Patent ID: 7694877

Claim:
A device for handling banknotes comprising: a transporting system, an infeeding and outfeeding unit arranged along said transporting system, which unit is adapted to the infeed and outfeed of banknotes, an identifying unit arranged along said transporting system, as well as a first, second and so on until an nth storage unit, wherein n is greater than 2, being arranged along said transporting system, each one adapted to the storage of banknotes, with said device being adapted to an infeed of a banknote through said infeeding and outfeeding unit, a transportation of said banknote by means of said transporting system past said identifying unit, an identification of said banknote by means of said identifying unit, a transportation of said banknote to a storage unit intended for said banknote according to said identification, as well as an infeed of said banknote to said intended storage unit from said transporting system, wherein said device comprises a central control unit adapted to communicate with a first local control unit arranged at said first storage unit, a second local control unit arranged at said second storage unit and so on an nth local control unit arranged at said nth storage unit, a position sensor, as well as said identifying unit, wherein said central and the respective local control unit have a common synchronous apprehension of the position of said transporting system, wherein, when said identifying unit has identified a banknote, before said banknote reaches the first storage unit, and when said position sensor has established the position of the banknote in said transporting system, said central control unit communicates the position of said banknote to the local control unit intended for said identified banknote, and wherein said intended local control unit directs the storage unit associated therewith to an infeed, being independent of other units, of said banknote from said transporting system to said storage unit when the position of said banknote in the transporting system reaches said intended storage unit as said transporting system moves said banknotes.