Patents by Inventor Thomas Gassner

Thomas Gassner 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 preparing for a splice
    Patent number: 6582547
    Abstract: Method of preparing for a splice, characterized in that a reel (1) is rotatably mounted in a reel holder (2) and a pressure roll (3) is pressed against the reel (1), underneath or at the side of the reel holder (2) and parallel to the axis (4) of the reel (1), by means of a pressure system (5), and separates the upper layers of the reel (1) with a transverse cut (A), whereupon the cut ends (6-10) of the web slip off the circumference of the reel (1) to the left and right as a result of gravity or as a result of slight assistance, so that they now hang down to the right and left of the pressure roll (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Gebekken, Thomas Gassner, Günter Aster
  • Adhesive tape
    Publication number: 20020172790
    Abstract: An adhesive tape (1) for flying reel change, having
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Applicant: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Nagel, Thomas Gassner
  • Fixing label
    Publication number: 20020045019
    Abstract: A fixing label with an adhesive front face and a nonadhesive rear face and also two long edges for flying splice, having
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Gassner, Bernhard Gebbeken, Gunther Aster