Abstract: A system and method for forwarding multiple credit applications to multiple potential lenders. A user computer or a credit management server sends queries to potential lenders inquiring about the respective information fields used in the potential lenders' respective credit applications. The queries also request information relating to the desired format and transmission method of the respective credit applications. With this information, a dynamic credit application is generated which includes all of information fields from all potential lenders. A credit applicant enters credit information into the dynamic credit application. The system then generates tailored credit applications for each lender and forwards these tailored applications to the respective potential lenders. The lenders process the tailored applications and provide results to the user.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus including a table to be loaded a first and a second banknote group partitioned by a header card recording the bar code number in the piling direction of the banknotes, a take-in portion to take in the banknotes of the first and second banknote groups loaded on the table and the header card, a discrimination portion to count the banknotes taken in by the take-in portion and discriminate the kind thereof, a plurality of stackers to sort and stack the banknotes discriminated by the discrimination portion on the basis of the kink thereof, and a sensor to detect the header card taken in by the take-in portion. The sheet processing apparatus additionally includes a controller to control so as to stop the taking-in of the second banknote group on the basis of detection of the header card by the sensor and after a lapse of a predetermined time, to start the taking-in of the second banknote group.

Abstract: A banknote handling machine (1) comprises a first banknote handling apparatus (2) including a recognition unit (6) configured for recognizing the banknotes taken in by the take-in unit (4), and a plurality of stackers (13, 14, 15, 16) configured for stacking therein the banknotes respectively recognized by the recognition unit (6), a second banknote handling apparatus (3) connected with the first banknote handling apparatus (2), configured for receiving the banknotes recognized by the recognition unit (6) of the first banknote handling apparatus (2) and including a plurality of stacker (32, 33, 34, 35) configured for stacking therein the banknotes fed from the first banknote handling apparatus (2), and a control unit (70) configured for controlling the first banknote handling apparatus (2) and second banknote handling apparatus (3).

Abstract: The conveying path of an automated teller machine is shortened such that banknote jams are suppressed from occurring. The automated teller machine includes a customer interface section 1 with a deposit/withdrawal port for banknotes, an examination section 3 that examines banknotes, a temporary holding section 4 that holds banknotes, a switching blade 6 that switches the conveying direction of banknotes that have been examined by the examination section 3, a switching timing sensor 5 that detects a switching timing of the switching blade 6, and denominated cassettes 11 that stores banknotes, and these components are connected with the conveying path. A circular arc shaped conveying path 20 formed in a circular arc shape is provided in the conveying path, at a portion connecting from the examination section 3 to the customer interface section 1.

Abstract: A bill acceptor 24.2 for a gaming machine includes a receiving zone for receiving a tendered bill. A sensing device 48 is arranged at an input region of the receiving zone for sensing at least one characteristic of the bill A controller 52 is in communication with the sensing device 48 for receiving an output signal from the sensing device 48. An annunciator 58 is controlled by the controller 52 to be activated when a bill acceptance rate of the controller 52 drops below a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Provided is an automatic teller machine (ATM), including: a body to process depositing or withdrawing of a paper medium; a cassette being slidably attached to and detached from the body, and comprising a cassette coupler formed on one side of the cassette to receive a power from the body, and to internally receive the paper medium; a receiving unit being formed within the body to install the cassette, and comprising a body coupler being combined with the cassette coupler when installing the cassette to thereby transfer the power from the body to the cassette; and a combining unit being formed on each of the body coupler and the cassette coupler so that a rotation center line of the body coupler and a rotation center line of the cassette coupler are matched on the same axial line to thereby combine the body coupler and the cassette coupler.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for executing a money deposit transaction. During a money deposit transaction the state of the bank notes to be deposited is ascertained, bank notes being in a good state are made available to the depositor after the completion of the money deposit transaction, while bank notes being in an unsatisfactory state are withheld.

