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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 1989
Filed:
May. 23, 1986
Hikaru Kawano, Odawara, JP;
Koji Sato, Hiratsuka, JP;
Musashi Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Denshi Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus adapted for counting the number of and half-wrapping banknotes and adapted to be capable of discriminating the banknotes of different nominal values, is disclosed. The apparatus is so constructed that a sensing or discriminating unit is provided in the transport route for the banknotes extracted by the separating drum for sensing or dicriminating the nominal values, authenticity and transport state of the notes, the banknotes after passing through the sensing and discriminating unit are transported by a changeover shutter plate in occasionally selected one of two preset directions, in such a manner that reject notes are accommodated in the reject note stacker and only the desired notes are accommodated in the stack unit for subsequent half-wrapping.