Patent · US Expired

Method and device for processing units of money

US7997418B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH · DE

Inventors

Lukas Löffler · Deisenhofen, DE
Rudolf Öttl · Birkenfeld, DE
Josef Geier · Regen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 13, 2001
Grant date	Aug 16, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 16, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07D11/50
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device for processing monetary units such as banknotes or coins, in which the monetary unit are conveyed from an input compartment in each case to one of a plurality of output compartments as a function of predefined sorting criteria.In order to widen the range of application of banknote sorting machines, a control device for the processing apparatus is provided, which control device is configured to be able to output in each case a predefined number of monetary units of a plurality of different denominations into at least some of the output compartments in order to process these monetary units in an individualized fashion. In comparison to the previously predominantly manually executed individualized processing, the solution according to the invention permits rapid and reliable individualized processing of cash supported by automatic means.

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