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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177046 | Method and apparatus for validating bank notes A banknote validator takes both reflection and transmission optical measurements at different wavelengths. An emitter and sensor on one side of the banknote path are used to make a calibration measurement using light reflected from a window on the other side of the ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8157167 | Contactless smartcard bezel A multi media payment device includes a banknote acceptor and a RF card reader, and also may include a magnetic card reader. A bezel assembly for connection to the bill acceptor preferably includes a reader unit to read magnetic swipe cards and contactless chip card... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8146914 | Currency cassette pressure plate assembly An assembly includes a currency cassette, a pressure plate, and a plurality of gears rotatably connected to at least two opposite edges of the pressure plate. In an implementation, a plurality of substantially parallel racks are configured to engage a plurality of t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8096400 | Security gate mechanism for a currency handling device A security gate mechanism for a currency handling apparatus having a currency passageway includes a rotatable gate having a slit therein. The slit is aligned with the currency passageway when the rotatable gate is in an initial position. A drive wheel is coupled to ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8027920 | Value transaction systems A transaction system comprises a plurality of transaction units each for performing a respective type of transaction. The units are interconnected via a serial link, and there is a common controller which has respective protected memory areas storing Java code for c... | 09/27/2011 |
| D644682 | Front panel of a banknote handler | 09/06/2011 |
| D643871 | Front panel of a banknote handler | 08/23/2011 |
| 7959146 | Banknote handling Means for superposing a bundle of value sheets which have been misfed from a value sheet store is disclosed. Also disclosed is a value sheet handler which includes a first value sheet store for receiving value sheets from, and dispensing value sheets to, a user and ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7946576 | Document stacker with fault detection Techniques include sensing electric signals from an actuator during a document stacking operation and determining whether an abnormal event has occurred based on the sensed signals. The techniques may find particular applicability, for example, to document acceptors... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7913832 | Method and apparatus for validating bank notes A banknote validator takes both reflection and transmission optical measurements at different wavelengths. An emitter and sensor on one side of the banknote path are used to make a calibration measurement using light reflected from a window on the other side of the ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7878318 | Cassette for storing bills and the like A cassette for storing bills is described. The cassette includes a shutter, a link which engages the shutter; and a helicoidal drive shaft which engages the link. As the cassette is inserted or removed from a chassis, an actuator fixed to the chassis actuates the dr... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7837095 | Secure bag assembly for a lockable removable cassette A method and apparatus are provided relating to a secure bag assembly to secure cash in transit (“CIT”). In some implementations, the secure bag assembly is installed in a lockable, removable cassette that is fitted to a bill validator. The cassette and bill val... | 11/23/2010 |
| D627096 | Bezel | 11/09/2010 |
| D626682 | Bezel | 11/02/2010 |
| 7789214 | Stacker mechanisms and cassettes for banknotes and the like A lockable, removable cassette is described. In an implementation, the cassette includes a plastic shell and a currency access door. The cassette may also include a flexible handle and/or an integrated grip. In addition, the cassette may include at least one of an a... | 09/07/2010 |
| D617370 | Front panel of a banknote handler | 06/08/2010 |
| 7726645 | Dispensing value sheet store A store for storing value sheets such as banknotes in a stack and for dispensing the value notes from the stack. When more than a single value sheet is dispensed from the stack, the store returns all but one of the value sheets to the stack while moving the stack to... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7715610 | Method and apparatus for processing signals in testing currency items A method of testing a document comprises deriving a plurality of measurements from the document at a resolution R and processing the measurements to derive values at a different resolution. ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7699689 | Vending machines and coin handling apparatus An electrical discharge produces an acoustic impulse, and a reflection of the impulse from the upper coin in a coin stack is sensed so that the level of the coin stack can be determined from the time taken for the reflection to be received. Alternatively, or additio... | 04/20/2010 |
| D609739 | Front panel of a money store | 02/09/2010 |
| 7654485 | Banknote store A method of controlling a banknote store comprising at least one winding means and at least one elongate support means which can be wound and/or unwound from the winding means for storing and/or transporting a banknote, comprises determining the radius or diameter o... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7648016 | Currency validator A method of deriving a function for classifying items of currency. The method comprises processing training data vectors corresponding to features of a plurality of currency items, and derives a support vector machine classification function involving a plurality of... | 01/19/2010 |
| D604367 | Document validator | 11/17/2009 |
| 7556264 | Banknote conveyor A banknote conveyor which includes moveable means for transporting a banknote, the means engaging frictionally with the banknote at at least three points so that the force driving the banknote is dependent on the rigidity of the note. The banknote can further swivel... | 07/07/2009 |
| D593148 | Front panel of a money store | 05/26/2009 |
| D592239 | Money store | 05/12/2009 |
| 7481308 | Lockable removable cassette A lockable, removable cassette is described. In an implementation, the cassette includes a plastic shell and a currency access door. The cassette may also include a flexible handle and/or an integrated grip. In addition, the cassette may include at least one of an a... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7424942 | Banknote handling apparatus A first sensing means, which may form part of a banknote authenticator, is used to determine the profile of, for example, at least the leading edge of a banknote. Actuators located elsewhere in the banknote handling machine are operated in accordance with the output... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7278527 | Multi-denominational currency store The respective proportions of currency items of different denominations in a multi-denominational store are adjusted in accordance with future change requirements for the different denominations. This is achieved by inhibiting the sending of a particular denominatio... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274032 | Document processor with optical sensor arrangement An apparatus for document processing comprises an optical sensor including a light source, a light detector and an optical element. The optical sensor is adapted so that, during operation of the apparatus, at least a first portion of light from the source that enter... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7212948 | Banknote validator A banknote validator can recognise ink stains having predetermined characteristics and is operable to perform measurements on a received banknote in order to classify the banknote into at least the following categories: (a) genuine non-stained bills of said denomina... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198157 | Method and apparatus for classifying currency articles Articles of currency, for example coins, are validated by progressively eliminating candidate target classes in successive classification stages. A Mahalanobis distance associated with a plurality of properties is calculated over successive stages, the results at ea... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195113 | Coin store measurement A method of measuring a characteristic of a container in a coin handling apparatus which involves generating a data set from an acoustic pulse reflected by the container and analyzing the data set. The analysis includes comparing the data set to one or more stored d... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7172193 | Sheet stacking apparatus A banknote stacker comprising at least one first scissors linkage acting to extend a pusher into a cashbox, and at least one second scissors linkage acting transversely to said first to extend a lateral portion of said pusher to flatten a note in the cashbox. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170074 | Apparatus and method for currency sensing and for adjusting a currency sensing device A device for sensing currency comprises means for deriving a signal from a currency item and means for deriving values representative of a characteristic or characteristics of the currency item from said signal using an inverse representation of part of the sensing ... | 01/30/2007 |
