Patent ID: 7568689

Claim:
A recycle box to be mounted on a bill receiving/dispensing machine for receiving/dispensing bills, comprising: a stacking/separating mechanism arranged to receive the bills to stack the bills in the recycle box with upright position of the bills and to separate one of the bills from the other ones of the bills so that the one of the bills is transferred out of the recycle box, and a support member enabling contacting upper and lower ends of the bill to be stacked into the recycle box, and of rotating to move the bill in a direction away from the stacking/separating mechanism when a number of the bills stacked in the recycle box by the stacking/separating mechanism is increased, wherein the support member is rotated to move the one of the bills in a direction toward the stacking/separating mechanism when separating the one of the bills from the stack of the bills in the recycle box.