Bill handling machine

• US 7,255,216 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2003
• Issued: 08/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Japan Cash Machine Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Japan Cash Machine Company Limited
• Inventors: Izawa, Hikaru, Shoji, Nobuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Mackey; Patrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Beauchaine; Mark J.
• Application Number:
  US10/515,855
• Publication Number:
  US 20060163030A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,540 Days
• Field of Search: 194/350, 194/207, 194/302, 194/344, 902/8, 902/9, 902/11, 902/12, 902/13, 902/15, 902/16, 271/163, 271/164, 271/145, 399/371
• US Class Current: 194/350
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/41912 between two belt like members
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 29/006 Winding articles into rolls
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/12 Containers for valuable papers
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/04 by paper currency

Abstract

A bill handling machine includes a machine body 10 for conveying bills 3 and storing bills other than a bill 3 to be discharged and a detachable box 20 having a mounted section 21 detachably mounted to a mount section 11 of the machine body 10 for storing and discharging the bill 3 to be discharged. The machine body 10 includes distinguishing device (14b and 14c) for distinguishing whether or not the bill 3 is a dischargeable bill, conveying device 12 for conveying the bills 3 in the normal or reverse direction between the distinguishing device and the mounting section 11, and a keeping bill storage section 15 for storing the bills 3 other than the bill 3 to be discharged which is conveyed by the conveying device 12. The detachable box 20 includes a dischargeable bill storage section 25 for storing the bill 3 so as to be discharged.

Claims

1. A bill handling machine for receiving multiple kinds of bills from the exterior to store them temporarily and discharging a specified bill from the stored bills to the exterior, comprising:

a machine body for conveying a bill received from the exterior and storing bills other than a dischargeable bill, and at least one detachable box having a mounted section detachably mounted to a mounting section of the machine body for storing and discharging a dischargeable bill which is conveyed from the machine body, wherein

the machine body includes a distinguishing device for distinguishing whether or not a bill received from the exterior is a dischargeable bill, a conveying device for conveying the bill in a normal or reverse direction between the distinguishing device and the mounting section, a keeping bill storage section for storing bills other than the dischargeable bill which is conveyed by the conveying device, and an active torque transmission unit constituting a part of the conveying device at the mounting section; and

the detachable box includes a dischargeable bill storage section for storing at least the dischargeable bill which is conveyed by the conveying device so as to be discharged, a passive torque transmission unit at the mounted section of the detachable box and being engageable with the active torque transmission unit to drive the dischargeable bill storage section, the active torque transmission unit and the passive torque transmission unit being engageable with each other by mounting the detachable box to the machine body and being disengageable by dismounting the detachable box from the machine body, at least one of the active torque transmission unit and the passive torque transmission unit comprising a clutch, and wherein transmission of a driving force to the dischargeable bill storage section is capable of being shut off in a state where the passive torque transmission unit is in engagement with the active torque transmission unit, the clutch being brought out of engagement when a bill received from the exterior is other than a dischargeable bill, the engagement and disengagement of the clutch being performed according to an inlet sensor provided in the vicinity of a slot of a convey passage for conveying a bill in the machine body, an outlet sensor provided in the vicinity of an outlet of the convey passage, and a passage sensor provided in the vicinity of the inlet of a convey passage in the detachable box, wherein at the bill-storing operation of the dischargeable bill storage section, when the trailing end of a bill passes through the passage sensor the clutch is brought out of engagement and when the leading end of the following bill to be stored passes through the outlet sensor the clutch is brought into engagement.

2. A bill handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the mounting section of the machine body has a connector, while the detachable box has an opposing connector electrically connected to the connector by being mounted to the machine body, wherein at least one of electricity and a signal is supplied from the machine body to the detachable box by electrical connection of the connectors.

3. A bill handling machine for receiving multiple kinds of bills from the exterior to store them temporarily and discharging a specified bill from the stored bills to the exterior, comprising:

a machine body for conveying a bill received from the exterior and storing bills other than a dischargeable bill, and at least one detachable box having a mounted section detachably mounted to a mounting section of the machine body for storing and discharging a dischargeable bill which is conveyed from the machine body, wherein

the machine body includes a distinguishing device for distinguishing whether or not a bill received from the exterior is a dischargeable bill, a conveying device for conveying the bill in a normal or reverse direction between the distinguishing device and the mounting section, a keeping bill storage section for storing bills other than the dischargeable bill which is conveyed by the conveying device, and an active torque transmission unit constituting a part of the conveying device at the mounting section; and

the detachable box includes a dischargeable bill storage section for storing at least the dischargeable bill which is conveyed by the conveying device so as to be discharged, a passive torque transmission unit at the mounted section of the detachable box and being engageable with the active torque transmission unit to drive the dischargeable bill storage section, the active torque transmission unit and the passive torque transmission unit being engageable with each other by mounting the detachable box to the machine body and being disengageable by dismounting the detachable box from the machine body, at least one of the active torque transmission unit and the passive torque transmission unit comprising a clutch, and wherein transmission of a driving force to the dischargeable bill storage section is capable of being shut off in a state where the passive torque transmission unit is in engagement with the active torque transmission unit, the clutch being brought out of engagement when a bill received from the exterior is other than a dischargeable bill, the engagement and disengagement of the clutch being performed according to an inlet sensor provided in the vicinity of the slot of a convey passage for conveying a bill in the machine body, an outlet sensor provided in the vicinity of the outlet of the convey passage, and the number of bills to be discharged which is calculated by the machine body, wherein, at the time of discharging a bill from the dischargeable bill storage section, when the trailing end of a bill passes through the outlet sensor, the clutch is brought out of engagement;

when the trailing end of a bill passes through the inlet sensor, the clutch is brought into engagement; and

the disengagement and engagement of the clutch are performed by the number of times corresponding to the number of bills to be discharged.