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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110245962 | SHEETS PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SHEETS PROCESSING METHOD A sheet processing apparatus including a table to be loaded a first and a second banknote group partitioned by a header card recording the bar code number in the piling direction of the banknotes, a take-in portion to take in the banknotes of the first and second bankno... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110215034 | CURRENCY BILL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD A currency bill processing system includes a transport mechanism that is configured to transport bills from an input receptacle along a transport path that extends generally horizontally past at least one detector. The transport path transitions generally-vertically upw... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110186488 | Document Stacking Module A document stacking module comprises a rotatably mounted stacking wheel (10) having at least one generally radially outwardly extending slot (14-16) which can be aligned with a document delivery position so as to receive a document. The wheel (10... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110056415 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STORING BANKNOTES The invention relates to a device and a method for storing banknotes, having at least two banknote storage containers (26 to 40). Each of the banknote storage containers (26 to 40) has at least one banknote withdrawal and/or feed opening. Fur... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110049020 | MEDIA DEPOSITORY A media depository comprises: an input for receiving deposited media items, a discriminator arranged to receive individual deposited media items from the input, and to ascertain whether each individual deposited media item is a banknote or a check; and a combined media ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110011778 | BANKNOTE STORING CASSETTE AND BANKNOTE HANDLING MACHINE A banknote storing cassette (30) includes: a banknote inlet (38a) provided to a cassette casing; one or more first banknote storing units (34, 36), at least one of the first banknote storing units storing therein genuine banknotes; and a seco... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110005982 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING VALUABLE DOCUMENTS The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing value documents wherein the value documents are checked according to certain criteria and sorted in accordance with the results of the check. Those value documents upon whose check an error has occur... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110004337 | PAPER SHEET HANDLING APPARATUS A paper sheet handling apparatus 1 includes: a casing which includes a first face and a second face opposed to the first face; a receiving unit 211 which receives paper sheets; a recognition unit 212 which performs at least one of a counting process... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100236996 | Efficient Movement And Storage Of Funds A method of efficiently transferring and storing funds in a cash handling device is presented. In some arrangements, funds will be deposited into the cash handling device and transferred directly to an overflow cassette for storage and transport, rather than being trans... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100235246 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SORTING BANK NOTES, PROVIDING A CHANGE FUND AND BALANCING REVENUE A method is provided for sorting bank notes using a bank note processing apparatus having an at least one input receptacle, at least one identification unit, and a plurality of stacker units. The method includes receiving the bank notes in the input receptacle or recept... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100206779 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYSING A SECURITY DOCUMENT We provide an apparatus and method for analysing a security document using x-rays. A security thread is provided in a security thread region of the document. An x-ray source illuminates the security document and an x-ray detector receives x-rays from the security thread... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100174403 | BANKNOTE DEPOSIT MACHINE, PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD A printed note deposit machine, comprises: a user recognition unit identifying a user with an authenticated person; an inlet unit serving as a receiving teller in which printed notes are deposited; a dispensing unit receiving printed notes deposited in the inlet unit to... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100148418 | SHEET SUPPLY APPARATUS A sheet supply apparatus includes a supply portion with a sheet bundle supplied via an opening portion, a take-out portion to move the sheet bundle supplied to the supply portion to a take-out position and take out sheets one by one starting from a sheet on an uppermost... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100140148 | PAPER SHEET HANDLING MACHINE A paper sheet handling machine has a taking-in unit that takes in paper sheets one by one, a transport state detection unit that detects a transport state of each of the paper sheets taken in by the taking-in unit, a transport unit that transports the paper sheets taken... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100126915 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS An object is improving handling efficiency of a banknote handling apparatus and reducing operator's work load. A banknote handling apparatus has a receiving unit receiving banknotes, a recognition unit recognizing kinds of banknotes, a first, a second, and a reject stac... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100108576 | Banknote handling apparatus A banknote handling apparatus 10 comprises a casing 12, an inlet 20 configured for inserting banknotes into the casing 12 from the exterior thereof, a plurality of storages 40 provided in a lower portion of the casing 12, in a s... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100078365 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A TRANSPORT UNIT FOR TRANSPORTING PAPER CURRENCY FROM AN INTAKE AND TESTING UNIT TO A STORAGE DEVICE A method for the operation of a transport system for bank notes whereby a bank note is conveyed from a tester unit to a bank note storage device, as well as a device for taking up bank notes in which a bank note storage and stacking unit is controlled by differing trans... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100059418 | Note Processing Gross Defects Removal Method and Apparatus A method and apparatus for removing notes having gross defects from a currency processing machine prior to the notes entering the primary detection function of the machine. The invention involves the use of a gross defect detector module which detects notes having gross... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100059419 | Method for Controlling Note Throughput A method and apparatus for controlling note throughput in real time through a currency processing machine. The invention involves the use of asynchronous components, such as independently driven feeder, transport, and final disposition components, to vary individual not... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100059417 | Bill Storage Device in Automated Teller Machine and Method for Storing Bill in the Same The bill storage device in an automated teller machine includes an input port through which a bill introduced in the automated teller machine is inputted perpendicularly; a pair of opening/closing plates for supporting both side surfaces of the bill inputted into the in... