Patents by Inventor Michael Winck

Michael Winck 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: 7810810
    Abstract: An apparatus for pressing flat materials onto a transport module includes pressing elements acting on the flat material with a spring force through an opening in a feed table for flat materials. The feed table is mounted above a lower housing shell. The pressing elements are configured as spring elements which can be lowered and are anchored in the lower housing shell. An actuating element is disposed in an indentation of a front wall of the lower housing shell in order to actuate a lowering apparatus disposed in the lower housing shell. The lowering apparatus has a lever connected mechanically to the actuating element and a slide coupled to the lever for lowering the spring elements upon actuation of the actuating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Francotyp-Postalia GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Hantel, Wolfgang Muhl, Michael Winck, Dieter Wölm
  • Publication number: 20090152802
    Abstract: An apparatus for pressing flat materials onto a transport module includes pressing elements acting on the flat material with a spring force through an opening in a feed table for flat materials. The feed table is mounted above a lower housing shell. The pressing elements are configured as spring elements which can be lowered and are anchored in the lower housing shell. An actuating element is disposed in an indentation of a front wall of the lower housing shell in order to actuate a lowering apparatus disposed in the lower housing shell. The lowering apparatus has a lever connected mechanically to the actuating element and a slide coupled to the lever for lowering the spring elements upon actuation of the actuating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Hantel, Wolfgang Muhl, Michael Winck, Dieter Wolm