Patents by Inventor Michael Puckl

Michael Puckl 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).

  • Device for picking up a sheet trailing edge from an upstream cylinder and for transferring the sheet trailing edge to a gripper system
    Patent number: 6752392
    Abstract: A device for picking up a sheet trailing edge from an upstream cylinder and transferring the sheet trailing edge to a gripper system of a downstream drum, as viewed in sheet travel direction, includes a sucker guide mechanism having a movably mounted sucker carrier whereon sucker heads subjectible to an application of vacuum or suction air are disposed. The sucker carrier is constructed as a tubular part having a longitudinal axis and being movable perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis thereof. The tubular part is formed with a vacuum or suction air duct extending in the interior thereof and is formed of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic-material laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Andreas Fricke, Michael Puckl, Ludwig Reinhard, Matthias Schuster, Gunter Siebdrath
  • Device for picking up a sheet trailing edge from an upstream cylinder and for transferring the sheet trailing edge to a gripper system
    Publication number: 20030057643
    Abstract: A device for picking up a sheet trailing edge from an upstream cylinder and transferring the sheet trailing edge to a gripper system of a downstream drum, as viewed in sheet travel direction, includes a sucker guide mechanism having a movably mounted sucker carrier whereon sucker heads subjectible to an application of vacuum or suction air are disposed. The sucker carrier is constructed as a tubular part having a longitudinal axis and being movable perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis thereof. The tubular part-is formed with a vacuum or suction air duct extending in the interior thereof and is formed of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic-material laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Andreas Fricke, Michael Puckl, Ludwig Reinhard, Matthias Schuster, Gunter Siebdrath