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JetScan Currency Scanner/Counter, Model 4060, Operator's
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JetScan Currency Scanner/Counter, Model 4061, Operating
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Primary Examiner—David H. Bollinger
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Arnold, White & Durkee
[57] ABSTRACT
A currency handling apparatus wherein an input bin is provided for accepting a stack of bills from which bottom bills are to be successively fed in single file in a given feed direction along a bill transport path. The apparatus is provided with a feed arrangement comprising a bill supporting surface for supporting a stack of bills and a stripping wheel. The stripping wheel projects through the bill supporting surface so as to contact the stack of bills. The stripping wheel has a circumference and a high-friction surface and/or a raised surface along only a portion of its circumference such that during rotation of said stripping wheel said highfriction portion and/or raised portion intermittently engages the lowermost bill of the stack of bills. The stripping wheel is always stopped with the high-friction portion and/or the raised portion of its circumference below the bill supporting surface.
26 Claims, 35 Drawing Sheets
