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Document | Title | Date |
20080236989 | Banknote Identification Apparatus - There is provided with a check control unit which executes check operations selected by selection switches and a rear chute opening/closing detection sensor based on detection results of insertion detecting sensors and at least one of turn-on and turn-off of a check button when it is judged that predetermined check operations can be done based on the detection result of an storage cassette opening/closing detection sensor. | 10-02-2008 |
20090008214 | Bill Handling Device - A bill handling machine according to one embodiment of the invention is provided with a casing having a bill insertion slot provided on a front face of the casing to enable a bill to be inserted therein; a bill feeding device having a feeding belt wound at opposite ends around at least tension rollers provided on the upstream and downstream sides respectively along the bill insertion direction, and pinch rollers in contact with the tension rollers on the upstream and downstream sides, to feed the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot along the bill insertion direction. The distance between the pinch rollers in contact with the respective tension rollers on the upstream and downstream sides is set to be shorter than the distance between the tension rollers on the upstream and downstream sides. | 01-08-2009 |
20090038909 | Apparatus for receiving and dispensing documents of value - An apparatus for accepting and for outputting documents of value is provided with a checking device for checking the authenticity of fed documents of value, a storage unit, which comprises at least two storages for storing at least two different types of documents of value, so that a document of value of each of the two types, independently of the order of input of the documents of value into the storage unit, can optionally be outputted from the storage unit, a temporary storage unit for a, preferably singled, temporary storage of at least one, preferably at least two checked documents of value, and a transport system, with the help of which documents of value coming from the checking device can be transported to the storage unit, wherein the storage unit is held in a rotatable and/or swiveling fashion between an operating position and an open position in such a way, that in an operating position receiving and/or outputting documents of value is possible, and in the open position the portion of the transport system kept away from a manual access by the storage unit during the operating position is exposed. | 02-12-2009 |
20090045030 | Global Till - A cash drawer insert is disclosed which includes a paper currency receiving and storage area and a coin receiving and storage area, each of which can be selectively reconfigured to accommodate paper currencies and coins of a wide variety of sizes, shapes, dimension and denominations. Each of these areas is provided with opposed ribbed walls that are adapted to removably receive the ends of divider partitions having locking tabs and locking toggles that secure to such dividers at any desired transverse location. Bill weights having mounting flanges with locking tabs for selective placement along a rearwall of the till as well as a pivotable auxiliary paper currency tray that permits storage of two different paper currencies in a single paper currency compartment are also disclosed. | 02-19-2009 |
20090050440 | APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND DISTRIBUTING CASH - The present invention relates to methods and systems for receiving and distributing currency. In particular, the present invention provides a novel apparatus for the inflow and outflow of a variety of currency. The systems of the present invention are capable of recycling a variety of currency from multiple countries and multiple denominations. The systems of the present invention have the added advantage of compact size. | 02-26-2009 |
20090057093 | Bill/coin processing system - A banknote and coin handling system for banknotes/coins, has a banknote deposit/payment sorting machine including: a banknote input port; a discriminating portion; a payment discriminating portion; a bundle discriminating portion; a banknote inverting portion; a batch-manner temporary holding portion; plural banknote storage portions; a bundle handling unit; a loose banknote payment port; a banknote bundle payment port; a reject port; a batch-manner storage portion; a banknote bundle storage portion; and a bundle ejection port, and a coin deposit/payment sorting machine including: a loose coin input port; a coin discriminating portion; coin temporary holding portions; a coin batch-manner temporary holding portion; coin storage portions; a coin wrapping portion; a loose coin payment box; a wrapped coin output port; a wrapped coin payment port; a wrapped coin storage box; a bag storage; a reject box; and a return box, wherein various functions can be arbitrarily set. | 03-05-2009 |
20090057094 | BILL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A bill processing apparatus comprising: movable pieces that are movable toward a center of a bill traveling route through which a bill is conveyed by a driving source, and regulate side edges of the bill to be conveyed so as to make the bill aligned in parallel with a conveyance direction, and a control device that controls driving of the driving source is provided. Here, the control means drives the driving source to move the movable pieces toward the center of the bill traveling route from a position at which the movable pieces touch the side edges of the bill after the bill passes the movable pieces. | 03-05-2009 |
20090101467 | CASH TRANSACTION MACHINE - A cash transaction machine that can prevent paper media from not being collected due to the wind is provided. The cash transaction machine may provide a mold guide to a dispensing device and provide a bracket to a housing, in order to prevent the paper media from moving backward into the dispensing device due to the strong wind blowing from the outside. Since the mold guide and the bracket are overlappingly coupled with each other, it is possible to prevent the paper media from moving backward into the dispensing device due to the strong wind. | 04-23-2009 |
20090101468 | Bill/coin processing system - Provided is a bill and coin processing system having: a bill change discharger constructed as a bill receiving/discharging machine; and a coin change discharger constructed as a coin receiving/discharging machine, wherein a machine dimension of each of the bill change discharger and the coin change discharger is that a width is equal to or smaller than 500 mm, a depth is equal to or smaller than 600 mm, and a height is equal to or smaller than 400 mm. Further provided is a similar bill and coin processing system, wherein money input/output ports of the bill change discharger and of the coin change discharger are disposed in positions, which are 700 mm through 1500 mm in height from a floor surface. Still further provided is a bill and coin processing system having: a bill change discharger constructed as a bill receiving/discharging machine; a coin change discharger constructed as a coin receiving/discharging machine; and a coin-roll box installed under the bill change discharger and the coin change discharger, wherein a machine dimension of each of the bill change discharger and the coin change discharger is that a width is equal to or smaller than 500 mm, a depth is equal to or smaller than 600 mm, and a height is equal to or smaller than 400 mm, and a box dimension of the coin-roll box is that a width is equal to or smaller than 1000 mm, a depth is equal to or smaller than 600 mm, and a height is equal to or smaller than 100 mm. | 04-23-2009 |
20090107798 | BILL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A bill processing apparatus comprises a bill housing part capable of housing a bill therein and a bill conveyance mechanism that conveys the bill to the bill housing part. And in the bill processing apparatus, the bill housing part comprises a receiving port that accepts the bill conveyed by the bill conveyance mechanism and conveyor members which are capable of contacting the bill conveyed-in from the receiving port, and are driven along a conveying-in direction. | 04-30-2009 |
20090107799 | BILL HANDLING DEVICE - The present invention provides a bill handling device which can realize a reduction in size, an increase in capacity and a reduction in processing time and improves satisfaction of users. The bill handling device includes a bill discriminating portion for discriminating bills, recycle stores for storing bills and separating the bills again, a loading store for supplying bills to the recycle stores or collecting bills from the recycle stores, a reject store and a loading reject store which store reject bills rejected by the bill discriminating portion, and conveying paths for conveying bills to the respective portions, wherein the conveying paths are formed as an annular conveying path which can convey the bills in two directions, and the recycle stores, the loading store, the reject store, and the loading reject store are arranged around the conveying paths. | 04-30-2009 |
20090114503 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE - A banknote handling apparatus and an automatic teller machine are provided which by no means suffer from the prolonged transaction time resulting from the second discrimination process that must be performed at reduced banknote transfer speeds. The banknote handling apparatus comprises a banknote receipt/payout section for receiving and paying out banknotes; a banknote discriminating section for discriminating false or problematic banknotes from genuine ones; a banknote storage for storing banknotes; a banknote transfer route for transferring banknotes among the sections and the storages; and a main control section for performing control processes, wherein the main control section causes the banknote discriminating section to perform the first banknote discrimination process when the banknote discriminating section discriminates the banknotes which the user paid in the banknote receipt/payout section in the pay-in transaction, and also to perform the second banknote discrimination process at the time other than the pay-in transaction. | 05-07-2009 |
20090120759 | BILL HANDLING MACHINE - An object of the invention is to provide a bill handling machine in which a machine main body is made compact by moving a plate as occasion demands so as to adjust a space facing to a money input and output port, and a temporary storage portion temporarily storing a bill in a money input account is arranged near a first accommodating portion for the input bill sectionalized by the plate, in the bill handling machine. | 05-14-2009 |
20090127064 | MACHINE FOR DISPENSING PAID-IN-CASH PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES - A machine for dispensing paid in cash products and/or services includes a banknote reader and a removable receiver which are placed in a first compartment, wherein the removable receiver is held, in the operating position thereof, in the first compartment by locking elements in such a way that it communicates with the output of the banknote reader for receiving and storing processed banknotes. The machine includes a second collecting compartment which is accessible from the outside of the machine by opening an access flap which is connected to the second compartment and movable between the closed position of the second compartment and an open position, wherein the open position of the access flap automatically controls the receiver unlocking elements in such a way that the receiver is transferred from the first compartment to the second compartment by the internal connection channel of the machine. | 05-21-2009 |
