Automatic money depositing and disbursing machine

Claim 1

An automatic money depositing and disbursing machine wherein deposited notes are stored and notes to be paid out are disbursed, said machine comprising: a dealing port; a receiving section in communication with the dealing port for receiving deposited notes; at least one payment box for storing notes to be paid out; a common delivery passage disposed downstream of and in communication with the receiving section and downstream of and in communication with the payment box for delivering deposited notes fed from the receiving section and delivering notes to be paid out from the payment box; a discriminating section disposed adjacent the common delivery passage for discriminating the notes passing therethrough and detecting forged notes, double feeding, and different kinds of notes; a pool section disposed downstream of and in communication with the common delivering passage for temporarily storing notes; a second delivery passage disposed downstream of and in communication with the pool section for delivering the notes therefrom to a receiving box; a disbursing section for delivering the notes to the dealing port; a third delivery passage disposed downstream of and in communication with the common delivery passage for delivering notes therefrom to the disbursing section; and switching means disposed downstream of the common delivery passage for switching the notes from the common delivery passage into either one of the pool section and the third delivery passage.