Patent ID: 7870942

Claim:
A coin-roll storage, comprising: a storage body; a coin-roll drawer, which is provided to the coin-roll storage body, such that it can be drawn out, by hand, in a horizontal longitudinal direction, at least between a closing position and a drawing out position, and which has a plurality of coin-roll storage portions provided therein, the coin-roll storage portions being adapted for storing therein coin rolls of various denominations of money, one coin roll for each coin-roll storage portion, with an axis of each coin roll being oriented in a lateral direction, wherein each coin-roll storage portion is configured to store therein the coin roll of any denomination; a displacement detection unit adapted for detecting longitudinal displacement of the coin-roll drawer relative to the storage body; a coin-roll diameter detection unit attached to the storage body and adapted for measuring an outer diameter of the coin roll received in each coin-roll storage portion of the coin-roll drawer; a coin-roll length detection unit attached to the storage body and adapted for measuring an axial length of the coin roll received in each coin-roll storage portion of the coin-roll drawer; a coin-roll material detection unit attached to the storage body and adapted for detecting material of the coin roll received in each coin-roll storage portion of the coin-roll drawer; and a determination unit adapted for determining presence or absence and the denomination of the coin roll stored in each coin-roll storage portion of the coin-roll drawer, based on the longitudinal displacement of the coin-roll drawer detected by the displacement detection unit, the outer diameter of the coin roll detected by the coin-roll diameter detection unit, the axial length of the coin roll detected by the coin-roll length detection unit, and the material of the coin roll detected by the coin-roll material detection unit.