Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus comprises: a deposit-and-withdrawal port unit to or from which banknotes to be transacted are injected or discharged; and a banknote handling unit connected to the deposit-and-withdrawal port unit through a conveying route to discriminate the validity of a banknote and take in and discharge the banknote, wherein the conveying route of the deposit-and-withdrawal port unit is spaced from the conveying route of the banknote handing unit, and the conveying route of the deposit-and-withdrawal port unit and that of the banknote handling unit are connected through a connection conveying route unit, and wherein the banknote handling unit is placed inside of a wall, and only the deposit-and-withdrawal port unit is placed in the through-hole of the wall, thereby the opening area of the through-hole of the wall is decreased.

Abstract: The present invention provides a paper sheet storing and releasing apparatus which stores and releases paper sheets by winding and unwinding a tape between a wheel and a reel, wherein the apparatus can remove dust stacked on the tape during an operation thereof and reduces damage on the tape. In the paper sheet storing and releasing apparatus which includes a reel which winds and unwinds a tape and a wheel which winds and unwinds the tape and paper sheets and in which running of the tape is stopped at a stop position which constitutes a reference, at the time of releasing the tape from the wheel, the releasing of the tape is temporarily stopped before the tape is stopped at the tape stop position which constitutes the reference and, thereafter, a tape winding operation of a given quantity is performed whereby the dust scraped by a scraper are made to fall and are transferred onto a tape side and the tape is released again so as to reduce a quantity of dust stacked at a final stop position of the tape.

Abstract: The present invention provides a paper sheet storing and releasing apparatus which stores and releases paper sheets by winding and unwinding a tape between a wheel and a reel, wherein the apparatus can remove dust stacked on the tape during an operation thereof and reduces damage on the tape. In the paper sheet storing and releasing apparatus which includes a reel which winds and unwinds a tape and a wheel which winds and unwinds the tape and paper sheets and in which running of the tape is stopped at a stop position which constitutes a reference, at the time of releasing the tape from the wheel, the releasing of the tape is temporarily stopped before the tape is stopped at the tape stop position which constitutes the reference and, thereafter, a tape winding operation of a given quantity is performed whereby the dust scraped by a scraper are made to fall and are transferred onto a tape side and the tape is released again so as to reduce a quantity of dust stacked at a final stop position of the tape.

Abstract: A paper money receiving/discharging apparatus includes a reel for winding/rewinding a tape therearound, a wheel for winding/rewinding paper money together with the tape therearound, a holding conveyer for holding the paper money conveyed from outside of the paper money receiving/discharging apparatus, so as to convey the paper money in a direction of the wheel at a convey velocity, and an assist roller provided on a paper money conveyer passage between the holding conveyer and the wheel, abutting on the tape, to be rotatable following thereto, and for sending the paper money in a direction of being wound around the wheel while holding the paper money together with the tape. The tape is wound around the wheel at a velocity which is lower that the convey velocity of the paper money as conveyed by the holding conveyer.

Abstract: In a paper money receiving/discharging apparatus, having an enlarged receiving capacity of paper moneys, and in a paper money conveyer apparatus, enabling decelerated/accelerated delivery of the paper money, while preventing it from buckling and folding thereof, the paper money is delivered between holding conveyer means 300 and 301 for holding and conveying the paper money to conveying the paper money, in the delivery of the paper money, and holding means 30 and 51, having a friction coefficient lower than that of the holding conveyer means, are provided between the holding conveyer means 300, which is provided in an upstream side, and the holding conveyer means 301, which is provided in a downstream side.

Abstract: When a large number of paper sheets and the like, tending to be folded or curled, are introduced into an introducing space, folded portions of the paper sheets and the like or edges of the curled paper sheets and the like project into an introducing port, so that the paper sheets and the like interfere with each other, thereby causing troubles such as the folding of the edge portions of the paper sheets and the like and the residence of the paper sheets and the like. Therefore, a gripping device is provided in the vicinity of a paper sheets and the like introducing port of a paper sheets and the like introducing mechanism, and this gripping device includes a plurality of brush portions which grip the paper sheets and the like to be introduced into a receiving cassette, and feeds the paper sheets and the like to a paper sheets and the like introducing portion, and the brush portions grip the paper sheets and the like in an upstanding posture in the paper sheets and the like introducing portion.

Abstract: When a large number of paper sheets and the like, tending to be folded or curled, are introduced into an introducing space, folded portions of the paper sheets and the like or edges of the curled paper sheets and the like project into an introducing port, so that the paper sheets and the like interfere with each other, thereby causing troubles such as the folding of the edge portions of the paper sheets and the like and the residence of the paper sheets and the like. Therefore, a gripping device is provided in the vicinity of a paper sheets and the like introducing port of a paper sheets and the like introducing mechanism, and this gripping device includes a plurality of brush portions which grip the paper sheets and the like to be introduced into a receiving cassette, and feeds the paper sheets and the like to a paper sheets and the like introducing portion, and the brush portions grip the paper sheets and the like in an upstanding posture in the paper sheets and the like introducing portion.