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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7124935 | Check multifeed detection apparatus for use in a check processing terminal and detection method A multifeed detection apparatus and method for use in a check processing terminal including a paper supply unit for individually feeding a plurality of checks from the paper supply unit along a check transportation path in a given direction; a MICR head having a non... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6883704 | Bank note dispensing device with recycling capability A bank note dispensing device includes a storage unit which can store bank notes that can be dispensed to a user through a discharge opening. A monitor unit can be operatively positioned relative to a passageway for transporting the bank notes in order to determine ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6883705 | Method and system for processing bank notes A method and corresponding system for processing bank notes wherein bank notes are provided in a stack and each has a serial number. The bank notes are arranged according to a first sequence of their serial numbers. According to the method and system, the bank notes... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6811078 | Point-of-transaction machine with improved versatility and related method A point-of-transaction machine that allows global users to reach all aspects of their finances, from their brokerage account to their banks, mortgage accounts, credit card accounts and more. Unlike conventional ATMs where you can only reach your bank account(s), the... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6568591 | Document sensor for currency recycling automated banking machine An automated banking machine (10) identifies and stores documents such as currency bills deposited by a user. The machine then selectively recovers such documents from storage areas and dispenses them to other users. The machine includes a sheet thickness... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6406016 | Apparatus for dispensing thin flat articles A dispensing apparatus for thin flat articles, such as monetary currency bills, includes a plenum chamber having an aperture of a size smaller than the articles to be dispensed. A suction device is connected to the plenum chamber to provide sufficient neg... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6361043 | Sheet dispenser mechanism A sheet dispenser mechanism (10) is described. The mechanism includes upper and lower transport guides (12, 14) for conveying a sheet such as a bank note therebetween, only one of the transport guides (12) being movable in a plane transverse to the surfac... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6325370 | Automatic banknote selection and delivery safe The automatic banknote selection and delivery safe consists of an armored boxed frame in one upper zone of which is mounted a first banknote acceptance device from which departs a first banknote grasping and conveyance means paths towards a first screenin... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6189881 | Sheet dispensing apparatus and tray A sheet dispensing apparatus includes at least one pair of sheet stores, and a transport system for transporting sheets from the stores to a dispense position. The transport system includes, for each pair of sheet stores, a common feed member which, upon ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6170818 | Currency recycling automated banking machine media gate An automated banking machine (10) identifies and stores documents such as currency bills deposited by a user. The machine then selectively recovers such documents from storage areas and dispenses them to other users. The machine includes a central transpo... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5697517 | Dispensing unit for banknotes The invention relates to a dispensing unit for banknotes (42), comprising a banknote container (12) and a receiving module (14) which is in the form of the frame into which the banknote container (12) can be pushed. The unit includes an extracting and sep... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5240368 | Sheet handling apparatus A device for dispensing sheet media comprising a storage location for storing sheet media to be dispensed; a receiving location accessible to a patron from which the sheet media may be received; a receptacle for retaining sheets of the media; a stacking a... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5100022 | Sheet container and sheet dispenser apparatus A sheet container is detachably attached to a sheet dispenser mechanism. A stack of sheets stored in the sheet container are taken out by take-out rollers and introduced into nip sections defined between feed rollers and frictional separation rollers whic... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4894783 | Apparatus for detecting the passage of multiple superposed sheets along a feed path A multiple sheet detection apparatus includes first and second cooperating rollers (12, 14), the second roller (14) being movable away from the first roller (12) in response to the passage of a single or multiple sheet between the rollers (12, 14). Voltag... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4709820 | Sheet dispensing apparatus An apparatus for dispensing sheets, including cash, which comprises first conveying elements for dispensing sheets along a feed path to a stacking position; first detection device for detecting unsuitable sheets; and diverting elements for diverting detec... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4699373 | Quick acting bank note recovery system A cash dispenser includes a unit for taking out bank notes singly from a store, for accumulating a mass of counted notes, for forwarding this mass to a customer, and for forwarding the notes to be accumulated. The recovery system includes a unit for: chec... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4700368 | Method and apparatus for sensing sheets Apparatus for sensing the passage of sheets (1) through a nip formed by rollers (5 and 6), includes means for sensing the deflection of one roller relative to the other, the sensing means including an oscillator (18) providing a train of signals the frequ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4697071 | Circulation type automatic money receiving and paying machine with note side identifying and note turning-over sections In a circulation type automatic money receiving and paying machine, the paying-in note conveying path and the paying-out note conveying path has a common conveying path, and a mechanism for identifying the face or back sides of notes and a mechanism for t... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4664369 | Multiple sheet indicator apparatus and method Thickness indicator apparatus mounted adjacent to a bill path inside an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) includes a wishbone (45) having a pair of identical fingers (46) which contact bills moving in the bill path, and a metallic target (52). The wishbone i... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4651982 | Sheet dispensing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for dispensing sheets (2) from a store (1) is described. Single sheets are withdrawn from the store (1) by a friction feed roller (3) driven by a motor (5). Each sheet is fed to a transport path (17) defined by a pair of conveyors (... