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Bill receiving/dispensing apparatus
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1984-10-05
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Granted: 1987-07-28
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Expires: 2004-10-05
Abstract
Abstract This invention relates to a bill receiving/dispensing apparatus applied to a vending machine and a money changing machine which can house and store bills inserted by users and return a desired number of bills. Provision of a reversing roller (10) makes it possible to ensure that in paying out a bill (1) only a single bill is paid out at a time from a plurality of bills (3) overlaid one on another in a bill storing device (2).
Inventors
- 👤 Koujirou Iida
- 👤 Yasuo Yoshioka
- 👤 Hiroshi Ogawa
- 👤 Kiyoshi Haruno
- 👤 Tsugio Ohigashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 23:23
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H3/00; B65H3/46; B65H3/52; B65H3/5246; B65H29/00; B65H29/16; B65H29/18; B65H3/02; B65H3/06; B65H3/0653; B65H83/00; B65H83/02; B65H83/025; B65H2301/00; B65H2301/40; B65H2301/42; B65H2301/421; B65H2301/4214; B65H2301/42146; B65H2701/00; B65H2701/10; B65H2701/19; B65H2701/1912; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S271/00; Y10S271/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
A bill receiving/dispensing apparatus comprising: a passage with a conveying device for conveying a bill inserted through a slot; a bill storing device communicating with said passage for storing bills conveyed in a first direction by said conveying device in a neatly arranged stack; said conveying device being configured to rotate forwardly to convey bills to said storing device and reversely to convey stored bills to said slot when bills are paid out from said bill storing device; and a reversing roller for rotating reversely relative to a bill conveying direction of said conveying device, said reversing roller being provided in said passage and disposed at a position facing said conveying device in the vicinity of said bill storing device, said reversing roller causing only a single bill at a time to be completely extracted from said bill storing device and conveyed to said slot by said conveying device.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
149 words
A bill receiving/dispensing apparatus comprising: a passage with a conveying device for conveying a bill inserted through a slot; a bill storing device communicating with said passage for storing bills conveyed in a first direction by said conveying device in a neatly arranged stack; said conveying device being configured to rotate forwardly to convey bills to said storing device and reversely to convey stored bills to said slot when bills are paid out from said bill storing device; and a reversing roller for rotating reversely relative to a bill conveying direction of said conveying device, said reversing roller being provided in said passage and disposed at a position facing said conveying device in the vicinity of said bill storing device, said reversing roller causing only a single bill at a time to be completely extracted from said bill storing device and conveyed to said slot by said conveying device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
64 words
A bill receiving/dispensing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said conveying device comprises a conveyor belt driven by a motor; and another roller rotating in said bill conveying direction with the outer peripheral surface thereof in contact with said conveyor belt such that said reversing roller rotates with the outer peripheral surface thereof in contact with said outer peripheral surface of said another roller.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
A bill receiving/dispensing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said reversing roller is composed of a middle portion formed of a resin and rubber rollers attached to both sides of said middle portion, said middle portion being in contact with said conveyor belt.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
A bill receiving/dispensing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an extracting roller for extracting a bill from among said bills stored in said bill storing device and delivering said bill to said conveying device.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
181 words
A bill receiving/dispensing apparatus comprising: a passage with a conveying device for conveying a bill inserted through a slot; a bill storing device for storing bills in a neatly arranged stack; said conveying device comprising a conveyor belt driven by a motor and a first roller rotating in the direction of said conveyor belt with the outer peripheral surface thereof being in contact with said conveyor belt, and said conveyor belt being configured to rotate forwardly to convey bills from said slot to said storing device and reversely when bills are paid out from the bill storing device to said slot; and a reversing roller provided at a position facing said conveyor belt in the vicinity of said bill storing device such that the outer peripheral surface of said reversing roller is in contact with said outer peripheral surface of said first roller to thereby rotate reversely to a bill conveying direction, said reversing roller causing only a single bill at a time to be completely extracted from said bill storing device and conveyed to said slot by said conveyor belt.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
181 words
A bill receiving/dispensing apparatus comprising: a passage with a conveying device for conveying a bill inserted through a slot; a bill storing device for storing bills in a neatly arranged stack; said conveying device comprising a conveyor belt driven by a motor and a first roller rotating in the direction of said conveyor belt with the outer peripheral surface thereof being in contact with said conveyor belt, and said conveyor belt being configured to rotate forwardly to convey bills from said slot to said storing device and reversely when bills are paid out from the bill storing device to said slot; and a reversing roller provided at a position facing said conveyor belt in the vicinity of said bill storing device such that the outer peripheral surface of said reversing roller is in contact with said outer peripheral surface of said first roller to thereby rotate reversely to a bill conveying direction, said reversing roller causing only a single bill at a time to be completely extracted from said bill storing device and conveyed to said slot by said conveyor belt.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
A bill receiving/dispensing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said reversing roller is composed of a middle portion formed of a resin and rubber rollers attached to both sides of said middle portion, said middle portion being in contact with said conveyor belt.
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