20090133986 | APPARATUS FOR ACCEPTING AND DISPENSING BANKNOTES - The invention relates to an apparatus for accepting and dispensing or returning bank notes, including a pocket which is dividable by means of a dividing element into two areas for inputting and dispensing or returning bank notes, wherein the dividing element can be moved within the pocket in order to form the two areas, with a clamping element which can be moved within the pocket independently from the dividing element, in order to clamp bank notes disposed in the pocket inside the pocket and to transport them, wherein for clamping bank notes the clamping and transport element is moved in a first direction within the pocket on top of bank notes disposed in the pocket, and transports bank notes to be dispensed or returned out of the area of the dividing element at least for the most part. The dividing element is subsequently moved out of the area of the bank notes disposed in the pocket within the pocket past the clamping and transport element in a second direction that is contrary to the first direction. | 05-28-2009 |
20090211874 | Banknote handling apparatus - This banknote handling apparatus includes multiple units (A to G) each for banknote receiving, disbursing, and the like, and a conveyance drum ( | 08-27-2009 |
20090211875 | LATCHING AND SECURING MECHANISM FOR BILL PRESENTER OF A CURRENCY DISPENSING MACHINE - A currency dispensing machine including a cabinet and a bill presenter located therein. The bill presenter includes a presenter having two side plates and at least one drive gear having a plurality of drive teeth. The bill presenter is located in a bill presenter housing having a mounting face, two retention plates extending from the mounting face and receivable of the presenter therebetween, and a longitudinally extending retention hook disposed in each of the two side plates. Two retaining pins are each insertable through one of the two retention hooks and through one of the retention plates. Two latch arms are slidably located in the bill presenter, each at one of the retention plates, and include a latch hook engageable with one of the retaining pins. The currency dispensing machine includes a bill dispenser slidably disposed in the cabinet and including a plurality of gear teeth engageable with the plurality of drive teeth and at least one locking slot-. At least one locking pin is insertable into one of the at least one locking slot for preventing misalignment of the plurality of gear teeth with the plurality of drive teeth. | 08-27-2009 |
20090229947 | PAPER CURRENCY HANDLING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE - A paper currency handling apparatus capable of determining destination of each paper currency based on currency identification result before conveyance into a temporal storage if the order of paper currencies entered by user varies within the temporal storage. The apparatus has a conveyance path conveying paper currencies, an identification portion identifying each paper currency conveyed, a storage portion storing identification information indicating identification result of each paper currency identified by the identification portion, and a control portion controlling various portions. The identification portion reads unique information about each paper currency conveyed along the conveyance path. The storage portion stores the unique information about the currency read by the identification portion and the identification information about the currency identified by the identification portion by associating these information with each other. | 09-17-2009 |
20090294242 | BILL ACCETOR WITH IMPROVED FACE PANEL - A bill acceptor includes a main body attached with a bill box at the back side, a transmission mechanism for carrying a bill or license into a passage in the main body for examination by a recognition unit inside the main body and returning the rejected bill or examined license and carrying the examined bill to the bill box, and a face panel, which is fastened to the front side of the main body and has an insertion slot for the insertion of a bill/license into the passage and a finger guide portion disposed at one lateral side of the insertion slot for the insertion of a finger to bias a jammed license out of the insertion slot. | 12-03-2009 |
20090294243 | Currency Validator Video Graphic Display Bezel - A bezel display for a currency acceptor that displays a pixelated image of the last bill accepted by the validator to show the player what was inserted. When not displaying the last bill accepted, the display can be used as an aesthetic addition, and when a fault occurs in the acceptor, it can display in multiple languages what is causing the fault, as well as display images showing where the fault has occurred. | 12-03-2009 |
20090294244 | Currency Validator with Rejected Bill Image Storage - A currency validator having capability to record and store the image of rejected bills inserted into a currency validator, permitting the operator to determine the reasons for bill rejection. | 12-03-2009 |
20090294245 | BILL VALIDATOR - DISPENSER WITH IMPROVED SECURITY - A method is shown providing a Bill Validator that is adaptable for bill payback by utilizing an attachable bill hopper module to fit between the bill Stacker and the Bill Validator. | 12-03-2009 |
20100059328 | Detachable Rear Cover for Bill-Receiving Apparatus - A bill-receiving apparatus includes a shell, a front cover, a sensor assembly, a bill-feeding mechanism and a detachable rear cover unit. The shell includes two lateral walls each including a cutout defined in a rear edge. The cutout includes a narrowed mouth. The front cover is attached to a front side of the shell. The front cover includes a slot through a bill can be inserted. The sensor assembly is arranged behind the front cover and used to detect the bill. The bill-feeding mechanism feeds the bill under the control of the sensor assembly. The detachable rear cover unit includes two flank walls and two detents elastically attached to the flank walls. Each detent includes a rod for trapping in a related one of the cutouts and a tip for moving from a related one of the cutouts through the mouth. | 03-11-2010 |
20100059329 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VENDING MERCHANDISE - An apparatus for dispensing a merchandise ribbon composed of a plurality of product units joined in series comprises a ribbon advancing mechanism for engaging a product unit and forcing the ribbon along a dispensing path, a cutting mechanism positioned to cut through a web after the ribbon advancing member has advanced the ribbon to a dispensing position, and an actuating mechanism for moving the ribbon advancing member and actuating the cutting mechanism. | 03-11-2010 |
20100059330 | CUSTOMER-OPERATED ORDERING KIOSK HAVING MODULAR HARDWARE CONFIGURATION INCLUDING OVERLAY AND INLAY PLATES - A system and method for integrating devices and equipment into self-service kiosk devices is disclosed. Hardware configuration kits are provided which allow for a less complicated implementation of specific and customized functionality for quick service restaurant (QSR) environments. In certain embodiments a kiosk door is coupled to the kiosk body to form a kiosk cabinet in which devices and equipment used to operate the kiosk are housed. Certain interior kiosk components and devices, such as coin dispensers, bill acceptors, and the like, may be configured to extend or protrude through the kiosk door so that they may be accessed by the customer. The kiosk door may have a hollowed out center or aperture which allows access to the interior cabinet. The aperture may be substantially covered by a removable door inlay which cooperatively includes cutouts corresponding to the components protruding through the door. A removable door overlay may also be provided which attaches to an outer surface of the kiosk door and may also include cutouts which correspond to the protruding components. | 03-11-2010 |
20100078290 | AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE WITH USER'S IDENTITY RECOGNITION FUNCITON - An automatic vending machine for selling controlled commodities is disclosed to include a host, a card-swiping unit, a bill acceptor unit and a coin acceptor unit. The host has installed in the face panel thereof multiple display compartments for accommodating commodities to be sold, and a commodity take-out port and a coin-return outlet located on the face panel near the bottom side. The card-swiping unit has a card-swiping slot installed in the face panel of the host and an authenticity recognition module and an image sensor module for recognizing the user's identity. The bill acceptor unit has an insertion slot for the insertion of a card or bill, a transmission device for transferring each inserted card or bill, and a recognition device for recognizing the authenticity of each inserted card or bill. The coin acceptor unit has an induction coil module for detecting the authenticity and value of each inserted coin. | 04-01-2010 |
20100096239 | Coin Hopper Conversion Method And Apparatus - Methods and apparatus provide a modular solution for converting a coin-based payout gaming machine into a paper-based payout gaming machine. The method calls for removing a conventional coin hopper mechanism and replacing it with a coin hopper conversion apparatus. The coin hopper conversion apparatus includes a coin hopper conversion module and a printer module. The coin hopper conversion module is interfaced to the gaming machine using an unmodified interface, often using the original gaming machine connector, which was previously employed for interfacing to the coin hopper mechanism. The printer module is included and operatively coupled to the coin hopper conversion module for printing and dispensing paper-based payouts in the form of redeemable cashier receipts. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope and meaning of the claims. | 04-22-2010 |
20100108462 | BILL ACCEPTOR WITH LICENSE RECOGNITION AND POWER-SAVING POWER CONTROL FUNCTIONS - A bill acceptor for use with an automatic vending machine is disclosed to include a body having a bill/license insertion slot and a passage extending backwards from the bill/license insertion slot, and a circuit assembly, which includes a bill recognition unit for checking the authenticity and par value of a bill, a license recognition unit for checking the authenticity obtaining a predetermined data of a license, a communication interface module for data communication between the bill recognition unit/license recognition unit and the automatic vending machine, and a power-saving power supply module electrically connected with the communication interface module for controlling the automatic vending machine to enter the sleep mode when the automatic b vending machine is not used within a predetermined time period after startup and for providing power supply to wake up the automatic vending machine upon insertion of a bill/license and recognition of the authenticity of the inserted bill/license. | 05-06-2010 |
20100108463 | Angled Currency Processing System - An angled arrangement of a currency document handling device and a second unit and an angle arrangement of two currency document handling devices, components of the same, and methods of coupling and using the same. For example, a currency document processing system for processing currency documents including currency bills comprises a currency handling device, a first currency document receiving unit, and a first angular transport unit. The first currency document receiving unit is adapted to receive at least some bills processed by the currency handling device. The first angular transport unit is adapted to receive bills from the currency handling device and transport bills to the first currency document receiving unit. The angular transport unit is adapted to be coupled between the currency handling device and the first currency document receiving unit such that the currency handling device and the first currency document receiving units are angled relative to each other such as by ninety degrees (90°). | 05-06-2010 |
