Patent ID: 7976005

Claim:
A paper sheets storage comprising: a paper sheets output and input portion outputting and inputting paper sheets with respect to an external portion; a plurality of storage portions configured to store paper sheets, said plurality of storage portions disposed in a plurality of boxes situated adjacently in a horizontal direction, each box containing therein at least one storage portion, wherein when a box contains more than one storage portion, said storage portions are situated adjacently in a vertical direction; an accumulating and feeding motion portion provided at a position in each of said storage portions and configured to carry out an accumulating motion of a paper sheet to said storage portion and a feeding motion of paper sheets from said storage portion; and an internal carrier path configured to carry paper sheets in a two-way direction between said paper sheets output and input portion and said plurality of accumulating and feeding motion portions; wherein said paper sheets output and input portion is provided to be broadly divided from said plurality of paper sheets storage portions by a carrier path that carries paper sheets; and wherein the paper sheets storage further comprises: a stage configured to support the stored paper sheets in a state in which a plurality of paper sheets are superimposed, in each of said storage portions; and a stage moving means for moving said stage in said superimposing direction independently from the stage of the other storage portion, and wherein a plurality of said accumulating and feeding motion portions are interlocked by a driving means.