Medium storage box and medium processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10703541-B2
Application number	US-201716473842-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2017
Priority date	Apr 28, 2017
Publication date	Jul 7, 2020
Grant date	Jul 7, 2020

Abstract

A medium storage box includes a storage unit that stores a medium, a handle configured to rotate in a first direction from a first state to a second state and a second direction opposite to the first direction from the second state to the first state, and a rotation restricting portion that prevents rotation of the handle in the second direction. The handle includes a grip portion and an arm that includes an upper surface portion or a top portion and extends in an extending direction toward the upper surface portion or the top portion from the rotational axis. The arm is configured such that an end portion of an arm center line side in the upper surface portion or the top portion is separated toward a first direction side with respect to an arm center line extending from the rotational axis to the extending direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A medium storage box, comprising:
a storage unit that stores a medium;
a handle configured to rotate, in opposite first and second rotational directions, with respect to the storage unit around a rotational axis between a first state standing with respect to the storage unit and a second state lying with respect to the storage unit; and
a rotation restricting portion that, when the handle is in the first state, restricts rotation of the handle to only the first rotational direction, wherein
the handle includes:
a grip portion that extends in a direction parallel to the rotational axis; and
an arm that extends in an extending direction to connect the grip portion to the storage unit, the arm being connected to the grip portion at an end thereof, the end of the arm having an arm upper surface portion that is of a flat surface or arm top portion that is of a non-flat surface; and

the end of the arm is so formed that the entire arm upper surface portion, or a topmost portion of the arm top portion, is transversely spaced from and forward of a virtual line that extends in the extending direction from the rotational axis when the handle is in the first state, with respect to the first rotational direction.

2. The medium storage box of claim 1 , wherein
the arm upper surface portion includes a first end portion closer to the virtual line than a second portion, and
the arm further includes an inclined surface inclining from the first end portion of the arm upper surface portion to a side of the second rotational direction.

3. The medium storage box of claim 2 , wherein
the arm further includes:
a first side surface that extends in the extending direction; and
a second side surface that extends in the extending direction,

the first side surface and the second side surface are opposed to each other with respect to the virtual line, and
the inclined surface extends from the first end portion of the arm upper surface portion to a position on the first side surface, the position and the first end portion being on different sides of virtual line.

4. The medium storage box of claim 3 , wherein
the first end portion of the arm upper surface portion is transversely spaced from and forward of a virtual extended line that extends in the extending direction from the second side surface, with respect to the first rotational direction.

5. The medium storage box of claim 3 , wherein
the first end portion of the arm upper surface portion is positioned on a virtual extended line that extends in the extending direction from the second side surface.

6. The medium storage box of claim 1 , wherein the grip portion includes a grip upper surface portion that is on the same plane as the arm upper surface portion.

7. The medium storage box of claim 1 , wherein the grip portion includes a grip upper surface portion disposed between the arm upper surface portion and the rotational axis.

8. The medium storage box of claim 1 , wherein
the arm is a first arm,
the handle further includes a second arm and is configured so that the first arm and the second arm are connected to each other through the grip portion, and
the second arm includes an arm upper surface portion or arm top portion on a side of the grip portion and extends from the rotational axis to the arm upper surface portion or arm top portion thereof.

9. A medium processing device, comprising:
a main body; and
a medium storage box that is attachable to and detachable from the main body; wherein
the medium storage box includes:
a storage unit that stores a medium;
a handle configured to rotate in opposite first and second rotational directions, with respect to the storage unit around a rotational axis between a first state standing with respect to the storage unit and a second state lying with respect to the storage unit; and
a rotation restricting portion that, when the handle is in the first state, restricts rotation of the handle to only the first rotational direction; and

the handle includes:
a grip portion that extends in a direction parallel to the rotational axis; and
an arm that extends in an extending direction to connect the grip portion to the storage unit, the arm being connected to the grip portion at an end thereof, the end of the arm having an arm upper surface portion that is of a flat surface or arm top portion that is of a non-flat surface; and

the end of the arm is so formed that the entire arm upper surface portion, or a topmost portion of the arm top portion, is transversely spaced from and forward of a virtual line that extends in the extending direction from the rotational axis, with respect to the first rotational direction.

Assignees

• Oki Electric Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hosokawa Kazuhiro
• Hiratsuka Shuuichi
• WAKUSHIMA Wataru

Classifications

• G07D11/12

  Containers for valuable papers · CPC title

• G07D9/00

  Counting coins (in combination with coin-sorting G07D3/16); Handling of coins not provided for in the other groups of this subclass · CPC title

• B65D25/28 Primary

  Handles (of containers made by folding or erecting blanks made of paper B65D5/46; of bottles or jars B65D23/10 {; holders for glasses, bottles, cartons, plastic bags, cans A47G23/02}) · CPC title

• G07D11/00

  Devices accepting coins; Devices accepting, dispensing, sorting or counting valuable papers · CPC title

• B65D2525/283

  combined with container closing means, e.g. stopper · CPC title