JPH0766457B2 - Paper handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling apparatus, and in particular, an automatic cash transaction for automatically performing a deposit transaction and a payment transaction for paper sheets, which are bills. It is suitable for use as a device.

[Background of the Invention]

In a conventional automated teller machine, for example, as shown in FIG. 15, a storage mechanism a for storing banknotes such as paper sheets.
.. to c are provided linearly in accordance with the type of banknote, and the plurality of storage functions a to c each have a function to take in a banknote and a function to take out a banknote, respectively. There is.

However, if each of the storage functions a to c has a bill take-in and take-out function, not only the number of constituent parts of the storage mechanisms a to c becomes large, but also the structure of the storage mechanism becomes complicated accordingly, so that the apparatus is expensive. There was a difficult point.

Further, a belt f is provided between the storage mechanisms a to c, the counting mechanism d for discriminating and counting banknotes, and the banknote transaction opening mechanism e in order to convey the banknotes. The length of the belt f becomes long due to aging, etc.
Therefore, there is a possibility that the conveyance of banknotes cannot be controlled appropriately.

[Object of the Invention]

The object of the present invention is made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to reduce the number of parts and simplify the structure by unitizing each constituent part, and to appropriately perform the conveyance control. An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet handling apparatus that is highly expandable and whose function can be easily changed.

[Outline of Invention]

The present invention is a circulation type paper sheet handling device that uses deposited paper sheets for payment transactions at the time of payment transaction, and a paper sheet transaction mechanism and at the time of transaction, A counting mechanism for discriminating and counting paper sheets and sorting them for trading and non-trading purposes, at least two storage mechanisms for storing paper sheets for each type, and each of the above-mentioned mechanisms for storing paper sheets. One transfer device to be delivered between the two and a control unit for controlling these according to a predetermined program according to the transaction type of paper sheets are formed as a unit, and the transfer device is a transaction opening mechanism, A hand unit disposed between the counting mechanism and between the two storage mechanisms, and collectively gripping and releasing the paper sheets at each predetermined position of the transaction opening mechanism, the counting mechanism, and the two storage mechanisms; , A moving part for moving the hand part to a predetermined position of each mechanism, and The payment mechanism has a first safe, one of which is arranged below the counting mechanism, and a second safe, which is arranged below the transaction opening mechanism. The counter mechanism faces each other around the horizontal movement center position of the counter, and the counting mechanism has, on one side facing the transaction opening mechanism and the transport device, a platform on which a sheet to be discriminated and counted is placed. During deposit transactions, paper sheets classified as non-transaction items are sorted and deposited, while during payment transactions, paper sheets identified as transaction items are deposited.
In addition, at the position close to the transaction opening mechanism, the stack part located above the loading table and the depositing transaction, and the paper sheets that have been identified for the transaction are deposited, while the payment transaction is performed. , Pile up paper sheets that have been identified as non-trading,
And a stack portion disposed at a position closer to the two storage mechanisms and below the loading table, and the paper sheets to be discharged to the transaction opening mechanism in the first stack portion, and the second stack portion. It is characterized in that the paper sheets to be taken into the storage mechanism are deposited, and thereby the above-mentioned object can be achieved.

Example of Invention

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment in which the paper sheet handling apparatus of the present invention is applied to an automated teller machine, FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views and sectional views of a counting mechanism, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the transfer device, and FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the related positions of the transfer device and the storage mechanism.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automated teller machine of the embodiment has a transaction opening mechanism 1, a counting mechanism 2, and a plurality of storage mechanisms 3, 3 '.
A transport device 4 and a controller 5 are provided, and these are independently installed.

The transaction opening mechanism 1 has an opening 1a for taking a bill into the device during a banknote deposit transaction, and for taking out the bill out of the device during a banknote payment transaction. It is installed above the department.

The counting mechanism 2 is installed at a rear position facing the transaction opening mechanism 1, and is configured to discriminate and count banknotes at the time of transaction, and sort the bills into transaction and non-transaction. . More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the counting mechanism 2 conveys the bills to be traded when the bills to be traded are conveyed, and the take-in unit 21 that takes in the bills. A main transport path 22a, a discriminator 23 provided on the main transport path 22a for discriminating banknotes between transaction and non-transaction, and a gate for sorting the discriminated banknotes according to the type of transaction. 24 and transfer paths 22b and 22c for discharging and taking in the banknotes sorted by the gate 24, respectively.
And a stack unit 25a, 25b for holding the respective bills sent from the transport paths 22b, 22c, and a plurality of sensors 26a-2 installed on each of the transport paths 22a, 22b, 22c to count the bills at their respective positions.
6d and a case 27 attached at these predetermined positions are provided.

In the counting mechanism 2, when a bill to be traded is placed on the placing table 21a of the take-in unit 21, the sensor 26a detects the bill and the feed roller 21b rotates to take the bills one by one onto the main transport path 22a. By passing through the discriminator 23 by the transport path 22a, it is discriminated for transaction or non-transaction. Therefore, when the bill passes through the main transport path 22a, the discriminator 23 detects the denomination of the bill, detects whether the bill is a genuine bill, and detects the degree of dirt, damage, etc. of the bill and makes a transaction. Banknotes that can be used for transactions and banknotes that cannot be used for transactions are discriminated.

When the discriminated bill passes through the sensor 26b, the gate 24 sorts the bill by opening and closing the passages to the desired transport paths 22b and 22c according to the type of transaction. Therefore, when the transaction is payment, the gate 24 distributes the banknotes for transaction to the transport path 22b for discharging and the banknotes for non-transaction to the transport path 22c for loading. When the transaction is deposit, the banknotes for transaction are sorted so that they can be sent to the transport path 22c for taking in and the banknotes for non-transaction to the transport path 22b for discharging.

Further, the banknotes sorted for transactions and non-transactions are transported by the respective transport paths 22b, 22c to stack portions 25a, 25b.
Are held by the sensor 26c or the sensor 26d at that time, and the counting mechanism 2 is stopped when the specified number of bills is reached.
5b is designed to hold a specified number of banknotes.

Therefore, the stack unit 25a holds the transaction banknotes at the time of payment transaction, and the non-transaction banknotes at the time of deposit transaction, respectively.
The stack unit 25b holds non-transaction banknotes during payment transactions and transaction banknotes during deposit transactions. That is, the trading unit 1 is provided in the stack unit 25a.
The banknotes to be discharged to
The bills to be taken in are held.

At the time of payment transaction, the banknotes for the transaction are stacked 25
When the designated number of paper money is held in a and the banknotes still remain on the mounting table 21a, the remaining banknotes are held in the stack section 25b via the main transport path 22a and the transport path 22c.

The stack portions 25a and 25b are respectively installed on the front surface of the case 27 at a position near the mouth 1a of the transaction mechanism 1 and a position near the storage mechanism.

Each of the plurality of storage mechanisms 3 and 3'has a safe 31, and a banknote inlet / outlet 32 provided in the upper front portion of the safe 31, while
For example, a 10,000-yen bill is stored in the safe 31 on the right side in FIG. 1, and a 1,000-yen bill is stored in the safe 31 on the other side on the left side in FIG. Further, one storage mechanism 3 is provided below the safe 31 with a collecting safe 33 having a mouth 34 for storing the bill when the customer forgets to take out the bill. The storage mechanisms 3 and 3 ′ are installed on the support base 6 and arranged below the transaction opening mechanism 1 and the counting mechanism 2.

The transfer device 4 is configured to transfer bills among the transaction opening mechanism 1, the counting mechanism 2, and the storing mechanism 3. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the carrier device 4 is installed on the support base 6 between the transaction mechanism 1 and the counting mechanism 2 and between the storage mechanisms 3 and 3 ′. A hand unit 41 for holding a bill, and the hand unit 41 for each of the mechanisms 1, 2, 3,
A moving unit 42 for moving to a predetermined position 3'is provided.

The hand unit 41 includes a main body 411 having a solenoid 412 for opening and closing.
And a pair of fingers 413, 41 provided on the body 411 so as to open and close in the direction of arrow D by the electromagnetic force of the solenoid 412.
4 and holds a proper number of banknotes collectively when the pair of fingers 413 and 414 are closed, and releases the banknotes when opened.

