Banknote stack transport arrangement and a cash handling machine

A banknote stack transport arrangement for a cash handling machine, comprising:

• a first structure having a first end and a second end and presenting a first banknote engagement portion being displaceable in relation to the first structure;
• a second structure having a first end and a second end and presenting a second banknote engagement portion being displaceable in relation to the second structure;
• wherein the first structure is pivotally arranged at its first end so as to be swingably movable between:
• a closed configuration at which the first and the second structures are distanced from each other at the first associated ends for allowing one or more banknotes to enter in between the same, and at which the first and the second banknote engagement portions are in contact with each other at the second associated ends such that they together form at least a bottom part of a temporary banknote receptacle configured to receive the one or more banknotes and support a formation of a banknote stack therein, such that the first banknote engagement portion contacts a face side of the banknote stack and the second banknote engagement portion contacts an edge side of the banknote stack;
• and
• an open configuration at which the first and the second banknote engagement portions are separated from each other at the second associated ends so as to define an exit gap;
• wherein the second structure is pivotally arranged at its second end so as to be swingably movable between:
• a rest position at which the first and the second structures are distanced from each other at the first associated ends;
• and
• an active position at which the second structure is configured to press the banknote stack towards the first banknote engagement portion;
• wherein the banknote stack transport arrangement is configured to transport the banknote stack out from the temporary banknote receptacle via the exit gap by moving the second structure from the rest position to the active position and by displacing the first and the second banknote engagement portions in relation to the first and the second structures;
• wherein the first structure is biased towards the second structure to the closed configuration such that the first structure is configured to move from the closed configuration to the open configuration passively as a result from the displaced banknote stack forcing the opening of the exit gap by its own displacement.