Patent ID: 8020857
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: B42C,B65H

Abstract:
1. A paper sheet processing apparatus comprising: a standby tray which stacks a paper sheet, the standby tray having two third trays which open and close in a direction crossing a first direction toward the standby tray, the standby tray dropping the paper sheet stacked on the third trays to a processing tray by opening the two third trays in a direction of separating from each other, the standby tray being inclined downward along the second direction; a feeding mechanism which feeds a paper sheet in the first direction; the processing tray which accepts and processes the paper sheet dropped from the standby tray; a holding mechanism, arranged on a rear end side of the standby tray along the first direction, which has two tabs that receive and support a rear end of the paper sheet supplied to the standby tray, and a press member that presses the rear end of the paper sheet downward between the two tabs that lift the rear end of the of the paper sheet from below to hold the rear end of the paper sheet nestled between the press member and the two tabs, the holding mechanism holding the rear end of the paper sheet stacked on the two third trays when the two third trays open; a returning mechanism which slightly moves the paper sheet on the standby tray in a second direction reverse to the first direction, and places the rear end of the paper sheet to a holding position between the tab and the press member; and a weight member which energizes the rear end of a paper sheet passing through the feeding mechanism downward in the vertical direction by the own weight, and presses the rear end to the tab.