael Postels

Michael Postels 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: 11878505
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a distributor roller of a printing press, the phase position of at least one reversal point of the distributor roller is changed automatically during the ongoing printing. A change is made to the phase position for every specified number of revolutions of a plate cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Michael Dischinger, Peter Heiler, Martin Mayer, Michael Postels, Michael Ruck
  • Publication number: 20230182463
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a distributor roller of a printing press, the phase position of at least one reversal point of the distributor roller is changed automatically during the ongoing printing. A change is made to the phase position for every specified number of revolutions of a plate cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Dischinger, Peter Heiler, Martin Mayer, Michael Postels, Michael Ruck
  • Patent number: 9996775
    Abstract: A method for configuring the further processing of printing substrates in a digital printing machine includes modifying settings for configuring the further processing while the machine is in operation. The settings of the further processing are created by using a configuration program running on a control unit of the digital printing machine. The modified settings have an effect on at least one region to be further processed on the printing substrate and the settings are printed onto the printing substrate so as to be allocated to a corresponding region to be further processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Bernd Sitzmann, Rolf Kuendgen, Patrick Roth, Rainer Hofmann, Michael Postels
  • Publication number: 20160314384
    Abstract: A method for configuring the further processing of printing substrates in a digital printing machine includes modifying settings for configuring the further processing while the machine is in operation. The settings of the further processing are created by using a configuration program running on a control unit of the digital printing machine. The modified settings have an effect on at least one region to be further processed on the printing substrate and the settings are printed onto the printing substrate so as to be allocated to a corresponding region to be further processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: BERND SITZMANN, ROLF KUENDGEN, PATRICK ROTH, RAINER HOFMANN, MICHAEL POSTELS
  • Publication number: 20090205521
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for coupling or uncoupling a cylinder, in particular a plate or blanket cylinder, to or from a gear train of a printing press or for coupling and uncoupling the cylinder to and from an auxiliary drive, for example for service work or during changeover processes, includes firstly accelerating the auxiliary drive to a predefined rotational speed, then coupling the auxiliary drive to the cylinder and then uncoupling the cylinder from the main drive. A sheetfed rotary printing press having the apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG
    Inventors: Christian Gorbing, Martin Greive, Jens Hieronymus, Carsten Kelm, Alexander Knabe, Rolf Kundgen, Michael Postels, Stephan Rudzewitz, Dirk Schonmann, Markus Stark, Jan Teubert, Mathias Zuber
  • Patent number: 6193179
    Abstract: Machine for milling cereals, in particular rice, in an annular space (11) which has a vertical axis and is bounded on the outside by an outer casing (4), containing through-passages, and on the inside by a rotor (8), coaxial with respect to the same, and to which the milling material is fed by means of a positively driven conveyor (21). In order to increase the machine capacity along with the material being treated more gently, the outer casing (4) and the rotor (8) are frustoconical, the material is fed at the top, narrower end of the annular space (11), and the bottom end of the latter is provided with a compliant closure element (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: F.H. Schule Muhlenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Behrmann, Rolf Suhrbier, Michael Postel, Thomas Strandt