Banknote processing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11508200-B2
Application number	US-201816493481-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2018
Priority date	Mar 15, 2017
Publication date	Nov 22, 2022
Grant date	Nov 22, 2022

Abstract

This banknote processing apparatus has: an upper unit including a depositing unit configured to deposit a banknote in the banknote processing apparatus and a banknote recognition unit configured to recognize the banknote deposited from the depositing unit; and a lower unit including a temporary storage unit configured to temporarily store the banknote recognized by the banknote recognition unit and a banknote storage unit configured to store the banknote stored in the temporary storage unit. Thus, the temporary storage unit is housed in the lower unit, and therefore a user can easily perform maintenance of the temporary storage unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A banknote processing apparatus, comprising:
an upper unit including a depositing unit which has an inlet and is configured to deposit a banknote through the inlet in the banknote processing apparatus; and
a lower unit including a safe, a first storage and a second storage, the first storage being disposed outside of the safe and inside of the lower unit, the second storage being housed inside of the safe, the first storage and the second storage being configured to store the banknote deposited through the inlet in the banknote processing apparatus, wherein
the lower unit further comprising:
a first door to be opened and closed, and
a first lock which is provided on a front surface of the first door and configured to limit access to inside of the lower unit,

the safe further comprising:
a second door to be opened and closed, and
a second lock which is provided on a front surface of the second door and configured to limit access to inside of the safe, wherein

each of the first lock and the second lock is capable of unlocking with a key or a piece of unlocking information that is input to each of the first lock and the second lock, and each key to each of the first lock and the second lock or each piece of information input to each of the first lock and the second lock is different from each other, wherein
the first door is configured to isolate inside of the lower unit from outside of the lower unit, wherein
the first storage is a winding type storage that is disposed on an inner side of the first door in such a manner as to enable access to a banknote to be wound, when the first door is opened, or the first storage is a stack type storage that has an isolation member that isolates inside of the first storage from outside of the first storage, and is disposed on an inner side of the first door in such a manner as to enable access to the isolation member when the first door is opened.

2. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the upper unit and the lower unit are managed, respectively, under a first management authority and a second management authority which are different from each other, wherein
an inside of the upper unit and an inside of the lower unit are capable of being accessed by a first user having the first management authority and a second user having the second management authority, respectively.

3. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:
the first storage is managed under the second management authority, and the second storage is managed under a third management authority being different from the first management authority and the second management authority.

4. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the second door is configured to isolate inside of the safe from outside of the safe.

5. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the first door is configured to isolate inside of the lower unit from outside of the lower unit.

6. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the upper unit further includes an upper cover and a third lock, wherein
the upper cover is configured to cover at least a front surface of the upper unit, and
the third lock is provided on a front surface of the upper cover and configured to limit access to inside of the upper unit, wherein
each of the first lock, the second lock and the third lock is capable of unlocking with a key or a piece of unlocking information that is input to each of the first lock, the second lock and the third lock, and each key to each of the first lock, the second lock and the third lock or each piece of information input to each of the first lock, the second lock and the third lock is different from each other.

7. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a control unit configured to control the banknote processing apparatus, wherein
the first storage is a temporary storage configured to temporarily store therein the banknote deposited through the inlet in the banknote processing apparatus, and
the control unit is configured to control the banknote processing apparatus such that the banknote is deposited though the inlet in the banknote processing apparatus, the deposited banknote is stored in the temporary storage, and then the stored banknote is transported to the second storage.

Assignees

• Glory Kogyo Kk

Inventors

• Yokawa Takeshi

Classifications

• E05G1/04

  Closure fasteners (locks E05B) · CPC title

• G07D11/125

  Secure containers · CPC title

• G07D11/009

  Depositing devices · CPC title

• E05G1/06

  having provision for multiple compartments · CPC title

• G07D11/40 Primary

  Device architecture, e.g. modular construction · CPC title