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Abstract

An improved bill transport and stacking mechanism is provided for currency handling machines and is adapted for efficient transport and stacking of curled currency bills, documents and the like. The bill transport path is provided with members for exerting transverse bending forces on opposed side edges of a bill immediately before the bill moves away from positive contact with the transport path surface. The transverse bending forces effectively 'stiffen' the leading longitudinal bill edge so as to counteract any tendency the bill has to curl away from sustained contact with the transport path. The arrangement prevents curled bills from conforming to their original curled shape and forces such bills to be positively relayed from the bill transport path onto stacker blades positioned immediately downstream thereof.

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