Apparatus for discriminating and counting documents

摘要

A currency evaluating device comprises an input receptacle to receive a stack of currency bills, a transport mechanism to transport the bills in the direction of the narrow dimension of the bills, one at a time, from the input receptacle to a plurality of output receptacles at a rate in excess of about 800 bills per minute, and a discriminating unit to determine the denomination of each of the bills at the aforementioned rate, the discrimination unit including a detector positioned along a bill transport path and adapted to receive and re-stack the bills after being discriminated by the discriminating unit.