Abstract: A paper document transacting apparatus for storing and extracting a paper document into and out of storages through a transporting unit. The apparatus comprises a detector for detecting a transporting condition of the paper document, an indicator for indicating an abnormal transport position of the document, a control switch for controlling a transporting unit, and a controller for controlling the indicator such that, when the abnormal transport position is detected, at least a leading abnormal transport position in a transporting direction out of abnormal transport positions is indicated as well as driving the transporting unit at a low speed according to a signal from the control switch.

Abstract: An automatic transaction terminal has a plurality of cartridges for storing notes and preset key switches for presetting a pattern of denominations of the notes to be stored in the cartridges so that the respective cartridges may be selectively designated by the preset key switches to store the notes corresponding to the denomination preset by the preset key switches. In a deposit transaction, the deposited note is reviewed by a discriminating unit to determine its denomination and stored into the cartridge corresponding to the denomination reviewed by the discriminating unit which is preset by the key switches. In a withdrawal transaction, the notes are fed out from the cartridge preset by the key switches as having the denominations corresponding to the denomination requested by the customer.

Abstract: A banknote account and arrangement apparatus includes a supply portion for supplying a bundle of banknotes in the apparatus one after another, a discrimination circuit for discriminating denomination, face, fitness, authenticity, and the like of the supplied banknotes, temporary stackers in which the banknote is stacked in an account mode, closed cassettes coupled to the temporary stackers, open pockets in which the banknote is stacked in an arrangement mode, a RAM for collecting data of the banknote stacked in the temporary stackers, a CPU for verifying the collected data of the banknote stacked in the temporary stackers with known data of the bundle of the banknotes, pushers and shutters for, only when a verification result is correct, stacking the banknote stacked in the temporary stackers in the closed cassettes, and a display portion for displaying the collected data. Sensors detect if the temporary stackers are full.

Abstract: A banknote account and arrangement apparatus includes a supply portion for supplying a group of banknotes in the apparatus one after another, a discrimination circuit for discriminating denomination, face, fitness, authenticity, and the like of the supplied banknotes, temporary stackers in which the banknote is stacked in an account mode, closed cassettes coupled to the temporary stackers, open pockets in which the banknote is stacked in an arrangement mode, a RAM for collecting data of the banknote stacked in the temporary stackers, a CPU for verifying the collected data of the banknote stacked in the temporary stackers with known data of the bundle of the banknotes, pushers and shutters for, only when a verification result is correct, stacking the banknote stacked in the temporary stackers in the closed cassettes, and a display portion for displaying the collected data.

Abstract: A money receiving and disbursing machine being adapted to circulate and use only one predetermined denomination of bank notes received in the machine for disbursing. Bank notes received in the machine other than the predetermined denomination of bank notes are introduced in the received money storage section for storing. In the money receiving process, bank notes are introduced into the machine through the transaction window device. The bank notes are introduced and stored in the circulating money storage section or the received money storage section in accordance with the denominations thereof through the discriminating route and distributing route. In money disbursing process, bank notes are picked out of the circulating money storage section or disbursing money storage section in accordance with a monetary amount of a disbursement order and introduced into the temporary hold section through the money disbursing route and the common route. The bank notes are disbursed through the transaction window device.

Abstract: A multiple sheet detection apparatus includes first and second cooperating rollers (12, 14), the second roller (14) being movable away from the first roller (12) in response to the passage of a single or multiple sheet between the rollers (12, 14). Voltage generating means (42) produce an output voltage which varies linearly with movement of the axis of the second roller relative to the axis of the first roller (12). Data processing means sample this voltage a predetermined number of times over one complete revolution of the first roller (12), first with no sheet present and then with a single or multiple sheet passing between the rollers (12, 14), to produce first and second values which are respectively representative of the sums of the voltages sampled during each such revolution. The first value is subtracted from the second value to produce a third value on the basis of which the number of sheets corresponding to the second value is determined.

Abstract: A circulation-type bill receiving and dispensing machine reuses received bills for dispensing. It has a bill receiving and dispensing port and operating section at both sides of the machine. The bill receiving and dispensing machine includes separate bill discriminating sections each of which is arranged on each received-bill transferring route of the bill receiving and dispensing ports of the two sides for the exclusive use of that port. Thus the bill receiving and dispensing machine of the present invention can be operated at the same time from both sides. Accordingly, a customer can deposit bills at any time even if the machine is being operated in the bill receiving mode by the teller.

