Bank note handling system for strictly controlling the resupplying of bank note cassettes

A bank note handling system comprising:

• a cabinet having a money outlet port through which bank notes are dispensed;
• removable cassette means in the cabinet for storing the bank notes to be supplied, the bank notes including notes having a desired denomination and being subject to the inclusion of notes having undesired denominations, the cassette means including:
• memory means for storing various data including denomination data corresponding to the desired denomination of the bank notes;
• a cassette body having a space for containing the bank notes therein;
• an openable lid mounted to said cassette body;
• means for detecting that said lid is open and generating a detection signal indicative thereof;
• and
• means for storing data corresponding to said detection signal into said memory means;
• means, in the cabinet, for reading the denomination data from the memory means;
• means, in the cabinet, for conveying the bank notes from the cassette means to the money outlet port;
• means, in the cabinet, for discriminating the denomination of each of the bank notes conveyed by the conveying means;
• and
• means, in the cabinet, for comparing the denomination discriminated by the discriminating means with the denomination data read by the reading means for detecting the presence of the notes having the undesired denominations.

A bank note handling system comprising:

• a cabinet having a money outlet port through which bank notes are dispensed;
• first removable cassette means, in the cabinet, for storing bank notes to be supplied, the bank notes including notes having a desired denomination and being subject to the inclusion of notes having undesired denominations, the first cassette means including:
• memory means for storing various data including denomination data corresponding to the desired denomination of the bank notes;
• a first cassette body having a space for containing the bank notes therein;
• an openable lid mounted to said first cassette body;
• means for detecting that said lid is open and generating a detection signal indicative thereof;
• and
• means for storing data corresponding to said detection signal into said memory means;
• means, in the cabinet, for reading the denomination data from the memory means;
• second cassette means for storing the bank notes to be dispensed through the money outlet port, said second cassette means including a second cassette body having a second space for containing the bank notes therein;
• means, in the cabinet, for conveying the bank notes from the first cassette means to the second cassette means;
• means, in the cabinet, for discriminating the denomination of each of the bank notes conveyed from the first cassette means to the second cassette means by the conveying means;
• and
• means, in the cabinet, for comparing the denomination discriminated by the discriminating means with the denomination data read by the reading means for detecting the presence of the notes having the undesired denominations.

A bank note handling system comprising:

• a base;
• removable cassette means in the base for storing bank notes to be supplied, the bank notes including notes having a desired denomination and being subject to the inclusion of notes having undesired denominations, the cassette means including memory means for storing various data including denomination data corresponding to the desired denomination of the bank notes;
• means for reading the denomination data from the memory means;
• means for removing the bank notes from the cassette means;
• means for discriminating the denomination of each of the bank notes removed from the cassette means;
• means for comparing the denomination discriminated by the discriminating means with the denomination data read by the reading means for detecting the presence of notes having said undesired denominations;
• and
• means for sorting and resupplying the bank notes to said removable cassette means, said sorting and resupplying means comprising:
• feeding means for placing the bank notes into said cassette means;
• means for counting an amount of the bank notes placed in said cassette means;
• means for discriminating a denomination of each of the bank notes placed in said cassette means;
• and
• means for storing counting data and denomination data into said memory means.

A bank note handling system comprising:

• a cabinet having a money outlet port through which bank notes are dispensed;
• removable cassette means in the cabinet for storing the bank notes to be supplied, the bank notes including notes having a desired denomination and being subject to the inclusion of notes having undesired denominations, the cassette means including memory means for storing various denomination data including denomination data corresponding to the desired denomination of the bank notes;
• means, in the cabinet, for reading the denomination data from the memory means;
• means, in the cabinet, for conveying bank notes from the cassette means to the money outlet port;
• means, in the cabinet, for discriminating the denomination of each of the bank notes conveyed by the conveying means;
• means, in the cabinet, for comparing the denomination discriminated by the discriminating means with the denomination data read by the reading means for detecting the presence of the notes having said undesired denominations;
• and
• means for sorting and resupplying the bank notes to said removable cassette means, said sorting and resupplying means comprising:
• feeding means for placing the bank notes into said cassette means;
• means for counting an amount of the bank notes placed in said cassette means;
• means for discriminating a denomination of each of the bank notes placed in said cassette means;
• and
• means for storing counting data and denomination data into said memory means.

A bank note handling system comprising:

• a cabinet having a money outlet port through which bank notes are dispensed;
• first removable cassette means in the cabinet for storing the bank notes to be supplied, the bank notes including notes having a desired denomination and being subject to the inclusion of notes having undesired denominations, the first cassette means including memory means for storing various data including denomination data corresponding to the desired denomination of the bank notes;
• means in the cabinet for reading the denomination data from the memory means;
• second cassette means for storing the bank notes to be dispensed through the money outlet port;
• means, in the cabinet, for conveying the bank notes from the first cassette means to the second cassette means;
• means, in the cabinet, for discriminating the denomination of each of the bank note conveyed from the first cassette means to the second cassette means by the conveying means;
• means, in the cabinet, for comparing the denomination discriminated by the discriminating means with the denomination data read by the reading means for detecting the presence of the notes having an undesired denomination;
• and
• means for sorting and resupplying the bank notes to said first removable cassette means, said sorting and resupplying means comprising:
• feeding means for placing the bank notes into said cassette means;
• means for counting an amount of the bank notes placed in said cassette means;
• means for discriminating a denomination of each of the bank notes placed in said cassette means;
• and
• means for storing counting data and denomination data into said memory means.