Bill arranger
AssigneeLaurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd.
InventorKeiji Sakai
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Abstract
A bill arranger is provided that includes a loader for loading bills and feeding the bills one by one; a conveyer for conveying the bills fed from the loader; a discriminating device for discriminating the bills conveyed by the conveyer; a plurality of stackers for stacking the bills, which are conveyed by the conveyer, so that the bills can be removed; an operating device for selecting one of sorting process modes which defines a method of sorting the bills loaded in the loader; and a controller for delivering the bills, which are fed from the loader, to one of the stackers, by the conveyer, based on the results of the discrimination by the discriminating device, according to the sorting process mode selected by the operating device.
Claims12
A bill arranger comprising:
- a loader for loading bills and feeding the bills one by one;
- a conveyer for conveying the bills fed from said loader;
- a discriminating device for discriminating the bills conveyed by said conveyer;
- a plurality of stackers for stacking the bills, which are conveyed by said conveyer, so that the bills can be removed;
- an operating device for selecting one of sorting process modes which defines a method of sorting the bills loaded in said loader;
- and
- a controller for delivering the bills, which are fed from said loader, to one of said stackers, by said conveyer, based on the results of the discrimination by said discriminating device, according to the sorting process mode selected by said operating device, wherein
- each of said stackers has an output opening for providing access to the bills stacked in the stacker, a shutter for closing said output opening, and a pusher for lifting the bills stacked in the stacker, and
- said shutter is rotated in a first direction to open said output opening, and said pusher is rotated in second direction to lift the bills, whereby the pusher changes the position of the stacked bills.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.