20100116618 | MACHINE FOR DISPENSING PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES, WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH A BANKNOTE READER - The invention relates to a machine (M) for dispensing products and/or services which are paid for with banknotes. The invention is of the type that comprises a banknote reader (L) which is positioned behind a horizontal insertion slot (F | 05-13-2010 |
20100140045 | BANKNOTE HANDLING MACHINE - A banknote handling machine has a taking-in unit that takes in banknotes one by one, a transport unit that transports the banknote taken in by the taking-in unit, a transport state detection unit that detects the transport state of the banknote taken in by the taking-in unit, a recognition unit that recognizes a kind of the banknote transported by the transport unit, first to third stacking units including stackers in which the banknotes transported by the transport unit are stacked, and a control unit that determines an abnormally transported banknote based on the detection result of the transport state detection unit and determines a specific normal banknote, an abnormal banknote, or a non-specific banknote based on the recognition result of the recognition unit, the control unit controlling the transport unit to transport the banknote determined as the specific normal banknote to the first stacking unit, to transport the banknote determined as the abnormal banknote to the second stacking unit, and to transport the banknote determined as the abnormally transported banknote or the non-specific banknote to the third stacking unit. | 06-10-2010 |
20100163366 | Currency Handling System Having Multiple Output Receptacles - A method and apparatus for handling bill jams within a currency processing device is provided. The device includes a transport mechanism adapted to transport bills along a transport path, one at a time, from the input receptacle past an evaluation unit into a plurality of output receptacles. At least one of the output receptacles includes a holding area and a storage area. A plurality of bill passage sensors are sequentially disposed along the transport path that are adapted to detect the passage of a bill as each bill is transported past each sensor. An encoder is adapted to produce an encoder count for each incremental movement of the transport mechanism. A controller counts the total number of bills transported into each of the holding areas and the total number of bills moved from a holding area to a corresponding storage area after a predetermined number of bills have been transported into the holding area. The controller tracks the movement of each of the bills along the transport path into each of the holding areas with the plurality of bill passage sensors. The presence of a bill jam is detected when a bill is not transported past one of the plurality of bill passage sensors within a requisite number of encoder counts. The operation of the transport mechanism is suspended upon detection of a bill jam. The bills from each of the holding areas are moved to the corresponding storage areas upon suspension of the operation of the transport mechanism. Remaining bills are then flushed from the transport path after moving the bills from each of the holding areas to the corresponding storage areas upon suspension of the operation of the transport mechanism. | 07-01-2010 |
20100181161 | DEVICE FOR INTAKE AND OUTPUT OF PAPER CURRENCY - A device for the intake and output of paper currencies comprises an arrangement for examining the value and authenticity of the currency, which thereafter is fed to a transport system of a currency stacking bank via a currency storage module, wherein the storage module, which is exchangeable located below the currency stacking bank is constructed as a revolving magazine and comprises a series of roller magazines, whereby the intake and output opening of each of the roller magazines is pivoted by means of an actuator into a d position of the transport system. | 07-22-2010 |
20100213023 | VOUCHER MACHINE - A voucher machine, particularly an automated teller machine, for the input and output of vouchers such as cash or checks, having a processing section ( | 08-26-2010 |
20100230231 | CASH COLLECTION APPARAUTS AND SYSTEM - A currency collection and processing apparatus including a housing, a coin processing module disposed in the housing and configured to store a plurality of coins, and a banknote processing unit disposed in the housing. The banknote processing unit including a banknote inlet, a banknote recognition unit, at least one banknote storing unit, and a transport unit configured to transport a banknote along a transport path connecting the inlet, the recognition unit, and the storing unit. The currency collection and processing apparatus further including an input interface, a processing control unit configured to calculate at least one of a first value representing the plurality of coins stored in the coin processing module and a second value representing the received banknotes, and to process at least one of the inputted data and the first and second calculated values, and an output device configured to output information to a user. | 09-16-2010 |
20100230232 | BANKNOTE DEPOSITING MACHINE AND BANKNOTE DEPOSITING METHOD - A banknote depositing machine has a receiving unit which takes in inserted banknotes, a stacking unit which stacks said banknotes, a transporting unit which transports the banknotes between said receiving unit and said stacking unit, a recognition unit which is provided in said transporting unit, and identifies and counts the banknotes, a storing unit which receives the banknotes from said stacking unit and stores the banknotes, and a controlling unit which, if said recognition unit has judged a banknote as abnormal, stops said transporting unit. | 09-16-2010 |
20100236892 | CURRENCY PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a currency processing device for receiving and processing a stack of currency bills is described. The currency processing device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be processed, a plurality of output receptacles for receiving bills after the bills have been processed, a transport mechanism for transporting the bills from the input receptacle to the output receptacles, and a discriminating unit for examining the bills. The output receptacles are arranged such that a center of at least one output receptacle is laterally offset from a center of the input receptacle. The discriminating unit includes a detector positioned between the input receptacle and the output receptacles and is adapted to determine the denomination of bills. | 09-23-2010 |
20100263984 | CURRENCY DISCRIMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - According to some embodiments of the invention, a magnetic sensor having a track width of greater than about 50 millimeters is provided. The magnetic sensor is adapted to detect a magnetic feature and produce a linear, analog output in response to the magnetic feature. The analog output is along a single data channel. | 10-21-2010 |
20100270119 | Bill acceptor with a bill passage adjustment structure - A bill acceptor includes a bill acceptor body defining therein a bill passage, a bill slot panel mounted on the front side of the bill acceptor body and defining a bill insertion slot for the insertion of a bill into the bill passage, a bill box located on the rear side of the bill passage, a transmission mechanism for transferring an acceptable bill through the bill passage toward the bill box, a bill recognition unit for checking the authenticity and face value of an inserted bill, a bill pressing device for pushing each acceptable bill away from the bill passage into the inside of the bill box, two first adjustment devices for mounting on two opposite lateral sides of the bill passage to adjust the width of the bill passage to one of a set of bill passage widths, and two second adjustment devices for mounting on the inside of the bill slot panel at two opposite lateral sides relative to the bill insertion slot to adjust the width of the bill insertion slot subject to the bill passage width defined by the first adjustment devices. | 10-28-2010 |
20100270120 | PAPER SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE - A paper sheet processing apparatus capable of preventing an action of drawing out a paper sheet such as a bill is provided. A bill processing apparatus of the present invention has an insertion slot into which a bill is inserted and a traveling route through which the bill inserted into the insertion slot is conveyed. The traveling route has a first traveling route ( | 10-28-2010 |
20100288600 | BILL HANDLING APPARATUS - Apparatus for the handling of bills in which the path of the bills is controlled to allow selective storage of the bills in different bill storage means. | 11-18-2010 |
20100300829 | BILL BOX WITH WIRELESS MEMORY FUNCTION FOR BILL ACCEPOR - A bill box for use in a bill acceptor having a RFID read/write module and adapted for receiving bills from the bill acceptor is disclosed to include a housing having a bill inlet, a bill storage chamber and a top bracket with a mounting chamber, and a memory carrier frame mounted in the mounting chamber of the bracket and carrying a RFID memory for recording bill storage data by the wireless read/write module of the bill acceptor wirelessly for quick bill storage check. | 12-02-2010 |
20100326789 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS - A banknote handling apparatus | 12-30-2010 |
20110000759 | BANKNOTE IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote identification apparatus capable of reducing the load of a motor for driving a press member. When an amount of stored banknotes becomes larger than a predetermined amount, a banknote support plate moved to a predetermined position by reciprocal movement of a press plate is detected by an on/off operation of a detection switch, when a detected number thereof becomes larger than a predetermined number, banknotes are regulated not to be inserted. Therefore, it becomes possible to reduce the load of the motor of a press unit compared with the conventional apparatus which detects banknotes fully stored by an output load of the motor. Hence, it becomes possible to effectively prevent the motor from causing trouble and prevent its lifetime being shortened. | 01-06-2011 |
20110005892 | BANKNOTE PROCESSING MACHINE - A banknote processing machine includes: a receipt section which receives a banknote; a temporary storage section which includes a pair of first and second drums, and a tape wound between the pair of first and second drums, the tape having an end fixed to the first drum, a tape section for banknote sheets and a tape section for partition sheets positioned at a side of the end with respect to the tape section for banknote sheets, the temporary storage section releasably receiving a conveyed banknote by winding the conveyed banknote on the first drum together with the tape section for banknote sheets and releasably receiving at least one partition sheet by winding the partition sheet on the first drum together with the tape section for partition sheets; and a control section which causes the temporary storage section to release the partition sheet wound on the first drum, and causes the receipt section to receive the partition sheet from the temporary storage section, in response to the receipt section receiving a banknote. | 01-13-2011 |
