Cash and cheque automatic depositing apparatus

A cash and cheque automatic depositing apparatus for automatically depositing a bundle of banknotes such as cashes and cheques, the apparatus comprising:

• a bundle insertion opening for allowing a user to deposit or receive therethrough the bundle of banknotes;
• a bundle separator for separating the banknotes inserted in a bundle one by one;
• a main transfer unit for horizontally transferring the banknotes one by one along a main transfer path;
• a banknote verifying unit installed on the main transfer path, for verifying authenticity or abnormality of each of the banknotes by acquiring features information on each of the banknotes;
• an abnormal banknote branch transfer unit having an abnormal banknote branch transfer path branched from the main transfer path, for transferring abnormal banknotes verified by the banknote verifying unit;
• a first gate for selectively switching between the abnormal banknote branch transfer path and the main transfer path;
• an abnormal banknote unloading transfer unit having an abnormal banknote unloading transfer path for discharging the abnormal banknotes to the bundle insertion opening;
• an authentic cheque transfer unit having an authentic cheque transfer path for transferring authentic cheques verified by the banknote verifying unit and an authentic cash transfer unit having an authentic cash transfer path for transferring authentic cashes verified by the banknote verifying unit, the authentic cheque and the authentic cash transfer paths being branched from a rear end side of the main transfer path;
• a second gate for selectively switching between the authentic cheque transfer path and the authentic cash transfer path;
• an authentic cheque storage cassette for storing therein the authentic cheques transferred on the authentic cheque transfer unit;
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• an authentic cash storage cassette for storing therein the authentic cashes transferred on the authentic cash transfer unit.