Abstract: An electronic cash register is disclosed that is operable with a change discharger that discharges a plurality of unit amounts of money. The electronic cash register includes a RAM, in which a minimum unit amount of money to be paid back by an operator to a customer is stored. After input by the operator of data relating to purchased commodities as well as data related to the amount tendered by the customer, a CPU calculates the total amount of change to be dispensed to the customer. The CPU further calculates, based on the total amount of change and the minimum unit amount of money to be paid by the operator, the portion of the total change that should be dispensed by the change discharger and the amount to be dispensed by the operator. The amount to be dispensed by the operator is displayed on an indicator, thereby alleviating the necessity of the operator to mentally calculate the difference between the total amount of change to be dispensed and the amount dispensed by the change discharger.

Abstract: A card accessing apparatus is provided which includes a slidable unit connected to a card holder and sliding in the width direction of the card holder, a reciprocating mechanism including a motor and an endless belt for reciprocating the card holder, and a connecting member for connecting the slidable unit to the endless belt. The motor is rotated only in one direction to rotate the endless belt which causes the slidable unit to reciprocate the card holder.