Patent ID: 7273211

Claim:
A paper-sheet handling apparatus comprising: a cassette that stores a paper sheet; a cassette compartment that stores a plurality of the cassettes; a feeding mechanism that feeds out the paper sheet stored in the cassette; a conveying mechanism that conveys the paper sheet fed out; a sheet discharging port through which the paper sheet is discharged out; a sheet discharging mechanism that discharges the paper sheet through the sheet discharging port; a feeding control mechanism that controls feeding out of the paper sheet stored in the cassette, wherein the feeding control mechanism has a function of selectively feeding out the paper sheet from the cassette, and the function is realized by a single drive source; and a reverse-conveying mechanism including a spring urging a block member having a spur gear toward a drive transmitting gear, wherein the reverse-conveying mechanism returns the paper sheet to the cassette when the spur gear engages the drive transmitting gear.