Patent ID: 7461747

Claim:
A machine for the orderly storage and delivery of banknotes comprising: an input of banknotes; an output of banknotes; an internal path for banknotes flowing between the input of banknotes and the output of banknotes; a plurality of compartments for internal storage of the banknotes, with each compartment of the plurality being a sequential compartment having drum and winding belts, the compartments of the plurality being divided into two series of compartments having respective compartment inputs/outputs facing each other alternately on two opposite sides of a sorting section of said internal path of banknotes, each compartment input/output being associated to sorting means that can be commanded for the deviation of the banknotes between the sorting path and the associated compartment; and wherein said internal path is a unidirectional path for sequential circulation of the banknotes in the same direction from the input of banknotes to the output of banknotes, devices for detecting the characteristics of the banknotes being present along said internal path between in the input of banknotes and the sorting section.