Banking apparatus for processing the bill and the check
US5321238A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 9, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 9, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F19/202
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A terminal banking apparatus for processing bills and checks includes an input apparatus for inputting the number of each account and the amount of bills or checks at a front counter of a bank, a tentative paying file for storing the number of each account and the corresponding amount input from the input apparatus, a magnetic ink character reader for reading the number of the account described by magnetic ink characters on each of the bills or checks carried, and an amount reader for reading the amount described on the bills or checks stored in the tentative paying file depending on the number of the account read by the character reader. Also included is an amount encoder for describing the amount with magnetic ink characters on the bills or checks, a total amount checking apparatus for checking the total amount depending on the amount read out and a preset total amount, a lateral-line marking apparatus for marking lateral lines on bills or checks, an imaging apparatus for taking photographs of both the front and rear surfaces of bills or checks which have completed all processings, an image file for storing photographs and a transfer apparatus for transferring bills and checks.
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