Patents by Inventor Teru Horpu

Teru Horpu 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).

  • Document dispensing apparatus
    Patent number: 6439564
    Abstract: An arrangement for feeding documents piecemeal from a document bundle (9) comprises a banknote separator (200) which includes two mutually biased rollers (4,6) that are driven by a drive motor (1) that also drives a dispensing roller (3) which functions to dispense documents from the bundle. The rollers (4,6) of the roll pair are rotationally coupled together via a freewheeling hub. The second roller (6) does not rotate during dispensing of a document. Upon completion of a dispensing operation, the drive direction of the motor (1) is reversed, so as to bring the second roller (6) to a new angular position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: De la Rue Cash Systems AB
    Inventors: Jorgen Andersson, Teru Horpu, Anders Nordin
  • Document dispensing apparatus
    Publication number: 20010024010
    Abstract: An arrangement for feeding documents piecemeal from a document bundle (9) comprises a banknote separator (200) which includes two mutually biased rollers (4,6) that are driven by a drive motor (1) that also drives a dispensing roller (3) which functions to dispense documents from the bundle. The rollers (4,6) of the roll pair are rotationally coupled together via a freewheeling hub. The second roller (6) does not rotate during dispensing of a document. Upon completion of a dispensing operation, the drive direction of the motor (1) is reversed, so as to bring the second roller (6) to a new angular position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Jorgen Andersson, Teru Horpu, Anders Nordin