Disclosed herein are financial article handling devices comprising an external aperture connected to a rotary table. The rotary table can contain two or more financial article handling units disposed on the rotary table, each of which can be configured to form an interface with the external aperture. The financial article handling devices can receive an indication from a first financial article handling unit that the first financial article handling unit is no longer functional, disconnect the first financial article handling unit from the external aperture, and articulate the rotary table such that a second financial article handling unit is in communication with the external aperture.

To provide a coin handling apparatus not requiring a wide work area with easy maintenance. In view of the above, a first door is arranged on a surface on one side of a coin handling apparatus and a second door is arranged in the first door. The first door forms dispensing paths for coins discharged from coin hoppers housed in the coin handling apparatus with the second door, and is a partition plate separating a space for housing the coin hoppers from the dispensing paths for coins. In the coin handling apparatus, maintenance of the dispensing paths can be performed by opening the second door, and maintenance of the coin hoppers can be performed by opening the first door.

Provided are a holding body that holds a guide roller and locking position changing means for changing a locking position of the holding body with respect to a base body along a track in a circumferential direction centered on a rotation axis of a rotary disk, the locking position changing means including a first tooth row and a second tooth row, and the like that mesh with each other. In the configuration, since a feeding roller with which a coin collides is smoothly moved in a forward movement direction regardless of a distance between the feeding roller and a guide roller (regardless of a size of the coin), occurrence of the coin jam due to a movement failure of the feeding roller can be suppressed.

A holding unit that reciprocally holds a feeding roller and is separated from a base body, and locking position changing means (a first tooth row, a second tooth row, a shaft support portion, a cylindrical shaft, and the like) for changing a locking position of a holding unit with respect to the base body along a track in a direction in which a distance between the feeding roller and the guide roller is changed are provided. In the configuration, a position and an orientation of a guide roller are caused to be constant regardless of a size of a coin, and thus the coin is appropriately guided toward a feeding passage by the guide roller regardless of the size of the coin.

When a checkout apparatus 10 serving as a money handling apparatus detects that change is left behind after dispensing of the change in a settlement mode, the checkout apparatus 10 shifts from a settlement mode to a left money retaining mode. Upon receiving money in the left money retaining mode, the checkout apparatus 10 stores information on the amount of the money, date and time of the reception, etc., in a memory, thereby managing the left money separately from proceeds from sales. Since the same money handling unit as that for the settlement is used for storage and feeding of the left money, miniaturization and cost reduction of the apparatus is realized. Since money equivalent to the left money can be dispensed as in the settlement, a complicated operation, such as opening a housing of the checkout apparatus 10, is not necessary when responding to a request for a refund of the left money.

In a money handling system (10), a storage cassette (40) is detachably mounted to each of a money change machine (20) and a money depositing/dispensing machine (30) (money handling machine). A determination unit (51) is provided for determining whether or not money has been sent into the money depositing/dispensing machine (30) from all the storage cassettes (40) to which money has been sent from the money change machine (20) when a plurality of the storage cassettes (40) are used in a collection process.

A coin handling apparatus having: a first coin position; a second coin position; and a pipe for transporting coins from the first to the second coin position. The pipe is jointed and has a rigid, elongate element having a straight, elongate portion and a curved portion at a first end of the straight, elongate portion. The pipe further includes a rigid, curved element. The curved portion and the curved element are connected to define a continuous passageway through the curved element and the elongate element. The curved element, at least before mounting of the pipe in the coin handling apparatus, is rotatable in relation to the elongate element, such that an angle between a first opening of the curved element and a direction extending along the straight elongate portion is variable.

A banknote handling device is provided with which it is possible to constantly demonstrate sufficient device processing performance, and which prevents collisions between a transportation direction switching means and a banknote even when the operation speed of the transportation direction switching means changes. Accordingly, a paper sheet handling device for handling a plurality of paper sheets and switching the transportation direction includes: a transportation path for transporting at least one paper sheet and a transportation direction switching means for switching the direction of transportation of the paper sheet; and a paper sheet handling control means for controlling, in accordance with the constantly-changing operation speed of the transportation direction switching means, at least one of the operation timing of the transportation direction switching means, the speed of transportation of a paper sheet, and the distance between a paper sheet and a preceding paper sheet.

Described herein is a method comprising performing optical character recognition on at least one region of a display screen to determine at least one displayed character; identifying, from the determined at least one displayed character, a monetary value to be dispensed; and in response to identifying the monetary value to be dispensed, causing to be dispensed at least one money item corresponding to the identified monetary value. Further described is a method comprising determining, using at least one money item denominating apparatus, a monetary value of at least one received money item; in response to determining the monetary value, automatically providing at least one simulated user input to the interactive user interface indicative of the determined monetary value.

A coin separating and detecting device includes: a separating and feeding rotating body disposed inclinedly and configured to receive and separate coins; a coin separating and feeding device configured to push out the coins that have been separated; and a coin detecting device configured to receive the coins from the coin separating and feeding device, the coin detecting device including: a detecting rotating body configured to move the coins; and a sensor configured to acquire physical information on the coins, wherein the separating and feeding rotating body and the detecting rotating body are positioned adjacent each other in a horizontal direction; and wherein the detecting rotating body is configured to receive the coins; hold the coins; deliver the coins onto the detecting portion introduction guide; and push the coins forward along the detecting portion introduction guide.