Device for placing banknotes with their front or reverse sides facing in the same direction

A device for placing banknotes in a stacker with their front or reverse sides facing in the same direction, said stacker having an open end for receiving said banknotes, said device comprising a substantially horizontal transfer unit adapted for transferring the banknotes, a checking unit for sensing whether the banknotes are being supplied through said transfer unit with their front sides facing upwards or their reverse sides facing upwards, route selecting means provided on an exit side of said transfer unit and capable of being rotated alternately between a first position thereof and a second position thereof above said first position in response to respective front-side signals and reverse-side signals received from said checking unit, and a pair of vane wheels consisting of an upper vane wheel and a lower vane wheel, said lower vane wheel being disposed adjacent to said stacker open end, and said vane wheels rotating in mutually opposite directions for respectively conveying the banknotes received from the respective of said positions of said route selecting means to said open end of said stacker, said banknotes transferred through said transfer unit being supplied to said lower one of said vane wheels when said route selecting means is in its said first position and to said upper vane wheel when said route selecting means is in its said second position, the direction of rotation of said lower vane being such as to direct the banknotes supplied thereto into said stacker with their front sides facing in one direction, and said opposite direction of rotation of said upper vane wheel directing the banknotes supplied thereto towards said stacker with their front sides facing in said direction.