Patents by Inventor Stefan Wander

Stefan Wander 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: 10022994
    Abstract: A printing assembly has print heads, by the use of which, application locations for printing fluid are specified. A transport path through the printing assembly, and provided for print stock, is specified by at least two guide elements. One printing section of the transport path begins at a first application location and ends at a last application location. The application locations are arranged on that transport path having specifying guide elements, each having a pivot angle, and pivoting, in a pivoting manner, about at least one pivot axis, common thereto, which pivot angle equals at least 10°. A main conveying direction is specified by a linear connection between a first guide element based on the print section and a last guide element based on the print section. The main conveying direction is arranged, having guide elements arranged in the maintenance position thereof, under an angle of 30°, at maximum, to a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: KOENIG & BAUER, AG
    Inventors: Stefan Wander, Wolfgang Reder, Karl Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20180043710
    Abstract: A printing assembly has print heads, by the use of which, application locations for printing fluid are specified. A transport path through the printing assembly, and provided for print stock, is specified by at least two guide elements. One printing section of the transport path begins at a first application location and ends at a last application location. The application locations are arranged on that transport path having specifying guide elements, each having a pivot angle, and pivoting, in a pivoting manner, about at least one pivot axis, common thereto, which pivot angle equals at least 10°. A main conveying direction is specified by a linear connection between a first guide element based on the print section and a last guide element based on the print section. The main conveying direction is arranged, having guide elements arranged in the maintenance position thereof, under an angle of 30°, at maximum, to a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan WANDER, Wolfgang REDER, Karl SCHÄFER
  • Patent number: 9889686
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printing assembly which has print heads, each of which specifies application positions for printing fluid. A transport path is provided for the printing substrate through the printing assembly and is defined by at least two guide elements of the printing assembly. A printing section of the transport path begins at a first application position and ends at a last application position. At least one of the guide elements is in contact with a total of at least two lateral support elements and with at least one inner support element at three points that are spaced from one another in a transverse direction, the position of that guide element being thereby defined. The inner support element is arranged such that it is or can be rigidly connected to at least one of the lateral support elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer, AG
    Inventors: Stefan Wander, Wolfgang Reder, Karl Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20170320341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printing assembly which has print heads, each of which specifies application positions for printing fluid. A transport path is provided for the printing substrate through the printing assembly and is defined by at least two guide elements of the printing assembly. A printing section of the transport path begins at a first application position and ends at a last application position. At least one of the guide elements is in contact with a total of at least two lateral support elements and with at least one inner support element at three points that are spaced from one another in a transverse direction, the position of that guide element being thereby defined. The inner support element is arranged such that it is or can be rigidly connected to at least one of the lateral support elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Stefan WANDER, Wolfgang REDER, Karl SCHÄFER
  • Patent number: 9643436
    Abstract: A printing press has a printing unit with a print head, which is configured as an ink jet printing head, and a printing material guiding element which can be rotated about a respective rotational axis. The print can be moved along an actuating path in an actuating direction. The actuating direction has a component which is oriented orthogonally to an axial defined by the rotational axis of the printing material guiding element. A threading assembly, for threading in a printing material web along a threading path, is arranged within the printing unit. Parts of the threading path are spaced at least two centimeters from the axial direction in relation to every target region of every nozzle of every printing head of the printing unit. A method for threading a printing material web into the printing unit utilizes the threading assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer, AG
    Inventors: Christoph Häcker, Mathias Metz, Stefan Wander
  • Patent number: 9403367
    Abstract: A printing machine has a printing unit which has a printing-material conducting element that can be rotated about an axis of rotation defining an axial direction and at least four printing heads. Four positioning devices are arranged, by the use of each of which, at least one printing head can be arranged at least either in a respective printing position associated with the printing head or in a respective idle position associated with a printing head. At least one first printing head of the printing heads can be arranged either in a first printing position associated with that first printing head or in a first idle position associated with that first printing head. At least one second printing head of the printing heads can be arranged at least either in a second printing position associated with that second printing head or in a second idle position associated with that second printing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Reder, Frank Huppmann, Stefan Wander, Christoph Häcker
