Abstract: A bill containing box apparatus used in a bill receiving and dispensing machine having a dispensation bill containing box mounted on the front of the machine body in an inclined condition for improving the handling of bills contained within the machine body. The dispensation bill containing box detachably mounted on the frame members in an inclined condition with the engaging members of the box snapped into the upper and lower notches formed in the frame members. The dispensation bill containing box can be tilted forward with the front door opened and the engaging members of the box disengaged from the upper notches for loading bills into the box or taking them out from the box. The dispensation bill containing box can be also separated from the frame members with the engaging members of the box disengaged from both the upper and lower notches of the frame members. This makes it possible to carry the box to any place for loading or removal of the bills.

Abstract: A dust-proof tube for a photosensor including of a cylindrical portion having a thick wall and substantially the same length as that of the photosensor, the inner diameter of the cylindrical portion being substantially equal to the outer diameter of the photosensor so that the cylindrical portion can receive the photosensor sealingly, and a frustum portion integrally formed with the cylindrical portion and extending from the end of the cylindrical portion, the cylindrical portion and the frustum portion being made of elastic material.

Abstract: A coin discriminating device which can carry out accurate coin discrimination free of error caused by drift and changes in the thermal characteristics of the detecting elements. The coin type is discriminated by detecting data on the magnetic characteristics of coins and comparing the detected data with reference data and also by computing the difference between the maximum and minimum values of the detected data and comparing the computed result with the reference value.

Abstract: A rod-like stack of coins is introduced between packing rollers. A packing paper is fed between the stack of coins and the packing rollers at a low speed which is the same speed as the rotation of the packing rollers, and the stack of coins is then partially packed at the low speed. Thereafter the stack of coins is packed at a higher speed.

Abstract: A circulating-bill pressing-down apparatus used for a bill receiving and dispensing machine having a circulating-bill pressing-down means for pressing down accumulated bills from the top thereof to provide to a roller sufficient frictional force for feeding out the bills. According to the present invention, the bill pressing-down plate is projected only when the amount of the accumulated bills becomes less than a predetermined level. This makes it possible to reduce the vertical displacement of the bill pressing-down plate as compared with the bill pressing-down member of the prior art in which it always presses down the accumulated bills and therefore it also makes it possible to reduce the size of the mechanism for vertically driving the bill pressing-down plate as well as the overall size of the bill receiving and dispensing machine.

Abstract: A coin stacking apparatus comprises a coin passageway for conveying coins edge-wise, one at a time, and delivering them horizontally. A stacking station is provided for receiving the coins delivered from the forward end of the coin passageway to stack them therein. The stacking station comprises a pair of coin stacking drums each of which has on its outer periphery a ridge providing a support surface for supporting the bottom face of each of the coins delivered from the coin passageway. The ridges on the coin stacking drums are arranged in phase and in the opposite orientations. Each of the ridges is of a spiral configuration raised forwardly in the direction of coin conveyance. A drive mechanism is provided to rotate each of the coin stacking drums in such a direction that the coin support surface of the ridges is inclined downwardly.

Abstract: A bill delivering apparatus for delivering accumulated bills to a horizontally spaced-apart position within a bill receiving and dispensing machine wherein the accumulated bills are automatically dropped into the bill delivering position by a scraping member when a supporting plate bearing the accumulated bills thereon is horizontally retracted. This makes it possible to reliably and easily deliver the bills while keeping them in accumulated condition only by dropping them into the bill receiving and dispensing mouth without need for the complicated clamping mechanism of the prior art for pressing the top and bottom surfaces of the accumulated bills. In the bill delivering apparatus, the supporting plate is automatically retracted by the engaging member and the bills accumulated on the supporting plate are delivered to a transaction port when the accumulated bills are horizontally moved by the movement of the slide rails.

Abstract: A bill discriminating device which is able to carry out a bill discriminating operation at high speed and precision based on a reduced amount of processing data for bill-type discrimination by extracting and reading only characteristic regions of the bill. According to the present invention, bill discrimination can be carried out by: reading the picture image data output from an image sensor; roughly discriminating the type of bill from the length of the picture image data (corresponding to the width of the bill); reading position data and reference patterns of the characteristic regions corresponding to the type of bill; extracting picture image data (a characteristic pattern) corresponding to the characteristic regions from the position data; and, finally discriminating the type of bill by comparing the characteristic patterns with the reference patterns.

Abstract: A coin stacking apparatus includes a conveyor for conveying coins edge-wise one at a time and delivering each of the conveyed coins in its horizontal position. A receiver receives the coins from the outlet end of the conveyor in a stacked condition. The receiver includes two endless belts running along the length of the receiver and cooperating with each other to form a coin receiving space therebetween. Each of the endless belts has a supporter extending therefrom. The supporter includes a surface on which the coins are to be placed. The surface is inclined upwardly and forwardly relative to the direction of the conveyor.

