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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1998
Toshio Hara, Nagano, JP;
Hiroharu Yamamoto, Nagano, JP;
Isao Kidokoro, Nagano, JP;
Mamoru Yamagata, Nagano, JP;
Katumi Ooe, Nagano, JP;
Tetuji Kawasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Nakayama, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihiro Takano, Tokyo, JP;
Tatuhiko Sonehara, Nagano, JP;
Takanori Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A medium or bill reserving apparatus of the invention receives and reserves at least one individually transferred medium or bill, and discharges the reserved media in a batch. The apparatus is formed of an accumulating wheel having an outer surface and a groove portion opened in the outer surface to receive a tip of the medium for holding. The accumulating wheel is rotated from a medium standby position to a medium release position. A clamper is formed in the accumulating wheel to clamp the tip of the medium introduced into the groove portion and to release the medium at the medium release position, and a medium-accumulating section is formed outside the accumulating wheel for accumulating the medium released at the medium-release position.