Abstract: A merchandise sorting device includes a conveyance path, a chute, and a sorting plate. The conveyance path includes a placement surface on which an item is placed, and along which the item moves. The chute is inclined downward from the conveyance path and forms an inclined surface on which the item can be slid. The sorting plate is provided at a lower end of the chute and is rotatable about an axis paralleling an edge of the lower end of the chute to open and close the lower end of the chute.

Abstract: A merchandise sorting device includes a conveyance path, a chute, and a sorting plate. The conveyance path includes a placement surface on which an item is placed, and along which the item moves. The chute is inclined downward from the conveyance path and forms an inclined surface on which the item can be slid. The sorting plate is provided at a lower end of the chute and is rotatable about an axis paralleling an edge of the lower end of the chute to open and close the lower end of the chute.

Abstract: An apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of discriminating blades which are arranged in a cylinder within a rotating drum along an inner peripheral surface thereof, to define a discriminating region, transverse end portions of the discriminating blades being superposed with gaps therebetween, a drive motor which revolves the discriminating blades around the center of the discriminating region, thereby causing those paper sheets which are thinner than the gaps, out of a plurality of paper sheets of different thicknesses in the discriminating region, to pass through the gaps, and a control section which performs control to change a rotating state of the rotating drum driven by the drive motor.