Abstract: An automatic money depositing apparatus includes a customer access panel having a receiver slot for receiving moneys deposited by a customer and a return slot for returning moneys deposited by the customer; a separator/feeder for separating and feeding the moneys one by one which have been received through the receiver slot; a discriminator for checking whether the moneys fed by the separator/feeder are true or false and identifying the demoninations of the moneys; wherein the separator/feeder and the discriminator are disposed behind the customer access panel. A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing true and false moneys separately is located adjacent to the return slot. A money container stores the true moneys delivered from the temporary storage unit. Input keys are operated by the customer to indicate approval or nonapproval of a money deposit made by the customer through the receiver slot.

Abstract: A circulation-type bill deposit and dispensing apparatus, is provided with a shift mechanism which moves the bills to a predetermined position to the left or right side with respect to their feed direction so as to eliminate dispersion of bills in the lateral direction. Thus errors in discrimination of truth or falsehood or in discrimination of denominations and feed jams are prevented. An inverse shifting mechanism is also provided for moving bills to the opposite side from the initial shift (with respect to the feed direction) by a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A conveying device is provided among an accommodating section for accommodating sheets of paper, a counting section for discriminating and counting the sheets of paper, and a port section through which the sheets of paper are put in and taken out of the apparatus, so as to deliver the sheets of paper to any of these components according to a transaction specified between discharge and deposit accepting transactions.

Abstract: A paper currency acceptor having general utility and more specifically for use as a retrofit for a coin vending machine having coin mechanism in which there is very limited space for the paper currency acceptor. The acceptor includes longitudinally directed coextensive verification and receiving stations through which successive sheets of paper currency are moved with their planar surfaces substantially vertical from an inlet to a storage position where the sheets are stacked in their vertical positions thereby enabling the acceptor to be mounted horizontally in the limited space of the machine for cooperation with the machine's coin mechanism.

Abstract: A foreign substance disposing device is disclosed for a money receiving and disbursing machine. The machine comprises a bill receiving section for receiving a stack of bills to be processed in. The machine, pick out rollers for picking out the bills one by one from the stack transfer rollers for transferring the stack of bills from the bill receiving section to the pick out rollers, and transfer driver for driving the transfer rollers a detecting roller is swingably provided between the bill receiving means and the pick out rollers to produce a swingable movement in response to an undulation of the surface of the stack of bills as the bills are transferred.

Abstract: Re-dispensable bills, such as less skewed bills and successive bills, among these rejected bills which are normal but rendered undiscriminatable while being dispensed from the storage boxes to the clerk-side bill slot are temporarily stacked, in the customer-side bill slot, and the bills are stored from the customer-side bill slot into the storage boxes when desired bills stacked in the clerk-side bill slot are completely dispensed. Re-dispensably bills, such as less skewed bills and successive bills, among those rejected bills which are normal but rendered undiscriminatable while being dispensed from the storage boxes to the customer-side bill slot are temporarily stacked in the clerk-side bill slot, and the bills are stored from the clerk-side bill slot into the storage boxes when desired bills stacked in the customer-side bill slot are completely dispensed.

Abstract: A bill validator including a vertically extending main body having a bill insertion slit, bill conveying passage, and a bill discrimination device provided along the bill conveying passage, and a bill accumulating box detachably mounted on the main body. The main body can be turned upside down, along with the bill insertion slit, bill conveying passage and bill discrimination device configured therein. The bill accumulating box is selectably mounted on the main body in a normal state or in an upside down state such that the vertical position of the bill accumulating box will not be changed when the main body is turned upside down. Thus, the same bill validator may be used as a type with the bill insertion slit provided at the upper portion or at the lower portion thereof, respectively, as desired for use with different vending machine configurations.

Abstract: A currency sorter and storage device 10 which includes a lockable storage container 11 having a front plate 12 which further has a plurality of currency receiving slots 13 therein. A pair of rollers, one being drive roller 18 and the other idler roller 17, are disposed in parallel spaced relationship directly behind and on the interior side of currency receiving slots 13. An electric motor 19 provides a source of rotation for drive roller 18. A partitioned currency bin 14 having currency receiving chutes 15 therein, is disposed within lockable storage containing 11 such that currency receiving chutes 15 each lie directly below a particular currency receiving slot 13. A rotatable shaft 23 having one end extending through the side of lockable storage container 11 has a plurality of biasing dogs 22 radially attached. Biasing dogs 22 are disposed along rotatable shaft 23 to each engage a stack of currency 1 located in a particular currency receiving chute 15.

