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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kei Iwatsuki, Tokyo, JP;
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medium processing device includes: a cylindrical drum; an inner tape that is withdrawn from an inner reel and are wound onto the drum; an outer tape that is withdrawn from an outer reel and are wound onto the drum together with the inner tape with a paper medium interposed therebetween; a contrasting region that has contrasting physical properties, and that is formed at a terminal-end portion of at least one of the tapes; a detection section that detects the physical properties on a contrasting tape that is one of the tapes formed with the contrasting region; and a controller that controls rotation of the drum based on a detection result of the detection section, wherein a normal tape that is one of the tapes not formed with the contrasting region, has a length that is longer than that of the contrasting tape by an additional length.