The apparatus relates to an electronic verification and control system for obtaining an input count of entered bills and an analysis for various entry conditions for the bills and their state of fitness, and further to an automatic separator and inserter for packaging bills in a desired quantity for delivery. The system includes a conveyor for entering the quantity of a block of currency, commonly referred to as a strap, in terms of the number of bills contained within the strap. A detection circuit detects various entry conditions and determines quality and fitness. The bills are sorted accordingly, and a total count is maintained. At entry condition factors such as bill size, double bills, or bills too closely spaced are monitored, which provides for rejection of improperly entered bills as well as inhibiting the operation of the input count for consistency. Verification of an input count is provided by further ecount detection in the area of collection. Sorting, in accordance with detection and gating of the fit and unfit bills is also provided, as well as individualized count control and display. Consistency of strap size is maintained by automatically inserting separator cards between straps in accordance with a desired strap size. A logic system activates machine control sequences in accordance count strap size data provided by tracking the input count and checking for a comparison. Separator control is provided by logic responsive to the count in the collector area, also in accordance with the strap size data.
A plurality of pockets of a document sorter are controlled by a time-division multiplexed controller, in order to insure that the bottom and leading edges of documents within each pocket are aligned. The controller utilizes a programmed microcomputer in a time-division multiplexed arrangement in order to increase hardware efficiency.
A given number of sheets are set to a supply section and, after being bundled, supplied from the supply section. The bundled portion of the bundled sheets is read out by a reading-out unit and a sorting card is prepared by a sorting card preparing unit on the basis of read-out data. The thus set sheets are taken out sheet by sheet by a take-out unit and sorted by an inspection unit and sorting unit into normal sheets, soiled sheets and reject sheets. The reject sheets are collected, together with the sorting card, at a reject sheet sorting/collecting unit.
A bill handling system provided with a bill bundler unit for sorting bills according to denominations, counting the sorted bills for each denomination and bundling bills of a predetermined number and a predetermined denomination, the number of bills remaining unbundled being counted and stored when bill sorting and counting operations have been completed, so as to continually implement the succeeding bill bundling operation on the basis of the stored number of bills remaining unbundled. The number of remaining bills is displayed or printed for calling an operator's attention to the number of remaining files.
A banknote processing system includes a handling apparatus, a convey mechanism, and a plurality of inspecting apparatuses. The handling apparatus has an input portion on which a predetermined number of bundles of banknotes are placed. The bundles are taken out one by one from the input portion by a take-out device and are transferred to the inspecting apparatus by the convey mechanism. In the inspecting apparatus, the banknotes are picked up one by one from the bundles, so as to be inspected. The inspected banknotes are banded to form inspected bundles and are discharged from the inspecting apparatus. The discharged bundles are then transferred by the convey mechanism, and stacked on a stacking portion of the handling apparatus by a take-in device.
