Patent ID: 7896148

Claim:
A note handling apparatus, comprising: a transport belt; at least one note storage component which is configured to receive notes from the transport belt and dispense notes to the transport belt; and a note direction changer associated with each said at least one note storage component and presenting a substantially cylindrical-shaped, rotating, note-guiding, peripheral surface, said note direction changer being configured to divert notes from the transport belt into the note storage component when the rotating peripheral surface contacts the notes during rotation in a first rotational direction and said note direction changer being configured to direct notes past the note storage component when the rotating peripheral surface contacts the notes during rotation in a second rotational direction that is opposite the first rotational direction, wherein the note direction changer is further configured to direct notes from the note storage component to the transport belt when the note-guiding peripheral surface is rotated in the first rotational direction, and the transport belt comprises a main transport belt for moving notes between a note infeed opening and the at least one note storage component, and for moving notes between the at least one note storage component and a note output opening, the main transport belt extending from the note infeed opening to the at least one note storage component and extending from the at least one note storage component to the note output opening.