The moving unit 42 is connected to a pair of screw shafts 421 provided vertically between the transaction mechanism 1 and the counting mechanism 2 and between the storage mechanisms 3 and 3 ', and the lower portions of the respective screw shafts 421. The upper and lower motors 422 and the respective screw shafts 421 are screwed together,
Further, it has a support plate 423 having a rotation motor 424, and a gear 426 that meshes with a gear 425 mounted on the rotation shaft of the rotation motor 424 on both side views, and the central shaft portion of the gear 426 is supported by the support plate 423. And a slide base 4 having a front and rear motor 427 on the top
28 and the hand unit 4 mounted on the rotary shaft of the front and rear motor 427.
The pinion 4 that meshes with the rack 415 provided on the main body 411 of 1
29, and a holding portion (not shown) that holds the hand portion 41 on the slide base 428 in a state where the pinion 429 and the rack 415 are in mesh with each other.

When the screw shaft 421 is rotated around the axis by the driving of the vertical motor 422, the moving portion 42 moves the support plate 423 and the slide base 428 in the arrow direction A, thereby moving the hand portion 41 in the same direction A. When the gear 425 is moved and driven by the rotation motor 424 to rotate, the gear 426 meshed with the gear 425 is rotationally moved around the gear 425, and at the same time, the slide base 4 is moved.
28 rotates in the arrow direction C about the rotation axis of the rotation motor 424, thereby rotating the hand portion 41 in the same direction C, and when the pinion 429 is rotated by the drive of the front-rear motor 427, it meshes with this. By moving the hand portion main body 411 in the arrow direction B by the rack 415, the hand portion 4
1 is moved in the same direction B.

Therefore, the moving unit 42 includes the opening 1a of the transaction mechanism 1, the intake unit 21 of the counting mechanism 2, the stack unit 25a for discharge, the stack unit 25b for intake, and the banknotes of the storage mechanisms 3 and 3 '. Doorway
32 to move the hand portion 41 to the mouth portion 1a,
Banknotes are grasped or released by the take-in unit 21, the stack units 25a and 25b, and the bill entrance / exit 32.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, a notch 21c is formed in the loading table 21a of the take-in unit 21 so that the hand unit 41 can pass the bills, and the stack units 25a and 25b hold the bills held by them. Notches 25'a and 25'b so that the portion 41 can be grasped
Are formed respectively. Further, the bill inlets / outlets 32, 34 of the storage mechanisms 3, 3'are formed to have a size such that the hand portion 41 can be inserted to hold and release the bill.

The control unit 5 includes a transfer device 4, a storage mechanism 3, 3 ', and a counting mechanism.
2. Each of the trading mechanism 1 is controlled according to a preset program according to the type of transaction, and a memory (not shown) that stores these operation sequences or a micro that reads and executes the operation sequences. Equipped with a computer. The control unit 5 is arranged at a position rearward of the storage mechanism 3 of the support base 6.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 7 is a power supply unit.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the two storage mechanisms 3, 3 are arranged at a radial position centered on the central position G of the transfer device 4.
3'is placed. That is, the transport device 4 slide table 42
The central portion F of the storage mechanisms 3 and 3'is arranged at a position G which is the center of the rotation axis of the transport device 4, and the hand portion 41 of the transport device 4 is thereby provided.
Move to the storage mechanism 3, 3 ', both storage mechanisms 3, 3'
The amount of movement is the same.

Next, the transaction operation of the automated teller machine of the embodiment will be described.

[For payment transactions]

In the initial state, the hand portion 41 of the transport device 4 is located so as to face the take-in portion 21 of the counting mechanism 2 as shown in FIG.

Then, when the customer specifies payment as the transaction type and further specifies the payment amount, for example, 53,000 yen, the hand unit 41 first stores the 10,000-yen bill as shown by the arrow A in FIG. It is lowered to a position facing the banknote inlet / outlet port 32 of the storage mechanism 3 and then moved forward in the direction of the arrow B in the figure to enter the banknote inlet / outlet port 32, and a plurality of upper portions of the banknotes stacked in the safe 31 are collectively collected. To hold.

At this time, the number of bills to be grabbed is larger than the amount of payment specified above. In addition, the fingers 414 of the hand portion 41 are formed so as to be inserted between the layers of the stacked banknotes.

After holding the banknotes collectively as described above, the hand unit 41
6 moves backward in the direction of arrow C in FIG. 6, then rises in the direction of arrow D, and temporarily stops facing the intake portion 21 of the counting mechanism 2,
After that, it moves forward and grabs the bills that are being grabbed by the loading platform of the loading section 21.
Put it all together on 21a. Then, the counting mechanism 2 takes in the bills by the rotation of the feed roller 21b of the take-in unit 21, and discriminates and counts the bills by the discriminator 23, the gate 24, and the sensor 26c. In this case, among the amount of money designated by the customer, the number of 10,000-yen bills, that is, the banknotes for transaction are conveyed to the upper stack portion 25a by the conveying path 22b until they are counted, and the accumulated amount is paid. Banknotes exceeding the number of 25
It is transported to b and piled up (see Fig. 7).

When the bill counted by the counting mechanism 2 is less than the payment amount designated by the customer, the hand unit 41 returns to the safe 31 again to grab the bill and raise it again to supply it to the take-in unit 21 to perform the counting operation again. Repeat payments to make payment transactions.

After that, the hand unit 41 first moves up from the position of the take-in unit 21 in the direction of the stack unit 25a and advances toward the stack unit 25a to grab the banknotes piled up on the stack unit 25a, and then the arrow mark in FIG. It is rotated 180 ° in the direction and conveyed to the mouth 1a of the transaction mechanism 1. In this case, the shutter (not shown) provided in the opening 1a remains closed, so that the customer cannot receive the banknote yet.

After that, the hand unit 41 rotates in the direction opposite to the arrow E and descends, grabs all the banknotes piled up in the stack unit 25b as shown in FIG. Enter the bill slot 32 and release it by placing it on the bill in the safe.

After the non-transaction 10,000-yen bills were conveyed to the safe as described above, the hand section 41 was moved in the same manner as described above as shown in FIG. 8 to store the 1,000-yen bills. Grab the bill in the storage mechanism 3 '. Also at this time, the number of banknotes to be grabbed is larger than the number of paid money.

Then, the hand unit 41 moves in the direction of arrow H in FIG. 8 and puts the bill on the take-in unit 21 of the counting mechanism 2. The counting mechanism 2 discriminates and counts 1,000-yen bills in the same manner as in the case of ten-thousand-yen bills, and bills that have been discriminated to be for transaction are the same as the amount of payment.
That is, three sheets are piled up on the stack section 25a, and the remaining bills are piled up on the stack section 25b.

After that, as shown in FIG. 9, the hand unit 41 is moved to the stack unit.
The banknote is grabbed on 25a and rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow to convey the 1,000-yen bill banknote to the opening 1a of the transaction opening mechanism 1.

As a result, the amount paid by the customer to mouth 1a (53,000 yen)
Since all of the bills have been carried, the bills carried here are
When the shutter is opened, it is pulled out by the customer.

After the 1,000-yen bills are conveyed to the mouth 1a, the hand unit 41 grabs the non-trading bills accumulated in the stack unit 25b and moves in the arrow N direction as shown in FIG. The bill is taken into the safe of the storage mechanism 3 '.

Further, when the customer forgets to inadvertently withdraw the banknote discharged to the opening 1a of the transaction opening mechanism 1, after a certain period of time, the bill is gripped and moved by the hand unit 41, so that the storage mechanism 3 It is taken into the recovery safe 33.

[For deposit transactions]

Similarly to the above, the hand unit 41 of the transport device 4 is located so as to face the intake unit 21 of the counting mechanism 2 in the initial state. When the customer designates deposit as the transaction type and further designates the deposit amount, for example, 53,000 yen, the hand unit 41 causes the mouth 1a of the transaction mechanism 1, as shown in FIG. Move to and wait. If there is already a bill, grab all the bills placed in this part. Next, the hand unit 41 inverts the grabbed deposit bill as shown by the arrow and descends to convey it to the take-in unit 21 of the counting mechanism 2.

The counting mechanism 2 takes in the banknotes one by one and discriminates them.
At this time, the counting mechanism 2 first discriminates whether the bill should be stored in the storage mechanism 3, that is, whether it is a 10,000-yen bill or not, and as a result, the bill discriminated as being accommodable is sent to the stack portion 25b, and then the bill is stored. Banknotes that have been counted and identified as non-storable are stacked 25a
Sent to.

The 10,000-yen bills sent to the stack section 25b are held by the hand section 41, and are stored in the safe 31 of the storage mechanism when the hand section 41 moves as shown by arrow o in FIG.

On the other hand, when the bills sent to the stack unit 25a are gripped by the hand unit 41 and conveyed to the take-in unit 21 by moving to the hand unit 41 in the arrow C direction shown in FIG. 12, the counting mechanism 2 Next, the 1,000-yen bill, which is the bill to be stored in the storage mechanism 3 ', is discriminated, and the bill discriminated to be storable is stored in the stack portion 25b, and the bill discriminated to be non-storable is stored in the stack portion 2
Send to 5a respectively. After that, the hand unit 41 moves to the stack unit 25b.
The banknotes sent to the stack unit 25a are gripped and stored in the safe 31 of the storage mechanism 3'by moving in the direction of arrow A shown in FIG. It is conveyed to the mouth 1a of the transaction mechanism 1 by reversing in the direction of the arrow.

In addition, when the returned banknote is re-inserted into the mouth 1a by the customer, the above-described operation is repeated, but after one hour, the deposit transaction ends, as described above, in the present embodiment, Transaction mechanism 1,
Since the counting mechanism 2, the storage mechanisms 3 and 3 ', and the transporting device 4 are unitized, and the transporting device 4 transfers the bills among the mechanisms 1 to 3 and 3', the conventional method is adopted. Compared with the case where each of the storage mechanisms is provided with a bill take-in / take-out function, not only can the structure of the storage mechanisms 3 and 3'be simplified, but the number of constituent parts can be reduced. Moreover, since each of the constituent parts 1 to 3, 3 ', 4 is unitized, the workability of assembling these parts can be improved.

Further, since the hand unit 41 grips and conveys banknotes in the conveying device 4, a belt is not necessary, and therefore, it can be said that the conveying speed changes due to a change in the length of the belt as compared with the conventional example using the belt. Can be eliminated, so the transport device 4
It is possible to appropriately carry out conveyance control.

Further, the two storage mechanisms 3 and 3'are arranged at a radial position with the center position G of the transfer device 4 as the center, and the movement amount of the hand portion 41 with respect to both storage mechanisms 3 and 3'is the same. Therefore, the hand portion 41 is inserted into the bill entrance / exit 32 of the storage mechanism 3, 3 ′.
In the case of positioning the hand portion 41, it is possible to easily perform the positioning by changing only one direction of the hand portion 41, and therefore, the positioning control of the hand portion 41 can be simplified accordingly.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the function of the device can be easily expanded. That is, since each component is unitized, it is possible to easily add the storage mechanism 30 as shown by the chain line in FIG. 5, so that the types of banknotes to be handled can be increased, and the function can be easily expanded. can do.

Further, the counting mechanism 2 stores the banknotes to be discharged to the transaction opening mechanism 1 in the stack section 25a, and the storage mechanisms 3, 3'in the stack section 25b.
Hold the bills to be taken into
Since a is installed at the position close to the mouth 1a of the transaction mechanism 1 and the stack portion 25b is installed at the position close to the storage mechanisms 3 and 3 ', respectively, the storage mechanisms 3 and 3'and the transaction mechanism 1 are It has a rational structure in which the distance between the three parties is shortened as much as possible, and therefore, the bill transportation time can be further shortened.

Furthermore, one of the storage mechanisms 3 is integrated with a safe 31 for collecting the banknotes that the customer has forgotten to collect.
Since the above is provided, the two safes 31 and 33 can be taken out at the same time by taking out the storage mechanism 3 from the device at the time of management of the staff, and therefore the work of attaching and detaching the safe can be simplified.

FIG. 14 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.

This embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the storage mechanisms 3 and 3'are provided so as to rotate around the center position G of the transfer device 4. That is, the storage mechanisms 3 and 3'are installed on the rotary table 8 which is rotatably installed around the center position G of the transport mechanism 4, and the desired storage mechanism is rotated by the rotation of the rotary table 8 during the transaction. When the bill is taken out from the storage mechanism 3, 3'by rotating the hand portion 41 to a position opposed to the hand portion 41,
The operation to take bills into 3,3 'can be done at the same position.

Therefore, in this embodiment, even if the storage mechanism 3, 3 ',
Since the hand unit 41 can always perform the bill taking-in operation and the bill taking-out operation at the same position, the movement control of the hand unit can be performed more easily, and the storage mechanisms 3 and 3'can be attached and detached at the same place. Therefore, the maintenance management of the staff can be done well.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, one transfer device delivers between the transaction opening mechanism, the counting mechanism, and the plurality of storage mechanisms, and the respective constituent parts thereof are unitized. It is possible to surely reduce the number of sheets, simplify the structure of the storage mechanism, appropriately perform the conveyance control, easily expand the function, and shorten the conveyance time of paper sheets. A device can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment in which the paper sheet handling apparatus of the present invention is applied to an automatic cash handling apparatus, FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views and sectional views showing a counting mechanism, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the carrier device, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the relative positions of the carrier device and the storage mechanism, and FIGS. 6 to 9 are explanatory views showing the operating state of the hand during a payment transaction. 10 to 13
The figure is the operation explanation diagram of the hand part opened at the time of deposit transaction,
FIG. 14 is a layout explanatory view of a carrying device and a storage mechanism showing a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 15 is a sectional view showing an example of the configuration of a conventional automatic cash handling apparatus. 1 ... Transaction opening mechanism, 2 ... Counting mechanism, 21 ... Intake part, 25a, 25b ... Stack part, 3, 3 '... Storage mechanism, 4 ...
… Conveyor, 41 …… Hand part, 42 …… Movement, G …… Center position of the conveyor.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification number Office reference number FI technical display location G07D 9/00 405 B 416 C (56) Reference JP-A-59-208685 (JP, A) Special features Kai 59-88278 (JP, A) JP 60-193092 (JP, A) Actual 60-58762 (JP, U) Actual 61-25668 (JP, U)

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A circulating paper sheet handling device that uses deposited paper sheets for payment transactions at the time of payment transactions. , A counting mechanism for discriminating and counting the paper sheets and distributing them for trading and non-trading purposes, at least two storage mechanisms for storing the paper sheets according to their respective types, and each of the paper sheets described above. One transfer device to be transferred between the mechanisms and a control unit for controlling these according to a predetermined program according to the transaction type of the paper sheet are formed as a unit, and the transfer device is a transaction opening mechanism. A hand unit disposed between the counting mechanisms and between the two storage mechanisms, and collectively gripping and releasing the paper sheets at predetermined positions of the transaction opening mechanism, the counting mechanism and the two storage mechanisms. ,
A moving unit for moving the hand unit to a predetermined position of each of the mechanisms, one of the two storage mechanisms is located at a lower position of the counting mechanism and the other is at a lower position of the transaction mechanism. The second safe is arranged, the first safe and the second safe are opposed to each other at a position centered on the horizontal movement center position of the hand part, and the counting mechanism is a trading opening mechanism and a transfer mechanism. On one side facing the device, a table on which paper sheets to be identified and counted are placed, and paper sheets that have been identified for non-transaction during deposit transactions are sorted and deposited, while payment transactions are made. When stacking paper sheets that have been classified for trading, and at a position closer to the trading opening mechanism and located above the loading platform, and when making a trading transaction While stacking paper sheets that have been identified as for Stacks the paper sheets that have been discriminated according to the above, and has a stack portion located at a position closer to the two storage mechanisms and below the loading table, and is released to the transaction opening mechanism at the first stack portion. A paper sheet handling device, characterized in that paper sheets to be taken out are accumulated in a storage mechanism in a second stack section.