Abstract: A method is provided for sorting bank notes using a bank note processing apparatus having an at least one input receptacle, at least one identification unit, and a plurality of stacker units. The method includes receiving the bank notes in the input receptacle or receptacles. The bank notes are identified when passed through or by the identification unit or units. The bank notes are sorted into the plurality of stacker units according to the results of the identification, which includes stacking each of one or more change funds into at least one stacker unit and stacking the remaining bank notes into at least one stacker unit. Each change fund includes a predetermined value and two or more predetermined denominations.

Abstract: A method is provided for sorting bank notes using a bank note processing apparatus having an at least one input receptacle, at least one identification unit, and a plurality of stacker units. The method includes receiving the bank notes in the input receptacle or receptacles. The bank notes are identified when passed through or by the identification unit or units. The bank notes are sorted into the plurality of stacker units according to the results of the identification, which includes stacking each of one or more change funds into at least one stacker unit and stacking the remaining bank notes into at least one stacker unit. Each change fund includes a predetermined value and two or more predetermined denominations.

Abstract: Appliance for cooking food articles, which comprises a container for receiving an amount of the food articles to be cooked and an amount of cooking liquid sufficient to only partially immerse the food articles therein. The container has a discharge and comprising an opening for discharging the cooked food articles and a cover for closing the opening during the cooking operation. The appliance also comprises a helical paddle; a shaft on which the paddle is mounted, such that shaft is rotatably supported by the container; a motor for driving the shaft; means for causing the motor to drive the shaft in either the cooking direction or the discharging direction; and a support for supporting the container in a slightly slanted position wherein the front end of the shaft is slightly higher than the rear end thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides a portable irrigation device for dispensing irrigation liquid from a container to a target plant holder substrate area. The device comprises a dispensing unit which is releasably attached to the container, a control unit for activating or deactivating the dispensing unit, and a discharge tube in fluid communication with the dispensing unit through which discharged irrigation flows. Irrigation liquid is discharged from the container as a result of pressurized air which is generated by said control unit and injected into the container.