Larry L Robinson

US Patent:

48772356, Oct 31, 1989

Filed:

Jul 14, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/218954

Inventors:

Larry A. Robinson - Boise ID
Richard R. Robinson - Red Feather Lakes CO

Assignee:

Tidel Systems, Inc. - Carrollton TX

International Classification:

B65H 2922

US Classification:

271279

Abstract:

A currency sorter and storage device 10 which includes a lockable storage container 11 having a front plate 12 which further has a plurality of currency receiving slots 13 therein. A pair of rollers, one being drive roller 18 and the other idler roller 17, are disposed in parallel spaced relationship directly behind and on the interior side of currency receiving slots 13. An electric motor 19 provides a source of rotation for drive roller 18. A partitioned currency bin 14 having currency receiving chutes 15 therein, is disposed within lockable storage containing 11 such that currency receiving chutes 15 each lie directly below a particular currency receiving slot 13. A rotatable shaft 23 having one end extending through the side of lockable storage container 11 has a plurality of biasing dogs 22 radially attached. Biasing dogs 22 are disposed along rotatable shaft 23 to each engage a stack of currency 1 located in a particular currency receiving chute 15. A handle 24 is radially attached to the exterior end of rotatable shaft 23 to facilitate engaging or disengaging biasing dogs 22 with stacks of currency 1.