A sheet transport apparatus includes a first casing in which a transport path is formed; a transport unit which transports a sheet along the transport path; a second casing which is provided to be movable with respect to the first casing; a sheet support unit which is rotatably provided in the first casing at a position on a side to which the second casing is moved, the sheet support unit being changeable between a first state, a second state, and a third state and supporting the sheet at least in the third state; and an urging unit which urges the sheet support unit toward the first state within a range from the first state to the second state and which urges the sheet support unit toward the third state within a range from the second state to the third state.

Provided are a medium handling apparatus and method for, by using a temporary storage unit, performing a tallying task in an automated teller machine. The medium handling apparatus includes a deposit/withdrawal unit configured to separate each individual medium and accumulate the medium, a discrimination unit configured to discriminate whether the media are abnormal and types of the media, a medium storage unit including a plurality of recycling cassettes, a temporary storage unit configured to temporarily store media discriminated as normal media, and a conveyance path configured to convey the media. Media in each of the recycling cassettes are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit to confirm the number of media remaining in the recycling cassette, and the media in the temporary storage unit are conveyed back to and stored in the recycling cassette when the number of remaining media is sensed.

A document receiving apparatus comprises a receiving port configured to receive a document into an apparatus main body, a document stopper configured to be pivotable between a first posture in which reception of the document is suppressed and a second posture in which the reception is permitted, a holding portion configured to hold the document stopper in the first posture, and a biasing portion configured to bias the document stopper held in the first posture to be set in the second posture.

User labor relating to determining on an alignment condition is reduced and a stable conveying operation is realized by aligning a sheet bundle also when a sheet bundle is added. A sheet bundle composed of multiple sheet materials is placed on a loading platform. An encoder pulse unit detects the amount of the sheet bundle placed on the loading platform based on the opening amount of a pressure plate. A control unit determines on an alignment condition according to the amount of the sheet bundle. Rotating members align the sheet bundle in accordance with the alignment condition. When it is determined that another sheet bundle has been added to the loading platform, the control unit updates the alignment condition according to the total amount of the other sheet bundle and the sheet bundle remaining on the loading platform.

A sheet-type medium separating apparatus applicable in a self-service financial device for reliable sheet-by-sheet separation of an entire stack of banknotes. The apparatus includes a pickup roller component; a reversal roller component; and a separation roller component, where the reversal roller component includes a reversal roller, the reversal roller is fitted onto a reversal roller shaft via a one-way bearing, the reversal roller is provided with an inner sleeve cylinder fixed with the one-way bearing and a reversal roller sleeve sleeved onto the inner sleeve cylinder and capable of moving axially and flexibly. The separating apparatus allows for automatic adjustment of the meshing clearance between the reversal roller and the separation roller on the basis of the thickness of sheet-type media to be separated, thus effectively solving the problem of the sheet-type media being jammed or torn.

Disclosed is a cheque processing device, including: a base, a frame located at the top face of the base and forming a U-shaped paper passage, and multiple sets of conveying roller assemblies (9) and multiple processing mechanisms provided along the U-shaped paper passage, wherein one end of the U-shaped paper passage is an inlet and the other end is an outlet. The frame comprises a fixed frame body, and a first movable frame body and a second movable frame body which form the U-shaped paper passage together with the fixed frame body, wherein the first movable frame body and the second movable frame body can both pivot on the base to open and close with respect to the fixed frame body.

A document receiving apparatus comprises a receiving port configured to receive a document into an apparatus main body, a document stopper configured to be pivotable between a first posture in which reception of the document is suppressed and a second posture in which the reception is permitted, a holding portion configured to hold the document stopper in the first posture, and a biasing portion configured to bias the document stopper held in the first posture to be set in the second posture

In the paper feeding roller, a shaft body has a cantilever structure supported at one end, and an elastic layer includes a supported end and a free end on both ends along a rotation axis, wherein an outer diameter of the free end in a cross section orthogonal to the rotational axis is greater than that of the supported end, and an area including the free end has a widened bottom part having an outer diameter which widens in a linear or inner convex manner approaching the free end along the rotation axis. The paper feeding device includes a feed roller rotationally driven and conveying paper, and a retard roller pressed against the feed roller, affixed with a torque limiter, and suppressing double feeding of paper. At least one of the feed roller and the retard roller is formed as the paper feeding roller.

A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet loading tray configured to be loaded with a sheet, an intake unit configured to take in the sheet loaded in the sheet loading tray to an apparatus body, a feeding unit configured to feed the sheet taken in by the intake unit, a separation unit configured to contact the feeding unit and separate a sheet to be fed from a plurality of sheets, and a sheet detection unit configured to emit light and detect presence or absence of a sheet between the feeding unit and the separation unit.

A supply tray includes a first tray and a second tray. The first tray forms a first support surface including a downstream end of a sheet support surface in a feed direction. The second tray forms a second support surface adjacent to the first support surface from upstream in the feed direction. A friction member includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is provided to face a feed roller. The second surface is provided upstream of the first surface in the feed direction. The first surface is located farther from a rotation axis than the second support surface and the second surface are in a first direction which is parallel to a perpendicular line as viewed in a width direction. The perpendicular line is drawn from the rotation axis to the first surface in a state where the feed roller contacts the first surface.