Patent ID: 7988141

Claim:
A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills according to a transaction comprising: a deposit/withdrawal port for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills; a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills; a plurality of bill accepting boxes including at least one of a recycle box for accepting bills transported from said deposit/withdrawal port or accepting bills to be transported to said deposit/withdrawal port, a deposit box for accepting bills for a deposit transaction, and a withdrawal box for accepting bills for a withdrawal transaction; and a bill transport path for connecting said deposit/withdrawal port and said bill accepting boxes through said bill discriminating unit and for transporting bills; wherein said deposit/withdrawal port and said bill discriminating unit are disposed in an upper part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine, and said bill accepting boxes are disposed in a lower part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine; wherein said bill transport path comprises an upper bill transport path provided in said upper part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine, and a lower bill transport path provided in said lower part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine; and wherein said lower bill transport path is installed along said plurality of bill accepting boxes and connected to a gateway of each of the plurality of bill accepting boxes at one position to bidirectionally transport bills by switching between one direction to transport bills to a respective bill accepting box and another direction to transport bills from said respective bill accepting box, said lower bill transport path being configured to be an openable and closeable transport path with respect to said plurality of bill accepting boxes.