US 12,243,368 B2
Check handling device
Tomohiro Yokoo, Himeji (JP)
Assigned to GLORY LTD., Himeji (JP)
Filed by Glory Ltd., Himeji (JP)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/389,340.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-130897 (JP), filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0036686 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G07D 11/18 (2019.01); G06V 30/40 (2022.01); G07D 11/14 (2019.01); G07D 11/22 (2019.01)
CPC G07D 11/18 (2019.01) [G06V 30/40 (2022.01); G07D 11/14 (2019.01); G07D 11/22 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A check handling device, comprising:
a receiver having an inlet that receives a check;
a transport having a first path connected to the receiver and that transports the check received by the receiver;
a recognition circuit located at the first path, the recognition circuit configured to detect whether each check transported by the transport is a rejected check or a non-rejected check;
a temporary storage connected to the first path and that stores both the rejected check and the non-rejected check after detection by the recognition circuit; and
a return outlet, wherein
the transport further includes a returning transport having:
a second path that diverges from the first path,
a returning path connected to the return outlet,
a retracting path, and
a switch including a switching claw, the switch provided between the second path, the returning path and the retracting path,
the returning transport transports the rejected check fed out from the temporary storage along the second path to the return outlet, and the switching claw is pushed by the rejected check transported from the second path to the switch, to allow the second path and the returning path to communicate with each other,
the returning transport reciprocates the rejected check along the returning path and the retracting path while the switching claw allows the returning path and the retracting path to communicate with each other, and
the transport transports a next check from the second path to the returning path so that:
a position of the next check is aligned with a position of another check reciprocating along the returning path and the retracting path,
the switching claw is pushed by the next check, to allow the second path and the returning path to communicate with each other,
the next check and the another check are stacked at a position of the switch, and
the transport transports the stacked next check and the another check to the return outlet.