Abstract: An equipment (43) for storing in an orderly way banknotes (52) and/or papers and the like, for instance banknotes (52) for an automatic machine (39), provided for the formation of a stack (53). The equipment (43) comprises two spiral elements (81; 82) defining coils with respective axes (83; 84) directed in the sense of the stacking and terminal sections (86) adjacent to a stacking surface (77) at an end of the stack. The spiral elements (81; 82) are rotatable around the axes (83; 84) and are arranged for laterally receiving between the coils a leading portion of the entering banknote (52), moving the banknote (52), through the coils and in consequence of the rotation, on the stacking surface (77), and disengaging the banknote from the coils adjacent to the terminal section (86).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for processing monetary units such as banknotes or coins, in which the monetary unit are conveyed from an input compartment in each case to one of a plurality of output compartments as a function of predefined sorting criteria. In order to widen the range of application of banknote sorting machines, a control device for the processing apparatus is provided, which control device is configured to be able to output in each case a predefined number of monetary units of a plurality of different denominations into at least some of the output compartments in order to process these monetary units in an individualized fashion. In comparison to the previously predominantly manually executed individualized processing, the solution according to the invention permits rapid and reliable individualized processing of cash supported by automatic means.

Abstract: A bill acceptor 24.2 for a gaming machine includes a receiving zone for receiving a tendered bill. A sensing device 48 is arranged at an input region of the receiving zone for sensing at least one characteristic of the bill A controller 52 is in communication with the sensing device 48 for receiving an output signal from the sensing device 48. An annunciator 58 is controlled by the controller 52 to be activated when a bill acceptance rate of the controller 52 drops below a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for executing a money deposit transaction. During a money deposit transaction the state of the bank notes to be deposited is ascertained, bank notes being in a good state are made available to the depositor after the completion of the money deposit transaction, while bank notes being in an unsatisfactory state are withheld.

Abstract: To determine authenticity of a solid body simply and precisely, a reference area of a paper sheet which is genuine is optically read from two different directions, and the image is registered as a reference image. A check area of a paper sheet subjected to the authenticity determination, including the reference area and having a size larger than the reference area, is read from two different directions with a scanner, and data on a partial area having the same size as the reference area are extracted from each set of check data collected by the reading. For a set consisting of the reference image and the check image optically read from the same direction, the value of the correlation with the reference image is repetitively calculated by the normalized correlation method while the partial area is shifted within the check area. The maximum correlation value and the normalized score of the maximum correlation value are compared with respective thresholds to determine the authenticity of the paper sheet.

Abstract: A banknote validator takes both reflection and transmission optical measurements at different wavelengths. An emitter and sensor on one side of the banknote path are used to make a calibration measurement using light reflected from a window on the other side of the path, overlying another optical device. Each measurement is normalised on the basis of multiple measurements of different wavelengths, distributed over a substantial area, such as along the relevant scan line, preferably using a value representing the dispersion of the measurements.

Abstract: An intelligent cash box system is provided which comprises: a validator 2 attached in a bill handling apparatus 1; a detection sensor 45 mounted in validator 2; a control circuit 47 connected to detection sensor 45; a card 3 bearing at least a code recorded on card 3 for identifying bill handling apparatus 1; a stacker 4 attached to validator 2 for accumulating bills 44 considered as genuine by validator 2; and an intelligent storage 5 provided in stacker 4. The card 3 can be inserted into validator 2 so that detection sensor 45 detects the code on card 3 and bill information on bill 44, and forwards the code and bill information to control circuit 47 which then transmits the code and bill information to intelligent storage 5 for storage therein.

Abstract: A bill acceptor and bill box assembly includes a bill acceptor for sensing the presence of a bill and verifying the authenticity of the bill, and a bill box having a bill entrance for receiving bills from the bill acceptor, a bill-receiving bearing board supported on a spring member, a bill-pressing board movable by a bill transfer mechanism to push each entered bill out of the bill entrance onto the bill-receiving bearing board, and an anti-skid device, which comprises two baffles arranged in parallel at two opposite lateral sides between the bill-pressing board and the bill-receiving bearing board and an anti-skid pad covered on the back wall of each baffle for stopping each received bill on the bill-receiving bearing board to keep each received bill in a fully extended smooth condition without wrinkles.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and an apparatus for accepting bank notes. In accepting bank notes by means of an apparatus for accepting bank notes it is assumed that the bank notes are inserted in an input pocket, the bank notes are singled by means of a singling device and transported by means of a transportation device, in order to check the individual bank notes by means of a sensor device, and, in dependence on the checking, store them in at least one storage container or return them in the case that it is impossible to check them, wherein returned bank notes can be inserted in the input pocket again, and an instruction to accept and store the returned bank notes is inputted, whereupon these are accepted and stored in the at least one storage container.