20110036680 | BILL BOX - A bill box includes a box body for receiving bills from a bill acceptor, and a bill hold-down mechanism, which has a frame base defining therein a bill passage in communication between the bill acceptor and the bill box, recessed portions at one side of the bill passage, a bill-transfer wheel set mounted in the frame base for transferring bills from the bill acceptor into the box body, a bill pusher device operable to push a bill away from the bill passage into the box body, and a non-return device mounted in the frame base for prohibiting back movement of a received bill. The non-return device includes a stop member pivotally mounted in the frame base and biasable into the recessed portion to block the bill passage and a follower member pivotally mounted in the frame base and movable by a bill to bias the stop member into blocking the bill passage when the bill is being pulled backwards after having been delivered into the box body. | 02-17-2011 |
20110036681 | BILL AND VOUCHER/TICKET HANDLING APPARATUS - The invention relates to apparatus for use in the handling of banknotes, tickets and/or vouchers. The apparatus allows the same to be inserted into the apparatus through an aperture and to then be fed to storage or a printing apparatus. The apparatus allows the dispensing of bills, tickets or vouchers and the same are dispensed through the same aperture thereby reducing the size of the apparatus as only one aperture and feed means is required for inserting and dispensing which is in contrast to known apparatus which have an aperture for inserting and a separate aperture via which the banknotes, tickets or vouchers are dispensed. | 02-17-2011 |
20110036682 | BILL PROCESSING DEVICE, REGISTER DEVICE, CHANGE MACHINE, DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, AND NETWORK SYSTEM - In a bill processing device, a fake bill profile information acquiring unit acquires, from an external distribution device, fake bill profile information that is used in discriminating fake bills, and a fake bill profile information registration unit registers acquired information, and a bill discriminating unit discriminates, on the basis of the information, whether or not a deposited bill is a fake bill, and a fake bill processing unit does not accept a deposited bill that is discriminated to be a fake bill. | 02-17-2011 |
20110048890 | EQUIPMENT FOR THE AUTOMATIC DEPOSIT AND WITHDRAWAL OF BANKNOTES AND RESPECTIVE RECEIPTING AND DISPENSING MODULES - Equipment for the automatic deposit and withdrawal of banknotes ( | 03-03-2011 |
20110048891 | MONEY HANDLING MACHINE - A money handling machine ( | 03-03-2011 |
20110061987 | ROTARY ANTI-PULLBACK UNIT OF FLETCHED FINS - A rotary anti-pullback unit is provided which comprises a rotor | 03-17-2011 |
20110114441 | MODULARIZED DOCUMENT HANDLER - A document handler is provided which comprises an actuator | 05-19-2011 |
20110132718 | AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE - Provided is an automatic teller machine (ATM), including: a body to process depositing or withdrawing of a paper medium; a cassette being slidably attached to and detached from the body, and comprising a cassette coupler formed on one side of the cassette to receive a power from the body, and to internally receive the paper medium; a receiving unit being formed within the body to install the cassette, and comprising a body coupler being combined with the cassette coupler when installing the cassette to thereby transfer the power from the body to the cassette; and a combining unit being formed on each of the body coupler and the cassette coupler so that a rotation center line of the body coupler and a rotation center line of the cassette coupler are matched on the same axial line to thereby combine the body coupler and the cassette coupler. Since it is possible to use, for an operation of the cassette, the power transferred from the body of the ATM, a separate driving unit for driving the cassette may be omitted. | 06-09-2011 |
20110155536 | MEDIUM PROCESSING DEVICE - The conveying path of an automated teller machine is shortened such that banknote jams are suppressed from occurring. The automated teller machine includes a customer interface section | 06-30-2011 |
20110162939 | BANKNOTE HANDLING MACHINE - A banknote handling machine ( | 07-07-2011 |
20110198191 | PAPER SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE - A bill processing apparatus which is capable of reliably supplying information on a bill to the bill housing body side. The paper sheet processing apparatus has a bill housing part ( | 08-18-2011 |
20110198192 | MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - When a bill-jam occurs in a bill dispenser, the jammed bill or the subsequent bill is easily removed. | 08-18-2011 |
20110203900 | PROCESSING DEVICE FOR DOCUMENTS OF VALUE - An apparatus for processing documents of value has a checking device for checking at least one property of a document of value in accordance with at least one predetermined criterion with a sensor device, a storage-area housing including a securable storage area in which documents of value recognized as authentic are storable, and has a first opening through which the documents of value can be transported from the processing area to the storage area, a transport device for the singled transport of documents of value along a transport path to the checking device and from there to the storage area, and a processing-area cover has a cover element which can be moved between a close position, in which the processing area is covered by the processing-area cover, and an open position, in which an operator is enabled to access the transport path. | 08-25-2011 |
20110259706 | CASH HANDLING - Cash handling in a cash handling system is described in terms of methods and arrangements that interact by exchanging cash as well as information signals. A cash transport unit is configured to receive, store and provide cash, preferably in the form of notes. The transport units connect with ATM's, shops, vehicles as well as cash docking stations. Information flows among the entities of the system, between the transport units, the shops, the vehicles, the docking stations, a transport service control center, cash centers as well as banks. | 10-27-2011 |
20110266113 | Bill and coin acceptor - A compact size bill and coin acceptor for use in an automatic vending machine or game machine is disclosed to include a face panel having a bill slot, a coin slot and a coin-return slot, a first housing that comprises a bill passage, a power drive mechanism adapted for transferring an inserted bill from the bill slot through the bill passage and a bill recognition module adapted for recognizing the authenticity and value of an inserted bill, and a second housing that comprises a coin passage in communication with the coin slot, a coin sensor module and an optical recognition device adapted for sensing the authenticity and value of an inserted coin, a driven gear set for assisting transfer of an inserted bill through the bill passage, a coin-return passage in communication with the coin-return slot and a gate movable by an electromagnetic valve to open the passage between the coin passage and the coin-return passage. | 11-03-2011 |
20110266114 | BILL BOX HAVING A WIRELESS MEMORY FUNCTION FOR USE IN A BILL ACCEPTOR - A bill box for use in a bill acceptor having a RFID read/write module and adapted for receiving bills from the bill acceptor is disclosed to include a housing having a bracket provided with locating grooves, bottom plates, stop plates, finger slot and stop grooves and suspending therein and dividing the internal space of the housing into a bill storage chamber and a partition chamber, and a memory carrier provided with stop blocks, retaining lugs, springy retainer and stop strips for quick mounting in the bracket in a detachable manner and carrying a wireless memory device for recording bill storage data by the wireless read/write module of the bill acceptor wirelessly for quick data check. | 11-03-2011 |
20120006646 | BANKNOTE RECOGNITION AND COUNTING MACHINE AND MONEY COUNTING METHOD - In a banknote recognition and counting machine ( | 01-12-2012 |
20120012435 | Document Handling Apparatus - A document handling apparatus ( | 01-19-2012 |
20120024659 | MONEY HANDLING APPARATUS - A banknote handling apparatus includes at least a depositing and dispensing unit that performs depositing and dispensing of banknotes, a storage and feed unit that stores or feeds the banknotes, and a storage unit that stores therein the banknotes. Unlocking conditions of a locking mechanism included in the storage and feed unit can be set different from that of a locking mechanism included in the storage unit. With this structure, three or more different concerned parties can handle a part allowed to the party concerned. | 02-02-2012 |
20120103754 | NOTE STORAGE AND/OR DISPENSING APPARATUS - Apparatus for storing/dispensing notes such as bills of monetary value, wherein the notes are stored between opposed webs wound onto drums, and notes having different characteristics may be stored on the same drum. | 05-03-2012 |
20120175217 | CONTAINER AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING BANK NOTES - A container and a system for the processing of bank notes which are present as separate units. Beginning with a container for the processing of bank notes which are present as separate units, having a housing, open on one side, for the receiving of bank notes standing on their longitudinal edges, the container can be subdivided by means of separator elements, and the separator elements have free gaps toward the interstices formed therebetween. | 07-12-2012 |
20120211328 | BANKNOTE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a banknote processing apparatus that enables left-behind banknotes to be removed by a lower rank employee and prevents banknotes inside a safe casing from being removed by a lower rank employee, thereby achieving increased convenience of use and ensuring the security of the banknotes inside the safe casing. Namely, a banknote processing apparatus is provided in which, by providing a left-behind banknote storage section for storing and managing banknotes that have been left behind by a customer in a withdrawal transaction inside a unit disposed above a safe casing, when returning left-behind banknotes stored in the left-behind banknote storage section in response to a request from a customer, the left-behind banknotes can be removed from the left-behind banknote storage section by pulling out the unit, without opening the safe casing in which a large number of banknotes are stored and managed. | 08-23-2012 |
20120241282 | AUTOMATIC DEALING MACHINE AND AUTOMATIC DEALING SYSTEM - An automatic dealing machine comprises a casing configured for storing a chip handling unit for handling chips, and a banknote handling unit for handling banknotes. The chip handling unit includes a chip insertion port through which chips are received from the exterior of the casing, a chip determination portion for determining the kind of each chip, and a chip calculation portion for calculating the number of the chips, of each kind, as determined by the chip determination portion and the total amount of money. A control unit controls the operation of the dealing machine, such that banknotes of an amount of money corresponding to the total amount of the chips calculated by the chip calculation portion are disbursed into the banknote disbursement port when the chips are inserted through the chip insertion port. | 09-27-2012 |
20120255829 | MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE - Disclosed is a media processing device that offers ease of use in loading and removal of cartridges and is capable of aligning paper currency delivery units upon conveyance paths and paper currency delivery units upon cartridges with a high degree of precision. A cartridge loading frame ( | 10-11-2012 |
20120273321 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS - To provide a banknote handling apparatus ( | 11-01-2012 |