Abstract: A monitoring system, particularly for use with document sorting apparatus, comprises a sensor assembly including a sensor for sensing a respective characteristic of an article and for generating a corresponding first output signal, and a detector controller for applying at least one of a predetermined set of algorithms to the first output signal from the sensor, in conjunction with data supplied to the detector controller, to generate one or more second output signals. A detector processor common to each of the sensor assemblies supplies the data and algorithm selection information to the detector controllers to control which of the set of algorithms is applied by the detector controller and to generate in response to the or each second output signal and reference data a third output signal representative of the characteristic of the article being monitored.

Abstract: A plurality of transaction machines constituting a transaction system is provided with a bill exchange device which exchanges bills individually among the transaction machines.

Abstract: A bill receiving and dispensing machine in which a bill containing mechanism is mounted on the back of a front door of the machine body for improving handling of bills contained within the machine body. The bill receiving and dispensing machine enables easy exposure of the bill containing components merely by opening a front door for carrying out inspection, additional charging of bills, and maintenance of the main components of the machine. According to the bill receiving and dispensing machine of the present invention, the received bills are transferred to the discriminating route and a part of the bills discriminated as "genuine" are held in the circulating-bill pooling section as bills for dispensation and the other genuine bills are transferred above the received-bill box mounted on the front door and then directly dropped into the box through the top opening thereof.

Abstract: A vertical slot-type currency validator has a note path which includes pressure elements for urging the bill into proper registration with a magnetic reading head within the path. The slot acceptor further includes an optical interrupt and restricting tab which is operative to indicate a bill has actually been stacked while preventing unauthorized attempts at removal of the bill. Further, a sensor is provided at the top of the note path to assure that the note has actually reached the full end of the path and is properly aligned for punching into the stack. A pair of side rails are provided for vertical transport of the bill, such side rails being slightly angled inwardly toward the center of the note path and including ball rollers which facilitate movement of the bill in any direction, and particularly into a stack under control of a punch. The punch includes a rubberized pad overlaying a rigid back plate for efficiently removing the bills for the rails.

Abstract: A separating device for a sheet collection apparatus including support arms for interrupting the passage of sheets between the obverse and reverse convey path outlets and the collecting portion of the sheet collection device after a designated number of sheets have entered the collection device. The separating arms are individually movable for interacting and supporting conveyed sheets for a predetermined period of time while the sheets in the collection device are being bundled. The support arms rotate from a neutral position to a primary support position between the obverse and reverse convey path outlets and the collection device. The support arms also rotate to a secondary support position at specified intervals for facilitating the passage of sheets from the obverse and reverse convey path outlets on to the separating device.

Abstract: A bill receiving and dispensing machine of "specific type of bill circulation-type" which can reuse, as bills for dispensation, only one specific type of bills among all types of received bills. According to the machine of the present invention, only one type of bills among all types of received bills is circulated through a circulating-bill pooling section for reuse as bills for dispensation and the dispensation bills other than the circulating bills are held in a dispensation bill container and the received bills and the dispensation bills are held in three limited sections, i.e. a circulating-bill pooling section, a received-bill container and a dispensation bill container. This makes it possible to eliminate the special bill pooling sections and the bill feeding-out mechanisms which are used in the conventional machines and therefore to simplify the mechanism and to reduce the noise during the operation thereof.

Abstract: A money discriminating apparatus comprising a bill transporting path defined between a pair of spaced, but opposed wall surfaces. A coin transporting path is defined by a groove formed in at least one of the wall surfaces. The groove has a width slightly larger than a diameter of a largest one of coins to be transported and a depth slightly larger than a thickness of a thickest one of the coins. Inlet and outlet of coin transporting path open respectively to inlet and outlet of the bill transporting path. A transporting system transports bill and coin along their respective paths. A discriminating unit discriminates authenticity and kind of bill and coin in course of being transported along their respective paths. Preferably, the transporting system comprises a pair of transporting belts and mating surfaces arranged in facing relation respectively to running surfaces of the respective belts.

Abstract: A banknote processing system includes a handling apparatus, a convey mechanism, and a plurality of inspecting apparatuses. The handling apparatus has an input portion on which a predetermined number of bundles of banknotes are placed. The bundles are taken out one by one from the input portion by a take-out device and are transferred to the inspecting apparatus by the convey mechanism. In the inspecting apparatus, the banknotes are picked up one by one from the bundles, so as to be inspected. The inspected banknotes are banded to form inspected bundles and are discharged from the inspecting apparatus. The discharged bundles are then transferred by the convey mechanism, and stacked on a stacking portion of the handling apparatus by a take-in device.

