Patent ID: 8397895

Claim:
A banknote handling apparatus for handling banknotes, comprising: a recognition unit configured to recognize a kind of banknote; a stacking unit configured to stack a banknote of a predetermined kind recognized by the recognition unit; and a bundling unit configured to bundle the banknotes stacked by the stacking unit, the bundling unit including: a tape setting unit configured to set a plurality of reeled tapes; a bundling mechanism configured to bundle the stacked banknotes by using a tape pulled out from any one of the reeled tapes set in the tape setting unit; and a tape selecting unit configured to select a tape from the tapes set in the tape setting unit based on banknote information recognized by the recognition unit; and a tape switching and feeding unit configured to switch the tape selected by the tape selecting unit and to feed it to the bundling mechanism from the tape setting unit.