Patent US1129377A successfully refreshed from Google Patents.
EP0994445A2
Expired / Lapsed
EP
⏱️ 0.0 years remaining
Bank note deposit/withdrawal machine
Assignee: Hitachi Channel Solutions Corp
•
Filing: 1999-10-12
•
Granted: —
•
Expires: 2019-10-12
Abstract
Abstract A bank note storage/supply box (8) includes a stack feed roller 801 driven for rotation, a pick-up roller 811, a gate roller 803 not rotating in a carrying-over direction, a brush roller 804 on the same axis as the gate roller 803 with its elastic material radiantly arranged, a separation/stack guide 805 movable in a separating operation and a stacking operation, an upper and lower bank note support unit, and a holding plate driven in the horizontal direction. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Shigeru Sasaki
- 👤 Akira Nomiyama
- 👤 Riichi Kato
- 👤 Shinji Shibata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 04:38
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H83/00; B65H83/02; B65H83/025; G; G07; G07F; G07F19/00; B65H29/00; B65H29/20; B65H29/22; G07D; G07D11/00; G07D11/10; G07D11/12; G07D11/13; B65H2301/00; B65H2301/40; B65H2301/42; B65H2301/421; B65H2301/4214; B65H2301/42142; B65H2404/00; B65H2404/50; B65H2404/56; B65H2404/561; B65H2701/00; B65H2701/10; B65H2701/19; B65H2701/1912
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
190 words
A bank note deposit/withdrawal machine comprising
a deposit/withdrawal opening (2) for receiving or supplying bank
notes, a bank note discrimination unit (3) for discriminating
bank notes, a temporary storage box (4) for temporarily storing
bank notes received through the deposit/withdrawal opening (2),
a bank note storage/supply box (8) for storing deposited notes
and supplying the notes for withdrawal, and a bank note
feeding path (5) for connecting the deposit/withdrawal opening (2)
the bank note discrimination unit (3), the temporary storage box (4),
and the bank note storage/supply box (8), wherein said bank note
storage/supply box (8) includes a stack and separation mechanism,
connected to the bank note feeding path (5), for storing bank
notes in the bank note storage/supply box (8) or separating bank
notes from the bank note storage/supply box (8), an upper and
lower bank note support unit (809, 812) for rotating in a bank note
stacking direction or in the counter-stacking direction to
support the bank notes, holding the upper and lower portions
of the bank notes, and setting them upright, and a holding
plate (806), horizontally driven in the box with the bank notes
held upright.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
50 words
The bank note deposit/withdrawal machine of claim
1, wherein said upper and lower bank note support unit (809, 812) is
driven in the same direction as the holding plate (806), and a bank
note feeding speed is set to be higher than the moving speed
of the holding plate (806).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
69 words
The bank note deposit/withdrawal machine of claim
1, wherein said bank note storage/supply box (8) comprises a bank
note guide which moves to a position at which bank notes can
be led to the stack and separation mechanism when the bank
notes are separated, and which is incorporated into the upper
and lower bank note support unit (809, 812) at a top position when the
bank notes are stacked.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
49 words
The bank note deposit/withdrawal machine of claim
1, wherein said bank note storage/supply box (8) comprises a
brush rolled (804) for feeding, by a radiantly extended flexible
unit, the bank notes received from the stack and separation
mechanism to a space in which the bank notes should be stored.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
79 words
The bank note deposit/withdrawal machine of claim
4, wherein said bank note storage/supply box (8) comprises a bank
note support unit (809) for supporting a lower end of the stored
bank notes; and a bank note detection sensor (888), provided in
a vicinity of an intersection between the enclosing brush
roller (804) and an end of the bank note support unit (809), for detecting
the existence/non-existence of the bank notes above the brush
roller (804) for a predetermined time.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
The bank note deposit/withdrawal machine of claim
5, wherein said holding plate (806) is moved toward the stack and
separation mechanism when the bank note detection sensor of
said bank note storage/supply box (8) detects residual bank notes
continuously above the brush roller (804).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
102 words
The bank note deposit/withdrawal machine of claim
1, wherein said bank note storage/supply box (8) comprises a
detector for detecting the thickness or the tilt of the bank
notes stacked upright and horizontally; and a controller for
temporarily stops an operation of storing the bank notes in
the bank note storage/supply box (8) when the detector detects
a predetermined thickness or a predetermined tilt, and
controlling the operation of storing the bank notes in the
bank note storage/supply box (8) to be resumed after the holding
plate (806) of the bank note storage/supply box (8) has been driven
in the counter-stacking direction.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
140 words
The bank note deposit/withdrawal machine of claim
1, wherein said machine comprises a controller designed such
that, when bank notes are transferred from a bank note
storage/supply box (8) to another bank note storage/supply box (8),
the amount of movement of the holding plate (806) of one bank note
storage/supply box (8) is compared with the amount of the
movement of the plate of the other bank note storage/supply
box (8) so that the tilt of the bank notes stored in the other
bank note storage/supply box (8) can be discriminated, and when
the tilt is discriminated, the operation of storing the bank
notes in the other bank note storage/supply box (8) is
temporarily stopped, the holding plate (806) is driven in the
counter-stacking direction to adjust the tilt of the bank
notes, and then the storing operation is resumed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The bank note deposit/withdrawal machine of claim
4, wherein said brush roller (804) includes a boss exposure portion
on which radiantly arranged flexible units are not provided
at a part.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
51 words
The bank note deposit/withdrawal machine of claim
9, wherein said brush roller (804) can rotate in the bank note
stacking direction when the bank notes are stacked in the
storage space, and can stop at a predetermined position when
the bank notes stored in the storage space are to be separated.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
The bank note deposit/withdrawal machine of claim
9, wherein said bank note storage/supply box (8) comprises a
stack deformation unit for forcibly deforming the stacked
bank notes.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
45 words
The bank note deposit/withdrawal machine of claim
9, wherein rotation of the brush roller (804) is controlled such
that the predetermined positional relationship can be
maintained between the front end of the stacked bank notes
and the flexible units when the bank notes are stacked.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
The bank note deposit/withdrawal machine of claim
1, wherein said bank note storage/supply box (8) comprises a top
plate for adjusting a position of a storage space depending
on a size of bank notes to be stored.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
36 words
The bank note deposit/withdrawal machine of claim
1, wherein said bank note storage/supply box (8) comprises side
plates for adjusting a position of a storage space depending
on a size of bank notes to be stored.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
The bank note deposit/withdrawal machine of claim
1, wherein said bank note storage/supply box (8) comprises a
flexible partitioning unit in a storage space in the vicinity
of the storage/supply opening.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
No citation records indexed.
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
Maintenance schedule is calculated for granted US utility patents.