US4570801A
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Document handling machine
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-03-21
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Granted: 1986-02-18
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Expires: 2004-03-21
Abstract
Abstract A document and currency handling machine in which bills to be handled are loaded in a cartridge having a first endless belt with a pusher plate which is spring biased towards the sheet-by-sheet feeder in the machine by a spiral spring coupled between the first endless belt and the shaft of one roller over which the first belt passes, so as to assure constant pressure by the pusher plate throughout its travel; a second endless belt, receiving separated bills from the sheet-by-sheet feeder, passes them by a sensor which detects defective bills and activates a diverter which diverts such defective bills into a reject tray, the good bills passing to an output stacker which, when the predetermined number of bills has been received by it, pivots to permit easy removal of the good bills.
Inventors
- 👤 Ralph L. Brannen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 05:16
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H1/00; B65H1/02; B65H1/025; B65H29/00; B65H29/58; B65H29/62; B65H43/00; B65H43/08; B65H7/00; B65H7/02; B65H7/14; G; G07; G07D; G07D11/00; G07D11/40; G07D11/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
335 words
A document and currency handling machine which includes: a document input mechanism including a first endless belt linking first and second rollers, each roller having an axle; a pusher plate supported on said first endless belt for movement therewith; a fixed plate supported in said input mechanism in opposition to said pusher plate, said fixed plate having a picker opening therethrough; a coil spring coupled between said endless belt and said axle of said second roller for biasing said pusher plate towards said fixed plate; said pusher plate and said fixed plate being adapted for the insertion therebetween of documents to be handled; a picker roller positioned to protrude through said picker opening to contact any document pushed thereagainst by said pusher plate and to move any such document out of the space between said pusher plate and said fixed plate; a document transporting mechanism including a second endless belt; third and fourth rollers linked by second endless belt; moving means for moving said documents along said second endless belt; a defect sensor positioned along said second endless belt in the path of said documents to be handled, said defect sensor producing a defect output signal when a defective bill passes said defect sensor; fifth and sixth output rollers in pressured contact with each other and positioned along the path of said documents to be handled after said second endless belt; a diverter positioned along the path of said documents to be handled, after said endless belt and before said fifth and sixth rollers; a stacker, rotatable from a position in line with the path of said documents to be handled to an output position; a rejected document container positioned out of the paths, from said second endless belt to said stacker but in a position to cooperate with said diverter; said diverter being responsive to said defect output signal from said defect sensor to divert said documents to be handled from the path to said stacker to the path to said rejected document container.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
335 words
A document and currency handling machine which includes: a document input mechanism including a first endless belt linking first and second rollers, each roller having an axle; a pusher plate supported on said first endless belt for movement therewith; a fixed plate supported in said input mechanism in opposition to said pusher plate, said fixed plate having a picker opening therethrough; a coil spring coupled between said endless belt and said axle of said second roller for biasing said pusher plate towards said fixed plate; said pusher plate and said fixed plate being adapted for the insertion therebetween of documents to be handled; a picker roller positioned to protrude through said picker opening to contact any document pushed thereagainst by said pusher plate and to move any such document out of the space between said pusher plate and said fixed plate; a document transporting mechanism including a second endless belt; third and fourth rollers linked by second endless belt; moving means for moving said documents along said second endless belt; a defect sensor positioned along said second endless belt in the path of said documents to be handled, said defect sensor producing a defect output signal when a defective bill passes said defect sensor; fifth and sixth output rollers in pressured contact with each other and positioned along the path of said documents to be handled after said second endless belt; a diverter positioned along the path of said documents to be handled, after said endless belt and before said fifth and sixth rollers; a stacker, rotatable from a position in line with the path of said documents to be handled to an output position; a rejected document container positioned out of the paths, from said second endless belt to said stacker but in a position to cooperate with said diverter; said diverter being responsive to said defect output signal from said defect sensor to divert said documents to be handled from the path to said stacker to the path to said rejected document container.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
69 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 which includes, in addition, counting means for counting documents moving into said stacker and additional means responsive to the counting by said counting means of a predetermined number of documents moved into said stacker to produce a batch signal; means responsive to said batch signal for moving said stacker from said position in line with the path of said documents to said output position.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 which includes, in addition, means for counting the number of rejected documents.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
Apparatus according to claim 2 which includes means for returning said diverter to a position in line with said path of said documents after a defective document has been diverted.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
Apparatus according to claim 2 which includes, in addition, means responsive to said batch signal to stop the movement of said documents to be handled out of said document input mechanism.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 including, in addition, means for tensioning said first endless belt.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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