Patent ID: 11967195
Assignee: JAPAN CASH MACHINE CO., LTD.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 3:
4. A paper sheet storage unit comprising:
a casing; and
a circulation unit that is accommodated in the casing to receive paper sheets transported into the casing by operating upon reception of a drive force from a motor and feed paper sheets stored therein to outside of the casing, wherein
the casing includes a guide member that serves as a guide at a time of attaching or detaching the circulation unit to or from the casing by slidingly moving the circulation unit with respect to the casing,
the circulation unit includes a guided member, which detachably engages with the guide member, and is guided to an installation completion position along the guide member in an engaged state,
the circulation unit includes a circulation drum that spirally winds two tapes around an outer periphery thereof in an overlapped state on each other and feeds each of the tapes in a process of rotating in forward and reverse directions, and two bobbins that respectively feed each of the tapes to the outer periphery of the circulation drum and wind each of the tapes in a process of rotating in forward and reverse directions,
each of the tapes forms a linear contact travel area in which the tapes come in contact with each other and transport a paper sheet, while placing the paper sheet therebetween, at a position immediately before moving to the outer periphery of the circulation drum, and
a guide direction of the guide member to guide the guided member is parallel to the linear contact travel area.