Note hopper/dispenser
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1. A note dispensing device comprising:
- a note cassette having a note storage hopper for holding a plurality of notes;
a transport assembly including a note cassette bay for securely mounting said note cassette, said transport assembly including a note-extraction drive assembly for sequentially extracting said plurality of notes from said note cassette and a note advance assembly for transporting said notes through a note transport path to a note dispensing slot;
an electronic controller for controlling the operation of said note-extraction drive assembly and said note advance assembly of said transport assembly;
a rejected note storage area within said note cassette;
a rejected note transport assembly for accepting rejected notes from said note advance assembly and transporting said rejected notes to said rejected note storage area; and
means for detecting the presence of a partially dispensed note from said transport path through said slot of said transport assembly.
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Abstract
A note hopper/dispenser for dispensing paper currency, bank notes or cash equivalent scrip.
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13 Claims
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1. A note dispensing device comprising:
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a note cassette having a note storage hopper for holding a plurality of notes; a transport assembly including a note cassette bay for securely mounting said note cassette, said transport assembly including a note-extraction drive assembly for sequentially extracting said plurality of notes from said note cassette and a note advance assembly for transporting said notes through a note transport path to a note dispensing slot; an electronic controller for controlling the operation of said note-extraction drive assembly and said note advance assembly of said transport assembly; a rejected note storage area within said note cassette; a rejected note transport assembly for accepting rejected notes from said note advance assembly and transporting said rejected notes to said rejected note storage area; and means for detecting the presence of a partially dispensed note from said transport path through said slot of said transport assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A note cassette for use with a note dispensing device, said note cassette comprising:
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a container for holding a plurality of notes; a note-extract assembly for sequentially extracting said plurality of notes from said container; a lid for covering said container; a lock assembly for locking said lid to said container; a rejected note storage area within said container; and a rejected note transport assembly for accepting rejected notes from said note-extract drive assembly and transporting said rejected notes to said rejected note storage area. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An electronic note dispensing apparatus comprising:
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a note storage hopper for holding a plurality of notes; a note-extraction drive assembly for sequentially extracting said plurality of notes from said note storage hopper; a note advance assembly for receiving said notes from said note-extraction drive assembly and for transporting said notes to a note dispensing slot; an electronic controller for controlling the operation of said note-extraction drive assembly and said note advance assembly; a rejected note storage area; a rejected note transport assembly for accepting rejected notes from said note advance assembly and transporting said rejected notes to said rejected note storage area; and a removable note cassette containing said note storage hopper. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A note dispensing device comprising:
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a note cassette having a note storage hopper for holding a plurality of notes; a transport assembly including a note cassette bay for securely mounting said note cassette, said transport assembly including a note-extraction drive assembly for sequentially extracting said plurality of notes from said note cassette and a note advance assembly for transporting said notes through a note transport path to a note dispensing slot; an electronic controller for controlling the operation of said note-extraction drive assembly and said note advance assembly of said transport assembly; a rejected note storage area within said note cassette; a rejected note transport assembly for accepting rejected notes from said note advance assembly and transporting said rejected notes to said rejected note storage area; and means in said transport assembly for detecting multiple notes and unauthenticated notes and means for diverting the detected notes to said storage area.
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