Paper money receiving apparatus

Claim 1

An apparatus for receiving paper money or the like, comprising: means for receiving notes or the like introduced into the apparatus one after another, said receiving means comprising means for checking the genuineness of each said note, means for accepting each said note which has been found genuine by said checking means, and means for causing each said note to drop substantially horizontally, said causing means comprising a pair of horizontal endless belts disPosed one above the other, each of said endless belts having a top run and a bottom run, the lower one of which belts is movable away from the upper one, the moving of said lower one defining a continuous space between the bottom run of said upper belt and the top run of said lower belt and causing each said note to drop substantially horizontally; means for temporarily storing a plurality of successively dropped notes, each of said notes, after a first dropped note, coming to rest substantially on top of a previously dropped note, forming a stack of said dropped notes; and means for conveying said stacked notes alternatively in two opposing directions in response to a signal produced upon completion of introduction of a succession of said notes into said checking means.

Claim 2

An apparatus for receiving paper money or the like, comprising: means for receiving notes or the like introduced into the apparatus one after another, said receiving means comprising means for checking the genuineness of each said note, means for accepting each said note which has been found genuine by said checking means, and means for causing each said note to drop substantially horizontally, said causing means comprising a pair of horizontal endless belts disPosed one above the other, each of said endless belts having a top run and a bottom run, the lower one of which belts is movable away from the upper one, the moving of said lower one defining a continuous space between the bottom run of said upper belt and the top run of said lower belt and causing each said note to drop substantially horizontally; means for temporarily storing a plurality of successively dropped notes, each of said notes, after a first dropped note, coming to rest substantially on top of a previously dropped note, forming a stack of said dropped notes; and means for conveying said stacked notes alternatively in two opposing directions in response to a signal produced upon completion of introduction of a succession of said notes into said checking means.

Claim 7

An apparatus for receiving paper money or the like, comprising: means for receiving a note or the like; means for checking the genuineness of said note; means for temporarily storing said note that has been recognized as genuine; first means for conveying said note stored in said storing means, and being operable in response to a signal produced upon completion of introduction of said note into said receiving means to convey said note in one direction to accept the same and alternately in response to a signal produced upon request by the customer who introduced said note to convey said note in the opposite direction to return said note to said customer; and second means for conveying said note, the genuineness of which has been recognized by said checking means, from said receiving means to said storing means, said second conveying means comprising a pair of horizontal endless belts disposed one upon the other, so that the belts hold said note while they are conveying the same, the lower one of said endless belts being movable away from the upper one, thereby releasing said note, as far down as it comes into contact with said first conveying means, so that said lower belt and said first conveying means holds the notes on said first conveying means and conveys them.

Claim 8

An apparatus for receiving paper money or the like, comprising: means for receiving a note or the like; means for checking the genuineness of said note; means for temporarily storing said note that has been recognized as genuine; first means for conveying said note stored in said storing means, and being operable in response to a signal produced upon completion of introduction of said note into said receiving means to convey said note in one direction to accept the same and alternately in response to a signal produced upon request by the customer who introduced said note to convey said note in the opposite direction to return said note to said customer; and second means for conveying said note, the genuineness of which has been recognized by said checking means, from said receiving means to said storing means, said second conveying means comprising a pair of horizontal endless belts disposed one upon the other, so that the belts hold said note while they are conveying the same, the lower one of said endless belts being movable away from the upper one, thereby releasing said note, as far down as it comes into contact with said first conveying means, so that said lower belt and said first conveying means holds the notes on said first conveying means and conveys them.