Patent ID: 7938245

Claim:
A method for loading a plurality of stacks of currency bills into a currency handling device, the currency handling device having an input receptacle configured to receive a plurality of stacks of currency bills, the input receptacle having a front end and a back end, bills being feed into the device from the front end of the receptacle, the input receptacle having a first paddle and a second paddle each being configured to urge the plurality of stacks of bills towards the front end of the input receptacle, the method comprising the acts of: retracting the first paddle towards the back end of the receptacle; placing a first stack of currency bills in the input receptacle between the first paddle and the front end of the input receptacle; releasing the first paddle, the first paddle urging the first stack of bills towards the front end of the receptacle; retracting the second paddle from a position in front of the first paddle towards the back end of the receptacle and behind the first paddle; placing a second stack of currency bills in the input receptacle between the first paddle and the second paddle; releasing the second paddle, the second paddle urging the second stack of bills towards the front end of the receptacle and into the back of the first paddle; removing the first paddle from being in between the first and the second stack of bills thereby forming a combined stack; and the second paddle urging the combined stack of currency bills towards the front end of the receptacle.