Patent ID: 7810628

Claim:
A note handling apparatus for receiving input notes and for reusing at least some of said input notes as output notes, wherein the note handling apparatus comprises: at least one note detection component configured to identify and confirm the integrity of said notes; a plurality of note storage components, each of said plurality of note storage components comprising at least one drum able to rotate in both directions, wherein notes are stored by being rolled between layers of film spooled onto said at least one drum, wherein a last infed note of a denomination on said at least one drum is the first fed out note of that denomination from said at least one drum; a single note infeed opening for receiving notes into the note handling apparatus, said single note infeed opening being arranged to receive input of individual notes of different denominations, wherein notes fed into said apparatus move through said single note infeed opening and are stored in said plurality of note storage components; a note output opening for discharging notes from the note handling apparatus; a main transport belt for moving notes between said note infeed opening and said plurality of note storage components, and for moving notes between said plurality of note storage components and said note output opening, the main transport belt extending from the note infeed opening to the plurality of note storage components and extending from the plurality of note storage components to the note output opening; and a plurality of note direction changers, each note direction changer being respectively associated with a corresponding note storage component of the plurality of note storage components, each note direction changer being for directing notes from the main transport belt into its associated storage component and for directing notes discharged from its associated note storage component to the main transport belt, wherein said main transport belt is arranged to receive input notes one after the other from the single note infeed opening, and wherein the main transport belt is arranged to dispense said output notes one after the other through said note output opening.