Eastman-Kodak Company

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag

Festo Ag & Co. Kg

Buro-Und Datentechnik Gmbh & Co., Kg

Michael N Freund

Alexander Hirsch

Kurt Stehle

Andreas Dickhoff

Bernd Philipps

Thomas Feyrer

Dieter Waldmann

Harald Mauz

Michael Bidmon

Jürgen Heinzl

Albert Rieger

Hans-Peter Würschum

A handling device for handling parts and in particular sheet metal bodywork parts, comprises a carrier unit which has a coupling means for coupling to a robot arm of a robot and a plurality of operating modules each having an attachment interface for the attachment of an operating device such as a vacuum gripper or the like, each operating module being provided with adjustment means for setting position of the attachment interface wherein the adjustment means comprise several positioning setting drives controlled by electrical control signals from a control device, such setting drives rendering possible shifting the attachment interface in the x, y and z directions of a Cartesian coordinate system spanning the x, y and z coordinates, the positioning setting drives being so designed that the attachment interface is able to be positioned in the desired target position by motion in the x, y and/or z direction.

Handling device

The invention relates to a method and device for transporting and rotating sheet-form print material. A rotation unit carried on a transport unit is moveable along a carriage guide. A gripper on the rotation unit holds the sheet form print material. Mechanical interaction between the rotation unit and the carriage guide causes the gripper to rotate.

Method and device for transporting and rotating stacks of sheet-form print materials

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for cleaning from the outer surface of an endless transport belt the ink, not ejected for printing purposes, of an inkjet printer, said method and apparatus serving for completely removing and collecting the ink adhering to the transport belt, while retaining a high transport belt speed. The method is characterized by the application of a converging compressed-air stream onto the outer surface of the ink-wetted transport belt by means of an air conduit, comprising a suction nozzle, of a pressure nozzle, and by extraction of the resulting ink-air mixture by means of the suction nozzle, the two steps being performed simultaneously. The apparatus which is arranged downstream of an inkjet printing device in the transport path of the transport belt is characterized by a pressure nozzle for applying compressed air onto the outer surface of the ink-wetted transport belt, said pressure nozzle being formed by a suction nozzle arranged centrally in the pressure nozzle to extract the ink-air mixture produced by the compressed air.

Method and apparatus for cleaning from the outer surface of an endless transport belt the ink, not ejected for printing purposes, of an inkjet printer

An ink jet printer for making photographic prints includes at least one paper supply for holding a supply of print paper and a sheet paper transport belt arranged to receive sheets of print paper from the at least one paper supply and transport the sheets through the printer. A back printer is located between the paper supply and the paper transport belt for applying back prints to the print paper. A full print width color ink jet print head is located over a first portion of the transport belt for printing an image on a paper sheet. A paper support located under the ink jet print head is provided with ink overspill collection grooves to collect overspilled ink from the ink jet print head. A linear image sensor located in front of the ink jet print head detects the leading edge of the paper sheet being transported under the print head and a controller connected to the paper control the print head to print an image that is slightly wider and shorter than the paper, thereby preventing overspill printing on the leading and trailing edges of the sheet, while allowing slight overspill printing on the sides of the sheet into the overspill collection grooves. A paper dryer is located over a second portion of the vacuum belt transport; the paper dryer includes a source of flowing air for drying the image on the paper. A sheet trimming station is located at the end of the vacuum belt sheet transport for trimming the leading and trailing edges of a sheet after drying.

Ink jet printer for photofinishing

The invention relates to an endless transport belt for receiving ink, not ejected for printing purposes, of an inkjet printer; said transport belt receiving the ink sprayed thereon during printing of printing material in such a manner that smearing on the back side of the paper is prevented. For this purpose, the transport belt comprises a carrier layer and a support layer for supporting and printing printing materials of differing widths and lengths by means of an inkjet print head, the support layer according to the present invention having a knobbed grid structure with a hydrophobic and ink-rejecting coating.

Endless transport belt for receiving the ink, not ejected for printing purposes, of an inkjet printer

A viewfinder mask, viewfinder and photographic camera. The viewfinder mask connects to a camera lens for adjusting the image field of the viewfinder to the adjustable focal length of the camera lens. The viewfinder mask comprises an L-shaped frame part and a rectangular frame part covering the latter, these being linked by a film hinge. A guide lever engages on the one hand a corner of the rectangular frame part and on the other hand, in the area of the film hinge, the L-shaped frame part. The frame parts are mounted movably in relation to one another inside the case.

Viewfinder mask for a photographic camera, viewfinder, and camera

The invention relates to a sealing arrangement for a shutter release and film transport control element of a photographic camera, having an outer watertight body which has an opening for receiving the shutter release and film transport control element using which a rotational film transport and a transversal shutter release movement can be transmitted to corresponding control elements of a camera arranged inside said body, where a single one-piece sealing element is provided for transmitting the shutter release and film transport movement, by which sealing element the opening can be sealed watertight.

