Patent ID: 6983836

Claim:
A cash recycling machine for receiving cash, for sorting cash into a plurality of denominations and for dispensing cash as a plurality of unmixed denominations, the machine comprising: a housing; a cash input area on the housing for receiving a batch of cash deposited in the machine; a sorting mechanism for sorting a batch of cash deposited in the machine into a plurality of denominations; a plurality of receptacles for storing the cash by denomination after sorting, said receptacles being operable to dispense said cash as a plurality of unmixed denominations; a plurality of denomination sensors positioned with respect to the respective receptacles for sensing the amounts of denominations stored in the respective receptacles and for sensing amounts of the denominations dispensed from the respective receptacles; and a controller responsive to the denomination sensors and responsive to inputs from a user in a first operating cycle of the machine to cause the receptacles to dispense an amount of cash as a plurality of unmixed denominations and to store the dispensed amount of cash in memory in association with a user account number, the controller being responsive to input of a batch of cash and the user account number in a second cycle to count the cash received, and to compare the amount of cash received with the amount of cash dispensed to determine a net amount of cash associated with the user.