Automatic transaction apparatus

An automatic transaction apparatus comprising:

• an upper unit having a bill deposit/withdrawal section into which bills are inserted and that discharges bills, and a discriminating section that discriminates between bills;
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• a lower unit having a plurality of denomination-specific cassettes that store bills per denomination, and a reject depository that stores bills, which are not objects of withdrawal among bills that are drawn-out from the denomination-specific cassettes in a withdrawal process;
• wherein the denomination-specific cassettes and the reject depository are lined-up in a front-rear direction of the automatic transaction apparatus, thereby configuring a bill storage section including the denomination-specific cassettes and the reject depository;
• wherein an upper conveying path, which conveys bills to respective sections within the upper unit, and a lower conveying portion, which is connected to the upper conveying path and is disposed over the denomination-specific cassettes and the reject depository within the lower unit and branches off midway therealong and conveys bills to the denomination-specific cassettes or the reject depository, are provided;
• wherein bills that are conveyed from the upper conveying path toward the lower conveying portion all pass through a common path and reach the lower conveying portion;
• wherein the bill storage section is mounted so as to be able to be pulled-out from an interior to an exterior of the lower unit in the front-rear direction of the automatic transaction apparatus;
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• wherein the lower conveying portion is connected to the bill storage section so as to be movable to open an upper side of the bill storage section and so that the lower conveying portion and the bill storage section are simultaneously pullable to be pulled-out, and in a state of opening the upper side of the bill storage section when the bill storage section is pulled-out, the reject depository is pullable upward.