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100032352 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS A banknote handling apparatus including a receiving unit that receives banknotes to be counted, a recognition unit that recognizes attributes of the banknotes, a storing unit that stores the banknotes sorted based on a recognition result by the recognition unit, an oper... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100032351 | METHOD FOR DESTROYING BANKNOTES This invention relates to a method for destroying bank notes, wherein bank notes are checked and sorted by means of at least one bank-note processing machine in at least one decentralized place, whereby unfit bank notes are sorted out in order to be transported to a cen... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100025308 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACCEPTING OR DISPENSING BANK NOTES The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for accepting or dispensing or returning bank notes. An operator wishing to remove bank notes protruding from the apparatus for dispensing or returning, is assisted during removal in that the bank notes are tran... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100017018 | SORT PATTERN CREATING DEVICE, SORT PATTERN CREATING METHOD, AND SORT PATTERN CREATING SYSTEM A sort pattern creating method for creating a sort pattern is provided, for a banknote handling apparatus 100 in which banknotes are stacked in the sort pattern so that the task required for setting the sort pattern can be simplified and a wrong operation by an o... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100006482 | BANKNOTE PROCESSING DEVICE In order to make the size of the banknote processing device (the number of the stacking units) a minimum configuration, to reduce the number of the banknote sorting processes, and to clearly show to the operator a distinction between the stacking units storing the bankn... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090301946 | Device and Method for Storing and Dispensing Banknotes An automatic device for storing and dispensing banknotes of a preset number of denominations comprising an inlet (12) for the banknotes, recognition means (13) for recognizing the denomination of the incoming banknotes, a plurality of LIFO roller magazines... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090242627 | METHOD FOR VERIFYING THE AUTHENTICITY OF DOCUMENTS The invention relates to a method for testing the authenticity of documents, in particular bank notes, documents of value or security documents, by authenticity criteria. To increase the reliability of authenticity testing of documents, at ... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090184034 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SORTING BANK NOTES, PROVIDING A CHANGE FUND AND BALANCING REVENUE A method is provided for sorting bank notes using a bank note processing apparatus having an at least one input receptacle, at least one identification unit, and a plurality of stacker units. The method includes receiving the bank notes in the input receptacle or recept... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090166269 | Received Banknote Processing Apparatus A received banknote processing apparatus having no temporary reserving section has a failure recovery processing unit. The failure recovery processing unit securely recovers the number of banknotes of an accepted transaction together with the determination of the fitnes... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090134071 | APPARATUS FOR ACCEPTING AND DISPENSING BANK NOTES The invention relates to an apparatus for accepting and dispensing or returning bank notes, including an apparatus having a pocket for accepting and dispensing or returning bank notes, which is dividable by means of a dividing element into two areas for inputting and di... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090095663 | Method And Device For Accepting Banknotes The present invention concerns a method and an apparatus for accepting bank notes. In accepting bank notes by means of an apparatus for accepting bank notes it is assumed that the bank notes are inserted in an input pocket, the bank notes a... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090090660 | BILL DISCRIMINATING AND COUNTING APPARATUS The present invention relates to a bill discriminating and counting apparatus having a function of handling bills of a plurality of currency systems with one machine. That is to say, by providing a plurality of START/STOP keys for starting discriminating and counting of... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090026116 | Method of sorting documents of value A method of sorting documents of value includes a) forming a stack of documents of value, the including two or more batches of documents of value, each batch of documents of value being provided with first and second separators to separate the batch from an adjacent bat... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090022389 | Method of sorting documents of value A method of sorting documents of value comprises:
| 01/22/2009 |
| 20080283451 | Device and Method for Checking Banknotes The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for checking bank notes wherein measuring values of the bank note to be checked are obtained and a classification of the bank note is carried out by evaluation of the measuring values in a plurality of checking steps, w... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080283450 | Control System for a Banknote Handler The present invention relates to a device for handling banknotes, comprising a transporting system (1), an infeeding and outfeeding unit (2), an identifying unit (3) as well as a first, second and so on to a last storage unit (41, 42, . . . , 4 | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080210605 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEPOSITING VARIOUS KINDS OF PAPER MEDIA An apparatus of controlling reception of various kinds of paper media includes a reception unit to allow the various kinds of paper media to be received, a pick-up unit to pick up the paper media from the reception unit one sheet by one sheet, a transport unit to transp... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080121570 | Automated banking machine that operates responsive to data bearing records A system controlled responsive to data bearing records includes a card reader that is operative to read data from user cards including identifying data, and authorizes operation of an automated banking machine responsive to the identifying data. The automated banking ma... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080126106 | Self-service deposit method and apparatus A self-service deposit terminal for bank notes, in the deposited notes are subjected to an acceptance procedure in which the deposited notes are passed through a note validator and a decision is made regarding the validity of the notes, so as to differentiate between: a... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080053875 | Document sorting machine A document feeder system for use in a document sorting apparatus is disclosed. The document feeder system comprises upper and lower portions, each having respective feeder elements for feeding documents from a hopper, the upper and lower portions being movable relative ... | 03/06/2008 |
