Patent ID: 8978970
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. A banknote processing apparatus comprising: a bundle transport unit for transporting banknote bundles, wherein each banknote bundle is a predetermined number of banknotes that are bundled with a bundling band; a bundle stacking unit for stacking the banknote bundles that are transported by the bundle transport unit; a bundle dispensing unit for dispensing the banknote bundles that are stacked in the bundle stacking unit; a designating unit for designating a specific number of banknote bundles; a direct dispensing unit for dispensing the banknote bundles that are transported by the bundle transport unit, to the outside; and a control unit for controlling, when the number of banknote bundles stacked in the bundle stacking unit reaches the specific number that is designated by the designating unit, the bundle dispensing unit to dispense the specific number of banknote bundles that are stacked in the bundle stacking unit, such that the banknote bundles can be taken out from the outside; and wherein the bundle stacking unit and the direct dispensing unit are switchable, and when the banknote bundles are dispensed from the bundle stacking unit, the control unit is configured to control the bundle dispensing unit such that the bundle stacking unit juts from a front panel of the banknote processing apparatus and the banknote bundles are placed at a position where the banknote bundles protrude from the front panel.