Abstract: A banknote discrimination apparatus includes bodies and a plurality of sensors each detachably provided to the bodies and adapted for detecting a banknote. The banknote discrimination apparatus further includes a control unit adapted for discriminating the banknote, based on detection information detected by each sensor. The control unit is configured to discriminate the banknote, by using the detection information detected by one of the plurality of sensors, which is newly attached to one of the bodies, in addition to the detection information detected by the sensor or sensors already attached to the bodies, if the one of the plurality of sensors is attached to the one of the bodies.

Abstract: A bill acceptor includes a bill acceptor main unit having a bill insertion slot, a bill transfer mechanism for transferring each inserted bill through a bill passage to a bill outlet, a bill recognition unit for recognizing the authenticity and value of each inserted bill and a bill pusher for pushing each inserted bill out of the bill outlet, and a bill box having a front opening facing the bill pusher, two elongated stop members disposed at two opposite lateral sides of the front opening in a parallel manner, a bill-receiving bearing board supported on spring members inside the box body of the bill acceptor for receiving each bill that is pushed away from the bill outlet into the bill box and a baffle pivotally mounted in the box body at the top side of front opening adjacent to the bill outlet and biasable for letting each inserted bill be pushed by the bill pusher out of the bill outlet onto the bill-receiving bearing board and reversible to hold down each received bill on the bill-receiving bearing board

Abstract: A method of processing documents by receiving at least a batch of documents and a separator card in an input receptacle of a document processing device. The separator card includes a conductive material disposed on one side, and a barcode indicative of the source of the batch of documents. The documents and separator card are transported via a transport mechanism past an evaluation unit and a field-effect sensor, respectively. The document processing device evaluates each document, determines whether the document meets or fails predetermined criteria, and detects the presence of the conductive material when a separator card is transported past the sensor. The source identification information from each separator card is entered into a memory of the document processing device after all the documents from the corresponding batch of documents have met the predetermined criteria. Feeder operation is paused between each batch long enough to verify that the previous batch closed successfully.

Abstract: The invention relates to sheet material having an electrical circuit and to apparatuses and methods for processing said sheet material. The present invention describes sheet material having an electrical circuit as well as apparatuses and methods for processing same, which reduce the effort required for processing the sheet material and/or facilitate processing and/or improve it and/or make it more reliable. For this purpose, the sheet material has at least one electrical circuit, with energy and/or data being transmitted from the apparatus to the electrical circuit and/or from the electrical circuit to the apparatus and at least part of the transmitted data being used for processing.

Abstract: A bill processing apparatus capable of inexpensively performing an authenticity judgment of a bill and a paper sheet on which a bar code is printed is provided. The bill processing apparatus has light emitting parts (80a, 81b) for irradiating an identification object passing through a traveling route with light; a light receiving part (81a) receiving light from the identification object that is irradiated by the light emitting parts (80a, 81b); a determining part (232) determining whether the identification object is a bill or a paper sheet on which a bar code is printed based on the light received by the light receiving part (81a); and a light emission control part controlling the light emission of the light emitting parts (80a, 81b). The light emission control part changes the lighting interval according to the object determined by the determining part (232).

Abstract: A conveying device 2 in a device for validating valuable papers, comprises a rotor arrangement 5 rotatably mounted in a casing 1, a drive device 12 for rotating rotor arrangement 5, and a roller arrangement 11 disposed around and in contact to an outer circumferential surface of rotor arrangement 5. A bill 10 inserted from an inlet 8 of casing 1 is grasped between rotor arrangement 5 and roller arrangement 11 to wind up the whole length of bill 10 around rotating rotor arrangement 5 so that bill 10 can reliably be transported with rotation of conveying device 2 while preventing slippage of bill 10 on rotor arrangement 5. Also, bill 10 can be rotated together with rotor arrangement 5 one revolution or more to positively prevent unauthorized extraction of bill 10 by means of any extraction tool.

Abstract: A paper money processor according to the present invention includes a transaction slot where paper money is at least either inserted or dispensed with an orientation such that one of lengthwise ends of the paper money is positioned at a side of a first lengthwise end of the transaction slot. The transaction slot includes a main opening which opens on a second lengthwise end of the transaction slot, and a lateral opening which is continuous with the main opening, and opens on a first widthwise end of the transaction slot.

