Patent ID: 7422095

Claim:
A bill handling device comprising: a bill validator including a main body having a front face including a bill insertion slot, a lid which is opened and closed with respect to the main body, a bill conveyance passage located between the main body and the lid, a bill sensor arranged in the bill conveyance passage for discriminating validity of a bill inserted into the bill insertion slot, and a bill conveyor for conveying the bill inserted to a predetermined position for discriminating the validity of the bill by the bill sensor and sending a bill, which has been discriminated to be invalid by the bill sensor, back to the bill insertion slot; and a bill accommodating unit including a bill accommodating section for accommodating a bill, wherein the bill accommodating section is located below the bill validator, a bill detector for detecting the bill which is being sent to the accommodating section, a conveyance roller for conveying the bill to the bill accommodating section, independently from the bill conveyor, by a conveyance force weaker than a conveyance force of conveying the bill, applied by the bill conveyor while the bill detector is detecting the bill, and a pair of guide sections for guiding the bill to the bill accommodating section, while folding back the bill into an approximate U-shape as viewed in a longitudinal cross section with respect to the direction of conveyance, wherein the conveyance roller is located between the guide sections, and a lower end of the conveyance roller protrudes farther than the pair of guide sections for bending the bill, which passes below the lower end of the conveyance roller, into an approximate V-shape as viewed in a transverse cross section with respect to the direction of conveyance, between the guide sections while the bill is folded back in a U-shape as viewed in a longitudinal cross section with respect to the direction of conveyance by the conveyance roller.