  • Publication number: 20160107447
    Abstract: A printing machine has a printing unit which has a printing-material conducting element that can be rotated about an axis of rotation defining an axial direction and at least four printing heads. Four positioning devices are arranged, by the use of each of which, at least one printing head can be arranged at least either in a respective printing position associated with the printing head or in a respective idle position associated with a printing head. At least one first printing head of the printing heads can be arranged either in a first printing position associated with that first printing head or in a first idle position associated with that first printing head. At least one second printing head of the printing heads can be arranged at least either in a second printing position associated with that second printing head or in a second idle position associated with that second printing head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Wolfgang REDER, Frank HUPPMANN, Stefan WANDER, Christoph HACKER
  • Publication number: 20160075154
    Abstract: A printing press has a printing unit which has at least one print head, which is configured as an ink jet printing head, and at least one printing material guiding element which can be rotated about a respective rotational axis. The at least one print head is configured so that it can be moved along an actuating path in at least one actuating direction. The actuating direction has at least one component which is oriented orthogonally with respect to an axial direction which is fixed by the rotational axis of the at least one printing material guiding element. At least one threading assembly for threading in a printing material web, which is movable along at least one threading path, is arranged or can be arranged at least temporarily at least within a printing unit. At least parts of the at least one threading path are at a spacing of at least two centimeters from the axial direction in relation to every target region of every nozzle of every printing head of the printing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Christoph HÄCKER, Mathias METZ, Stefan WANDER
  • Patent number: 9114636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printing machine having at least one printer unit comprising at least one inkjet printhead, a central printing cylinder, and a drive motor of its own dedicated to the central printing cylinder. A conveying path of a printing material web through the printing machine has at least one first section and one second section, each defined by contact points of the printing material, which have motor-powered rotation bodies. At least the first section has a dedicated first measuring device for measuring a web tension of the printing material web in the first section. At least the second section has a dedicated second measuring device for measuring the web tension of the printing material web in the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Alban Häcker, Frank Eberhard Huppmann, Stefan Wander
  • Patent number: 8960891
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printing machine, wherein the printing machine has at least one first printing unit and at least one first dryer, wherein the at least one first printing unit has at least one inkjet print head, at least one first central cylinder, and an integral first drive motor dedicated to the at least one first central cylinder, and wherein the at least one first dryer is embodied as a radiation dryer, and wherein the at least one first dryer has at least one ventilating device, which has at least one air infeed line and at least one air removal line, and wherein at least one first cooling unit is arranged downstream of the at least one first dryer along a transport path of a printing material through the printing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Alban Häcker, Frank Eberhard Huppmann, Stefan Wander
  • Publication number: 20140184710
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printing machine, wherein the printing machine has at least one first printing unit and at least one first dryer, wherein the at least one first printing unit has at least one inkjet print head, at least one first central cylinder, and an integral first drive motor dedicated to the at least one first central cylinder, and wherein the at least one first dryer is embodied as a radiation dryer, and wherein the at least one first dryer has at least one ventilating device, which has at least one air infeed line and at least one air removal line, and wherein at least one first cooling unit is arranged downstream of the at least one first dryer along a transport path of a printing material through the printing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: KOENIG & BAUER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Christoph Alban Häcker, Frank Eberhard Huppmann, Stefan Wander
  • Publication number: 20140104360
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printing machine having at least one printer unit comprising at least one inkjet printhead, a central printing cylinder, and a drive motor of its own dedicated to the central printing cylinder. A conveying path of a printing material web through the printing machine has at least one first section and one second section, each defined by contact points of the printing material, which have motor-powered rotation bodies. At least the first section has a dedicated first measuring device for measuring a web tension of the printing material web in the first section. At least the second section has a dedicated second measuring device for measuring the web tension of the printing material web in the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: KOENIG & BAUER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Christoph Alban Häcker, Frank Eberhard Huppmann, Stefan Wander