Abstract: A bill processing machine according to the present invention includes a control portion that controls a pair of first and second sensor units. The control portion performs: a first process in which first and second reflected lights of one face of a bill are detected sequentially by first and second reflection sensors of the first sensor unit, respectively; a second process in which third and fourth reflected light of an other face of the bill are detected sequentially by first and second reflection sensors of the second sensor unit, respectively; and a third process in which first and second transmitted lights in one direction of the bill are detected by the first and second reflection sensors of the first sensor unit, respectively, and third and fourth transmitted lights in an other direction of the bill is detected by the first and second reflection sensor of the second sensor unit, respectively.

Abstract: A bill acceptor 24.2 for a gaming machine includes a receiving zone for receiving a tendered bill. A sensing device 48 is arranged at an input region of the receiving zone for sensing at least one characteristic of the bill A controller 52 is in communication with the sensing device 48 for receiving an output signal from the sensing device 48. An annunciator 58 is controlled by the controller 52 to be activated when a bill acceptance rate of the controller 52 drops below a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: The invention relates to a value document, such as a banknote (1), which includes one or more window zones (2A, 2B) with one for example optically active element each which rotates a polarization plane P0 of polarized light LA, LB, penetrating the window zone by a defined angle. If such value documents are stacked and polarized light penetrates the superimposed window zones, the number of stacked value documents can be determined by way of the overall rotation of the polarization plane PA, PB. The overall nominal value of a stack of banknotes can thus be determined. The window zones can have category-specific rotational characteristics for different categories or nominal values and/or can be disposed in category-specific positions in the valuable document.

Abstract: A bill-receiving apparatus includes a shell, a front cover, a bill-feeding mechanism and a sensor assembly. The front cover is attached to a front side of the shell. The front cover includes a slot through which a bill can be inserted into the shell. The bill-feeding mechanism can feed the bill. The bill-feeding mechanism includes two pulley-belt modules each mounted on a side of the shell. The sensor assembly includes an upper sensor box and a lower sensor box. Each of the upper and lower sensor boxes includes a control board, a protective element and a body. At least one sensor is mounted on the control board. The protective element includes at least one bubble enclosing the at least one sensor. The body includes at least one window in which the at least one bubble is disposed.

Abstract: An optical sensing device for detecting plural optical features of valuable papers is provided that comprises first and second photocoupers 5 and 6 or 9 and 10 positioned in the vicinity of and on the opposite sides of a passageway 13 for guiding the valuable paper 64. Each of first and second photocouplers 5 and 6 or 9 and 10 has a light emitting element 20, 22, 30, 32 for emitting a light, and a light receiving element 21, 23, 31, 33 for selectively receiving the light from the light emitting element 20 so that each light receiving element 21, 23, 31, 33 can receive lights reflected on and penetrating the valuable paper 64 for detection of multiple optical features from the valuable paper 64.

Abstract: An optical sensing device for detecting plural optical features of valuable papers is provided that comprises first and second photocouplers 5 and 6 or 9 and 10 positioned in the vicinity of and on the opposite sides of a passageway 13 for guiding the valuable paper 64. Each of first and second photocouplers 5 and 6 or 9 and 10 has a light emitting element 20, 22, 30, 32 for emitting a light, and a light receiving element 21, 23, 31, 33 for selectively receiving the light from the light emitting element 20 so that each light receiving element 21, 23, 31, 33 can receive lights reflected on and penetrating the valuable paper 64 for detection of multiple optical features from the valuable paper 64.

Abstract: A banknote discrimination apparatus 10 includes bodies 20a, 30a and a plurality of sensors 21, 22, 23, 31, 32, each detachably provided to the bodies 20a, 30a and adapted for detecting each banknote. The banknote discrimination apparatus 10 further includes a control unit adapted for discriminating the banknote, based on detection information detected by each sensor 21, 22, 23, 31, 32. The control unit is configured to discriminate the banknote, by using the detection information detected by one of the plurality of sensors 21, 22, 23, 31, 32, which is newly attached to one of the bodies 20a, 30a, in addition to the detection information detected by the sensor or sensors already attached to the bodies 20a, 30a, if the one of the plurality of sensors 21, 22, 23, 31, 32 is attached to the one of the bodies 20a, 30a.

