Paper-sheet handling device

A paper-sheet handling device comprising:

• paper-sheet storage means for receiving perforated paper-sheets delivered to the paper-sheet storage means and temporarily storing a plurality of perforated paper-sheets in a state in which the perforated paper-sheets are aligned, and for releasing a bound bundle of aligned paper-sheets in a predetermined direction along a path;
• binding means for binding a bundle of aligned paper-sheets stored in said paper-sheet storage means using a binding component;
• and
• a binder cassette for storing binding components and for releasing a binding component to be transferred to said binding means,
• wherein said binding means is arranged downstream of said paper-sheet storage means with respect to said predetermined direction and said binding means is pivotally displaceable about a rotation axis between a first position facing said paper-sheet storage means and a second position facing said binder cassette, for receiving a binding component from the binder cassette,
• said rotation axis is arranged in the vicinity of a region where said predetermined direction intersects a direction in which binding components are released from said binder cassette to be transferred to the binding means,
• said binding means contains a movement mechanism which moves the binding means pivotally about said rotation axis between said first position and said second position, and
• said binding means moves pivotally about said rotation axis to the second position to remove a binding component of a predetermined size from the binder cassette, moves pivotally about said rotation axis to the first position while holding said removed binding component, thereby transferring the removed binding component to a position for binding the bundle of paper-sheets stored in said paper-sheet storage means, and binds the bundle of paper-sheets by means of said binding component.