Transactional Currency Sanitizer
OwnerDavid Alan Pooleinventor
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Abstract
A transactional currency sanitizer which includes an enclosure, a deposit device on the enclosure for depositing the currency into said enclosure, an ultraviolet radiation-producing (UV) device with at least two spaced-apart UV light emitters, and a retrieval device on the enclosure for retrieving the currency from said enclosure. The deposit device is configured to receive the currency and pass the currency between the at least two spaced-apart UV light emitters to sanitize both sides of the currency and the retrieval device is configured to accept the sanitized currency from between said device at least two spaced-apart UV light emitters and to provide the sanitized currency for retrieval from said enclosure.
Claims27
A transactional currency sanitizer, comprising:
- an enclosure;
- a deposit device on said enclosure for depositing the currency into said enclosure;
- an ultraviolet radiation-producing (UV) device inside of said enclosure, said UV device comprising at least two spaced-apart UV light emitters;
- a retrieval device on said enclosure for retrieving the currency from said enclosure;
- wherein said deposit device is configured to receive the currency and pass the currency between said at least two spaced-apart UV light emitters to sanitize both sides of the currency;
- and
- wherein said retrieval device is configured to accept said sanitized currency from between said at least two spaced-apart UV light emitters and to provide said sanitized currency for retrieval from said enclosure.
A transactional currency sanitizer, comprising:
- a bill sanitizer;
- a coin sanitizer;
- an ultraviolet radiation-producing (UV) device, said UV device comprising at least two spaced-apart UV light emitters;
- at least one collection drawer;
- and
- an enclosure;
- wherein said bill sanitizer is capable of directing an individual bill of currency through said at least two spaced-apart UV light emitters to sanitize both sides of said individual bill of currency;
- wherein said bill sanitizer is capable of depositing said the individual bill of currency into an individual collection drawer;
- wherein said coin sanitizer is capable of directing an individual coin of currency through said at least two spaced-apart UV light emitters to sanitize both sides of said individual coin of currency;
- and
- wherein said coin sanitizer is capable of depositing said the individual coin of currency into another individual collection drawer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.