Patent ID: 8485339

Claim:
A banknote depositing and dispensing machine, comprising: a shutter provided at a banknote depositing and dispensing port; a banknote depositing and dispensing section which receives banknote(s) introduced through the banknote depositing and dispensing port when the shutter has been opened, and being movable between a first position and a second position; and a pickup roller, wherein the banknote depositing and dispensing section includes a banknote guide section that faces a first face of a banknote from a pickup roller side of the banknote depositing and dispensing section and being movable to the first position and the second position, the banknote guide section having a cutout at a location facing the pickup roller, a bill press that faces a second face of the banknote which is opposite to the first face, and being movable to the first position and the second position, said bill press being movable both independently of, and together with a movement of the banknote guide section, the bill press and banknote guide section defining an accommodation space therebetween for receiving the banknote(s), the accommodation space being in communication with a conveying path when said banknote depositing and dispensing section is at the second position, the accommodation space changing size when the bill press moves independently of the banknote guide section, and an upper guide section that is arranged over an upper portion of the banknote guide section and being movable so as to be substantially non-overlapping over the accommodation space when said banknote depositing and dispensing section is at the first position, and being movable so as to be substantially overlapping over the accommodation space when said the banknote depositing and dispensing section is at the second position, and the pickup roller feeds out the banknote(s) inside the accommodation space to the conveying path when the banknote depositing and dispensing section is at the second position.