Paper sheet separation transport device and paper sheet handling device

A paper sheet separation transport device comprising:

• a set-out part that sets out paper sheets from a paper sheet bundle on a tray;
• a separating part that allows only one paper sheet from the paper sheet bundle to pass and sends the one paper sheet downstream and blocks other paper sheets from the paper sheet bundle from advancing downstream;
• a first motor for driving the set-out part and the separating part, a drawing transport part that draws and transports the one paper sheet;
• a storage transport part to receive the paper sheet transported by the drawing transport part and to transport the one paper sheet more downstream, the storage transport part being driven by a second motor;
• and
• a controller that controls various control targets, wherein:
• the separating part includes a feed roller that rotates on an axis of a feed roller shaft and that is brought into contact with the one paper sheet set out by the set-out part to transport the one paper sheet when rotating forward, and a frictional separation member that forms a separation nip part with the feed roller and that blocks the other paper sheets from the paper sheet bundle from advancing downstream;
• the drawing transport part includes at least two idle rollers supported about an axis of a feed roller shaft on both sides of the feed roller in an axial direction so as to be rotatable, and drawing belts that each form a curved drawing transport route with a curved outer circumferential surface of an associated one of the idle rollers and that travel in a drawing direction to turn the one paper sheet in a direction intersecting with a direction of set out by the set-out part and transport the one paper sheet, and
• the second motor for driving the drawing belts.