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Bill device

US4784274A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 13, 1987
Grant dateNov 15, 1988
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Expiry dateJul 13, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F7/04
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This bill device is constituted of a relatively elongated casing. A bill insertion slit is formed substantially in the center of this casing in its longitudinal direction. A first U-shaped bill conveying passage communicating with the bill insertion slit is provided in one half of the casing and a second U-shaped bill conveying passage communicating with this first U-shaped bill conveying passage is provided in another half of the casing. A bill discrimination section is disposed in the former half of the first U-shaped bill conveying passage and a bill accumulating device is disposed in the latter half of the second bill conveying passage such that a plurality of bills after discrimination are retained in the two U-shaped bill conveying passages. In a case where a part of the temporarily retained bills are accepted and the rest of the bills are returned, a bill return operation is performed prior to a bill accumulating operation such that a required number of bills are returned first from among temporarily retained bills and thereafter the rest of the bills are accepted into the bill accumulating device.

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