A system for wear and aging evaluation of a paper-based resource described herein is structured for determining a fitness state of a physical body structure of a paper resource item and for adaptive processing of the paper resource item in accordance with the fitness state. Specifically, the system comprises an item transfer unit configured to receive one or more paper resource items and a scanning device structured to retrieve a fitness state of a paper resource item from a physical state sensing component of the paper resource item. The system is structured to adaptively process the paper resource item based on determining whether (i) a wear level and (ii) an item age level of the paper resource item are associated with either a fit item type or an unfit item type.

A system for wear and aging evaluation of a paper-based resource described herein is structured for determining a fitness state of a physical body structure of a paper resource item and for adaptive processing of the paper resource item in accordance with the fitness state. Specifically, the system comprises an item transfer unit configured to receive one or more paper resource items and a scanning device structured to retrieve a fitness state of a paper resource item from a physical state sensing component of the paper resource item. The system is structured to adaptively process the paper resource item based on determining whether (i) a wear level and (ii) an item age level of the paper resource item are associated with either a fit item type or an unfit item type.

A medium conveyance route switching device includes a support unit, a gate assembly, and a rotation mechanism. The support unit is located at a branching point of a first conveyance path, a second conveyance path and a third conveyance path where conveyance directions of a medium converge in three directions. The gate assembly includes a first to a third gate positioned on one ends of the first to the third conveyance path to guide at the branching point the medium to other conveyance paths than a conveyance path from which the medium is conveyed. The rotation mechanism includes a first actuator rotating the first gate to switch the medium conveyed from the first conveyance path to the second conveyance path or the third conveyance path, and a second actuator, when the first gate is rotated, rotating the second gate and the third gate in associated with the second gate.

A medium conveyance route switching device includes a support unit, a gate assembly, and a rotation mechanism. The support unit is located at a branching point of a first conveyance path, a second conveyance path and a third conveyance path where conveyance directions of a medium converge in three directions. The gate assembly includes a first to a third gate positioned on one ends of the first to the third conveyance path to guide at the branching point the medium to other conveyance paths than a conveyance path from which the medium is conveyed. The rotation mechanism includes a first actuator rotating the first gate to switch the medium conveyed from the first conveyance path to the second conveyance path or the third conveyance path, and a second actuator, when the first gate is rotated, rotating the second gate and the third gate in associated with the second gate.

Disclosed herein are currency handling devices, systems, and methods of their operation to reduce jamming. The currency handling devices may make use of bank note recycling, in which received notes are stored on a drum recycler and subsequently dispensed. The devices and methods may move notes from the drum recycler to either an escrow section or into a storage area, based on an amount of wear or deformation of the notes. Notes moved into the escrow section may subsequently be replaced on the drum recycler. The methods may be initiated manually, on a scheduled basis, based on sensor readings, or otherwise.

Disclosed herein are currency handling devices, systems, and methods of their operation to reduce jamming. The currency handling devices may make use of bank note recycling, in which received notes are stored on a drum recycler and subsequently dispensed. The devices and methods may move notes from the drum recycler to either an escrow section or into a storage area, based on an amount of wear or deformation of the notes. Notes moved into the escrow section may subsequently be replaced on the drum recycler. The methods may be initiated manually, on a scheduled basis, based on sensor readings, or otherwise.

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 sheet processing apparatus has: a processing unit having, at a front side of a housing, openings through which at least one of feeding a sheet in the housing or feeding the sheet out from the housing is performed; a storage chamber configured to store the sheet fed in the housing, and a door disposed at an opening part of the storage chamber is capable of being locked; a control unit configured to control transport of the sheet between a container, the openings and the storage chamber, the container configured to be capable of being detachably mounted to the processing unit or the storage chamber and configured to be stored the sheet fed in the sheet processing apparatus; and an attachment unit provided at the back side of the processing unit or on the back side of an outer surface of the storage chamber, the attachment unit to which the container is capable of being mounted.

A sheet processing apparatus has: a processing unit having, at a front side of a housing, openings through which at least one of feeding a sheet in the housing or feeding the sheet out from the housing is performed; a storage chamber configured to store the sheet fed in the housing, and a door disposed at an opening part of the storage chamber is capable of being locked; a control unit configured to control transport of the sheet between a container, the openings and the storage chamber, the container configured to be capable of being detachably mounted to the processing unit or the storage chamber and configured to be stored the sheet fed in the sheet processing apparatus; and an attachment unit provided at the back side of the processing unit or on the back side of an outer surface of the storage chamber, the attachment unit to which the container is capable of being mounted.

A generally vertical banknote recycling bay arrangement comprising a generally vertically oriented banknote recycling bay for receiving banknotes therein, the recycling bay having an upper end and a lower end. The arrangement further comprising a banknote feeding assembly for feeding banknotes, one at a time, into the recycling bay, the feeding assembly being positioned near the upper end of the recycling bay. The arrangement further comprising a banknote dispensing assembly for feeding banknotes, one at a time, out of the recycling bay, the dispensing assembly being positioned near the upper end of the recycling bay. The arrangement further comprising a pair of stacker wheels supported for rotational movement about a driven stacker wheel shaft, each stacker wheel being laterally moveable along the driven stacker wheel shaft and a stacker wheel positioning mechanism configured to adjust the lateral positions of the pair of stacker wheels along the stripper wheel shaft. During operation in which banknotes are to be fed into the recycling bay, the lateral position of the stacker wheels is adjusted by the stacker wheel positioning mechanism to an inward position such that banknotes to be fed into the recycling bay are received by the stacker wheels and stacked in the recycling bay. During operation in which banknotes are to be fed out of the recycling bay, the lateral position of the stacker wheels is adjusted by the stacker wheel positioning mechanism to an outward position such that banknotes to be fed out the recycling bay are not engaged by the stacker wheels but instead are engaged by the banknote dispensing assembly which sequentially engages the topmost banknote stacked in the recycling bay and feeds banknotes out of the recycling bay, one bill at a time.