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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1996
Tadashi Hatamachi, Tsurugashima, JP;
Toshihiko Kasuya, Tokorozawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Kodama, Ageo, JP;
Makoto Yamamoto, Sayama, JP;
Mitsugu Mikami, Kawagoe, JP;
Yukichi Hayashi, Sakado, JP;
Abstract
A bill processor for use in a bill handling machine comprises a first bill transport passage for guiding a bill inserted in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of bills stacked in a stacker toward substantially middle of interior of the main body of the bill handling machine, and a second bill transport passage for guiding the bill from the termination end of the first bill transport passage along the longitudinal direction of the stacked bills, wherein the first bill transport passage is formed in a meandering form along the longitudinal direction of the stacked bills, whereby the depth of the bill processor can be made small.