US4883183A
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Bill depositing/dispensing apparatus
Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd
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Filing: 1987-10-02
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Granted: 1989-11-28
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Expires: 2007-10-02
Abstract
Abstract Re-dispensable bills, such as less skewed bills and successive bills, among these rejected bills which are normal but rendered undiscriminatable while being dispensed from the storage boxes to the clerk-side bill slot are temporarily stacked, in the customer-side bill slot, and the bills are stored from the customer-side bill slot into the storage boxes when desired bills stacked in the clerk-side bill slot are completely dispensed. Re-dispensably bills, such as less skewed bills and successive bills, among those rejected bills which are normal but rendered undiscriminatable while being dispensed from the storage boxes to the customer-side bill slot are temporarily stacked in the clerk-side bill slot, and the bills are stored from the clerk-side bill slot into the storage boxes when desired bills stacked in the customer-side bill slot are completely dispensed.
Inventors
- 👤 Haruo Kimura
- 👤 Takeo Ishidate
- 👤 Masao Goto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 22:58
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F17/00; G07; G07D; G07D11/00; G07D11/10; G07D11/14; G07D11/40; G07D11/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
436 words
A bill depositing/dispensing apparatus comprising: (a) a normal-bill storage box for storing normal bills; (b) a marred-bill storage box for storing marred bills; (c) a rejected-bill storage box for storing rejected bills; (d) a separator for separating and feeding normal bills from said normal-bill storage box; (e) a discriminator for detecting whether or not bills are true or false, normal or marred, and for detecting whether a face or a back of a bill is being presented, and for detecting the denomination of the bill, and for detecting abnormal traveling of the bills; (f) a customer-side bill slot for receiving and dispensing bills; (g) a first shutter disposed over said customer-side bill slot; (h) a drive means for opening and closing said first shutter; (i) a clerk-side bill slot for receiving and dispensing bills; (j) a second shutter disposed over said clerk-side bill slot; (k) a drive means for opening and closing said second shutter; (l) a first feeding means for feeding bills from said customer-side bill slot to said discriminator, said first feeding means including a first roller for separating bills disposed in said customer-side bill slot from said customer-side bill slot, a first table for pressing bills disposed in said customer-side bill slot against said first roller, and a first drive means for moving said first table back and forth; (m) a second feeding means for feeding bills from said clerk-side bill slot to said discriminator, said second feeding means including a second roller for separating bills disposed in said clerk-side bill slot from said clerk-side bill slot, a second table for pressing bills disposed in said clerk-side bill slot against said second roller, and a second drive means for moving said second table back and forth; (n) a third feeding means for feeding normal bills from said discriminator to said normal-bill storage box; (o) a fourth feeding means for feeding marred bills from said discriminator to said marred-bill storage box; (p) a fifth feeding means for feeding rejected bills from said discriminator to said rejected-bill storage box; (g) a sixth feeding means for feeding bills from said discriminator to said customer-side bill slot; (r) a seventh feeding means for feeding bills from said discriminator to said clerk-side bill slot; (s) an eighth feeding means for feeding normal bills from said normal-bill storage box to said discriminator; and (t) a control means for feeding, upon dispensing from said customer-side bill slot, rejected bills which are discriminated as abnormal in traveling by said discriminator from said discriminator to said clerk-side bill slot, and for feeding rejected bills in said clerk-side bill slot to said discriminator.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
436 words
A bill depositing/dispensing apparatus comprising: (a) a normal-bill storage box for storing normal bills; (b) a marred-bill storage box for storing marred bills; (c) a rejected-bill storage box for storing rejected bills; (d) a separator for separating and feeding normal bills from said normal-bill storage box; (e) a discriminator for detecting whether or not bills are true or false, normal or marred, and for detecting whether a face or a back of a bill is being presented, and for detecting the denomination of the bill, and for detecting abnormal traveling of the bills; (f) a customer-side bill slot for receiving and dispensing bills; (g) a first shutter disposed over said customer-side bill slot; (h) a drive means for opening and closing said first shutter; (i) a clerk-side bill slot for receiving and dispensing bills; (j) a second shutter disposed over said clerk-side bill slot; (k) a drive means for opening and closing said second shutter; (l) a first feeding means for feeding bills from said customer-side bill slot to said discriminator, said first feeding means including a first roller for separating bills disposed in said customer-side bill slot from said customer-side bill slot, a first table for pressing bills disposed in said customer-side bill slot against said first roller, and a first drive means for moving said first table back and forth; (m) a second feeding means for feeding bills from said clerk-side bill slot to said discriminator, said second feeding means including a second roller for separating bills disposed in said clerk-side bill slot from said clerk-side bill slot, a second table for pressing bills disposed in said clerk-side bill slot against said second roller, and a second drive means for moving said second table back and forth; (n) a third feeding means for feeding normal bills from said discriminator to said normal-bill storage box; (o) a fourth feeding means for feeding marred bills from said discriminator to said marred-bill storage box; (p) a fifth feeding means for feeding rejected bills from said discriminator to said rejected-bill storage box; (g) a sixth feeding means for feeding bills from said discriminator to said customer-side bill slot; (r) a seventh feeding means for feeding bills from said discriminator to said clerk-side bill slot; (s) an eighth feeding means for feeding normal bills from said normal-bill storage box to said discriminator; and (t) a control means for feeding, upon dispensing from said customer-side bill slot, rejected bills which are discriminated as abnormal in traveling by said discriminator from said discriminator to said clerk-side bill slot, and for feeding rejected bills in said clerk-side bill slot to said discriminator.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
