Mark M Munro, 63Lisle, IL

6351551, Feb 26, 2002

Jul 30, 1998

09/126580

Mark C. Munro - Park Ridge IL
John E. Jones - Winnetka IL
Bradford T. Graves - Arlington Heights IL
William J. Jones - Kenilworth IL
Douglas U. Mennie - Barrington IL

Cummins-Allison Corp. - Mt. Prospect IL

G06K 900

382135, 209546, 209548

A currency counting and discrimination device for receiving a stack of currency bills, rapidly counting and discriminating the bills in the stack, and then re-stacking the bills. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of currency bills to be discriminated, a discriminating unit for discriminating the denomination of the currency bills, and one or more output receptacles for receiving the currency bills after being discriminated by the discriminating unit. The device further comprises a transport mechanism for transporting the currency bills, one at a time, from the input receptacle past a sensor of the discriminating unit and to the one or more output receptacles. One or more counters keep track of the value of bills that are discriminated. Furthermore, means are provided for an operator of the device to indicate the value of any bills whose denomination are not determined by the discriminating unit; the bills whose denomination are not determined by the discriminating unit being termed no call bills. The value indicating means appropriately effects the one or more counters.

6398000, Jun 4, 2002

Feb 11, 2000

09/502666

Charles P. Jenrick - Chicago IL
Matthew L. Anderson - Salem WI
Robert J. Klein - Chicago IL
Curtis W. Hallowell - Palatine IL
Mark C. Munro - Park Ridge IL
Cherrie L. Brown - Lombard IL

Cummins-Allison Corp. - Mt. Prospect IL

G07C 300

194200, 194206, 209534, 221242, 271158, 271181

An apparatus for transferring a plurality of documents from a first compartment to a second compartment. The apparatus comprises a plunger assembly having a paddle adapted to contact the documents, and at least one outwardly extending arm hingedly connected to the plunger assembly. A gate is disposed between the first compartment and the second compartment forming a document supporting surface. The gate has an open position and a closed position. At least one lever extends from the gate, the lever being in a first position when the gate is in the closed position and the lever being in a second position when the gate is in the open position. The gate moves from the closed position to the open position when the paddle urges the documents against the gate from the first compartment towards the second compartment. The arm moves the lever from the second position to the first position to move the gate from the open position to the closed position when the paddle retracts from the second compartment to the first compartment.

6637576, Oct 28, 2003

Oct 16, 2000

09/688539

John E. Jones - Winnetka IL
William J. Jones - Barrington IL
Mark C. Munro - Park Ridge IL
Cherrie L. Brown - Lombard IL
George T. Seelenbinder - Elk Grove Village IL
Eric R. Carver - Palatine IL
John C. Peklo - Elmhurst IL

Cummins-Allison Corp. - Mount Prospect IL

G06F 900

194216

A currency processing machine for processing currency including coins of mixed denominations that are input by a user comprises a coin counter for determining the aggregate value of the coins of mixed denominations, a coin bin for holding the counted coins discharged from the coin counter, and a coin sorter for storing coins discharged from the coin bin.

6748101, Jun 8, 2004

Sep 29, 2000

09/676349

William J. Jones - Kenilworth IL
Douglas U. Mennie - Barrington IL
Mark C. Munro - Park Ridge IL

Cummins-Allison Corp. - Mt. Prospect IL

G06K 900

382135, 705 43, 235379, 902 11

An apparatus for currency discrimination comprises first and second stationary scanheads, disposed on opposite sides of a bill transport path, for scanning respective first and second opposing surfaces of a bill traveling along the bill transport path and for producing respective output signals. The bill travels along the transport path in the direction of a predetermined dimension of the bill. A memory stores master characteristic patterns corresponding to associated predetermined surfaces of a plurality of denominations of genuine bills. Sampling circuitry samples the output signals associated with the respective first and second opposing surfaces of the scanned bill. A signal processor is programmed to determine which one of the first and second opposing surfaces corresponds to the associated predetermined surfaces of the plurality of denominations of genuine bills. The processor then correlates the output signal associated with the one of the first and second opposing surfaces corresponding to the associated predetermined surfaces with the master characteristic patterns to identify the denomination of the scanned bill.

