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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2002
Donald R. Raterman, Deerfield, IL (US);
Bradford T. Graves, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Lars R. Stromme, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Aaron M. Bauch, Boxborrow, MA (US);
Donald R. Raterman, Deerfield, IL (US);
Bradford T. Graves, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Lars R. Stromme, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Aaron M. Bauch, Boxborrow, MA (US);
Cummins-Allison Corp., Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Abstract
A U.S. currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of U.S. currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. According to one embodiment the device comprises an input receptacle positioned to receive a stack of bills to be evaluated and at least one output receptacle positioned to receive bills after evaluation. A transport mechanism transports the bills, one at a time, from the input receptacle to the at least one output receptacle. The device also comprises a denomination discriminating unit adapted to denominate bills of a plurality of U.S. denominations. According to some embodiments, the device is adapted to deliver any bill that has been denominated to one and only one of the at least one output receptacle. According to some embodiments, the device has a single output receptacle.