Sealing arrangement for shutter release and film transport control in a

The invention relates to a magazine having a plurality of disk drawers which are mounted in disk-holding compartments and each of which holds a single disk (CD), all of the disk drawers being lockable in and releasable from the magazine by means of a single, common disk drawer locking mechanism and the magazine being capable of insertion into a machine. In order to create a magazine of straightforward, compact and economical design having as few components and being as simple to assemble as possible, the disk drawer locking mechanism is integral with the magazine. The disk drawer locking mechanism and the magazine are constructed as a one-piece injection molded unit in plastic and the disk drawer locking mechanism has a locking catch and a release tab which are joined to the magazine or an outer panel of the magazine by means of a common, elastic fulcrum bar and which pivot conjointly around the centre axis of the fulcrum bar thereby acting against its spring action.

Magazine with a plurality of disk drawers

The invention relates to a film transport and release device for a photographic camera comprising a body part that pulls out and slides in parallel to the film transport direction in relation to the camera body, where in the pulled-out position of the body part the camera is ready to take a picture. Furthermore, a film transport wheel for a perforated film strip is provided. The body part has a toothed rack which is assigned a toothed wheel mounted permanently on a driving arbor arranged in axially movable and non-rotatable manner in the film transport wheel. Here the toothed wheel is movable by means of the release into its ready-to-mesh position in relation to the toothed rack and is kept in this position after operation of the release until the film strip has been transported one picture field further.

Film transport and release device for a photographic camera

Clamping apparatus for disk-shaped information medium having a central hole, the disk-shaped information medium having a surface upon which information is to be printed, including a baseplate having holes; a slider guidably mounted on the baseplate for centering the disk-shaped information medium with the central hole; stationary holding elements arranged on the baseplate, and movable holding elements arranged on the slider, in such a way that when an information medium is placed in the clamping apparatus, a predetermined number of the stationary and movable holding elements are arranged along the outer periphery of the information medium, and the remainder of the stationary and movable holding elements are arranged along the inner periphery of the central hole of the information medium; a bottom plate positioned under the baseplate and movable perpendicular thereto; and information medium contact elements which are formed on the bottom plate and adapted to pass through holes in the baseplate and contact the information medium.

Clamping apparatus for imprinting disk-shaped information medium

The clamping apparatus for imprinting disk-shaped information media consists of a base plate with a central centering aid for the information medium and a cover with an annular opening. The base plate is joined pivotably to the cover by means of a hinge. A closure mechanism is provided diametrically opposite the hinge, and elastic elements, on which the information medium rests and which when the cover is closed can be compressed by the information medium, are mounted on the base plate.

Clamping apparatus for disk-shaped information medium

The invention relates to a device for the removal and transfer of plate-shaped objects (CD) from a stack using a suction device being movable against a counter-force for generating a vacuum with a predetermined duration at a suction opening. To obtain a simple, compact and inexpensive design with safe, simple and gentle removal and transfer of plate-shaped objects such as ring disks or information carriers (compact disks, diskettes or floppy disks) in an automated environment, the device has two U-shaped hollow elements in a concentric arrangement that are on the one hand slideable towards and into one another with their open ends and on the other hand are substantially airtightly sealed in their movement range in relation to one another to the extent that when a vacuum is generated a leak flow of predetermined size and course is achievable, and hence also the vacuum duration that is predetermined for the removal of the object. Furthermore, a sensor device having a sensor, scanning marks and receiving device provided with two pivot-in holding elements for a plate-shaped object (CD) picked up by the suction device from the top of a stack are also provided.

Apparatus for the removal and transfer of plate-shaped objects from a

The invention relates to a method and apparatus for measuring the rotary movement of a shaft, wherein according to said method a magnetic pattern radially applied to a magnetic disk is inductively scanned so that in a magnetic head voltage pulses are generated which are associated with the magnetic pattern and used for determining the rotary movement and the angular position of a rotating object. To realize a measuring arrangement featuring a selectable measuring resolution, by means of a read/write head at least one magnetic pattern is radially applied with a randomly selectable recording density to the magnetic disk connected to the shaft to be measured, said pattern being then inductively scanned at a constant rotational speed of the read/write head as the magnetic disk is at rest. From the induced voltage pulses the read/write head speed is computed by electronic means and stored. Another inductive scanning during rotation of the magnetic disk at the read/write head speed previously used permits the rotational speed of the shaft and the angle of rotation to be determined by electonic means from the superposition of both voltage pulses induced in the read/write head.

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Schorndorf, Germany

Michael N Freund