Patent ID: 6860375
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: B65H,G07D,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of sorting currency bills, each having an associated denomination, using a currency bill evaluating device adapted to dynamically assign denominations to output receptacles, the currency evaluating device comprising an input receptacle, a plurality of output receptacles, and a transport mechanism positioned to individually transport bills from the input receptacle to the output receptacles, the method comprising the acts of: (A) transporting a bill from the input receptacle past a bill denominating sensor; (B) determining the denomination of the transported bill; (C) determining whether the denomination of the bill has been assigned to a non-full output receptacle and (D) determining whether an output receptacle to which a bill has been transported has reached an output receptacle limit and, if so, designating the output receptacle as being full; (E) determining whether there are any more bills to be processed and if so repeating acts (A)-(E).