Banknote reader
US5909792A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 10, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 10, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F7/04
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A banknote reader for initiating a service operation of a vending machine (6) comprises an installation housing of side plates (1) and a money container (11). An interior (14) between the side plates (1) has devices (15; 16; 18; 19; 21; 22; 24) for aligning, transporting, checking and rejecting banknotes (8) and are arranged as modules at predetermined locations along the transport path of the banknotes (8). The installation housing has exchangeable front parts (2; 3; 24) and has on opposite narrow sides (9; 12) a flap 13, which can be pivoted for maintenance work and contains a built-in control device (25), and a connecting opening (10) to the money container (11), respectively. A minimal design of the banknote reader comprises at least a transport system (15), an entry channel (16) for aligning the banknotes (8), a drive unit (22) of the transport system (15), a checking device (18) for recognising genuine banknotes (8), and the control device (25).
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