Plural compartment cartridge for flexible bills

A bill-holding cartridge for holding flexible bills in first and second stacks, comprising

• a cuboid housing having first and second openings on oppositely located walls thereof, said first and second openings having retention means for retaining said bills within said housing,
• means for opening and closing said first and second openings,
• first and second parallel pressure plates disposed within said housing which press said first and second stacks of bills against said retention means of said first and second openings respectively with a pressure force, said first and second pressure plates being mounted independently on rails so that they are movable independently in parallel alignment between said walls on said rails along travel paths under action of said pressure force along a common axis,
• wherein the travel path of one of said first and second pressure plates on said rails is delimited by the position of the other one of said pressure plates,
• wherein bills introduced past said retention means into said cartridge through one of said first and second openings constitute the stack associated with said first and second openings, and
• wherein each of said first and second pressure plates is moved from its respective opening against said pressure force to adjust to the height of its respective stack.