Paper sheet storing apparatus, paper sheet handling apparatus, and paper sheet feeding method

A paper sheet handling apparatus comprising:

• a casing;
• a housing part;
• and
• a paper sheet storing apparatus that is housed in the housing part,
• the paper sheet storing apparatus comprising:
• a storage part that stores paper sheets;
• an ejection port that ejects a paper sheet of the paper sheets stored in the storage part;
• a drive shaft;
• a first roller that is arranged near the ejection port, and is rotated in a predetermined direction by transmission, via a first one-way clutch, of rotation caused by drive of the drive shaft so as to send out the paper sheet stored in the storage part from the ejection port;
• a driven shaft that is rotated in the predetermined direction following the rotation of the first roller in the predetermined direction caused by the transmission of the driving rotation of the drive shaft;
• and
• a second roller that is arranged in a position farther from the ejection port than a position in which the first roller is arranged, and is rotated in the predetermined direction by transmission, via a second one-way clutch, of rotation of the driven shaft in the predetermined direction so as to sequentially feed, to the first roller, the paper sheets stored in the storage part from a paper sheet positioned in a lowest layer among the paper sheets.

A paper sheet feeding method comprising:

• driving a drive shaft;
• rotating a first roller in a predetermined direction by transmission, via a first one-way clutch, of rotation caused by drive of the drive shaft so as to send out, from an ejection port, a paper sheet of paper sheets stored in a paper sheet storing apparatus, the first roller being arranged near the ejection port that ejects the paper sheet stored in the storage part;
• rotating a driven shaft in the predetermined direction following the rotation of the first roller in the predetermined direction caused by the transmission of the driving rotation of the drive shaft;
• and
• rotating a second roller in the predetermined direction by transmission, via a second one-way clutch, of rotation of the driven shaft in the predetermined direction so as to sequentially feed, to the first roller, the paper sheets stored in the paper sheet storing apparatus from a paper sheet positioned in a lowest layer among the paper sheets, the second roller being arranged in a position farther from the ejection port than a position in which the first roller is arranged inside the paper sheet storing apparatus.