Currency handling system having multiple output receptacles

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A currency handling device for rapidly processing a plurality of currency bills comprises an input receptacle adapted to receive the currency bills to be processed, a plurality of output receptacles adapted to receive the bills after the bills have been processed, a transport mechanism adapted to transport the bills, one at a time, along a transport path from the input receptacle to the plurality of output receptacles, an evaluating unit that is adapted to determine information concerning the bills, and a controller.
The evaluation unit includes at least one sensor positioned along the transport path between the input receptacle and the plurality of output receptacles.
The controller is adapted to operate the currency handling device according to a mode of operation wherein the mode of operation designates the output receptacle to which each of the bills are transported based on the determined information concerning the bill.
The controller is adapted to disable at least one of the plurality of output receptacles.
The controller is adapted to cause the transport mechanism to direct bills directed to the disabled one of the plurality of output receptacles pursuant to the mode of operation to an alternative output receptacle.
The above summary of the present invention is not intended to represent each embodiment, or every aspect, of the present invention.
Additional features and benefits of the present invention will become apparent from the detail description, figures, and claim set forth below.