  • Publication number: 20120042796
    Abstract: A newspaper product or product section has at least one first quire and at least one second quire which is at least two pages in width. In the closed state, the at least two quires are arranged such that each is folded longitudinally along a longitudinal folding line, and lie one inside one another. The at least two quires have, next to one another, on both sides of the longitudinal fold line, two vertical printed pages or one printed image which is spread over two vertical printed pages. An inner one of at least two quires, which are at least two pages in width, has an outer region which can be folded open, at least on a longitudinal side of the longitudinally folded outer region which is at least two pages in width. The longitudinal side extends parallel to the longitudinal folding line. In the area of its lateral edge, the outer region, which can be folded open, is joined in a material-to-material manner, to the lateral edge region of the center region which is two pages in width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Burkard Otto Herbert, Kurt Anton Heublein, Stefan Wander, Klaus Weber
  • Patent number: 7841276
    Abstract: A product section is produced in a printing machine that has at least one former. A web or a partial web of material is guided over the former. At least one web or one partial web is initially guided over a plow fold device and then over one, or another odd number of turning bars. This at least one web or partial web is then united, without passing through the former, and on a side that has been folded in by the plow fold device, over at least one guide roller as a partial strand with a partial strand that was guided over the former as a strand bundle before this partial strand is cut transversely in a transverse cutting direction into product sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Günther Oskar Eckert, Margit Kohl-Eckert, legal representative, Burkard Otto Herbert, Stefan Wander
  • Publication number: 20100117285
    Abstract: A product section is produced in a printing machine that has at least one former. A web or a partial web of material is guided over the former. At least one web or one partial web is initially guided over a plow fold device and then over one, or another odd number of turning bars. This at least one web or partial web is then united, without passing through the former, and on a side that has been folded in by the plow fold device, over at least one guide roller as a partial strand with a partial strand that was guided over the former as a strand bundle before this partial strand is cut transversely in a transverse cutting direction into product sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Gunther Eckert, Burkard Otto Herbert, Stefan Wander
  • Patent number: 7637211
    Abstract: At least one unit of a web-machinery, or a web-processing machine is pre-adjusted in a method which influences a longitudinal register. An adjustment value is derived for that at least one unit based on previously-obtained data. The adjustment value is stored in a machine control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heiko Heinz Berberich, Burkard Otto Herbert, Matthias Willi Horn, Stefan Wander
  • Publication number: 20090272283
    Abstract: A product of a web-processing machine includes at least one partial product which is combined in a first format. Another partial product is combined in a second format that is different from the first format. When the two partial products are combined in a final product, one of the partial products protrudes from the other partial product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Kurt Anton Heublein, Burkard Otto Herbert, Bernhard Walter Muth, Stefan Wander
  • Patent number: 7575228
    Abstract: A sheet combining device includes at least one former, at least one longitudinal cutter, and at least two partial web guide routes. A respective partial sheet of partial cut webs can be conveyed on each of the at least two partial web guide routes. These sheets can be combined to form a principal sheet at an exit of the sheet combining device. A stapler is provided on one of the at least two partial web guide routes and is used to staple the partial sheet which is conveyed on that guide route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Burkard Otto Herbert, Stefan Wander
  • Patent number: 7523925
    Abstract: A device is used for at least one of treating and conveying a strip of material in one of a treating and processing machine. The device includes at least one strip-treating tool which is embodied in the form of a folding cone, and one strip-treating tool which is provided as a knife. The knife and the folding cone are both transversely displaceable in the direction of travel of the strip of material by the operation of a regulating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Burkard Otto Herbert, Stefan Wander
  • Publication number: 20080143033
    Abstract: A sheet combining device includes at least one former, at least one longitudinal cutter, and at least two partial web guide routes. A respective partial sheet of partial cut webs can be conveyed on each of the at least two partial web guide routes. These sheets can be combined to form a principal sheet at an exit of the sheet combining device. A stapler is provided on one of the at least two partial web guide routes and is used to staple the partial sheet which is conveyed on that guide route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Burkard Otto Herbert, Stefan Wander