Abstract: A banknote processing apparatus includes a banknote transport unit for individually feeding and transporting inserted banknotes, a recognition unit for recognizing banknote denominations and recognizing banknote types according to two fitness categories, a stacker for stacking the banknotes based on the recognition result, banknote bundling units each including bundling stacking units for stacking the banknotes, a bundling unit for bundling 100 banknotes stacked in the bundling stacking units to prepare a banknote bundle, and a bundle dispensing unit for dispensing the bundle to the outside of the apparatus, and a transport control unit for recognizing fit and unfit notes of specific denominations via the recognition unit, and controlling the banknote transport unit to stack fit banknotes of the specific denominations to corresponding bundling stacking units and to stack unfit banknotes of the specific denominations to corresponding bundling stacking units.

Abstract: A method of receiving and paying out bills including the steps of providing a bill passage in about the central portion of an elongate casing that extends along one side of a bill receiving chamber having a bill payback: outlet; providing a bill conveying apparatus for conveying a bill delivered to said bill passage to a predetermined position for receiving it; utilizing a bill pushing member being capable of moving in a reciprocating motion across said passage to bill receiving chamber when the bill located at said predetermined position in said passage to be received, effects receiving of the bill by pushing it with a surface of said bill pushing member across from said passage; disengaging the rearmost bill from said bill receiving chamber by operating bill extracting apparatus in the reverse direction by a predetermined amount while said bill pushing member is activated causing it to extract away and pull out from a rearmost bill leading edge retainer which holds the remaining bills in position; and, oper

Abstract: A bill recycler accepts bills and payment and dispenses previously accepted bills as change in a vending machine including a vending machine controller and a coin handler. The bill recycler receives from the coin handler information relating to denomination(s) and quantities of coins available for dispensing by the coin handler, alters that information to include information relating to quantities of denomination(s) of bills available for dispensing by the bill recycler, then sends the altered information to the vending machine controller.

Abstract: Techniques include sensing electric signals from an actuator during a document stacking operation and determining whether an abnormal event has occurred based on the sensed signals. The techniques may find particular applicability, for example, to document acceptors that include piston-type stackers driven by a direct current motor.

Abstract: A document handler is provided which comprises an actuator 17, a power transmission device 8 drivingly connected to actuator 17, and anterior and posterior gears 11 and 12 rotated by drive power of actuator 17 through power transmission device 8. First and second driven devices may be drivingly and disengageably connected to anterior and posterior gears 11 and 12 to drive first and second driven devices by actuator 17.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for loading a plurality of stacks of currency bills into a currency handling device employing an input receptacle having a first paddle and a second paddle, each paddle being configured to urge one or more stacks of bills towards a front end of the receptacle wherein the relative position of the first and second paddles can be alternated as to which paddle is closer to the front end of the receptacle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bill discriminating and counting apparatus having a function of handling bills of a plurality of currency systems with one machine. That is to say, by providing a plurality of START/STOP keys for starting discriminating and counting of the bills, and by assigning the bills of different currency systems to each of them, the bills of a plurality of currency systems may be handled only by operating the START/STOP key corresponding to the currency system, without performing selection and setting of the currency system each time.

Abstract: A money handling device for accepting, storing and dispensing valuable documents in exchange for goods or services includes a validation module (100), a recycler module (200) and a note storage module (300). The validation module determines acceptable and non-acceptable valuable documents, and the storage module stores acceptable valuable documents. The recycler is arranged to dispense a temporarily stored valuable document to the validation module for dispensing as change or to dispense a temporarily stored valuable document to the note storage module.

Abstract: A cash transaction machine that can prevent paper media from not being collected due to the wind is provided. The cash transaction machine may provide a mold guide to a dispensing device and provide a bracket to a housing, in order to prevent the paper media from moving backward into the dispensing device due to the strong wind blowing from the outside. Since the mold guide and the bracket are overlappingly coupled with each other, it is possible to prevent the paper media from moving backward into the dispensing device due to the strong wind.

