Note feeder
AssigneeCurrency Systems International
InventorSohail Kayani
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for feeding a currency note into a currency processing machine. This note feeder includes a transporter for transporting notes from a note stack onto a processing belt inside the currency processing machine. The note feeder also includes a mediating transporter that takes the note from the transporter and feeds the note onto the processing belt. The note feeder also includes sensors for determining when the note has left a first feeding area and entered a second feeding area and a sensor that determines when the note has entered onto the processing belt. Based on information received from the sensors, the transporter starts and stops thus providing uniform spacing between notes.
Claims17
A note feeder in a currency processing machine, comprising:
- a transporter in a first feeder section for transporting a first note from a stack of notes onto a transport belt;
- a first sensor in a second feeder section to identify the presence of said first note in said second feeder section;
- a reversing transporter for removing extra notes from said first note;
- a mediating transporter for moving said first note from said transporter onto a processing belt;
- a second sensor in said second feeder section wherein said second sensor identifies when said first note has reached said processing belt;
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- a feedback controller receiving signals from the first and second sensors for controlling the operation of the transporter and the reversing transporter;
- wherein the reversing transporter and the transporter are synchronized to operate and suspend operation at substantially the same time.
A note feeder in a currency processing machine, comprising:
- a transporter in a first feeder section for transporting a first note from a stack of notes onto a transport belt;
- a first sensor in a second feeder section to identify the presence of said first note in said second feeder section;
- a reversing transporter for removing extra notes from said first note;
- a mediating transporter for moving said first note from said transporter onto a processing belt;
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- a second sensor in said second feeder section wherein said second sensor identifies when said first note has reached said processing belt;
- wherein said reversing transporter is a reversing roller;
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- wherein said reversing roller starts in response to a determination that said first note has entered said second feeder section and stops in response to a determination that said first note is under the control of said mediating transporter;
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- wherein said reversing roller and said transporter are synchronized such that the reversing roller and the transporter being operation at substantially the same time and cease operation at substantially the same time.
A note feeder comprising:
- at least one transport roller;
- a transport belt in frictional contact with said at least on transport roller;
- at least one reversing roller;
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- at least one sensor between said transport belt and said reversing roller;
- wherein the at least one reversing roller and the at least one transport belt are synchronized such that the at least one reversing roller and the transport belt cease operation at substantially the same time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.