Patents by Inventor Thorsten Mühlena

Thorsten Mühlena 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 and device for separating printing plates
    Patent number: 6739588
    Abstract: A method and a device for separating flat, sheet-like elements from a stack of such elements, in particular, from a stack of unexposed printing plates that will be automatically loaded into a printing plate recorder. When the upper or front element in the stack is being separated from the stack, an edge area of this element is curved up in some way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Oliver Köster, Thorsten Mühlena