Fujitsu Corporation

Shinichi Shimojo

Kazushi Watari

Manabu Nao

An apparatus for handling bills which includes a plurality of bill boxes each of which contains different denominations of bills, a circuit for withdrawing bills one by one from each bill box and a bill pool for temporarily storing the bills fed from the bill boxes. A circuit for discharging the bills stored in the bill pool through a discharge portion, is provided. A circuit for reading a memory medium introduced into the apparatus by a user, a circuit for inputting a desired amount to be withdrawn, a circuit for rejecting discharge of the bills placed in the bill pool and guiding them to a rejected bill receiving portion within the apparatus and, a circuit for issuing a receipt, are also provided. The bill boxes are disposed vertically one above the other, and a common conveyor route is provided for conveying bills from each bill box to the bill pool. The end portion of the uppermost bill box is used as a rejected bill receiving portion. The receipt issuing circuit is disposed below the lowest bill box and connected to the common conveyor route so that the receipt is transported to the bill pool through the common conveyor route and discharged from the discharge portion together with the bills.

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Kokubunji, Japan

Shinichi Shimojo