Banknote release and storage apparatus
AssigneeAsahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Abe, Joji Iida
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Abstract
A banknote release and storage apparatus is provided for both discharging banknotes from a safe and for re-inserting a banknote through the same discharge opening back into the safe. A stacked array of banknotes can have the lower-most banknote discharged through an opening for dispensing to a user. Conversely, a banknote returned to the same discharge opening can be re-inserted when a lifting unit lifts one end of the stacked array of banknotes to create a receptive storage space and a let-off device is driven in a reverse direction for drawing the banknote back into the storage unit.
Claims24
In a dispensing device for storing banknotes in a safe unit and dispensing banknotes to a user, the improvement comprising:
- a let-off unit for driving a stored banknote to exit from the safe unit;
- a lifter unit for moving the stored banknotes remaining in the safe unit upward;
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- means for reversing the driving of the let-off unit, whereby a banknote presented at the exit side of the let-off unit can be drawn back into the safe unit when the lifter unit is activated.
In a dispensing device for storing banknotes in a storage unit and dispensing banknotes to a user through a discharge slot, the improvement of:
- a transporting unit for transporting a banknote to be discharged, from an opening in the storage unit, along a first passageway to the discharge slot, including a let-off device for removing a banknote from the storage unit;
- a monitor unit operatively positioned relative to the first passageway to monitor a condition of the transported banknote;
- a diverting unit operatively connected to the monitor unit to remove a banknote from the first passageway when the monitor unit indicates duplicate banknotes;
- a recycle transporting unit to return the duplicate banknotes to the opening in the storage unit;
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- a re-inserting unit for moving the duplicate banknote through the opening for again storing the duplicated banknote in the storage unit.
In a dispensing device for storing banknotes in a storage unit and dispensing banknotes to a user through a discharge slot, the improvement comprising:
- a transporting unit for transporting a banknote to be discharged, from an opening in the storage unit, along a first passageway to the discharge slot, including a let-off device for removing a banknote from the storage unit;
- a monitor unit operatively positioned relative to the first passageway to monitor one of a normal situation and an abnormal situation and providing a signal indicative of an abnormal situation regarding the transported banknote;
- a diverting unit operatively connected to the monitor unit to divert the transported banknote from the first passageway when the monitor unit indicates a signal of an abnormal situation;
- a recycle transporting unit to return the diverted transported banknote to the opening in the storage unit;
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- a re-inserting unit for moving the diverted transported banknote through the opening for again storing the diverted transported banknote in the storage unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.