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EP0600848A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Document dispensing apparatus

Assignee: InterBold
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Filing: 1986-05-28
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2006-05-28
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Abstract

Abstract An apparatus for dispensing documents includes at least one removable container (10) for holding a supply of documents (30) and a machine associated with said container. Said apparatus comprises: a housing (101) of said machine, said container (10) mounted on said housing during operating of the apparatus; a picker mechanism mounted on said housing in operative connection with said container for removing documents from the supply for dispense; a plurality of information indicating means (25) associated with said container; a plurality of sensing means associated with said machine; and control means (130) in operative connection with said sensing means controlling the picker mechanism, the said indicating means (25) being selectable between a first condition and a second condition. An arrangement of said conditions represents a characteristic of said documents, and is changeable to produce different arrangements representing different characteristics of said documents. The said control means (130) adjust how the picker mechanism (100) operates in accordance with the characteristic represented by the selected arrangement of the indicating means.

Inventors

  • 👤 Harry T. Graef
  • 👤 Kevin H. Newton
  • 👤 Timothy B. Allison
  • 👤 Jeffrey M. Eastman

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 18:29
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H1/00; B65H1/02; B65H1/025; B65H3/00; B65H3/02; B65H3/06; B65H3/0638; B65H3/0676; G; G07; G07D; G07D11/00; G07D11/10; G07D11/12; G07D11/20; G07D11/22; G07D11/235; G07D11/237; G07F; G07F19/00; G07F19/20; G07F19/201; B65H2404/00; B65H2404/50; B65H2404/53; B65H2404/531; B65H2404/5311; B65H2701/00; B65H2701/10; B65H2701/19; B65H2701/1912

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 175 words
Apparatus for dispensing documents, including at least one removable container (10) for holding a supply of documents (30) and a machine associated with said container, said apparatus comprising: a housing (101) of said machine, said container (10) mounted on said housing during operating of the apparatus; a picker mechanism (100) mounted on said housing in operative connection with said container for removing documents from the supply for dispense; a plurality of information indicating means (25, 26) associated with said container; a plurality of sensing means (12) associated with said machine; and control means (130) in operative connection with said sensing means controlling the picker mechanism (100), the said indicating means (25, 26) being selectable between a first condition and a second condition, an arrangement of said conditions representing a characteristic of said documents, and being changeable to produce different arrangements representing different characteristics of said documents, characterised in that the said control means (130) adjust how the picker mechanism (100) operates in accordance with the characteristic represented by the selected arrangement of the indicating means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 41 words
The apparatus according to Claim 1, characterised in that the characteristic is a physical property of the documents (30) in the containers (10), and said control means adjust an operating parameter of the picker mechanism (100) according to said physical property.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 21 words
Apparatus according to Claim 2, characterised in that the said control means (130) adjust the speed of the picker mechanism (100).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 37 words
Apparatus according to Claim 3, characterised in that the said control means (130) adjust the speed of the picker mechanism (100) in response to whether the documents (30) in the container (10) are currency bills or coupons.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 36 words
Apparatus according to Claim 3, characterised in that the said control means (130) adjust the speed of the picker mechanism (100) in response to whether the documents (30) in the container (10) are new or used.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 34 words
Apparatus according to Claim 1, wherein the picker mechanism (100) comprises a rotatable feed roller member (102), characterised in that the said control means (130) adjust rotation of the said feed roller member (102).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 86 words
The apparatus according to Claim 1, characterised in that the documents (30) are paper currency bills and the physical characteristic is associated with previous use of the currency bills in the container (10), said picker mechanism (100) comprises a feed roller member (102) and a stripping roller (116) and said control means adjusts the speed of said feed roller member (102) to rotate at a first speed when there is previous use and a second speed in the absence of previous use of said currency bills.

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