Paper sheet processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10922914-B2
Application number	US-202016804257-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2020
Priority date	Dec 20, 2007
Publication date	Feb 16, 2021
Grant date	Feb 16, 2021

Abstract

A bill processing apparatus which is capable of reliably supplying information on a bill to the bill housing body side. The paper sheet processing apparatus has a bill housing part (100) being capable of housing a bill inserted from a bill insertion slot, and also a reader/writer (142) which wirelessly transmits information on the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot. The bill housing part (100) has a coil antenna (104c) which wirelessly receives the information transmitted from the reader/writer (142), and a storage part (104b) which stores the information on the bill received from the coil antenna (104c).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A paper sheet processing apparatus comprising:
a stand;
a main body comprising a conveyer that conveys a paper sheet, the main body mountable and demountable from the stand;
a housing that stores the paper sheet from the conveyer, the housing mountable and demountable from the stand;
a transmitter that is disposed on the main body and sends wirelessly information of the paper sheet; and
a controller,
wherein the housing comprises:
an antenna that receives wirelessly the information from the transmitter and is installed on an upper wall of the housing;
a storage that stores the information of the paper sheet received through the antenna;
a first plate on which the paper sheet is to be stacked;
a second plate; and
a pair of regulatory members disposed on both sides of the first plate,

wherein when detecting insertion of the paper sheet in a state that the second plate is brought between the pair of regulatory members, the controller moves the second plate to form an opening between the pair of regulatory members such that the paper sheet passes through the opening, and
wherein in the state that the second plate is brought at between the pair of regulatory members, the second plate is brought between the pair of regulatory members such that the opening through which the paper sheet passes is occluded,
wherein the apparatus further comprises:
a magnet that is disposed on the first plate and generates a magnetic field when a number of paper sheets stacked in the housing reaches a threshold value; and
a magnetic sensor that is disposed on the main body and receives the magnetic field,
wherein the controller:
starts counting a number of paper sheets that are stacked in the housing after the magnetic sensor receives the magnetic field, and
stops storing the paper sheet into the housing when the counted number is ten or more, and

wherein the antenna includes a loop antenna having a loop surface such that a communication direction of the antenna is perpendicular to the loop surface,
wherein the transmitter has a first surface substantially parallel to the loop surface and broader than a second surface perpendicular to the loop surface,
wherein the housing is slidably mounted and demounted on the stand,
wherein an upper wall of the housing is parallel to an opposing surface side of the stand during the sliding of the housing into the stand such that the loop surface and the first surface of the transmitter are substantially parallel to each other,
wherein the first surface of the transmitter and the loop surface of the antenna are located substantially parallel to a direction of the movement of the housing when mounting and demounting,
wherein the loop surface is positioned such that the antenna receives the information from the transmitter even when the housing is not located at a predetermined position after the housing is mounted on the frame,
wherein the loop surface of the antenna and the first surface of the transmitter entirely overlap each other when the housing is located at the predetermined position, and
wherein the upper wall of the housing entirely overlaps the first surface of the transmitter when the housing is at the predetermined position.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second plate moves among a plurality of positions including a standby position and a pressing position, and
wherein the second plate stays at the pressing position for a predetermined time after the paper sheet is stacked, so as to place the stacked paper sheet stably on the first plate.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the controller sends deposit information of the paper sheet to a server after the second plate moves from the pressing position to the standby position.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a pair of movable pieces disposed at an entrance of a paper sheet travelling route along which the paper sheet moves to the housing,
wherein the pair of movable pieces move apart from each other to open the paper sheet travelling route when the paper sheet is inserted, and
wherein the pair of movable pieces move closer to each other until a distance between the pair of movable pieces becomes a predetermined minimum width to correct a position of the paper sheet.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising a reading device that reads the information of the paper sheet conveyed by the conveyer,
wherein the reading device is disposed at a downstream side of the paper sheet travelling route compared to the pair of movable pieces.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a validator determining validity of the paper sheet from the conveyer,
wherein the controller:
determines whether an input is received when the paper sheet is determined to be valid by the validator;
drives the conveyer to convey the paper sheet to the housing when it is determined that the input is received; and
transmits paper-sheet-reception information to the storage and a higher-rank device after the paper sheet is received in the housing.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the controller:
detects whether the housing is full after transmitting the paper-sheet-reception information; and
generates a detection signal when the housing is detected to be full.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller generates a notification that the housing is approaching a full state.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller generates a notification that the housing is approaching a full state when the counted number does not exceed nine.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller moves the second plate among a plurality of positions including a standby position, an initial position, and a pressing position,
wherein the standby position includes a position where the second plate is brought between the pair of regulatory members such that the opening through which the paper sheet passes is occluded,
wherein the initial position includes a position where the second plate is moved to form the opening between the pair of regulatory members such that the paper sheet passes through the opening, and
wherein the pressing position includes a position where the second plate stays for the predetermined time after the paper sheet is stacked so as to place the stacked paper sheet stably on the first plate.

Assignees

• Universal Entertainment Corp

Inventors

• Nireki Takao

Classifications

• B65H2407/10

  Safety means, e.g. for preventing injuries or illegal operations · CPC title

• G07D11/13

  with internal means for handling valuable papers · CPC title

• B65H2557/11

  wireless · CPC title

• B65H2701/1313

  trailing edge · CPC title

• B65H29/46

  Members reciprocated in rectilinear path · CPC title