Patent ID: 8708126

Claim:
A method of receiving and paying out bills comprising: providing a bill passage in about the central portion of an elongate casing that extends in a first direction along one side of a first bill receiving chamber having a bill payback outlet, and redirected around and extending in an opposite second direction along the second side of said first bill receiving chamber; providing a second bill receiving chamber extending along the outer side of the said passage second direction and across from and aligned with the said first bill receiving chamber; providing a bill conveying apparatus for conveying a bill delivered to said bill passage first or second directions to a predetermined position for receiving it; utilizing a bill pushing member for moving in a reciprocating motion across said passage in a first direction to said first bill receiving chamber when a validator is in an idle mode; and retracting the said bill pushing member that moves in a reciprocating motion across said passage first direction from said first bill receiving chamber to a main housing when the validator receives a signal from a skew sensor.