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: Apparatus for discriminating paper money and stacking the same includes a main body of the apparatus and a stacker box attached thereto detachably by the use of a hooking part and a hanging part provided on the main body and the stacker box, respectively and being able to engage with each other. The main body of the apparatus includes: a passage provided with a transferring roller for transferring paper money, a sensor for discriminating the paper money, and further the passage has a stuffing part for guiding both side parts of the paper money to expose the reverse side of the paper money; and a sending part for sending the paper money through the stuffing part backward.

Abstract: An apparatus for sorting sheets is disclosed, which comprises a feeder for setting a mixture of different kinds of sheets, the set sheets being fed one by one for sorting, a judging circuit for judging the kind of sheet being transported through the body of the apparatus after having been fed from the feeder, and a sorting/stacking section for sorting and stacking sheets in specified quantities for specified kinds according to the result of judgement in the judging circuit. The apparatus has a plurality of sorting modes for different kinds of sorting and can specify specified quantities for each mode.

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 handling system provided with a bill bundler unit for sorting bills according to denominations, counting the sorted bills for each denomination and bundling bills of a predetermined number and a predetermined denomination, the number of bills remaining unbundled being counted and stored when bill sorting and counting operations have been completed, so as to continually implement the succeeding bill bundling operation on the basis of the stored number of bills remaining unbundled. The number of remaining bills is displayed or printed for calling an operator's attention to the number of remaining files.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of processing data transactions in a banking terminal which permits to effect an appropriate cash handling of received money and disbursement of money due as change even in the case when data which is indicative of the types of denominations of the received money is inputted after data indicative of an actual amount of a transaction is inputted, and also even when data which is indicative of the types and denominations of the received money or sorts of money is inputted before data indicating an actual amount of the transaction involved is inputted.

Abstract: An apparatus adapted for counting the number of and half-wrapping banknotes and adapted to be capable of discriminating the banknotes of different nominal values, is disclosed. The apparatus is so constructed that a sensing or discriminating unit is provided in the transport route for the banknotes extracted by the separating drum for sensing or dicriminating the nominal values, authenticity and transport state of the notes, the banknotes after passing through the sensing and discriminating unit are transported by a changeover shutter plate in occasionally selected one of two preset directions, in such a manner that reject notes are accommodated in the reject note stacker and only the desired notes are accommodated in the stack unit for subsequent half-wrapping.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the detection of superimposed sheets, the apparatus making it possible to perform this process and the application thereof to bank notes. The process for detecting superimposed sheets by evaluating their surface mass is characterized in that it comprises the stages of passing the sheets oriented in the direction of their width between a beta particle source and a Geiger-Muller counter, counting the number of particles received by the counter by measuring the frequency F.sub.g of the pulses from the Geiger counter to determine the surface mass and eliminating the notes having a high superimposition level by comparison with a limit value.

Abstract: In an automatic teller machine having a bill recycle module, when a deficiency detector detects a bill box to be deficient in bills, the operation of supplying bills from a refilling cashbox to the bill box is initiated provided that a customer sensor detects no person in front of the machine. The bill supplying operation continues as long as no person is detected until the number of the bills in the bill box reaches a predetermined value. Whenever a person is detected, the bill supplying operation is interrupted and the machine becomes again ready to accept a transaction. The bill supplying operation thus interrupted is resumed when the customer sensor ceases to detect a person.

Abstract: There is provided a paper sheet sorting apparatus which has a bill supply port at which a plurality of bills having various denominations are set, a discrimination unit for discriminating the denomination of the bills supplied one by one from the supply port, and a stacking control unit for stacking the bills specified by the specification unit in predetermined stacking units in correspondence with a discrimination result. The denomination of the bills which are stacked in the respective stacking units is not previously determined, and an operator can easily change/set the bills by various specification keys.

Abstract: This bill device is constituted of a relatively elongated casing. A bill insertion slit is formed substantially in the center of this casing in its longitudinal direction. A first U-shaped bill conveying passage communicating with the bill insertion slit is provided in one half of the casing and a second U-shaped bill conveying passage communicating with this first U-shaped bill conveying passage is provided in another half of the casing. A bill discrimination section is disposed in the former half of the first U-shaped bill conveying passage and a bill accumulating device is disposed in the latter half of the second bill conveying passage such that a plurality of bills after discrimination are retained in the two U-shaped bill conveying passages.

