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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
May. 28, 2003
Applicants:
Rainer Stoll, Munich, DE;
Alois Wagner, Olching, DE;
Frank Werner, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Giesecke & Devrient, GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/32 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A friction wheel singler for singling bank notes includes a singler rollerwith grooves, and retaining wheelscooperating with the grooves. The retaining wheelshave friction areasand sliding areassuch that both a sliding areaand a friction areacooperate with each grooveof the singler roller. Such a friction singler is particularly suitable for longitudinal singling of narrow bank notes and prevents skewing of the sheet to be singled during the singling process.