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Apparatus for sorting sheets

US4694963A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 14, 1986
Grant dateSep 22, 1987
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Expiry dateJul 14, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07D11/50
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for sorting sheets is disclosed, which comprises a feeder for setting a mixture of different kinds of sheets, the set sheets being fed one by one for sorting, a judging circuit for judging the kind of sheets being transported through the body after having been fed from the feeder, and a stacking section for stacking sorted bills according to the results of the judging circuit. The stacking section includes an upper stacker, a lower stacker, and a reject stacker, sheets of a specified kind being stacked in the upper stacker, sheets incapable of being judged being stacked in the reject stacker, and the other sheets being stacked in the lower stacker.

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