Patent ID: 6186307
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
A sheets handling apparatus comprising:discriminating means for making discriminations as to whether sheets are appropriate and for sending out the sheets discriminated as appropriate toward a first carry route;holding means for holding a plurality of sheets to be discriminated;fetching means for sequentially fetching the plurality of sheets held by said holding means;preparatory discriminating means for making a discrimination as to whether the sheets fetched by said fetching means have predetermined characteristics, wherein the predetermined characteristics include a thread contained in the sheets; andsupplying means for supplying said discriminating means with only the sheets so discriminated by said preparatory discriminating means as to have the predetermined characteristics and for returning the sheets so discriminated by said preparatory discriminating means as to have no predetermined characteristics to said holding means via a second carry route that contacts with an end of the first carry route, and having route switching means for contacting the second carry route with the end of the first carry route.