(19)
(11) EP 0 706 156 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.10.1997 Bulletin 1997/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
10.04.1996 Bulletin 1996/15

(21) Application number: 95116745.1

(22) Date of filing: 14.01.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6G07D 1/00, G07D 9/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 05.02.1990 US 475111

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
91903057.7 / 0466869

(71) Applicant: CUMMINS-ALLISON CORPORATION
Mount Prospect Illinois 60056 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Raterman, Donald E.
    Deerfield, Illinois 60015 (US)
  • Graves, Bradford T.
    Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004 (US)
  • Stromme, Lars R.
    Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004 (US)
  • Bauch, Aaron M.
    Boxborough MA 01719 (US)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
D-80538 München
D-80538 München (DE)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 24 - 10 - 1995 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) Method and apparatus for currency discrimination and counting


(57) A document evaluation device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of documents to be evaluated and a single output receptacle for receiving said documents after said documents have been evaluated. A transport mechanism transports said documents one at a time from said input receptacle to said output receptacle along a transport path. A discriminating unit includes a detector positioned along said transport path between input receptacle and said output receptacle. Said discriminating unit counts and determines the identity of said documents. The flagging means flags whether a documents meets or fails to meet a certain criteria.







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