Currency processing device, method and system

A U.S. currency processing device for receiving a U.S. stack of U.S. currency bills and rapidly processing the bills in the stack, the device comprising:

• an input receptacle positioned to receive a stack of U.S. currency bills to be processed;
• a set of output receptacles, for receiving bills after the bills have been processed, comprising no more than 10 output receptacles, the set of output receptacles comprising a first plurality of output receptacles and a second plurality of output receptacles laterally offset from each other with respect to the direction of transport into the output receptacles, the first plurality of output receptacles at least including a first output receptacle and a second output receptacle, the second output receptacle being positioned above the first output receptacle, the second plurality of output receptacles at least including a third output receptacle and a fourth output receptacle, the third and fourth output receptacles being positioned to one side of the first plurality of output receptacles, the fourth output receptacle being positioned above the third output receptacle;
• a transport mechanism adapted to transport the bills, one at a time, from the input receptacle to the output receptacles, the transport mechanism being configured to transport the bills while maintaining the same edge of a bill as leading throughout the transport of the bill between the input and output receptacles;
• at least one detector positioned between the input receptacle and the output receptacles, the detector generating at least one output signal used to at least count and determine the denomination of the bills;
• and
• a housing for the input receptacle, the set of output receptacles, the transport mechanism, and the at least one detector, the housing having a height, a width and a depth, the height and the width defining a faceprint of the device having a square footage equal to the height multiplied by the width,
• wherein the device includes between about 1.35 and 1.93 output receptacles per square foot of the housing faceprint.

A currency processing device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly processing the bills in the stack, the device comprising:

• an input receptacle positioned to receive a stack of bills to be processed;
• a set of output receptacles, for receiving bills after the bills have been processed, comprising no more than 10 output receptacles, the set of output receptacles comprising a first plurality of output receptacles and a second plurality of output receptacles laterally offset from each other with respect to the direction of transport into the output receptacles, the first plurality of output receptacles at least including a first output receptacle and a second output receptacle, the second output receptacle being positioned above the first output receptacle, the second plurality of output receptacles at least including a third output receptacle and a fourth output receptacle, the third and fourth output receptacles being positioned to one side of the first plurality of output receptacles, the fourth output receptacle being positioned above the third output receptacle;
• a transport mechanism adapted to transport the bills, one at a time, from the input receptacle to the output receptacles, the transport mechanism being configured to transport the bills while maintaining the same edge of a bill as leading throughout the transport of the bill between the input and output receptacles;
• at least one detector positioned between the input receptacle and the output receptacles, the detector generating at least one output signal used to at least count and determine the denomination of the bills;
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• a housing for the input receptacle, the set of output receptacles, the transport mechanism, and the at least one detector, the housing having a height, a width and a depth, the height and the width defining a faceprint of a front of the device having a square footage equal to the height multiplied by the width,
• wherein the device includes between about 1.35 and 1.93 output receptacles per square foot of the housing faceprint, and wherein the output receptacles are open such that bills stored in a respective one of the output receptacles may be removed by an operator from the front of the device.