Patent ID: 6798899
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: B65H,G07D

Abstract:
A currency handling device for rapidly processing a stack of currency bills, the device comprising:an input receptacle adapted to receive a stack of bills to be processed; at least one feeding wheel adapted to strip bills, one at a time, from the stack of bills, the at least one feeding wheel including a moveable insert having a surface adapted to engage and to advance each bill, the moveable insert being adapted to move between a first position wherein the surface of the insert extends beyond a periphery of the feeding wheel a first distance and a second position wherein the surface of the insert extends beyond the periphery of the feeding wheel a second distance; and a transport mechanism adapted to receive individual bills advanced by the at least one feeding wheel and to transport each of the bills past an evaluation unit to an output receptacle, the evaluation unit being adapted to determine information concerning each of the bills.