Patents by Inventor Richard Burkhard Mack

Richard Burkhard Mack 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: 6056287
    Abstract: A device for depositing paper sheets, in particular on a sheet pile or stack in a delivery of a printing machine, includes a revolving belt, a drive motor for driving the revolving belt separately from any other drive system, and at least one suction device having a discretely effective suction action, the suction device being disposed on the revolving belt, the revolving belt being constructed as a toothed belt for transmitting torque and synchronicity between the drive motor and the suction device; and a method of operating the depositing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Roland Hirth, Udo Lautenklos, Richard Burkhard Mack, Georg Roessler, Bernhard Wagensommer
  • Patent number: 6000695
    Abstract: A device for the transport and deposit of sheets in a stacking region is provided. The device includes pneumatic guiding elements below the conveying path and extending across the entire width. A chain-conveyor system and a pneumatic conveyor system following the chain-conveyor system are provided. The devices also provides for selectable paths to plural delivery positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Richard Burkhard Mack, Erich Michael Zahn
  • Patent number: 5873309
    Abstract: A rotary printing machine with a sheet-surface treating device disposed between a last cyclically operating printing unit and a device for conveying sheets on a sheet pile, the sheet-surface treating device including at least one fixed drier past which the sheets are guidable, includes at least one module composed of two rotating conveying elements having a like circumferential speed for transporting the sheets along the sheet-surface treating device, the conveying elements carrying grippers for grasping a respective leading edge of one of the sheets, the sheets being supplied to the module and discharged from the module, respectively, during a rotation of the grippers in accordance with a printing cycle, a plurality of gripper arms, the grippers of a respective conveying element disposed first along a conveying path of the sheets being carried by at least one of the gripper arms, guiding elements for freely guiding the sheets otherwise, the grippers of the conveying element disposed second along the conveyin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Richard Burkhard Mack, Rolf Muller