Patent ID: 8733532

Claim:
A bill handling apparatus for handling received and dispensed bills comprising: a bill receiving and dispensing port; a bill discriminating unit configured to discriminate denominations of the bills; a temporary storage unit configured to temporarily store bills discriminated by the bill discriminating unit; a plurality of first bill storage boxes configured to store bills; a loading box configured to store bills that are added to the bill storage boxes; a reject box configured to store bills discriminated to be rejected by the bill discriminating unit: a first looped conveying path configured to pass through the bill discriminating unit, to connect the bill receiving and dispensing port, the temporary storage unit, and the plurality of first bill storage boxes at the outer side of the loop to convey bills in a bidirectional manner; a second conveying path connected between the first looped conveying path and the loading box or the reject box at the outer side of the first looped conveying path; and a first switching portion arranged in the second conveying path and at the outer side of the first looped conveying path and configured to switch a conveying destination of the bills from the second conveying path to the reject box and from the loading box to the second conveying path, wherein the temporary storage unit, the loading box and the reject box are arranged on the opposite side of the bill receiving and dispensing port across the bill discriminating unit.