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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1986
Brian D Arldt, Austin, TX (US);
Jonathon T Loeb, Concord, NC (US);
Joseph C Miller, Huntersville, NC (US);
Hossein B Parsapour, Darnestown, MD (US);
Fred H Rascoe, III, Charlotte, NC (US);
Don W Woodward, Charlotte, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A money feeding machine having a friction feed mounted to feed from the top of a stack of money is disclosed. The stack of money is contained within a cassette having a moveable bottom. The bottom of the cassette is raised by a motor as money is fed from the top of the stack in order to maintain the top of the stack of money substantially at the top of the cassette and available for feeding by the friction feed. Ramps are mounted a predetermined distance down from the top of the cassette to squeeze sheets of money inwardly and cause them to bow upwardly as they are pushed up by the motor. The ramps cause blocks of mint money to be separated into a short loose stack of sheets above the ramps for reliable feeding by the friction feed.