Method and apparatus for currency discrimination
CA 2316138 C · Owner: Schreiter, Heinz W. · Inventors: Munro, Mark C.; Jones, William J.; Raterman, Donald E.
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A currency evaluating device for receiving a stack of currency bills rapidly, discriminating the bills in the stack and then re-stacking the bills. The , device includes an input receptacle adapted to receive the stack of currency bills to be discriminated, and a, transport mechanism adapted to transport the bills in the direction of a narrow dimension, of the bills, one at a time from the input receptacle to a plurality of output receptacles, at, a rate in excess of about 800 bills per minute. A discriminating unit is adapted to, determine the denomination of each of the bills at a rate in excess of about 800 bills per, minute; the discriminating unit including a detector positioned …
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- Filed March 8, 1995 and granted November 6, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 8, 2015.
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