US 12,221,307 B2
Paper sheet storage device
In Seng Ooi, Singapore (SG); Kock Kuan Tan, Singapore (SG); Kuan Guan Lor, Singapore (SG); Chee Wai Chua, Singapore (SG); and Kiyotaka Nihashi, Mishima Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/525,997.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-014733 (JP), filed on Feb. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242687 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 16/02 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B65H 26/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 16/02 (2013.01) [B41J 15/04 (2013.01); B41J 15/042 (2013.01); B65H 16/028 (2013.01); B65H 26/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A paper sheet storage device, comprising:
a storage component configured to store a roll of paper sheet comprising a wound long paper sheet,
wherein the storage component comprises a first wall portion and a second wall portion spaced apart from one another and arranged to support the roll of paper sheet therebetween;
a near end detector configured to detect a near end as a diameter of the roll of paper sheet stored in the storage component decreases,
wherein the near end detector is fixedly arranged at a non-overlapping position with the roll of paper sheet at a maximum of the diameter extending between the first wall portion and the second wall portion, and
wherein the near end detector is configured to provide a signal in response to movement of the roll of paper sheet towards the near end detector; and
a pressing component configured to press the roll of paper sheet stored in the storage component in a direction of the near end detector.