Paper sheet handling apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12288436-B2
Application number	US-202217660670-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2022
Priority date	Oct 31, 2019
Publication date	Apr 29, 2025
Grant date	Apr 29, 2025

Abstract

A money depositing and dispensing machine 1 includes: a storage compartment 100 provided with a first front opening 101 ; a stowage compartment 200 disposed on a lower side of the storage compartment 100 ; a storage portion 12 stored in the storage compartment 100 and storing paper sheets; and a conveying unit 13 stored in the storage compartment 100 and for conveying the paper sheets stored in the storage portion 12 to the stowage compartment 200 . The conveying unit 13 is configured to be slidable in a direction of the first front opening 101 provided in the storage compartment 100 . The stowage compartment 200 stows the paper sheets conveyed by the conveying unit 13.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A paper sheet handling apparatus comprising:
a storage compartment provided with an opening;
a stowage compartment disposed on a lower side of the storage compartment;
a drive unit provided in the storage compartment and configured to include a motor;
a conveying unit stored in the storage compartment and configured to include a belt driven by the motor, wherein
the conveying unit conveys paper sheets stored in the storage compartment to the stowage compartment by using the belt,
the conveying unit is configured to be slidable in a direction of the opening provided in the storage compartment, and
the stowage compartment stows the paper sheets conveyed by the conveying unit, and

a guide unit configured to include one or a plurality of sets of rollers that guide the paper sheets conveyed by the conveying unit to the stowage compartment by using the one or the plurality of sets of rollers,
wherein the conveying unit is configured such that a slide rail disposed in an orientation extending along a front-rear direction of the conveying unit slides in a front-rear direction on a slide roller disposed in the guide unit, whereby the conveying unit is slidable in a direction of the opening,
wherein the guide unit comprises a flange, and
the guide unit is fixed from the stowage compartment side to a through-hole penetrating the storage compartment and the stowage compartment via the flange.

2. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the guide unit includes a protruding piece formed to restrict sliding of the conveying unit in a front-rear direction,
the conveying unit includes a protrusion disposed to abut on the protruding piece, and
the guide unit fixes the conveying unit at an arbitrary position by the protrusion abutting on the protruding piece.

3. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the guide unit further comprises an upper housing, a lower housing attached to the upper housing so as to be movable in an up-down direction, and a spring, and
the spring pulls the upper housing and the lower housing together in an up-down direction.

4. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the guide unit further comprises an upper housing, a lower housing attached to the upper housing so as to be movable in an up-down direction, and a spring, and
the spring pulls the upper housing and the lower housing together in an up-down direction.

5. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the upper housing and the lower housing are further attached such that a relative position along a width direction is changeable.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Frontech Ltd

Inventors

• Watanabe Takashi
• Yanagida Hiroshi
• Hosoyama Koichi
• Gotoh Yasushi

Classifications

• B65H2601/11

  Clearing faulty handling, e.g. jams · CPC title

• B65H2402/32

  Sliding support means · CPC title

• B65H29/00

  Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles · CPC title

• G07D11/16

  Handling of valuable papers (within containers G07D11/13) · CPC title

• G07D11/40

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