Abstract: A bill handling apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention has a bill insertion slot into which a bill is inserted, a bill feeding mechanism for feeding the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot, a sensor for reading the fed bill, and a bill identifying section for identifying authentication of the bill read by the sensor, a sensor board on which the sensor is installed, and a control board for controlling each operation of the bill feeding mechanism, the sensor and the bill identifying section. The bill handling apparatus further has a first connector installed on the sensor board, and a second connector installed on the control board, and the first connector and the second connector are fitted with each other for electrical continuity.

Abstract: A bill acceptor includes a housing defining an insertion slot and a passage extending from said insertion slot, a transmission mechanism for delivering each inserted bill/license from the insertion slot to the passage and then to a bill box been attached to the housing, a gate controllable to open/close the insertion slot, an solenoid valve controllable to move the gate between the close position and the open position, a first media sensor disposed at a front side relative to the gate for driving the solenoid valve to open the gate upon detection of the insertion of a bill/license into the insertion slot, and a second media sensor disposed at a rear side relative to the gate and adapted for driving the solenoid valve to close the gate after the delivery of an inserted bill/license to the passage by the transmission mechanism.

Abstract: A method for performing a currency value analysis operation on an image corresponding to at least a monetary banknote includes respectively assigning a plurality of bit values to a plurality of currency types and a plurality of currency values to create a currency type and value definition table; performing a color analysis operation on the image to generate a color analysis operation result; and determining a currency value of the monetary banknote according to at least the color analysis operation result and the currency type and value definition table.

Abstract: A method and device for evaluating currency bills using a strapping unit that allows a currency evaluating device to automatically strap stacks of currency bills. Currency bills are placed in an input receptacle and an evaluating unit processes each currency bill one at a time. The currency bills are then transported to a plurality of output receptacles. A stack moving mechanism transports a stack of currency bills, which contains a predetermined number of currency bills, from each of the plurality of output receptacles to the strapping unit or a strapping position. Each stack of currency bills is strapped using strapping material.

Abstract: A bill acceptor in which a bill box has a baffle pivoted to the box body thereof at one side of a bill entrance of the box body and torsional springs bilaterally coupled between the baffle and the box body to bias the baffle toward a spring-supported bill-receiving bearing board inside the bill box so that the baffle allows a inserted bill to be moved onto the bill-receiving bearing board by a bill-pressing device in a bill acceptor main unit of the bill acceptor and immediately holds the bill positively on the bill-receiving bearing board after retrieval of the bill-pressing device.

Abstract: A bill validator for a vending machine including a bill validator housing having a pair of wing deflectors associated therewith in a sliding arrangement and a bezel having at least two indicator apertures in a faceplate portion thereof and further comprising a pair of opposing mounting wings, the mounting wings comprising retainer portions, the retainer portions comprising ramped surfaces and retainer surfaces on inner surfaces of the wings. The retainer portions cooperate with bezel mount apertures formed in the bill validator housing to retain the bezel upon the bill validator housing. The wing deflectors comprise tapered surfaces at an end adjacent to the mounting wings, the tapered surfaces when brought into contact with the mounting wings resiliently force the mounting wings outwardly to disengage the retainer portions from the bezel mount apertures to allow disassociation of the bezel from the bill validator housing.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include an apparatus. The apparatus may include a channel configured to accommodate a note, a photodetector array preferably arranged substantially perpendicular to a direction of travel of the note through the channel, a transporter configured to transport the note through the channel, at least one illuminator configured to illuminate a width of the channel, and a lens associated with the photodetector array. The lens and the at least one illuminator may be arranged to provide optical data collected from the width of the channel to the photodetector array. The photodetector array may include a plurality of photodetectors.

Abstract: In a discrimination apparatus of the invention, a banknote or another paper as an object of discrimination is irradiated with ultraviolet radiation from an array of multiple ultraviolet-emitting LEDs. The ultraviolet radiation passes through a visible radiation block filter and is focused onto a preset site of the banknote by a lens. Multiple photodiodes are used to measure the transmitted light of ultraviolet radiation and the fluorescence, which is excited by the ultraviolet radiation from the banknote. The discrimination apparatus of the invention discriminates counterfeit banknotes from genuine banknotes, based on the observed pattern of the transmitted light over a preset range of the banknote. The technique of the invention desirably enhances the accuracy of discrimination in the discrimination apparatus that discriminates counterfeit banknotes from genuine banknotes.

