Patent ID: 6968997

Claim:
A banknote receipt and payout apparatus comprising: a receipt and payout opening for carrying out either or both of payout and stacking of banknotes; a banknote determining part for determining denominations of banknotes and a number of denominations of banknotes; one or more banknote storage and discharge bins arranged to store and/or discharge different denominations of banknotes; a transfer path arranged along the receipt and payout opening, the banknote determining part, and the banknote storage and discharge bins, for transferring the banknotes; a loading and collecting bin arranged to load and collect the banknotes into and from the one or more banknote storage and discharge bins; at least one stack assist member to delimit a size of introduction of a banknote introduced into the loading and collecting bin; and a control means receiving a signal from the banknote determining part, for controlling the stack assist member so as to delimit the size of introduction of a banknote introduced into the loading and collecting bin in accordance with a size of the banknote; wherein the banknotes in banknote storage and discharge bins are stacked in a vertical direction, while the banknotes in the loading and collecting bin are stacked in a horizontal direction with respect to a standing posture.