Patent ID: 7337888

Claim:
A cash dispenser with a number of banknote cassettes ( 20 ) for the reception of banknotes to be dispensed, wherein the banknote cassettes ( 20 ) are oriented vertically and are arranged in a horizontal row behind one another, with withdrawal and separating devices ( 26 ) associated with the banknote cassettes ( 20 ), with a stacking device ( 30 ) for forming a bundle of withdrawn banknotes, with an individual sheet transport device ( 28 ) for transporting individual banknotes from the withdrawal and separating device ( 26 ) to the stacking device ( 30 ), with a wad transport device ( 34 ) for the transport of a banknote wad from the stacking device ( 30 ) to a dispensing slot ( 16 ) of the cash dispenser, and with a return cassette ( 36 ) with a reject compartment ( 38 ) for the reception of withdrawn banknotes not suitable for dispensing, wherein the individual sheet transport device ( 28 ) is selectably linkable with an input opening ( 40 ) of the return cassette ( 36 ) or with the stacking device ( 30 ), characterized in that the return cassette ( 36 ) is located above the stacking device ( 30 ), that the return cassette ( 36 ) has at least one wad receiving compartment ( 52 , 54 ) for the reception of a banknote wad separate from the reject compartment ( 38 ), that the wad transport device ( 34 ) is switchable in respect to its transport direction and by way of a switchable branch can be made connectable with an input opening of the wad receiving compartment ( 52 , 54 ), and that the wad receiving compartment ( 52 , 54 ) is arranged with vertical installation of the receiving cassette ( 36 ) above the reject compartment ( 38 ) intended for the reception of individual banknotes.