Apparatus for arranging the obverse and reverse sides of the bills or the like

An apparatus for arranging the obverse and reverse sides of bills or the like comprising:

• a carrying-in passage for carrying in bills or the like with their obverse and reverse sides in the mixed state,
• a reversibly conveying passage for receiving said bills or the like therein from said carrying-in passage and conveying said bills or the like forward or backward,
• a carrying-out passage for carrying out said bills or the like, arranged in alignment with said reversibly conveying passage so that said reversibly conveying passage and said carrying-out passage form a linear passage,
• a return conveying passage for receiving said bills or the like transferred forward from said reversibly conveying passage and transferring said bills or the like to said carrying-out passage,
• first sensing means positioned in the reversibly conveying passage for sensing the presence of one of the bills within the reversibly conveying passage and generating a first signal, which is used to control the changing of the reversibly conveying passage from a forward movement state to a backward movement state, and
• second sensing means positioned in the carrying-out passage for sensing the presence of one of the bills within the carrying-out passage and generating a second signal, which is used to control the changing of the reversibly conveying passage from the backward movement state to the forward movement state.