Abstract: The width of a coin passageway in a coin handling machine is varied in accordance with the type of coins to be handled. The coin passageway comprises a pivotable rail extending from a guide member and pivotably mounted adjacent to the guide member, and a slide rail formed integrally on a slide bar. The slide bar is slidably inserted into the pivotable rail. A guide roller is formed on the end of the slide bar and engaged with a slide guide so that the sliding movement of the slide bar changes the guide roller from one position to another position and the pivotable rail is pivoted. A passageway width setting cam has a cam face which is adapted to act on the slide rail to move it translationally with the pivotable rail through the bar guide.

Abstract: A bill accumulating wheel is disposed downstream of a bill conveying passage. A sensor detects the passage of the bill through a predetermined position in the conveying passage and a sensor generates a signal indicating the passage of each blade of the accumulating wheel through a predetermined position. The accumulating wheel is driven at a speed calculated by data obtained from the sensors so that the bill does not collide against the blade of the accumulating wheel.

Abstract: A bill pressing-down apparatus used for the bill receiving and dispensing machine for pressing down the accumulated bills from the top thereof to afford the bill feeding-out roller sufficient frictional force required for smoothly feeding out the bills. According to the bill pressing-down apparatus of the present invention, since the bil pressing-down plate is suspended at a position offset from the center of gravity of the bill pressing-down plate so that it takes an inclined attitude parallel to the bill accumulating plate and the accumulated bills due to its weight balance, the bill pressing-down plate is able to well contact the bill pressing-down plate with the top surface of the accumulated bills and to uniformly distribute the bill pressing-down force over the entire top surface of the accumulated bills. The bill pressing-down apparatus provision is itself compact and further enables realization of a compact bill delivering and dispensing machine.

Abstract: A wrapping-paper feeding apparatus for use in a coin wrapper includes a paper feeding roller for drawing wrapping paper out of a wrapping-paper storage portion, wrapping rollers for wrapping the wrapping-paper fed out of the paper feeding roller around accumulated coins and a cutter disposed between the paper feeding roller and the wrapping rollers. A paper cutting roller is disposed between the paper feeding roller and the wrapping rollers to impart tension to the wrapping paper so as to cut the wrapping paper by the cutter.

Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting a coin passing gap depending on the type of coins to be handled comprises a coin passing unit. The coin passing unit includes a sub-sorting ring and a feed belt, and is mounted about a pivot shaft to be movable between its open and its closed position. The apparatus further comprises lock and guide pins slidably mounted on a machine body. The lock pin is integrally formed on the base of the coin passing unit. At least one of the pins is engaged by a spring. The coin passing unit is supported on the top end of the lock pin. The lock pin is provided at its bottom with a receiving plate which is engaged by a roller on a lever for pivoting of the receiving plate depending on a coin thickness setting cam.

Abstract: A device for adjusting optical sensors in which light from a light emitting element is detected by a light receiving element to determine whether the output level of said light receiving element exceeds a certain threshold. The present device is used for adjusting the optical sensors used, for example, in an automatic cash receiving and dispensing machine and the like and enables accurate operation the bill and/or coin handling machines to continue to operate reliably despite changes with the time of the optical sensors and the deposit of dust on the sensors, by constantly comparing the light reception level with a predetermined threshold and utilizing the optimum threshold.

Abstract: An apparatus for driving a feed belt in a coin handling machine comprises a cover for covering a transmission transmitting drive power to the feed belt. The cover is rotatably mounted about a pivot shaft on the machine body to be movable between its open position and its closed position. A motor on the machine body is positioned so that its output shaft is in alignment with the pivot shaft. A transmission belt is spanned between a drive shaft on the output shaft of the motor and a drive pulley on the driven shaft of the transmission.

Abstract: An apparatus for taking out bundled bills includes an elevator arranged in front of the containing boxes for containing the bundled bills, a sliding block arranged between the elevator and the containing boxes and driven up and down by a belt, a discharging block mounted on a swing shaft which is swingably mounted on the sliding block, a discharging block regulating roller for regulating the rotation of the swing block in contact with the elevator, and, having a supporting block for receiving the bundled bills having fallen and slowly guiding the bundled bills into the elevator.

Abstract: A depositing port and a dispensing port are disposed adjacent to each other in a banknote depositing and dispensing machine. A slidable shutter is provided to cover the dispensing port and depositing port.

Abstract: A circulation-type bill receiving and dispensing machine has a receiving mode, a dispensing mode and a distributing mode. Two sets of dealing part mechanisms are provided for permitting two tellers to simultaneously use the machine. Each dealing part mechanism is in communication with a commonly used received bill handling route for received mode and a commonly used dispensing bill handling route for dispensing mode. The received bill handling route is in communication with boxes for accumulating bills therein and sending the bills therefrom. The boxes are in communication with the dispensing bill handling route.

Abstract: Storage boxes are provided in a bundle-and-bar money paying machine and arranged to be stacked one on another. Some of the storage boxes store bill bundles as stacked in a horizontal direction. An elevator is provided for moving vertically. Slide blocks are movably provided on slide guide shafts positioned between the elevator and the storage boxes. Each slide block is constructed so that bill bundles are discharged into the elevator in cooperation with the elevator.