Patents by Inventor Bernhard Brings

Bernhard Brings 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).

  • Document-printing arrangement with document-collection station
    Patent number: 6132121
    Abstract: Document-printing arrangement (8) having a cutting arrangement (16) and a document collection station (22), which is designed as a drum (40) equipped with clamping elements (44). Starting from a rest position (-x.degree.), the drum (40) is accelerated in such a way that when the leading edge of a document arrives underneath the clamping elements (44), said drum has a circumferential speed which corresponds to the transport speed of a paper transport arrangement (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernhard Brings, Richard Dusterhus, Bernd Reimer, Pamela Szlezys
  • Method of controlling a document-printing arrangement and corresponding document printing arrangement
    Patent number: 6123475
    Abstract: A document-printing arrangement (8) having one or more paper paths (10, 110), via which one or different continuous paper webs (20, 120) can be fed to a printing station (14) equipped with a thermoprinting strip (32) and a backing roll (34). In order to compensate for transport speed tolerances, a paper bulge (66) is built up upstream of the printing station (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Brings, Richard Duesterhus, Bernd Reimer, Pamela Szlezys