Patents by Inventor Walter Troger

Walter Troger 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).

  • Apparatus for destroying banknotes
    Patent number: 4878626
    Abstract: In a high-speed sorter, single documents such as banknotes are successively withdrawn from a stack and tested according to various criteria. Banknotes which are authentic but no longer fit for circulation are fed to a cutting means a shredder and destroyed therein. The shredder, which has a simple construction and is designed for a high banknote throughput, consists of two cutter blocks including overlapping cutter discs which work into one another with little play in spaced relationship and are provided along their periphery with notches, and which slit and crosscut the banknotes. A suction plant prevents back-ups from forming, cleans and cools the cutting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1989
    Assignee: GAO Gesellschaft fur Automation und Organisation mbH
    Inventors: Karl Leuthold, Maul: Herbert, Walter Troger, Alexander Serester
  • Apparatus for destroying documents such as banknotes
    Patent number: 4754933
    Abstract: In a high-speed sorter, single documents such as banknotes are successively withdrawn from a stack and tested according to various criteria. Banknotes which are authentic but no longer fit for circulation are fed to a cutting means (a shredder) and destroyed therein. The shredder, which has a simple construction and is designed for a high banknote throughput, consists of two cutter blocks including overlapping cutter disks which work into one another with little play in spaced relationship and are provided along their periphery with notches, and which slit and crosscut the banknotes. A suction plant prevents back-ups from forming, cleans and cools the cutting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1988
    Assignee: GAO Gesellschaft fur Automation und Organisation mbH
    Inventors: Karl Leuthold, Herbert Maul, Walter Troger, Alexander Serester