Abstract: An apparatus provided in an automatic vending machine and the like for selectively accepting and conveying a paper money and a magnetic card. The apparatus includes first and second belts driven, respectively, by first and second pulleys having a same radius, a common rotary axis and a space left therebetween; a semicircular convex passage formed on and along the two belts, in a region where the two belts are bent into the form of a semicircular convex by the two pulleys, for selectively conveying the paper money and the card therein and guiding means arranged on and along the convex passage for guiding the paper money and the card in and along the convex passage in cooperation with the two belts so that the paper money and the card are moved while being bent along the convex passage.

Abstract: This bill device is constituted of a relatively elongated casing. A bill insertion slit is formed substantially in the center of this casing in its longitudinal direction. A first U-shaped bill conveying passage communicating with the bill insertion slit is provided in one half of the casing and a second U-shaped bill conveying passage communicating with this first U-shaped bill conveying passage is provided in another half of the casing. A bill discrimination section is disposed in the former half of the first U-shaped bill conveying passage and a bill accumulating device is disposed in the latter half of the second bill conveying passage such that a plurality of bills after discrimination are retained in the two U-shaped bill conveying passages.