Patent ID: 7004381

Claim:
A cash dispensing system, comprising: a cash dispensing machine; and a computer, wherein the cash dispensing machine comprises: a validation unit for validating cash inserted through an insertion slot; a storage unit for storing cash, the storage unit being detachable from the cash dispensing machine; first communication means provided in the validation unit, for transmitting information of the cash and ID information of the cash, to the storage unit, the ID information including date and time of cash insertion into the validation unit; second communication means provided in the storage unit for transmitting/receiving the information and the ID information from the first communication means; and a memory unit provided in the storage unit, for checking the information against the ID information, and storing the information and the ID information, including the date and time of the cash insertion into the validation unit, wherein the information from the validation unit stored on the memory unit in the storage unit remains available when the storage unit is detached from the validation unit and attached to another validation unit, to permit confirmation of the amount of cash received from each validation unit.