Patent ID: 7216014

Claim:
A paper money discriminating device comprising a discriminating unit for discriminating paper money put in through a paper money inlet, a carrying mechanism for carrying discriminated paper money to a prescribed position within a discriminating device body, and a paper money accommodating unit for accommodating the paper money carried to the prescribed position, wherein the paper money accommodating unit is disposed detachably from the discriminating device body and the paper money accommodating unit is provided with an openable member for opening and closing a paper money outlet, further provided with: a first detecting member disposed toward said paper money accommodating unit to be opposite a prescribed position on the discriminating device body side and arranged integrated with the openable member, a second detecting member provided in a prescribed position on the discriminating device body side, which comes into contact with the first detecting member when the paper money accommodating unit is fitted to the discriminating device body and the openable member is in a closed state, is released from the contact with the first detecting member and performs a prescribed action when the paper money accommodating unit is taken off the discriminating device body or when the openable member is opened, and a detector for detecting the action of the second detecting member.