Patent ID: 9047725
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G07B,G07D

Abstract:
1. A fare box that receives and stores money as fares comprising: a main body; a cashbox that is attachable to and detachable from the main body; a bill normal receiving opening that receives a bill from an outer face of the main body; a bill normal transportation passage that transports the bill received from the bill normal receiving opening to the cashbox; a bill backup receiving opening that receives a bill from an outer face of the main body; a bill bypass passage that transports the bill received from the bill backup receiving opening to the cashbox; a shutter member that selectively takes either of two positions, wherein the two positions are a normal position at which the shutter member opens the bill normal receiving opening while closing the bill backup receiving opening and a bypass position at which the shutter member opens the bill backup receiving opening while closing the bill normal receiving opening; a bill receiving opening switch mechanism that shifts the shutter member between the two positions; a cashbox side communicator that receives a radio wave, operates by using the electric power of the radio wave as a power supply, and transmits an ID code unique to the cashbox; a body side communicator that is provided to the main body, transmits the radio wave and receives the ID code; and a cashbox authentication processor that authenticates the cashbox on the basis of the received ID code.