Patents by Inventor Robert Schaetz

Robert Schaetz 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).

  • Method of automatically sorting thin sheet articles
    Patent number: 4236639
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically sorting packets of thin sheet articles such as securities, bank notes and the like which are bound in a stack by a band. A series of modular units are provided in which the band and the stack are mechanically separated, each sheet of the stack is conveyed independent of the band, each sheet is tested and directed to a target location dependent upon the results of the test. The transport of sheets having predetermined characteristics is coordinated with the transport of the band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1980
    Assignee: G.A.O. Gesellschaft fur Automation und Organisation mbH
    Inventors: Horst Boettge, Wilhelm Mitzel, Herbert Bernardi, Josef Geier, Norbert Osswald, Gerd von Aschwege, Robert Schaetz