Dispenser for making payment of pre-packed paper sheets

Abstract

There is provided a compact and simple dispenser for dispensing envelopes each containing a predetermined number of paper sheets such as bank notes and being positively guided by perforations formed at the marginal side or sides of the envelopes. A series of envelopes is housed and stocked in a container unit of the dispenser while being folded one on another to form a train of envelopes which are cut off along the folded lines and then dispensed individually under the control of the central control center. The dispenser of the invention comprises the container unit which has a lock, and a dispensing unit having a cavity for receiving the container unit and a locking device for releasingly locking the lock of the container unit until a signal instructing disassembly of the container unit from the dispensing unit is received. The dispensing unit is further provided with a gearing mechanism to be coupled with the positive feeding mechanism of the container unit to drive the latter so that a single envelope is conveyed and fed to the dispensing unit.

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