Patent ID: 6641047
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B65H,G07F

Abstract:
A bank-note processing device comprising:a main body comprised of a bank-note transporting means for transporting a bank-note inserted from a bank-note slot along a bank-note transfer passage, and bank-note shifting means having a pair of bank-note guide drums where slits for inserting both ends in the width direction of the bank-note transported by the bank-note transporting means along the longitudinal direction of the bank-note so as to shift the bank-note inserted in the slots to the rear face of the main body by rotating the pair of bank-note guide drums in directions opposite from each other at a same phase; a stacker which is removably attached to the rear face of the main body so as to store the bank-note inside via the bank-note shifting means; and a bank-note reverse-flowing preventive lever which is disposed between the pair of bank-note guide drums for preventing the bank-note stored in the stacker from sticking out into the bank-note transfer passage when the stacker is attached to the main body, characterized in that the bank-note reverse-flowing preventive lever is disposed in the stacker, so that when the stacker is separated from the main body, the bank-note reverse-flowing preventive lever prevents the bank-note stored in the stacker from dropping out of the stacker.