Patents Assigned to Licinvest AG
  • Patent number: 4763429
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of rectangular or square sheets, especially a pile of photographic prints, having a first and a second frame part which may be moved relative to one another and parallel to the main plane of the pile, and having means that, on movement of the frame parts backwards and forwards, remove an individual sheet at one end of the pile and add it to the other end of the pile again, these means comprising:(a) a separating means to separate the individual sheet from the pile,(b) a feeding means to feed sheets to the separating means,(c) retaining means to hold the individual sheet in the first frame part and the remainder of the pile in the other frame part, and(d) a guide means to guide the separated individual sheet for the purpose of returning it to the other end of the remainder of the pile, wherein as the feeding means there is provided a transporter (22, 404, 420) engaging the sheet to be separated at its rear edge in the direction of transpo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: 4759142
    Abstract: Apparatus for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of rectangular or square sheets, especially a pile of photographic prints, is provided. The apparatus has a first and a second frame part which may be moved relative to one another and parallel to the main plane of the pile, and a picture changer which, on movement of the frame parts backwards and forwards, removes an individual sheet at one end of the pile and adds it to the other end of the pile. The picture changer includes a first and a second separating member which, resiliently biased towards each other, define a through-gap which for the entry of the sheet being separated has a spacing greater than the thickness of one sheet and less than the thickness of two sheets, which spacing is, during the outward movement of the frame parts, maintained or reduced to the thickness of the sheet being separated, as appropriate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: 4754564
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of rectangular or square sheets, especially a pile of photographic prints, having a first (12) and a second (14) frame part which may be moved relative to one another and parallel to the main plane of the pile, and having means that, on movement of the frame parts backwards and forwards, remove an individual sheet from one end of the pile and add it to the other end of the pile again, these means comprising:(a) a separating means (20/266) for separating the individual sheet (188) from the pile,(b) a feeding means (460) for feeding sheets to the separating means,(c) retaining means (460/20) for holding the individual sheet in the first frame part and the remainder of the pile in the other frame part, and(d) a guide means (386) for guiding the separated individual sheet for the purpose of returning it to the other end of the remainder of the pile, wherein the feeding means and the retaining means for holding the individual sheet are formed
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1988
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: 4745697
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for a cyclic rearrangement of a pile (182) of sheets having a housing (12) with a viewing window (35) and a slider member (14) that can be pulled out of the housing (12) and pushed back into the housing again parallel to the latter, and having a sheet-changing mechanism by means of which one sheet in the pile (182) is retained in the housing while the slider member (14) transports the remainder of the pile out of the housing (12), means being provided for removing the sheet remaining in the housing (12) from the housing (12) through the opening provided in the housing for the slider member (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: 4691456
    Abstract: A container for accommodating a stack of pictures is disclosed. The container has a display window, a first chamber for accommodating a single picture at the window, and a second chamber separated from the first chamber wherein the remaining pictures of the stack can be loosely housed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: 4674209
    Abstract: Disclosed is a picture viewer for viewing a stack of pictures sequentially through a viewing window. The picture viewer comprises a housing member, a slider member, a bias means for urging the stack of picture against the viewing window, and an exchange means for sequentially changing the picture that is presented at the viewing window. The exchange means comprises: (a) a retentive element to hold one picture in the housing member when the slider member is moved out of the housing member and (b) a separator bar which pushes the remainder of the stack out of the housing when the slider member is moved out of the housing. To permit relatively smooth operation of the picture viewer, the bias means is mounted on the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: 4571865
    Abstract: A container for a stack of a variable number of pictures is disclosed. The container comprises at least two members movable relative to each other, one of which members holds the stack at at least one but not all of its edges, permitting the stack to be removed in the direction of one of the non-embraced edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1986
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: 4550516
    Abstract: Disclosed is a picture viewer for viewing a stack of pictures sequentially through a viewing window. The picture viewer comprises a housing member, a slider member, a bias means for urging the stack of pictures against the viewing window, and an exchange means for sequentially changing the picture that is presented at the viewing window. The exchange means comprises: (a) a retentive element to hold one picture in the housing member when the slider member is moved out of the housing member and (b) a separator bar which pushes the remainder of the stack out of the housing when the slider member is moved out of the housing. To permit relatively smooth operation of the picture viewer, the bias means is mounted on the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1985
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: 4546561
    Abstract: Disclosed is a picture viewer for viewing a stack of pictures sequentially through a viewing window. The picture viewer comprises a housing member, a slider member, a bias means for urging the stack of pictures against the viewing window, and an exchange means for sequentially changing the picture that is presented at the viewing window. The exchange means comprises: (a) a retentive element to hold one picture in the housing member when the slider member is moved out of the housing member and (b) a separator bar which pushes the remainder of the stack out of the housing when the slider member is moved out of the housing. Alignment means are provided to maintain the separated picture in alignment with the remainder of the stack so that jamming does not occur when the separated picture is returned to the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: 4473154
    Abstract: The container for photographs of the same size comprises a housing from which a slide can be pulled out. In the housing there is a spring arrangement which presses the photographs against a viewing window of the housing. The spring arrangement comprises leaf springs which, when the slide is pulled out, are pressed away from the viewing window by control edges moulded to the slide, directly at the start of pulling out of the viewing window, and remain pressed away during further pulling out of the slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1984
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: 4458434
    Abstract: Container for pictures, especially for photopositives, which is constructed to be at the same time a stand-up or hanging frame or a component of an archive. The container has centering elements by means of which the uppermost picture of a stored pile is completely visible in the viewing window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1984
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: 4443959
    Abstract: Stackable storage holders for photographs are provided with a viewing window in a first side and a projecting land on the opposite side, the land being configured to fit within the window region of an adjacent holder when a plurality of the holders are stacked. A base member, provided with regions having a high coefficient of friction, is provided with a recess in its upper surface which receives a land on a holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: 4415079
    Abstract: A holder for accommodating a variable number of photographic prints comprises a housing having a viewing window against which the uppermost print is resiliently biased. The holder includes a slide which may be partially withdrawn therefrom to gain access to the prints, the resilient bias being suppressed during withdrawal of the slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1983
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: 4413435
    Abstract: A picture displaying frame having a front viewing window, a rear wall behind the displayed picture, a slot along the bottom edge, a swing out prop in the rear wall for standing the frame in upright position, a picture transporting slider in the prop with a picture engaging retentive element to frictionally engage the picture for sliding it out of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Max Baur
  • Patent number: D270063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1983
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: D270064
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1983
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: D270065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1983
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: D270068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1983
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: D277388
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1985
    Assignee: Licinvest Ag
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Patent number: RE32528
    Abstract: Container for pictures, especially for photopositives, which is constructed to be at the same time a stand-up or hanging frame or a component of an archive. The container has centering elements by means of which the uppermost picture of a stored pile is completely visible in the viewing window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignee: Licinvest AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret