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Abstract

A bill processing apparatus capable of receiving and/or dispensing bills, the bill processing apparatus including a drum disposed in the vicinity of a bill transaction opening capable of communicating between the outside and inside of the bill processing apparatus and secured to a center shaft rotatably mounted on the bill processing apparatus, the drum having a bill accumulating portion which has an opening at one side thereof and can receive the bills via said opening and accumulate them therein, a bill feed-in passage for feeding the bills from the bill accumulating portion into the inside of the bill processing apparatus, a bill feed-out passage for feeding the bills from the inside of the bill processing apparatus to the bill accumulating portion, a drum rotating devices for rotating the drum so that the opening of the bill accumulating portion can selectively communicate with the bill transaction opening, the bill feed-in passage or the bill feed-out passage, and bill transporting rollers provided for the bill accumulating portion and capable of feeding the bills into the bill accumulating portion and feeding out the bills from the bill accumulating portion. The thus constituted bill processing apparatus can be made small in size.

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