Patent ID: 8567774

Claim:
A bill deposit/withdrawal machine comprising: a separation/delivery assembly that delivers bills, which are input into a bill deposit/withdrawal unit, to a conveying path; an accumulating tongue piece roller that accumulates the bills to be paid out to a customer in the bill deposit/withdrawal unit; a bill guide portion and a bill press that are arranged to face each other and reciprocate between the separation/delivery assembly and the accumulating tongue piece roller; and a temporary storage unit that temporarily stores input-rejected bills to be returned to a customer, from among the bills input by the customer; wherein the bill press has a dog-leg shape composed of a supporting face facing the bills and an inclined face inclined in a direction away from the bills above the supporting face; wherein when the bills are accumulated in the bill deposit/withdrawal unit, and a turning element is provided to turn the bill press so that the supporting face of the bill press moved toward the accumulating tongue piece roller is inclined to guide the bills toward the bill guide portion; wherein in the bill deposit/withdrawal machine, the separation/delivery assembly delivers bills, which are input into the bill deposit/withdrawal unit, to the conveying path, and, in a case where input-rejected bills have been generated, the input-rejected bills are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit; and wherein after the input bills are delivered, the bill press is moved to a side of the accumulating tongue piece roller, and the turning element turns the bill press so that the supporting face of the bill press is inclined to guide the bills toward a side of the bill guide portion, thereby accumulating the input-rejected bills.