Patents Assigned to Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
  • Patent number: 5475625
    Abstract: Method and arrangement for monitoring manipulations on computers (3) which are connected via a network (2), in the method attributes being inquired automatically from databases of the computers (3) and compared with protectedly stored reference values of the attributes, and an alarm being triggered in the event of non-correspondence. The inquiry, the comparison and the alarm triggering are carried out by a monitoring device (1) which is physically not accessible to intruders, is connected to the computers (3) and the databases of which, containing the reference values, cannot be interrogated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Rainer Glaschick
  • Patent number: 5470053
    Abstract: A device for collecting successively supplied sheet-like notes, for example printed documents, and for dispensing the collected bundle of notes at the dispensing station of a dispensing machine (2) comprises a collecting cartridge (20) which is arranged in the machine housing (4) such that it can be adjusted by means of an adjusting device between a collecting position (A), withdrawn in the machine housing (4), arranged at the end of a note conveyor (12), and a dispensing position (C), located in the dispensing station and accessible for access. At least the front part (36) of the bottom (22) close to the side wall (24) is designed as a door (48) which can be adjusted into an open position freeing a bottom opening, a cartridge compartment (42) being arranged underneath the collecting cartridge (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hermann Kohlhage, Gunter Baitz, Wolfgang Malke
  • Patent number: 5470042
    Abstract: A supporting device for a machine (2) standing on standing feet (4) at a distance from a floor surface of a floor. The supporting device has at least one supporting element (12), which has a holding part (44), which reaches, in an operating position, beneath the machine (2) and is detachably connected to a standing foot (4), and a supporting bracket (46) disposed thereon. The holding section (44) is configured as an essentially U-shaped bow having two arms (22, 24) which bear, in the fitted position, laterally against a standing foot (4). On the holding section (44) there are provided, perpendicular to the floor surface, stop faces (42), interacting with counter-faces of the standing foot (4), for fixing the holding section (44) to the standing foot (4). The arms (22, 24) are respectively provided, at their ends, with devices (25, 28) for coupling the said arms to the arms (24', 22') of a second supporting element (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf-Peter Fietz, Franz Knoop
  • Patent number: 5437512
    Abstract: In a device for transporting sections (28) of a recording substrate from a recording mechanism, the recording mechanism has a cutting unit (12) for separating the sections (28) from the recording substrate. The cutting unit can be moved, in a cutting stroke and in a return stroke, transversely to the direction of transport (A) of the recording substrate across its width. Transport elements (32, 38) for grasping and advancing the separated sections (28) are disposed behind the cutting station in the direction of transport (A) and can be coupled by means of a gear arrangement (14, 24, 52, 50, 44, 36) to the cutting unit (12) in such a way that, upon the return stroke of the cutting unit (12), they grasp the separated section (28) and advance it in the direction of transport (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Peter Gull
  • Patent number: 5428433
    Abstract: An electrophotographic printer has an electro- thermally operating fixing station (23) with a heated fixing roller (86) and a feed roller (87) which can be pivoted between at least one position against the fixing roller and another position away from the fixing roller. With the aid of an unheated, pivoting paper guide saddle (93), the reel paper is guided around the fixing roller (86) at a predeterminable wrapping angle (U) for the purpose of preheating before the actual fixing. In order to fix the printed image on the reel paper (12) in an offset-free and smudge-free manner during the starting and stopping process, the movements of the elements of the fixing station (23) and the transport of the paper are coordinated in such a way that there is no relative movement between the fixing roller (86) and toner image on the reel paper (12) when the reel paper is placed against the fixing roller (86) and when the reel paper (12) is stripped off the fixing roller (86).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Walter Kopp, Josef Windele
  • Patent number: 5420662
    Abstract: A printer or copier operating according to the transfer printing principle containing an arrangement for printing the front and/or the back of a recording medium. The apparatus contains a photoconductor drum and a thermoadhesive transfer ribbon which is coupled to the photoconductor drum. The transfer ribbon proceeds to a transfer printing and fusing station formed by the transfer ribbon on one side and a heated roller on an opposite side in elastic contact thereto. A first toner image for the back of the recording medium and a second toner image for the front of the recording medium are produced on a photoconductor drum and transferred to the transfer ribbon in this order. The heated roller first receives a toner image for the back of the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Albrecht Gerstner
  • Patent number: 5412191
    Abstract: In the case of a service desk for the registration, booking and/or payment of goods, vouchers and the like, having a service section (38) including at least a data display device (28), a data input device (26) and an output device (22, 24) for coupons, receipts and the like, this service section comprises at least two parts (14; 20, 28), of which a first part (14) is always on the customer's side of the service desk and a second part (20, 28) can be moved between the customer's side and the operator's side of the service desk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunter Baitz, Joachim Burchart, Rory Gray, Stefan Mertz, Dirk Sporleder
