Patent ID: 6507769
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
A bill arranger comprising:a loader for loading bills and feeding the bills one by one; a conveyer for conveying the bills fed from said loader; a discriminating device for discriminating the bills conveyed by said conveyer; a plurality of stackers for stacking the bills conveyed thereto by said conveyer, so that the bills can be removed; an operating device for selecting one of a plurality of sorting process modes to define a method of sorting the bills loaded in said loader; a controller for delivering each bill via said conveyor to one of said stackers based on the results of the discrimination thereof by said discriminating device and, according to the selected sorting process mode; and a plurality of separate displays, each provided in a vicinity of a respective one of said stackers, to display the contents of said respective stacker, wherein, when one of said plurality of sorting process modes is selected with said operating device, said separate displays are adapted to indicate the respective details of sorting of said stackers according to the selected sorting process mode, and further comprising a general display in common for all said stackers, said general display indicating at least one of the total number and the total sum of all the bills stacked in said stackers, and indicating which one of the total number and the total sum is indicated.