Apparatus for discriminating paper moneys and stacking the same

Claim 1

An apparatus for discriminating authenticity and denomination of paper money bills and stacking the same, comprising: (a) a base box; (b) sensor means in said base box for discriminating said paper money bills; (c) a passage in said base box including a first part for transferring paper money bills inserted therein past said sensor means and a pushing-in part disposed to receive said paper money bills from said first part; (d) a pair of guide members disposed on one side of said pushing-in part of said passage and extending along a longitudinal direction of said pushing-in part, such that opposed inner edges of said guide members are spaced apart from each other in a transverse direction of said pushing-in part of said passage by a distance adapted to be less than a width of said paper money bills in said transverse direction when said paper money bills are being transferred through said passage; (e) a stacker box mounted on said base box and having an opening positioned on said one side of said pushing-in part of said passage; (f) a receiving plate disposed in said stacker box; (g) means for biasing said receiving plate toward said opening in said stacker box; (h) pushing means disposed in said base box, said pushing means including: (i) a pair of parallel moving pieces disposed adjacent said pushing-in part and extending along said longitudinal direction of said pushing-in part, (ii) a pair of swing members arranged symmetrically relative to said transverse direction, an outer end part of each swing member being pivotably connected to said base box to provide a pivot located on said one side of said pushing-in part, said swing members having respective inner ends connected to said moving pieces, respectively, such that said moving pieces are movably supported to said inner ends of said swing members, and (iii) turning means for synchronously turning said swing members toward and away from said pushing-in part, whereby said swing members are turned forwardly by said turning means, said moving pieces are moved between said opposed inner edges of said guide members from a position on one side of said guide members to a position on the other side of said guide members while pushing one of said paper money bills between said opposed inner edges of said guide members such that one of said paper money bills transferred to said pushing-in part is pushed out therefrom onto said receiving plate; (i) a distance between outer edges of said moving pieces in said transverse direction increasing while said moving pieces are being moved between said opposed inner edges of said guide members from a position on said one side of said guide members to said position on said other side of said guide members; and (j) said distance between said outer edges of said moving pieces having a maximum when said swing members are pivoted to an extreme position with said moving pieces disposed on said other side of said guide members, said maximum being greater than said distance between said oppositely disposed inner edges of said guide members, whereby said one of said paper money bills pressed onto said receiving plate is spread out by said moving pieces.

Claim 2

An apparatus for discriminating authenticity and denomination of paper money bills and stacking the same, comprising: (a) a base box; (b) sensor means in said base box for discriminating said paper money bills; (c) a passage in said base box including a first part for transferring paper money bills inserted therein past said sensor means and a pushing-in part disposed to receive said paper money bills from said first part; (d) a pair of guide members disposed on one side of said pushing-in part of said passage and extending along a longitudinal direction of said pushing-in part, such that opposed inner edges of said guide members are spaced apart from each other in a transverse direction of said pushing-in part of said passage by a distance adapted to be less than a width of said paper money bills in said transverse direction when said paper money bills are being transferred through said passage; (e) a stacker box mounted on said base box and having an opening positioned on said one side of said pushing-in part of said passage; (f) a receiving plate disposed in said stacker box; (g) means for biasing said receiving plate toward said opening in said stacker box; (h) pushing means disposed in said base box, said pushing means including: (i) a pair of parallel moving pieces disposed adjacent said pushing-in part and extending along said longitudinal direction of said pushing-in part, (ii) a pair of swing members arranged symmetrically relative to said transverse direction, an outer end part of each swing member being pivotably connected to said base box to provide a pivot located on said one side of said pushing-in part, said swing members having respective inner ends connected to said moving pieces, respectively, such that said moving pieces are movably supported to said inner ends of said swing members, and (iii) turning means for synchronously turning said swing members toward and away from said pushing-in part, whereby said swing members are turned forwardly by said turning means, said moving pieces are moved between said opposed inner edges of said guide members from a position on one side of said guide members to a position on the other side of said guide members while pushing one of said paper money bills between said opposed inner edges of said guide members such that one of said paper money bills transferred to said pushing-in part is pushed out therefrom onto said receiving plate; (i) a distance between outer edges of said moving pieces in said transverse direction increasing while said moving pieces are being moved between said opposed inner edges of said guide members from a position on said one side of said guide members to said position on said other side of said guide members; and (j) said distance between said outer edges of said moving pieces having a maximum when said swing members are pivoted to an extreme position with said moving pieces disposed on said other side of said guide members, said maximum being greater than said distance between said oppositely disposed inner edges of said guide members, whereby said one of said paper money bills pressed onto said receiving plate is spread out by said moving pieces.