A banknote stack transport arrangement and a cash handling machine

A method for transporting one or more banknotes inside a cash handling machine, wherein the cash handling machine comprises:

• a first structure having first and second ends and presenting a first banknote engagement portion being displaceable in relation to the first structure;
• a second structure having first and second ends and presenting a second banknote engagement portion being displaceable in relation to the second structure;
• the first and the second structures being arranged such that the first and the second banknote engagement portions are distanced from each other at the first associated ends for allowing one or more banknotes to enter in between the banknote engagement portions, wherein at least one of the first and the second structures is pivotally arranged at its first end so as to be swingably movable,
• the method comprising:
• receiving, when the at least one of the first and the second structures is in a closed configuration at which the first and the second banknote engagement portions are in contact with each other at the second associated ends so as to form at least a bottom part of a temporary banknote receptacle, one or more banknotes in the temporary banknote receptacle and supporting 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;
• moving a banknote engager of the cash handling machine to an active position at which the banknote engager is configured to press the banknote stack towards the first and/or the second banknote engagement portion;
• and
• displacing the first and the second banknote engagement portions in relation to the first and second structures so as to transport, when the at least one of the first and the second structures is in 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, the banknote stack out from the temporary banknote receptacle via the exit gap.