Patent ID: 8544721
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. A compensation unit configured to exchange bank-note stock of an apparatus for accepting and dispensing bank notes, said compensation unit comprising: a housing configured to surround the compensation unit, said housing being arranged so that the housing is connectable to and outside the apparatus for accepting and dispensing bank notes, at least one first storage device and at least one second storage device arranged inside the housing, wherein the first storage device stores bank notes of a first type and the second storage device stores bank notes of a second type, and wherein the second type differs from the first type, wherein said compensation unit is a different type of apparatus than the apparatus for accepting and dispensing bank notes, and said compensation unit being directly connectable to the apparatus in such a way that the compensation unit only accepts and dispenses the bank notes from the connected apparatus to exchange the bank notes—between the compensation unit and the apparatus, said apparatus comprising bank note storage devices configured to store the checked bank notes separately according to denomination of the bank notes, wherein when said compensation unit is connected to the apparatus for accepting and dispensing bank notes, said compensation unit is configured so that automatic feeding of the bank notes of the first type from the first storage device to a first bank note storage device of the apparatus for accepting and dispensing bank notes is enabled, and wherein automatic feeding of the bank notes of the second type from a second bank note storage device of the apparatus for accepting and dispensing bank notes to the second storage device is also enabled, and wherein storage of bank notes via the compensation unit to complement the bank-note storage devices integrated into the apparatus for accepting and dispensing bank notes is enabled in order to extend the time intervals for refilling and emptying the bank-note stock of the apparatus for accepting and dispensing bank notes.