Patent ID: 8181765
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: G07D,G07F

Abstract:
1. Money item dispensing apparatus comprising a housing within which is included: an accept path to receive money items that have passed through a money item acceptor operable to determine acceptability and denomination of money items presented thereto; a first selectably drivable loop conveyor whose path includes a first money item receiving portion; and a first money item store for receiving money items from the money item acceptor and for sequentially feeding a supply of money items to be dispensed into said money item receiving portion, the conveyor having a plurality of receptacles thereon, each of which is adapted to entrain, in use, a money item to be dispensed as the first conveyor passes through the supply thereof in the money item receiving portion and transport it to an exit point; a second selectably drivable endless loop conveyor whose path includes a second money item receiving portion; a second money item store for sequentially feeding a second supply of money items to be dispensed into said second money item receiving portion, the second conveyor having a plurality of receptacles thereon, each of which is adapted to entrain, in use, a money item to be dispensed as the second conveyor passes through the second supply thereof in the second money item receiving portion and transport it to an exit point; and a sorter to receive inputs corresponding to the acceptability and denomination of the money items from the money item acceptor and in response thereto to selectively route the money items from the accept path to the first and second money item stores, wherein, the first and second selectably drivable endless loop conveyors are arranged side-by-side.