  • Patent number: 5410384
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printing or copying device having a photoconductor drum (10) for receiving two adjacently arranged toner images for a recto and a verso of a recording medium (15). Provided for the simultaneous transfer of the toner images onto the recording medium (15) are two separate transfer ribbons for the recto toner image and the verso toner image. In this case, one transfer ribbon is deflected over a deflection device in such a way that the transfer ribbons (T1 and T2) are positioned one above the other in a fuser station (19) designed as a thermal printing fuser station. The recording medium (15) is passed between the transfer ribbons (T1 and T2) and is thus printed verso/recto simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Rudolf Wachtler
  • Patent number: 5408302
    Abstract: A printing or copying machine has a photoconductor (10) with associated recording and developing station (EY, EM, EC, EB) for producing single-color or multi-color toner images on the intermediate image-carrier (10). The toner images are transferred electrostatically, in a transfer zone (T) onto a belt-type transfer element (16) and then, in transfer and fusing zones (U1, U2), printed from the underneath from the transfer element onto the recording carriers (24). In order to facilitate the fusing of the transfer image in the transfer and fusing stations (U1, U2), heating units (23, 31) for heating the toner images on the transfer element (16) and/or for heating the recording carrier (24) are provided. Between the first and the second transfer and fusing station (U1, U2), a turning station (W) is arranged. The printing or copying machine can be operated in the simplex and duplex printing mode of operation to produce single-color or multi-color copies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Manzer, Peter Bergmann, Albrecht Gerstner, Otto Ferber, Peter Konig
  • Patent number: 5398833
    Abstract: Rails (6) are mounted on the insides of the side walls of a cuboid housing parallel to the top side of the housing. After the cover (1) has been mounted on the case bottom (2) of the housing, the rail (6) embraces with its U-shaped profile a seating support (7) which is opposite it and is joined to the case bottom (2). A plurality of sheet-metal strip springs (3) are introduced captively between the rail (6) and seating support (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Klauss, Heinz Stickel
  • Patent number: 5380990
    Abstract: The money drawer (3) has a lid (14), which is connected to the drawer housing (2) by the money drawer (3) being slid into the drawer housing and is detachable from the drawer housing (2) through the creation of the locking attachment between the lid and the money drawer. In a preferred refinement, the lid (14) contains a receiving tray (50) for an integrated circuit card, preferably for one conforming to ISO Standard 7816.2.3. A till drawer of this kind is suitable for all cash registers and, due to the possible allocation of a money drawer to a specific member of the till staff, can preferably be used in respect of cash registers where there is a frequent changeover of staff. The cards can be used as a company identity card enabling a cashier to clock on at the cash register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunter Baitz, Joachim Burchart, Hartmut Kamin
  • Patent number: 5364196
    Abstract: A laptop computer has a base housing and an associated printer (2'), an input keyboard (320, 328) and a screen (306,304). The base housing has a transport channel (3') for a printing medium which runs towards the rear from the operating side and extends essentially over the whole width of the base housing so that printing media of corresponding width (e.g. A4 format) can be printed. The printer (2) is designed as a flat-bed printer and preferably has a dot matrix printing head which can be moved in the lower housing part (4') transversely to the direction of motion (8) of the printing medium (line direction).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunter Baitz, Joachim Burchart
  • Patent number: 5364089
    Abstract: A stacking apparatus for printers, to build up a stack (20/1, 20/2) of individual sheets (13), includes two transport systems, designed in the form of roller cages (1/1, 1/2), for individual sheets, which systems are arranged axially parallel next to each other. Each of the roller cages (1/1, 1/2) has on its periphery roller-shaped transport elements (3) which extend in the axial direction of the roller cages (1/1, 1/2) and are spaced apart by gaps. They individually surround separate partial depositing surfaces (7/1, 7/2) of a common, inner depositing surface which crosses through both roller cages (1/1, 1/2) and is for receiving the individual sheets (10) to be stacked. By moving the roller cages (1/1, 1/2) in opposite directions, the roller cages centrally take up the individual sheets (10) to be stacked and transport them into a depositing position arranged above or below the roller cages (1/1, 1/2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hans Manzer
  • Patent number: 5363281
    Abstract: Device for receiving integrated circuit cards. The devices used until now in practice do not sufficiently protect the individual cards in all operating modes. The present device is intended to allow the cards to be locked. For this purpose, a locking mechanism (16) is provided, having at least one bar (9) which is designed as a lever (20, 21, 22) and can be moved out of a locking position into an unlocking position and vice versa and which is preferably held in its locking position with the aid of a holding device (23). The holding device (23) may, for example, be a torsion spring (36). In the case of another embodiment, the locking mechanism (16) may additionally have a closable blocking device (44) which acts on one of the abovementioned levers and can be moved out of a blocking position, preventing a movement of the relevant lever (21, 22), into a release position, releasing a movement of the lever (21, 22), and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunter Baitz, Joachim Burchart
