Device, an apparatus and a method for directing bank notes

A method for directing a bank note, wherein the bank note can be directed along a first path by controlling a first note feeder, a second note feeder, and a single brushed roller in the path of the bank note between the first note feeder and the second note feeder, wherein the brushed roller comprises an axis and bristles, each bristle being attached at one end to the axis and extending radially from said axis, the distribution of bristles extending along a longitudinal direction of the axis;

• said method comprising:
• receiving a first path selection signal, indicating a desired bank note movement along the first path from the first note feeder via the brushed roller to the second note feeder;
• in response to receiving the first path selection signal, setting a feeding direction and a feeding speed of the first note feeder such that it presents the leading edge of the bank note to the brushed roller, the feeding direction of the first note feeder being a direction tangential to a surface of the bank note;
• in response to receiving the first path selection signal, setting the rotational direction and rotational speed of the brushed roller such that it engages the bank note presented by the first note feeder and directs the leading edge of the bank note towards the second note feeder;
• in response to receiving the first path selection signal, setting a feeding direction and a feeding speed of the second note feeder such that it accepts the leading edge of the bank note from the brushed roller, the feeding direction of the second note feeder being a direction tangential to a surface of the bank note;
• wherein at least one note feeder comprises two co-acting belts and at least a first of the two co-acting belts is in contact with at least two pulleys, wherein the note feeder is configured to feed the bank note along a direction tangential to a surface of the bank note by sandwiching the bank note between the two co-acting belts such that the first of the two co-acting belts contacts a first surface of the bank note and a second of the two co-acting belts contacts a second surface, opposite the first surface, of the bank note, and moving the two-co-acting belts in the direction tangential to a surface of the bank note such that the first surface of the bank note contacts the first of the two co-acting belts at a location of a first of the at least two pulleys and subsequently at a location of a second of the at least two pulleys.