Currency storage cassette and currency handling apparatus

Abstract

A currency storage cassette 4 includes a main body which has a receiving opening 41 and a pickup opening 42 and in which a currency deposited through the receiving opening 41 is stored, and a display unit 9 attached to the main body. The display unit 9 displays a display mode that is switched among a plurality of display modes including at least first and second display modes and that is visible from the outside. The display mode of the display unit 9 is automatically switched to another display mode according to a state of the main body.

1 . A currency storage cassette for storing a currency, comprising:
 a main body which has a receiving opening and a pickup opening and in which a currency deposited through the receiving opening is stored; and   a display unit which is attached to the main body and which displays a display mode that is switched among a plurality of display modes including at least first and second display modes and that is visible from the outside, wherein   the display mode is automatically switched to another display mode according to a state of the main body.   
     
     
         2 . The currency storage cassette of  claim 1 , wherein
 the main body is detachably mounted in a mounting unit of the currency handling apparatus, and a currency is deposited in the main body through the receiving opening while the main body is mounted in the mounting unit, and   the display mode of the display unit is switched from the first display mode to the second display mode after the main body is mounted in the mounting unit until the main body is removed from the mounting unit.   
     
     
         3 . The currency storage cassette of  claim 2 , wherein
 the display mode of the display unit is switched from the first display mode to the second display mode in conjunction with a movement of the main body being mounted into the mounting unit.   
     
     
         4 . The currency storage cassette of  claim 2 , wherein
 the display mode of the display unit is switched from the first display mode to the second display mode by control from the currency handling apparatus while the main body is mounted in the mounting unit.   
     
     
         5 . The currency storage cassette of  claim 1 , wherein
 the main body is detachably mounted in a mounting unit of the currency handling apparatus, and a currency is deposited in the main body through the receiving opening while the main body is mounted in the mounting unit, and   the display mode of the display unit is switched from the second display mode to the first display mode when the currency in the main body is removed through the pickup opening after the main body is removed from the mounting unit.   
     
     
         6 . The currency storage cassette of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 a handling mechanism unit which is located in the main body and which is manually moved for removal of the currency stored in the main body through the pickup opening, wherein   the display mode of the display unit is switched from the second display mode to the first display mode in conjunction with the movement of the handling mechanism unit.   
     
     
         7 . The currency storage cassette of  claim 6 , wherein
 the display unit is mechanically linked with the movement of the handling mechanism unit, thereby switching the display mode of the display unit from the second display mode to the first display mode.   
     
     
         8 . The currency storage cassette of  claim 7 , wherein
 the main body stores a banknote,   the handling mechanism unit is a stage which is movable, in the main body, in a reciprocating manner in a direction along which banknotes are deposited through the receiving opening, and which holds a stack of the banknotes,   the stage is manually moved to a predetermined pickup position which is away from the receiving opening to remove the banknotes held on the stage, and   the display unit engages with the stage when the stage is moved to the pickup position, thereby switching the display mode of the display unit from the second display mode to the first display mode.   
     
     
         9 . The currency storage cassette of  claim 1 , wherein
 the first display mode indicates a checked state in which no currency is stored in the main body as a result of removal of the currency through the pickup opening, and   the second display mode indicates an unchecked state in which a currency is stored in the main body.   
     
     
         10 . The currency storage cassette of  claim 1 , wherein
 the first display mode indicates that no currency is stored in the main body, and   the second display mode indicates that a currency is stored in the main body.   
     
     
         11 . A currency handling apparatus for handling a currency, comprising:
 a currency storage cassette which has a receiving opening and a pickup opening and in which a currency is stored;   a mounting unit in which the currency storage cassette is detachably mounted;   a handling section for depositing a currency in the currency storage cassette mounted in the mounting unit through the receiving opening;   a display unit which is attached to the currency storage cassette and which displays a display mode that is switched among a plurality of display modes including at least first and second display modes and that is visible from the outside; and   a switching unit for switching the display mode of the display unit according to a state of the currency storage cassette.