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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seiichi Someya, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuo Shinohara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/10 ;
Abstract
An internal sensor is moved in a direction of stacking of note bundles within a cashbox along bands of the bundles. The bands of bundles are detected in accordance with movement of the internal sensor. The number of bundles within the cashbox is counted on the basis of a difference in level between a sensor output obtained when the band is sensed and a sensor output obtained when a location between the bundles, where the band is absent, is sensed.