Patents by Inventor Thierra Melon

Thierra Melon 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: 6644186
    Abstract: A device for guiding copies severed from a material web in a folder by a cutting-cylinder pair includes revolving transport tapes for picking up the copies after they have passed through a copy guide arranged in an outlet wedge of the cutting-cylinder pair, the copy guide extending at least partly over the width of the material web, and being formed of copy guide sections which are automatically adjustable, both with respect to the width of the copies to be guided and with respect to a passage cross section for the copies to be guided; a folder including the copy-guiding device; and a web-processing rotary printing machine including at least one folder with at least one device according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Eric Herrou, Alain Maresse, Thierra Melon
  • Patent number: 6635005
    Abstract: A guiding device for copies in a folder of a rotary printing machine includes a guiding material engageable with copies projecting into an outlet wedge formed between copy-guiding cylinders, the guiding material forming a surface of the guiding device facing towards the copies, the surface having a geometry that is changeable, and copy-guiding cylinders in combination with the guiding device, and a folder with copy-guiding cylinders and the guiding device, as well as a guiding device assembly including the guiding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Claude Duhamel, Thierra Melon
  • Patent number: 6616134
    Abstract: A device for electrostatically charging a multilayer material web includes electrostatic charge elements assigned to outer sides of the multilayer material web, the charge elements being disposed upline of an inlet of the multilayer material web into a cylinder group of a folder, as viewed in a travel direction of the multilayer material web, the cylinder group including cylinders formed with respective outer cylindrical surfaces, the cylinders including a cutting cylinder pair having a cutting nip into which a leading end of the multilayer material web extends, the cutting cylinder pair being provided with an electrically insulated cutting tool; and a folder including the charging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Alain Maresse, Thierra Melon
  • Publication number: 20020059877
    Abstract: A device for guiding copies severed from a material web in a folder by a cutting-cylinder pair includes revolving transport tapes for picking up the copies after they have passed through a copy guide arranged in an outlet wedge of the cutting-cylinder pair, the copy guide extending at least partly over the width of the material web, and being formed of copy guide sections which are automatically adjustable, both with respect to the width of the copies to be guided and with respect to a passage cross section for the copies to be guided; a folder including the copy-guiding device; and a web-processing rotary printing machine including at least one folder with at least one device according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Eric Herrou, Alain Maresse, Thierra Melon
  • Publication number: 20020046665
    Abstract: A device for electrostatically charging a multilayer material web includes electrostatic charge elements assigned to outer sides of the multilayer material web, the charge elements being disposed upline of an inlet of the multilayer material web into a cylinder group of a folder, as viewed in a travel direction of the multilayer material web, the cylinder group including cylinders formed with respective outer cylindrical surfaces, the cylinders including a cutting cylinder pair having a cutting nip into which a leading end of the multilayer material web extends, the cutting cylinder pair being provided with an electrically insulated cutting tool; and a folder including the charging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Alain Maresse, Thierra Melon