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US 12,097,298 B1Granted
Sterilizing currency counter
OwnerCarla Ashmoreinventor
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Abstract
A currency sterilizing machine includes an internal sorting, counting, and stacking mechanism of the type found in conventional currency-counting devices. Within the housing interior is a sterilizing device for disinfecting currency as it passes through the machine. The sterilizing device is either a spray nozzle for dispensing a disinfectant or a plurality of UVC radiators for destroying microorganisms.
Claims7
A machine for sterilizing currency comprising:
- a housing having a front end, a rear end and interior chamber;
- a stacking tray on the front end of the housing;
- a feeding hopper at the rear end of the housing for receiving unsterilized bank notes;
- means for moving currency from said feeding hopper, through said interior chamber and to said stacking tray;
- a reservoir having a disinfectant therein;
- a plurality of dispensing nozzles extending from said reservoir, each of said nozzles having an outlet positioned to coat each of two sides of a bank note as said bank note travels through the interior chamber to said stacking tray.
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A machine for sterilizing currency comprising:
- a housing having a front end, a rear end and interior chamber;
- a stacking tray on the front end of the housing;
- a feeding hopper at the rear end of the housing for receiving unsterilized bank notes;
- means for moving said bank notes from said feeding hopper, through said interior chamber and to said stacking tray;
- multiple rows of ultraviolet light radiators each including multiple rows of ultraviolet LEDs mounted on a strip for emitting a high-intensity light field to disinfect the bank notes passing through said housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.