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Automatic bank note depositing and dispensing machine

US4697708A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 12, 1985
Grant dateOct 6, 1987
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Expiry dateJun 12, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07D11/25
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An automatic bank note depositing and dispensing machine includes a first detector for detecting when the number of bank notes in a container is smaller than a first prescribed number, a second detector for detecting when the number of bank notes in the container is larger than a second prescribed number, a bank note transfer assembly for delivering bank notes to and receiving bank notes from a fixed or self-propelled external delivery unit in response to output signals from the first and second detectors, a first feeder for receiving bank notes via the bank note transfer assembly from the external delivery unit when the number of bank notes in the container is detected by the first detector as being smaller than the first prescribed number, and for feeding the received bank notes to the bank note container, and a second feeder for feeding bank notes via the bank note transfer assembly from the bank note container to the external delivery unit when the number of bank notes in the container is detected by the second detector as being larger than the second prescribed number.

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