# US 2014/0190787 A1 · Bill storage box and bill handling device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0190787 A1 - Document ID: US20140190787A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/123,411 - Filed: 2011-06-03 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-06-03 - Assignees: Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp. - Inventors: Junji Fujita; Minoru Kadowaki; Naoaki Nishizawa; Akihiro Nagura - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190787A1 ## CPC - G07D 11/13: with internal means for handling valuable papers - B65H 1/14: comprising positively-acting mechanical devices {(B65H1/025 takes precedence)} - B65H 1/28: compartmented to receive piles side-by-side - B65H 3/0669: {Driving devices therefor} - B65H 3/5215: {the retainers positioned under articles separated from the top of the pile} - B65H 83/025: {onto and from the same side of the pile or stack} - G07D 11/237: for detecting transport malfunctions, e.g. jams or misfeeds - B65H 2402/45: Doors - B65H 2403/21: Timing belts - B65H 2403/42: Spur gearing - B65H 2404/61: Longitudinally-extending strips, tubes, plates, or wires - B65H 2404/63: Oscillating, pivoting around an axis parallel to face of material, e.g. diverting means - B65H 2405/313: with integrated handling means, e.g. separating means - B65H 2405/332: Superposed compartments - B65H 2555/25: D.C. motors, e.g. shunt motors - B65H 2701/1912: Banknotes, bills and cheques or the like - G07D: HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES ## Abstract The present invention is characterized in that at least a first bill storage unit and a second bill storage unit are stacked and arranged in the stated sequence from a bill insert/discharge port side provided to the upper surface of the bill storage box; a door for loading and removing bills inside the bill storage units, and an opening and closing part for removing bills retained in an internal conveyance path between the first bill storage unit and the internal conveyance path are included; and the opening and closing direction of the door for loading and removing bills in the first bill storage unit and the opening and dosing direction of the opening and closing part are substantially the same. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A bill storage box having plural bill storage units in inside thereof, comprising: a bill insert/discharge port provided in an upper surface of the bill storage box for inputting and discharging bills to and from an outside; a conveyance path for bidirectionally conveying the bills between the bill insert/discharge port and the bill storage units, the conveyance path including at least a first internal conveyance path for conveying the bills approximately in a vertical direction; at least the first bill storage unit and a second bill storage unit being stacked and arranged in this order from a side of the bill insert/discharge port; a door for loading and taking out the bills provided within the bill storage units, the door being provided on a side opposite to a side surface in which the bill insert/discharge part is provided; an opening and closing portion for allowing an access to the bills retained on said internal conveyance path between the first bill storage unit and the first internal conveyance path, and an opening and closing direction of the door for loading and taking out the bills within the first bill storage unit, and an opening and closing direction of the opening and closing portion are made approximately the same direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bill storage box according to claim 1, wherein: the bill storage box has a conveyance guide for the bills conveyed to the first internal conveyance path, and the opening and closing portion, and the conveyance guide are structured integrally with each other. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The bill storage box according to claim 2, wherein: the bill storage box has a pinch roller for conveying the bills conveyed to the first internal conveyance path, and a rotating shaft of the pinch roller is provided in the conveyance guide. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The bill storage box according to claim 1, wherein: a lock mechanism for locking a position of the opening and closing portion is provided. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The bill storage box according to claim 1, wherein: the bill storage box has a conveyance guide for the bills conveyed to the first internal conveyance path, and a fulcrum of the opening and closing portion, and a fulcrum of the conveyance guide are provided differently from each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The bill storage box according to claim 5, wherein: an opening degree of the conveyance guide is about 90 degrees. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The bill storage box according to claim 5, wherein: the bill storage box has a push plate including a convex portion accessible to the conveyance guide, the push plate being provided being provided approximately in a vertical direction of the first bill storage unit, and the push plate is moved approximately in the vertical direction, thereby causing the conveyance guide and the push plate to contact each other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The bill storage box according to claim 1, wherein: the bill storage box has a gate roller provided in the first bill storage unit, the gate roller rotating when the bills are accumulated in the bill storage unit, and not rotating when the bills are fed from the bill storage unit, and the gate roller is moved integrally with the door. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The bill storage box according to claim 1, wherein: the bill storage box has a second internal conveyance path for conveying the bills approximately in a horizontal direction, and both sides of each of the bills conveyed to the second internal conveyance path are reversed, and the bills are stored in the bill storage unit disposed closest to the bill insert/discharge port. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The bill storage box according to claim 1, wherein: the first bill storage unit is disposed so as to be eccentrically located on a predetermined side surface side, and the second storage unit is disposed so as to be eccentrically located on the other side surface side as a side opposite to the predetermined side surface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A bill handling device, comprising: a bill insert/discharge port for allowing insertion and taking-out of bills by a user; a bill discriminating unit for discriminating between inserted bills and bills to be taken out; a conveyance path for conveying the bills; and an installing unit in which the bill storage box according claim 1 is installable, wherein the installing unit is structured in such a way that a bill storage box including only one bill storage unit having a feeding/accumulation mechanical unit for carrying out a feeding operation and an accumulating operation for the bills, and the bill storage box according to claim 1 is arbitrarily selected so as to be installable.