Patent ID: 8256603
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G07D,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for depositing and dispensing paper currency comprising the following steps: verifying a deposited bank note and determining the face value of the bank note in a verification/examination unit adjacent a first transport unit corresponding to a first travel path transporting the incoming bank note, conveying the bank note via a second transport unit to at least a stacking till or a revolving magazine that includes a plurality of roller magazines; transporting the bank note along a second travel path to an entry/exit opening adjacent the second transport unit; depending on the face value, the revolving magazine is pivoting into a bank note transfer position so that one of the roller magazines is lining up at an input/output opening with the entry/exit and transferring the bank note to the roller magazine where it is taken up by a dedicated transport system for storage in the roller magazine; upon a demand for dispensing a certain bank note, a control unit examines whether the lined up roller magazine has the demanded face value and if not, another one of the roller magazines is lining up the input/output opening with the entry/exit; then activating the dedicated transport system to convey the bank note along the second travel path to the second transport unit from where the bank note is conveyed via the first transport path to be examined again by the verification/examination unit before subsequently being released.