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US 12,473,109 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:
- positioning the bag in a chamber;
- expanding the bag;
- clamping a free end of the bag using a clamping arrangement;
- receiving the one or more banknotes into the bag;
- and
- sealing the bag using a sealing operation which includes a sealing mechanism configured to move into engagement with the bag as the clamping arrangement releases the free end of the bag.
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A system for depositing one or more banknotes, the system including:
- a chamber;
- a sealing mechanism;
- and
- an open end of the chamber configured to receive a bag, the chamber is configured to expand the bag by a reduction in air pressure within the chamber, and the chamber is movable between:
- an open configuration with the one or more banknotes receivable into the bag through a free end of the bag;
- and
- a sealed configuration with the bag sealed by the sealing mechanism.
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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 a clamping arrangement;
- and
- a sealed configuration with the free end of the bag being sealed shut by a sealing mechanism configured to move into engagement with the bag as the clamping arrangement releases the free end of the bag;
- 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.