Patent ID: 6827347
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: B65H,G07D

Abstract:
A paper sheet container comprising:paper sheet guiding means for guiding paper sheets into a paper sheet accommodating section by pressing the paper sheets that are fed thereto into the paper sheet accommodating section; and a motor that drives the paper sheet guiding means; and full-state detecting means for detecting a current value of the motor to determine whether or not the paper sheet accommodating section is full in accordance with whether or not the current value exceeds a reference value that is set beforehand, characterized in that the full-state detecting means stores current values that exceeds the reference value as detection signals and, of the stored detection signals, determines that the paper sheet accommodating section is full based on a detection signal stored in a period of substantially a latter half of a period of the paper sheet accommodating action by the paper sheet guiding means.