Patent ID: 7703593

Claim:
A structure for adjusting a gap of a paper money discriminating apparatus that includes a lower body and an upper body to rotate upward about a hinge shaft to open a conveyance path, the structure comprising: a paper money discriminating sensor that is provided in the upper body and discriminates whether a paper money to be conveyed along the conveyance path is counterfeit money; paper money feed rollers that are rotatably provided in the lower body facing the paper money discriminating sensor and are spaced from each other at a predetermined interval; and gap adjusters that are provided in the upper body and variably adjust a gap between the paper money discriminating sensor and the paper money feed roller by moving a shaft to which the paper money feed roller is fixed, wherein the gap adjusters each have a thread at upper portions thereof, and each have a pressing portion at lower portions thereof, and the portions of the gap adjusters having the threads are fastened into threaded holes of supporting brackets that are provided at both end portions of the paper money discriminating sensor, so that if rotating in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, each of the gap adjusters moves up and down through the threaded holes by a predetermined distance.