Bill deposit/withdrawal machine for depositing/withdrawing bills

A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills according to a transaction, comprising:

• a deposit/withdrawal port disposed in an upper part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine, for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills;
• a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills;
• a solid bill box casing disposed in a lower part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine;
• at least one bill accepting box disposed in said bill box casing, for accepting bills transported from said deposit/withdrawal port and/or accepting bills to be transported to said deposit/withdrawal port;
• and
• a bill transport path for connecting said deposit/withdrawal port to said bill accepting box through said bill discriminating unit and for transporting bills, said bill transport path including an upper bill transport path provided in said upper part of said bill deposit/withdrawal machine and a lower bill transport path connected to said upper bill transport path and provided in said bill box casing;
• wherein at time of a deposit transaction a bill inputted from said deposit/withdrawal port is discriminated by said bill discriminating unit and transported through said upper and lower bill transport paths to be accepted into said bill accepting box disposed in said bill box casing;
• and
• wherein at time of a withdrawal transaction a bill sent out from said bill accepting box disposed in said bill box casing is transported through said upper and lower bill transport paths and discriminated by said bill discriminating unit to be delivered to said deposit/withdrawal port.