Multiple denominator bank note depositor/dispenser with automatic loading to and from storage section

An automatic bank note transaction apparatus comprising:

• first means for storing bank notes initially loaded into the apparatus;
• second means for storing bank notes to be used during subsequent transactions;
• means for conveying the bank notes during an initial loading operation from said first storing means to said second storing means, said conveying means having a path for connecting said first storing means to said second storing means and conveying the bank notes;
• said second storing means including a temporary storage section connected to a trailing end of said conveying path and a storage portion connected to the temporary storage section;
• means, provided in said conveying path, for discriminating during said initial loading operation the bank notes passing therethrough and generating a discrimination result;
• means for counting during said initial loading operation the number of bank notes passing through said discrimination means in accordance with the discrimination result and generating a count result;
• replenishment means for specifying the number of bank notes to be replenished;
• wherein said conveying means stops conveying the bank notes from said first storing means to said second storing means when the count result generated by said counting means coincides with the number of bank notes specified by said replenishment means;
• output means for generating a loading content in accordance with the count result;
• and
• means for confirming an end of replenishment in accordance with an output from said output means;
• wherein the bank notes are conveyed from said temporary storage section to said storage portion of said second storing means in accordance with a confirmation input to said confirming means.