Abstract: This invention is to prevent a MAC of a correct answer from being calculated by use of an IC card even if count data in the database of a PC is falsified since the MAC calculated by the IC card is made invisible from the exterior of the IC card. Thus, falsification of data by enciphering the number (total sum) of cut sheets in a sheet checking equipment.

Abstract: The bill storage device in an automated teller machine includes an input port through which a bill introduced in the automated teller machine is inputted perpendicularly; a pair of opening/closing plates for supporting both side surfaces of the bill inputted into the input port; first and second storage parts arranged at both sides of the input port; a push bar placed in the input port and stroke-operated selectively toward the storage part in which the bill is inputting; a push bar driving motor for performing a stroke-operation of the push bar; and a pair of push plates forcing a pressure toward the input port to support perpendicularly the bill stored by a stroke-operation of the push bar.

Abstract: A bill handling apparatus is provided that comprises an intelligent cash box system for transmitting information from a validator 2 to a stacker 4. The intelligent cash box system comprises a card 3 bearing a code recorded on the card 3 for identifying the bill handling apparatus, and an intelligent storage 5 provided in the stacker 4. The card 3 can be inserted into an inlet 11 of the validator 2 to detect the code by a detection sensor 45 and store the code in a control circuit 47 as code information. Bill information includes data of the bills received in a storage chamber 30 of the stacker 4 and is transmitted from the control circuit 47 to the intelligent storage 5. The intelligent storage 5 is in communication with the control circuit 47 of the validator 2 to receive the code information and bill information from the control means 47 and store these information in the intelligent storage 5.

Abstract: A rotary anti-pullback unit is provided which comprises a rotor 22 and a frame 43 for rotatably supporting the rotor 22. Rotor 22 comprises a plurality of disks 25 arranged coaxially in a line and in axially spaced relation to each other, and a plurality of fletched fins 26 axially protruding from at least one radial surface 25a of disks 25 toward an opposite radial surface 25a of the other adjoining spaced disk 25. Rotor 22 is rotated concurrently with a bill 70 transported along each outer periphery of disks 25 in contact to transported bill 70 to radially inwardly move a flexible extracting tool 71 connected to bill 70, and bring tool 71 into tangled engagement with fin or fins 26 in order to prevent unduly extraction of bill 70.

Abstract: A receiving and dispensing unit and a self-checkout system of an embodiment includes a coin receiving and dispensing device which holds received coins in accordance with the denomination and dispenses the held coins, and a bill receiving and dispensing device which holds received bills in accordance with the denomination and dispenses the held bills. The bill receiving and dispensing device is arranged to overlap the coin receiving and dispensing device in the height direction of the coin receiving and dispensing device.

Abstract: A currency dispensing machine including a cabinet and a bill presenter located therein. The bill presenter includes a presenter having two side plates and at least one drive gear having a plurality of drive teeth. The bill presenter is located in a bill presenter housing having a mounting face, two retention plates extending from the mounting face and receivable of the presenter therebetween, and a longitudinally extending retention hook disposed in each of the two side plates. Two retaining pins are each insertable through one of the two retention hooks and through one of the retention plates. Two latch arms are slidably located in the bill presenter, each at one of the retention plates, and include a latch hook engageable with one of the retaining pins. The currency dispensing machine includes a bill dispenser slidably disposed in the cabinet and including a plurality of gear teeth engageable with the plurality of drive teeth and at least one locking slot.

Abstract: A sheet handling device includes a main transport path, a temporarily holding section provided in the main transport path, a transport section, a detection section provided at a predetermined detection position in the main transport path and a controller. The temporarily holding section includes a looped transport path. The controller performs a procedure including the steps of (I) transporting the sheet traveling along the main transport path to the looped transport path, (II) transporting another sheet along the main transport path, (III) controlling the transportation of the sheet and the transportation of said another sheet in response to the arrival of said another sheet at the detection position such that the sheets are stacked into a bunch in the looped transport path with certain parts of the sheets being aligned and (IV) repeating the steps (II) and (III) as required.