20120285787 | BILL DEPOSITING AND DISPENSING DEVICE - A bill depositing-and-dispensing device has: a customer-interface unit including a customer-interface-opening for performing a transaction of a bill with a user, a conveying-path connecting the customer-interface-opening and a storage-destination of a bill, a switching mechanism switching a traveling-path of a bill in accordance with a storage-destination of a bill conveyed on the conveying-path, and a discriminating section discriminating a bill conveyed on the conveying-path; at least one storage-cassette including a storage portion storing a bill, a first conveying-path connecting to the customer-interface unit or an adjacent storage-cassette, a second conveying-path conveying a bill in both directions between the first conveying-path and the storage portion, a switching mechanism switching a traveling-path of a bill, and a thickness sensor identifying a thickness of a bill drawn-out from the storage portion; and a reject take-in unit storing a bill that is not held at the customer-interface unit and the storage-cassette. | 11-15-2012 |
20120298477 | PAPER BILL DEPOSITING/DISPENSING APPARATUS - In a paper bill depositing/dispensing apparatus, when a roof plate and a stage plate move from a depositing/dispensing unit to a temporarily accumulating unit along with a deposited bill, rotations of a pick roller, a separator, a feed roller and a conveyance roller are driven to carry a bill to a conveyance path that connects to a bill storing unit, and a partial paddle wheel stops by orientating its round surface, not provided with paddles, toward a path of the carried bill. When a bill is dispensed, the separator, the feed roller and the conveyance roller rotate in a bill carry-in direction to carry the bill conveyed from the conveyance path in the temporarily accumulating unit, and the partial paddle wheel beats a rear end of the carried bill with paddles to align the rear end of the bill at a bottom position d. | 11-29-2012 |
20120305361 | CHANGE DISPENSER AND MONEY COLLECTING METHOD - A control unit of a change dispenser calculates the fraction amount less than unit of the par value of 5000-yen bill for the balance amount and the number of 1000-yen bill equivalent to the fraction amount, calculates each numbers of 1000-yen bill and 5000-yen bill needed to fill a balance amount obtained by subtracting the amount of 1000-yen bill based on the number calculated from the balance amount, according to 1000-yen bill and 5000-yen bill at a given ratio, determines the balance number of 1000-yen bill by adding the number of 1000-yen bill calculated to the number of 1000-yen bill calculated and determines the number of 5000-yen bill calculated as the balance number of 5000-yen bill. | 12-06-2012 |
20120305362 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS AND BANKNOTE HANDLING METHOD - A banknote handling apparatus that performs a depositing handling or a depositing/dispensing handling by transporting banknotes along a transport path includes a recognizing unit that recognizes an inserted banknotes; a deposit acceptability judging unit that determines, based on a recognition result obtained by the recognizing unit, whether the banknotes is acceptable for deposit; a reject reason identifying unit that identifies a reject reason of rejected banknotes that is determined to be unacceptable for deposit by the deposit acceptability judging unit; and a dispensing handling unit that sorts and dispenses the rejected banknotes based on the reject cause identified by the reject cause identifying unit. | 12-06-2012 |
20120325616 | DOCUMENT HANDLER FOR TABLE GAMES - A document handler is provided that comprises: a casing | 12-27-2012 |
20130001039 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS AND BANKNOTE MANAGING METHOD - A banknote handling apparatus stores a code list in which codes of banknotes stored in a storage unit are arranged in order in which the banknotes are stored. The banknote handling apparatus reads the codes when the banknotes are sequentially fed from the storage unit, and checks a target group of the codes of N successive banknotes including the last fed banknote (N is a natural number not less than 2) against the code list. When the target group and a reference group of the codes of N successive banknotes in the code list match each other, the banknotes remaining in the storage unit after the feeding of the banknotes are identified by regarding one of the codes of the reference group in the code list as a boundary. | 01-03-2013 |
20130001040 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS - A banknote handling apparatus is operable in a code management mode in which banknotes stored in a storage unit are managed based on codes of the banknotes read by a recognition unit, and in a count management mode in which the banknotes stored in the storage unit are managed by counting the number of the banknotes to be stored in the storage unit. The banknote handling apparatus is switchable between the code management mode and the count management mode. | 01-03-2013 |
20130001041 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS AND COIN HANDLING APPARATUS - A banknote handling apparatus | 01-03-2013 |
20130015035 | PAPER CURRENCY HANDLING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DEPOSITING PAPER CURRENCIES USING SAMEAANM TANAKA; ShuujiAACI YokohamaAACO JPAAGP TANAKA; Shuuji Yokohama JPAANM UOZUMI; AtsukoAACI OwariasahiAACO JPAAGP UOZUMI; Atsuko Owariasahi JPAANM UENO; MasayasuAACI NagakuteAACO JPAAGP UENO; Masayasu Nagakute JP - A paper currency handling apparatus associated with the present invention has a paper currency storage unit which receives paper currencies, a feeder port which enters or dispenses paper currencies by opening or closing an inner shutter and an outer shutter, a transport path which transports the paper currencies between the feeder port and the paper currency storage unit, open/close control unit which controls open/close operations of the inner shutter and the outer shutter independently, and paper currency posture modification unit which modifies the posture of paper currencies present between the outer shutter and the inner shutter. | 01-17-2013 |
20130015036 | MONEY HANDLING SYSTEM AND MONEY HANDLING METHODAANM Doi; KazuhiroAACI Himeji-shiAACO JPAAGP Doi; Kazuhiro Himeji-shi JPAANM Higashiyama; MinoruAACI Himeji-shiAACO JPAAGP Higashiyama; Minoru Himeji-shi JPAANM Tagashira; KenichiAACI Himeji-ShiAACO JPAAGP Tagashira; Kenichi Himeji-Shi JPAANM Nakagawa; KeijuAACI Tatsuno-ShiAACO JPAAGP Nakagawa; Keiju Tatsuno-Shi JP - A recognition machine | 01-17-2013 |
20130020172 | Bundle Bill/Check Acceptor - A bundle bill/check acceptor includes a bundle receiving module to receive a bundle of bills/checks. The bundle of bills/checks is separated on a leaf-by-leaf basis by a transfer module. The accepter further includes an alignment module to align the individual bill/check, an escrow module to escrow a plurality of bills/checks, and a reject module to discharge a rejected bill/check or a bill/check escrowed by the escrow module requested to cancel the deposit thereof to the bundle receiving module. A normal bill and check are separately received in a cassette unit. | 01-24-2013 |
20130032447 | COIN/BILL ACCEPTOR - A coin/bill acceptor includes a face panel defining a bill insertion slot, a coin insertion slot and a coin return slot, a first housing fastened to the back side of the face panel and defining a bill passageway in communication with the bill insertion slot and accommodating therein a transmission unit for transferring the inserted bill from the bill insertion slot into the bill passageway and a bill validator module for sensing the authenticity and value of the inserted bill, a second housing hinged to the first housing at one lateral side, a spacer board being attached to the inner lateral side of the second housing and defining a coin passageway in communication with the coin insertion slot and a coin return passageway in communication with the coin return slot, a coin validator module being arranged in the for sensing the authenticity and value of the inserted. | 02-07-2013 |
20130081922 | Paper-Sheet Storing/Feeding Machine, Paper-Sheet Handling Machine and Method for Storing Paper Sheets - In order to prevent the paper sheets from being wound around the winding roller, unevenly, in substantially the same position, the paper-sheet storing/feeding machine includes at least one tape, a winding roller, to which one end of the tape is attached, and which is configured to wind and rewind the paper sheets together with the tape, a reel, to which the other end of the tape is attached, and which is configured to wind and rewind the tape relative to the winding roller, a driving source configured to rotate the winding roller, a sensor configured to detect each paper sheet transported thereto, and, a control unit configured to implement a control, each time the transported paper sheet is detected, in which the driving source is controlled to decelerate the winding roller after accelerating the winding roller in a winding direction with the detection of the transported paper sheet by the sensor, and configured to control the driving source, in order to change the length of the tape used for storing one paper sheet, thereby to control a storing pitch of the stored paper sheets to be any one of at least two kinds of storing pitches, when storing the transported paper sheet. | 04-04-2013 |
20130092504 | AUTOMATIC CASH REGISTER SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE FIXING OF ACCEPTED DENOMINATIONS - The invention relates to an automatic cash register system which comprises a detection unit for detecting goods to be paid for, a control unit which determines an amount of money due, an input unit for supplying notes of value for payment of the determined amount of money, a sensor unit for determination of the denomination of the inserted notes of value, and an output unit for dispensing change. The control unit fixes which denominations are accepted for payment of the amount of money in dependence of at least one operating parameter, and/or fixes a maximum amount in dependence of the amount of money due, wherein the control unit controls the cash register system so that in the payment of the amount of money due only notes of value or combinations of notes of value are accepted whose value does not exceed the maximum amount. | 04-18-2013 |
20130134011 | Currency Cassette Capacity Monitoring And Reporting - An indicator, such as an alarm or warning, is generated to indicate that a document storage cassette attached to a document handling device (e.g., a currency validator) has reached a particular capacity or is approaching its full capacity. | 05-30-2013 |
20130140132 | RECEIVING AND DISPENSING UNIT AND SELF-CHECKOUT SYSTEM - A receiving and dispensing unit and a self-checkout system of an embodiment includes a coin receiving and dispensing device which holds received coins in accordance with the denomination and dispenses the held coins, and a bill receiving and dispensing device which holds received bills in accordance with the denomination and dispenses the held bills. The bill receiving and dispensing device is arranged to overlap the coin receiving and dispensing device in the height direction of the coin receiving and dispensing device. | 06-06-2013 |
20130153361 | AUTOMATIC TRANSACTION APPARATUS - Disclosed is an automatic transaction apparatus comprising an upper unit and a lower unit, wherein a means is provided for reducing the cost of manufacturing the upper unit. An automatic transaction apparatus comprises: an upper unit ( | 06-20-2013 |
