1. A bill handling machine comprising:
a bill discriminator which discriminates between genuine and counterfeit bills;
a cash box including first and second bill storing boxes which store bills to be recycled, the first bill storing box for storing bills of first type, the second bill storing box for storing bills of second type;
a non-genuine bill storing box which is provided outside the cash box and stores a bill that is suspected or determined to be non-genuine by the bill discriminator;
a temporary stocker which temporarily stores bills prior to storing the bills in the first and second bill storing boxes or the non-genuine bill storing box; and
a transport component configured to transport the bills to the temporary stocker, first and second bill storing boxes, and non-genuine bill storing box, wherein an entry to the non-genuine bill storing box is provided at a section of the transport path that is between the bill discriminator and temporary stocker.
2. The bill handling machine of claim 1, further comprising:
a reject bill storing box which stores genuine bills that are determined to be not suited for recycling, the reject bill storing box provided within the cash box, the reject bill storing box being a different box than the non-genuine bill storing box,
wherein the first and second bill storing boxes are first and second recycle boxes.
3. The bill handling machine of claim 1, wherein the transport component defines a bill transport path that terminates at the second bill storing box.
4. The bill handling machine of claim 1, further comprising:
an upper housing provided above the cash box, the upper housing enclosing the bill discriminator, the non-genuine bill storing box, and the temporary stocker.
5. The bill handling machine according to claim 1, further comprising:
a transport controller which controls operations of the transport component,
wherein, when the non-genuine bill is found while passing through the bill discriminator toward the temporary stocker, the transport controller causes the non-genuine bill to be stored in the temporary stocker and then transport the non-genuine bill to the non-genuine bill storing box.
6. The bill handling machine according to claim 5, further comprising:
an input slot to receive a plurality of bills,
wherein the transport controller controls the transport component to transport the plurality of bills received at the input slot to the temporary stocker, each of the plurality of bills being examined by the bill discriminator as the bill is being transported to the temporary stocker, the plurality of bills being counted as the bills are being transported to the temporary stocker.
7. The bill handling machine according to claim 5, further comprising:
an output slot to dispense a bill, the output slot being connected to a section of the transport path provided between the bill discriminator and the temporary stocker,
wherein the transport controller provides controls transport of the bill from the recycle box to the output slot.
8. The bill handling machine according to claim 1, further comprising:
a transport controller which controls operations of the transport path,
wherein the transport controller provides control to temporarily store in a box a bill that is determined to be non-genuine as the bill passes through the bill discriminator from the temporary stocker.
9. The bill handling machine according to claim 8, wherein the box to which the bill that is determined to be non-genuine is temporarily stored is one of the recycle boxes or a reject bill storing box provided in the cash box, wherein the bill is thereafter transported to the non-genuine bill storing box.
10. The bill handling machine according to claim 8,
wherein the transport component is configured in a conveyable manner from the recycle box to the non-genuine bill storing box without the use of the temporary stocker.
11. The bill handling machine according to claim 8, further comprising:
an input slot to receive the bill,
wherein, after a bill inserted into the input slot is conveyed to the temporary stocker, the transport controller controls transporting of the bill from the temporary stocker into the recycle box.
12. The bill handling machine according to claim 1, further comprising:
a user information acquisition unit which acquires user information on a person who provided the non-genuine bill into the bill handling machine; and
a information management unit which manages the user information corresponding to each non-genuine bill store in the non-genuine bill storing box.
