Patent ID: 6098837
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: G07C,G07D

Abstract:
A note dispensing device comprising:a note cassette having a note storage hopper for holding a plurality of notes;a transport assembly including a note cassette bay for securely mounting said note cassette, said transport assembly including a note-extraction drive assembly for sequentially extracting said plurality of notes from said note cassette and a note advance assembly for transporting said notes through a note transport path to a note dispensing slot;an electronic controller for controlling the operation of said note-extraction drive assembly and said note advance assembly of said transport assembly;a rejected note storage area within said note cassette;a rejected note transport assembly for accepting rejected notes from said note advance assembly and transporting said rejected notes to said rejected note storage area; andmeans for detecting the presence of a partially dispensed note from said transport path through said slot of said transport assembly.