Patent ID: 6378683
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B65H,G06M,G06Q,G07D,G07F

Abstract:
A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack, said device comprising:an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated; a single output receptacle for receiving said bills after said bills have been evaluated; a transport mechanism for transporting said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to said output receptacle along a transport path; a discriminating unit for evaluating said bills, said discriminating unit comprising two detectors positioned along said transport path between said input receptacle and said output receptacle, said detectors being disposed on opposite sides of said transport path so as to be disposed adjacent to first and second opposing surfaces of said bills, said discriminating unit counting and determining the denomination of said bills; and means for flagging a bill when the denomination of said bill is not determined by said discriminating unit.