Patent ID: 7322518

Claim:
A bill depositing/dispensing apparatus to which a plurality of storing boxes for storing bills may be fitted; the bill depositing/dispensing apparatus comprising: a plurality of storing boxes including a deposited bill box for storing deposited bills, an outgoing bill box for storing bills to be dispensed, a recycle box for storing both deposited bills and bills to be dispensed, and an acceptance box with multi-compartments for sorted storing of bills; wherein the acceptance box with multi-compartments has a fitting mechanism common to at least one of a fitting mechanism of the deposited bill box, the outgoing bill box and the recycle box; wherein the acceptance box with multi-compartments has a slot in a same position to at least one of the deposited bill box, the outgoing bill box and the recycle box; wherein the acceptance box with multi-compartments has a plurality of storages for storing bills conveyed in through a common slot; and wherein the plurality of storages are arranged in a horizontal direction within the acceptance box with multi-compartments, and at least two storages of the plurality of storages are arranged with an inclination in a same direction relative to a bottom surface of the acceptance box.