435 words
A bill depositing/dispensing apparatus comprising: (a) a normal-bill storage box for storing normal bills; (b) a marred-bill storage box for storing marred bills; (c) a rejected-bill storage for storing rejected bills; (d) a separator for separating and feeding normal bills from said normal-bill storage box; (e) a discriminator for detecting whether or not bills are true or false, normal or marred, and for detecting whether a face or a back of a bill is being presented, and for detecting the denomination of the bill, and for detecting abnormal traveling of the bills; (f) a customer-side bill slot for receiving and dispensing bills; (g) a first shutter disposed over said customer-side bill slot; (h) a drive means for opening and closing said first shutter; (i) a clerk-side bill slot for receiving and dispensing bills; (j) a second shutter disposed over said clerk-side bill slot; (k) a drive means for opening and closing said second shutter; (l) a first feeding means for feeding bills from said customer-side bill slot to said discriminator, said first feeding means including a first roller for separating bills disposed in said customer-side bill slot from said customer-side bill slot, a first table for pressing bills disposed in said customer-side bill slot against said first roller, and a first drive means for moving said first table back and forth; (m) a second feeding means for feeding bills from said clerk-side bill slot to said discriminator, said second feeding means including a second roller for separating bills disposed in said clerk-side bill slot from said clerk-side bill slot, a second table for pressing bills disposed in said clerk-side bill slot against said second roller, and a second drive means for moving said second table back and forth; (n) a third feeding means for feeding normal bills from said discriminator to said normal-bill storage box; (o) a fourth feeding means for feeding marred bills from said discriminator to said marred-bill storage box; (p) a fifth feeding means for feeding rejected bills from said discriminator to said rejected-bill storage box; (q) a sixth feeding means for feeding bills from said discriminator to said customer-side bill slot; (r) a seventh feeding means for feeding bills from said discriminator to said clerk-side bill slot; (s) an eighth feeding means for feeding normal bills from said normal-bill storage box to said discriminator; and (t) a control means for feeding, upon dispensing from said clerk-side bill slot, rejected bills which are discriminated as abnormal in traveling by said discriminator from said discriminator to said customer-side bill slot, and for feeding rejected bills in said customer-side bill slot to said discriminator.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
435 words
A bill depositing/dispensing apparatus comprising: (a) a normal-bill storage box for storing normal bills; (b) a marred-bill storage box for storing marred bills; (c) a rejected-bill storage for storing rejected bills; (d) a separator for separating and feeding normal bills from said normal-bill storage box; (e) a discriminator for detecting whether or not bills are true or false, normal or marred, and for detecting whether a face or a back of a bill is being presented, and for detecting the denomination of the bill, and for detecting abnormal traveling of the bills; (f) a customer-side bill slot for receiving and dispensing bills; (g) a first shutter disposed over said customer-side bill slot; (h) a drive means for opening and closing said first shutter; (i) a clerk-side bill slot for receiving and dispensing bills; (j) a second shutter disposed over said clerk-side bill slot; (k) a drive means for opening and closing said second shutter; (l) a first feeding means for feeding bills from said customer-side bill slot to said discriminator, said first feeding means including a first roller for separating bills disposed in said customer-side bill slot from said customer-side bill slot, a first table for pressing bills disposed in said customer-side bill slot against said first roller, and a first drive means for moving said first table back and forth; (m) a second feeding means for feeding bills from said clerk-side bill slot to said discriminator, said second feeding means including a second roller for separating bills disposed in said clerk-side bill slot from said clerk-side bill slot, a second table for pressing bills disposed in said clerk-side bill slot against said second roller, and a second drive means for moving said second table back and forth; (n) a third feeding means for feeding normal bills from said discriminator to said normal-bill storage box; (o) a fourth feeding means for feeding marred bills from said discriminator to said marred-bill storage box; (p) a fifth feeding means for feeding rejected bills from said discriminator to said rejected-bill storage box; (q) a sixth feeding means for feeding bills from said discriminator to said customer-side bill slot; (r) a seventh feeding means for feeding bills from said discriminator to said clerk-side bill slot; (s) an eighth feeding means for feeding normal bills from said normal-bill storage box to said discriminator; and (t) a control means for feeding, upon dispensing from said clerk-side bill slot, rejected bills which are discriminated as abnormal in traveling by said discriminator from said discriminator to said customer-side bill slot, and for feeding rejected bills in said customer-side bill slot to said discriminator.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1992-11-27 | 1993-05-29 | 1993-11-28 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1996-11-27 | 1997-05-29 | 1997-11-28 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2000-11-27 | 2001-05-29 | 2001-11-28 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |