Bill pressing-down apparatus for bill receiving and dispensing machine

A bill pressing-down apparatus for a bill receiving and dispencing machine including a bill accumulating plate arranged at a bill receiving and dispensing mouth and fixed to the machine body in inclined condition with its rear end lowered;

• bill feeding-out means having a feeding-out roller arranged below the bill accumulating plate for feeding out in order the lowermost of bills accumulated on the bill accumulating plate to a predetermined bill transferring route with friction acting between the roller and the lowermost bill;
• a bill supporting plate usually being in a stand-by position above the bill accumulating plate for supporting thereon accumulated bills to be dispensed to the bill accumulating plate;
• and bill transferring mechanism for transferring the accumulated bills on the bill supporting plate to the bill accumulating plate by driving the bill supporting plate toward and from the bill receiving and dispensing mouth, characterized in that the bill pressing-down apparatus comprising:
• a supporting frame one end of which is pivotably supported on a shaft fixed to the machine body above the bill accumulating plate and the other end of which is moved toward and from the bill accumulating plate due to the pivotal motion of the supporting frame;
• a mounting plate pivotably supported on the supporting frame so that it pivots relative to the supporting frame in reverse to the pivotal direction of the supporting frame due to the pivotal motion of the supporting frame;
• and a bill pressing-down plate rotatably mounted on the mounting plate for pressing down the bills accumulated on the bill accumulating plate, the bill pressingdown plate is connected to the mounting plate at a position offset from the center of gravity thereof so that the bill pressing-down plate is always kept at the same inclination as that of the bill accumulating plate.