Patents by Inventor Robert Pimpis

Robert Pimpis 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).

  • Web printing press and method for controlling print-to-cut and/or circumferential register
    Publication number: 20060249044
    Abstract: A method for controlling a print-to-cut register in a shaftless web printing press having a first print unit having a first plate cylinder and first blanket cylinder for printing a web, at least one independent drive for the first print unit, and a folder having a cross cutter for cutting the web. The method includes printing the web using the first plate cylinder and first blanket cylinder so as to form at least one printed section of the web; sensing the print-to-cut register of the at least one printed section; and controlling the print-to-cut register of the first plate cylinder during printing via the first drive as a function of the sensing. The controlling includes pulling the first plate cylinder off impression and phasing the first plate cylinder with respect to the cross cutter using the independent drive. A method for controlling circumferential register and a printing press is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: Goss International Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Hammond, Robert Pimpis, John Richards, Jackson Jones
  • Web printing press and method for controlling print-to-cut and/or circumferential register
    Publication number: 20050247229
    Abstract: A method for controlling a print-to-cut register in a shaftless web printing press having a first print unit having a first plate cylinder and first blanket cylinder for printing a web, at least one independent drive for the first print unit, and a folder having a cross cutter for cutting the web. The method includes printing the web using the first plate cylinder and first blanket cylinder so as to form at least one printed section of the web; sensing the print-to-cut register of the at least one printed section; and controlling the print-to-cut register of the first plate cylinder during printing via the first drive as a function of the sensing. The controlling includes pulling the first plate cylinder off impression and phasing the first plate cylinder with respect to the cross cutter using the independent drive. A method for controlling circumferential register and a printing press is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicant: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Charles Hammond, Robert Pimpis, John Richards, Jackson Jones