Bank-note processing device

A bank-note processing device comprising:

• bank-note shifting means for temporarily inserting a bank-note inserted from a bank-note slot and then parallel shifting the bank-note so as to store the bank-note in a stacker, having a pair of rotary drums which rotate in directions opposite from each other at a same phase, bank-note guide slits which are formed in the longitudinal direction of each cylindrical surface of the pair of rotary drums for temporarily inserting the inserted bank-note, and a stacker chute which interlocks with the rotation of the pair of rotary drums for pushing the roughly center area of the bank-note inserted in the bank-note guide slits toward the stacker side;
• a bank-note reverse-flowing-preventive lever which is disposed between the pair of rotary drums and near the leading ends of the bank-note guide slits for engaging with the bottom end of the bank-note parallel shifted from the bank-note guide slits to the stacker side, so as to prevent the return of the bank-note parallel shifted to the stacker side;
• bank-note transporting means for transporting the bank-note inserted from the bank-note slot along the bank-note guide slits of the pair of rotary drums, having a shaft disposed adjacent to the free end of the stacker chute, a pair of pulleys supported by both ends of the shaft and a pair of bank-note transporting belts which loop the pair of pulleys respectively, the pair of bank-note transporting belts being stretched along the bank-note guide slits from the leading ends of the bank-note guide slits so as to transport the inserted bank-note along the bank-note guide slits from the leading ends of the bank-note guide slits when the bank-note transporting belts are driven and rotated;
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• a stacker lever disposed between the pair of rotary drums, for pushing a portion positioned at the bank-note reverse-flowing-preventive lever side of the bank-note inserted in the bank-note guide slits toward the stacker side.