| 摘要 |
<p>A sheet handling apparatus which may be used for loading currency notes 70 into, and removing currency notes from, a cassette 68 includes a vacuum-operated, rotating pick-up wheel assembly 16 having two pairs of pick-up wheels 18 and 22. The pick-up wheels can operate to carry notes one by one from a loading station 98 and load them into an open end of the cassette 68, or can operate to pick up notes one by one from the open end of the cassette and carry them to a release station 118. A solenoid-operated control means is provided for switching the apparatus from a loading mode of operation to a pick-up mode, and vice versa, the control means serving to control the application of vacuum to the pick-up wheels and the operation of associated elements such as note retaining pawls 74. The apparatus may be used in an automatic bank teller system.</p> |
