US 7,066,384 B2 · Bill handling machine and controlling method for a bill handling machine

Abstract

A bill handling machine includes a bill discriminator which discriminates between genuine and counterfeit bills; a cash box including first and second bill storing boxes which store bills to be recycled, the first bill storing box for storing bills of first type, the second bill storing box for storing bills of second type; a non-genuine bill storing box which is provided outside the cash box and stores a bill that is suspected or determined to be non-genuine by the bill discriminator; a temporary stocker which temporarily stores bills prior to storing the bills in the first and second bill storing boxes or the non-genuine bill storing box; and a transport component configured to transport the bills to the temporary stocker, first and second bill storing boxes, and non-genuine bill storing box, wherein an entry to the non-genuine bill storing box is provided at a section of the transport path that is between the bill discriminator and temporary stocker.

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Dependent claims

A bill handling machine comprising:

a bill discriminator which discriminates between genuine and counterfeit bills;
a cash box including first and second bill storing boxes which store bills to be recycled, the first bill storing box for storing bills of first type, the second bill storing box for storing bills of second type;
a non-genuine bill storing box which is provided outside the cash box and stores a bill that is suspected or determined to be non-genuine by the bill discriminator;
a temporary stocker which temporarily stores bills prior to storing the bills in the first and second bill storing boxes or the non-genuine bill storing box;
and
a transport component configured to transport the bills to the temporary stocker, first and second bill storing boxes, and non-genuine bill storing box, wherein an entry to the non-genuine bill storing box is provided at a section of the transport path that is between the bill discriminator and temporary stocker.

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A method for controlling operations of a bill handling machine

wherein the bill handling machine comprises:
a bill input slot to receive bills;
a bill discriminator to discriminate whether or not a bill is genuine;
a cash box containing a recycle box which stores bills to be recycled;
a reject bill storing box which stores genuine bills unsuitable for recycling;
a non-genuine bill storing box to store a bill that has been determined to be non-genuine by the bill discriminator, the non-genuine bill storing box being provided outside the cash box and independently of the reject bill storing box;
a temporary stocker to temporarily store bills during a process of storing bills in the recycle box, the reject bill storing box, and the non-genuine bill storing box;
and
a transport component to transport the bills from one location to another in the bill handling machine,
wherein an input slot of the non-genuine bill storing box is connected to a section of the transport component provided between the bill discriminator and the temporary stocker;
and
wherein the control method comprises:
discriminating whether or not each of the bills received via the bill input slot is genuine using the bill discriminator;
transporting the each bill to the temporary stocker after discriminating the each bill using the bill discriminator;
and
sending a bill that has been determined to be non-genuine from the temporary stocker to the non-genuine bill storing box.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Bill handling machine and controlling method for a bill handling machine

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Bill handling machine and controlling method for a bill handling machine

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Abstract

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