Patents by Inventor Richard Edward Breton

Richard Edward Breton 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).

  • Linear folding device and method
    Patent number: 6458066
    Abstract: A signature folding device includes a rotating belt and a plurality of blades attached to the belt, each of the plurality of blades contacting one of the signatures over an entire length of the one signature at a same time. Also disclosed is a method for folding a signature comprising transporting the signature on a fold table having a gap, the signature moving in a transport direction and forming a plane. A folding blade having a blade edge is moved in a direction both perpendicular and parallel to the transport direction, the blade edge being parallel to the plane upon contact with the signature, so as to pass through the gap and fold the signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Richard Edward Breton, Joseph Adrian St. Ours, Jatinder Singh Sappal
  • Folding apparatus superstructure with replaceable mantlings for velocity adjustment
    Patent number: 5906307
    Abstract: A superstructure of a folding apparatus for feeding at least two webs of flat material to a cylinder unit of the folding apparatus. The superstructure including at least two take-off roller assemblies, each take-off roller assembly including a corresponding take-off roller rotatably mounted on the superstructure. At least one mantling is provided for mounting on an outer surface of each take-off roller in order to adjust a diameter of the corresponding take-off roller assembly. A drive assembly is provided for driving the at least two take-off roller assemblies, each of the at least two take-off roller assemblies having a respective circumferential velocity which is a function of the adjusted diameter of the take-off roller assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignees: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg Harris, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Francis Albert, Richard Edward Breton, Richard Lee McKrell
  • Apparatus for preventing backlash between the meshing teeth of a first and a second gear in a printing unit of a lithographic rotary printing press
    Patent number: 5813335
    Abstract: Apparatus for preventing backlash between a first gear and a second gear of a gear train. Exemplary embodiments include a supplementary gear rotatably mounted adjacent to the first gear and rotatable about the same rotational axis as the first gear, the teeth of the supplementary gear being in meshing engagement with the teeth of the second gear. The apparatus further includes a support element formed on at least one of the first gear and the supplementary gear, and a leaf spring assembly extending essentially radially with respect to the rotational axis of the first gear. The leaf spring assembly is bent out of its zero-position and engages the support element at its second end portion, thereby applying a force to the support element for biasing the supplementary gear and the first gear to rotate in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignees: Heidelberg Harris Inc., Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: David Charles Burke, Richard Edward Breton