Patents by Inventor Hans-Wolfgang Kunz

Hans-Wolfgang Kunz 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: 7152744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for processing sheet material, in particular bank notes, papers of value and the like. In the inventive apparatus, an automatic return of sheet material to a second or, generally speaking, further check is provided, which obtains relief for an operator of the apparatus. The relief results from a reduction of the rate of indeterminable cases or the total sheet material to be manually reworked, since any disturbances or faulty operating conditions existing at the time of a first or, generally speaking, prior check of sheet material normally no longer exist, or exist in a changed form, at the time of a second or, generally speaking, further check of the sheet material. The correct check and assignment of the sheet material is thus possible in the second or, generally speaking, further check.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Wolfgang Kunz, Lukas Löffler, Gerhard Schinzel-Reiner, Alfred Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20040225407
    Abstract: In the inventive apparatus, an automatic return of sheet material to a second or, generally speaking, further check is provided, which obtains relief for an operator of the apparatus. The relief results from a reduction of the rate of indeterminable cases or the total sheet material to be manually reworked, since any disturbances or faulty operating conditions existing at the time of a first or, generally speaking, prior check of sheet material normally no longer exist, or exist in a changed form, at the time of a second or, generally speaking, further check of the sheet material. The correct check and assignment of the sheet material is thus possible in the second or, generally speaking, further check.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Hans-Wolfgang Kunz, Lukas Loffler, Gerhard Schinzel-Reiner, Alfred Schmidt