Bill handling machine for determining amount of bills in storage boxes
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorYasutomo Kosugi
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Abstract
A bill handling machine in which information of each of storing boxes installed therein is acquired and is reported to the operator includes a unit by which an amount of bills stored in each storing box set to the bill handling machine can be calculated by the storing box. The calculated amount of bills is compared with the number of bills beforehand inputted by the operator to thereby prevent an operation using a wrong number of bills.
Claims20
A bill handling machine for handling bills, comprising:
- a money receiving/paying section for receiving and paying bills;
- a plurality of bill storing boxes for storing bills received from said money receiving/paying section or bills to be paid from said money receiving/paying section, said plurality of bill storing boxes including a pushing plate for depressing bills stored therein, respectively;
- a transport path for linking said money receiving/paying section to said storing boxes and for transporting bills;
- a storing box detecting unit for detecting an attaching state or a detaching state of at least one of the plurality of bill storing boxes;
- a pushing plate detecting unit for detecting a position of said pushing plate;
- and a control section, wherein:
- when said storing box detecting unit detects that said at least one of the plurality of storage boxes is in the attaching state, said control section causes said pushing plate in said at least one of the plurality of storage boxes to move by a driving motor;
- and
- said pushing plate detecting unit detects a position of said pushing plate for determining the amount of the bills stored in said at least one of the plurality of storage boxes.
A bill handling machine, comprising:
- a money receiving/paying unit for receiving or for ejecting a bill;
- a judge section for detecting a bill received from said money receiving/paying unit;
- a temporary storing section for temporarily storing the bill detected by said judge section;
- a plurality of storing boxes for storing bills received from said money receiving/paying unit or bills to be paid from said money receiving/paying unit;
- and
- a storing box detecting unit for detecting an attaching/detaching state of at least one of the plurality of bill storing boxes;
- wherein when said storing box detecting unit detects that said at least one of the plurality of storage boxes is in the attaching state, a control section controls a pushing section disposed in said storing box to push bills and thereby calculating an amount of bills stored in said storing box.
A method for detecting amount of bills in a bill handling machine capable of attaching/detaching a plurality of storing boxes for storing bills, comprising:
- detecting that at least one of the plurality of storing boxes is attached;
- moving a pushing section disposed in said at least one of the plurality of storing boxes in a forward direction after detection by said first step;
- detecting pressure by said pushing section and the bills due to movement by said moving step;
- moving said pushing section in a reverse direction opposite the forward direction, when the pressure is detected by said detecting step;
- and
- detecting the amount of bills stored in said at least one of the plurality of storing boxes on the basis of a position of said pushing section after the step of moving said pushing section in the reverse direction is performed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.