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US 11,851,225 B2Granted
Banknote processing
AssigneeTidel Engineering, L.P.
InventorRobert Wright
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Abstract
Banknote processing equipment is disclosed, which comprises a chamber having an open end for insertion of a bag into the chamber and an extractor adapted to establish a lower ambient pressure between the chamber and the hag to that within the bag to cause the bag to expand into an open configuration during a banknote filling operation, whereby the banknote processing equipment can deposit banknotes in the bag.
Claims20
A method for depositing one or more banknotes into a bag, the method comprising:
- receiving the bag in a chamber, the chamber having an open end;
- expanding the bag by reducing an air pressure within the chamber around the bag;
- clamping a free end of the bag against the chamber by moving one or more flaps into a first position;
- receiving the one or more banknotes into the bag through the free end of the bag;
- releasing the free end of the bag from the chamber by moving the one or more flaps from the first position into a second position;
- and
- sealing the bag in a sealing operation after releasing the free end of the bag from the chamber.
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A system for depositing one or more banknotes, the system including:
- a chamber;
- and
- an open end of the chamber configured to receive a bag having a free end configured to be clamped against the chamber;
- and
- one or more flaps, the bag being expanded by a reduction in air pressure within the chamber and being movable between:
- an open configuration with the one or more flaps in a first position, the one or more banknotes receivable into the bag through the free end of the bag in the open configuration;
- and
- a released configuration with the one or more flaps in a second position, the bag being sealed after the bag is moved from the open configuration to the released configuration.
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A system for depositing one or more banknotes, the system including:
- a bag receivable into an open end of a chamber, the bag being movable between:
- an open configuration with a free end of the bag clamped to the chamber by one or more flaps in a first position;
- a released configuration with the one or more flaps rotated to a second position releasing the free end of the bag;
- and
- a sealed configuration with the free end of the bag being sealed shut;
- wherein the one or more banknotes are receivable into the bag through the free end of the bag when the bag is in the open configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.