Claims:1. A paper sheet handling apparatus that recognizes paper sheets and sorts the paper sheets based on recognition results, comprising:
a stacking unit that has an opening provided on a front surface of the apparatus for taking out paper sheets stacked in a stacking space therethrough and that stacks the paper sheet in the stacking space in an inclined standing position,
wherein a cut-out portion is formed by cutting out a side surface of the apparatus from the opening toward a back surface of the apparatus.

2. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a front end of a side wall supporting a paper sheet surface of the paper sheets in the stacking space is located at a location closer to the back surface than the opening, and a surface that connects the side wall and the side surface having the cut-out portion is formed.

3. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a bottom surface of the stacking space is formed to extend to the front surface of the apparatus.

4. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein left and right side walls that form the stacking space are located at locations closer to the back surface than the front surface of the apparatus, and the opening is formed so that an area of the opening increases from a front end of the left and right side walls toward the front surface of the apparatus.

5. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the stacking unit includes a stacking wheel that stacks paper sheets in the stacking space in an aligned state,
wherein the cut-out portion is formed at a location closer to the opening than the stacking wheel.

6. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the stacking wheel is provided on one side wall of the stacking space, and the cut-out portion is formed on the other side wall of the stacking space.

7. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the cut-out portion is formed on a side wall, and a surface of the paper sheet stacked in the stacking space in the inclined standing position comes along the side wall.

8. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a pushing member that is arranged inside the stacking unit and pushes the paper sheets stacked in the stacking space toward the opening,
wherein the cut-out portion is formed at a location at which a part of a short edge of the paper sheet pushed by the pushing member is exposed.

9. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 8, wherein only a part of a paper sheet surface including the part of the short edge is exposed from the cut-out portion, and at least a part of the paper sheet below the cut-out portion is supported by a surface continued from a side wall of the stacking space.

10. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
wherein the stacking unit includes a first stacking unit arranged on a left end of the apparatus and a second stacking unit arranged on a right end of the apparatus, and
wherein on a left side surface of the apparatus, a first cut-out portion is formed from the opening of the first stacking unit toward the back surface, and on a right side surface of the apparatus, a second cut-out portion is formed from the opening of the second stacking unit toward the back surface.

11. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, on the front surface of the apparatus, a recess is formed to be recessed toward the back surface between the first stacking unit and the second stacking unit.

12. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 11, wherein a front end of a right side wall of the stacking space of the first stacking unit is located at a location closer to the back surface than the recess, and a front end of a left side wall of the stacking space of the second stacking unit is located at a location closer to the back surface than the recess.

13. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 12, wherein on the left side of the recess, a surface that connects the recess and the right side wall of the stacking space of the first stacking unit is formed, and on the right side of the recess, a surface that connects the recess and the left side wall of the stacking space of the second stacking unit is formed.
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