Patent ID: 7673874

Claim:
A paper sheet handling apparatus comprising a conveyance path capable of conveying a paper sheet in dual directions; a discrimination unit provided midway on the conveyance path to discriminate the paper sheet; a rejected paper sheet storage box for storing a paper sheet rejected by the discrimination unit; a jammed paper sheet storage box, separately provided from the rejected paper sheet storage box, for storing a jammed paper sheet, the jammed paper sheet storage box being arranged at one end or both ends of the conveyance path; a jam detection means that detects a jamming of the paper sheet on the conveyance path; a jam occasion conveyance direction switching means that switches a conveyance direction on the conveyance path between a direction before jamming and a reverse direction in the case where jamming is detected by the jam detection; a guide means that guides the jammed paper sheet, being conveyed, to the jammed paper sheet storage box; and a control unit for controlling the jam detection means, the jam occasion conveyance direction switching means and the guide means so that when jamming is detected by the jam detection means, the control unit controls the jam occasion conveyance direction switching means so as to move the conveyance path a predetermined distance in the reverse direction to solve the jamming and then to move the conveyance path in the direction before jamming so as to convey the jammed paper sheet to the jammed paper sheet storage box.