EP0317537A2
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Bill handling apparatus
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1988-11-03
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2008-11-03
Abstract
Abstract In a bill deposit and dispense apparatus received bills are automatically discriminated for truth or falsehood and are stored in boxed in accordance with their denominations. The stored bills are selectively fed out and dispensed for payment.
Inventors
- 👤 Koichi Sato
- 👤 Tsutomu Sawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 08:58
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07D; G07D11/00; G07D11/10; G07D11/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
(1) A bill handling apparatus comprising a feeder mechanism for receiving the introduced bills and feeding them out one by one, a shifting mechanism for shifting the bills fed out from said feeder mechanism to one side with respect to the feed direction thereof, a holder mechanism for receiving and holding bills supplied thereto, a transfer mechanism for transferring the bills held in said holder mechanism to said feeder mechanism, an inverse shifting mechanism for inversely shifting the bills transferred by said transfer mechanism by moving them to the side opposite to said one side by a predetermined distance, a discriminator mechanism for discriminating truth or falsehood of the bills shifted by said shifting mechanism, and a supply mechanism for supplying the bills discriminated as false by said discriminator mechanism to said holder mechanism.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
160 words
(2) A bill handling apparatus comprising a feeder mechanism for receiving the introduced bills and feeding them out one by one, a shifting mechanism for shifting the bills fed out from said feeder mechanism to one side with respect to the feed direction thereof, a holder mechanism for receiving and holding bills supplied thereto, a transfer mechanism for transferring the bills held in said holder mechanism to said feeder mechanism, an inverse shifting mechanism for inversely shifting the bills transferred by said transfer mechanism by moving them to the side opposite to said one side by a predetermined distance, a discriminator mechanism for discriminating the denomination of the bills shifted by said shifting mechanism, a first storage mechanism for storing the bills discriminated by said discriminator mechanism for each denomination, a removable second storage mechanism having any denomination of bills stored therein, and a second supply mechanism for supplying the bills stored in said storage mechanism to said holder mechanism.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
157 words
(3) A bill handling apparatus comprising a feeder mechanism for receiving the introduced bills and feeding them out one by one, a shifting mechanism for shifting the bills fed out from said feeder mechanism to one side with respect to the feed direction thereof, a holder mechanism for receiving and holding bills supplied thereto, a transfer mechanism for transferring the bills held in said holder mechanism to said feeder mechanism, an inverse shifting mechanism for inversely shifting the bills transferred by said transfer mechanism by moving them to the side opposite to said one side by a predetermined distance, a discriminator mechanism for discriminating the denomination of the bills shifted by said shifting mechanism, a third storage mechanism having each denomination of bills stored therein, a third supply mechanism for supplying the bills stored in said third storage mechanism to said holder mechanism, and a fourth storage mechanism for storing the bills discriminated by said discriminator mechanism.
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