Post validator for bill acceptor

Claim 2

A bill acceptor and post validator system for delivering acceptable bills to a receptacle including in combination, means forming a passage having an inlet and an outlet, means located between said inlet and said outlet for producing a signal in response to a genuine bill travelling along said passage, a one way mechanical gate between said outlet and said receptacle and means between said gate and said outlet for testing the genuineness of said bill.

Claim 3

A bill acceptor and post validator system for delivering acceptable bills to a receptacle including in combination, means forming a passage having an inlet and an outlet, means located between said inlet and said outlet for producing a signal in response to a genuine bill travelling along said passage, a one way mechanical gate between said outlet and said receptacle and means between said gate and said outlet for testing the genuineness of said bill.

Claim 4

A bill acceptor and post validator system for delivering acceptable bills to a receptacle including in combination, means forming a passage having an inlet and an outlet, means located between said inlet and said outlet for producing a signal in response to a genuine bill travelling along said passage, a one way mechanical gate between said outlet and said receptacle and means between said gate and said outlet for testing the genuineness of said bill.

Claim 5

A system as in claim 1 including an output line and means responsive to said testing means for passing said signal to said line.

Claim 6

A system as in claim 1 in which said testing means comprises a magnetic reading head and means for conveying said bill past said head.

Claim 7

A system as in claim 3 in which said testing means comprises an idler roll, means mounting said head for movement toward and away from said roll, and means for biasing said head toward said idler roll to provide a nip therebetween, said conveying means carrying said bill into said nip.

Claim 8

A system as in claim 1 in which said gate comprises a jaw, means mounting said jaw for movement adjacent said outlet, and means biasing said jaw into the path of a bill emerging from said outlet.

Claim 9

A post validator as in claim 1 including a shaft adapted to be driven in a forward direction and in a reverse direction, said gate including a jaw frictionally carried by said shaft for movement out of the path of a bill passing through said outlet in response to forward movement of said shaft and into said path in response to reverse movement of said shaft.

Claim 10

A system as in claim 1 in which said one way gate includes a jaw, means mounting said gate for movement adjacent said outlet, and means for biasing said jaw into the path of a bill moving through said outlet, said validator including a vane carried by said jaw for movement therewith, and means associated with said vane for producing a signal in response to movement of said jaw back into said path as the trailing edge of a bill passes said jaw.

Claim 11

A system as in claim 7 in which said testing means comprises means for producing a second signal in response to passage of a genuine bill thereby and means responsive to the concomitant presence of both of said signals for producing a bill accept signal.

Claim 12

A system as in claim 1 in which said one way gate comprises an upper jaw having teeth, means mounting said jaw for movement adjacent said outlet, means biasing said upper jaw into the path of a bill passing through said outlet, a shaft adjacent said outlet adapted to be driven in a forward direction, a lower jaw frictionally carried by said shaft for movement out of said path in response to forward movement of said shaft and for movement into said path with the upper and lower jaw teeth meshing in response to reverse movement of said shaft.

Claim 13

A post validator for a bill acceptor which tests the genuineness of a bill passing therethrough from an inlet to an outlet toward a receptacle located beyond said outlet including in combination, a one-way mechanical gate comprising a jaw mounted for movement adjacent said outlet and means for biasing said jaw into the path of a bill passing through said outlet, means responsive to return movement of said jaw into said path following movement of the trailing edge of a bill thereby for producing a first signal, a magnetic sensor located between said outlet and said receptacle for producing a second signal in response to the passage of a genuine bill thereby, means for conveying a bill from said outlet past said magnetic sensor, and means responsive to the concomitant presence of said first and second signals for producing a bill accept signal.

Claim 14

A post validator for a bill acceptor which tests the genuineness of a bill passing therethrough from an inlet to an outlet toward a receptacle located beyond said outlet including in combination, a one-way mechanical gate comprising a jaw mounted for movement adjacent said outlet and means for biasing said jaw into the path of a bill passing through said outlet, means responsive to return movement of said jaw into said path following movement of the trailing edge of a bill thereby for producing a first signal, a magnetic sensor located between said outlet and said receptacle for producing a second signal in response to the passage of a genuine bill thereby, means for conveying a bill from said outlet past said magnetic sensor, and means responsive to the concomitant presence of said first and second signals for producing a bill accept signal.

