Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Wolf

Wolfgang Wolf 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 operating a sheet-fed printing press and sheet-fed printing press for implementing the method
    Patent number: 6883433
    Abstract: A method of operating a sheet-fed printing press having a sheet guide module, removable from the sheet-fed printing press and then inserted back into the sheet-fed printing press again, and a machine control system, includes the steps of monitoring a position of the sheet guide module with respect to its correct operating position with the machine control system, and, based upon results of the position monitoring, the machine control system keeping the sheet-fed printing process in a first operating mode when the sheet guide module is located in the correct operating position, and keeping it in a second operating mode with at least one operating function that is restricted as compared with the first operating mode when the sheet guide module is out of the correct operating position. Also provided is a sheet-fed printing press suitable for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Günter Stephan, Wolfgang Wolf
  • Method of operating a sheet-fed printing press and sheet-fed printing press for implementing the method
    Publication number: 20040154491
    Abstract: A method of operating a sheet-fed printing press having a sheet guide module, removable from the sheet-fed printing press and then inserted back into the sheet-fed printing press again, and a machine control system, includes the steps of monitoring a position of the sheet guide module with respect to its correct operating position with the machine control system, and, based upon results of the position monitoring, the machine control system keeping the sheet-fed printing process in a first operating mode when the sheet guide module is located in the correct operating position, and keeping it in a second operating mode with at least one operating function that is restricted as compared with the first operating mode when the sheet guide module is out of the correct operating position. Also provided is a sheet-fed printing press suitable for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Gunter Stephan, Wolfgang Wolf