Patent ID: 7726458
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. A structure for maintaining a gap in a paper money discriminating apparatus, the structure comprising: a paper money discriminating sensor that is provided in an upper body, across a width of a paper money conveyed, to discriminate whether a paper money to be conveyed along a conveyance path is counterfeit money; a lower body that is provided so as to face the paper money discriminating sensor with a predetermined gap therebetween; and spacing protrusions that protrude upward from both end portions of an upper surface of the lower body and directly come in contact with both end portions of the paper money discriminating sensor so as to maintain a constant gap between a lower surface of the paper money discriminating sensor and the upper surface of the lower body, the upper surface of the lower body forming a paper money conveying surface; wherein a paper money is conveyed through the constant gap formed by the lower surface of the paper money discriminating sensor, the spacing protrusions, and the upper surface of the lower body.