Patent ID: 8256604

Claim:
A banknote processing machine comprising: a receipt section adapted to receive a banknote; a temporary storage section which includes a pair of first and second drums, and a tape wound between the pair of first and second drums, the tape having an end fixed to the first drum, a tape section for banknote sheets and a tape section for partition sheets positioned at a side of the end with respect to the tape section for banknote sheets, the temporary storage section adapted to releasably receive a conveyed banknote by winding the conveyed banknote on the first drum together with the tape section for banknote sheets and to releasably receive at least one partition sheet by winding the partition sheet on the first drum together with the tape section for partition sheets; a control section adapted to cause the temporary storage section to release the partition sheet wound on the first drum, and to cause the receipt section to receive the partition sheet from the temporary storage section, in response to the receipt section receiving a banknote; an insertion section adapted to receive a banknote from outside of the machine; an identification section adapted to identify a banknote received in the insertion section; a counterfeit banknote collection section adapted to receive a banknote identified as a counterfeit banknote by the identification section; a first return section adapted to return a banknote unidentified by the identification section so as to be removable from the machine; a second return section adapted to return a banknote released from the temporary storage section so as to be removable from the machine; a receive section adapted to receive a banknote released from the temporary storage section; a first non-taken banknote collection section adapted to receive a banknote remaining in the first return section; and a second non-taken banknote collection section adapted to receive a banknote remaining in the second return section, wherein the temporary storage section is adapted to releasably receive a banknote identified as a genuine banknote by the identification section, and the receipt section includes at least one of the counterfeit banknote collection section, the first non-taken banknote collection section, and the second non-taken banknote collection section.