Patents by Inventor Thomas Kling

Thomas Kling 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).

  • Apparatus and method for bending a printing plate
    Patent number: 7963223
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for bending a printing plate is disclosed. A bending machine, in particular for the bending of printing plates which are used in printing machines, includes a pressure pad, which exerts the required clamping force on the printing plate during the bending operation, and which is movable in relation to a holding-down plate, so that a uniform clamping force acts on the printing plate over the entire length of the pressure pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: MAN Roland Druckmashinen AG
    Inventors: Georg Schmid, Thomas Kling, Michael Scholz
  • Apparatus and method for bending a printing plate
    Publication number: 20070068213
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for bending a printing plate is disclosed. A bending machine, in particular for the bending of printing plates which are used in printing machines, includes a pressure pad, which exerts the required clamping force on the printing plate during the bending operation, and which is movable in relation to a holding-down plate, so that a uniform clamping force acts on the printing plate over the entire length of the pressure pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Georg Schmid, Thomas Kling, Michael Scholz