Banknote handling apparatus having a sorted-banknote stacking device and bundling device

A banknote handling apparatus comprising a sorted-banknote stacking device that sorts and stacks banknotes per denomination and a bundling device that bundles banknotes, wherein

• the sorted-banknote stacking device includes:
• a hopper unit for depositing banknotes into the banknote handling apparatus;
• a feeding unit that feeds the banknotes deposited into the hopper unit one by one;
• a transporting unit that transports the banknotes fed by the feeding unit;
• a denomination recognizing unit that recognizes the denomination of the banknotes transported by the transporting unit;
• a plurality of stackers in which the banknotes transported by the transporting unit are sorted and stacked based on a recognition result obtained by the denomination recognizing unit;
• and
• a rejecting unit that discharges a rejected banknote and,
• the bundling device includes:
• a bundling-object-banknote stacking unit in which banknotes of a specific denomination transported by the transporting unit of the sorted-banknote stacking device are stacked;
• and
• a banknote bundling unit that bundles the banknotes of the specific denomination stacked in the bundling-object-banknote stacking unit,
• wherein a bottom surface of the sorted-banknote stacking device is arranged at a higher level than a bottom surface of the bundling device,
• wherein a top surface of the bundling device is arranged at a lower level than a top surface of the sorted-banknote stacking device, and
• an empty space is arranged between the top surface of the bundling device and a plane including the top surface of the sorted-banknote stacking device.

A banknote handling apparatus comprising a sorted-banknote stacking device that sorts and stacks banknotes per denomination and a bundling device that bundles banknotes, wherein

• the sorted-banknote stacking device includes:
• a hopper unit for depositing banknotes into the banknote handling apparatus;
• a feeding unit that feeds the banknotes deposited into the hopper unit one by one;
• a transporting unit that transports the banknotes fed by the feeding unit;
• a denomination recognizing unit that recognizes the denomination of the banknotes transported by the transporting unit;
• a plurality of stackers in which the banknotes transported by the transporting unit are sorted and stacked based on a recognition result obtained by the denomination recognizing unit, and
• a rejecting unit that discharges a rejected banknote and
• the bundling device includes:
• a bundling-object-banknote stacking unit in which banknotes of a specific denomination transported by the transporting unit of the sorted-banknote stacking device are stacked;
• and
• a banknote bundling unit that bundles the banknotes sorted and stacked in the bundling-object-banknote stacking unit when a number of the banknotes reaches a predetermined number, wherein
• the sorted-banknote stacking device is installed at a higher level than a floor surface, and the bundling device is installed on the floor surface, and the sorted-banknote stacking device and the bundling device are connected to each other by the transporting unit,
• wherein the sorted-banknote stacking device is installed with a bottom surface thereof supported such that an empty space is arranged between the bottom surface of the sorted-banknote stacking device and the floor surface.

A banknote handling apparatus comprising a sorted-banknote stacking device that sorts and stacks banknotes per denomination and a bundling device that bundles banknotes, wherein

• the sorted-banknote stacking device includes:
• a hopper unit for depositing a banknote into the banknote handling apparatus;
• a feeding unit that feeds the banknote deposited into the hopper unit one by one;
• a transporting unit that transports the banknote fed by the feeding unit;
• a denomination recognizing unit that recognizes the denomination of the banknote transported by the transporting unit;
• a plurality of stackers in which the banknote transported by the transporting unit is sorted and stacked based on a recognition result obtained by the denomination recognizing unit, and
• a rejecting unit that discharges a rejected banknote and
• the bundling device includes:
• a bundling-object-banknote stacking unit in which banknotes of a specific denomination transported by the transporting unit of the sorted-banknote stacking device are stacked;
• and
• a banknote bundling unit that bundles the banknotes sorted and stacked in the bundling-object-banknote stacking unit when a number of the banknotes reaches a predetermined number,
• wherein the sorted-banknote stacking device is installed at a higher level than a floor surface, and the bundling device is installed on the floor surface, and the sorted-banknote stacking device and the bundling device are connected to each other by the transporting unit,
• wherein banknotes in the sorted-banknote stacking device are managed based on
• a number of banknotes that have been stacked in the stackers when a transaction is started,
• a number of banknotes that are stacked in the stackers after the transaction has been started and that are still in the stackers, and
• a number of banknotes that are removed from the stackers after the transaction has been started, and
• banknotes in the bundling device are managed based on
• a number of banknotes that have been stacked in the bundling-object-banknote stacking unit when the transaction is started,
• a number of banknotes that are stacked in the bundling-object-banknote stacking unit after the transaction has been started and that are still in the bundling-object-banknote stacking unit, and
• a number of banknotes that are bundled by the banknote bundling unit after the transaction has been started.