Patent ID: 8668134
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: G07B,G07D

Abstract:
1. A fare box that receives and stores money as fares, the fare box comprising: a main body; a cashbox retained in the main body and storing money; a bill normal receiving opening on an outer face of the main body and accepting a bill; a bill normal transportation passage that transports the bill accepted at the bill normal receiving opening to the cashbox; a bill backup receiving opening on an outer face of the main body for accepting a bill; a bill bypass passage that transports the bill accepted at the bill backup receiving opening to the cashbox; a shutter that takes either of two positions selectively, the two positions being a normal position at which the shutter opens the bill normal receiving opening while closing the bill backup receiving opening and a bypass position at which the shutter opens the bill backup receiving opening while closing the bill normal receiving opening; and a bill receiving opening switch mechanism that shifts the position of the shutter to open one of the bill receiving openings while closing the other bill receiving opening.