Bill handling device

1. A bill handling device comprising:

a casing having a bill insertion slot provided on a front face of the casing to enable a bill to be inserted therein;

a bill feeding device having a feeding belt wound at opposite ends around at least tension rollers provided on the upstream and downstream sides respectively along the bill insertion direction, and pinch rollers in contact with the tension rollers on the upstream and downstream sides, to feed the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot along the bill insertion direction,

a bill pressing device provided on one side of the casing and having a pressing plate for pressing the bill ejected to the bill push-in region toward the other side; and

a mount tray provided on the other side of the casing to stack and store the bill pressed by the bill pressing device,

wherein the distance between the pinch rollers in contact with the respective tension rollers on the upstream and downstream sides is set to be shorter than the distance between the tension rollers on the upstream and downstream sides,

wherein the casing has a bill push-in region and an openable/closable shutter,

the bill push-in region holds the bill ejected from a nip portion between the tension roller on the downstream side and the pinch roller in contact with the tension roller on the downstream side,

the openable/closable shutter enabling the mount tray to be ejected,

wherein the mount tray has a notch portion for avoiding the interference between the opened shutter and the mount tray upon ejecting the mount tray.

2. The bill handling device according to claim 1 , further comprising a lock device for locking a closed state of the shutter.

3. The bill handling device according to claim 2 , wherein the lock device has a first concavo-convex section formed at the end edge of the shutter, a lock plate having a second concavo-convex section corresponding to the first concavo-convex section, for moving along the shutter in the longitudinal direction, urging device to urge the lock plate toward the position where the first and second concavo-convex sections are not matched to each other, and driving device to move the lock plate against the force applied by the urging device.

4. The bill handling device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a bill detector for detecting the presence of a bill on the mount tray; and

a controller for activating the lock device when the bill detector detects that any bills are not present on the mount plate.

5. A bill handling device comprising:

a casing having a bill insertion slot provided on a front face of the casing to enable a bill to be inserted therein;

a bill feeding device having a feeding belt wound at opposite ends around at least tension rollers provided on the upstream and downstream sides respectively along the bill insertion direction, and pinch rollers in contact with the tension rollers on the upstream and downstream sides, to feed the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot along the bill insertion direction,

a bill pressing device provided on one side of the casing and having a pressing plate for pressing the bill ejected to the bill push-in region toward the other side; and

a mount tray provided on the other side of the casing to stack and store the bill pressed by the bill pressing device,

wherein the distance between the pinch rollers in contact with the mutually adjacent respective tension rollers on the upstream and downstream sides is set to be shorter than the distance between the tension rollers on the upstream and downstream sides, and

wherein the conveying belt is configured to be pinched at a nip portion between the tension rollers and the pinch rollers in contact with the tension rollers, and tension rollers are given to the conveying belt at an angle from the lowest point of the tension rollers to the nip portion, and

wherein the bill is ejected from the nip portion between the tension roller on the downstream side and pinch roller in contact with the tension roller on the downstream side,

wherein the casing has a bill push-in region and an openable/closable shutter,

the bill push-in region holds the bill ejected from a nip portion between the tension roller on the downstream side and the pinch roller in contact with the tension roller on the downstream side,

the openable/closable shutter enabling the mount tray to be ejected,

wherein the mount tray has a notch portion for avoiding the interference between the opened shutter and the mount tray upon ejecting the mount tray.

6. The bill handling device according to claim 5 , further comprising a lock device for locking a closed state of the shutter.

7. The bill handling device according to claim 6 , wherein the lock device has a first concavo-convex section formed at the end edge of the shutter, a lock plate having a second concavo-convex section corresponding to the first concavo-convex section, for moving along the shutter in the longitudinal direction, an urging device for urging the lock plate toward the position where the first and second concavo-convex sections are not matched to each other, and a driving device for moving the lock plate against the force applied by the urging device.

8. The bill handling device according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a bill detector for detecting the presence of a bill on the mount tray; and

a controller for activating the lock device when the bill detector detects that any bills are not present on the mount plate.