Abstract: A first conveying mechanism conveys a sheet. A correction member is provided more on an upstream side of a conveying direction of the sheet than the first conveying mechanism, and includes a contact surface that comes into contact with a side end of the sheet at one end of a conveying path of the sheet in a width direction. A first orientation adjustment mechanism is operated by being input with a drive signal and changes an angle of the contact surface. A second conveying mechanism is provided more on the upstream side of the conveying direction than the correction member, and conveys the sheet toward the contact surface along a direction oblique with respect to the conveying direction. A support member supports the correction member and the first orientation adjustment mechanism. A second orientation adjustment mechanism is capable of changing an orientation of the support member by being operated manually.

Abstract: A sheet discharging apparatus includes a first support shaft, a first roller supported by the first support shaft, a second support shaft, a second roller supported by the second support shaft and including a first outer surface, a holder member including a supporting portion configured to support the second support shaft, and a rotating portion that includes a second outer surface having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first outer surface and greater than a diameter of the second support shaft and that is configured to rotate integrally with the second roller. At least a portion of the second outer surface is positioned closer to the supporting portion than a middle point between the second roller and the supporting portion in the axial direction. An uppermost position of the second outer surface is higher than an uppermost position of the supporting portion.

Abstract: A sheet conveying device according to this disclosure includes a conveying tray onto which a sheet is loaded, a conveying mechanism, a raising and lowering mechanism, a raising and lowering control portion, a sensor, a first determination processing portion, and a second determination processing portion. The raising and lowering control portion drives the drive portion and controls raising and lowering of the conveying tray. The first determination processing portion determines on the basis of an output signal of the sensor whether or not a foreign object other than the sheet is present on the conveying tray while the raising and lowering control portion is raising the conveying tray before the conveying mechanism conveys the sheet. The second determination processing portion determines, on the basis that the output signal of the sensor changes while the conveying mechanism is conveying the sheet, that the sheet being conveyed is abnormal.

Abstract: A medium transport device includes a first roller pair and an ultrasonic detection section positioned downstream of the first roller pair, wherein the ultrasonic detection section includes a transmission sensor chip configured to emit ultrasonic waves along a first axis, a receiving sensor chip that is configured to receive the ultrasonic waves and that is disposed at a position on the first axis and, a transmission board on which the transmission sensor chip is mounted, a receiving board on which the receiving sensor chip is provided, a first protection member positioned between the transmission sensor chip and the medium, a second protection member positioned between the receiving sensor chip and the medium, a transmission board holder configured to hold the transmission board and the first protection member, and a receiving board holder configured to hold the receiving board and the second protection member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding cassette which is housed in an apparatus main body in a retractable manner, and a locking mechanism which restricts and releases a pulling out of the sheet feeding cassette from the apparatus main body. The sheet feeding cassette includes an outer cover, and a handle. The outer cover has a recess on an outer surface. The handle is housed in the recess so as to be turned outside from the outer surface, and turned outside by being gripped when the sheet feeding cassette is pulled out from the apparatus main body. The locking mechanism restricts and releases the pulling out of the sheet feeding cassette from the apparatus main body in conjunction with the turning of the handle.

Abstract: A cassette for an automated teller machine includes: a case providing an accommodation space for a medium; a front plate rotatably disposed in the case to guide the medium into the accommodation space, the front plate having a front groove; a push plate disposed horizontally movable in the accommodation space toward or away from the front plate; and a stack wheel rotatably disposed on the front plate so that at least a portion thereof selectively protrudes from the front groove. When the medium is stacked in the accommodation space, the stack wheel rotates to protrude from the front groove.

Abstract: The pinch roller mechanism comprises: a slider which is supported by a rail movably in a left-right direction; a roller support member which moves in an up-down direction while being supported by the slider, and a pinch roller which is rotatably supported by the roller support member. The slider includes a window that exposes the pinch roller diagonally upward on the upstream side in the conveyance direction.

Abstract: A media feeding apparatus includes: a feed roller, a separation roller, and a pressing portion to press one of the feed roller and the separation roller against the other to form a nip region. A surface of the feed roller has grooves extending in a width direction of the feed roller. The grooves are arranged with a pitch such that at least one groove is always present in the nip region during feeding of the medium. A width of each groove is 0.5 mm or greater and is set such that a contact area ratio is 0.5 or greater, the ratio being a value obtained by {(a surface area of the feed roller in the nip region?an area of the at least one groove of the feed roller in the nip region)}/(the surface area of the feed roller in the nip region). A surface of the separation roller has grooves extending in a circumferential direction of the separation roller.

Abstract: A printing device includes a placement unit on which a plurality of media are stackable, a printing unit, and a feed roller that feeds the medium placed on the placement unit in a transport direction. Before starting feeding of the medium downstream in the transport direction, by repeating, a plurality of times, a preliminary feed operation of coming into contact with a first medium and rotating, and a non-feed operation of not feeding the medium, the feed roller forms a misaligned stacking state in which the first medium is disposed further downstream, in the transport direction, than at least some of the plurality of media disposed closer to the placement unit side. The feed roller feeds the first medium downstream in the transport direction from the placement unit subsequent to formation of the misaligned stacking state.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a skew feeding correction unit. The skew feeding correction unit includes a roller unit, and an attachment and detachment portion to and from which the roller unit is attachable and detachable. The roller unit includes a first skew feeding correction roller configured to convey a sheet, a second skew feeding correction roller configured to convey the sheet, a first turning mechanism configured to turn the first skew feeding correction roller around a first shaft extending in an intersecting direction intersecting a conveyance direction of the sheet and a width direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, a second turning mechanism configured to turn the second skew feeding correction roller around a second shaft extending in the intersecting direction, and a support member supporting the first skew feeding correction roller, the first turning mechanism, the second skew feeding correction roller, and the second turning mechanism.

