Patent ID: 7900900

Claim:
A sheet handling device comprising: a casing having an opening through which a sheet including at least one cash bill passes; a discrimination section for discriminating at least a type of sheet; a storage section provided in the casing to store the sheet based on a discrimination determination of the discrimination section; a main transport path connecting the opening and the storage section; a temporarily holding section provided in the main transport path to temporarily hold the sheet; a transport section transporting the sheet along the main transport path; a detection section provided at a predetermined detection position in the main transport path to detect the arrival of the sheet traveling along the main transport path at the detection position; and a controller controlling the storage section, the temporarily holding section and the transport section based on the detection result of the detection section, wherein the temporarily holding section includes a looped transport path capable of transporting the sheet in a revolving fashion independently from the main transport path and the controller performs a procedure comprising the steps of: (I) transporting the sheet traveling along the main transport path to the looped transport path of the temporarily holding section, (II) transporting another sheet along the main transport path, (III) controlling the transportation of the sheet on the looped transport path and the transportation of said another sheet on the main transport path in response to the arrival of said another sheet at the detection position such that said another sheet is transported to the looped transport path and the sheets are stacked into a bunch at a predetermined position in the looped transport path with certain parts of the sheets being aligned and (IV) repeating the steps (II) and (III) as required, wherein at least one of said sheets includes a cash bill.