Patents by Inventor Stephen Arthur Austin

Stephen Arthur Austin 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: 7546802
    Abstract: A fluid delivery device for a printing machine includes a rotating roller having a roller surface with a roller radius of curvature, the roller surface carrying a fluid film, and a metering element having an edge for splitting the fluid film and a first concave surface facing the roller surface. The metering element is movable with respect to the roller surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: Kent Dirksen Kasper, Stephen Arthur Austin
  • Patent number: 6789478
    Abstract: A device for controlling delivery of an amount of fluid has a first rotating device having at least one peripheral first fluid transfer section, a second rotating device having at least one peripheral second fluid transfer section, and a device for setting a phase between the first and second fluid transfer sections. The device may be used for providing ink or dampening solution in a printing press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Kent Dirksen Kasper, Lothar John Schroeder, Stephen Arthur Austin
  • Publication number: 20040168593
    Abstract: A device for controlling delivery of an amount of fluid has a first rotating device having at least one peripheral first fluid transfer section, a second rotating device having at least one peripheral second fluid transfer section, and a device for setting a phase between the first and second fluid transfer sections. The device may be used for providing ink or dampening solution in a printing press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Kent Dirksen Kasper, Lothar John Schroeder, Stephen Arthur Austin
  • Patent number: 6606948
    Abstract: A method for controlling a chill roll system in a web printing press includes calculating, based on a web inlet temperature of a web entering a first chill roll of the chill roll system, a dew point temperature of an ink solvent vapor of ink printed on the web is calculated. The inlet coolant temperature of coolant entering the first chill roll is set to temperature value near the calculated dew point temperature. Using a heat transfer model, the flow rate of the coolant through the first chill roll needed to maintain a temperature rise of the coolant through the first chill roll below a predetermined value is determined. The method prevents post-chill marking by sufficiently cooling the web, and sets chill roll temperature profiles to avoid solvent condensation on chill roll surfaces and thereby avoid condensate marking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Stephen Arthur Austin, David Robert Dawley, Neil Doherty, Kent Dirksen Kasper