Glory Ltd.

Kouichi Maekawa

Osamu Ito

Fumiaki Koga

Masakazu Miwa

Hidehiko Matsushita

A paper sheet handling machinecomprises an upper unithaving a paper sheet take-in apparatusadapted for taking therein paper sheets, one by one, from the exterior, an upper transport mechanismadapted for transporting the paper sheets taken in by the paper sheet take-in apparatus, one by one, and a recognition unitadapted for recognizing each paper sheet transported by the upper transport mechanism; a lower unitlocated below the upper unitand having a lower transport mechanismprovided to receive the paper sheets transferred from the upper transport mechanism, one by one, and then further transport the transferred paper sheets, and a plurality of stacking units, each adapted for stacking therein the paper sheets transported by the lower transport mechanismand sorted based on results obtained by the recognition unit. In this case, at least a part of a bottom portion of the upper unitis opened. Additionally, a partition memberis provided between the upper unitand the lower unit

Paper sheet handling machine

The banknote processing deviceincludes a first upper stacking unitthat is provided at an upper position of the banknote processing device and stacks rejected notes; a second upper stacking unitthat is provided adjacent to the first upper stacking unit and stacks banknotes other than the rejected notes; first to fourth lower stacking units-that are arranged in parallel at lower positions of the banknote processing device and stack banknotes of at least one specific denomination; and a controllerthat controls the transport unit to transport the banknote to the first upper stacking unit when a recognition result is a rejected note, and to transport the banknote to one of the second upper stacking unit and the first to fourth lower stacking units when the recognition result is not a rejected note.

Banknote processing device

A paper sheet storage unitis opened upward and forward. Holding membersare respectively configured to be reciprocated, between a waiting position and a holding position, by a lifting and lowering mechanism. When the respective holding membersare in the waiting position, such holding memberscan serve as a guide surface, on the back side of the paper sheet storage unit, for guiding a batch of paper sheets stored in the paper sheet storage unit. Meanwhile, when the respective holding membersare in the holding position, the holding memberis in contact with a top face of the paper sheet present at the lowest layer of the paper sheets stored in the paper sheet storage unit, and serves to press the paper sheet downward. A controllercontrols the lifting and lowering mechanism, such that the lifting and lowering mechanismmoves the holding membersto the waiting position, when a paper sheet storage amount detectordetects that the amount of the paper sheets stored in the paper sheet storage unitis greater than a preset amount, while the lifting and lowering mechanismmoves the holding membersto the holding position, when the paper sheet storage amount detectordetects that the amount of the paper sheets stored in the paper sheet storage unitis less than the preset amount.

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Kouichi Maekawa