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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2010
Taki Ohishi, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Hagiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Masayasu Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A banknote stacking apparatus includes a banknote stacking plateon which banknotes are to be stacked, a first banknote press memberfixed to a support shaftso as to be swingably together with the support shaft, a second banknote press memberwhich is formed of a synthetic resin sheet having flexibility, whose upstream end portion is fixed to the banknote stacking apparatus and whose downstream end portion is fixed to the first banknote press memberand a solenoidfor driving the first banknote press memberand the banknote stacking apparatus is constituted so that when a banknote is fed into the banknote stacking apparatus and the first banknote press memberis driven by the solenoid, the first banknote press memberis swung and presses a portion of a banknote close to the front end portion thereof and the second banknote press memberis swung together with the first banknote press memberand deformed so as to form a convex portionprojecting toward the banknote, whereby a portion of the banknote close to the rear end portion thereof is pressed by the convex portionof the second banknote press member. According to the thus constituted banknote stacking apparatus, a banknote can be stacked on the banknote stacking platein the desired manner using a single drive means.