Document processor with transport buffer
US5204811A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 25, 1991 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/26
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Method and apparatus for processing checks and deposit tickets. The deposit ticket and its corresponding checks are transported through a portion of the apparatus where data representing the monetary amounts displayed on the documents is entered into a computer. The checks are held in a buffer area until all of the checks in the group corresponding to the deposit ticket have had their amounts entered. When the computer indicates that the total of the entered amounts equals the amount on the deposit ticket, the checks are individually withdrawn from the buffer and delivered to an inscriber which encodes or prints monetary data on the checks. By inscribing the checks only after balancing, the need to make corrections to inscribed checks is significantly reduced.
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