Dispensing unit for banknotes

A dispensing unit for banknotes, the dispensing unit comprising a banknote container in the form of a box and a receiving module which is in the form of a frame into which the banknote container can be pushed and which has an extracting and separation device for extracting banknotes downwards through an opening of the banknote container;

• the opening being at least partially closable by a flap of the banknote container by a flap-actuating device which is controllable in dependence on a displacement path of the banknote container in the receiving module;
• the banknote container including a retracting element arranged such that when the banknote container is removed from the receiving module and before the flap is closed, said retracting element forces the banknotes located in the banknote container away from the opening, back into the container interior;
• the banknote container including a pressing device actuatable by a motor for pressing the banknotes against the extracting and separating device;
• the flap-actuating device having a pivotable rocker with a guide peg, and a pivot lever which bears the flap, the pivotable rocker and pivot lever being coupled to one another via a slotted-guide control means;
• the unit being arranged such that, when the banknote container is pushed into the receiving module, the guide peg (54) fastened on the rocker engages a control curve disposed on a side wall of the receiving module and pivots the rocker over a first section of the displacement path, causing the flap to pivot away from a first, upper part (18) of the opening (16)
• the banknote container including a closure plate which is displaceable between a position in which it closes a second, lower part of the opening and a position in which it releases the same, the receiving module having an edge which projects into a displacement path of the closure plate and restrains the closure plate over a second section of the displacement path of the banknote container in the receiving module, causing the lower part of the opening to be released,
• the banknote container including a locking lever which retains the retracting element in a retracted position, the receiving module including a carry-along element which, over the rest of the displacement path of the banknote container in the receiving module, adjusts the locking lever into a position in which the locking lever releases the retracting element, whereupon the retracting element is displaceable by the pressing device a direction of the extracting device to such an extent that the banknotes are placed in an extracting position.