6778693, Aug 17, 2004

Feb 28, 2002

10/085811

William J. Jones - Barrington IL
Douglas U. Mennie - Barrington IL
Mark C. Munro - Park Ridge IL

Cummins-Allison Corp. - Mt. Prospect IL

G06K 900

382135, 382136, 902 8, 705 43

An apparatus for currency discrimination comprises first and second stationary scanheads, disposed on opposite sides of a bill transport path, for scanning respective first and second opposing surfaces of a bill traveling along the bill transport path and for producing respective output signals. The bill travels along the transport path in the direction of a predetermined dimension of the bill. A memory stores master characteristic patterns corresponding to associated predetermined surfaces of a plurality of denominations of genuine bills. Sampling circuitry samples the output signals associated with the respective first and second opposing surfaces of the scanned bill. A signal processor is programmed to determine which one of the first and second opposing surfaces corresponds to the associated predetermined surfaces of the plurality of denominations of genuine bills. The processor then correlates the output signal associated with the one of the first and second opposing surfaces corresponding to the associated predetermined surfaces with the master characteristic patterns to identify the denomination of the scanned bill.

6860375, Mar 1, 2005

Feb 8, 2002

10/068977

Curtis W. Hallowell - Palatine IL, US
Robert J. Klein - Chicago IL, US
Mark C. Munro - Park Ridge IL, US
Bradford T. Graves - Arlington Heights IL, US

Cummins-Allison Corporation - Mt. Prospect IL

G07D005/00

194328, 209534, 902 7

Methods and devices for dynamically assigning document parameters to output receptacles of multiple output receptacle document evaluating devices. Documents are directed into individual output receptacles based upon their document parameter or parameters. For example, according to one embodiment a currency evaluating device comprises an input receptacle adapted to receive a stack of currency bills, a plurality of output receptacles, a transport mechanism, and a processor adapted to control the operation of the device. The processor is programmed to determine the denomination of a bill and determine if an output receptacle is associated with the denomination of the bill. If an output receptacle is not associated with the denomination of the bill, the processor is programmed to associate an output receptacle with the denomination of the bill and cause the bill to be transported to an output receptacle associated with the denomination of the bill.

6866134, Mar 15, 2005

Sep 12, 2002

10/242237

Lars R. Stromme - Holmestrand, NO
Bradford T. Graves - Arlington Heights IL, US
William J. Jones - Barrington IL, US
Richard A. Mazur - Naperville IL, US
Douglas U. Mennie - Barrington IL, US
Mark C. Munro - Park Ridge IL, US

Cummins-Allison Corp. - Mount Prospect IL

G07F007/04

194207, 194206, 377 8, 209534, 382135

A method of evaluating a stack of currency bills using a currency evaluation device comprises receiving a stack of bills in an input receptacle of the evaluation device. The bills are transported, one at a time, from the input receptacle to one of two or more output receptacles of the currency evaluation device. The denomination of the bills is counted and determined utilizing a detector positioned along a transport path between the input receptacle and the output receptacles. The bills are determined on whether they meet or fail to meet a non-piece count related criterion. The transportation is halted when a bill meets or fails to meet the criterion. A bill meeting or failing to meet the criterion is termed a flagged bill. The halting is performed such that the flagged bill is positioned as the last bill in one of the output receptacles.

6868954, Mar 22, 2005

Sep 12, 2002

10/242573

Lars R. Stromme - Holmestrand, NO
Bradford T. Graves - Arlington Heights IL, US
William J. Jones - Barrington IL, US
Richard A. Mazur - Naperville IL, US
Douglas U. Mennie - Barrington IL, US
Mark C. Munro - Park Ridge IL, US

Cummins-Allison Corp. - Mount Prospect IL

G07F007/04

194207, 194206, 377 8, 209534, 382135

A method of evaluating a stack of currency bills using a currency evaluation device comprising receiving a stack of bills in an input receptacle of the evaluation device. The bills are transported, one at a time, from the input receptacle to one of two or more output receptacles of the currency evaluation device. The denomination of the bill is counted and determined utilizing a detector positioned along a transport path between the input receptacle and the output receptacles. A bill is flagged when the denomination of the bills is not determined and the flagging comprises halting the transporting when a bill is flagged. The bills that have been denominated including bills of a plurality of denominations are delivered to a first set of one or more of the output receptacles.