Patents by Inventor Xiguang Sun

Xiguang Sun 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).

  • Drive device for stamping foil, unwinding module and stamping machine thus equipped
    Patent number: 9656455
    Abstract: Drive device for unwinding a reel of foil in an unwinding module of a stamping machine, having an inactive position, and an active position in engagement with the reel, and comprising: a belt, having an inactive configuration, and an active configuration for contacting a portion of the reel and driven by a driver of the module so as to unwind the reel, rollers, maintaining the belt in the inactive and the active configuration, a translatable roller, which engages the belt and compensates for variations in length when the belt moves from the inactive to the active configuration, and a biasing arrangement, attached to the roller and thereby keeping the belt tensioned in both the inactive and the active configuration, and the biasing arrangement is actuated and disengaged from the belt, to move the belt from the inactive to the active configuration and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: BOBST MEX SA
    Inventor: Xiguang Sun
  • DRIVE DEVICE FOR STAMPING STRIP, UNWINDING MODULE AND STAMPING MACHINE PROVIDED THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20150075394
    Abstract: Drive device for unwinding a reel of foil in an unwinding module of a stamping machine, having an inactive position, and an active position in engagement with the reel, and comprising: a belt, having an inactive configuration, and an active configuration for contacting a portion of the reel and driven by a driver of the module so as to unwind the reel, rollers, maintaining the belt in the inactive and the active configuration, a translatable roller, which engages the belt and compensates for variations in length when the belt moves from the inactive to the active configuration, and a biasing arrangement, attached to the roller and thereby keeping the belt tensioned in both the inactive and the active configuration, and the biasing arrangement is actuated and disengaged from the belt, to move the belt from the inactive to the active configuration and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: BOBST MEX SA
    Inventor: Xiguang Sun