(19)
(11) EP 0 994 445 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.04.2001 Bulletin 2001/16

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.04.2000 Bulletin 2000/16

(21) Application number: 99119958.9

(22) Date of filing: 12.10.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G07D 1/00, G07D 11/00, G07D 13/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 12.10.1998 JP 28906698

(71) Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8010 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Sasaki, Shigeru
    Nishiibaraki-gun, Ibaraki-ken (JP)
  • Nomiyama, Akira
    Niihari-gun, Ibaraki-ken (JP)
  • Kato, Riichi
    Moriyama-ku, Nagoya-shi (JP)
  • Shibata, Shinji
    Meito-ku, Nagoya-shi (JP)

(74) Representative: Beetz & Partner Patentanwälte 
Steinsdorfstrasse 10
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Bank note deposit/withdrawal machine


(57) A bank note storage/supply box (8) includes a stack feed roller 801 driven for rotation, a pick-up roller 811, a gate roller 803 not rotating in a carrying-over direction, a brush roller 804 on the same axis as the gate roller 803 with its elastic material radiantly arranged, a separation/stack guide 805 movable in a separating operation and a stacking operation, an upper and lower bank note support unit, and a holding plate driven in the horizontal direction.






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