Patent ID: 8100249
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: B65H,G07D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for accepting and dispensing or returning bank notes, comprising: a pocket limited by two opposed side walls having a dividing element, wherein said pocket, for inputting and dispensing or returning bank notes, is dividable into two areas by means of the dividing element, wherein the dividing element comprises of at least two non-interconnected parts respectively arranged on the opposed side walls and which are linearly uniformly movable together along the opposed side walls within the pocket in order to form the two areas in the pocket, wherein each part of the dividing element is movably arranged on a respectively opposite side wall of the pocket, and at least one clamping element is disposed between the parts of the dividing element and is movable within the pocket independently from and past the dividing element without contacting the at least two non-interconnected parts of the dividing element, and in a manner enabling clamping of bank notes disposed in the pocket inside the pocket.