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Currency processing device having a multiple stage transport path and method for operating the same

  • US 20050035034A1
  • Filed: 07/14/2004
  • Published: 02/17/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A currency processing device, comprising:

  • an input receptacle adapted to receive a stack of currency bills to be processed;

    a plurality of output receptacles for receiving currency bills that have been processed;

    an evaluation unit for determining information concerning each of the currency bills;

    a transportation mechanism adapted to transport each of the currency bills, one at a time, from the input receptacle past the evaluation unit to the plurality of output receptacles, the transportation mechanism including a first portion adapted to transport bills at a first speed and a second portion adapted to transport bills at a second speed; and

    a controller adapted to control the operation of the of the transport mechanism, the controller being adapted to cause the transport mechanism to transport each of the bills to one of the plurality of output receptacles in response to the information concerning each of the bills determined by evaluation unit, the controller being adapted to cause the first portion and the second portion of the transport mechanism to transport bills at substantially the same speed when the distance between consecutive bills transported by the transport mechanism is at least a predetermined distance, the controller being adapted to cause the second portion of the transport mechanism to increase the speed at which bills are transported such that the second speed is more than the first speed when the evaluation unit determines when the distance between two consecutive bills transported by the transport mechanism is less than the predetermined distance.

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