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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2000
Robert J. Klein, DesPlaines, IL (US);
Richard A. Mazur, Naperville, IL (US);
Douglas U. Mennie, Barrington, IL (US);
Mark C. Munro, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Heinz W. Schreiter, Skokie, IL (US);
Lars R. Stromme, Holmestrand, NO;
Matthew L. Anderson, Salem, WI (US);
Bradford T. Graves, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
William J. Jones, Kenilworth, IL (US);
Robert J. Klein, DesPlaines, IL (US);
Richard A. Mazur, Naperville, IL (US);
Douglas U. Mennie, Barrington, IL (US);
Mark C. Munro, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Heinz W. Schreiter, Skokie, IL (US);
Lars R. Stromme, Holmestrand, NO;
Matthew L. Anderson, Salem, WI (US);
Bradford T. Graves, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
William J. Jones, Kenilworth, IL (US);
Cummins Allison Corp., Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Abstract
A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated and a plurality of output receptacles for receiving the bills after they have been evaluated. A transport mechanism transports the bills, one at a time, from the input receptacle to one of the output receptacles along a transport path. A discriminating unit including a detector positioned along the transport path between the input receptacle and the output receptacle evaluates the bills. The discriminating unit counts and determines the denomination of the bills. A means for flagging bills meeting or failing to meet a certain criteria causes the transport mechanism to halt in response to a determination that a bill meets or fails to meet the criteria.