US 11,810,417 B2
Paper sheet storage device and control method of paper sheet storage device
Naoto Ikeda, Inagi (JP); Yuji Tanaka, Inagi (JP); and Mitsutaka Nishida, Inagi (JP)
Assigned to FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/933,151.
Application 16/933,151 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2018/002910, filed on Jan. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0349793 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. B65H 29/58 (2006.01); G07D 11/22 (2019.01); G07D 11/12 (2019.01); G07D 11/16 (2019.01)
CPC G07D 11/22 (2019.01) [G07D 11/12 (2019.01); G07D 11/16 (2019.01); B65H 29/58 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A paper sheet storage device comprising:
a storage unit that stores a paper sheet;
a conveyance mechanism that includes a carry-in path for sending a paper sheet to the storage unit and a carry-out path for sending a paper sheet from the carry-in path;
a gate member that is disposed in the conveyance mechanism and is switched between a storage state, where a paper sheet is sent from the carry-in path to the storage unit, and a passing state, where a paper sheet is sent from the carry-in path to the carry-out path;
a lock mechanism that includes a lock member which is moved between a locked state, where a movement of the gate member is restricted, and an unlocked state, where the locked state is unlocked; and
an unlock member that unlocks a locked state, where the lock member restricts a movement of the gate member, wherein
the unlock member is disposed so as to project from a side of one of the carry-in path and the carry-out path to outside of the paper sheet storage device,
the lock member is disposed so as to project from a side of an other of the carry-in path and the carry-out path to the outside of the paper sheet storage device, and when the conveyance mechanism of the paper sheet storage device is connected to the conveyance mechanism of another paper sheet storage device that is different from the paper sheet storage device, the lock member is moved by the unlock member of the another paper sheet storage device.