  • Patent number: 5360276
    Abstract: In a printing device having an abutment (10) intended for supporting a recording medium (52), a print head (32) which is movable relative to the abutment (10) in the direction of the lines, an actuating drive (28, 26, 24) for setting the print head distance relative to the abutment (10) and a pressing element (36) which extends the full width of the recording medium and presses the recording medium (52) onto the abutment (10) and can be deflected in accordance with the thickness of the recording medium (52), a magnet (54) is arranged on one of the parts (pressing element 36, part 46 fixed to the print head) and at least one Hall probe (56) is arranged on the respective other part (part 46 fixed to the print head, pressing element 36) in such a way that the magnet (54) and the Hall probe (56) can be brought into congruence with one another in a predetermined print head position corresponding to a measurement position, a circuit arrangement (60) being provided to measure the Hall voltage and to regulate the lat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Udo Petermann
  • Patent number: 5330274
    Abstract: A printing head (106) as a first functional unit and at least one further functional unit (107) of the same kind or of a different kind are attached to a common carrier (105) and mounted by means of a carriage for displacement in each case in parallel in the direction of the print lines and are arranged so as to swivel between the individual working areas of the printing device by means of a common swivel drive. The arrangement of the individual functional units (106, 107) on the carrier (105) and the alignment of the swivel axis (104) are selected such that the functional units can be swiveled in each case in the direction of the print lines and perpendicularly to the feed direction out of and into the respective printing station (101, 102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf Schimmelpfennig, Heinz Strohdiek
  • Patent number: 5320437
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flat printer which is divided in a print carrier plane into a lower housing part and a housing cover which can be placed on or lifted off the latter. The housing cover is pivotably connected to the lower housing part. In a basic version, the housing cover contains only inactive functional components, namely a printing abutment as well as upper transport rollers. All the active functional components, namely the printing head, the driven lower transport rollers with their drives, as well as the drive for the ink ribbon cassette are arranged in the lower housing part. The electronic drive and control device is designed as a circuit board, onto which the functional components to be connected to it are preferably plugged directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Malke, Gunter Baitz, Siegfried Wieschemann
  • Patent number: 5308963
    Abstract: A goods scanning device in which the goods scanning window fitted in a housing is arranged upright beside the goods conveying surface has already been proposed. Furthermore, goods scanning devices in which the goods scanning window is arranged in the goods conveying surface and level with or above the latter are known from practice. In the case of the novel goods scanning device, the goods scanning performed by the goods scanning window is to be facilitated.For this purpose, the housing (12) is adjustable in such a way that the goods scanning window (13) is located as desired in a horizontal or vertical position (B, C, D). In a preferred embodiment, the goods scanning window (13) is arranged in the horizontal position (B, D) as desired in the region of the goods conveying surface (11) and level with the latter or above the goods conveying surface (11) and at a distance therefrom.The goods scanning device is particularly suitable for registering heavy and/or bulky articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Gunter Baitz
  • Patent number: 5301000
    Abstract: A fixing station of an electrophotographic printing or copying apparatus includes a fixing roller (11) heated via a radiator module (30) and a pressure roller swingable up to and away from the fixing roller (11) via a cam mechanism (8, 7). In order that the fixing roller and pressure roller can be exchanged in the hot state, the fixing roller (11) is mounted in bearing flanges (14, 16), one bearing flange (16) being fastened fixedly and the other bearing flange (14) releasably in the machine. The releasable bearing flange (14) has holding elements (26) for the fixing roller, as well as a handle, by which the bearing flange (14), together with the fixing roller (11) suspended on it, can be removed from the fixing station. The pressure roller (9) is mounted releasably between two rockers (8) via a releasable receiving bolt (57). A cooling sheer (40, 51) is arranged in the machine for receiving the heated fixing roller (11) and the radiator module (30 ).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Karl Heigl
  • Patent number: 5283612
    Abstract: An arrangement for the mechanical coupling of physical units, such as, for example, of a printing assembly (15) of an electrophotographic printer or copier, to further physical units (23, 24) in axially parallel orientation with respect to the transport path of a recording carrier (12) includes a basic unit (28) containing especially the printing assembly (15) coupled in an articulated manner to a carrier (32), oriented vertically with respect to a machine frame (1), via a crossmember (30) which consists especially of two individual crossmember elements (301, 302). The physical units (23 or 24) to be arranged axially parallel with respect to the basic unit are then themselves articulated on the carrier (32) in paired receptacles (for example C1, C2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Lodermann, Josef Windele