Paper sheet storage mechanism, paper sheet handling machine, and paper sheet storage method
AssigneeGlory Ltd.
InventorsTomohiro Yokoo, Kazuhiko Takahashi
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Abstract
A paper sheet storage mechanism (e.g., a banknote storage mechanism 32) is provided with a pressing unit (e.g., pressing plate 46) which advances into a storage bag (e.g., banknote storage bag 34) held by a holding unit (e.g., holding member 36) and presses a portion of the storage bag from inside toward a placement unit (e.g., stage 40), thereby bringing a portion of the storage bag placed on the placement unit into a state in which paper sheets are stackable thereon. Before paper sheets are sent into the storage bag, the pressing unit is caused to advance into the storage bag and press the portion of the storage bag toward the placement unit.
Claims11
A paper sheet storage mechanism for storing paper sheets into a storage bag having an opening at one end thereof, the paper sheet storage mechanism comprising:
- a holding unit configured to hold an upper portion, near the opening, of the storage bag;
- a paper sheet sending unit configured to send paper sheets;
- an escrow unit configured to stack, thereon, the paper sheets sent from the paper sheet sending unit and to transfer, therefrom, the paper sheets stacked thereon to the storage bag held by the holding unit;
- a stage configured to be movable in a vertical direction, and on which a first portion of the storage bag held by the holding unit is placed;
- a pressing unit configured to advance into the storage bag held by the holding unit and press the placed first portion of the storage bag toward the stage;
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- a control unit configured to control the paper sheet storage mechanism such that the pressing unit moves to outside of the storage bag after the pressing unit advances into the held empty storage bag and presses the placed first portion of the empty storage bag and before the stage moves upward from a lower position to an upper position.
A paper sheet storage mechanism for storing paper sheets into a storage bag having an opening at one end thereof, the paper sheet storage mechanism comprising:
- a holding unit configured to hold an upper portion, near the opening, of the storage bag;
- a paper sheet sending unit configured to send paper sheets;
- an escrow unit configured to stack, thereon, the paper sheets sent from the paper sheet sending unit and to transfer, therefrom, the paper sheets stacked thereon to the storage bag held by the holding unit;
- a stage configured to be movable in a vertical direction, and on which a first portion of the storage bag held by the holding unit is placed;
- a pressing unit configured to advance into the storage bag held by the holding unit and press the placed first portion of the storage bag toward the stage;
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- a control unit configured to control the paper sheet storage mechanism such that after an empty storage bag has been held by the holding unit and before paper sheets are sent into the held empty storage bag by the paper sheet sending unit, the pressing unit advances into the held empty storage bag and presses the first portion of the empty storage bag placed on the stage toward the stage, and thereafter the stage moves upward from a lower position to an upper position
- wherein the control unit is also configured to control the paper sheet storage mechanism such that the pressing unit moves to outside of the storage bag after the pressing unit advances into the held empty storage bag and presses the placed first portion of the empty storage bag and before the stage moves upward from a lower position to an upper position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.