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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2002
Lars R. Stromme, Holmestrand, NO;
Bradford T. Graves, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
William J. Jones, Barrington, IL (US);
Richard A. Mazur, Naperville, IL (US);
Douglas U. Mennie, Barrington, IL (US);
Mark C. Munro, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Lars R. Stromme, Holmestrand, NO;
Bradford T. Graves, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
William J. Jones, Barrington, IL (US);
Richard A. Mazur, Naperville, IL (US);
Douglas U. Mennie, Barrington, IL (US);
Mark C. Munro, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Cummins-Allison Corp., Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of evaluating a stack of currency bills using a currency evaluation device comprises receiving a stack of bills in an input receptacle of the evaluation device. The bills are transported, one at a time, from the input receptacle to one of two or more output receptacles of the currency evaluation device. The denomination of the bills is counted and determined utilizing a detector positioned along a transport path between the input receptacle and the output receptacles. The bills are determined on whether they meet or fail to meet a non-piece count related criterion. The transportation is halted when a bill meets or fails to meet the criterion. A bill meeting or failing to meet the criterion is termed a flagged bill. The halting is performed such that the flagged bill is positioned as the last bill in one of the output receptacles.