Glory Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsuo Ikemi

Tetsuo Saito

Osami Katsumata

Kazunori Umezaki

Toshio Numata

Toshiya Takahashi

A note sorting and counting apparatus includes a draw-out unit for drawing out in succession notes accumulated in a stack, a discrimination unit for discriminating at least denomination of notes drawn out by the draw-out unit, a sorting unit for sorting notes according to the denomination of notes on the basis of the denomination discriminated by the discrimination unit, a plurality of temporary reserving units for temporarily reserving the notes sorted by the sorting unit according to the denomination of note, a judgement or determining unit for judging or determining whether the temporary reserving units are filled with notes, a corresponding plurality of containers for receiving notes accommodated in the temporary reserving unit according to the denomination of the stacked notes, and a control unit for causing the transfer of notes reserved in the temporary reserving units to their respective containers. The note sorting and counting apparatus is configured so that notes of the denomination filled in the temporary reserving unit will be transferred immediately to its respective container, with the result that there is no need for an operator to give each a transfer instruction. The apparatus makes it possible to accommodate notes of all denominations into the containers when a cycle of processing is completed or in the similar case.

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Himeji, Japan

Mitsuo Ikemi