Bill receiving device

Abstract

A bill passage is provided in about the central portion of an elongated casing and spaces on both sides of this bill passage constitute first and second bill receiving chambers. For enabling a bill received therein to be paid out according to necessity, at least the first bill receiving chamber has a bill outlet. A bill pushing member can move in a reciprocating motion between the first and second bill receiving chambers across the bill passage. When a bill delivered to a predetermined position in the bill passage is received in the first bill receiving chamber, the bill is received by pushing it with a first surface of the bill pushing member while the bill pushing member is moved from the second bill receiving chamber towards the first bill receiving chamber. When the bill is received in the second bill receiving chamber, the bill is received by pushing it with a second surface of the bill pushing member which is opposite to the first surface while the bill pushing member is moved from the first bill receiving chamber towards the second bill receiving chamber. A bill payout mechanism comprising rollers and a motor for driving these rollers is provided in the bill pushing member. The rollers are exposed at least on the first surface of the bill pushing member. When a bill is paid out of the bill receiving chamber, the bill pushing member is positioned at a predetermined position at which the first surface of the bill pushing member comes into pressing contact with a surface of a stack of bills in the bill receiving chamber and a bill which is in contact with the rollers is fed to the bill outlet by driving the rollers in this state.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.