Patents by Inventor Gert Haertwich

Gert Haertwich 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: 5193799
    Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating depositing copy sheets in a collecting bin (6, 15) which, in the sheet entry direction, is arranged in a downwardly inclined position and is provided with a stop member (14) associated with the leading portion of the sheets. The trailing portion of the sheets is associated with guide element (19, 30) directing the incoming sheets onto the top of the sheet stack already deposited. Above the sheet stack (23, 23a) rollers (22, 26) are arranged which are driven in sheet entry direction and associated with the trailing portion of the sheet and whose surface area facing the sheet stack (23, 23a) lines beneath the entry plane of the sheets defined by the guide elements (19, 30) to the extent that also in the case of curled sheets it confines the top of the sheet stack (23, 23a) in a position beneath the sheet entry plane keeping the feed path open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Gert Scheufler, Gert Haertwich, Dietmar Blaettner