Abstract: An arrangement for feeding banknotes to a storage space comprises a command device 64 for externally controlling the functions of the arrangement, a detector for detecting and examining sequentially transported banknotes and for internally controlling their transport, a collecting location 22 for banknotes which pass the detector sequentially in series, and a plurality of storage locations each having an infeed 260, 270 which form part of a transport path. The arrangement includes a transporter 23 for conveying a bundle of banknotes in the collecting location either to an outfeed opening 62 or to a feed table 24 on the input side of the transport path. The transporter includes a roller chain 230 having a gripper 231 for transporting documents to the transport path, and a toothed arm 232 which coacts with the roller chain 230 for transporting documents to the outfeed opening.

Abstract: Apparatus for identifying and storing documents of two different types according to those types, each document including indicia corresponding to the document type, comprising: a receiver for receiving documents to be identified and stored; an identifying mechanism for identifying the type of document received by the receiver as one of the two types; a conveyor responsive to the identifying mechanism for conveying documents to be stored to one of two loading positions corresponding to each of the two types; a stationary loading device positioned adjacent each loading position; and a movable container including a storage space corresponding to each of the two types for forcing a document to be stored from one of the loading positions into one of the storage spaces when the container is moved toward the document.

Abstract: An apparatus for feeding banknotes from an infeed opening 61, 66 along a transport path to a storage space comprises a detector 121 for detecting and controlling the transportation of the banknotes, a plurality of mutually separate storage locations 26, 27 in the storage space, a collecting location 22, a further transport path leading from the collecting location 22 to an outfeed opening 62, and a command input device 64. The infeed opening acommodates the manual insertion of a bundle of banknotes, or the insertion of a cassette 26' containing banknotes. The storage space accommodates the cassettes. Located between the infeed opening and the cassettes is a first transport route 201-202, 205, 22, 260-270 which includes the collecting location 22, and a second transport route 202-202, 205',260-270 which bypasses it. A choice can be made between the first and second transport routes and the second transport path with the aid of the command input device 64.

Abstract: An arrangement for feeding banknotes includes a gripping device for transferring the notes from one part of a transport path to another part. The gripping device comprises two coacting rollers 174,174', of which one 174 is journalled in a movable bridge 175 which, in turn, is journalled in a movable link element 173. One of two co-acting wheels 171,172 is also journalled in the link element and can be moved away from the remaining wheel 172 in dependence on the passage of notes in the transport path. Upon transportation of a note to the gripping device, and in dependence on the output from a detector 121, the link element 173 with the bridge 175 is first rotated through a short distance, wherewith the wheels 171, 172 no longer co-act with one another, whereafter the bridge is rotated through a short distance in relation to the link element causing the rollers 174, 174' to co-act with one another.

Abstract: A method for determining whether a test sheet, such as a banknote, is a genuine reproduction of a reference sheet having a magnetic characteristic such as being printed with a ferromagnetic ink. The method comprises sensing for a magnetic effect, such as a magnetic field, with a suitable detector (14) from a plurality of areas (A-D) of the test sheet. The sensed magnetic effects are compared from two different groups (B, D) of one or more of the areas; and the test sheet is classified as unacceptable if the relationship between the magnetic effects of the compared groups is not within limits previously determined as acceptable for the relationship between the magnetic effects of the same pair of groups of areas of the reference sheet.

Abstract: A note sorting and counting apparatus includes a draw-out unit for drawing out in succession notes accumulated in a stack, a discrimination unit for discriminating at least denomination of notes drawn out by the draw-out unit, a sorting unit for sorting notes according to the denomination of notes on the basis of the denomination discriminated by the discrimination unit, a plurality of temporary reserving units for temporarily reserving the notes sorted by the sorting unit according to the denomination of note, a judgement or determining unit for judging or determining whether the temporary reserving units are filled with notes, a corresponding plurality of containers for receiving notes accommodated in the temporary reserving unit according to the denomination of the stacked notes, and a control unit for causing the transfer of notes reserved in the temporary reserving units to their respective containers.

Abstract: A cash dispenser is provided with cash containers for storing bills classified according to the kinds of money, a reject container for collecting unacceptable bills and acceptable bills cancelled by the customer, and a bill discharge outlet, etc. Acceptable bills sent from cash containers are collected temporarily at temporal bill collection station (ESCROW), while unacceptable bills are directly carried into the reject container one by one through first collection path whenever detected. The bills stacked at the collection station are delivered in a lump through bill discharge path to the bill discharge outlet in response to a cash discharge command, but are collected in a lump into the reject container through second collection path in response to a cash collection command.

