Patent ID: 8820508
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: B65H,G07D

Abstract:
1. A bill handling apparatus comprising: a lower frame having: an upper frame being openable and closable with respect to the lower frame so as to cover the lower frame, the upper frame having: the bill reading section includes: the first light-emitting portion of the upper frame and the second light-emitting portion of the lower frame each have a longitudinal length greater than the width of the bill feeding path formed by the first and second bill feeding faces, and each of the first and second light-emitting portion have first and second terminal end portions that protrude in a feeding width direction of the bill more significantly than the first and second bill feeding faces which form the bill feeding pathway through which the bill is fed between the pair of side wall portions; the first and second light-emitting portions are configured to emit and guide light along their respective longitudinal lengths; and the first and second side wall portions of the lower frame are provided with notch concave portions, respectively, so that both of the first and second terminal end portions of the second light-emitting portion of the lower frame and both of the first and second terminal end portions of the first light-emitting portion of the upper frame in the closed state with respect to the lower frame are positioned in the notch concave portion.