13. The bill handling machine of claim 12, wherein the user information is account information.
14. The bill handling machine of claim 1, wherein the bill handling machine is an automatic teller machine.
15. A method for controlling operations of a bill handling machine
wherein the bill handling machine comprises:
a bill input slot to receive bills;
a bill discriminator to discriminate whether or not a bill is genuine;
a cash box containing a recycle box which stores bills to be recycled;
a reject bill storing box which stores genuine bills unsuitable for recycling;
a non-genuine bill storing box to store a bill that has been determined to be non-genuine by the bill discriminator, the non-genuine bill storing box being provided outside the cash box and independently of the reject bill storing box;
a temporary stocker to temporarily store bills during a process of storing bills in the recycle box, the reject bill storing box, and the non-genuine bill storing box; and
a transport component to transport the bills from one location to another in the bill handling machine,
wherein an input slot of the non-genuine bill storing box is connected to a section of the transport component provided between the bill discriminator and the temporary stocker; and
wherein the control method comprises:
discriminating whether or not each of the bills received via the bill input slot is genuine using the bill discriminator;
transporting the each bill to the temporary stocker after discriminating the each bill using the bill discriminator; and
sending a bill that has been determined to be non-genuine from the temporary stocker to the non-genuine bill storing box.
16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
notifying a predefined agent if one or more of the bills received via the bill input slot is determined to be a non-genuine bill,
wherein the predefined agent is provided with information on a user who had provided the non-genuine bill via the bill input slot.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the information provided is the user’s account information.
18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:
retaining a card of the user who provided the non-genuine bill via the bill input slot until the notifying step has been completed.
19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
returning those bills of the bills received via the bill input slot that have been determined to be genuine while keeping the non-genuine bill in the non-genuine bill storing box.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A miter saw comprising:
a base portion on which a workpiece is to be mounted;
a cutting portion supporting a circular saw blade and movable toward and away from the base portion, the cutting portion comprising:
a gear case serving as an outer frame and having a bearing holder portion;
a motor for driving the circular saw blade;
a power transmission mechanism disposed in the gear case for transmitting rotation of the motor to the circular saw blade, the power transmission mechanism including a spindle having one end provided with a blade fixing section, and another end provided with a drive gear; and
a bearing held by the bearing holder portion and disposed between the blade fixing section and the drive gear for rotatably supporting the spindle to the gear case; the bearing holder portion comprising:
a bearing holder formed with a bearing holding hole having one open end facing the circular saw blade and another open end facing the drive gear, the bearing being set in the bearing holding hole;
a first bearing nip member disposed to cover at least a part of the one open end to hold one axial end of the bearing; and
a second bearing nip member disposed to cover at least a part of the another open end to hold another axial end of the bearing.
2. The miter saw as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first bearing nip member and the second bearing nip member are formed of a material having a mechanical strength higher than that of a material of the bearing holder.
3. The miter saw as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bearing holder has a first side facing the circular saw blade and a second side facing the drive gear, and
wherein the bearing holder has a thickness defined between the first side and the second side, the thickness being equal to or less than an axial length of the bearing.
4. The miter saw as claimed in claim 1, wherein the circular saw blade has one circular side and another circular side opposite thereto, a lateral direction being defined in a direction to connect the one circular side to the another circular side, and
wherein the cutting portion is tiltable with respect to the base portion in the lateral direction.
5. The miter saw as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bearing holder has a first side facing the circular saw blade and a second side facing the drive gear, the first bearing nip member being fixed to the first side, and the second bearing nit member being fixed to the second side.
6. The miter saw as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bearing includes an outer race supported by the bearing holding hole; and
wherein the first bearing nip member is in contact with one axial end of the outer race, and the second bearing nip member is in contact with another axial end of the outer race.
7. The miter saw as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bearing holder has a first side facing the circular saw blade and a second side facing the drive gear, and
wherein the drive gear has one axial side facing the second side through the second bearing nip member, the one axial side being formed with a recess; and
wherein the bearing has one axial end facing the first bearing nip member and another axial end facing the second bearing nip member; and
wherein the second bearing nip member has a protruding part protruding toward the one axial side of the drive gear and holding the another axial end of the bearing, a gap being defined between the protruding part and the recess.
8. The miter saw as claimed in claim 7, wherein the protruding part is concentric with the recess.
9. The miter saw as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bearing holder has a first side facing the circular saw blade and a second side facing the drive gear, the first bearing nip member being fixed to the first side, and the second bearing nip member being also fixed to the first side.
