Device and method for the input and storage of banknotes
AssigneeGiesecke & Devrient GmbH
InventorsUlrich Frank, Xaver Thum, August Haeusler
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for inputting and depositing bank notes, whereby checked bank notes are temporarily stored in a stacking device singly or in bundles. To permit secure transport of bank notes from a stacking position to an end cashbox, temporarily stored bank notes are stacked on a deposit surface that is then itself moved to a position associated with the end cashbox, so that bank notes can be deposited in the end cashbox in said position.
Claims15
An apparatus for inputting bank notes and depositing all or at least a portion of the inputted bank notes, having a checking device for checking at least one bank-note property of inputted bank notes, a stacking device for temporarily storing individual or a plurality of bank notes checked by the checking device, and an end cashbox for depositing bank notes temporarily stored in the stacking device, a part of the stacking device being a stack carrier unit having a deposit surface on which bank notes can be deposited, and the stack carrier unit being adapted to be moved such that bank notes temporarily stored in the stacking device can be transported from a first position associated with the stacking device to a second position associated with the end cashbox, characterized in that bank notes can be urged out of the second position of the stack carrier unit into the end cashbox.
A method for inputting bank notes and depositing all or at least a portion of the inputted bank notes in an end cashbox, whereby after a check of at least one bank-note property of inputted bank notes said notes are temporarily stored in a stacking device singly or in bundles, checked bank notes being deposited for temporary storage on a deposit surface of a stack carrier unit, and the stack carrier unit then being moved such that bank notes temporarily stored in the stacking device are transported from a first position associated with the stacking device to a second position associated with the end cashbox, characterized in that bank notes are urged out of the second position into the end cashbox.
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