Patents by Inventor Alfred Weinheimer

Alfred Weinheimer 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).

  • Device for storing and issuing sheet-like material, in particular, bank notes, and a guide unit and a transport unit for said device
    Patent number: 6641135
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the storage and/or dispensing of sheet-like material, in particular bank notes 23, comprising a compartment module (10) having a plurality of compartments (11), a slider (6) which can be travelled into and out of a compartment (11) so that a sheet-like material (23) lying in front of an opening (11a) of the compartment (11) can be inserted into and/or dispensed from the compartment (11) while being folded; and a guide device (3) which is displaceable between two positions, with in the first position the sheet-like material (23) being able to be introduced into the guide device (3) and the opening (11a) of the compartment (11) being blocked, and in the second position the opening (11a) of the compartment (11) being free so that the sheet-like material (23) can be inserted into the compartment (11); and a guide device for sheet-like material (23), in particular bank notes, comprising a first guide plane (3a); a second guide plane (3b), which is opposite the first guide
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Löwen Automaten Gerhard W. Schulze GmbH
    Inventor: Alfred Weinheimer