Patent ID: 6328166
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: B65H,G07D,Y10S

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, which are conveyed by said conveyer, so that the bills can be removed;an operating device for selecting one of sorting process modes which defines a method of sorting the bills loaded in said loader; anda controller for delivering the bills, which are fed from said loader, to one of said stackers, by said conveyer, based on the results of the discrimination by said discriminating device, according to the sorting process mode selected by said operating device, whereineach of said stackers has an output opening for providing access to the bills stacked in the stacker, a shutter for closing said output opening, and a pusher for lifting the bills stacked in the stacker, andsaid shutter is rotated in a first direction to open said output opening, and said pusher is rotated in second direction to lift the bills, whereby the pusher changes the position of the stacked bills.