Patent ID: 8104706

Claim:
A note transport unit for feeding notes one after the other to and from a note handling unit, the note transport unit having an infeed direction for input notes and an outfeed direction for output notes, wherein the note transport unit comprises: at least one note storage drum on which the input notes are stored by being spooled around the drum between first and second films and from which the output notes are being spooled of, the first and second films presenting a lower and an upper film portion, respectively, which film portions converge towards each other in the infeed direction, a first note guide surface for guiding the input notes from the note handling unit towards the converging film portions and for guiding the output notes towards the note handling unit, a bidirectional roller arranged to transport the input notes and the output notes along the first note guide surface, and a second note guide surface which is arranged between the first note guide surface and the lower film portion and which is intersected by a plane defined by the lower film portion.