Device for the acceptance and delivery of banknotes and process for its operation

A process for accepting, storing, and delivering banknotes comprising,

• accepting banknotes in a deposit opening,
• testing said banknotes by scanning at least one side of said banknotes,
• comparing said scanned side with a preselected set of stored banknotes and generating value signals corresponding to the denomination, the type and the orientation of said banknotes,
• transporting said banknotes along a conveying system in response to said value signals,
• stacking said banknotes in a banknote stockpile,
• restacking said banknotes in said banknote stockpile so that a banknote of predetermined denomination is available for delivery, and so that unidentified banknotes are removed from said banknote stockpile,
• withdrawing said banknote of predetermined denomination from said banknote stockpile,
• testing said banknote of predetermined denomination, and
• delivering said banknote of predetermined denomination to a delivery opening.

A device for accepting, storing and delivering a predetermined set of banknotes, comprising

• a housing,
• a deposit opening in said housing for receiving banknotes in said housing,
• a delivery opening in said housing for delivering banknotes from said housing,
• testing means for determining the denomination of banknotes within said housing and for producing value signals in response thereto,
• a banknote stockpile for storing banknotes in said housing and for delivering banknotes to said delivery opening, said banknote stockpile comprising at least one till having a till input, a till output, and a till switch having first and second branches located at said till output,
• a conveying system interconnecting said deposit opening, said testing means, said banknote stockpile, and said delivery opening along which said banknotes are conveyed, said conveying system comprising a first segment connecting said delivery opening to said testing means, a second segment connecting said testing means to a delivery switch having first and second branches, a third segment connecting said first branch of said delivery switch to said till input, a fourth segment connecting said first branch of said till switch to said second segment, a fifth segment connecting said second branch of said till switch to said testing means, and a sixth segment connecting said second branch of said delivery switch to said delivery opening, and drive means for driving said banknotes along said conveying means, and
• control means connected to said testing means, to said till switch, to said delivery switch, and to said drive means, for conveying banknotes from said deposit opening through said testing means to said till input, from said till output through said testing means to said delivery opening, and from said till output to said till input in order to restack said banknotes in said banknote stockpile, in response to said value signals received from said testing means.

A device for accepting, storing and delivering a predetermined set of banknotes, comprising

• a housing,
• a deposit opening in said housing for receiving banknotes in said housing,
• a delivery opening in said housing for delivering selected banknotes from said housing,
• testing means for determining the denomination of banknotes within said housing and for producing value signals in response thereto,
• a banknote stockpile means for storing banknotes of said predetermined set in said housing in a stack irrespective of their denominations, and for delivering said selected banknotes from said stack to said delivery opening, said banknote stockpile means comprising at least one till containing said stack having a till input, a till output, and a till switch having first and second branches located at said till output,
• a conveying system interconnecting said deposit opening, said testing means, said banknote stockpile means, and said delivery opening along which said banknotes are conveyed, and
• control means connected to said testing means, to said till switch, and to said conveyor system for conveying banknotes from said deposit opening through said testing means to said till input, from said till output through said testing means to said delivery opening, and from said till output to said till input in order to restack said banknotes in said banknote stockpile means while searching said stack for said selected banknotes, in response to said value signals received from said testing means.