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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2004
Junji Fujita, Nagoya, JP;
Riichi Katou, Nagoya, JP;
Yasutomo Kosugi, Seto, JP;
Masanori Terao, Nagoya, JP;
Junji Fujita, Nagoya, JP;
Riichi Katou, Nagoya, JP;
Yasutomo Kosugi, Seto, JP;
Masanori Terao, Nagoya, JP;
Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a bill receiving and paying apparatus which has a function capable of replenishing and retracting the bill in correspondence to a lot of money kinds, secures the bill capacity without enlarging the apparatus, and has an improved maintenance characteristic and an improved operability. A recycle cassette per a money kind and a reject cassette are arranged in parallel in a depth direction as seen from a front face of a bill receiving and paying apparatus, a replenishment/retract cassette is arranged in a vertically laminated direction with respect to the recycle cassette and the reject cassette, the reject cassette is arranged in a front face side or a rear face side of the recycle cassette in correspondence to an operation and maintenance aspect of the apparatus. Further, a bill carrying path arranged in a front side of the replenishment/retract cassette is structured such as to be freely opened and closed, thereby being detachable from the front face side of the replenishment/retract cassette. Further, the bill receiving portion structured by the replenishment/retract cassette and the reject cassette, and the carrying path which may be freely opened and closed, are connected by one two-way carrying path.