Mei, Inc.

Mars, Incorporated

Carl Alexander Phillips

Kenneth B Wood

Bob MacKenzie

David Charles Deaville

Robert Clauser

John D Snider

Gaston Baudat

Edward M Zoladz, Jr

Gregory John Billington

Didier Rossel

Robert J Clauser

Edward M Zoladz

A bulk document feeder module is adapted for connection to a document acceptor and is operable, when attached to the document acceptor, to feed one document at a time, from a bundle of documents, to the document acceptor. The bulk document feeder module can include a document transport mechanism, a portion of which includes a removable cartridge, to facilitate removal of a jammed object from the feeder module. The document acceptor can form part of a bill or other document validator.

Bulk document feeder with removable cartridge

Techniques include sensing electric signals from an actuator during a document stacking operation and determining whether an abnormal event has occurred based on the sensed signals. The techniques may find particular applicability, for example, to document acceptors that include piston-type stackers driven by a direct current motor.

Document stacker with fault detection

A method and apparatus for securing communications in a currency-handling machine. The method includes generating an encrypted transaction message based on a bill acceptor transaction event, communicating the encrypted transaction message to a transaction controller, decrypting the encrypted transaction message and enabling the bill acceptor to accept bills.

Secure communications for a currency handling machine

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West Chester, PA, United States of America

Carl Alexander Phillips