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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1988
Eiichi Yoshikawa, Hasuda, JP;
Laurel Bank Machines Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A foreign substance disposing device is disclosed for a money receiving and disbursing machine. The machine comprises a bill receiving section for receiving a stack of bills to be processed in. The machine, pick out rollers for picking out the bills one by one from the stack transfer rollers for transferring the stack of bills from the bill receiving section to the pick out rollers, and transfer driver for driving the transfer rollers a detecting roller is swingably provided between the bill receiving means and the pick out rollers to produce a swingable movement in response to an undulation of the surface of the stack of bills as the bills are transferred. A potentiometer is provided for producing a signal in response to the swingable movement of the detecting roller, and a control device is provided for judging whether or not the bills received in the machine are accompanied by a foreign substance based on the signal from the potentiometer and for controlling the transfer driver to return the bills to the bill receiving section when a foreign substance is detected as a result of the judgment.