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US 5,687,963 AGranted
Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents
AssigneeCummison-Allison Corp.
InventorDouglas U. Mennie
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AssigneeCummison-Allison Corp.
InventorDouglas U. Mennie
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A currency handling apparatus wherein an input bin is provided for accepting a stack of bills from which bottom bills are to be successively fed in single file in a given feed direction along a bill transport path. The apparatus is provided with a feed arrangement comprising a bill supporting surface for supporting a stack of bills and a stripping wheel. The stripping wheel projects through the bill supporting surface so as to contact the stack of bills. The stripping wheel has a circumference and a high-friction surface and/or a raised surface along only a portion of its circumference such that during rotation of said stripping wheel said high-friction portion and/or raised portion intermittently engages the lowermost bill of the stack of bills. The stripping wheel is always stopped with the high-friction portion and/or the raised portion of its circumference below the bill supporting surface.
In a currency handling apparatus wherein an input bin is provided for accepting a stack of bills from which bottom bills are to be successively fed in single file in a given feed direction along a bill transport path, a feed arrangement comprising:
In a currency handling apparatus wherein an input bin is provided for accepting a stack of bills from which bottom bills are to be successively fed in single file in a given feed direction along a bill transport path, a feed arrangement comprising:
In a currency handling apparatus having an area for accepting a stack of bills from which bottom bills are to be successively fed along a bill transport path, a feed arrangement comprising:
In a currency handling apparatus having an area for accepting a stack of bills from which bottom bills are to be successively fed along a bill transport path, a feed arrangement comprising:
A method of operating a stripping wheel in a feed arrangement of a currency handling apparatus, the apparatus having an area for accepting a stack of bills, a stripping wheel having a circumference, the stripping wheel rotatably mounted about an axis, the stripping wheel having a raised surface along only a portion of its circumference such that during rotation of the stripping wheel the raised portion intermittently engages the stack of bills, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of operating a stripping wheel in a feed arrangement of a currency handling apparatus, the apparatus having an area for accepting a stack of bills, a stripping wheel having a circumference, the stripping wheel rotatably mounted about an axis, the stripping wheel having a high-friction surface along only a portion of its circumference such that during rotation of the stripping wheel the high-friction portion intermittently engages the stack of bills, the method comprising the steps of:
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