Currency arranging and stacking apparatus
OwnerAlan Poladinventor
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Abstract
A currency arranging and stacking apparatus with a hopper for receiving a plurality of paper currency bills and a bill stacker for receiving and stacking unfolded and paper currency bills in a common orientation. Between the hopper and bill stacker, the apparatus includes a currency unfolding apparatus, the currency unfolding apparatus having a vacuum belt under negative pressure for holding the paper currency bills and a wheel engaging the vacuum belt that rotates at a speed different from the vacuum belt, thereby unfolding folded paper currency bills. A currency creasing apparatus comprising a first creasing wheel and a second creasing wheel, creases the paper currency bills to prevent them from re-folding before uniform assembly in the bill stacker.
Claims20
A currency arranging and stacking apparatus having a motorized hopper for receiving a plurality of paper currency bills, and a bill stacker for receiving and stacking unfolded and paper currency bills in a common orientation, the apparatus comprising:
- a feed hopper configured for receiving a plurality of paper currency bills in bulk;
- a pocket conveyor configured to elevate the plurality of paper currency bills and deposit the plurality of paper currency bills into the motorized hopper;
- the motorized hopper comprising at least one feed regulator configured for separating overlapping individual paper currency bills;
- a slider for receiving the separated individual paper currency bills, the slider having a series of slider slots, the slider slots configured to orient individual paper currency bills lengthwise and parallel to the slider slots;
- a transport for receiving the individual paper currency bills oriented by the slider, the transport having a currency unfolding apparatus, the currency unfolding apparatus comprising a vacuum belt under negative pressure for holding the individual paper currency bills against the vacuum belt;
- the currency unfolding apparatus further comprising a lower wheel engaging the vacuum belt, the lower wheel rotating at a speed different from the vacuum belt, thereby unfolding folded paper currency bills traveling between the lower wheel and the vacuum belt;
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- a currency creasing apparatus comprising a first creasing wheel and a second creasing wheel, the first creasing wheel and the second creasing wheel creasing the paper currency bills lengthwise to prevent the paper currency bills from re-folding before transmission to the bill stacker.
A currency arranging and stacking apparatus having a motorized hopper for receiving a plurality of paper currency bills, and a bill stacker for receiving and stacking unfolded and paper currency bills in a common orientation, the apparatus comprising:
- a feed hopper configured for receiving a plurality of paper currency bills in bulk;
- a pocket conveyor configured to elevate the plurality of paper currency bills and deposit the plurality of paper currency bills into the motorized hopper;
- the motorized hopper comprising at least one feed regulator configured for separating overlapping individual paper currency bills;
- a slider for receiving the separated individual paper currency bills, the slider having a series of slider slots configured to orient individual paper currency bills lengthwise and parallel to the slider slots;
- a currency unfolding apparatus comprising a moving vacuum belt and a lower wheel engaging the vacuum belt, the lower wheel configured to turn in the same direction as, but at a speed different from the vacuum belt, the vacuum belt being under negative pressure for holding the paper currency bills against the vacuum belt;
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- a currency creasing apparatus comprising a first creasing wheel and a second creasing wheel, the first creasing wheel and the second creasing wheel creasing the paper currency bills lengthwise to prevent the paper currency bills from re-folding before transmission to the bill stacker.
A currency arranging and stacking apparatus having a motorized hopper for receiving a plurality of paper currency bills, and a bill stacker for receiving and stacking unfolded and paper currency bills in a common orientation, the apparatus comprising:
- a currency unfolding apparatus downstream from the motorized hopper, the currency unfolding apparatus comprising a moving vacuum belt and a lower wheel engaging the vacuum belt, the lower wheel configured to turn in a complimentary direction to the vacuum belt, and further configured to turn at a speed different from the vacuum belt, the vacuum belt being under negative pressure for holding the paper currency bills against the vacuum belt;
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- a currency creasing apparatus downstream from the currency unfolding apparatus, the currency creasing apparatus comprising a first creasing wheel and a second creasing wheel, the first creasing wheel and the second creasing wheel creasing the paper currency bills lengthwise to prevent the paper currency bills from re-folding before transmission to the bill stacker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.