Patent ID: 6585260
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: B65H,G07D

Abstract:
A bill stacker comprising an encasement detachably attached to a frame of a bill handling apparatus for forming a compartment to store bills therein;a cover provided in the encasement; locking means for locking and unlocking the cover to the encasement; a window provided in the encasement or cover; an inlet formed in the encasement for receiving the bill from a validator of the bill handling apparatus; a pushing device disposed in the encasement for squeezing the bill into the compartment, the pushing device having a pushing plate movable between a retracted position for receiving the bill from the inlet into a rest position of the encasement and an extended position for urging the bill into the compartment; at least a spring for resiliently urging the bills toward the rest position in the compartment; hole means formed in the encasement; and shifting means extending through the hole means; wherein an external force applied on the shifting means causes the bills accumulated in the compartment to move away from the rest position against resilient force of the spring for visual observation through the window of the bill's denomination stacked at the top in the compartment without unlocking the locking means.