Paper money counting apparatus

Claim 1

A PAPER MONEY COUNTING APPARATUS WHICH COMPRISES A BASE PLATE, A ROTARY TABLE MOUNTED ON THE BASE PLATE, AND ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR DRIVING SAID TABLE, A PLURALITY OF SUCTION HEADS, A SHAFT FOR SUPPORTING EACH HEAD IN A FREELY ROTATABLE MANNER WITH RESPECT TO SAID ROTARY TABLE, GEAR MEANS TO ROTATE EACH SUCTION HEAD IN A SENSE OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID ROTAR TABLE, A PAPER MONEY HOLDING PLATE SUPPORTED ON SAID BASE PLATE EXTENDING IN A DIRECTION GENERALLY TANGENTIAL TO SAID ROTARY TABLE, ONE END OF THE HOLDING PLATE ADJACENT SAID ROTARY TABLE BEING FORMED WITH A CURVED PORTION PROTRUDING TOWARD THE ROTARY TABLE SO AS TO CAUSE A DEFORMATION OF THE PAPER MONEY TO BE COUNTED, A SPONGE LINER ON THE SURFACE OF SAID MONEY HOLDING PLATE TO CONTACT THE PAPER MONEY PLACED THEREON, AND EACH SUCTION HEAD HAVING A FACE INCLINED IN A TANGENTIAL DIRECTION AND PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIAL DIRECTION OF EACH HEAD WHEREBY SUCH FACE WILL BE PARALLEL WITH THE ADJACENT FACE OF THE HOLDING PLATE SO THAT THE MONEY ON SAID FACE CAN BE EASILY ASPIRATED, AND A COUNTING INDICATOR DEVICE OPERABLE EACH TIME THAT A SUCTION HEAD IS SUCCESSIVELY MOVED TO ITS OPERATING POSITION IN CONTACT WITH THE MONEY TO BE COUNTED.