A bill box used in the bill receiver of a coin exchanger for accommodating banknotes received by the bill receiver is disclosed to have a gate installed in the first chamber thereof and a driving mechanism controllable to move the gate between two positions to close/open the first chamber.

A bill arranger is provided that includes a loader for loading bills and feeding the bills one by one; a conveyer for conveying the bills fed from the loader; a discriminating device for discriminating the bills conveyed by the conveyer; a plurality of stackers for stacking the bills, which are conveyed by the conveyer, so that the bills can be removed; an operating device for selecting one of sorting process modes which defines a method of sorting the bills loaded in the loader; and a controlle...

A bill processor having pivotally supported parts for easy maintenance. The bill processor includes a machine body, a bill conveyer disposed in the body for conveying a bill along a bill passage, and a front mask having a bill insertion port and disposed on the front of the body. The bill processor also has a bill identification device disposed on the bill passage for determining the genuineness of the inserted bills, as well as a bill stacker. In one bill processor, the conveyer is supported vi...

A bill processor for use in a bill handling machine comprises a first bill transport passage for guiding a bill inserted in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of bills stacked in a stacker toward substantially middle of interior of the main body of the bill handling machine, and a second bill transport passage for guiding the bill from the termination end of the first bill transport passage along the longitudinal direction of the stacked bills, wherein the firs...

A bill handling apparatus which has a bill discharge outlet (13) for discharging instructed kinds of and instructed number of bills and which is to be shared between two tellers respectively located on the right and left sides thereof is provided with at least two receive members (42, 43) disposed in the left and right portions. The members are movable in the forward and backward directions and are used to receive discharge bills. If the teller who receives the discharged bills is on the left si...

A device for detecting the removal of the last bill in a stack of paper currency for signalling or alarm purposes consisting of a magnet assembly supported in a "set" position by the last bill, which drops under the influence of gravity upon removal of the bill, to a position adjacent a pair of reed switches, causing their actuation and closure of electrical circuits. In one embodiment a double torsion spring is utilized to aid in "setting" the magnet assembly and to restrain the bill against ac...

An improved bill stacker is described that effectively rolls incoming bills onto the stack. In one aspect of the invention, the bill stacker includes a housing that encloses a stacking plate that is arranged to support a stack of bills. A gripper is typically provided to grab the leading edge of an incoming bill and a stack roller is arranged to travel longitudinally relative the stacking plate to "roll" a newly received bill onto a top end of the bill stack (if present) or the stacking plate wh...

This bill validator (10) includes a bill transport system (20) for conveying bills (B) to a location adjacent a bill collection compartment (12). The transport system (20) comprises a first pair of spaced belt assemblies (70) including a lower pulley (80) an upper pulley (82) and a belt (86) movable between said pulleys; a second pair of spaced belt assemblies (72) including a lower pulley (90) an upper pulley (92) and a belt (94) movable between said pulleys, associated belts (86, 94) being adj...

In a bill validator (1) which includes a bill inlet (3) through which a bill (2) is inserted, a transfer path (4) arranged behind the inlet and connected to the inlet, a transferring mechanism (11, 10) for transferring the bill in the transfer path, a validating unit (18-20) for validating the bill on a predetermined validating position of the transfer path, and an optical detecting section (5), the optical detecting section includes a light emitting portion (7) for emitting a light beam, a tran...

A bill arranger is provided that includes a loader for loading bills and feeding the bills one by one; a conveyer for conveying the bills fed from the loader; a discriminating device for discriminating the bills conveyed by the conveyer; a plurality of stackers for stacking the bills, which are conveyed by the conveyer, so that the bills can be removed; an operating device for selecting one of sorting process modes which defines a method of sorting the bills loaded in the loader; a controller fo...