Bill processing device
A bill processing device to prevent drawing-out of a bill with a simple structure is provided. In a bill processing device having a bent bill path, a long channel along a conveying direction of a bill is provided on a path surface that forms the bill path and is bent to be convex, a plurality of the long channels are provided in parallel in a transverse direction of the bill path, projections extending from respective side walls or bottom surfaces of the plurality of long channels are included, and the projections each have a first surface inclined to a bottom surface side of the long channel to guide a string-shaped or band-shaped foreign matter conveyed with a bill to enter the long channel, and a second surface horizontal or inclined to the bottom surface side of the channel to inhibit the foreign matter which has entered the long channel from exiting from the long channel.
1 . A bill processing device having a bent bill path, comprising:
a long channel disposed on a convexly bent path surface that forms the bill path along a conveying direction of a bill and, wherein a plurality of the long channels are provided in parallel in a transverse direction of the bill path; and
projections extending from respective side walls or bottom surfaces of the plurality of long channels,
wherein said projections each have a first surface inclined to a bottom surface side of the long channel to guide a string-shaped or band-shaped foreign matter conveyed with a bill to enter said long channel, and a second surface horizontal or inclined to the bottom surface side of the channel to inhibit the foreign matter which has entered the long channel from exiting from the long channel.
2 . The bill processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein said projections are paired and extend from side walls opposed to each other in the long channel;
the paired projections are disposed to be spaced at a predetermined distance in a direction along the long channel;
a sum of dimensions of the paired projections in the transverse direction of the bill path is set to be larger than a width of the long channel.
3 . The bill processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein one of the side walls of the long channel is provided with a recessed portion or a hole; and
a tip end of said projection extending from the other side wall opposed to the one of the side walls is inserted into the recessed portion or the hole up to a predetermined dimension with a gap between the tip end of the projection and an inner wall of the recessed portion or the hole.
4 . The bill processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
wherein an edge portion of said side wall in an open side of the long channel has
an inclined portion inclined to the bottom surface side of the long channel to guide the string-shaped or band-shaped foreign matter conveyed with a bill into the long channel.