Abstract: A money handling machine (1) according to the present invention includes a hopper (3) from which money is inputted, a money output port (8, 18) from which money is outputted, a recognition unit (5) which recognizes the denomination of the money inputted from the hopper (3), a bundled money storage chamber (35) provided solely for 100-yuan banknotes as a first denomination, a loose money storage chamber (9) which stores money in a loose state, a to-be-bundled money stacking section (15, 16), and a bundling device (17). The 100-yuan banknotes recognized by the recognition unit (5) are transported directly to the to-be-bundled money stacking section (15, 16) through a transport path, bundled into a batch by the bundling device (17), and stored in the bundled money storage chamber (35).

Abstract: Equipment for the automatic deposit and withdrawal of banknotes (31) comprising a store safe (36) and a series of banknote receipting and dispensing modules or boxes (32-1, 32-2, . . . 32-N), and in which each module comprises a collecting seat (78) and an insertion and extraction device (79) for the banknotes. The receipting and dispensing modules or boxes are mounted with individual possibility of shifting in the store safe between an internal operative position and an external service position. At least one of the receipting and dispensing modules (32n) is a removable module and includes a container or recycling cartridge (111). The recycling container is removable and is assemblable with respect to the insertion and extraction device (79) in the position of service of the module and defines the collecting seat for lodging a stack (83), with arrangement of the banknotes (83) substantially in vertical.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for receiving and distributing currency. In particular, the present invention provides a novel apparatus for the inflow and outflow of a variety of currency. The systems of the present invention are capable of recycling a variety of currency from multiple countries and multiple denominations. The systems of the present invention have the added advantage of compact size.

Abstract: In a bill processing device, a fake bill profile information acquiring unit acquires, from an external distribution device, fake bill profile information that is used in discriminating fake bills, and a fake bill profile information registration unit registers acquired information, and a bill discriminating unit discriminates, on the basis of the information, whether or not a deposited bill is a fake bill, and a fake bill processing unit does not accept a deposited bill that is discriminated to be a fake bill.

Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for use in the handling of banknotes, tickets and/or vouchers. The apparatus allows the same to be inserted into the apparatus through an aperture and to then be fed to storage or a printing apparatus. The apparatus allows the dispensing of bills, tickets or vouchers and the same are dispensed through the same aperture thereby reducing the size of the apparatus as only one aperture and feed means is required for inserting and dispensing which is in contrast to known apparatus which have an aperture for inserting and a separate aperture via which the banknotes, tickets or vouchers are dispensed.

Abstract: A bill box includes a box body for receiving bills from a bill acceptor, and a bill hold-down mechanism, which has a frame base defining therein a bill passage in communication between the bill acceptor and the bill box, recessed portions at one side of the bill passage, a bill-transfer wheel set mounted in the frame base for transferring bills from the bill acceptor into the box body, a bill pusher device operable to push a bill away from the bill passage into the box body, and a non-return device mounted in the frame base for prohibiting back movement of a received bill. The non-return device includes a stop member pivotally mounted in the frame base and biasable into the recessed portion to block the bill passage and a follower member pivotally mounted in the frame base and movable by a bill to bias the stop member into blocking the bill passage when the bill is being pulled backwards after having been delivered into the box body.

Abstract: A bill acceptor and bill box assembly includes a bill acceptor for sensing the presence of a bill and verifying the authenticity of the bill, and a bill box having a bill entrance for receiving bills from the bill acceptor, a bill-receiving bearing board supported on a spring member, a bill-pressing board movable by a bill transfer mechanism to push each entered bill out of the bill entrance onto the bill-receiving bearing board, and an anti-skid device, which comprises two baffles arranged in parallel at two opposite lateral sides between the bill-pressing board and the bill-receiving bearing board and an anti-skid pad covered on the back wall of each baffle for stopping each received bill on the bill-receiving bearing board to keep each received bill in a fully extended smooth condition without wrinkles.

