DE2158301

A unit for storing bills in currency dispensing systems. Successive individual bills or groups of bills are oriented at right angles to each other in a stack above a blocking plate. When one of two sets of doors in the blocking plate opens, the doors form a passage for bills with one orientation, but not the other. Hence, the bottom bill in the stack is blocked or dispensed depending on its orientation. In one embodiment, each of two independently operated cam units block one set of doors in a first position. Actuating one cam unit opens one set of doors and positively blocks the other set. Whenever the storage unit is outside the dispensing system, a transportation plate positively prevents accidental dispensing of any bills.