| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE38663 |
Method for semi-continuous currency processing using separator cards |
November 30, 2004 |
| A method of semi-continuous currency processing using separator cards to separate currency stacks in a batch of currency fed into a currency processing machine. This currency processing method uses separator cards that facilitate the continuous processing of individual currency stacks |
| 6697511 |
Partial read confirmation method |
February 24, 2004 |
| Methods for identifying a note with a partial OCR of one or more characters in the note's serial code. The methods record the characters read and associates each character read with its field position in the serial code. The method can use this information or combine the character and fi |
| 6595510 |
Note feeder |
July 22, 2003 |
| A method and apparatus for feeding a currency note into a currency processing machine. This note feeder includes a transporter for transporting notes from a note stack onto a processing belt inside the currency processing machine. The note feeder also includes a mediating transporter |
| 6584754 |
Machine for ordering and feeding bundles of sheets to a unit for the assembly of bundles in grou |
July 1, 2003 |
| Banknotes are processed using a machine equipped with a number of modules by which predetermined numbers of notes are ordered in bundles secured with at least one band and then transferred to a unit to be strapped in groups; an intermittently driven conveyor equipped with pockets operate |
| 6574941 |
Method and machine for banding groups of sheets |
June 10, 2003 |
| The invention relates to a method and machine for banding groups of bank notes in which a web is projected towards a banding station by a pair of motor-driven rollers, until the end of the web reaches a gripper unit which is mobile, driven by a support and drive device, which draws the w |
| 6550221 |
Method and a machine for banding groups of sheets, in particular banknotes |
April 22, 2003 |
| Bundles of banknotes are directed singly and in succession along an infeed duct toward a station located at the top of a channel, where they are formed into a block; the channel functions as a guide along which the block is conveyed by means of a companion element, following a predet |
| 6546351 |
Note-specific currency processing |
April 8, 2003 |
| A method for processing currency notes from various sources using source-specific processing templates. For each note processed, the system detects at least one unique identifier that may be used to associate the note with a particular note printing source. In addition, for each note |
| 6543766 |
Device for forming and transferring ordered stacks of bank notes |
April 8, 2003 |
| Bank notes arriving from a control machine are fed along a feed pipe which has a plurality of outfeeds, each connected to an infeed zone of a forming channel along which an accompanying element moves, equipped with a surface on which the bank notes are rested, on top of one another, by a |
| 6536500 |
Unit for feeding and applying seals to security cassettes for banknotes |
March 25, 2003 |
| Banknotes are placed for transportation purposes in cassettes comprising a container and a hinged lid, made secure by applying a seal composed of two parts that can be coupled non-releasably and are provided with latch elements appearing as curved teeth positioned to locate in the holes |
| 6536307 |
Device for operating a cashbox closure mechanism |
March 25, 2003 |
| Boxes containing banknotes are secured by a mechanism utilizing a latch plate that can be removed and replaced automatically by a device of which the parts include a top slide equipped with a pivoting arm and a pusher designed to hold the latch plate steady and in tension from two points |
| 6477263 |
Method of controlling a printed object |
November 5, 2002 |
| A method of controlling an object having a first and a second print executed at different stages, the method providing for acquiring an image of the object; calculating a relative deviation between the first print and the second print of the object; forming a virtual specimen image by |
| 6065672 |
Method for currency distribution and management |
May 23, 2000 |
| A method for currency management and tracking utilizing a unique standardized cassette for the transportation of note bundles and loading of note bundles into currency processing apparatus, the cassette having an accompanying smart card on which data regarding the individual note his |
| 5922959 |
Methods of measuring currency limpness |
July 13, 1999 |
| Measuring the limpness of a note is necessary to separate a worn note out of circulation. Several methods are disclosed which can be used either alone or in combination to test for limpness. One method measures the note's ability to reflect light or transmit the light. Another method |
| 5917930 |
Method for semi-continuous currency processing using separator cards |
June 29, 1999 |
| A method of semi-continuous currency processing using separator cards to separate currency stacks in a batch of currency fed into a currency processing machine. This currency processing method uses separator cards that facilitate the continuous processing of individual currency stacks |
