Patents by Inventor Patrick Kreß

Patrick Kreß 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: 12502882
    Abstract: Examples include a sheet processing machine to which a transport path is assigned for transporting sheets. The sheet processing machine includes an application device with an application point for applying material to the sheets. A cooling device including a cooling cylinder is arranged along the transport path, downstream from the application point. An inspection transport body is arranged along the transport path, downstream from the cooling cylinder, and has a sensor device of an inspection unit aligned therewith. Examples further include a sheet-fed printing machine with a simultaneous double printing unit and an application point. A curing device with an LED UV radiation source is arranged downstream from the application point and includes two curing units for drying two opposite sides of sheets. A cooling device of the curing device includes a cooling element with a line system, and the cooling section is arranged downstream from the curing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: KOENIG & BAUER AG
    Inventors: Stefan Bauer, Tobias Diehm, Patrick Kreß, Jean-Baptiste Lanternier, Johannes Schweers, Sylwia Szczukiewicz, Thomas Türke
  • Publication number: 20250256501
    Abstract: Examples include a sheet processing machine to which a transport path is assigned for transporting sheets. The sheet processing machine includes an application device with an application point for applying material to the sheets. A cooling device including a cooling cylinder is arranged along the transport path, downstream from the application point. An inspection transport body is arranged along the transport path, downstream from the cooling cylinder, and has a sensor device of an inspection unit aligned therewith. Examples further include a sheet-fed printing machine with a simultaneous double printing unit and an application point. A curing device with an LED UV radiation source is arranged downstream from the application point and includes two curing units for drying two opposite sides of sheets. A cooling device of the curing device includes a cooling element with a line system, and the cooling section is arranged downstream from the curing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Stefan BAUER, Tobias DIEHM, Patrick KREß, Jean-Baptiste LANTERNIER, Johannes SCHWEERS, Sylwia SZCZUKIEWICZ, Thomas TÜRKE
  • Publication number: 20150068421
    Abstract: A printing plate is arranged on a plate cylinder having a channel, in which front and rear clamping devices are located. The rear clamping device forms part of a slide positioned inside the channel and which can move towards the front clamping device. The slide is first moved, together with a rear end of the printing form that is fixed into the rear clamping device, towards the front clamping device. At least one rear spacer is then adjusted to a position relative to the slide that defines a specific distance of the rear clamping device from a second channel wall. A tensioning drive is subsequently deactivated and the slide, together with the rear clamping device, are held in position along the tensioning path by the force exerted by the tensioned printing form, that force pressing the slide against the second channel wall by the rear spacer of the slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Patrick Kreß, Volkmar Rolf Schwitzky, Ralf Harald Sokol