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1. An apparatus for receiving and dispensing bills, comprising:
a bill receiving or dispensing port provided in a casing forming an outer shape of an ATM (automated teller machine), the bill receiving or dispensing port configured to receive or dispense bills; a carriage unit comprising a pocket configured to clamp and deposit the bills received directly from the bill receiving or dispensing port, or clamp and transfer the bills to be dispensed through the bill receiving or dispensing port, the pocket defined by at least a front plate and a back plate movable relative to the front plate to receive and hold the bills between the first plate and the back plate, the front plate supporting the bills and comprising a rotatable front moving belt, the front plate configured to clamp the bills in conjunction with the back plate, the back plate comprising a rotatable back moving belt coming into contact with the bills; a separation and piling unit formed with separation space for holding the received bills to be separated into individual sheets, the separation and piling unit further formed with piling space for piling the bills to be dispensed; a carriage transfer unit configured to move the pocket between the bill receiving or dispensing port and the separation and piling unit along a trajectory; and a controller configured to control operation of the carriage unit, the separation and piling unit and the carriage transfer unit, wherein the separation and piling unit comprises a push plate partitioning the separation space from the piling space, the push plate being movable, wherein the pocket has an insert hole through which the push plate enters the pocket when the carriage unit is received in the separation and piling unit, and wherein when the carriage unit is received in the separation and piling unit, the separation space is defined by a space between the push plate and the front plate, and the piling space is defined by a space between the push plate and the back plate. |