20130186729 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING BANKNOTES WITH OPTIMIZED MIXED STORAGE - The invention relates to a device for handling currency notes that includes an input and output unit, a sensor unit to ascertain the denomination of the currency notes deposited, a collective receiving bin to accept currency notes of all denominations and at least two recycling receiving bins to which currency notes can be taken with the aid of a transport unit and from which they can be removed again. A control unit is provided in addition in which data are stored for each recycling receiving bin about which denominations can be accepted in said bin. After the currency note is deposited, the control unit assigns to the currency note a target storage in which said currency note is accepted. To issue a predetermined amount, the control unit ascertains which currency notes should be taken from which recycling receiving bin. | 07-25-2013 |
20130192951 | BANKNOTE DEPOSIT TRANSACTION APPARATUS AND BANKNOTE DEPOSIT TRANSACTION METHOD - A banknote handling apparatus ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130199888 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING BANKNOTES WITH A VIRTUAL AUXILIARY CASSETTE FOR EXCHANGING PARTIAL FUNDS CASSETTE - The invention relates to a device for handling banknotes comprising an input and output unit, a control unit, at least one money cassette, a reject cassette and a transport unit to transport the banknotes. In addition, a stock counter is provided that indicates the current quantity of banknotes in the money cassette. When an incorrect withdrawal occurs after at least one banknote is removed from the money cassette, the banknotes from this incorrect withdrawal are transported to the reject cassette. A reject counter is assigned to the money cassette that indicates the total number of banknotes removed from said money cassette and taken to the reject cassette, wherein the value of said reject counter is increased by the value of the banknotes transported to the reject cassette when the incorrect withdrawal occurs. A virtual auxiliary cassette is set up in the software of the control unit. | 08-08-2013 |
20130240321 | MEDIUM STOCKING APPARATUS - A medium stocking apparatus includes a housing having an open area, reels on which tapes are wound, a diverting unit for turning backward the tapes, a cylindrical drum on which a medium is wound with the tapes overlaid, and an openable unit for closing and opening an internal space from and to outside. During an operation, a closed state can be retained, and, during a maintenance work, an open state can be achieved, in which the openable unit is rotated in an upward direction for displacing upper tapes. The medium stocking apparatus can thus be offered which allows a maintenance work with high workability without impairing the tapes. | 09-19-2013 |
20130248320 | PAPER CURRENCY DEPOSIT-WITHDRAWAL MECHANISM - Provided is a means whereby improvement in fund efficiency of stored paper currency of a paper currency storage vault and reduction in withdrawal processing time are effected, and whereby a count value of a number of stored sheets and an actual number of sheets are matched. An accumulation order table, which stores an accumulation order of paper currency which is stored in a paper currency storage vault ( | 09-26-2013 |
20130256091 | MONEY INPUT/OUTPUT APPARATUS, REPLENISHING/COLLECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF RUNNING MONEY INPUT/OUTPUT APPARATUS - A money input/output apparatus includes a bill accommodation unit, a mount unit, a detection unit, a second storage unit, an instruction reception unit, a conveyance unit, and a control unit. The control unit reads the denomination of the bill from the first storage unit and determines whether or not the read denomination of the bill corresponds to the denomination stored in the second storage unit in association with the mount unit on which mounting of the bill accommodation unit has been detected when the detection unit has detected that the bill accommodation unit has been mounted on the mount unit, starts reception of an instruction to input or output to the bill from the instruction receiving unit and makes the conveyance unit convey the bill in accordance with the instruction when the denominations have been determined to correspond. Thereby, a bill accommodation unit can be used for all denominations. | 10-03-2013 |
20130306433 | AUTOMATIC DEALING MACHINE AND AUTOMATIC DEALING SYSTEM - An automatic dealing machine comprises a casing configured for storing a chip handling unit for handling chips, and a banknote handling unit for handling banknotes. The chip handling unit includes a chip insertion port through which chips are received from the exterior of the casing, a chip determination portion for determining the kind of each chip, and a chip calculation portion for calculating the number of the chips, of each kind, as determined by the chip determination portion and the total amount of money. A control unit controls the operation of the dealing machine, such that banknotes of an amount of money corresponding to the total amount of the chips calculated by the chip calculation portion are disbursed into the banknote disbursement port when the chips are inserted through the chip insertion port. | 11-21-2013 |
20140027240 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING VALUE DOCUMENTS - The invention relates to a device ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140034445 | ITEM RECYCLING - A method and apparatus are disclosed for recycling items of media. The apparatus includes at least a pair of co-operable feed belt members that receive a depositable item of media at a first location and locate the depositable item at a stack position in a storage container. The apparatus also includes at least a pair of co-operable dispense belt members that selectively pivot between an operational and non-operational position. In the operational position, at least one of the dispense belt members is disposed to remove an item from the stack position and provide the removed item to the feed belt members. The feed belt members are arranged to locate an item of media received from the dispense belt members at said first location. | 02-06-2014 |
20140048379 | Device for Processing Banknote and Method for Detecting the Conveyance of Banknote - The disclosure provides a method for detecting the conveyance status of a banknote, comprising; detecting whether the banknote reaches a first position in a banknote passage within a first predetermined time; detecting whether the banknote reaches a second position in the banknote passage within a second predetermined time when it is determined that the banknote has reached the first position (S | 02-20-2014 |
20140060997 | MONEY HANDLING SYSTEM, MONEY SETTLEMENT APPARATUS, MONEY TELLER APPARATUS AND MONEY HANDLING METHOD - A cash handling system includes: a cash settlement apparatus | 03-06-2014 |
20140069769 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS - In a banknote handling apparatus capable of dealing with a depositing/dispensing process by a banknote cassette and a manual depositing/dispensing process, the banknote handling apparatus enables a depositing process without dispensing a reject banknote, which has been deposited from the banknote cassette, to the outside. A banknote accounting apparatus | 03-13-2014 |
20140069770 | BANKNOTE PROCESSING MACHINE AND BANKNOTE PROCESSING METHOD - A controller | 03-13-2014 |
20140083814 | MONEY HANDLING APPARATUS, MONEY HANDLING SYSTEM, MONEY TRANSPORT CASSETTE, BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS AND BANKNOTE HANDLING METHOD - A banknote handling apparatus | 03-27-2014 |
20140090949 | MEDIUM STORAGE AND FEEDING DEVICE AND MEDIUM PROCESSING DEVICE - A medium storage and feeding device and a medium processing device that may prevent occurrences of faults more reliably than the related art. A drum ( | 04-03-2014 |
20140097063 | BILL JAM TROUBLESHOOTING - A bill jam troubleshooting employed in a bill acceptor used in a consumer system includes the step of displaying an error message when a fake bill is identified by a sampling and validation module, the step of driving the transmission mechanism to carry the inserted bill back and forth over a validation zone repeatedly twice when a bill jam is detected, and the step of controlling the transmission mechanism to return the inserted bill to the bill slot. Thus, the invention improves the function and effect on the overall use of the product, and enhances the advantages and opportunities of commodity sales channels to increase product competitiveness. | 04-10-2014 |
20140102849 | CASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH REPLENISHMENT AND DEPOSIT CAPABILITY - An apparatus and method is disclosed for the retention of currency in the nature of coins and bills, within a transactional terminal, for replenishment of a change dispenser and future distribution in the form of change, as well as the storage in a secure safe of larger denomination bills for which credit may be applied to a financial account prier to the actual deposit of such bills at a financial institution. A system incorporating the apparatus and method may further provide for the overall management of cash receipts whereby a running balance is recorded and acted upon, for example when a change dispenser is empty, a change retention buffer is full, or the large-denomination bill vault is emptied. | 04-17-2014 |
20140116839 | MEDIUM STORAGE AND ADVANCING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes one-side reels rotatably arranged, one-side tapes wound around the one-side reels, a drum arranged to rotate in one direction to wind and store a medium with the medium being laid over the one-side tapes and in an opposite direction to pull out the wound medium, and retainers opposed to the one-side tapes with respect to the medium wound by or pulled out from the drum for abutting against a surface of the medium to hold the medium, the one-side tapes having a tape width shorter than the width of the medium corresponding to the length of the medium in a direction perpendicular to a transfer direction of the medium, the one-side tapes being arranged in parallel and spaced with a spacing shorter than the width of the medium in a direction of the width of the medium to abut against another surface of the medium. | 05-01-2014 |
20140131163 | APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND DISPENSING BILL AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND DISPENSING BILL - Disclosed herein are an apparatus for receiving and dispensing bills and a method for receiving and dispensing bills using the apparatus. The apparatus includes: a bill receiving or dispensing port which is provided in an ATM to receive or dispense bills; a carriage unit which clamps the bills received into the port or clamps the bills to be dispensed and transfers the bills to the port; a separation and piling unit which has a separation space in which the received bills wait for being separated individually from each other sheet-by-sheet, and a piling space in which the bills to be dispensed are piled; a carriage transfer unit which moves the carriage unit along a trajectory between the bill receiving or dispensing port and the separation and piling unit; and a controller which controls operation of the carriage unit, the separation and piling unit and the carriage transfer unit. | 05-15-2014 |
20140131164 | MEDIUM HANDLING APPARATUS - Tapes holding bills and wound round a drum are pressed against the drum by a winding roller, and the tapes are further pressed against the drum by a guide roller provided downstream of the winding roller in the tape winding direction of the drum. Thus, bills difficult to be curved along the outer circumferential surface of the drum, such as creased or wrinkled bills, can be curved along the outer circumferential surface of the drum, and the bills wound round the drum can be prevented from shifting or skewing. | 05-15-2014 |
