Patents by Inventor Peter Osterberger

Peter Osterberger 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: 7143689
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strapper for bank notes and a bank note processing apparatus having such a strapper. Especially reliable and fast strapping is possible if a guide for forming a strap loop around a bank-note bundle to be strapped that is brought into an inside area surrounded by the guide has elements for holding the strap only in its lateral edge areas when it is inserted into the guide, and when the strap is pulled it can be pulled together tightly out of the guide into the inside area around the bank-note bundle located therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Dopfer, Frank Hofmann, Peter Osterberger
  • Publication number: 20050188861
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strapper for bank notes and a bank note processing apparatus having such a strapper. Especially reliable and fast strapping is possible if a guide for forming a strap loop around a bank-note bundle to be strapped that is brought into an inside area surrounded by the guide has elements for holding the strap only in its lateral edge areas when it is inserted into the guide, and when the strap is pulled it can be pulled together tightly out of the guide into the inside area around the bank-note bundle located therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Dopfer, Frank Hofmann, Peter Osterberger
  • Patent number: 6922973
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for depositing loose sheet material, in particular papers of value, bank notes, etc., having a transport apparatus (2) for transporting the sheet material (1) and a stacking unit (3) for depositing the bank notes (1) in a deposit device as well as a strapping unit (7). In such deposit apparatuses it is usual to provide special deposit devices for depositing loose and strapped sheet material, said devices consequently not being interchangeable. It is therefore the problem of the invention to state an apparatus and method for providing a flexible possibility of depositing sheet material. This is obtained by using a deposit device which is suitable for optionally depositing loose and/or strapped sheet material (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Hofmann, Peter Osterberger, Hermann Weilacher, Frank Werner
  • Publication number: 20030226455
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strapper for bank notes and a bank note processing apparatus having such a strapper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventors: Peter Dopfer, Frank Hofmann, Peter Osterberger