IP Library Granted Patent US 7,011,201
Granted Patent B2
US 7,011,201 · App. 10/814,238 · Granted Mar 14, 2006

Bill deposit/withdrawal machine for depositing/withdrawing bills

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Patent No.
US 7,011,201
App. No.
10/814,238
Granted
Mar 14, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills includes a deposit/withdrawal port for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills, a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills, a plurality of bill accepting boxes for accepting bills, a bill transport path for transporting bills, an upper bill mechanism disposed in an upper portion of the machine for forming a unit including the deposit/withdrawal port and the bill discriminating unit, and a lower bill mechanism disposed in a lower portion of the machine for forming a unit including the plurality of bill accepting boxes. The upper bill mechanism includes a reject box for accepting non-returning bills which cannot be accepted into the plurality of boxes or bills forgotten to be taken out.

Claims (40)

1. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills, comprising:

a deposit/withdrawal port for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills;

a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills;

a temporary storage box for temporarily storing bills;

a reject box for storing rejected bills; and

a plurality of bill accepting boxes for accepting recycle bills;

wherein said reject box is disposed on a path diverged from a bill transport path connecting said bill discriminating unit and said temporary storage box;

wherein, when a bill deposited from said deposit/withdrawal port is discriminated as a bill to be rejected by said bill discriminating unit, said bill to be rejected is temporarily stored in said temporary storage box and then transported to said reject box.

2. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills, comprising:

a deposit/withdrawal port for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills;

a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills;

a temporary storage box for temporarily storing bills;

a reject box for storing rejected bills; and

a plurality of bill accepting boxes for accepting recycle bills;

wherein said reject box is disposed on a path diverged from a bill transport path connecting said bill discriminating unit and said temporary storage box,

further comprising an upper bill mechanism disposed in an upper portion of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine, said upper bill mechanism including said deposit/withdrawal port, said bill discriminating unit and said temporary storage box.

3. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills, comprising:

a deposit/withdrawal port for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills;

a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills;

a temporary storage box for temporarily storing bills;

a reject box for storing rejected bills; and

a plurality of bill accepting boxes for accepting recycle bills;

wherein said reject box is disposed on a path diverged from a bill transport path connecting said bill discriminating unit and said temporary storage box;

wherein a bill transport path connecting said bill discriminating unit and said temporary storage box is capable of transporting bills in two-ways.

4. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills, comprising:

a deposit/withdrawal port for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills;

a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills deposited from said deposit/withdrawal port;

a temporary storage box for temporarily storing bills discriminated by said bill discriminating unit;

a plurality of bill accepting boxes for accepting bills deposited from said deposit/withdrawal port or bills to delivered to said deposit/withdrawal port; and

a reject box for accepting bills not suitable for storing in said plurality of bill accepting boxes;

wherein said reject box is disposed below said temporary storage box;

wherein said reject box accepts bills not suitable for storing in said plurality of bill accepting boxes and delivered from said temporary storage box.

5. A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills, comprising:

a deposit/withdrawal port for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills;

a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills deposited from said deposit/withdrawal port;

a temporary storage box for temporarily storing bills discriminated by said bill discriminating unit;

a plurality of bill accepting boxes for accepting bills deposited from said deposit/withdrawal port or bills to delivered to said deposit/withdrawal port; and

a reject box for accepting bills not suitable far storing in said plurality of bill accepting boxes;

wherein said reject box is disposed below said temporary storage box;

further comprising an upper bill mechanism disposed in an upper portion of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine, said upper bill mechanism including said deposit/withdrawal port, said bill discriminating unit and said temporary storage box.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2006
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI-OMRON TERMINAL SOLUTIONS CORP.
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