Patents by Inventor Reinhold G. F. Driemeyer

Reinhold G. F. Driemeyer 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: 4448554
    Abstract: An apparatus having a track for guiding a sheet therealong and means for feeding a sheet along the track. The feeding means includes a rotatable member having a shaft mounted for rotation, with the rotatable member having a driving periphery extending into the track. The feeding means also includes a coupling unit and means for rotatably mounting the coupling unit at the track, with the coupling unit having an expansible periphery. Also provided is a means including an endless coiled spring for selectively moving the expansible periphery between a first position in which the expansible periphery is uncoupled from the driving periphery and a second position in which the expansible periphery is expanded to form a driving coupling with the driving periphery of the rotatable member to feed a sheet positioned therebetween along the track when the rotatable member is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Assignee: NCR Canada Ltd - NCR Canada Ltee
    Inventor: Reinhold G. F. Driemeyer