Patent ID: 7140607

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) picking a first note bounding a stack of notes from the stack with at least one picking member engaged with the first note, wherein the picking causes the first note to move in a first direction toward at least one stripper member; (b) engaging notes other than the first note with the at least one stripper member, wherein generally notes other than the first note are prevented from moving from the stack; (c) sensing with at least one sensor before the first note has disengaged from the stack, that at least one additional note has moved with the first note from the stack past the at least one stripper member; (d) responsive to (c), moving the first note in a second direction opposed of the first direction while engaged with the at least one picking member, moving the at least one additional note in the second direction relative to the first note while the first note moves in the second direction, and moving the at least one additional note in the second direction more rapidly than the first note.