Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.

Ikuo Suto

Kenji Kadota

Ryousuke Kojima

Sadao Sone

Ryuji Ishii

Akira Gotou

A bundle conveyance unit conveys a medium bundle created by a storage unit in a conveyance direction along a bundle conveyance path. Either the storage unit or the bundle conveyance unit includes a conveyance guide that is disposed at a connection location between the storage unit and the bundle conveyance unit, that forms a portion of the bundle conveyance path, and that transitions between a state communicating the bundle conveyance path with the inside of a reject storage box, and a state communicating the bundle conveyance path with the inside of a stacking section.

Medium handover device

An apparatus for separating a ticket from a ticket sheet containing a plurality of tickets, each of the tickets being separated from an adjacent ticket by a line of perforations. The apparatus includes a cutting part having a feed passage, first and second spaced feed rollers positioned within the cutting part for conducting the ticket sheet along the feed passage, and a cutting roller positioned within the cutting part between the first and second feed rollers for cutting a ticket sheet at the line of perforations. The cutting roller includes an axle and a surface having first and second ends surrounding a length of the axle. The surface of the cutting roller includes a central portion having a first diameter forming a first cutting edge on a circumference thereof, and further includes first and second outer portions. The first outer portion is located between the first end of the surface and the central portion, and the second outer portion is located between the second end of the surface and the central portion. Each of the first and second outer portions has a second diameter which is less than the first diameter and forms a second cutting edge which is smaller than the first cutting edge. A driver is provided for driving the first and second feed rollers at predetermined speeds to bring a line of perforations on the ticket sheet into engagement with the cutting edges of the cutting roller, and a controller is coupled to the driver for controlling the speed at which each of the feed rollers is driven. The feed rollers are driven at different speeds so that parts of the ticket sheet on opposite sides of the line of perforations are pulled in opposite directions while the line of perforations is cut by the cutting edges of the cutting roller thereby separating a ticket from the ticket sheet.

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Tokyo, Japan

Ikuo Suto