Abstract: A method of reducing receipt fraud comprises attempting to detect emission from a receipt associated with one or more luminescent markers that are incorporated in a valid receipt. The receipt is validated when the attempt is successful.

Abstract: An automatic machine manages the development of the amount of stored cash and allows a user to deposit, sort or count coins or banknotes. The machine has a storer and dispenser for coins and notes. The machine includes a computer system and receivers and sorters of coins and notes. A front face of the machine has an interface, first components for depositing and withdrawing notes, and second components for depositing and withdrawing coins by a user. A rear face, opposite to the front face, includes an interface for unlocking a first access from the rear to the coin storer and/or a second access from the rear to the note storer.

Abstract: A paper leaf detecting device includes a plurality of sensors positioned at an oblique angle relative to a transporting direction of leaves of paper, the plurality of sensors being arranged in a single row that extends in a direction orthogonal to the transporting direction of the leaves of paper. The paper leaf detecting device makes it possible to detect information on leaves of paper by using their transportation to scan the leaves of paper in a direction that is orthogonal to the transporting direction. An increase in size in the transporting direction of the leaves of paper is prevented.

Abstract: An apparatus for accepting and outputting documents of value is provided with a checking device for checking the authenticity of fed documents of value, a storage unit, which comprises at least two storages for storing at least two different types of documents of value, so that a document of value of each of the two types, independently of the order of input of the documents of value into the storage unit, can optionally be outputted from the storage unit, a temporary storage unit for the singled temporary storage of at least two checked documents of value, which can be displaced between at least one accepting position, in which documents of value transported from the checking device can be temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit, and the storing positions associated to the storages, in which at least some of the documents of value temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit can be transported from the temporary storage unit into the respective storage, and a transport system, with the help of w

Abstract: An apparatus for accepting and for outputting documents of value is provided with a checking device for checking the authenticity of fed documents of value, an entrance transport device for transporting documents of value along a transport path past the checking device or through it, which has a first and a second part, which in operation are located opposite each other and between each other form the transport path, a storage unit, which comprises at least two storages for storing at least two different types of documents of value, so that a document of value of each of the two types, independently of the order of input of the documents of value into the storage unit, can optionally be outputted from the storage unit, as well as a system for transporting documents of value for the transport of checked documents of value to the storage unit or from said storage unit to a device for outputting documents of value, at least the first part of the entrance transport device being held at the apparatus swiveling aro

Abstract: A machine for the orderly storage and delivery of banknotes comprises an input of banknotes (11), an output of banknotes (19), a path (12, 14, 15, 18) of sequential flow of banknotes between the input and the output, devices (13) for detecting the characteristics of the banknotes along said path and a plurality of compartments (20) for the internal storage of the banknotes. Each compartment (20) of the plurality is a sequential drum compartment and winding belts and the compartments of the plurality are divided into two series of compartments (16, 17). The internal path of the banknotes between input and output comprises a sorting section (15) along which the inputs/outputs of the two series of compartments of the plurality face each other alternately on two opposite sides, each input/output being associated to sorting means (25) that can be commanded for the deviation of the banknotes between the sorting path (15) and the compartment (20) associated.

Abstract: A method for identifying suspected counterfeit and/or counterfeit banknotes paid into an automatic teller machine, wherein banknotes to be paid in are checked for authenticity on the basis of data from a sensor device. The identification is achieved by linking data from the sensor device concerning the suspected counterfeit and/or counterfeit banknotes to an identity of a payer. The method also includes storing the data concerning the suspected counterfeit and/or counterfeit banknotes and the identity of the payer, and generating checking data for the suspected counterfeit and/or counterfeit banknotes by means of the sensor device or a sensor device similar to the sensor device.

Abstract: A bill handling apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention has a bill insertion slot into which a bill is inserted, a bill feeding mechanism for feeding the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot, a sensor for reading the fed bill, and a bill identifying section for identifying authentication of the bill read by the sensor, a sensor board on which the sensor is installed, and a control board for controlling each operation of the bill feeding mechanism, the sensor and the bill identifying section. The bill handling apparatus further has a first connector installed on the sensor board, and a second connector installed on the control board, and the first connector and the second connector are fitted with each other for electrical continuity.

Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus which allows the validation of banknotes to be performed. The apparatus includes a housing having a banknote receiving portion and a banknote acceptance portion and a banknote path formed through said portions. The banknote receiving portion and the banknote acceptance portion include seamless banknote aligning means forming the banknote path, so as to align the banknotes in use. The apparatus can also include a circuit board comprising the banknote sensing and validation means and the banknote path is arranged to intersect a major plane of the circuit board.

