Automatic bill dispensing apparatus with a sorting device

Abstract

An efficient and relatively easily manufactured sorting device for separating duplicated banknotes includes a resistant guide unit for initially contacting the banknotes and a rotatable driving unit having a higher friction surface that is positioned downstream of the resistant guide unit for subsequently pulling the banknote from the resistance guide unit whereby a duplicated banknote will be separated. The sorting device can be installed in a dispensing device for storing banknotes and can be positioned in a recycle passageway wherein banknotes can be aligned by an arraying device prior to submission to the sorting device. The resistance guide unit can include a pair of eccentrically mounted fixed curved surface members. A second rotatable roller can be in contact with the rotatable driving roller to form a nipping section downstream of the initial banknote contact with the resistance guide unit.

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