Abstract: A banknote processing machine includes: a receipt section which receives a banknote; a temporary storage section which includes a pair of first and second drums, and a tape wound between the pair of first and second drums, the tape having an end fixed to the first drum, a tape section for banknote sheets and a tape section for partition sheets positioned at a side of the end with respect to the tape section for banknote sheets, the temporary storage section releasably receiving a conveyed banknote by winding the conveyed banknote on the first drum together with the tape section for banknote sheets and releasably receiving at least one partition sheet by winding the partition sheet on the first drum together with the tape section for partition sheets; and a control section which causes the temporary storage section to release the partition sheet wound on the first drum, and causes the receipt section to receive the partition sheet from the temporary storage section, in response to the receipt section receiving

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote identification apparatus capable of reducing the load of a motor for driving a press member. When an amount of stored banknotes becomes larger than a predetermined amount, a banknote support plate moved to a predetermined position by reciprocal movement of a press plate is detected by an on/off operation of a detection switch, when a detected number thereof becomes larger than a predetermined number, banknotes are regulated not to be inserted. Therefore, it becomes possible to reduce the load of the motor of a press unit compared with the conventional apparatus which detects banknotes fully stored by an output load of the motor. Hence, it becomes possible to effectively prevent the motor from causing trouble and prevent its lifetime being shortened.

Abstract: The invention relates to a machine (M) for dispensing products and/or services which are paid for with banknotes. The invention is of the type that comprises a banknote reader (L) which is positioned behind a horizontal insertion slot (F1) and which is used to process banknotes inserted by a user. The aforementioned reader is equipped with an essentially-horizontal inlet slot (F2) serving as an inlet for banknotes. According to the invention, the insertion slot (F1) is disposed at a lower level in relation to the inlet slot (F2) along a vertical reference axis (V). In addition, the machine comprises a guiding interface device (1, 2) which is disposed between the insertion slot (F1) and the inlet slot (F2) such as to guide an inserted banknote from the insertion slot (F1) to the inlet slot (F2).

Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus 1 of the present invention includes: a recognition unit 6 for recognizing a kind of banknote; a stacking unit 32 to 36 for stacking a banknote of a predetermined kind recognized by the recognition unit 6; and a bundling unit 51 for bundling the banknotes stacked by the stacking units 32 to 36. The bundling unit 51 includes a tape setting unit 80 for setting a plurality of reeled tapes 52 and 53; a bundling mechanism 54 for bundling the stacked banknotes by using tape T1 or T2 pulled out from any one of the reeled tape 52 or 53 set in the tape setting unit 80; and a tape switching unit 96 for switching the tape T1 or T1 to be fed from the tape setting unit 80 in correspondence to the kind of banknotes recognized by the recognition unit 6.

Abstract: A device for processing sheet objects comprises a tamper proof housing that contains an opening device operable to receive a container containing sheet objects such as banknotes from outside the housing and to open the container within the housing, and a counter configured to count sheet objects from the opened container within the housing and produce a count signal corresponding to the number of sheet objects counted. The count signal can be checked against reference data received from another location or derived from data carried in the container on a RFID tag.

Abstract: A bill acceptor includes a bill acceptor main unit having a bill insertion slot, a bill transfer mechanism for transferring each inserted bill through a bill passage to a bill outlet, a bill recognition unit for recognizing the authenticity and value of each inserted bill and a bill pusher for pushing each inserted bill out of the bill outlet, and a bill box having a front opening facing the bill pusher, two elongated stop members disposed at two opposite lateral sides of the front opening in a parallel manner, a bill-receiving bearing board supported on spring members inside the box body of the bill acceptor for receiving each bill that is pushed away from the bill outlet into the bill box and a baffle pivotally mounted in the box body at the top side of front opening adjacent to the bill outlet and biasable for letting each inserted bill be pushed by the bill pusher out of the bill outlet onto the bill-receiving bearing board and reversible to hold down each received bill on the bill-receiving bearing board

