Patent ID: 8419005

Claim:
A paper sheet handling apparatus with a paper sheet storage bin having a top panel, side walls and a floor surface on which paper sheets to be stored are stacked, comprising: a deviation processing means arranged on the floor surface for urging at least one of the paper sheets to adjust a longitudinal position of the at least one of the paper sheets so that a longitudinal central portion of the at least one of the paper sheets becomes within a predetermined distance of a central position of a cross section of the paper sheet storage bin, and a pressing means arranged for urging the at least one of the paper sheets to press at least one of the sides of the at least one of the paper sheets against the deviation processing means when the at least one of the paper sheets is transferred into the paper sheet storage bin or is stored in the paper sheet storage bin so that a frictional force between the at least one of the paper sheets and the deviation processing means is increased to urge the at least one of the paper sheets toward the central position of the cross section of the paper sheet storage bin; wherein the deviation processing means includes a pair of rollers to contact an edge of at least one of the paper sheets, each roller including apexes which are projected from the floor surface and the pair rollers arranged on the left and right side of the central position; a control unit configured to rotate the pair of rollers in respective directions opposite to each other so that the longitudinal central position of the at least one of the paper sheets is urged toward the central position of the cross section of the paper sheet storage bin.