Patent ID: 8905219

Claim:
A banknote processing device comprising: an upper housing; a lower housing; a differentiating section, provided within the upper housing, that determines differentiation results to differentiate between a plurality of banknotes to determine suitable banknotes of the plurality of banknotes that are each suitable for withdrawal, counterfeit banknotes of the plurality of banknotes that are each counterfeit, and unsuitable banknotes of the plurality of banknotes that are each both not counterfeit and not suitable for withdrawal; a temporary holding section, provided in the upper housing, that temporarily stores the suitable, counterfeit and unsuitable banknotes differentiated by the differentiating section; a plurality of banknote storage containers; a first reject container provided within the upper housing; a second reject container provided within the lower housing; and a conveyance route that connects the differentiating section, the temporary holding section, the first reject container, the second reject container and the plurality of banknote storage containers, wherein the suitable, counterfeit and unsuitable banknotes stored in the temporary holding section are sent out to be stored in the plurality of banknote storage containers, the first reject container and the second reject container based on the differentiation results so that the suitable, counterfeit and unsuitable banknotes are conveyed such that the suitable banknotes are conveyed from the temporary holding section to the plurality of banknote storage containers via the differentiating section so that the plurality of banknote storage containers receives and stores the suitable banknotes, the counterfeit banknotes are conveyed from the temporary holding section to the first reject container via a route that does not go through the differentiating section so that the first reject container receives and stores the counterfeit bills, and the unsuitable banknotes are conveyed from the temporary holding section to the second reject container via the differentiating section so that the second reject container receives and stores the unsuitable banknotes.