Patent ID: 8689962

Claim:
A money handling apparatus for depositing and dispensing money includes a first part, a second part, and a third part, wherein the first part, the second part, and the third part are connected by a transport path, the first part includes a deposit port that receives the money, a recognition unit that recognizes the received money, and a dispensing port that dispenses the money transported from the second part, the second part includes a storage and feed unit that stores therein the money received in the deposit port and feeds out the stored money to be transported to the dispensing port, a door from which the storage and feed unit can be accessed, and a locking mechanism that limits opening of the door of the second part, and the third part includes a storage unit that stores therein the money collected from the second part, a door from which the storage unit can be accessed, and a locking mechanism that limits opening of the door of the third part, wherein unlocking conditions of the locking mechanism included in the second part are set different from the unlocking conditions of the locking mechanism included in the third part, and wherein partitions are provided for separating adjacent parts among the first part, the second part, and the third part, each of the partitions having at least one opening for transporting the money between the adjacent parts, such that the money in the one part cannot be accessed from the other parts.