Apparatus and method for use in an automatic determination of paper currency denominations
OF DRAWINGS With reference to FIGS. 1-3, a compact apparatus 10 is shown for denomination-processing of currency bills 12 loaded in a hopper 14. The bills 12 are removed from the bottom of hopper 14 ... Read More
Inventors: Conant, James R.;, Assignee: CR Machines, Inc. (Brookfield, CT) |
Method and apparatus for currency discrimination and counting
It is a principal object of the present invention to provide an improved method and apparatus for identifying and counting currency bills comprising a plurality of currency denominations. It is anothe... Read More
Inventors: Raterman, Donald E.; Graves, Bradford T.; Stromme, Lars R.; Bauch, Aaron M.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allsion Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Method of generating modified patterns and method and apparatus for using the same in a currency identification system
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved method and apparatus for discriminating among currency bills comprising a plurality of currency denominations. It is another object of t... Read More
Inventors: Graves, Bradford T.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Counterfeit document detection apparatus
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a document counting and batching apparatus is provided with a control system governed by a programmable microprocessor. The microprocessor is co... Read More
Inventors: McInerny, George P.;, Assignee: |
Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will... Read More
Inventors: Mennie, Douglas U.; Graves, Bradford T.; Stromme, Lars R.; Schreiter, Heinz W.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mount Prospect, IL) |
Method and apparatus for document identification
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved method and apparatus for identifying documents. It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved method and apparatus for... Read More
Inventors: Graves, Bradford T.; Mennie, Douglas U.; Mazur, Richard A.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mount Prospect, IL) |
Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will... Read More
Inventors: Mennie, Douglas U.; Graves, Bradford T.; Mazur, Richard A.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Method and apparatus for currency discriminator and authenticator
It is a principal object of the present invention to provide an improved method and apparatus for identifying, authenticating, and counting currency bills comprising a plurality of currency denominati... Read More
Inventors: Graves, Bradford T.; Jones, William J.; Mennie, Douglas U.; Csulits, Frank M.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Detection of counterfeit objects, for instance counterfeit banknotes
It is an object of this invention to provide an improved method and apparatus of detecting counterfeit objects. According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided apparatus for detecti... Read More
Inventors: Hopwood, John Goeffrey; Baron, Lydia J.; Tenenbaum, Linda J.; Raphael, Stephen Paul; Skipper, Philip Robert;, Assignee: Mars, Incorporated (McLean, VA) |
Software loading system for a coin wrapper
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin wrapping system including a coin wrapping mechanism for forming a coin stack containing a predetermined number of coins... Read More
Inventors: Watts, Gary P.; Mazur, Richard A.; Weggesser, John F.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved method and apparatus for identifying, authenticating, and counting currency bills comprising a plurality of currency denominations. It i... Read More
Inventors: Jones, William J.; Mennie, Douglas U.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Automatic funds processing system
The primary object of the present invention is to provide an improved automatic teller machine ("ATM") or currency redemption machine that is capable of processing cash deposits as well as withdrawals... Read More
Inventors: Mennie, Douglas U.; Jones, William J.; Munro, Mark C.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison, Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Intelligent currency handling system
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a currency handling system in which a set of master currency bills are scanned by a primary machine to obtain master informati... Read More
Inventors: Mazur, Richard A.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Currency discriminator and authenticator having the capability of having its sensing characteristics remotely altered
It is a principal object of the present invention to provide an improved method and apparatus for altering the functions performed by a currency handling device from the host system. In one embodiment... Read More
Inventors: Munro, Mark C.; Shivde, Sanjay;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Software loading system for a coin sorter
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin sorting system comprising a coin sorter for sorting a plurality of coins, the coin sorter including a coin-guiding surf... Read More
Inventors: Mazur, Richard A.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Method and apparatus for document identification
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved method and apparatus for identifying documents. It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved method and apparatus for... Read More
Inventors: Graves, Bradford T.; Mennie, Douglas U.; Mazur, Richard A.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mount Prospect, IL) |
Document facing method and apparatus
Accordingly, it is a general object of the invention to provide a novel and improved bill facing method and apparatus. A related object is to provide a bill facing method and apparatus which can be op... Read More
Inventors: Mennie, Douglas U.; Seelenbinder, Terry G.; Jenrick, Charles P.; Anderson, Matthew L.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mount Prospect, IL) |
Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved currency scanning and counting machine which is relatively simple and compact, while at the same time providing a variety of advanced fe... Read More
Inventors: Mennie, Douglas U.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Intelligent document handling system
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a document handling system for evaluating documents with respect to master information, the document handling system being operable in a learn m... Read More
Inventors: Mazur, Richard A.; Csulits, Frank M.; Mennie, Douglas U.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Color scanhead and currency handling system employing the same
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a currency scanning system that uses full color scanning to discriminate and/or authenticate a variety of different currencies... Read More
Inventors: Mennie, Douglas U.; Csulits, Frank M.; Anderson, Matthew L.; Watts, Gary P.; Mazur, Richard A.; Jenrick, Charles P.; Graves, Bradford T.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corporation (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Method and apparatus for document processing
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for document transport which reduces currency jams and is more accessible when clearing currency jams. Briefly, according to ... Read More
Inventors: Stromme, Lars R.; Anderson, Matthew L.; Graves, Bradford T.; Jones, William J.; Klein, Robert J.; Mazur, Richard A.; Mennie, Douglas U.; Munro, Mark C.; Schreiter, Heinz W.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting document
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved method and apparatus for identifying documents. It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved method and apparatus for... Read More
Inventors: Munro, Mark C.; Jones, John E.; Graves, Bradford T.; Jones, William J.; Mennie, Douglas U.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Two belt bill facing mechanism
According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a multiple output receptacle currency handling device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly processing all the bil... Read More
Inventors: Klein, Robert J.; Seelenbinder, George T.; Jenrick, Charles P.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved method and apparatus for identifying documents. It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved method and apparatus for... Read More
Inventors: Mennie, Douglas U.; Graves, Bradford T.; Mazur, Richard A.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corporation (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Method and apparatus for currency discrimination and counting
What is claimed is: 1. A method of processing currency bills using a U.S. currency evaluation device comprising: receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated in an input receptacle of the device, transp... Read More
Inventors: Raterman, Donald R.; Graves, Bradford T.; Stromme, Lars R.; Bauch, Aaron M.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Customizable international note counter
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for counting documents, such as currency from a plurality of different currency systems. In accordance with another a... Read More
Inventors: Mennie, Douglas U.; Weggesser, John F.; Vogel, Matthew S.; Watts, Gary P.; Mazur, Richard A.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Currency evaluation and recording system
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a currency discriminator for evaluating currency bills and recording information associated with the evaluated bills. The curr... Read More
Inventors: Graves, Bradford T.; Jones, William J.; Mennie, Douglas U.; Csulits, Frank M.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mount Prospect, IL) |
Currency handling system having multiple output receptacles
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 a... Read More
Inventors: Jenrick, Charles P.; Klein, Robert J.; Hallowell, Curtis W.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Customizable international note counter
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for counting documents, such as currency from a plurality of different currency systems. In accordance with another a... Read More
Inventors: Mennie, Douglas U.; Weggesser, John F.; Vogel, Matthew S.; Watts, Gary P.; Mazur, Richard A.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
Method and apparatus for currency discrimination and counting
It is a principal object of the present intention to provide an improved method and apparatus for identifying and counting currency bills comprising a plurality of currency denominations. It is anothe... Read More
Inventors: Raterman, Donald R.; Graves, Bradford T.; Stromme, Lars R.; Bauch, Aaron M.;, Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL) |
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