Patent ID: 6942207

Claim:
A recycle box to be mounted on a bill receiving/dispensing machine including a bill convey path, comprising: a stacking/separating mechanism arranged to receive bills from the bill convey path so that the bills are contained in the recycle box, and to separate at least one of the bills from the bills contained in the recycle box so that the at least one of the bills is fed to the bill convey path from the recycle box, and a bill guide, which is swingable, arranged in the vicinity of the stacking/separating mechanism, wherein a direction in which the bills are contained in the recycle box by the stacking/separating mechanism is opposite to a direction in which the bills are separated from the recycle box by the stacking/separating mechanism, and wherein the bill guide is swingable between a first position at which the bills is moved away from the stacking/separating mechanism to be contained into the recycle box from the bill convey path and a second position at which the at least one of the bills is moved toward the stacking/separating mechanism to be fed to the bill convey path from the recycle box.