US 12,223,793 B2
Medium processing device and method of connecting units in medium processing device
Hiroaki Takahashi, Tokyo (JP); and Hiroyuki Kumagai, Sakura (JP)
Assigned to Laurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP); Laurel Machinery Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP); and Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/598,651
Filed by LAUREL BANK MACHINES CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP); LAUREL MACHINERY CO., LTD., Osaka (JP); and LAUREL PRECISION MACHINES CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/013273
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/203535, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-067631 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2019; and application No. 2020-041286 (JP), filed on Mar. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0189233 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. G07D 11/40 (2019.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B65H 31/06 (2006.01); G07D 11/16 (2019.01); G07D 11/18 (2019.01); G07D 11/20 (2019.01); G07D 11/235 (2019.01); G07D 11/50 (2019.01); G07D 11/60 (2019.01)
CPC G07D 11/40 (2019.01) [B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 31/06 (2013.01); G07D 11/16 (2019.01); G07D 11/18 (2019.01); G07D 11/20 (2019.01); G07D 11/235 (2019.01); G07D 11/50 (2019.01); G07D 11/60 (2019.01); B65H 2402/10 (2013.01); B65H 2551/20 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1912 (2013.01); G07D 2211/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medium processing device comprising:
a first unit; and
a plurality of second units serially connected to one another, wherein only one of the plurality of second units is connected to the first unit,
wherein each of the plurality of second units comprises:
a conveying mechanism configured to convey a medium;
a medium detection portion configured to detect the medium being conveyed by the conveying mechanism and to transmit a signal indicating detection of the medium to the first unit; and
a second unit control portion configured to transmit type information regarding a type of the second unit to the first unit, and
the first unit is configured to transmit the type of one second unit among the plurality of second units based on the type information transmitted from the second unit control portion of the one second unit, and to determine connection order of the one second unit with respect to the first unit, based on the signal transmitted from the medium detection portion of the one second unit.