20140144749 | BANKNOTE PROCESSING DEVICE - A banknote processing device includes a differentiating section that differentiates banknotes, a temporary holding section that temporarily stores the differentiated banknotes, banknote storage containers that store the banknotes, and a conveyance route that connects the differentiating section, the temporary holding section, and the banknote storage containers. The processing device is constructed so that when the banknotes stored in the temporary holding section are sent out and stored in the banknote storage containers based on differentiation results of the banknotes by the differentiating section, the banknotes are conveyed from the temporary holding section via the differentiating section, and are stored in any one of the banknote storage containers, or the banknotes are conveyed from the temporary holding section, via a route that does not go through the differentiating section, and are stored in a specific one of the banknote storage containers. | 05-29-2014 |
20140144750 | Money Depositing/Dispensing Device and Money Management Method of Money Depositing/Dispensing Device - A money depositing/dispensing device includes an inventory amount obtaining unit, a virtual inventory amount setting unit, and a device inventory amount management unit. The inventory amount obtaining unit is configured to count money to be stored in a storage unit and count money fed from the storage unit, thereby successively obtaining an inventory amount in the storage unit. The virtual inventory amount setting unit is configured to set an inventory amount of banknotes which are not present in the device but should be treated as money present in the device, as a virtual inventory amount. The device inventory amount management unit is configured to manage, as an inventory amount in the device, a sum of the inventory amount in the obtained by the storage unit inventory amount obtaining unit and the virtual inventory amount set by the virtual inventory amount setting unit. | 05-29-2014 |
20140158495 | Sensor Device in a Bank Note Processing Machine - A sensor device in a banknote processing machine comprising a transport device by means of which banknotes to be processed are transported past the sensor device, a cleaning device that cleans the sensor device or a transparent region of the sensor device, and a control device that controls the components of the banknote processing machine. The sensor device includes means for enlarging the spacing between the transport device and the sensor device. The control device controls the means and the cleaning device in such a way that the spacing between the transport device and the sensor device is enlarged by the means while the cleaning device cleans the sensor device. | 06-12-2014 |
20140166432 | BANKNOTE PROCESSING DEVICE - A currency note processing device has a deposit opening. A currency note recognition section recognizes unique information of a deposited currency. A currency note storage section accumulates the deposited currency notes. A transportation control section controls the transportation of the deposited currency note such that the currency note is transported directly to the currency note storage section, and when a return instruction for the deposited currency note is detected, controls the transportation of the deposited currency note from the currency note storage section to the currency note recognition section. A comparison section compares the unique information recognized at the time of the first transportation, from the deposit opening to the currency note recognition section, is compared to unique information recognized at the time of the second transportation, from the currency note storage section to the currency note recognition section. | 06-19-2014 |
20140190787 | BILL STORAGE BOX AND BILL HANDLING DEVICE - The present invention is characterized in that at least a first bill storage unit and a second bill storage unit are stacked and arranged in the stated sequence from a bill insert/discharge port side provided to the upper surface of the bill storage box; a door for loading and removing bills inside the bill storage units, and an opening and closing part for removing bills retained in an internal conveyance path between the first bill storage unit and the internal conveyance path are included; and the opening and closing direction of the door for loading and removing bills in the first bill storage unit and the opening and dosing direction of the opening and closing part are substantially the same. | 07-10-2014 |
20140197008 | FARE BOX - Provided is a fare box which enables passengers to smoothly pay fares using bills without hesitation even when a bill transportation passage is disabled due to jamming of a bill or a breakdown. Two entrances, which are a bill normal receiving opening and a bill backup receiving opening, are provided as bill receiving openings of the fare box. Either of the bill normal receiving opening and the bill backup receiving opening is allowed to be selectively opened by a shutter member. At normal times, the bill normal receiving opening is put into operation with the shutter member positioned at a normal position. When a bill normal transportation passage has become jammed with a bill, the shutter member is shifted from the normal position to a bypass position on the basis of an operation performed on a bill receiving opening switch lever, whereby the bill backup receiving opening is opened instead of the bill normal receiving opening. | 07-17-2014 |
20140216888 | BANKNOTE PROCESSING DEVICE - A banknote processing device that stacks banknotes in a banknote storage section even when a jam occurs. The device has an insertion aperture, a verification section, the storage section and a controller. The aperture separates and feeds inserted banknotes. The verification section verifies the banknotes fed from the aperture. The banknotes are stacked in the storage section. The controller controls conveyance of the banknotes conveyed from the aperture to the verification section such that, depending on verification results, the banknotes are conveyed directly to the storage section. When a jam occurs during conveyance of the banknotes, the controller stops the separation and feeding of the banknotes from the aperture, and controls conveyance such that banknotes for which the storage section has been set as a conveyance destination by the verification section are conveyed directly to the storage section and banknotes for which no conveyance destination has been set are ejected. | 08-07-2014 |
20140238814 | MEDIUM PICK-UP APPARATUS, MEDIUM PROCESS APPARATUS AND FINANCIAL DEVICE - Provided is a pick-up apparatus. The medium pick-up apparatus comprise a support plate to support a medium, a pick-up roller unit comprising a pick-up roller for picking up the medium, a detection unit to detect the number of medium that is picked up by the pick-up roller, and a pick-up roller moving device to move the pick-up roller unit to space the pick-up roller unit from the medium supported by the support plate when the pick-up of predetermined number of medium is detected by the detection unit. | 08-28-2014 |
20140238815 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS AND BANKNOTE HANDLING METHOD - A banknote handling apparatus that performs a depositing handling or a depositing/dispensing handling by transporting banknotes along a transport path includes a recognizing unit that recognizes an inserted banknotes; a deposit acceptability judging unit that determines, based on a recognition result obtained by the recognizing unit, whether the banknotes is acceptable for deposit; a reject reason identifying unit that identifies a reject reason of rejected banknotes that is determined to be unacceptable for deposit by the deposit acceptability judging unit; and a dispensing handling unit that sorts and dispenses the rejected banknotes based on the reject cause identified by the reject cause identifying unit. | 08-28-2014 |
20140262678 | MEDIUM STORING DEVICE - A temporary storage in a medium storing device carries out ON/OFF monitoring of a jam sensor between a winding start position of a drum and a clamp point of a delivering roller. Accordingly, when bills are rewound in the reset operation, even when a relationship between a pulse count and a bill position becomes different from actual one, it is possible to detect, without using a pulse count, a jam between the winding start position and the clamp point. It is possible to more securely detect the abnormality in bill storing in comparison with the prior art. | 09-18-2014 |
20140284171 | MEDIA CASE AND BANKING MACHINE - The present invention relates to a medium storage box. The medium storage box according to one aspect comprises: a medium depositing and withdrawing unit through which medium is deposited or withdrawn; a temporary medium stacker for temporarily stacking the medium deposited through the medium depositing and withdrawing unit; a medium storage unit for storing medium for withdrawal; a printing apparatus for printing one of the deposited medium and the medium for withdrawal; and a reversal unit for reversing the deposited medium when it is necessary to reverse the deposited medium. | 09-25-2014 |
20140291110 | BANKNOTE PROCESSING DEVICE - The banknote processing device includes plural dispensing ports that dispense banknotes; a banknote classification section that classifies banknotes; and a controller that selects a conveyance destination of banknotes classified by the banknote classification section from the plural dispensing ports, and effects control to convey the banknotes to a selected dispensing port. | 10-02-2014 |
20140318925 | MEDIUM HANDLING APPARATUS AND FINANCIAL DEVICE - Provided is a medium handling apparatus. The medium handling apparatus comprises a guider to define a first space in which a medium to be deposited and a medium to be withdrawn are handled and a second space in which a rejected medium is handled and at least one pick-up roller to pick up the medium that is disposed in each of the first and second spaces. | 10-30-2014 |
20140326575 | BANKNOTE PAY-IN/PAY-OUT DEVICE AND BANKNOTE PROCESSING MACHINE - A banknote pay-in/pay-out device and a banknote processing machine having a simpler pay-in/pay-out port section mechanism than hitherto. During paying in, out of banknotes inserted into a pay-in/pay-out port section, a pay-in reject banknote that has been determined to be unsuitable for paying in is conveyed to a sorting conveyance path, and temporarily retained in the sorting conveyance path. So doing enables, for example, the pay-in reject banknote to be temporarily retained in the sorting conveyance path until, for example, pay-in counting processing has been completed, with the pay-in reject banknote being replaced in the pay-in/pay-out port section to be returned to a user after the pay-in counting processing has been completed, without providing a partitioning plate to the pay-in/pay-out port section as hitherto. | 11-06-2014 |
20140332339 | DUAL VALIDATOR SELF-SERVICE KIOSK - Apparatus and methods are provided for a dual validator self-service kiosk (“SSK”). The SSK may include a first validator. The first validator may examine a deposit inserted into the SSK. The SSK may include a second validator. The second validator may examine a tangible item before the SSK dispenses the tangible item. The SSK may retract the tangible item if the tangible item in not collected by a customer. The second validator may examine the tangible item after being retracted by the SSK. The first validator may apply a first examination routine to the deposit. The second validator may apply a second examination routine before the SSK dispenses the tangible item. The second validator may apply a third examination routine to a tangible item retracted by the SSK. | 11-13-2014 |
