Abstract: A vending machine capable of preventing fraudulent use of false coins of a plurality of kinds. The number of slotted coins acceptable in one vending operation is preset in setting unit (112). The coins slotted into a coin slotting unit (101) are counted based on the sensing output from a counting sensor (104). When a refund operation is carried out while the number of coins slotted into the coin slotting unit(101) is equal to or larger than the preset acceptable number of coins set in the setting unit (112), the coin return in response to the refund instruction is inhibited as a fraudulent use.

Abstract: A bank-note processing device (51), which prevents bank-notes received in a stacker from projecting into a bank-note transfer passage interfering with the next processing and which has a bank-note reverse-flowing preventive lever (80) that comprises, at least, a first lever (25) turnably supported through a first shaft (26) and having a length smaller than the outer diameter (21a) of a bank-note guide drum (21), a first urging means (28) for constantly urging the first lever (25) toward a bank-note transfer passage (4), a first stop (32) for preventing the first lever (25) from rotating toward the bank-note transfer passage (4) through more than at a predetermined angel of rotation, a second lever (79) turnably supported on the front end (25c) of the first lever (25) through a second shaft (74), a second stop (76) for preventing the second lever (79) from rotating toward the bank-note transfer passage (4) through more than a predetermined angle of rotation, and a second urging means (77) for constantly urging

Abstract: A coin handling method and a device which can prevent functions from being degraded by adoption of an escrow mechanism in order to temporarily hold a plurality of inserted coins to provide convenience and to prevent counterfeit coins from being used and also to provide a normal operation even if any coins are temporarily held at the time when the power is turned on. The inserted coins are temporarily held in an escrow passage, the number of temporarily held coins can be determined arbitrarily, and the coins inserted not less than the determined number are returned by an operation of a authentic/counterfeit sorting lever in order to return the inserted coin. And, to collect coins, a return passage lever and a coin box passage lever are operated depending on the states of respective portions so to guide the coins temporarily held in the escrow passage to a coin tube, a return passage or a coin box passage.

Abstract: A bank-note processing device (51), which prevents bank-notes received in a stacker from projecting into a bank-note transfer passage interfering with the next processing and which has a bank-note reverse-flowing preventive lever (80) that comprises, at least, a first lever (25) turnably supported through a first shaft (26) and having a length smaller than the outer diameter (21a) of a bank-note guide drum (21), a first urging means (28) for constantly urging the first lever (25) toward a bank-note transfer passage (4), a first stop (32) for preventing the first lever (25) from rotating toward the bank-note transfer passage (4) through more than at a predetermined angel of rotation, a second lever (79) turnably supported on the front end (25c) of the first lever (25) througn a second shaft (74), a second stop (76) for preventing the second lever (79) from rotating toward the bank-note transfer passage (4) through more than a predetermined angle of rotation, and a second urging means (77) for constantly urging

Abstract: A bill processing apparatus with a credit card reader is configured such that a credit card insert slot (9) for inserting a credit card (50) therein is formed in the upper surface of a front mask (5), a credit card guide chute (20) connected to the credit card insert slot (9) is formed in the front mask (5) so as to be connected to a bill guide chute (8), and the lower surface (8b) of this bill guide chute (8) is bent so as to be proximate to the lower surface (5c) of the front mask, and when the credit card (50) is inserted into the credit card insert slot (9), the credit card (50) enters the bill insert slot (8) by way of the credit card guide chute (20) and reaches the lower surface (8b) of the bill guide chute (8), whereby credit card data can be stably read inside a front mask without changing the size of a conventional standardized front mask.

Abstract: A bank-note processing device wherein disposed between a pair of rotary drums (22, 23) is a stacker lever (53) that presses that portion of the bank-note (31) inserted in bank-note guide slits (22b, 23b) which is positioned on the side of a bank-note reverse-flowing-preventive lever (32) toward a stacker (20) in operative association with the movement of a stacker chute (51), whereby even if a large number of wrinkled bank-notes are received in the stacker, jamming of bank-notes is minimized.

Abstract: A coin handling method and a device which can prevent functions from being degraded by adoption of an escrow mechanism in order to temporarily hold a plurality of inserted coins to provide convenience and to prevent counterfeit coins from being used and also to provide a normal operation even if any coins are temporarily held at the time when the power is turned on. The inserted coins are temporarily held in an escrow passage, the number of temporarily held coins can be determined arbitrarily, and the coins inserted not less than the determined number are returned by an operation of a authentic/counterfeit sorting lever in order to return the inserted coin. And, to collect coins, a return passage lever and a coin box passage lever are operated depending on the states of respective portions so to guide the coins temporarily held in the escrow passage to a coin tube, a return passage or a coin box passage.

Abstract: Grounding member (11) for grounding static electricity generated in sheet material transfer rollers (32) of the sheet material transfer device (1) comprises a circuit pattern for grounding (14) formed on a printed circuit board (13) and of an electrically conductive force applying member (12) having one end (12a) in contact with a shaft (33) and another end (12b) in contact with the circuit pattern for grounding (14) for always pressing the sheet material transfer rollers (32) toward a sheet material transfer path (30) and discharges static electricity generated in the sheet material transfer rollers (32) through the shaft (33), the force applying member (12) and the circuit patterns for grounding (14).

