Patent ID: 6722486
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
A bill handling machine for handling bills comprising:a bill input/output part for receiving and paying bills; a discriminator for discriminating bills; a plurality of storage cases for storing bills received from said bill input/output part according to discrimination results by said discriminator or storing bills to be paid from said bill input/output part; a temporary holder for temporarily storing bills received from said bill input/output part; wherein said bill input/output part includes a pusher plate movably located at a backward stage thereof, a front plate arranged at a forward stage thereof, and a partition plate movably located between said pusher plate and said front plate so that bills transferred from said temporary holder or from said plurality of storage cases are stored between said pusher plate and said partition plate, wherein said bill input/output part further includes control means for varying a distance between said pusher plate and said partition plate according to a number of bills to be stored therebetween; and a bill extraction detector for detecting extraction of bills stored between said pusher plate and said partition plate, wherein when said bill extraction detector detects extraction of bills, said control means moves said pusher plate and said partition plate backward with respect to said front plate.