Patent ID: 7556262
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A paper sheet accumulating/feeding apparatus including an accumulating unit that accumulates a paper sheet or sheets, an accumulating/feeding unit arranged between a paper sheet conveyance path outside the apparatus and the accumulating unit to perform a storage processing and a feeding processing on a paper sheet or sheets, and a conveyance guide defining a surface of said accumulating unit facing said accumulating/feeding unit, the accumulating/feeding unit comprising a rotating member including one or more pieces, which spread radially from an axis thereof and are made of a member, at least a part of which is flexible, as the rotating member rotates at the time of accumulating processing, the rotating member slapping the paper sheet in a direction, in which the paper sheet is accumulated in the accumulating unit, to accumulate the paper sheet, and a guide member that guides the one or more pieces to suppress radial spread of the one or more pieces at the time of feeding processing, said conveyance guide having grooves allowing the one or more pieces to project into said accumulating unit.