# US 2014/0191466 A1 · Medium processing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0191466 A1 - Document ID: US20140191466A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/129,509 - Filed: 2012-09-25 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-11-18 - Assignees: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Takamoto Yokote - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140191466A1 ## CPC - B65H 5/00: Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines ({B65H9/00 takes precedence; } identical mechanisms or parts for delivering or advancing articles from machines B65H29/00; recirculating articles B65H85/00 {, G03B27/6257}) - B65H 29/006: {Winding articles into rolls} - G07D 11/40: Device architecture, e.g. modular construction - B65H 2301/419: from or to storage, i.e. the storage integrating winding or unwinding means - B65H 2301/4191: for handling articles of limited length, e.g. AO format, arranged at intervals from each other - B65H 2402/441: movable for facilitating access to area inside the housing, e.g. pivoting or sliding - B65H 2403/40: Toothed gearings - B65H 2403/944: Multiple power sources for one mechanism - B65H 2407/10: Safety means, e.g. for preventing injuries or illegal operations - B65H 2407/20: for manual intervention of operator - B65H 2701/1912: Banknotes, bills and cheques or the like - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES - G07D: HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING ## Abstract A medium processing device includes holding section that temporarily retains a medium therein. A gear inside the holding section drives a mechanism that stores the medium into and feeds out from the holding section. A main body includes a mounting location at which the holding section is mounted, and transfers the medium to and from the holding section at a time at which the holding section is mounted. An operation knob transmits, to the gear, a rotary operation applied from outside the holding section. An operation restriction portion at the main body, blocks transmission of the rotary operation from the knob to the gear in a mounted state in which the holding section is mounted at the mounting location, and allows transmission of the rotary operation from the knob to the gear in a detached state in which the holding section is detached. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medium processing device, comprising: a temporary holding section that temporarily retains a medium therein; a gear that is provided inside the temporary holding section, and that drives a mechanism that stores the medium into the temporary holding section and feeds out the medium from inside the temporary holding section; a main body that includes a mounting location at which the temporary holding section is mounted, and that transfers the medium to and from the temporary holding section at a time at which the temporary holding section is mounted at the mounting location; an operation knob that transmits, to the gear, a rotary operation applied from outside of the temporary holding section; and an operation restriction portion that is provided at the main body, that blocks transmission of the rotary operation from the operation knob to the gear in a mounted state in which the temporary holding section is mounted at the mounting location of the main body, and that allows transmission of the rotary operation from the operation knob to the gear in a detached state in which the temporary holding section is detached from the mounting location. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medium processing device according to claim 1, wherein: the operation knob includes a gearwheel, the gearwheel of the operation knob meshing with the gear by being moved to a predetermined meshing position, and the meshing with the gear being released by the operation knob being moved to a withdrawn position that is distant from the meshing position; and the operation restriction portion blocks the transmission of the rotary operation from the operation knob to the gear in the mounted state by keeping the operation knob at the withdrawn position, and allows movement of the operation knob to the meshing position in the detached state. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The medium processing device according to claim 2, wherein the operation restriction portion keeps the operation knob at the withdrawn position in the mounted state by engaging with the operation knob. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The medium processing device according to claim 2, wherein the operation restriction portion keeps the operation knob at the withdrawn position in the mounted state by covering the operation knob and preventing operation of the operation knob from outside. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The medium processing device according to claim 2, wherein the operation restriction portion keeps the operation knob at the withdrawn position in the mounted state by being disposed between the withdrawn position and the meshing position of the operation knob. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The medium processing device according to claim 2, wherein, in the mounted state, the operation restriction portion engages with the operation knob at a plurality of locations around a rotation axis of the operation knob. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The medium processing device according to claim 1, wherein the temporary holding section includes: a drum, on a peripheral face of which the medium is wound; and a conveyance section that conveys the medium between the drum and the main body, the gear includes: a drum gear that transmits driving force from a predetermined drum motor to the drum; and a conveyance gear that transmits driving force from a predetermined conveyance motor to the conveyance section without transmitting driving force from the drum motor, during non-operation of the operation knob while the rotary operation is not being applied from outside the temporary holding section, the operation knob does not transmit the rotary operation to the drum gear and/or the conveyance gear, and, during operation of the operation knob while the rotary operation is being applied from outside the temporary holding section, the operation knob transmits rotary operation to both the drum gear and the conveyance gear.