Patent ID: 8475107

Claim:
A paper-sheet handling device comprising: paper-sheet storage means for receiving perforated paper-sheets delivered to the paper-sheet storage means and temporarily storing a plurality of perforated paper-sheets in a state in which the perforated paper-sheets are aligned, and for releasing a bound bundle of aligned paper-sheets in a predetermined direction along a path; binding means for binding a bundle of aligned paper-sheets stored in said paper-sheet storage means using a binding component; and a binder cassette for storing binding components and for releasing a binding component to be transferred to said binding means, wherein said binding means is arranged downstream of said paper-sheet storage means with respect to said predetermined direction and said binding means is pivotally displaceable about a rotation axis between a first position facing said paper-sheet storage means and a second position facing said binder cassette, for receiving a binding component from the binder cassette, said rotation axis is arranged in the vicinity of a region where said predetermined direction intersects a direction in which binding components are released from said binder cassette to be transferred to the binding means, said binding means contains a movement mechanism which moves the binding means pivotally about said rotation axis between said first position and said second position, and said binding means moves pivotally about said rotation axis to the second position to remove a binding component of a predetermined size from the binder cassette, moves pivotally about said rotation axis to the first position while holding said removed binding component, thereby transferring the removed binding component to a position for binding the bundle of paper-sheets stored in said paper-sheet storage means, and binds the bundle of paper-sheets by means of said binding component.