20140332340 | BANKNOTE PROCESSING DEVICE - A banknote processing device is provided that is capable of securing a reject route that does not overlap with a route for conveying banknotes from a banknote storage section to a banknote identification section. The banknote processing device includes: a dispensing port that dispenses banknotes; a banknote identification section that identifies whether or not banknotes are normal; and a storage-only storage section that stores banknotes that the banknote identification section has identified as abnormal. Out of a first route on the dispensing port side between the banknote identification section and the storage-only storage section and a second route on the opposite side to the first route, one, or two or more, banknote storage sections capable of storing and feeding out banknotes are provided only on the second route side. | 11-13-2014 |
20150096865 | SECURE STORAGE APPARATUS - Assisting users with controlling, navigating and performing any number of other operations for a secure storage apparatus is contemplated. The assistance may be in the form of easily navigable instructions/menus/screen and/or printed instructions, which may be optionally tailored to the particular operation contemplated for performance. | 04-09-2015 |
20150101906 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING BANK NOTES USING A DISTRIBUTED TRACKING SYSTEM - A distributed system for tracking bank notes as they pass through an automated currency processing system is disclosed. The bank note processing system includes a conveyance device for transporting a bank note along a transport path and a detector module comprising a detector. The detector detects raw detector information from the bank note. The detector controller is communicatively coupled to the detector module and the raw detector information is communicated to the detector controller. A host controller is communicatively coupled to the detector controller. The detector controller processes the raw detector information to determine processed detector information. The detector controller then communicates the processed detector information to the host controller. | 04-16-2015 |
20150136562 | PAPER-SLIP HANDLING DEVICE AND AUTOMATED TRANSACTION DEVICE - A paper-slip handling device with: a reduced stoppage rate and banknote rejection rate for a deposit/withdrawal device; improved ability to remove foreign material from banknote bundles; improved user-friendliness; and improved reliability, comprising: a deposit/withdrawal unit used for depositing and withdrawal of paper slips, a paper-slip identification unit that identifies paper slips, a temporary holding compartment that temporarily stores deposited paper slips, a plurality of paper-slip storage compartments, and a first paper-slip transport path via which paper slips are transported to the various aforementioned units. The deposit/withdrawal unit has an opening via which paper slips are transferred in a substantially horizontal state, a storage section that stores paper slips in a substantially upright state, and a second paper-slip transport path that connects said opening and storage section. The paper slips are transported via said second paper-slip transport path while being switched between the substantially upright state and substantially horizontal state. | 05-21-2015 |
20150144455 | MEDIA DEPOSITORY - A media depository is described. The media depository comprises: a media item validation module; a diverter for routing a received media item via either a storage path or a return path; an escrow for temporarily holding received media items; and a printer located between the diverter and the escrow so that the printer can print on any media items transported via the return path. | 05-28-2015 |
20150144456 | DUAL VALIDATOR SELF-SERVICE KIOSK - Apparatus and methods are provided for a dual validator self-service kiosk (“SSK”). The SSK may include a first validator. The first validator may examine a deposit inserted into the SSK. The SSK may include a second validator. The second validator may examine a tangible item before the SSK dispenses the tangible item. The SSK may retract the tangible item if the tangible item in not collected by a customer. The second validator may examine the tangible item after being retracted by the SSK. The first validator may apply a first examination routine to the deposit. The second validator may apply a second examination routine before the SSK dispenses the tangible item. The second validator may apply a third examination routine to a tangible item retracted by the SSK. | 05-28-2015 |
20150291381 | POSITION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND PAPER SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE - A position adjustment device including: an adjustment body including a row of fitting portions in which plural fitting portions of a specific shape are disposed every specific fitting cycle along a specific direction; a holder that holds the adjustment body in one of plural holding modes, such that the fitting portion row faces in a specific holding direction; and an adjustable body whose position with respect to the holder is determined by fitting a fitted portion that is fittable with the fitting portions together with one of the fitting portions. The fitting portion row is disposed such that the minimum distance between a position of the adjustable body with the fitted portion fitted together with one fitting portion in the fitting portion row within a fittable range when the adjustment body is held in a first holding mode by the holder, and a position of the adjustable body with the fitted portion fitted together with one of the fitting portions in the fitting portion row within the fittable range when the adjustment body is held in a second holding mode by the holder, is shorter than the specific fitting cycle | 10-15-2015 |
20150298929 | MEDIA CONVEYING DEVICE AND MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE - A media processing device has a roller conveying section having an upper conveying guide that is electrically non-conductive, and forms one side surface of a bank note conveying path, and has an internal space; a frame that is electrically conductive and holds the upper conveying guide; a pushing spring that applies pushing force that urges pushing rollers toward driving rollers; and a supporting point shaft that is electrically conductive, and whose position in a front-rear direction is positioned by the upper conveying guide in vicinities of both end portions in a length direction of the supporting point shaft, and that supports the pushing spring in a vicinity of a central portion in the length direction, and that abuts laterally long upper end surfaces of the frame by receiving reaction force that arises in a direction of separating from the bank note conveying path in accordance with the pushing force. | 10-22-2015 |
20150310691 | BILL RECYCLING MECHANISM - The invention discloses a bill recycling mechanism, which includes a box body, provided with a bill outlet; a bill tray, including a first door and a second door, which are oppositely arranged, and used for receiving and guiding bills to the bill outlet; and a double door driving assembly, used for driving the first door and the second door to be opened or closed, wherein the first door and the second door are pivotally opened and pivoted into a bill storage space below the first door and the second door. According to the bill recycling mechanism, the bills directly fall into the bill storage space below the double doors when the first door and the second door are opened, so that a bill recycling speed is increased. | 10-29-2015 |
20160012659 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS AND BANKNOTE HANDLING METHOD | 01-14-2016 |
20160035173 | Coin and Bill Dispensing Safe - A readily reconfigureable cash dispensing system for providing change, such as coins of different values and bills or currency of different denominations needed by a retail store, grocery store, busy convenience store, or the like. A tray or trays for storing and delivering multiple rolls of coins or bills of a first value, as well as, a tray or trays for storing and delivering stacks of bills are described herein. A bill acceptor may be employed to accept bills used to purchase rolls of coins and stacks of bills, and a system controller can sense restocking and dispensing events to maintain an accurate inventory of cash in the bill acceptor, as well as, the total cash stored in the form of coin rolls or rolls bills, as well as, bill stacks. | 02-04-2016 |
20160063793 | PAPER MONEY HANDLING APPARATUS - Provided is a paper money handling apparatus of which the security of a paper money process unit is improved, the jam is easily removed, and the layout is easily changed while the operability thereof is ensured. The paper money handling apparatus includes a repository, a temporary storage container, and a money deposit/withdrawal slot. The repository is provided inside a safe so as to store paper money therein. The temporary storage container is provided inside the safe so as to temporarily store deposited paper money therein during a transaction. The money deposit/withdrawal slot serves as an entry/exit opening of a paper money passageway provided at the upper part of the safe so as to communicate with the repository and the temporary storage container. | 03-03-2016 |
20160063794 | BILL RECOGNIZING AND COUNTING APPARATUS - A bill recognizing and counting apparatus includes an operation unit that receives setting of bill processing modes including a denomination mode, a counting mode, a different-denomination recognition mode, and an authenticity determination mode; a feeding and transporting mechanism; and a control unit that performs control for changing a processing speed according to the bill processing mode. When the bill processing mode is in the counting mode, the different-denomination recognition mode, or the authenticity determination mode, the control unit increases the processing speed by setting the feeding and transporting mechanism to a higher speed than the speed set in the denomination mode. The increase in speed is in accordance with a reduced time necessary to process a reduced amount of data associated with the denomination mode. | 03-03-2016 |
20160104338 | DOCUMENT VALIDATING/STACKING DEVICE - A document validating/stacking device is provided that has a validator | 04-14-2016 |
20160110941 | CASH PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided is a cash processing device including a pay-in section, a pay-out section, a medium identification section, one or plural medium storage sections that each includes a stacking function and a separating function, a temporary holding section that includes a stacking function and a separating function, and a pay-in processing section that, based on a classification result by the medium identification section for a medium taken in through the pay-in section, conveys a medium to be stored in the one or plural medium storage sections to the corresponding one or plural medium storage sections, and that conveys a medium not to be stored in the one or plural medium storage sections to the temporary holding section. | 04-21-2016 |
20160117894 | DUAL VALIDATOR SELF-SERVICE KIOSK - Apparatus and methods are provided for a dual validator self-service kiosk (“SSK”). The SSK may include a first validator. The first validator may examine a deposit inserted into the SSK. The SSK may include a second validator. The second validator may examine a tangible item before the SSK dispenses the tangible item. The SSK may retract the tangible item if the tangible item in not collected by a customer. The second validator may examine the tangible item after being retracted by the SSK. The first validator may apply a first examination routine to the deposit. The second validator may apply a second examination routine before the SSK dispenses the tangible item. The second validator may apply a third examination routine to a tangible item retracted by the SSK. | 04-28-2016 |
20160155284 | MONEY PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MONEY PROCESSING METHOD | 06-02-2016 |
20160180626 | Multiclass Logical Document Recycler Management | 06-23-2016 |
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