Patents by Inventor Warren Hess Jarrard
Warren Hess Jarrard 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).
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Patent number: 9358773Abstract: An apparatus for adjustably positioning a form roll having a form roll axis against at least two different sized plate cylinders in a variable cutoff printing unit is provided. The apparatus includes a plate cylinder support for interchangeably supporting the at least two different sized plate cylinders, the plate cylinder support including a plate cylinder axis at least two different sized plate cylinder cams. The at least two different sized plate cylinder cams are interchangeably removably connectable to the plate cylinder support and include a smaller plate cylinder cam and a larger plate cylinder cam that are removably connectable to the plate cylinder support as alternatives of each other. The apparatus also includes a form roll hanger for supporting the form roll that is configured for contacting the smaller plate cylinder cam if the smaller plate cylinder cam is coupled to the plate cylinder support to set a smaller distance between the plate cylinder axis and the form roll axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2012Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventors: Glen Alan Guaraldi, Warren Hess Jarrard
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Patent number: 8708324Abstract: A stitching head is provided for stitching books or printed products. The stitching head includes a supporter and a driver. The supporter has a corrugated supporter surface including first ridges and first grooves. The driver interacts with the supporter and has a channel and a corrugated driver surface which includes second ridges and second grooves. The first grooves and first ridges of the supporter mesh with the second ridges and second grooves of driver and the channel supports stitching material between the corrugated supporter surface and the corrugated driver surface. A method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2013Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventors: Richard Daniel Curley, Warren Hess Jarrard
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Publication number: 20140053744Abstract: An apparatus for adjustably positioning a form roll having a form roll axis against at least two different sized plate cylinders in a variable cutoff printing unit is provided. The apparatus includes a plate cylinder support for interchangeably supporting the at least two different sized plate cylinders, the plate cylinder support including a plate cylinder axis at least two different sized plate cylinder cams. The at least two different sized plate cylinder cams are interchangeably removably connectable to the plate cylinder support and include a smaller plate cylinder cam and a larger plate cylinder cam that are removably connectable to the plate cylinder support as alternatives of each other. The apparatus also includes a form roll hanger for supporting the form roll that is configured for contacting the smaller plate cylinder cam if the smaller plate cylinder cam is coupled to the plate cylinder support to set a smaller distance between the plate cylinder axis and the form roll axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Alan GUARALDI, Warren Hess JARRARD
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Publication number: 20130266403Abstract: A stitching head is provided for stitching books or printed products. The stitching head includes a supporter and a driver. The supporter has a corrugated supporter surface including first ridges and first grooves. The driver interacts with the supporter and has a channel and a corrugated driver surface which includes second ridges and second grooves. The first grooves and first ridges of the supporter mesh with the second ridges and second grooves of driver and the channel supports stitching material between the corrugated supporter surface and the corrugated driver surface. A method is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventors: Richard Daniel Curley, Warren Hess Jarrard
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Patent number: 8444132Abstract: A stitching head is provided for stitching books or printed products. The stitching head includes a supporter and a driver. The supporter has a corrugated supporter surface including first ridges and first grooves. The driver interacts with the supporter and has a channel and a corrugated driver surface which includes second ridges and second grooves. The first grooves and first ridges of the supporter mesh with the second ridges and second grooves of driver and the channel supports stitching material between the corrugated supporter surface and the corrugated driver surface. A method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2012Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventors: Richard Daniel Curley, Warren Hess Jarrard
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Patent number: 7775512Abstract: A saddle stitching device including a saddle-back conveyor having a first printed product location and a second printed product location adjacent the first printed product location, a first stitcher adjacent the conveyor and driven by a first motor, and a second stitcher adjacent the conveyor and driven by a second motor.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Alan Guaraldi, Warren Hess Jarrard
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Publication number: 20090295059Abstract: A saddle stitching device including a saddle-back conveyor having a first printed product location and a second printed product location adjacent the first printed product location, a first stitcher adjacent the conveyor and driven by a first motor, and a second stitcher adjacent the conveyor and driven by a second motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Alan Guaraldi, Warren Hess Jarrard
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Patent number: 7588240Abstract: A saddle stitching device including a saddle-back conveyor having a first printed product location and a second printed product location adjacent the first printed product location, a first stitcher adjacent the conveyor and driven by a first motor, and a second stitcher adjacent the conveyor and driven by a second motor.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2006Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Alan Guaraldi, Warren Hess Jarrard
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Publication number: 20080036133Abstract: A saddle stitching device including a saddle-back conveyor having a first printed product location and a second printed product location adjacent the first printed product location, a first stitcher adjacent the conveyor and driven by a first motor, and a second stitcher adjacent the conveyor and driven by a second motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2006Publication date: February 14, 2008Applicant: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Alan Guaraldi, Warren Hess Jarrard
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Patent number: 5718175Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for mounting a printing plate on a printing unit cylinder's surface, the printing unit cylinder having an open passage in a retaining area of the printing unit cylinder. Within the open passage a lock-up bar is slidably mounted. The lock-up bar includes an element for retaining at least one edge of the printing plate. A tucking device assigned to the printing unit cylinder has a tucker bar substantially covering the retaining area of the printing plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1996Date of Patent: February 17, 1998Assignees: Heidelberger Harris Inc., Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Glenn Alan Guaraldi, Warren Hess Jarrard
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Patent number: 5678487Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for mounting a printing plate on a printing unit cylinder, with the printing unit cylinder having an opening in a clamping area. A lock-up bar is slidably mounted in the opening of the printing unit cylinder, the lock-up bar having an element for retaining at least one edge of a printing plate. A tucking device substantially extends on the clamping area, the tucking device being provided with a protection element and with a plurality of tucking elements arranged over the clamping area and over the width of the printing unit cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 1995Date of Patent: October 21, 1997Assignees: Heidelberg Harris Inc., Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AGInventors: Glenn Alan Guaraldi, Warren Hess Jarrard, Edward E. Urquhart