Abstract: Ultraviolet light is used for checking the authenticity of sheet material, in particular bank notes, whereby the ultraviolet light transmitted, i.e., pervading the sheet material to be checked, is used for checking authenticity.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for processing a sheet. When a medium having various patterns detected by a plurality of detecting sections for individually detecting plural kinds of features from a sheet, each detecting section detects plural kinds of features from the medium. The features detected from the medium are compared with a predetermined reference value so that the condition of the apparatus can be judged.

Abstract: An object is to provide an image detector for bank notes which enables the cost to be lowered.

Abstract: A bill receiver with foreign matter detection device is disclosed. The bill receiver is that an upper base and a lower base, which are formed to be a bill channel, have a plurality of seams corresponding to each other. A holder is disposed under the lower base. A plurality of detection plates disposed upon the holder corresponds to the plurality of seams of the upper and the lower bases. The holder has flexible displacements through a control device. The detection plates then pass through the seams. It then determines whether or not the bill channel has foreign matters through the position of the holder detected by a detection device.

Abstract: A banknote condition detection device for a banknote storing unit where the banknote storing unit can be removably positioned within a banknote receiving unit. The banknote storing unit receives a banknote from the banknote receiving unit into the banknote storing unit. The received banknote is moved by a moving unit within the banknote storing unit for storing the received banknote within the storing unit. Each of the stored banknotes is aligned together in a stack within the storing unit. The storing unit includes a plurality of optical guide units each having a receiving surface, and each positioned at the surface of the storing unit. A plurality of optical emitter-receiver pair units are positioned within the banknote receiving unit opposite the plurality of optical guide units, each optical emitter-receiver pair unit is positioned to send light to and receive light from a predetermined optical guide unit.

Abstract: A method and device for evaluating currency bills using a strapping unit that allows a currency evaluating device to automatically strap stacks of currency bills. Currency bills are placed in an input receptacle and an evaluating unit processes each currency bill one at a time. The currency bills are then transported to a plurality of output receptacles within a strapping unit. A stack moving mechanism transports a stack of currency bills, which contains a predetermined number of currency bills, from each of the plurality of output receptacles to the strapping unit or a strapping position. Each stack of currency bills is strapped using strapping material.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for inspection of a security article (10) is provided in which a substantially collimated light beam (15) from a point light source (14) is directed onto a diffractive optical projection element (DOE) (11). The light beam is transformed by the DOE (11) into a patterned beam (17) which is reconstructed to form a projected image at a particular position in space remote from the surface of the security article 910). An optical detection device 916) is located at which the patterned beam (17) is reconstructed to detect the projected image. The inspection method and apparatus may be used in equipment for handling, sorting, counting or otherwise processing security articles, in particular security documents such as banknotes. The apparatus may include a processor for generating a signal when the absence or poor quality of a DOE is detected and which is used to isolate or mark the security article.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to stably perform money deposit and withdrawal operations in a recyclebox by detecting positions of a stack guide and a stack roller. An apparatus for detecting the positions of a stack guide and a stack roller includes a stack roller positioned below a feed roller to come in contact with the outer periphery of the feed roller so that a plurality of wings thereof pushes the end of paper money to be deposited when money is deposited in order to align and stack the paper money, and the wings recede from a conveyance path of paper money when money is withdrawn; a stack guide fixed to a rotating shaft of the feed roller; and a position detecting unit detecting positions of the stack roller and the stack guide when money is deposited/withdrawn.

Abstract: A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated and a plurality of output receptacles for receiving the bills alter they have been evaluated. A transport mechanism transports the bills, one at a time, from the input receptacle to one of the output receptacles along a transport path. A discriminating unit including a detector positioned along the transport path between the input receptacle and the output receptacle evaluates the bills. The discriminating unit counts and determines the denomination of the bills. A means for flagging bills meeting or failing to meet a certain criteria causes the transport mechanism to halt in response to a determination that a bill meets or fails to meet the criteria.

Abstract: A power control circuit used in a vending machine having a bill accepter and vending main units controlled by the bill accepter is disclosed to include a pulse signal generator installed in the bill inlet of the bill accepter and adapted to generate a triggering signal upon insertion of a bill into the bill inlet of the bill accepter, a driver, and a trigger, which controls the driver to drive the bill accepter between the power-saving stand-by mode and the work mode subject to the presence of the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator.