A sheet handling apparatus (e.g., banknote insertion/discharge mechanism 20) includes a transport unit (e.g., first transport unit 30) configured to transport a sheet (e.g., banknote) in a first transport path 30a; and driving units 36m and 38m configured to move, along the width direction of the first transport path 30a, at least portions of guiding members 36 and 38 forming edges of the first transport path 30a.

An escrow unit has an escrow wheel and a movable-continuous belt. The escrow wheel rotates about an axis. The movable-continuous belt is wrapped partially around the escrow wheel forming an open gap between the belt and escrow wheel. The open gap allows the belt to transport a document through the open gap and to store the document by holding the document between the belt and the escrow wheel.

An escrow unit has an escrow wheel and a movable-continuous belt. The escrow wheel rotates about an axis. The movable-continuous belt is wrapped partially around the escrow wheel forming an open gap between the belt and escrow wheel. The open gap allows the belt to transport a document through the open gap and to store the document by holding the document between the belt and the escrow wheel.

A paper sheet handling apparatus includes an insertion slot to which a banknote is inserted, a conveyor mechanism that conveys the paper sheet inserted through an insertion slot, and a corrective member that has an elastic deformation portion designed to contact the paper sheet inserted to the insertion slot and corrects a direction of conveyance of the paper sheet inserted through the insertion slot using the elasticity of the elastic deformation portion. The corrective member is disposed at least on both ends in the width direction of the insertion slot, along a face of the banknote inserted to the insertion slot, or at positions, on a conveyor line for the paper sheet inserted through the insertion slot, facing the ends in the width direction of the insertion slot.

The present invention is directed to providing to a bundle module of a medium deposit device capable of not only arranging leading ends of rejected bill media which are returned to the bundle module but also preventing collision between a leading medium and a following medium and a jam occurrence of the media according to the collision. In the present invention to implement the objectives, a bundle module of the medium deposit device, in which deposit media in units of bundles are input or which receives rejected bill media in units of bundles, includes a transfer path which provides a deposit path or reject path of media, a first belt which is provided above the transfer path and rotatably driven, a second belt which is provided under the transfer path and rotatably driven and on which the media are loaded and stacked, and a guide unit which is provided at one side of the first belt to provide a transfer surface for the deposited or rejected media, wherein, when the media are rejected, the guide unit rotates to be inclined downward toward one side so that a leading end portion of a rejected following medium is positioned on and overlaps a rear end portion of a rejected leading medium.

Disclosed is a banknote accumulating device, including a storage chamber and a limiting mechanism arranged above the storage chamber; the storage chamber includes an inlet for inputting banknotes; the limiting mechanism includes a reset member, a driving mechanism and multiple limiting members which can move independently of each other; the reset member is configured to enable each of limiting members to have a tendency to move to a first position; the driving mechanism is configured to selectively drive one of the multiple limiting members to move from a first position to a second position, so that the limiting part of the limiting member reaches in the moving path of the banknotes in the storage chamber; the distances between the positions of the limiting parts of multiple limiting members in the moving path and the inlet are different. Further disclosed are a limiting mechanism and a cash recycling and handling device.

Disclosed is a banknote accumulating device, including a storage chamber and a limiting mechanism arranged above the storage chamber; the storage chamber includes an inlet for inputting banknotes; the limiting mechanism includes a reset member, a driving mechanism and multiple limiting members which can move independently of each other; the reset member is configured to enable each of limiting members to have a tendency to move to a first position; the driving mechanism is configured to selectively drive one of the multiple limiting members to move from a first position to a second position, so that the limiting part of the limiting member reaches in the moving path of the banknotes in the storage chamber; the distances between the positions of the limiting parts of multiple limiting members in the moving path and the inlet are different. Further disclosed are a limiting mechanism and a cash recycling and handling device.

In a banknote pay-in/pay-out device (10) of an ATM (1), respective pawl portions (42) are provided at upper ends of a front storage box conveyance guide (32) and a rear storage box conveyance guide (33) provided to a front storage box conveyance guide (32) of a banknote storage box (26). In each pawl portion (42), plural pawl bodies (43) are discretely disposed along a left-right direction. In each pawl body (43), a guide plate (51) looking onto a conveyance space (34) is connected to an upper end of a main body (41), a facing plate (52) is connected to an upper-side edge of the guide plate (51), and a left-side plate (53) and a right-side plate (54) are respectively connected to the left and right edges of the guide plate (51). This increases the strength of the guide plates (51) of the pawl bodies (43) such that damage to the pawl bodies (43) as a result of collisions with other members or the like can be prevented, and enables banknotes to be guided smoothly in the banknote pay-in/pay-out device (10).

A direction switching and transferring device H, an error paper sheet processing device 970, and a cashbox 950 are accommodated in a cashbox unit 700, and the error paper sheet processing device includes a paper sheet inlet 971 that receives error paper sheets, an error paper sheet transport route 972 that is provided along a place away from the direction switching and transferring device and that transports the error paper sheets input from the paper sheet inlet to the cashbox 950, and a recognition unit 974 that judges the authenticity and the denominations of the error paper sheets received from the paper sheet inlet and counts the paper sheets.

A direction switching and transferring device H, an error paper sheet processing device 970, and a cashbox 950 are accommodated in a cashbox unit 700, and the error paper sheet processing device includes a paper sheet inlet 971 that receives error paper sheets, an error paper sheet transport route 972 that is provided along a place away from the direction switching and transferring device and that transports the error paper sheets input from the paper sheet inlet to the cashbox 950, and a recognition unit 974 that judges the authenticity and the denominations of the error paper sheets received from the paper sheet inlet and counts the paper sheets.