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AssigneeCummins-Allison Corp.
InventorsCharles P. Jenrick, Robert J. Klein, Curtis W. Hallowell
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A method and apparatus for handling bill jams within a currency processing device is provided. The device includes a transport mechanism adapted to transport bills along a transport path, one at a time, from the input receptacle past an evaluation unit into a plurality of output receptacles. At least one of the output receptacles includes a holding area and a storage area. A plurality of bill passage sensors are sequentially disposed along the transport path that are adapted to detect the passage of a bill as each bill is transported past each sensor. An encoder is adapted to produce an encoder count for each incremental movement of the transport mechanism. A controller counts the total number of bills transported into each of the holding areas and the total number of bills moved from a holding area to a corresponding storage area after a predetermined number of bills have been transported into the holding area. The controller tracks the movement of each of the bills along the transport path into each of the holding areas with the plurality of bill passage sensors. The presence of a bill jam is detected when a bill is not transported past one of the plurality of bill passage sensors within a requisite number of encoder counts. The operation of the transport mechanism is suspended upon detection of a bill jam. The bills from each of the holding areas are moved to the corresponding storage areas upon suspension of the operation of the transport mechanism. Remaining bills are then flushed from the transport path after moving the bills from each of the holding areas to the corresponding storage areas upon suspension of the operation of the transport mechanism.
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A currency processing device for monitoring the transportation of bills being processed by the device, the device comprising:
An apparatus for feeding a plurality of stacked currency bills into a currency handling device, the apparatus comprising:
An apparatus for feeding a plurality of stacked currency bills into a currency handling device, the apparatus comprising:
A method for loading a plurality of stacks of currency bills into a currency handling device, the currency handling device having an input receptacle configured to receive a plurality of stacks of bills, the input receptacle having a front end and a back end, bills being feed into the device from the front end of the receptacle, the input receptacle having a first paddle and a second paddle each being adapted to urge the plurality of stacks of bills towards the front end of the input receptacle, the method comprising the acts of:
A method for loading a plurality of stacks of currency bills into a currency handling device, the currency handling device having an input receptacle being configured to receive a plurality of stacks of bills, the input receptacle having a front end and a back end, bills being feed into the device from the front end of the input receptacle, the input receptacle having a first paddle and a second paddle each being adapted to urge the stacked bills towards the front end of the input receptacle, the method comprising the acts of:
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