# US 11,908,264 B2 · Multipurpose cashbag level and banknote presence in escrow detector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,908,264 B2 - Document ID: US11908264B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/452,312 - Filed: 2021-10-26 - Published: 2022-02-10 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-19 - Assignees: Crane Payment Innovations, Inc. - Applicants: Crane Payment Innovations, Inc. - Inventors: Dmytro Baydin; Pavlo Tsushko; Yurii Rudenko; Vitaliy Kochubey; David Charles Deaville; Vjatseslav Balovnev - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11908264B2 ## CPC - G07D 11/23: for sensing the quantity of valuable papers in containers - B65B 5/067: {in bags (B65B5/061 - B65B5/065 take precedence)} - B65B 35/50: Stacking one article, or group of articles, upon another before packaging - B65B 51/10: Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof {(welding of plastics per se B29C65/02; closing plastic tube ends in general B29C57/10)} - B65B 57/10: responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged - B65B 57/14: and operating to control, or stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged - B65B 57/20: Applications of counting devices for controlling the feed of articles (other applications B65B65/08) - B65H 29/34: from supports slid from under the articles - B65H 31/3018: {from opposite part-support elements, e.g. operated simultaneously} - G07D 11/12: Containers for valuable papers - G07D 11/14: Inlet or outlet ports - G07D 11/16: Handling of valuable papers (within containers G07D11/13) - G07D 11/235: for monitoring or indicating operating conditions; for detecting malfunctions - B65H 2301/422548: filling or loading process - G07D 2211/00: Paper-money handling devices - G07D: HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES ## Abstract This disclosure relates to a cashbag sealing system. The system comprises a banknote transport mechanism operable to transport a banknote to a storing unit. The storing unit includes a banknote storing bag detachably coupled to the storing unit, and an escrow plate operable to escrow the banknote before the banknote transported to the storing unit is stored in the banknote storing bag, wherein the escrow plate is operable to move from a horizontally extending hold position to a downwardly or obliquely downwardly extending release position, and wherein the banknote transported to the storing unit is escrowed on the escrow plate when the escrow plate is located at the hold position. The system further comprises a sensor configured to detect a presence of the banknote on the escrow plate, and measure a level of banknotes in the banknote storing bag. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cashbag sealing system comprising: a banknote transport mechanism; a storing unit, wherein the banknote transport mechanism is operable to transport a banknote to the storing unit, wherein the storing unit is operable to store the banknote transported to the storing unit, and wherein the storing unit includes: a banknote storing bag to store the banknote, the banknote storing bag detachably coupled to the storing unit; and an escrow plate provided above the banknote storing bag operable to escrow the banknote before the banknote transported to the storing unit is stored in the banknote storing bag, wherein the escrow plate is operable to move from a horizontally extending hold position to a release position, and wherein the banknote transported to the storing unit is escrowed on the escrow plate when the escrow plate is located at the horizontally extending hold position; and a sensor configured to: measure a height of a banknote stack on the escrow plate; and measure a level of banknotes in the banknote storing bag, wherein the sensor is located on a top portion of the storing unit and faces down towards the escrow plate, and wherein the escrow plate is arranged to allow the sensor to view into the banknote storing bag. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cashbag sealing system of claim 1, wherein the escrow plate either (i) includes a through hole or (ii) is transparent or partially transparent, allowing the sensor to view into the banknote storing bag. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cashbag sealing system of claim 1, wherein the escrow plate is pivoted on a shaft, the escrow plate operable to turn about the shaft from the horizontally extending hold position to the release position, wherein the release position is a downwardly or obliquely downwardly extending release position. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The cashbag sealing system of claim 3, wherein the storing unit includes multiple escrow plates, each escrow plate operable to turn about a shaft from the horizontally extending hold position to the downwardly or obliquely downwardly extending release position, and wherein the banknote transported to the storing unit is escrowed on the escrow plates when the escrow plates are located at the horizontally extending hold position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The cashbag sealing system of claim 1, wherein the sensor transmits a signal confirming an arrival of the banknote to the storing unit, and wherein the sensor sends a signal to initiate movement of the escrow plate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The cashbag sealing system of claim 1, wherein the sensor is protected by a protective cover. