Patent ID: 7780076

Claim:
A paper currency handling apparatus comprising: a paper currency deposit and withdrawal part including a paper currency let-out part letting out a put-in paper currency and a paper currency accumulation part accumulating a paper currency to be discharged; a paper currency discrimination part discriminating a paper currency; a temporary housing for temporarily accumulating and storing a paper currency; a paper currency housing to house and separate paper currencies again; a first conveyance path conveying a paper currency from below the paper currency let-out part to ahead of the paper currency discrimination part; a second conveyance path conveying a paper currency from behind the paper currency discrimination part to the temporary housing once ascending upward; a first branch part going from behind the paper currency discrimination part to the second conveyance path to implement sorting to conveying destinations for a first time; a second branch part, midway in the first conveyance path, switching a conveyance direction toward the paper currency housing; and a third conveyance path conveying a paper currency from the second branch part to the paper currency housing; wherein the temporary housing is arranged behind the paper currency deposit and withdrawal part; wherein the paper currency discrimination part is arranged behind the temporary housing; wherein the first branch part is arranged in an upper part behind the temporary housing; and wherein at least one of (1) a portion of the first conveyance path is configured to extend at least from the paper currency discrimination part to the second branch part, (2) a portion of the second conveyance path is configured to extend at least from the temporary housing to the paper currency discrimination part, and (3) the third conveyance path is configured to be bi-directionally conveyable.