Abstract: A quakeproof plinth is adapted to make a showpiece mount vertically go down without a tilt so as to cushion and shelter a showpiece seated thereon from impact force exerted on the entire showpiece. A plinth (100) of the present invention is comprised of a showpiece mount (110), a supporting member (120) capable of supporting the showpiece mount so as to move the same upward and downward, basement shock absorbers (130) enabling the showpiece mount to be shock-absorbingly bumped down thereon, a vibration detector (140), and an actuating device (150) activated to move the showpiece mount downward in response to a detection signal produced from the vibration detector.

Abstract: An earthquake-proof plinth includes a display floor plate that has an aperture configured to fit a middle section of an article seated on the plinth and that has a seat panel passing through the aperture and supported by a shaft extending vertically downward from the seat panel; a vibration sensor; a shaft stopper that stops the seat panel and shaft in a shock-absorbing elastic fashion when the article still on the seat panel falls and eventually has its middle section fitted in the aperture of the floor plate; and a retainer that normally retains the shaft in position to keep the seat panel flush with the display floor plate while it releases the shaft in response to a detection signal from the vibration sensor to let the seat panel and shaft drop.

Abstract: An excrement disposal device includes a pair of base plates, a pair of wing plates and a disposal bag. Front and rear ends of the two base plates are pivotally attached to each other, to make an opening between the base plates variable. The wing plates are mounted on the two base plates. A top section of each wing plate is opposedly situated to face the aforementioned opening from ahead and from behind to longitudinally control the shape of the opening, thereby making the dimensions of a mouth section variable. The disposal bag is vertically inserted into the mouth section, wherein a mouth periphery of the inserted disposal bag touches a subanal area from below and can be opened and closed in accordance with the opening and closing motion of the anus.

Abstract: The banknote counting and bandsealing device has a banknote stacker supported on a supporting shaft so as to be movable longitudinally and rotatable between a first position receiving the banknotes and a second position aligned with a bandsealing position. The banknote stacker has a banknote presser and the banknotes stacked on the banknote stacker in the first position are clamped by said banknote presser and transferred in the thus clamped state to the bandsealing position by rotation of said banknote stacker to said second position.

Abstract: Described is a counting apparatus for counting paper sheets settable when effecting a batch counting to a clear mode in which the count data obtained in the counting operation of each preceding batch of paper sheets are cleared for counting a new batch or to an add mode in which the count data for the current batch is added to the count data for the preceding batch or batches and the resulting sum of the count obtained until the current time is displayed.

Abstract: The stacker of the device for aligning and banding paper sheets is movable between a lower position for receiving and holding paper sheets from a supply belt and an upper position for forwarding the paper sheets to a subsequent step. A coil spring is connected at one end to a fixed part and at the other to a movable operating unit, and is associated with a holding plate through the operating unit. When the stacker has been moved to the upper position, the holding plate is moved upwards relative to the stacker to clear the stack of paper sheets in the stacker.

Abstract: A clamp device for paper sheets is comprised of a stacker member including a stacker piece and a stacker block and adapted for holding paper sheets whose number has been counted in a stacked state, a concavely curved paper sheet receiving surface formed on a surface of said stacker piece adjacent to and contactable with the paper sheets, a driving member provided to said stacker piece at a position opposite to said stacker piece, a convexly curved pressing surface provided on one end of said driving member and operable in a confronting relation to said curved paper sheet receiving surface, and a barrier plate mounted above said stacker piece for preventing popping out of the paper sheets from the stacker member upon impingement of the sheets onto said stacker block. The paper sheets may be clamped in a bent state by said concavely curved paper sheet receiving surface and said convexly curved pressing surface.

Abstract: A device for placing banknotes with their front or reverse sides in the same direction is comprised of a front-reverse side checker for sensing the front or reverse sides of the banknotes, route selecting means for changing the route of the banknotes, and a pair of vane wheels consisting of an upper vane wheel and a lower vane wheel rotating in mutually opposite directions. The banknotes whose routes are changed by the route selecting means are selectively supplied to the one or the other of said vane wheels so as to be placed ultimately within a downstream stacker with their front or reverse sides facing in the same direction.

Abstract: A paper currency sorting and counting apparatus comprises a first separating unit adapted for separating damaged notes and sound notes supplied through a judgement unit designed to judge the authenticity as well as damaged the state of supplied banknotes of various nominal values, a stacker for stacking reject notes, a second separating unit for sensing the front and reverse sides of the normal notes and controlling the route of these normal banknotes, and a stacker for normal notes having a pair of vane wheels for stacking the normal banknotes in order to provide for automatic sorting of the supplied banknotes.

Abstract: An apparatus for binding paper sheets stacked within a hopper into bundles each consisting of a predetermined number of paper sheets is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a separating drum receiving the paper sheets from the hopper and feeding them out by one, a counter counting the number of paper sheets fed from the separating drum, and a stacker capable of moving between a sheet receiving and a sheet discharging position. When the stacker in the sheet receiving position receives the predetermined number of paper sheets, it is moved to the sheet discharging position and the paper sheets therein are discharged onto support blocks of a binding unit by a transfer device. The binding unit binds the predetermined number of the paper sheets into a bundle with a tape, and a stamping device stamps predetermined particulars on the tape wound around the paper sheets.

Abstract: A stacker apparatus for a card counting machine including a rotary drum supported for rotation in a predetermined direction and a plurality of "L" shaped arms provided in equispaced relationship around a cylindrical surface of the rotary drum is disclosed. According to this invention, each arm has a root portion extending radially outwardly from the cylindrical surface, a first portion extending from the radially outward end of the root portion in a direction substantially opposite to the predetermined direction, and a second flexible portion extending from the radially outward end of the root portion toward the first portion of the preceding arm into soft contact with the preceding arm.