Sheet collecting apparatus
AssigneeTokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkito Ueshin
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Abstract
A sheet collecting apparatus for collecting paper sheets, comprises a plurality of collecting chambers which are arranged to receive sorted bills through an insertion port, a shutter unit which is disposed to cover dispensing ports of all of the collecting chambers and is movable between a first position where all of the dispensing ports are closed and a second position where all of the dispensing ports are opened, and a drive section for driving the shutter unit in one of the first and second positions. The paper sheets are stacked in the collecting chamber when the shutter unit is located in the first position and the paper sheets are dispensed outside the collecting chamber when the shutter unit is located in the second position.
Claims17
A collecting apparatus for collecting paper sheets, comprising:
- a plurality of collecting means each having side walls defining therebetween a collecting chamber, said collecting chamber having an insertion port on an upper side thereof and a dispensing port on a lower side thereof, said each collecting chamber being arranged to receive sorted paper sheets through said insertion port;
- shutter means disposed to cover said dispensing ports of all of said plurality of collecting chambers and movable between a first position where all of said dispensing ports are closed and a second position where all of said dispensing ports are open, said shutter means including a first partition plate which covers one part of each of said dispensing ports in the first position and which uncovers said one part in the second position, and a second partition plate which covers the other part of each of said dispensing ports in the first position and which uncovers said the other part in the second position, the paper sheets stacked in said each collecting chamber being disposed on the first and second partition plates when said shutter means is located in the first position and the paper sheets stacked in said each collecting chamber being dispensed outside said collecting chamber from the corresponding dispensing port when said shutter means is located in the second position;
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- driving means for moving said first and second partition plates between said first and second positions in a horizontal direction,
- wherein each said side wall includes an indented lower portion, and wherein each said first and second partition plates correspond in shape to said indented lower portion so as to be registrable with a respective said side wall.
A collecting apparatus for collecting paper sheets comprising:
- plural collecting means each including a pair of spaced-apart side walls defining therebetween a respective collecting chamber and having vertically separated insertion and dispensing ports for respectively receiving sorted paper sheets into said collecting chamber and dispensing said paper sheets from said collecting chamber, said pair of side walls each including at lower ends thhreof, at least one indentation;
- shutter means for selectively covering and uncovering said dispensing port to respectively prevent and permit paper sheets to be dispensed from said respective collecting chamber, said shutter means including first and second partition plates associated with each said dispensing port, each said first and second partition plates including at least one projection registrable with said at least one indentation of a respective said side wall to at least partially support a stack of paper sheets;
- mounting means for mounting said first and second partition plates for relative reciprocal planar movements between (i) a closed position wherein at least a forward portion of said first parition plate is nested with a forward portion of said second partition plate to thereby close said dispensing port to prevent the stack paper sheets supported upon said at least one projection from being dispensed and (ii) an open position wherein said first and second partition plates are laterally spaced apart to permit paper sheets to be dispensed through said dispensing ports;
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- drive means for moving said first and second partition plates between said open and closed positions,
- said registrable at least one indentation and projection together establishing means for preventing lateral displacement of the stack of paper sheets when said first and second partition plates are moved to said open position.
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