Automatic money-receiving and -dispensing machine

PCT No. PCT/DE96/01551 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 27, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 27, 1998 PCT Filed Aug. 21, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/13225 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 10, 1997In the case of an automatic money-receiving and -dispensing machine having a banknote-receiving location (20), having a banknote-checking and recognition device, having at least one intermediate store for intermediately storing received banknotes, having a banknote-dispensing location (22), having a plurality of storage units (30, 32, 34, 36) which are arranged in a secure housing (16) and are intended for keeping, storing and/or dispensing banknotes, and having transporting path (40) which connect the receiving location (44), the dispensing location (52), the checking and recognition device (58) and the storage units (30, 32, 34, 36) to one another, at least one of the storage units (32, 30) contains an exchangeable storage cassette (31, 33) for banknotes which are to be dispensed, at least one storage unit (34, 36) having a winding store for receiving, storing and dispensing banknotes, the storage units (30, 32, 34, 36) being connected to a common, first transporting path (40), which is arranged, together with the storage units (30, 32, 34, 36), in the secure housing (16), and the checking and recognition device, the intermediate store and a second transporting path, which connects the units to the receiving and dispensing locations (20, 22), being arranged in a top part (12) outside the housing (16) which accommodates the storage units (30, 32, 34, 36).