Device for accepting banknotes

US7055738B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Martin Landwehr · Paderborn, DE
• Heinz Ademmer · Geseke, DE
• Rainer Becker · Pfungstadt, DE
• Norbert Both · Tholey, DE
• Ifrit Kiselmann · Blieskastel, DE
• Christoph Rodner · Pocking, DE
• Andriy Yashan · Saarburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 28, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 6, 2006
• Expiry date: Feb 12, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07D11/22
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device for accepting banknotes comprises a compartment for receiving a bundle of banknotes and a separating mechanism for extracting individual banknotes from the bundle. A sensor system for detecting metallic foreign bodies connected to the banknotes is arranged along at least one of the walls defining the compartment.