Currency sorter

Abstract

A currency sorter has: take-in means ( 106 ) for taking currency notes in sorter one by one; discriminating means ( 105 ) for discriminating the currency notes; stacking means ( 111 to 115 ) for stacking the currency notes according to the discrimination result obtained by said discriminating means; bundling means ( 200 ) for bundling a predetermined number of the currency notes; a money returning unit at which an odd currency note which is a fraction of the predetermined number of the currency notes is returned, first conveyer means for conveying the predetermined number of the currency notes from all deposited in said stacking means with grabbing them to the bundling means; and second conveyer means for conveying the odd currency notes left in the stacking means with grabbing them to said money returning unit. The sorter may further have printing means ( 212 ) for imprinting predetermined information on a band supplied to said bundling means; and print control means ( 400 ) for controlling said printing means imprint information indicating one of stacking means from which the currency notes are derived, whether stacked currency notes are mixture of the new and old versions or discriminatively stacked new or old version or whether the currency notes are mixture of the fit and unfit conditions or discriminatively stacked fit and unfit condition.

1 . A currency sorter comprising:
 discriminating means for discriminating currency notes taken in from a depositing slit or a stacking unit;   a plurality of stacking means for stacking currency to be bundled;   first conveyer means for conveying the currency notes to separate stacking means according to the discrimination results obtained by said discriminating means;   bundling means for bundling the currency notes with a band;   second conveyer means for taking out a predetermined number of the currency notes from said stacking means and for convening them to said bundling means;   printing means for imprinting predetermined information on a band supplied to said bundling means and   print control means for controlling said printing means to imprint information indicating one of stacking means from which the currency notes are derived or condition of the currency notes according to discriminating results by the discriminating means.   
   
   
       2 . The currency sorter according to  claim 1 , wherein the information indicating condition of the currency notes is new and old versions discriminated by the discriminating means,
 wherein the currency sorter further comprises setting means for setting bundling modes whether currency notes of the new and old versions are bundled discriminatively by new/old or mixed, and   wherein said first conveyor means conveys the currency notes to separate stacking means according to the settings by said setting means and the determination results obtained by said discriminating means.   
   
   
       3 . The currency sorter according to  claim 1 , wherein the information indicating condition of the currency notes is fit and unfit discriminated by the discriminating means,
 wherein the currency sorter further comprises setting means to set bundling modes whether currency notes of the fit and unfit are bundled discriminatively by fit/unfit or mixed, and   wherein said first conveyor means conveys the currency notes to separate stacking means according to the settings by said setting means and the determination results obtained by said discriminating means.   
   
   
       4 . The currency sorter according to  claim 1 , wherein the information indicating condition of the currency notes is new and old versions and fit and unfit discriminated by the discriminating means,
 wherein the currency sorter further comprises setting means to set bundling modes whether currency notes of new and old versions are bundled discriminatively by new/old or mixed and whether currency notes of fit and unfit are bundled discriminatively by new/old or mixed , and   wherein said first conveyor means conveys the currency notes to separate stacking means according to the settings by said setting means and the determination results obtained by said discriminating means.   
   
   
       5 . A currency sorter comprising:
 discriminating means for discriminating currency notes taken in from a depositing slit or a stacking unit;   a plurality of stacking means for stacking currency to be bundled;   first conveyer means for conveying the currency notes to separate stacking means according to the discrimination results obtained by said discriminating means;   bundling means for bundling the currency notes with a band;   second conveyer means for taking out a predetermined number of the currency notes from said stacking means and for convening them to said bundling means;   printing means for imprinting predetermined information on a band supplied to said bundling means and   print control means for controlling said printing means to imprint information indicating one of stacking means from which the currency notes are derived and condition of the currency notes according to discriminating results by the discriminating means.   
   
   
       6 . The currency sorter according to  claim 5 , wherein the information indicating condition of the currency notes is new and old versions discriminated by the discriminating means,
 wherein the currency sorter further comprises setting means for setting bundling modes whether currency notes of the new and old versions are bundled discriminatively by new/old or mixed, and   wherein said first conveyor means conveys the currency notes to separate stacking means according to the settings by said setting means and the determination results obtained by said discriminating means.   
   
   
       7 . The currency sorter according to  claim 5 , wherein the information indicating condition of the currency notes is fit and unfit discriminated by the discriminating means,
 wherein the currency sorter further comprises setting means to set bundling modes whether currency notes of the fit and unfit are bundled discriminatively by fit/unfit or mixed, and   wherein said first conveyor means conveys the currency notes to separate stacking means according to the settings by said setting means and the determination results obtained by said discriminating means.   
   
   
       8 . The currency sorter according to  claim 5 , wherein the information indicating condition of the currency notes is new and old versions and fit and unfit discriminated by the discriminating means,
 wherein the currency sorter further comprises setting means to set bundling modes whether currency notes of new and old versions are bundled discriminatively by new/old or mixed and whether currency notes of fit and unfit are bundled discriminatively by new/old or mixed , and   wherein said first conveyor means conveys the currency notes to separate stacking means according to the settings by said setting means and the determination results obtained by said discriminating means.   
   
   
       9 . The currency sorter according to  claim 8 , wherein said print control means uses a single alphabetical letter to designate any combination of the new and old version data, the fit and unfit condition data, and the data on said stacking means.