Patents by Inventor Friedmann Loeffler

Friedmann Loeffler 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 and method for canceling sheet material
    Patent number: 7661617
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a corresponding method for canceling, in particular destroying, sheet material, in particular bank notes. The apparatus comprises at least one canceling means (2) to which the sheet material (1) to be canceled is fed, in which the fed sheet material (11) is canceled, in particular destroyed, and from which the canceled sheet material (11) is discharged. The apparatus comprises furthermore at least one supervising means (7) for monitoring the sheet material (11) being discharged or having been discharged from said canceling means (2). For improved monitoring of the cancellation of sheet material, in particular with respect to malfunctions, there is provided at least one monitoring means (6a, 6b) for monitoring the fed sheet material (1). The fed sheet material (11) is compared to the sheet material (11) being discharged or having been discharged in an evaluation means (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Schmidt, Friedmann Loeffler, Wilhelm Hell, Gerhard Sporer, Frank Werner
  • Device and method for canceling sheet material
    Publication number: 20040112998
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a corresponding method for canceling, in particular destroying, sheet material, in particular bank notes. The apparatus comprises at least one canceling means (2) to which the sheet material (1) to be canceled is fed, in which the fed sheet material (11) is canceled, in particular destroyed, and from which the canceled sheet material (11) is discharged. The apparatus comprises furthermore at least one supervising means (7) for monitoring the sheet material (11) being discharged or having been discharged from said canceling means (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Alfred Schmidt, Friedmann Loeffler, Wilhelm Hell, Gerhard Sporer, Frank Werner