Patents by Inventor Sylvain GADY

Sylvain GADY 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).

  • Method of and apparatus for printing on a web
    Patent number: 9707776
    Abstract: Method and means of printing on a web. The method means comprise in a normal mode: feeding the web in a machine direction; printing on the web with a printer; and drying or curing the printing with a dryer or curer located downstream, with respect to the machine direction, of the printer; and in a pause mode: pausing printing on the web; feeding the web in the machine direction while printing on the web is paused by a distance such that a portion of the web located between the printer and the dryer or curer, the portion having printing thereon that has not yet been cured or dried, is fed through the dryer or curer to dry or cure the printing; and thereafter pausing feeding of the web in the machine direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Sylvain Gady, Sebastien Mazerolle, Nicolas Uebelhart
  • A METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING ON A WEB
    Publication number: 20170066253
    Abstract: Method and means of printing on a web. The method means comprise in a normal mode: feeding the web in a machine direction; printing on the web with a printer; and drying or curing the printing with a dryer or curer located downstream, with respect to the machine direction, of the printer; and in a pause mode: pausing printing on the web; feeding the web in the machine direction while printing on the web is paused by a distance such that a portion of the web located between the printer and the dryer or curer, the portion having printing thereon that has not yet been cured or dried, is fed through the dryer or curer to dry or cure the printing; and thereafter pausing feeding of the web in the machine direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Sylvain GADY, Sebastien MAZEROLLE, Nicolas UEBELHART