Claim 15

A post validator as in claim 10 in which said first signal producing means comprises a light source and a photocell mounted in spaced relationship and a vane carried by said jaw for movement into and out of the space between said source and said photocell.

Claim 16

A post validator as in claim 10 including an idler roller associated with said head and means biasing said head toward said idler roll.

Claim 17

A post validator as in claim 10 in which said jaw is a first jaw having teeth, said validator including a shaft mounted adjacent said outlet for movement in a forward direction and in a reverse direction and a second jaw carried by said shaft for movement out of the path of a bill passing through said outlet in response to forward movement of said shaft and for movement into the path in response to reverse movement of said shaft.

Claim 18

A bill acceptor and post validator system for producing a bill accept signal in response to passage of a genuine bill from an acceptor inlet to an acceptor outlet and through the validator to a receptacle wherein said bill carries a magnetized area, including in combination, a bill acceptor comprising an inlet, an outlet, means including a reversible drive for carrying a bill along a path between said inlet and said outlet, means responsive to insertion of a bill into said inlet for energizing said drive means in a forward direction, photoelectric means along said path for producing a first electrical signal in response to passage of the leading edge of a bill thereby, means for producing a second signal in response to the passage of said magnetized area of a genuine bill thereby, means responsive to the presence of one of said signals for reversing said drive means, and means responsive to the concomitant presence of said first and second signals for inhibiting said reversing means, and a post validator comprising a one way mechanical gate adjacent said outlet, means responsive to passage of the trailing edge of a bill past said gate for producing a third signal, auxiliary means located between said outlet anD said receptacle for magnetically producing a fourth signal in response to the passage thereby of said magnetized area of a genuine bill, means for conveying a bill from said outlet past said auxiliary means and means responsive to the concomitant presence of the third and fourth signals for producing said bill accept signal.

Claim 19

A bill acceptor and post validator system for producing a bill accept signal in response to passage of a genuine bill from an acceptor inlet to an acceptor outlet and through the validator to a receptacle wherein said bill carries a magnetized area, including in combination, a bill acceptor comprising an inlet, an outlet, means including a reversible drive for carrying a bill along a path between said inlet and said outlet, means responsive to insertion of a bill into said inlet for energizing said drive means in a forward direction, photoelectric means along said path for producing a first electrical signal in response to passage of the leading edge of a bill thereby, means for producing a second signal in response to the passage of said magnetized area of a genuine bill thereby, means responsive to the presence of one of said signals for reversing said drive means, and means responsive to the concomitant presence of said first and second signals for inhibiting said reversing means, and a post validator comprising a one way mechanical gate adjacent said outlet, means responsive to passage of the trailing edge of a bill past said gate for producing a third signal, auxiliary means located between said outlet anD said receptacle for magnetically producing a fourth signal in response to the passage thereby of said magnetized area of a genuine bill, means for conveying a bill from said outlet past said auxiliary means and means responsive to the concomitant presence of the third and fourth signals for producing said bill accept signal.

Claim 20

A system as in claim 14 in which said auxiliary means comprises an idler roller, a magnetic head, means mounting said head for movement toward and away from said roller and means biasing said head into engagement with said roller.

Claim 21

A system as in claim 15 in which said one way gate comprises an upper jaw having teeth, means mounting said upper jaw adjacent said outlet for movement into and out of the path of a bill, means biasing said upper jaw into said path, a shaft mounted adjacent to said outlet, means responsive to said drive means for driving said shaft, a lower jaw having teeth adapted to mesh with the upper jaw teeth, said lower jaw being frictionally carried by said shaft for movement out of said path in response to forward movement of said shaft and for movement into said path in response to reverse movement of said shaft.