Currency counter-feit detection device

Claim 1

A counterfeit currency detection system, comprising: a) a housing; b) at least one currency inlet slot; c) at least one currency exiting slot; d) a plurality of rollers directly connected to a mechanical driving means to turn said rollers functioning to draw said currency through said counterfeit currency detection system; e) a supporting surface within said housing for supporting the currency during a scanning procedure; f) a plurality of optical scanning devices having at least one optical scanning device located on the bottom functioning to scan the bottom plate number which is located on the bottom of currency and at least one optical scanning device located on the top functioning to scan serial number in upper right hand corner, front plate number, left quadrant number, serial number in lower, and left hand corner located on the top of currency, said optical scanning device including an optical filter and a barrier for obstructing light from a line of sight through said optical scanning device, said optical filter and said barrier being positioned so that light travelling to said supporting surface for said currency to be examined is substantially parallel to a line of scanning through said optical scanning device in order to reduce an opportunity for shadows produced by microscopic projections above a surface of the currency being examined; g) at least primary one numeric keypad with corresponding alphabets printed thereon numeric key pads; h) at least one secondary keypad having functional keys such as numeric, cancel, keypad, clear, enter and similar commands; i) at least one indicator light functioning to visually alert a person scanning said currency if said currency is valid or counterfeit; j) means comparing the numbers scanned on the currency with numbers in a data bank containing current information about counterfeit currency to determine if the currency being scanned is counterfeit; and k) said housing including indicator lights having at least one yellow indicator light which illuminates while scanning is taking place, at least one green indicator light which illuminates if currency is valid, and at least one red indicator light which illuminates if currency is counterfeit.