Abstract: A coin biasing unit (21) is arranged in one (4a) of the wall surface which constitute a coin guide path (4). The coin biasing unit (21) biases a coin (B) rolling along the coin guide path (4) toward another (4b) of the wall surfaces, and is rotatable along the direction in which the coin (B) rolls when it is biasing.

Abstract: A coin processing device (1) comprises a first sorting component (35) disposed downstream from a coin detaining component (30), for sorting into a return passage (70) and a coin storage component (91) any coins A that have been temporarily detained by the coin detaining component (30), and a second sorting component (51) disposed downstream from the first sorting component (35), for sorting into the coin storage component (91) and a cashbox any coins A that have been sorted into the coin storage component (91) by the first sorting component (35).

Abstract: In a coin payout device, a coin supporting member (22) made of a resilient material is provided such that, when the payout slide (30) moves into the coin payout position, the coin supporting member (22) projects into the bottom face of a coin tube (10) and supports the bottom face of the coins (C) remaining within the coin tube (10)

Abstract: A coin inspection method and a device which can inspect a coin with a high precision, by extracting a large amount of information from a sensor detection signal waveform. In coin inspection which is performed based on a detection signal waveform of a magnetic sensor disposed along a coin pathway through which the coin passes, a differential waveform of the detection signal waveform is determined, first information indicating a peak position of the differential waveform, second information indicating a value of the detection signal waveform at the peak position of the differential waveform, and third information indicating a value of the differential waveform at the peak position of the differential waveform are extracted, and the extracted first through third information are used to inspect the coin.

Abstract: A unit box (11) containing a bank-note conveyor belt unit (4) and a bank-note identifying unit (5) and not containing a bank-note accommodating unit, is provided in an openable and closable fashion with respect to a body (3) of a bank-note processing device (1), so that a conveyor belt (21) facing the side of a bank-note input opening (2) is exposed when the unit box (11) is opened.

Abstract: A criterion for recognizing the presence of paper money is determined from the output of the photosensor (12) in its standby state when paper money is inserted. The criterion is stored in memory (15) for use to detect the existence of paper money.

Abstract: A bill identification device (20) is disposed in the vertical portion (6b) of a bill transporting route (6) that comprises a horizontal portion (6a) connected to a bill slot (3) and a vertical portion (6b) rising up substantially in a vertical direction from the downstream end of the horizontal portion (6a) whereby the drop in genuineness identification capability for an inserted bill can be prevented as much as possible even if a liquid such as salt water is poured into the bill slot (3).

Abstract: A bank-note processing device wherein disposed between a pair of rotary drums (22, 23) is a stacker lever (53) that presses that portion of the bank-note (31) inserted in bank-note guide slits (22b, 23b) which is positioned on the side of a bank-note reverse-flowing-preventive lever (32) toward a stacker (20) in operative association with the movement of a stacker chute (51), whereby even if a large number of wrinkled bank-notes are received in the stacker, jamming of bank-notes is minimized.

Abstract: The number of coins stored in a coin tube is retained in RAM 13 which is backed up by a battery, the states of empty switch 22 and full coin switch 23 and the type of cassette tube to be detected by cassette detection sensor 21 are retained in the battery-backup RAM 13, and when the power supply is intercepted and turned on again, the states of the empty switch 22 and the full coin switch 23 and the type of cassette tube detected by the cassette detection sensor 21 which are stored in the battery-backup RAM 13 are compared with their current states, and if any of them does not agree, the number of coins retained in the RAM 13 is initialized.

Abstract: A money identifying method and a device which can identify money with high precision and quickly by optimally binarizing a surface image of the money. The center coordinates and radius of subject coin C are extracted by coin shape extraction section 106 from the surface image of the subject coin C obtained by area sensor 103, and an effective threshold calculation range is extracted by threshold calculation range extraction section 107 from the extracted center coordinates and radius of the coin. And, a density histogram is created by histogram generation section 108 on the basis of the threshold calculation range, an optimum binary threshold value is calculated from the density histogram by binary threshold calculation section 109 according to a discriminating analysis, and the optimum binary threshold value is used to binarize an image for identifying the subject coin C.

Abstract: In a cleaning sheet for cleaning a bill identification unit comprising bill identification sensors, a brush part is formed on the surface of a main sheet body of the cleaning sheet so that when the brush part passes through bill identification sensors, the brush part cleans the bill identification sensors and concave portions where the bill identification sensors are embedded so that even a non-contact type bill identification sensor disposed slightly retreated from the surface of a bill transporting route can be cleaned.

Abstract: A surface of an optical sensor which faces on a paper money transport path is covered by transparent antistatic covers in order to prevent to as great an extent as possible the adhering of dust and dirt to the optical sensor.