Patents by Inventor Ralf Gerald Allner

Ralf Gerald Allner 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).

  • Fixing device transport for a digital printer or copier machine
    Patent number: 6993278
    Abstract: A digital printer or copier machine (1) is proposed for the single-sided or double-sided printing of a substrate (11), with at least one fixing device (3) for fixing toner onto the substrate (11), whereby the fixing device (3) has at least one heating device for fusing the toner. The machine has, in addition, at least one transport device (17), in order to supply the substrate (11) to the heating device, to guide it past the heating device and/or to further transport it from the heating device, whereby the transport device (17) has at least one suction belt (19) that is provided with a number of through-passage openings (21) and can be impinged with a vacuum. The machine (1) is characterized in that the suction belt (19) is constructed as a mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Gerhard Bartscher, Frank-Michael Morgenweck, Kai-Uwe Preissig, Domingo Rohde, Detlef Schulze-Hagenest, Ralf Gerald Allner, Thomas Biber, Markus Weber
  • Digital printer or copier machine
    Publication number: 20020139264
    Abstract: A digital printer or copier machine (1) is proposed for the single-sided or double-sided printing of a substrate (11), with at least one fixing device (3) for fixing toner onto the substrate (11), whereby the fixing device (3) has at least one heating device for fusing the toner. The machine has, in addition, at least one transport device (17), in order to supply the substrate (11) to the heating device, to guide it past the heating device and/or to further transport it from the heating device, whereby the transport device (17) has at least one suction belt (19) that is provided with a number of through-passage openings (21) and can be impinged with a vacuum. The machine (1) is characterized in that the suction belt (19) is constructed as a mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Gerhard Bartscher, Frank-Michael Morgenweck, Kai-Uwe Preissig, Domingo Rohde, Detlef Schulze-Hagenest, Ralf Gerald Allner, Thomas Biber, Markus Weber