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An arrangement for handling banknotes having a banknote magazine (10) which is arranged to permit banknotes (39) to be fed into as well as out from the magazine one by one, and a memory device (44) for storing continuously updated information about the contents of the magazine (10). The banknote mag

An arrangement for handling banknotes having a banknote magazine (10) which is arranged to permit banknotes (39) to be fed into as well as out from the magazine one by one, and a memory device (44) for storing continuously updated information about the contents of the magazine (10). The banknote magazine has a controllably rotatable drum (10), containing a plurality of separate magazine compartments (11), formed by sector-like pockets, each of which extends in a generally radial direction into the drum (10) from an opening (27) located at the periphery of the drum. Through rotation of the drum (10), a selectable magazine compartment (11) can be placed with its opening (27) in front of an infeed and/or outfeed station (17, 19, 21) in order to permit an infeed of a banknote into or an outfeed of a banknote from said compartment (11) by an infeed and outfeed device (28), located within the magazine compartment (11) and serving also to hold a banknote fed into the magazine compartment (11) within the latter.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. An arrangement for handling banknotes, said arrangement being of the kind comprising a banknote magazine (10), which is arranged to permit banknotes (39) to be fed in into as well as out from the magazine one by one, detector means (45), which are arranged to detect eac

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. An arrangement for handling banknotes, said arrangement being of the kind comprising a banknote magazine (10), which is arranged to permit banknotes (39) to be fed in into as well as out from the magazine one by one, detector means (45), which are arranged to detect each infeed of a banknote into and each outfeed of a banknote from the magazine (10), and memory means (44), which are arranged to store information about the contents of the magazine that is updated continuously in connection with (he infeed of banknotes into and the outfeed of banknotes from the magazine (10), characterized in that the banknote magazine comprises a controllably rotatable drum (10), containing a plurality of separate, individually identifiable magazine compartments (11) which are formed each by one sector-like pocket, extending in a generally radial direction into the drum (10) from a combined infeed and outfeed opening (27) of the magazine compartment (11) in question, located at the periphery of the drum, in that, through rotation of the drum (10), a magazine compartment (11), selected in view of the stored information, can be placed with its said opening (27) in front of at least one infeed or outfeed station (17, 19, 21) in order to permit an infeed of a banknote into or an outfeed of a banknote from said compartment (11) at said station (17, 19, 21), in that each magazine compartment (11) is arranged to receive only one banknote (39) therein, and in that each magazine compartment (11) is provided with combined infeed and outfeed means (28), located adjacent to said opening (27) thereof, for forcibly feeding in a banknote into and forcibly feeding out a banknote from the magazine compartment (11) and holding a banknote, fed in into the magazine compartment.