(57) A machine for continuously counting and checking bills, even though overlapped, suitable
for banking institutions (fig. 1) is involved.
Its feeder device essentially comprise a loading hopper for bills (1′, 1˝ and 1‴,
fig. 4) and a device that takes them, sending them, by means of drive belts (30, fig.
2), to the successive process machine.
In feeder (1, fig. 4), the bills are taken crosswise and sent longitudinally with
respect to their longitudinal axis.
Photocells (33, fig. 2), a thickness gage (34) and bill dimension detector (35) are
provided on the sides of said belts (30, fig. 2).
Downstream from the drive belts of the feeder (30, fig. 2) there are provided other
belts (44, fig. 2) to transfer the counterfeit bills into a suitable pocket (6) and
the authentic bills in a second pocket (5) equipped to send the bills inside the machine
or at the disposal of the client.
The machine includes a computer with printer (4, fig. 1) in which the client introduces
additional data by video (3) and keyboard (3′).
It can process bills of size, even mixed. It makes use only of electromechanical and
electronic technology.
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