Patent ID: 6938892

Claim:
A paper identification counter comprising: a counter body; a hopper disposed at a top portion of the counter body; a stacker disposed at a front portion of the counter body; a conveyance passage formed in the counter body so as to extend from the hopper to the stacker; a feed mechanism for feeding papers stacked on a bottom of the conveyance passage; and a delivery mechanism for delivering the papers from the feed mechanism to the conveyance passage; said feed mechanism and said delivery mechanism having a feed roller and a delivery roller, respectively, which are rotationally driven in synchronism with each other, said feed roller and said delivery roller each being formed, at a portion in a circumferential direction thereof, a friction member for providing a paper feed frictional force, said feed roller and said delivery roller being each provided with a balancer weight at a location diametrically opposing said friction member.