Laurel Bank Machine Co., Ltd.

Seiya Nishimoto

Kiyoshi Fujii

Keiji Tsuji

There is provided a bill discriminating apparatus which utilizes the presence of a light-emitting substance in a printed zone of the bill when irradiated with ultraviolet rays. The bill discriminating apparatus comprises an ultraviolet ray-emitting member for irradiating a bill to be discriminated, a photoelectric converter element for receiving light rays emitted from a light-emitting substance in a printed zone of the bill when the light-emitting substance is irradiated with ultraviolet rays, and a discriminating circuit for checking pattern signals of the light-emitting substance, which signals are delivered by said converter element.

Bill discriminating apparatus

Herein disclosed is a multiple bank note temporary storing device for use with a bank note totaling machine. The storing device includes a piling station for piling a multiplicity of discontinuously fed bank notes consecutively with a slight shift into a stepwise shape. Further inclusive is a temporary storing station formed in a clearance between conveyor belts for arranging the piled bank notes while allowing them to fall down into the clearance generally in parallel with the facing sides of the belts. Thus, the arranged bank notes can be fed as a whole selectively into their tray and the return exit of the bank note totaling machine. As a result, this totaling machine can be reduced in size but can accomplish its arranging and totaling operations in a reduced number of steps orderly and efficiently without any totaling error.

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Tokyo, Japan

Seiya Nishimoto