Patents by Inventor James R. Balog

James R. Balog 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).

  • Counterfeit detector cash register
    Patent number: 6858856
    Abstract: A counterfeit detector cash register which includes a housing defining an interior chamber, a keyboard on a top portion of the housing, an electrical data processor within the interior chamber, a data output device on the housing, a cash drawer, a counterfeit currency detector station within the housing, and an electrical power source. The counterfeit currency detector station includes a currency entry slot along a front of the housing, wherein paper currency is at least partially inserted into the housing. The station also includes an ultraviolet light source within the interior chamber of the housing, which emits ultraviolet light onto the paper currency while within the housing. The station further includes a viewing panel along a top portion of the housing, through which the paper currency is viewed while within the housing. The invention is economical in cost and space by eliminating the need for multiple machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Royal Consumer Information Products, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Balog, Timothy C. Repp
  • Counterfeit detector cash register
    Publication number: 20040079906
    Abstract: A counterfeit detector cash register which includes a housing defining an interior chamber, a keyboard on a top portion of the housing, an electrical data processor within the interior chamber, a data output device on the housing, a cash drawer, a counterfeit currency detector station within the housing, and an electrical power source. The counterfeit currency detector station includes a currency entry slot along a front of the housing, wherein paper currency is at least partially inserted into the housing. The station also includes an ultraviolet light source within the interior chamber of the housing, which emits ultraviolet light onto the paper currency while within the housing. The station further includes a viewing panel along a top portion of the housing, through which the paper currency is viewed while within the housing. The invention is economical in cost and space by eliminating the need for multiple machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: James R. Balog, Timothy C. Repp
  • Counterfeit detection cash register
    Patent number: D477836
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Royal Consumer Information Products, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Balog, Timothy C. Repp