Patent ID: 8899570

Claim:
An apparatus for receiving and dispensing bills, comprising: a bill receiving and dispensing port receiving or dispensing bills; a separation and piling unit having a separation space in which the bills are separated from each other sheet-by-sheet, and a piling space in which the bills to be dispensed are piled; a carriage unit clamping the bills received into the bill receiving and dispensing port and transferring the bills to the separation and piling unit, or clamping the bills to be dispensed and transferring the bills to the bill receiving and dispensing port, the carriage unit comprising a main rotating roller, and a sub-rotating roller disposed at a different widthwise position from the main rotating roller's widthwise position; and a moving path providing a trajectory for the carriage unit between the bill receiving and dispensing port and the separation and piling unit such that the carriage unit is oriented to be inclined upwards at a position adjacent to the bill receiving and dispensing port.