Abstract: A method of processing documents by receiving at least a batch of documents and a separator card in an input receptacle of a document processing device. The separator card includes a conductive material disposed on one side, and a barcode indicative of the source of the batch of documents. The documents and separator card are transported via a transport mechanism past an evaluation unit and a field-effect sensor, respectively. The document processing device evaluates each document, determines whether the document meets or fails predetermined criteria, and detects the presence of the conductive material when a separator card is transported past the sensor. The source identification information from each separator card is entered into a memory of the document processing device after all the documents from the corresponding batch of documents have met the predetermined criteria. Feeder operation is paused between each batch long enough to verify that the previous batch closed successfully.

Abstract: A cassette for a currency note dispensing machine, in which the cassette is slidably mounted to easily fill with currency note, can receive various kinds of currency note by adjusting a currency note guide, and prevent wrong mounting of a push plate to smoothly pay the currency note. The cassette includes a cassette housing formed in a box shape with an upper surface opened, in which currency note vertically stands up and stacks, slidably mounted to a main frame of the currency note dispensing machine, and having a groove for establishing sheet separating means at one side of a rear plate so that currency note contacts with the sheet separating means after one edge of the currency note is supported, and a push plate supporting the currency note stacked between a front plate of the cassette housing and the rear plate and coupled to a resilient member to press the currency note toward the rear plate of the cassette housing.

Abstract: A bill deposit machine comprising: a deposit/return port for accepting and returning a batch of bills, a bill transport path for transporting the batch of bills accepted at said deposit/return port with the wide dimension of the bills parallel to the transport path horizontally and in a straight line, a feed-out section for feeding out the bills, one at a time, out of the batch of bills received from said bill transport path, a discriminating unit for discriminating if the bills fed out of said feed-out section can be deposited or not, and a bill returning path for transporting the rejected bills, which are determined by said discriminating unit as being unable to be deposited, to said bill transport path. Bills are projected and kept to be projected out of said deposit/return port by the specified amount by said bill conveying device when the movement of the bills which are being taken out of said deposit/return port is detected by said takeout detecting device.

Abstract: The invention relates to sheet material having an electrical circuit and to apparatuses and methods for processing said sheet material. The present invention describes sheet material having an electrical circuit as well as apparatuses and methods for processing same, which reduce the effort required for processing the sheet material and/or facilitate processing and/or improve it and/or make it more reliable. For this purpose, the sheet material has at least one electrical circuit, with energy and/or data being transmitted from the apparatus to the electrical circuit and/or from the electrical circuit to the apparatus and at least part of the transmitted data being used for processing.

Abstract: A bill box for use in a bill acceptor having a RFID read/write module and adapted for receiving bills from the bill acceptor is disclosed to include a housing having a bill inlet, a bill storage chamber and a top bracket with a mounting chamber, and a memory carrier frame mounted in the mounting chamber of the bracket and carrying a RFID memory for recording bill storage data by the wireless read/write module of the bill acceptor wirelessly for quick bill storage check.

Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus, includes: an identifying unit 20 which forwards and identifies a paper sheet A that is inserted from an opening portion 22 formed in its front plane; a collecting unit 30 which stores the identified paper sheet A; a paying-out unit 40 which stores a paying-out paper sheet B to be paid out to the opening portion 22 in a certain case; a forwarding unit 50 which forwards the paper sheet A and the paying-out paper sheet B, between each of the identifying unit 20, the collecting unit 30 and the paying-out unit 40; an outer frame 10 which holds each unit of the identifying unit 20 disposed on its front side, the forwarding unit 50 disposed on the inner side from it, the collecting unit 30 disposed below these identifying unit 20 and forwarding unit 50 and on the front side, and the paying-out unit 40 disposed on the inner side from the collecting unit 30, in which to the outer frame 10, at least the collecting unit 30 and the paying-out unit 40 are detachably attached from its fron

