Patents by Inventor Stephan Schmidiger

Stephan Schmidiger 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).

  • Device for carrying out cutting operations on open format edges of a printed product
    Patent number: 11279056
    Abstract: A device for carrying out cutting operations on at least one open format edge of a printed product, includes: a transport unit configured to transfer the printed product along a guide path from a first cutting location to a second cutting location and from the second cutting location to a third cutting location for an edge-related cutting operation, the transport unit having at least one gripper configured to grip the printed product by its spine to convey the printed product from one cutting location to the next in a suspended manner, and at at least one cutting location, at least one cutting tool configured to perform the edge-related cutting operation comprising a first edge-related cutting operation and optionally at least one second subsequent edge-related cutting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MUELLER MARTINI HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Christoph Berger, Stephan Schmidiger, Reto Peyer, Thomas Lenhard
  • DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT CUTTING OPERATIONS ON OPEN FORMAT EDGES OF A PRINTED PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20190134840
    Abstract: A device for carrying out cutting operations on at least one open format edge of a printed product, includes: a transport unit configured to transfer the printed product along a guide path from a first cutting location to a second cutting location and from the second cutting location to a third cutting location for an edge-related cutting operation, the transport unit having at least one gripper configured to grip the printed product by its spine to convey the printed product from one cutting location to the next in a suspended manner, and at at least one cutting location, at least one cutting tool configured to perform the edge-related cutting operation comprising a first edge-related cutting operation and optionally at least one second subsequent edge-related cutting operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Christoph Berger, Stephan Schmidiger, Reto Peyer, Thomas Lenhard