De La Rue International Limited

De La Rue Systems Ltd.

Talaris Holdings Limited

Simon George Calverley

Pietro Armanini

Philip Michael William Ireland

Karen Joan Cunningham

Alexander Charles Harold James

Steven Michael Hosking

John Alan Skinner

David A Brooks

Bryan James Christophersen

Martin Lane

Trevor J Conner

Christopher J Dixon

Matthew Brown

Roy E Winchester

David Robinson

Pete Holcroft

Amanda Mumford

Gavin Doyle

Jaime Rosello Sallen

David Alan Brooks

A document handling apparatus is disclosed which is particularly well adapted for counting documents of value, such as banknotes. The document handling apparatus comprises an input module for receiving a stack of documents and feeding them one by one into the apparatus, a detector box which houses a series of detectors for detecting characteristics of the documents, a transport system for conveying documents within the apparatus, a doubles detector for sensing the passage of each document therethrough and a stacker module for stacking the output documents and presenting them to the user. The apparatus is based on a metal framework in a plastics housing.

Document handling apparatus

A method of depositing items of value, the method comprising

Depositing items of value

Visual display unit

Banknote counter

A method of processing documents of value. The method including detecting a visible pattern on at least one side of a document; detecting the response of at least one side of the document to infrared radiation; comparing the detected visible pattern to one or more predetermined patterns and identifying the document if the detected visible pattern is sufficiently similar to the or one of the predetermined patterns; and determining from the response to infrared radiation if the document is authentic.

Document counter

Sheet feeding apparatus for example for use as a banknote counter comprises a stripper system having a pair of rollers; and a banknote detection system including two pairs of rollers defining respective nips into which single notes are fed by the stripper system. The relative deflection of the sheet detection system rollers due to the passage of a sheet through the nips is monitored in use. The stripper system rollers and the rollers of the sheet detection system are substantially coaxially mounted on a shaft and are driven by a common drive motor.

Sheet feeding apparatus and method

Sheet feeding apparatus such as a cash dispenser comprises a first transport system having feed rollers (5), separation rollers (6), and a contra-rotating roller (7); a second transport system comprising a pair of belts (11, 12); and a diverter (25) positioned between the two transport systems. The diverter is movable between a first position in which sheets may be conveyed from the first transport system to the second transport system and a second position in which sheets may be conveyed upon reverse movement of the second transport system past the diverter (25) and away from the first transport system. The diverter is biassed towards its second position and is movable towards its first position in response to engagement of the diverter by a sheet fed towards the diverter by the first transport system. The first transport system withdraws sheets from a store (1) having a lid (34) which provides a dump into which rejected sheets are fed upon reverse movement of the second transport system.

Sheet feeding apparatus

Sheet feeding apparatus such as a cash dispenser comprises a first transport system having feed rollers (5), separation rollers (6), and a contra-rotating roller (7); a second transport system comprising a pair of belts (11, 12); and a diverter (25) positioned between the two transport systems. The diverter is movable between a first position in which sheets may be conveyed from the first transport system to the second transport system and a second position in which sheets may be conveyed upon reverse movement of the second transport system past the diverter (25) and away from the first transport system. The diverter is biassed towards its second position and is movable toward its first position in response to engagement of the diverter by a sheet fed towards the diverter by the first transport system. A belt (53) extends between a pair of pulleys (54, 55), the pulley (55) being mounted via a single direction three-wheel clutch to the shaft (5'). The pulley (54) is non-rotatably mounted to the shaft (14'). Reverse movement of the second transport system is coupled with the shaft (5') by the belt (53) thereby causing reverse movement of the first transport system so that any shingled notes are pushed back into the cassette (1). The belt (53) is inactive when the first and second transport systems operate in the forward directions.

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Simon George Calverley