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[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a paper storage apparatus for loading and storing a large number of sheets of paper such as paper money, bond certificates and corporation securities.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] In a conventional paper money processing apparatus that determines whether a paper money is genuine or false and stores only genuine paper money, a paper storage apparatus is generally provided for loading and storing genuine paper money.
[0005] In this conventional paper money processing apparatus, a paper money inserted into a paper money inserting slot is conveyed along a paper money conveyance path. During the conveyance, the paper money is determined as genuine or false by a paper money determination unit.
[0006] When the inserted paper money is determined as a false one, the paper money is returned to the paper money inserting slot. When the inserted paper money is determined as a genuine one, then the paper money is further conveyed to the downstream of the paper money conveyance path and is loaded and stored in a stacker, that is, the paper storage apparatus.
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[0008] The conventional paper storage apparatus
[0009] The lifting table
[0010] The opposing end portions of the paper money
[0011] Referring to
[0012] In this situation, it may occur that one of the end portions
[0013] If the end portion
[0014] In this case, when the lifting table
[0015] It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper storage apparatus that can load and store sheets of paper one after another in a stable manner.
[0016] In order to achieve the above object, the paper storage apparatus of the present invention that comprises a pair of guide rails arranged with a predetermined space therebetween and formed with guide grooves that guide opposing end portions of a paper; a lifting table that moves into and out from the space between the pair of guide rails; and a stacker -for storing the paper, wherein the paper guided into the guide grooves of the pair of guide rails is loaded and stored in the stacker by escaping the paper from the pair of guide grooves by the lifting table, is characterized in that the paper storage apparatus further comprises friction means disposed at opposing sides of the lifting table facing the pair of guide rails in such a manner as to project toward the guide rails, wherein, when the paper escapes from the grooves by an action of the lifting table, the paper slides while being in contact with the friction means, thereby to prevent the paper from being moved on the lifting table.
[0017] This and other objects and advantageous effects of the present invention will be easily confirmed by the following detailed description and accompanying drawings.
[0018] In the accompanying drawings,
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[0031] Embodiments of the paper storage apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail.
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[0033] The paper storage apparatus
[0034] As shown in
[0035] To describe these friction means
[0036] Referring to
[0037] On the upper face
[0038] In
[0039] Next, the operations of the paper storage apparatus
[0040] In
[0041] During this operation, the end portion
[0042] When the tip end
[0043] Thus, the paper money
[0044] Referring to
[0045] With the above operations, a subsequently-inserted paper money can be smoothly guided into the guide grooves
[0046] Thereafter, the subsequently-inserted paper money is stored in the stacker
[0047] Although the above embodiment as shown in
[0048] Further, the present invention is not limited to the above configurations in which the friction means
[0049] As described above, the paper storage apparatus according to the present invention includes the friction means that are provided at opposing sides of the lifting table facing the pair of guide rails and that are projected toward the guide rails, respectively. With the friction means, when a paper is lifted by the lifting table so that the end portions of the paper escape from the grooves of the guide rails, the paper slides while being in contact with the friction means so that the paper is prevented from being moved on the lifting table. As a result, the end portions of the inserted paper money can escape from the guide grooves of the guide rails in a stable manner. This prevents a paper jam caused by a collision between a previously-inserted paper money and a subsequently-inserted paper money in the guide rails. In this way, the present invention provides a paper storage apparatus that can load and store each paper in a stable manner.