Patent ID: 6272475
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
An apparatus for dispensing bank papers comprising within a secure housing:a) a verifier, comprising:i) an input for the reception of an enable message external to the housing and containing a constraint in the form of one or more limit values as well as a signature, which signature protects the constraint against falsification;ii) a means for checking the signature, which, given a valid signature, provides a valid constraint for a limiter; andiii) an output in the form of a validity signal with the valid constraintb) a dispenser apparatus comprising:i) a dispenser with an input for the reception of a dispense task signal external to the housing and requesting one or more dispense tasks, which induces the dispensing of one or more bank papers;ii) an input for a blocking signal;iii) a bank paper store in which bank papers can be stored: andiv) a means that determines value features of the bank papers to be dispensed and provides these features to the limiter; andc) the limiter, the limiter being controlled independently of the dispenser and configured to emit the blocking signal as long as no valid constraint is present or the value features do not fulfill the constraint,whereinthe apparatus for dispensing bank papers is configured such that the blocking signal prevents final dispersion of bank papers failing to meet the constraint.