Glory Ltd.

Tomoyasu Sato

Toshihiko Suzuki

Shinji Matsuura

Fumiaki Koga

Teruo Sudo

Manabu Hirano

Toshio Numata

Atsushi Suzuki

Yasutaka Toyoda

Hajime Morino

Takayoshi Yano

A paper-sheet counting machine () includes: a recognition and counting unit () configured to count paper sheets; a stacking unit () configured to stack therein the paper sheets that have been counted by the recognition and counting unit (), an opening being provided in a front face of the stacking unit (); a rotary guide unit () provided to the stacking unit () and configured to allow the paper sheets that have been counted by the recognition and counting unit () to be stacked in the stacking unit (); a shutter () configured to close the opening provided in the front face of the stacking unit (); a shutter drive unit () configured to drive the shutter () to open and close the opening provided in the front face of the stacking unit (); and a control unit () configured to control the shutter drive unit ().

Paper-sheet counting machine

A bill recognizing and counting apparatus includes an operation unit that receives setting of bill processing modes including a denomination mode, a counting mode, a different-denomination recognition mode, and an authenticity determination mode; a feeding and transporting mechanism; and a control unit that performs control for changing a processing speed according to the bill processing mode. When the bill processing mode is in the counting mode, the different-denomination recognition mode, or the authenticity determination mode, the control unit increases the processing speed by setting the feeding and transporting mechanism to a higher speed than the speed set in the denomination mode. The increase in speed is in accordance with a reduced time necessary to process a reduced amount of data associated with the denomination mode.

Bill recognizing and counting apparatus

Bill identifier/counter

A paper sheet handling machine includes: a storage unitfor storing therein paper sheets P in a batch form; a kicker rollerfor providing drive force to the paper sheet P located in the lowest position, among the paper sheets P in the batch form, by rotating; a gate mechanismfor grasping each paper sheet P provided with the drive force by the kicker roller, and feeding out the paper sheet P along a feed out plane; and a pressing memberfor pressing, from above, the paper sheets P stored in the storage unit. The gate mechanismincludes a feed rollerprovided to the storage unit, and a gate memberprovided to be opposed to the feed roller. Further, a guide roller, which is rotatable in a feeding direction of the paper sheets P, is provided to a bottom end of the pressing member

Paper sheet handling machine

A paper sheet counting apparatus includes a hopper; a transport mechanism that feeds the paper sheets to a transport path one by one, and transports the paper sheets along the transport path; a sensing unit including a counting sensor for counting the paper sheets; and a stacker. The transport mechanism includes a drive roller constituting an inside of a turn portion for changing a direction of the transport path; pinch rollers that biases the paper sheet against the drive roller; and a turn guide plate arranged between the pinch rollers to guide the paper sheet along an outer periphery of the drive roller. The turn guide plate is formed such that a front edge of the paper sheet transported to the turn portion is guided to a contact portion between a pinch roller arranged on a downstream side and the drive roller.

Sheets counting device

A bill discriminating and counting apparatus in which a plurality of bills with different sizes are filled between side hopper members and fed into a transport path by a feeding mechanism. The feeding mechanism comprises a plurality of rollers disposed in a bilaterally symmetrical state. The plurality of rollers are arranged so that, when a distance between the side hopper members is adjusted according to the longitudinal dimension of a bill with the maximum dimension in the longitudinal direction and a bill with the minimum dimension in the longitudinal direction is disposed at a position where the bill is brought into contact with one of the side hopper members, at least a part of the rollers installed on the opposite side of the side hopper member where the bill is brought into contact therewith is brought into contact with the bill. Also, the feeding mechanism comprises a guide member guiding the bill to the inlet of the transport path. The guide member comprises a guide surfaces formed so that the opening area thereof is gradually increased toward the both ends thereof, and the guide surfaces are formed so that the opening area thereof is converged to zero from the insert port toward the inlet of the transport path.

Bill discriminating and counting apparatus

A paper sheet handling machinecomprises a casingand at least two stacking unitsprovided in the casing. Each stacking unitis configured to stack therein paper sheets respectively taken in the casingby a take-in unit. From among the paper sheets transported by a transport unit, the paper sheets, each judged to be stored in the stacking unitorby a recognition unit, are diverted from the transport unitand fed into the stacking unitor, by each diverter. A reject unitis connected with the transport uniton the downstream side of the diverters. To the reject unit, the paper sheets that are not diverted from the transport unitby the respective divertersare fed.

A bill recognizing and counting apparatus includes a feeding and transporting mechanism; a line sensor to scan an image of the bills; a denomination determination table in which denomination recognition data is registered for at least one currency; a denomination recognizing unit that recognizes a denomination of the currency by referring to the table; a processing-mode switching unit that switches between a denomination mode and a different currency recognition mode; a different-currency recognizing unit that compares a difference in size between a first bill and each bill of a second bill and thereafter with an allowable range, and recognizes whether the each bill of the second bill and thereafter is of the same denomination as the first bill; and a control unit that guides the bill being determined as a different denomination to a rejecting unit or stops the feeding and transporting mechanism.

To provide a bill counter that does not require designation of detectors effective for authenticity/counterfeit determination corresponding to counterfeit preventive countermeasures and yet enables counting only by designation of kinds of bills issued by the nations concerned. The present invention is a bill counter comprising, a bill type memory means wherein kinds of bills and detector groups selected among the plural kinds of detectors with different determining principles are related with each other and memorized in advance, and a bill type selecting means for selecting the bill types memorized in the bill type memory means as counting objective bills, characterized by that corresponding to the selection of bills by the bill type selecting means, the corresponding detector groups memorized in advance in the bill type memory means are specified, and authenticity/counterfeit determination is conducted by the specified detector groups.

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Tomoyasu Sato