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: An arrangement for feeding banknotes detects sequentially transported banknotes and controls their transport to a plurality of storage locations each having an additional infeed, which together form part of a transport path. The arrangement consists of one part (11 . . . 133) which incorporates an infeed opening (61), a detector (121) and a part of the transport path, along which the banknotes are fed in the direction of their longitudinal axes, and another part (201-2705) which incorporates modular storage locations (26,27) which house cassettes (26',27'), and the remaining part of the transport part, along which the banknotes are fed in the direction of the transverse axes. The length of each banknote is established with the aid of a measuring device (14-16) and therewith the location of the midway point of the banknote.

Abstract: A cash handling machine includes a housing having an aperture through which cash is put in, a bank note conveyor, a bank note sorter for sorting the bank notes conveyed by the bank note conveyor according to type of bank notes, a coin conveyor, and a coin sorter for sorting the coins conveyed by the coin conveyor according to type of coins. The machine has a single cash receiver for receiving both bank notes and coins put in through the aperture, a bank note feeder connected to the single cash receiver for taking out the bank notes from the single cash receiver and for feeding the bank notes to the bank note conveyor, and coin feeder connected to the single cash receiver for taking out the coins from the single cash receiver and for feeding the coins to the coin conveyor.

Abstract: The circulating-type bill depositing and disbursing machine includes a receiving and dispensing box. The receiving and dispensing box is adapted to be removably loaded into the machine. The box receives undamaged bills in the front portion thereof to allow the undamaged bills to be dispensed therefrom and also receives damaged bills in the rear portion thereof.

Abstract: A bank note discriminating apparatus has a detector for detecting light reflected by or transmitted through a bank note upon irradiation of light while the bank note is being conveyed, and a judging circuit for integrating a reflected light signal from the detector to obtain an amount of light reflected by the bank note and for comparing the amount with a reference signal so as to discriminate a fit note from an unfit note.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing paper sheets comprises a batch feeder for carrying the withdrawn paper sheets, a takeout device for picking up the paper sheets from the batch feeder, one by one, an inspection section for inspecting the paper sheets picked up by the takeout device, whereby the paper sheets are classified into two groups, an unmachinable first group and a machinable second group, a first collecting device for collecting the first group of paper sheets, and a judgment unit for classifying the second group of paper sheets into two subgroups, a legitimate third group and a counterfeit fourth group. The first collecting device includes a second collecting device for collecting the third group of paper sheets, and third collecting device for collecting the fourth group of paper sheets.

Abstract: This application discloses a method and apparatus for ascertaining the fitness of a document having some printed regions and some unprinted regions, by determining its degree of soiling. A sensor (16) provides reflectance signals representing the intensity of light reflected from a number of sensed elements on the face of the document. A signal processing circuit responsive to the reflectance signals includes means (26) for determining for each of a number of areas of the document, the number of elements in the area which result in a signal level exceeding a first threshold which represents the upper limit of brightness for printed areas on the document; and means (24,34,36) for determining whether the number of elements exceeding the first threshold reaches a given proportion of the total number of sensed elements for that area.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing sheets, including cash, which comprises first conveying elements for dispensing sheets along a feed path to a stacking position; first detection device for detecting unsuitable sheets; and diverting elements for diverting detected unsuitable sheets along a reject path to a dump. Stacking elements are positioned downstream of the diverting elements for stacking sheets at the stacking position. Second conveying elements are provided for selectively delivering the stacked sheets to a dispense outlet or along a reject path to the dump.

Abstract: A controller controlling the dispensing of paper currency including a microprocessor for controlling motors which feed a predetermined mix of paper currency from each dispensing device to a common acceleration device which advances bills to an output stacker. Each individual dispensing device dispenses the proper number of bills to the acceleration device. Apparatus multiplexes the control signals to the stepper motor. After the bills have been dispensed, the stepper motor is halted, and a home positioning sensor determines if the stepper motor has been halted in the proper position. Sensors provided at spaced intervals along the common acceleration device determine if bills have reached the acceleration device. The dispensing operation is repeated if bills do not reach the sensor. The sensors perform the dual function of sensing advancement of a bill and detecting overlapping or multiple fed bills. The adaptive technique compensates for changes in the sensor such as component aging and dust accumulation.