Patent ID: 8302960

Claim:
A banknote processing apparatus comprising: a banknote pressing portion which moves in both an opening direction and a closing direction, and presses accumulated banknotes by moving in the closing direction; a banknote holding portion which has a banknote holding surface holding the banknotes pressed by the banknote pressing portion; and a banknote separating and feeding portion which separates, from the banknotes, one feed-out banknote closest to the banknote holding portion, and feeds out the feed-out banknote, the banknote separating and feeding portion including a feed roller which contacts with the feed-out banknote, a separating roller which is positioned facing the feed roller with the feed-out banknote therebetween, a kick-on roller which protrudes onto the banknote pressing portion side beyond the banknote holding surface, and contacts with the feed-out banknote, and a plurality of auxiliary rollers which are positioned on an opposite side of the kick-on roller from the feed roller, protrude onto the banknote pressing portion side beyond the banknote holding surface, and contact with the feed-out banknote, each of the auxiliary rollers having a plurality of large diameter portions formed intermittently in a circumferential direction of the auxiliary roller, the auxiliary rollers positioned on the same axis and apart from each other such that phases of mutually adjacent auxiliary rollers in a rotation direction of the auxiliary rollers are offset from each other.