Patent ID: 6860480

Claim:
A banknote drive system ( 3 ) for driving a banknote in a feed direction or in an eject direction, said drive system comprising a banknote inlet ( 4 ) for receiving a leading edge of a banknote ( 21 ) and guiding the banknote ( 21 ) to a series of drive rollers located in a banknote guide channel, said series of drive rollers ( 6 , 6 a , 12 ) being divided between active rollers ( 6 a , 12 ) which drive a banknote in said feed direction and said eject direction and one way drive rollers ( 6 ), each of said drive rollers having an associated passive roller ( 8 , 14 ) positioned such that a banknote driven by said banknote drive system passes between each drive roller ( 6 , 6 a , 12 ) and the respective passive roller ( 8 , 14 ), each one way drive roller ( 6 ) cooperating with the respective passive roller ( 8 ) which is held against rotation during movement of a banknote in said feed direction and which is free to rotate and drive a banknote during movement of a banknote in said eject direction opposite to the feed direction.