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Paper sheet storing and releasing apparatus

US6969064B2 · kind B2 · utility

18Cited by
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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 27, 2004
Grant dateNov 29, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 27, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2701/1912
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a paper sheet storing and releasing apparatus which stores and releases paper sheets by winding and unwinding a tape between a wheel and a reel, wherein the apparatus can remove dust stacked on the tape during an operation thereof and reduces damage on the tape. In the paper sheet storing and releasing apparatus which includes a reel which winds and unwinds a tape and a wheel which winds and unwinds the tape and paper sheets and in which running of the tape is stopped at a stop position which constitutes a reference, at the time of releasing the tape from the wheel, the releasing of the tape is temporarily stopped before the tape is stopped at the tape stop position which constitutes the reference and, thereafter, a tape winding operation of a given quantity is performed whereby the dust scraped by a scraper are made to fall and are transferred onto a tape side and the tape is released again so as to reduce a quantity of dust stacked at a final stop position of the tape.

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