Paper sheet processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9505582-B2
Application number	US-80947608-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2008
Priority date	Dec 20, 2007
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

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 ( 104 c ) which wirelessly receives the information transmitted from the reader/writer ( 142 ), and a storage part ( 104 b ) which stores the information on the bill received from the coil antenna ( 104 c ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A paper sheet processing apparatus comprising:
a housing part which is capable of housing a paper sheet having been inserted through an insertion slot and is configured to be mountable to and demountable from a frame; and
a transmitting part which sends wirelessly information of the paper sheet having been inserted through the insertion slot and is arranged on an opposing surface side of the frame opposite to a surface side of the housing part,
wherein the housing part comprises:
an upper wall and a lower wall which are opposed across a space in which the paper sheet is stacked;
a front wall disposed between the upper wall and the lower wall;
a rear wall disposed opposite to the front wall and between the upper wall and the lower wall;
an opening/closing door from which the paper sheet stacked on the placing plate is taken out, the opening/closing door being disposed on the lower wall;
a placing plate on which the paper sheet is stacked, the placing plate disposed between the upper wall and the lower wall and between the front wall and the real wall;
a spring which pushes the placing plate and is disposed between the upper wall and the lower wall and between the front wall and the rear wall;
an antenna which receives wirelessly the information having been transmitted from the transmitting part and is installed on an inner side of the upper wall, the antenna being a loop antenna with a loop surface orientated substantially in parallel with the upper wall and opposite the transmitting part, the loop surface of the loop antenna has an area broader than a surface of the antenna substantially perpendicular to the upper wall; and
a storage part which stores the information of the paper sheet having been received through the antenna and is disposed on one of the upper wall and the rear wall, and
wherein the spring is interposed between the opening/closing door and the storage part to prevent replacing the storage part through the opening/closing door,
wherein the transmitting part has a first surface substantially parallel to the loop surface and broader than a second surface substantially perpendicular to the loop surface,
the housing part is slidably mounted and demounted on the frame, and
the upper wall of the housing part is substantially parallel to the opposing surface side of the frame during the sliding of the housing part into the frame such that the first surface of the transmitting part and the loop surface is substantially parallel to each other.

2. A paper sheet processing apparatus comprising:
a stand;
an apparatus main body which is disposed on the stand;
a bill reading device which reads information of a paper sheet having been inserted from an insertion slot and is provided in the apparatus main body;
a transmitting part which sends the read information and is provided in the apparatus main body; and
a housing part which is capable of housing the paper sheet and is mountable to and demountable from the stand by sliding the housing part in a sliding direction,

wherein the housing part comprises:
an upper wall and a lower wall which are opposed across a space in which the paper sheet is stacked;
a front wall disposed between the upper wall and the lower wall;
a rear wall disposed opposite to the front wall between the upper wall and the lower wall;
an opening/closing door from which the paper sheet stacked on the placing plate is taken out, the opening/closing door being disposed on the lower wall;
a placing plate on which the paper sheet is stacked, the placing plate disposed between the upper wall and the lower wall and between the front wall and the rear wall;
a spring which pushes the placing plate and is disposed between the upper wall and the lower wall and between the front wall and the rear wall;
an antenna which receives the information sent wirelessly from the transmitting part, is disposed on an inner side of the upper wall, and comprises a loop antenna with a loop surface orientated substantially in parallel with the upper wall, wherein the transmitting part and the antenna are arranged opposite each other; and
a storage part which stores the information of the paper sheet having been received through the antenna and is disposed on one of the upper wall and the rear wall, and
wherein the spring is interposed between the opening/closing door and the storage part to prevent replacing the storage part through the opening/closing door,
wherein the loop surface of the loop antenna has an area broader than a surface of the antenna substantially perpendicular to the upper wall, and
wherein the transmitting part has a first surface substantially parallel to the loop surface and broader than a second surface substantially perpendicular to the loop surface,
the apparatus main body includes a wall having an inner surface on which the first surface of the transmitting part is disposed, and
the upper wall of the housing part is substantially parallel to the wall of the frame during the sliding of the housing part into the stand such that the first surface of the transmitting part and the loop surface is substantially parallel to each other.

3. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the housing part further comprises:
a presser plate which pushes the paper sheet stored in the space onto a placing plate.

4. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the housing part is mountable and demountable as the upper wall slides along a ceiling plate of the stand.

5. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the antenna and the transmitting part are arranged across the ceiling plate.

6. A system for managing a plurality of paper sheet processing apparatuses, each of which comprises:
a stand;
an apparatus main body which is disposed on the stand;
a bill reading device which reads information of a paper sheet having been inserted from an insertion slot and is provided in the apparatus main body;
a transmitting part which sends the read information and is provided in the apparatus main body; and
a housing part which is capable of housing the paper sheet and is mountable to and demountable from the stand by sliding the housing part in a sliding direction,

wherein the housing part comprises:
an upper wall and a lower wall which are opposed across a space in which the paper sheet is stacked;
a front wall disposed between the upper wall and the lower wall;
a rear wall disposed opposite to the front wall and between the upper wall and the lower wall;
an opening/closing door from which the paper sheet stacked on the placing plate is taken out, the opening/closing door being disposed on the lower wall;
a placing plate on which the paper sheet is stacked, the placing plate disposed between the upper wall and the lower wall and between the front wall and the rear wall;
a spring which pushes the placing plate and is disposed between the upper wall and the lower wall and between the front wall and the rear wall;
an antenna which receives the information sent wirelessly from the transmitting part, is disposed on an inner side of the upper wall, and comprises a loop antenna with a loop surface orientated substantially in parallel with the upper wall, wherein the transmitting part and the antenna are arranged opposite each other such that incomplete mount of the housing part may not cause communications failure between the transmitting part and the antenna; and
a storage part which stores the information of the paper sheet having been received through the antenna and is disposed on one of the upper wall and the rear wall, wherein the spring is interposed between the opening/closing door and the storage part to prevent replacing the storage part through t

Assignees

• Nireki Takao
• Universal Entertainment Corp

Inventors

• Nireki Takao

Classifications

• B65H2511/514

  Particular portion of element · CPC title

• B65H2557/23

  Recording or storing data · CPC title

• G07D11/0078

  Physics · mapped topic

• B65H2701/1912

  Banknotes, bills and cheques or the like · CPC title

• B65H2701/1313

  trailing edge · CPC title