Abstract: Apparatus for the handling of bills in which the path of the bills is controlled to allow selective storage of the bills in different bill storage means.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bill handling device which can realize a reduction in size, an increase in capacity and a reduction in processing time and improves satisfaction of users. The bill handling device includes a bill discriminating portion for discriminating bills, recycle stores for storing bills and separating the bills again, a loading store for supplying bills to the recycle stores or collecting bills from the recycle stores, a reject store and a loading reject store which store reject bills rejected by the bill discriminating portion, and conveying paths for conveying bills to the respective portions, wherein the conveying paths are formed as an annular conveying path which can convey the bills in two directions, and the recycle stores, the loading store, the reject store, and the loading reject store are arranged around the conveying paths.

Abstract: A bill acceptor includes a bill acceptor body defining therein a bill passage, a bill slot panel mounted on the front side of the bill acceptor body and defining a bill insertion slot for the insertion of a bill into the bill passage, a bill box located on the rear side of the bill passage, a transmission mechanism for transferring an acceptable bill through the bill passage toward the bill box, a bill recognition unit for checking the authenticity and face value of an inserted bill, a bill pressing device for pushing each acceptable bill away from the bill passage into the inside of the bill box, two first adjustment devices for mounting on two opposite lateral sides of the bill passage to adjust the width of the bill passage to one of a set of bill passage widths, and two second adjustment devices for mounting on the inside of the bill slot panel at two opposite lateral sides relative to the bill insertion slot to adjust the width of the bill insertion slot subject to the bill passage width defined by the f

Abstract: A paper sheet processing apparatus capable of preventing an action of drawing out a paper sheet such as a bill is provided. A bill processing apparatus of the present invention has an insertion slot into which a bill is inserted and a traveling route through which the bill inserted into the insertion slot is conveyed. The traveling route has a first traveling route (3A) connected to the insertion slot and a second traveling route (3B) extending downstream from the first traveling route (3A) and being inclined relative to the first traveling route (3A). The second traveling route (3B) is provided with a shutter member (200) for preventing conveyance of the bill toward the insertion slot.

Abstract: Provided is a bill processing apparatus capable of preventing a bill contained in a bill housing part from being drawn out. The bill processing apparatus comprises: an insertion slot (5), into which the bill is inserted; a bill housing part (100) capable of housing the bill inserted from the insertion slot (5); an opening (110A), through which the bill housing part (100) receives the bill; and a pressure plate (115) capable of passing through the opening (110A) to house the bill in the bill housing part (100). The bill processing apparatus further comprises a sensor to detect the bill inserted into the insertion slot (5), so that the pressure plate (115) is moved to regulate the passage of the bill from the opening (110A) till the insertion of the bill is detected by the sensor.

Abstract: According to some embodiments of the invention, a magnetic sensor having a track width of greater than about 50 millimeters is provided. The magnetic sensor is adapted to detect a magnetic feature and produce a linear, analog output in response to the magnetic feature. The analog output is along a single data channel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for receiving and distributing currency. In particular, the present invention provides a novel apparatus for the inflow and outflow of a variety of currency. The systems of the present invention are capable of recycling a variety of currency from multiple countries and multiple denominations. The systems of the present invention have the added advantage of compact size.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a currency processing device for receiving and processing a stack of currency bills is described. The currency processing device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be processed, a plurality of output receptacles for receiving bills after the bills have been processed, a transport mechanism for transporting the bills from the input receptacle to the output receptacles, and a discriminating unit for examining the bills. The output receptacles are arranged such that a center of at least one output receptacle is laterally offset from a center of the input receptacle. The discriminating unit includes a detector positioned between the input receptacle and the output receptacles and is adapted to determine the denomination of bills.