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4607155 | Apparatus for handling bills An apparatus for handling bills which includes a plurality of bill boxes each of which contains different denominations of bills, a circuit for withdrawing bills one by one from each bill box and a bill pool for temporarily storing the bills fed from the ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4579334 | Apparatus for indicating the status of sheets A note checking apparatus for indicating whether normal single notes, double notes or notes having local attachments of folds are passing therethrough includes two rollers 10 and 12 between which the notes pass. The roller 10 has a fixed axis, and the rol... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4517451 | Note transfer mechanism in automatic money depositing and disbursing machine An automatic money depositing and disbursing machine has functions of receiving bank notes from a transacting port and feeding the same through a discriminating section provided in a note circulating delivery passage and accommodating in the boxes normal ... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4516015 | Automatic money receiving and disbursing machine An automatic money receiving and disbursing machine having the functions of receiving money from customers and disbursing money to customers from a box disposed within the machine. The machine is provided with a circulation path in communication with a tr... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4494747 | Paper currency dispenser friction picker mechanism The device has a feed roller with a high friction rubber segment which picks notes one at a time for each roller revolution or cycle. A counter-rotating separator roller normally prevents picking doubles. A cooperative doubles detector detects doubles whe... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4491929 | Apparatus for discrimination of sheet transfer condition An apparatus for discriminating a sheet transfer condition has two opposite rollers at least one of which has an axis of rotation which is movable toward and away from that of the other roller. The thickness of a sheet nipped between the two rollers is de... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4465925 | Automatic money depositing and disbursing machine An automatic money depositing and disbursing machine includes a common delivery passage used to deliver the deposited notes to a receiving box for deposit and deliver the notes to be paid to a disbursing port for disbursement. A discriminating section is ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4462587 | Method of and system for detecting bill status in a paper money dispenser Overlapped or folded bills in a paper money dispenser are detected by sensors that measure bill length and thickness. The sensors generate a first signal when bill thickness corresponds to the thickness of at least one standard bill and generate a second ... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4426785 | Method and apparatus for detecting abnormal thickness conditions such as folded and/or missing corners of moving sheets Sheets moving in a feed direction and arranged at spaced intervals are fed through nips arranged to rollingly engage opposing sides of the sheet, each nip being formed by a roller rotating about a fixed axis and a cooperating swingably mounted roller. Res... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4423826 | Note supply container with reject receiver for bank note dispenser A note disbursing machine is formed with a reject pool section instead of an independent reject box. An uppermost note receiving box is adapted to be accommodated in the note disbursing machine so as to face the reject pool section. The receiving box has ... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4421824 | Process for reconditioning of currency and currency A process for reconditioning used currency includes the steps of applying a stiffening compound thereto, squeezing the excess from the currency, and drying the currency. Apparatus for performing this process includes gripping and transporting mechanism fo... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4398711 | Currency dispenser monitor An apparatus for monitoring the performance of a currency dispenser by detecting the displacement of a roller caused by the thickness of a record member. This displacement is measured by the movement of a graded density translucent member between the phot... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4397455 | Document dispenser with escrow system An apparatus for dispensing documents from a storage location to a discharge area includes structure for transporting the documents from the storage location along a transport path to an escrow or collection station. The leading and trailing edges of the ... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4343582 | Banknote dispensing apparatus A currency dispensing apparatus has a plurality of customer receipt openings to which an ordered number of banknotes can be sent from a store of banknotes in response to an order signal. The banknotes are dispensed to a collector station through a first f... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4340150 | Automatic note dispenser with purge control An automatic purge control for a banknote dispensing system including an operator panel having a keyboard for initiating transaction requests, a dispensing chamber adjacent to the panel for receiving banknotes dispensed in response to an operator request,... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4337864 | Currency note dispensing system Two embodiments of a system for dispensing currency notes are disclosed. The first embodiment of the system comprises two major components, a cartridge (10) and a dispenser (14). The second embodiment of the system comprises three major components, a cart... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4325494 | Single-bill currency dispenser A single-bill currency dispenser incorporates a self-contained cartridge for storing a quantity of bills of a single denomination, and dispensing the bills singly in response to electrical control signals. The bills are loaded into the cartridge in a vert... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4313601 | Automatic banking machine with sealed tamper-indicating container for receiving and storing diverted paper money bills A remote automatic banking or teller machine equipped with doubles detecting mechanism which diverts doubles from delivery to a customer and conveys the doubles to a container into which the conveyor means discharges the doubles through a container openin... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4286149 | Apparatus and method for detection of overlapping objects Method and means are disclosed for detection of overlapped sheets transported along a path. A plurality of detection means are aligned substantially perpendicular to the direction of movement of said sheets, each detection means including one or more radi... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4243216 | Double document detection system A system for detecting the presence of more than one document along a path during the processing of the documents. A capacitance is introduced by the plural documents in contact with each other and wherein a delay signal is combined with an original signa... | 01/06/1981 |
