Patents by Inventor Dominik Nutzel

Dominik Nutzel 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).

  • Patent number: 10131510
    Abstract: A draw-in apparatus having at least two rotatable draw-in rollers for drawing in sheet goods, in particular bank notes, wherein the draw-in rollers are arranged relative to each other with meshing roller profiles respectively extending transversely to the draw-in direction so as to define a draw-in gap for the sheet goods, and wherein the draw-in rollers have axial cross-sectional profiles mutually matched such that a clearance between the draw-in rollers changes periodically upon a rotation of the draw-in rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: CI Tech Components AG
    Inventor: Dominik Nützel
  • Publication number: 20160251177
    Abstract: A draw-in apparatus having at least two rotatable draw-in rollers for drawing in sheet goods, in particular bank notes, wherein the draw-in rollers are arranged relative to each other with meshing roller profiles respectively extending transversely to the draw-in direction so as to define a draw-in gap for the sheet goods, and wherein the draw-in rollers have axial cross-sectional profiles mutually matched such that a clearance between the draw-in rollers changes periodically upon a rotation of the draw-in rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventor: Dominik Nützel
  • Patent number: 8544629
    Abstract: A method for accepting and/or dispensing/returning bank notes wherein bank notes to be accepted or dispensed/returned are transported from or to an input and dispensing position to or from a processing position. At least an input velocity for the bank notes is ascertained upon an input of bank notes to be accepted, or at least a withdrawal velocity for the bank notes upon the dispensing/return of bank notes to be dispensed/returned is ascertained, and the bank notes to be accepted are transported at a transport velocity corresponding substantially to the input velocity or withdrawal velocity, whereas the bank notes to be dispensed/returned are transported at a transport velocity corresponding substantially to the withdrawal velocity or input velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventor: Dominik Nutzel
  • Patent number: 8177228
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for monitoring the singling of sheet material, in particular of bank notes. The invention starts out from monitoring the singling of sheet material, in particular of bank notes, by means of a singler having a drive and a control device for a monitoring and controlling of the singler, wherein a monitoring of place, time, orientation and state of the singled sheet material is effected immediately after the singling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Nützel, Frantz Reuter, Rainer Stoll
  • Publication number: 20120111694
    Abstract: A method for accepting and/or dispensing/returning bank notes wherein bank notes to be accepted or dispensed/returned are transported from or to an input and dispensing position to or from a processing position. At least an input velocity for the bank notes is ascertained upon an input of bank notes to be accepted, or at least a withdrawal velocity for the bank notes upon the dispensing/return of bank notes to be dispensed/returned is ascertained, and the bank notes to be accepted are transported at a transport velocity corresponding substantially to the input velocity or withdrawal velocity, whereas the bank notes to be dispensed/returned are transported at a transport velocity corresponding substantially to the withdrawal velocity or input velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: Dominik Nutzel
  • Patent number: 8167135
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for accepting or dispensing or returning bank notes. An operator wishing to remove bank notes protruding from the apparatus for dispensing or returning, is assisted during removal in that the bank notes are transported towards the operator by the apparatus as soon as the operator grasps the bank notes and starts pulling or moving them out of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Nützel, Franz Reuter, Xavier Thum
  • Patent number: 7883088
    Abstract: Apparatus for singling sheet material, in particular bank notes, which is inputted into an input area of the apparatus as a stack and is transported up to a singler, which transfers individual pieces of sheet material of the stack of sheet material to a sheet transport system, which transports the singled sheet material in a transport direction, a sensor disposed in transport direction upstream of the singler, which substantially extends over the width of the input area, generating signals which specify whether and in which area of the width of the input area the sheet material is present, and a control device evaluating the signals of the sensor during a transport of the stack of sheet material to the singler and comparing occurring fluctuations and changes of the signals of the sensor regarding the presence or absence of sheet material with predetermined threshold values for fluctuations and changes of the signals of the sensor, in order to derive a statement from the occurring fluctuations and changes of t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Nützel, Franz Reuter, Xavier Thum
  • Publication number: 20100025308
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for accepting or dispensing or returning bank notes. An operator wishing to remove bank notes protruding from the apparatus for dispensing or returning, is assisted during removal in that the bank notes are transported towards the operator by the apparatus as soon as the operator grasps the bank notes and starts pulling or moving them out of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Dominik Nutzel, Franz Reuter, Xavier Thum
  • Publication number: 20090206541
    Abstract: Apparatus for singling sheet material, in particular bank notes, which is inputted into an input area of the apparatus as a stack and is transported up to a singler, which transfers individual pieces of sheet material of the stack of sheet material to a sheet transport system, which transports the singled sheet material in a transport direction, a sensor disposed in transport direction upstream of the singler, which substantially extends over the width of the input area, generating signals which specify whether and in which area of the width of the input area the sheet material is present, and a control device evaluating the signals of the sensor during a transport of the stack of sheet material to the singler and comparing occurring fluctuations and changes of the signals of the sensor regarding the presence or absence of sheet material with predetermined threshold values for fluctuations and changes of the signals of the sensor, in order to derive a statement from the occurring fluctuations and changes of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Dominik Nützel, Franz Reuter, Xavier Thum
  • Publication number: 20090152800
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for monitoring the singling of sheet material, in particular of bank notes. The invention starts out from monitoring the singling of sheet material, in particular of bank notes, by means of a singler having a drive and a control device for a monitoring and controlling of the singler, wherein a monitoring of place, time, orientation and state of the singled sheet material is effected immediately after the singling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Dominik Nutzel, Frantz Reuter, Rainer Stoll