Paper money input and output device

A paper money input and output device, comprising:

• a front surface, a rear portion, and an upper surface extending between the front surface and the rear portion;
• a money input unit having an inpayment aperture exposed to an exterior of the device and thereby configured to directly receive paper money paid in from a source external of the device, said money input unit being positioned relatively near said front surface;
• a money output unit having an outpayment aperture exposed to an exterior of the device and thereby configured to directly eject to an area external of the device paper money received from an interior portion of the device;
• a plurality of recirculation cases which receive paper money from said money input unit, said plurality of recirculation cases supplying the received paper money to said money output unit, said plurality of recirculation cases being positioned relatively near said rear portion;
• a collection case which receives paper money from said money input unit, said plurality of recirculation cases supplying paper money to said collection case, said collection case receiving the paper money from said plurality of recirculation cases;
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• a rejected-for-payout case which stores money, among the paper money which has been paid out from said recirculation cases, which has been rejected for outpayment, said money input unit, said money output unit, said collection case, said rejected-for-payout case, and said plurality of recirculation cases being aligned with each other along a stacked direction that extends from said front surface toward the rear portion which is the same direction as the thickness direction of the paper money which they receive, and said money input unit, said money output unit, said collection case, said rejected-for-payout case, and said plurality of recirculation cases being provided in a stacked state in said stacked direction;
• a conveyance unit which is configured to connect said money input unit, said money output unit, said collection case, said rejected-for-payout case, and said plurality of recirculation cases, said conveyance unit being disposed, in a plan view, on a same lateral side of each of the money input unit, the money output unit, the collection case, the rejected-for-payout case, and the plurality of recirculation cases, said conveyance unit having a main conveyance path configured to convey said paper money between the money input unit, the money output unit, the collection case, the rejected-for-payout case, and the plurality of recirculation cases, said main conveyance path extending substantially horizontally along the thickness direction of the paper money from a position relatively near the front surface toward the rear portion;
• an inpayment identification unit which identifies paper money, said money input unit, said money output unit, and said collection case together constituting a first structural group and said rejected-for-payout case and said plurality of recirculation cases constituting a second structural group, said inpayment identification unit being provided on the side of said first structural group in an intermediate conveyance path of said conveyance unit between said first structural group and said second structural group;
• a control unit which controls said conveyance unit;
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• an outpayment identification unit which identifies paper money for outpayment and is provided on a side of said second structural group in said intermediate conveyance path, said outpayment identification unit being arranged so that said outpayment identification unit is spatially positioned between said money output unit and said rejected-for-payment case with respect to said stacked direction and said rejected-for-payment case is spatially positioned between said outpayment identification unit and said recirculation cases with respect to the stacked direction, said conveyance path of said conveyance unit connecting between said money output unit and said rejected-for-payment case,
• before paper money which is being conveyed by said conveyance unit via said main conveyance path from said recirculation case is diverted to said money output unit or said rejected-for-payment case, based upon the timing at which said paper money is detected by said outpayment identification unit, said control unit controlling the conveyance of said paper money by said conveyance unit so as to temporarily stop said paper money in said main conveyance path, and
• said control unit restarting conveyance of said paper money identified by said outpayment identification unit as being paper money which can be paid out and diverts said paper money to said money output unit, and said control unit restarting conveyance of said paper money identified by said outpayment identification unit as being paper money which cannot be paid out by reversing said conveyance unit, and stores said paper money to said rejected-for-payout case.