EP0100960A2
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Bill storing mechanism for an automatic teller
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1983-07-27
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2003-07-27
Abstract
Abstract in an automatic bill issuing and depositing machine, bill stackers, each being associated with one denomination of bills, are utilized to receive and store bills inserted into the machine by a customer for depositing them and to dispense bills stored therein for issuing them to a customer. The stacker is provided with a paddle wheel assembly (22) movable up and down to keep or follow a predetermined small distance between the wheel and the top of the stacked bills (24) so that the bill released from the wheel can be stacked without irregularity. When the bills in the stacker are to be dispensed, the weight of the paddle wheel assembly (22) and its supporting assembly is applied onto the stack to enable the bills to be positively fed out from the bottom of the stacker one by one by a rotating separator wheel (25).
Inventors
- 👤 Katsura Tsukamoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 13:20
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F19/00; G07F19/20; B; B65; B65H; B65H29/00; B65H29/38; B65H29/40; G07D; G07D11/00; G07D11/10; G07F19/201; G07F19/205; B65H2301/00; B65H2301/40; B65H2301/42; B65H2301/422; B65H2301/4223
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
Bill storing mechanism for an automatic teller machine which receives one or more bill from a customer, releases and stacks said received bills (24) in a receptacle (21), and feeds out stacked bills by a feed-out means (25) to a customer characterized by a paddle wheel assembly (22) arranged at one end of the stack of bills (24) in the receptacle (21) for stacking received bills (24), guide means (22, 23) for slidably guiding said paddle wheel assembly (22) in the bill stacking direction in said receptacle (21), pressing means (33, 34) connected to said guide means (22, 23) for pressing said stacked bills, and brake means (31, 32) for controllably inhibiting said wheel (26) from sliding on said guide means (22, 23).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
123 words
Bill storing mechanism for an automatic teller machine which receives one or more bill from a customer, releases and stacks said received bills (24) in a receptacle (21), and feeds out stacked bills by a feed-out means (25) to a customer characterized by a paddle wheel assembly (22) arranged at one end of the stack of bills (24) in the receptacle (21) for stacking received bills (24), guide means (22, 23) for slidably guiding said paddle wheel assembly (22) in the bill stacking direction in said receptacle (21), pressing means (33, 34) connected to said guide means (22, 23) for pressing said stacked bills, and brake means (31, 32) for controllably inhibiting said wheel (26) from sliding on said guide means (22, 23).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The storing mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the paddle wheel assembly (22) includes two paddle wheels (26) arranged on both sides of centrally arranged guide means (22, 23) within the receptacle (21).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The storing mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, further including a bill separator and removal mechanism (25) arranged at the other end of the stack of bills (24) for dispensing bills to a customer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
The storing mechanism according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the receptacle (21) is arranged vertically and the paddle wheel assembly (22) is positioned on top of the bill stack (24).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The storing mechanism according to one or more of claims 1 through 3, wherein the bills (24) are stacked horizontally and the paddle wheel assembly (22) is biased towards the bill stack.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
The storing mechanism according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the guide means includes a guide bar (23) fixed to the receptacle (21) and an assembly carrier slidably mounted to said guide bar (23) and carrying the paddle wheel (26).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The storing mechanism according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the pressing means includes a plate (34) actuated by a solenoid (33), both connected to the paddle wheel assembly (22).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
The storing mechanism according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the brake means includes a brake shoe (32) actuated by a solenoid (31), both connected to the paddle wheel assembly (22).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
61 words
The storing mechanism according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the paddle wheel (26) in the paddle wheel assembly (22) carries a plurality of resilient blades (30) on its circumference, which blades (30) transport a received bill against a stop, preferably an inner wall of to the receptacle (21) to add it / the stack of bills (24).
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