Device for processing sheet objects such as banknotes
AssigneeMoney Controls Limited
InventorMalcolm Reginald Hallas Bell
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Abstract
A device for processing sheet objects comprises a tamper proof housing that contains an opening device operable to receive a container containing sheet objects such as banknotes from outside the housing and to open the container within the housing, and a counter configured to count sheet objects from the opened container within the housing and produce a count signal corresponding to the number of sheet objects counted. The count signal can be checked against reference data received from another location or derived from data carried in the container on a RFID tag.
Claims17
A device for processing sheet objects, comprising a housing that contains:
- (a) a container of resiliently deformable material containing the sheet objects wherein the container is sealed shut with the sheet objects therein,
- (b) an opening device operable to receive the container and being operable to burst the container and open the container within the housing, and
- (c) a counter configured to count the sheet objects from the opened container within the housing and produce a count signal corresponding to the number of the sheet objects counted, each sheet object having a denomination.
A device for processing sheet objects in a sealed container, the sealed container containing the sheet objects therein, comprising:
- a lockable housing to receive the sealed container therein,
- an opening device to open the container when received in the housing and the housing is locked closed,
- a counter configured to count the sheet objects from the container within the locked sealed container, the device being so configured that access to the sheet objects in the container is only permitted after the sheet objects have been counted by the counter,
- means to receive data corresponding to the sheet objects of the container, and
- means for checking the contents counted by the counter against said data before access is permitted to the sheet objects counted by the counter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.