Patent ID: 9342944
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B65H,G07D,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A paper-sheet storing/feeding machine configured to store therein paper sheets, one by one, that are transported thereto, one by one, whereupon the stored paper sheets are fed out therefrom to the exterior, one by one, comprising: at least one tape; a winding roller, to which one end of the tape is attached, and which is configured to wind and rewind the paper sheets together with the tape; a reel, to which the other end of the tape is attached, and which is configured to wind and rewind the tape relative to the winding roller; a driving source configured to rotate the winding roller; a sensor configured to detect each paper sheet transported thereto; and a control unit configured to implement a control, each time the transported paper sheet is detected, in which the driving source is controlled to accelerate the winding roller in a winding direction, and decelerate the winding roller after the paper sheet is wound around the winding roller with a tape-winding speed of the winding roller being controlled to be substantially the same as a transport speed of the paper sheet, and configured to control the driving source, in order to change the length of the tape used for storing one paper sheet, thereby to control a storing pitch of the stored paper sheets to be any one of at least two kinds of storing pitches which are larger than a length of each paper sheet, when storing the transported paper sheet.