Method and apparatus for reading coded data on information bearing media where the data fields are defined by sensible indicia which also defines the data type and format indicia indicates which M of N data indicia is to be selected after sensing N data indicia.

The currency dispenser, which issues bills sequentially from an exit, includes a bill storage compartment divided by a movable horizontal plate into a lower chamber in which a stack of horizontally disposed bills to be dispensed is located, and an upper chamber into which bills are diverted which have been fed from the bottom of the stack and rejected by virtue of being partially or completely overlapped. Also included is a bill feeder mechanism which advances the bottom bill of the stack, a str...

A file for documents and the like comprises a double envelope, obtained by folding a rectangular sheet of a thin but relatively rigid material such as cardboard along a folding line parallel to its short sides and located near the middle of the long sides and then folding the composite sheet along at least one additional folding line to provide a bottom. The free ends of the superimposed sheet parts are connected to a first suspension bar while a second suspension bar is introduced between the t...

A means for filing documents which is particularly adapted for open filing of various file folders, as for example legal size file folders, and wherein the folders are suspended on horizontal rails and freely slidable longitudinally of the rails, the files suspended below the rails being closely adjacent lower surfaces of a plurality of superimposed files and bars support the file folders on the rails slidably longitudinally thereof, the bars being provided with notches or bearings in their lowe...

This device includes a station for separating documents from a stack, one by one, with the platform upon which the stack rests being automatically movable so that the top of the stack remains next to the separating mechanism. The device further includes two collecting platforms which are automatically movable so that the top of the collected stack remains level with the collecting mechanism. The collecting mechanism may be positioned to accommodate different length documents and the positioning ...

Multi-page documents containing at least two types of pages requiring skip frame cycles between types are produced by first producing and storing all the pages of one type and then producing all the pages of the other type. Collation is effected during production of the latter type pages, the stored pages are withdrawn from storage at appropriate times and interleaved between the other pages as they are produced. For example, all multi-color sheets can be produced one after the other in the orde...

Apparatus for folding and sealing seriatim a supply of documents into envelopes, each of the documents containing water-activated adhesive on at least one portion thereof. The apparatus comprises a hopper for storing a supply of the documents, means for applying moisture to a portion of the documents, and a pair of folding rollers for imparting a fold to the documents. The apparatus further includes a buckle chute for stopping the forward progress of the documents and causing the documents to en...

An improved document feed mechanism for feeding documents in a vertical direction through at least two stations including a device for shingling the documents in at least one station by having successive ones of the documents overlap one another to thereby compress the amount of vertical space required for the feeding operation as opposed to the space that would be required if the documents were fed top edge to bottom edge, respectively.

An apparatus for shredding paper by passing the paper or document between a pair of shredding rollers comprising a plurality of spaced cutters characterized by a backup arrangement for at least one of the rollers to prevent bending of the roller and jamming during a shredding operation. The backup arrangement includes at least one yoke member having at least one finger which extends between cutters to engage a spacing portion of the roller to limit the amount of bending thereof so that a documen...

The present invention relates generally to physical articles, e.g., such as documents, and authenticating physical articles. One claim recites a method of determining authenticity of an analog form (e.g., a printed document such as legal tender, currency or identification documents). The analog form includes a machine-detectable signal represented in printing formed thereon. The signal is based on a rotationally symmetric pattern and is machine-detectable from visible light reading of the analog...