10. The miter saw as claimed in claim 9, wherein the second bearing nip member has a flange section in contact with the first bearing nip member, a cylindrical section extending through the bearing holding hole, and a radially inward annular projecting section facing the drive gear, the first bearing nip member holding one axial end of the bearing and the radially inward annular projecting section holding an another axial end of the bearing.
11. The miter saw as claimed in claim 10, wherein the drive gear has one axial side facing the second side, the one axial side being formed with a recess; and
wherein the radially inward annular projecting section protrudes toward the one axial side and being concentric with the recess, a gap being defined between the recess and the radially inward annular projecting section.
12. The miter saw as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base portion has a tilt support, and the miter saw further comprising
a support portion that pivotally movably supports the cutting portion toward and away from the base portion, the support portion being in contact with the tilt support and laterally tiltingly movably supported to the tilt support to laterally tiltingly move the cutting portion,
a clamp unit that urges one of the support portion and the tilt support toward remaining one of the support portion and the tilt support to fix a laterally tilting posture of the cutting portion; and
a bevel angle fine adjustment mechanism for adjusting tiltingly moving amount of the support portion with respect to the tilt support, the fine adjustment mechanism comprising:
an adjustment knob providing a rotary motion about a central axis; and
a deceleration mechanism drivingly connected to the adjustment knob for converting the rotary motion into a relative tilting motion between the support portion and the tilt support, the deceleration mechanism having a center axis coincident with the central axis.
13. A miter saw comprising:
a base portion on which a workpiece is to be mounted;
a cutting portion supporting a circular saw blade and movable toward and away from the base portion, the cutting portion comprising:
a gear case serving as an outer frame and having a bearing holder portion;
a motor for driving the circular saw blade;
a power transmission mechanism disposed in the gear case for transmitting rotation of the motor to the circular saw blade, the power transmission mechanism including a spindle having one end provided with a blade fixing section, and another end provided with a drive gear; and
a bearing held by the bearing holder portion and disposed between the blade fixing section and the drive gear for rotatably supporting the spindle to the gear case; the bearing holder portion comprising:
a bearing holder formed with a bearing holding hole having one open end facing the circular saw blade and another open end facing the drive gear, the bearing being set in the bearing holding hole; and
a bearing nip member disposed to cover at least a part of the another open end to regulate a position of the bearing; and
wherein the drive gear has one axial side facing the bearing holder, the one axial side being formed with a recess; and
wherein the bearing nip member has a projecting section protruding toward the one axial side and being concentric with the recess, a gap being defined between the recess and the projecting section.
14. A miter saw comprising:
a base portion on which a workpiece is to be mounted;
a cutting portion supporting a circular saw blade and movable toward and away from the base portion, the cutting portion comprising:
a gear case serving as an outer frame and having a bearing holder portion;
a motor for driving the circular saw blade;
a power transmission mechanism disposed in the gear case for transmitting rotation of the motor to the circular saw blade, the power transmission mechanism including a spindle having one end provided with a blade fixing section, and another end provided with a drive gear; and
a bearing held by the bearing holder portion and disposed between the blade fixing section and the drive gear for rotatably supporting the spindle to the gear case, the bearing having one axial end facing the blade fixing section and another axial end facing the drive gear; the bearing holder portion comprising:
a bearing holder formed with a bearing holding hole having one open end facing the circular saw blade and another open end facing the drive gear, the bearing being set in the bearing holding hole, the bearing holder having a radially inward annular projection at the another open end and protruding toward the drive gear to hold the another axial end of the bearing; and
a bearing nip member disposed to cover at least a part of the one open end to hold one axial end of the bearing, the drive gear having one axial side facing the bearing holder and being formed with a recess; and
wherein the radially inward annular projection is concentric with the recess defining a gap therebetween.