Paper identification counter and paper identification and counting method
CA 2438671 A1 · Owner: Shimada, Hiroyuki · Inventors: Abe, Hideo; Takagi, Yoshikazu; Shimada, Hiroyuki
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A paper identification counter comprises a counter body, a hopper which is formed to the counter body and to which papers to be identified and counted are fed a paper, conveyance unit including a conveyance passage along which the papers such as currency notes from the hopper is conveyed one by one in a direction of a short width side of the papers, a paper identification unit disposed on a way of the conveyance passage for identifying and counting the papers; and a stacker in which the papers delivered from the conveyance passage are stacked. The conveyance passage includes a U-shaped curvilinear conveyance region on a way between the hopper and the stacker.
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- Filed November 9, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 9, 2020.
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