# US 2009/0260948 A1 · Money handling machine

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- Number: US 2009/0260948 A1
- Document ID: US20090260948A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 12/148,764
- Filed: 2008-04-22
- Published: 2009-10-22
- Earliest claimed: 2008-04-22
- Assignees: GLORY LTD., a corporation of Japan
- Inventors: Yasuhiro Matsumoto
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20090260948A1

## CPC

- G07D 9/00: Counting coins (in combination with coin-sorting G07D3/16); Handling of coins not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
- G07D 11/00: Devices accepting coins; Devices accepting, dispensing, sorting or counting valuable papers
- G07D 11/245: Replenishment
- G07D 11/25: Relocation of valuable papers within devices
- G07D: HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING

## Abstract

The present invention provides a money handling machine configured to selectively perform one of the following three processes: (A) a mass delivery process for transporting money inserted in a casing through a money insertion opening, to a money holding unit, by using a transport unit, and then transferring the money held in the money holding unit, into a money storage unit; (B) a process, in a mode with a delivery process, for performing a depositing process for depositing the money inserted in the casing through the money insertion opening, into the money storage unit, together with the delivery process for delivering the money stored in each recycling-style money storage unit, to the money storage unit; and (C) a process, in a mode without the delivery process, for performing the depositing process for depositing the money inserted in the casing through the money insertion opening, into the money storage unit, independently of the delivery process for delivering the money stored in each recycling-style money storage unit, to the money storage unit.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A money handling machine adapted for handling money, comprising:
a casing;
a money storage unit provided in the casing and configured for storing the money therein;
a money insertion opening configured for inserting the money into the casing;
a transport unit provided in the casing and adapted for transporting the money inserted in the casing through the money insertion opening;
a discriminating unit provided with the transport unit and adapted for discriminating the money transported by the transport unit;
a money return opening connected with the transport unit and configured for returning the money transferred from the transport unit, to the exterior of the casing;
recycling-style money storage units provided in the casing, in a plural number, corresponding to each denomination of money, each recycling-style money storage unit being connected with the transport unit as well as configured for allowing the money, corresponding to each denomination of money, to be stored therein and fed out therefrom;
a money holding unit connected with the transport unit and adapted for temporarily holding the money that will be stored in the money storage unit; and
a control unit adapted for controlling the transport unit, recycling-style money storage units and money holding unit, respectively;
wherein the control unit is configured to selectively perform one of the following three processes:
(A) a mass delivery process for transporting the money inserted in the casing through the money insertion opening, to the money holding unit, by using the transport unit, and then transferring the money held in the money holding unit, into the money storage unit;
(B) a process, in a mode with a delivery process, for performing a depositing process for depositing the money inserted in the casing through the money insertion opening, into the money storage unit, together with the delivery process for delivering the money stored in each recycling-style money storage unit, into the money storage unit; and
(C) a process, in a mode without the delivery process, for performing the depositing process for depositing the money inserted in the casing through the money insertion opening, into the money storage unit, independently of the delivery process for delivering the money stored in each recycling-style money storage unit, into the money storage unit.

### Claim 2

A money handling machine adapted for handling money, comprising:
a casing;
a money storage unit provided in the casing and configured for storing the money therein;
a money insertion opening configured for inserting the money into the casing;
a transport unit provided in the casing and adapted for transporting the money inserted in the casing through the money insertion opening;
a discriminating unit provided with the transport unit and adapted for discriminating the money transported by the transport unit;
a money return opening connected with the transport unit and configured for returning the money transferred from the transport unit, to the exterior of the casing;
a money holding unit connected with the transport unit and configured for transferring the money transferred from the transport unit, to the money storage unit; and
a control unit adapted for controlling the transport unit and money holding unit;
wherein the control unit is configured to selectively perform one of the following two processes:
(A) a delivery process for allowing the money inserted in the casing through the money insertion opening to be once held in the money holding unit, and then delivering the money held in the money holding unit, into the money storage unit; and
(B) a counting process for counting the money inserted in the casing through the money insertion opening, by using the discriminating unit, and then returning the counted money to the exterior of the casing.