Patent ID: 6412619
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: G07D,G07F

Abstract:
A bill processing unit comprising:a bill transporting route having a horizontal portion disposed substantially in a horizontal direction directly downstream of a bill slot and a vertical portion disposed rising up substantially in a vertical direction from a downstream end of the horizontal portion; bill transporting means for transporting a bill inserted from the bill slot along the bill transporting route; and bill identification means disposed in the middle of the bill transporting route for identifying the genuineness of the bill being transported, the bill transporting route, the bill transporting means and the bill identification means being provided in a main body of the unit, wherein the bill identification means is disposed in the vertical portion of the bill transporting route; and the horizontal portion and the vertical portion of the bill transporting route are defined by respective top and bottom chutes disposed with a predetermined space therebetween, of which the bottom chute of the horizontal portion and an upstream portion of the bottom chute of the Vertical portion are integratedly formed by a box, and the box is removably attached to the main body of the unit.