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The cashbag sealing system of claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured to detect banknotes stuck to a side of the banknote storing bag. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The cashbag sealing system of claim 1, wherein the storing unit includes a heating element, and wherein the heating element is configured to provide a nonlinear sealing of the banknote storing bag. ### Claim 9 A cashbag sealing system comprising: a banknote transport mechanism; a storing unit, wherein the banknote transport mechanism is operable to transport a banknote to the storing unit, wherein the storing unit is operable to store the banknote transported to the storing unit, and wherein the storing unit includes: a banknote storing bag to store the banknote, the banknote storing bag detachably coupled to the storing unit; and an escrow plate provided above the banknote storing bag operable to escrow the banknote before the banknote transported to the storing unit is stored in the banknote storing bag, wherein the escrow plate is operable to move from a horizontally extending hold position to a release position, and wherein the banknote transported to the storing unit is escrowed on the escrow plate when the escrow plate is located at the horizontally extending hold position; and a sensor configured to: measure a height of a banknote stack on the escrow plate; and detect a presence of the banknote storing bag, wherein the sensor is located on a top portion of the storing unit and faces down towards the escrow plate, and wherein the escrow plate is arranged to allow the sensor to view into the banknote storing bag. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The cashbag sealing system of claim 9, wherein the escrow plate either (i) includes a through hole or (ii) is transparent or partially transparent, allowing the sensor to view into the banknote storing bag. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The cashbag sealing system of claim 9, wherein the escrow plate is pivoted on a shaft, the escrow plate operable to turn about the shaft from the horizontally extending hold position to the release position, wherein the release position is a downwardly or obliquely downwardly extending release position. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The cashbag sealing system of claim 11, wherein the storing unit includes multiple escrow plates, each escrow plate operable to turn about a shaft from the horizontally extending hold position to the downwardly or obliquely downwardly extending release position, and wherein the banknote transported to the storing unit is escrowed on the escrow plates when the escrow plates are located at the horizontally extending hold position. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The cashbag sealing system of claim 9, wherein the sensor transmits a signal confirming an arrival of the banknote to the storing unit, and wherein the sensor sends a signal to initiate movement of the escrow plate. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The cashbag sealing system of claim 9, wherein the sensor is protected by a protective cover. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The cashbag sealing system of claim 9, wherein the sensor sends a signal to indicate improper installation of the banknote storing bag. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The cashbag sealing system of claim 9, wherein the sensor sends a signal to indicate an absence of the banknote storing bag. ### Claim 17 (depends on 9) The cashbag sealing system of claim 9, wherein the sensor is configured to measure a seal quality of the banknote storing bag. ### Claim 18 (depends on 9) The cashbag sealing system of claim 9, wherein the storing unit includes a heating element, and wherein the heating element is configured to provide a nonlinear sealing of the banknote storing bag. ### Claim 19 A cashbag sealing system comprising: a banknote transport mechanism; a storing unit, wherein the banknote transport mechanism is operable to transport a banknote to the storing unit, wherein the storing unit is operable to store the banknote transported to the storing unit, and wherein the storing unit includes a banknote storing bag to store the banknote, the banknote storing bag detachably coupled to the storing unit; an escrow plate provided above the banknote storing bag; and a sensing means for measuring a level of banknotes in the banknote storing bag, and for detecting a presence of the banknote storing bag, wherein the sensing means is located on a top portion of the storing unit and faces down towards the escrow plate, and wherein the escrow plate is arranged to allow the sensing means to view into the banknote storing bag. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The cashbag sealing system of claim 19, wherein: the escrow plate is operable to escrow the banknote before the banknote transported to the storing unit is stored in the banknote storing bag; the escrow plate comprises a means to retain the escrowed banknote in a holding position and to move the escrow plate into a release position to drop the banknote into the banknote storing bag; and the sensing means is further for detecting a presence of the escrowed banknote on the escrow plate, and for measuring a height of a banknote stack on the escrow plate.