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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1994
Minoru Kadowaki, Toyota, JP;
Atsuko Mizoguchi, Owariasahi, JP;
Ryozo Nakamura, Aichi-ken, JP;
Riichi Kato, Owariasahi, JP;
Kousuke Noda, Tsuchiura, JP;
Hiroyuki Kashiwada, Nagoya, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cash transaction machine performs receiving and/or paying transactions of bills by manipulation of a user, transfers bills between a receptacle where bills are paid in and out and a storage where bills are stored, and by using a sterilizing unit for heat-sterilizing bills being transferred, detects the temperature of the sterilizing unit with a temperature detector, controls the temperature of the sterilizing unit so as to be in a specified temperature range, and also controls the processing of transactions by, for example, temporarily stopping the transaction according to the detected temperature.