Patent ID: 7784787

Claim:
An equipment for the automatic deposit of banknotes comprising: a transaction port for receiving stacked banknotes to be deposited, a window delimiting said transaction port, a shutter door for said window defined by a plate slidable along a movement surface close to said window, a servomechanism for the movement of said shutter door and a moving mechanism, arranged downwardly of said window, for entering received stacked banknotes, wherein the stacked banknotes to be deposited have a portion projecting beyond the window and define a given section crossing said window, and wherein said moving mechanism is actuatable for engaging the portions projecting beyond said window and moving engaged banknotes away from said window in view of the deposit, said equipment further comprising a thickness control device having a sensing device provided for bearing on said given section of the stacked banknotes to detect a condition of pre-defined maximum thickness of the stacked banknotes; wherein said moving mechanism is actuated in response to information from the sensing device for the engagement and movement of the stacked banknotes having a thickness less than said maximum thickness; wherein said sensing device is operative jointly with a movement toward the closure of said shutter door by said servomechanism; and wherein said servomechanism is provided for closing said shutter door on releasing of the stacked banknotes from said window by the moving mechanism.