Depositing items of value
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1. Container loading apparatus comprising an inlet for receiving items of value;
- a transport system for feeding the items of value from the inlet;
a monitoring system for monitoring items of value fed to it by the transport system;
a container loading system for loading acceptable items, as determined by the monitoring system, into a container;
means for providing an overt or covert indication of the content of the container; and
a container closing mechanism for closing the container such that the indication is detectable from outside the container.
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Abstract
A method of depositing items of value, the method comprising
- 1) receiving a tamper evident and coded container holding the items of value, the code relating to the content of the container;
- 2) verifying that the package has been received in an acceptable manner, and, if it has,
- 3) either incrementing an account with the value of the items of value in the container by reference to the code and without opening the container, or, if the account has previously been incremented, leaving the account unchanged.
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1. Container loading apparatus comprising an inlet for receiving items of value;
- a transport system for feeding the items of value from the inlet;
a monitoring system for monitoring items of value fed to it by the transport system;
a container loading system for loading acceptable items, as determined by the monitoring system, into a container;
means for providing an overt or covert indication of the content of the container; and
a container closing mechanism for closing the container such that the indication is detectable from outside the container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
- a transport system for feeding the items of value from the inlet;
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22. A method of loading items of value into a container, the method comprising feeding the items along a transport path;
- monitoring the items for acceptability;
loading acceptable items into a container;
providing an overt or covert indication on or in the container relating to its content; and
closing the container such that the indication is detectable from outside the container. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
- monitoring the items for acceptability;
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