Abstract: Systems and methods for mechanically processing physical media elements, e.g., automatically scratching scratch-off lottery tickets, may include receiving a batch of tickets at an input chute of a scratching system. Tickets may be serially fed through the scratching system that includes a series of roller scratching mechanisms. Pressure rollers may be individually adjustable to set a pressure of the scratching mechanisms. One or more scanners may obtain information from the tickets before and/or after scratching. A pair of parallel plates may be used to form a feed path to guide tickets through the system. A vacuum manifold may isolate some elements of the system from debris, and remove the debris from the system via negative pressure. One or more presence sensor may detect presence of a current ticket to control operation of feed motors. Various functions or elements of the system may be distributed over a plurality of removable modules.

Abstract: A banknote feeder includes a body and a cover. The body is configured to attach to a banknote receiver. The cover is removably coupled to the body using a guide assembly. The guide assembly is configured to linearly guide the cover in an operational position away from the body to a pulled position. The guide assembly is also configured to rotatably guide the cover away from the pulled position to a hinged position.

Abstract: A device and a method are for stacking value documents. The device includes a stacker unit for receiving the value documents and a conveyor unit for conveying the value documents into the stacker unit. The stacker unit has a rotatable stacker wheel for receiving the value documents, wherein the rotatable stacker wheel has a plurality of deflectable stacker wheel segments which are provided along the circumference of the rotatable stacker wheel in a mutually spaced manner. Each of the deflectable stacker wheel segments defines a respective receiving region for receiving at least one of the value documents. The device additionally has a deflecting unit which is designed to deflect each stacker wheel segment individually to thus modify the size of the respective receiving region associated with the stacker wheel segment.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a lower sheet guide including a first guide surface configured to guide a surface of a sheet, a discharge roller including two rollers configured to convey the sheet in a discharge direction, and a shaft extending in a width direction perpendicular to the discharge direction, a discharge tray configured to support the sheet, a first elastic piece located between the two rollers in the width direction and located above the shaft at a position of the shaft, a plurality of second elastic pieces located so as to sandwich the two rollers in the width direction and located above the shaft at the position of the shaft, a plurality of third elastic pieces located so as to sandwich the two rollers in the width direction and located downstream of the second elastic pieces in the discharge direction.

Abstract: A sheet takeout method includes: pressing, when a restraint device is in a restrained state, a transfer plate which is in a horizontal state to pickup and hold a topmost sheet member; pressing the sheet members by an inelastic deformation part of the transfer plate while setting the restraint device to be in a non-restrained state and setting the transfer plate to be in an elastically deformed state; inserting a restraining blade into a space formed between the topmost sheet member and its underlying sheet member and setting the restraint device to be in the restrained state again; returning the transfer plate that has picked up and held the topmost sheet member to a horizontal state while retracting the transfer plate upward; and transferring the topmost sheet member picked up and held by the transfer plate to a receiving holder.

Abstract: A bulk banknote feeder can operate in a single banknote feeding mode or a bulk banknote feeding mode. The bulk banknote feeder can include an accept inlet and a landing platform installed in the accept inlet. The landing platform assembly includes a landing platform, landing platform pins, landing platform cranks, position gears, and one or more springs. The landing platform includes slots perpendicular to a motion of the landing platform. The landing platform pins interface to the slots of the landing platform. The landing platform cranks interface with the landing platform pins. The position gears include slots to allow pressure pins to travel within the position gears. The one or more springs provide an upward force on the landing platform and the landing platform pins through the landing platform, and the upward force on the landing platform pins causes the landing platform cranks to rotate.

Abstract: cover device for retaining a plurality of value documents in a compartment space). The cover device comprises a base unit extending in a main longitudinal direction, as well as a retaining element. A coupling element defines a hinge axis that allows the retaining element to pivot relative to the base unit between a closed position and an opened position. The hinge axis is inclined with respect to the main longitudinal direction. The invention further relates to a system and a banknote stacking module.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer portion, a fixing portion, a sensor, a duct, and an airflow generation portion. The transfer portion transfers a toner image to a sheet. The fixing portion fixes the toner image transferred to the sheet by the transfer portion on the sheet. The sensor senses the sheet on a downstream side of the transfer portion in a conveyance direction of the sheet and an upstream side of the fixing portion in the conveyance direction. The duct extends from an air intake port to an air blowing port. The air intake port is open on an upper surface of the image forming apparatus. The air blowing port is open toward the sensor. The airflow generation portion generates airflow that moves in the duct from the air intake port to the air blowing port.

Abstract: Provided is a method of stacking media in a media storage unit, which includes: receiving information about a length of a medium entering a media storage unit; calculating a delay time of a stopper corresponding to the length of the medium; and applying a delay time of the stopper calculated for each medium entering the media storage unit to differentially control activation of the stopper for each medium.

Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes an opening-and-closing member, a pressing member, a hook, a biasing member, and an adjuster. The opening-and-closing member has a lower end to be supported by an apparatus body and is rotatable. The pressing member is disposed in the opening-and-closing member to press a pressed member of the apparatus body. The hook engages with an engaging member of the apparatus body to hold the opening-and-closing member at a closing position of the opening-and-closing member. The biasing member biases the hook in a direction to maintain engagement of the hook. The adjuster adjusts at least one of a pressing force of the pressing member or a protrusion amount of the pressing member with respect to a surrounding member of the pressing member. The hook rotates against a biasing force of the biasing member to ride over the engaging member and engage with the engaging member.