CN108475451B

CN108475451B - Paper sheet handling apparatus

Info

Publication number: CN108475451B
Application number: CN201680078940.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 横井利典; 菅原敏文; 铃木唯道; 加藤利一
Original assignee: Hitachi Omron Financial System Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hitachi Financial Systems Co.,Ltd.
Priority date: 2016-02-25
Filing date: 2016-11-30
Publication date: 2020-02-07
Anticipated expiration: 2036-11-30
Also published as: JP6584630B2; JPWO2017145482A1; WO2017145482A1; CN108475451A

Abstract

The paper sheet handling apparatus according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a control unit for conveying paper sheets in both directions on a conveyance path, in a safe case as a lower mechanism, the safe case is provided with a plurality of storage chambers for storing paper sheets, and a third conveying path for conveying the paper sheets conveyed from the storage chambers to an upper mechanism through a hole provided on the upper surface and the front surface side of the safe case, and the upper paper sheet mechanism as the upper mechanism and having a dispensing opening for dispensing the paper sheets, a first discriminating section, and a first conveying path extending downward by connecting the dispensing opening and the first discriminating section can be replaced by an upper paper sheet mechanism having a depositing and dispensing opening for depositing and dispensing the paper sheets, a second discriminating section, a temporary storage for temporarily storing the paper sheets, and a second conveying path extending downward by connecting the depositing and dispensing opening, the second discriminating section, and the temporary storage.

Description

Paper sheet handling apparatus

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling apparatus including a paper sheet dispensing mechanism or a paper sheet depositing and dispensing mechanism.

Background

Examples of the paper sheet handling apparatus include an apparatus having only a dispensing mechanism for discharging paper sheets to a user, and an apparatus having a depositing and dispensing mechanism for discharging paper sheets to a user and for storing paper sheets inserted by the user. In the case of the dispensing mechanism, a paper sheet discriminating section for discriminating whether or not a paper sheet is suitable for dispensing based on a predetermined reference, a reject box for storing rejected paper sheets which do not reach the predetermined reference, and a storage box for storing dispensed paper sheets are required. For example, patent document 1 discloses a dispensing mechanism that discharges a sheet horizontally from a dispensing opening. In this case, when the paper sheet discriminating unit detects a rejected paper sheet, the normal paper sheets already conveyed to the dispensing port are also stored in the reject box, and therefore, the dispensing operation needs to be performed again, which is inefficient. Further, when the outlet is provided in the safe so as to discharge in the horizontal direction, it is easy to enter the safe from the outside, and safety cannot be secured.

On the other hand, the depositing and dispensing machine is very high in demand because it can handle the paper sheets inserted by the user, but is expensive because the transport mechanism is complicated and a higher performance paper sheet discriminating unit is required in the case of depositing the deposited banknotes. For example, japanese laid-open patent publication No. 2003-346221 discloses a device capable of changing to only dispensing by narrowing the function of depositing by setting.

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese unexamined patent publication No. 2005-259085

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

The present invention has an object to provide a paper sheet handling apparatus which is reduced in size of a safe and has high safety and reduced cost, or a paper sheet handling apparatus which is configured to be capable of replacing an upper mechanism of a dispensing mechanism and an upper mechanism of a depositing and dispensing mechanism, thereby allowing a lower mechanism to be used and the paper sheet handling apparatus to be upgraded to the depositing and dispensing mechanism at low cost.

Means for solving the problems

The paper sheet handling apparatus according to the present invention includes: a dispensing opening for dispensing the paper sheets; a first determination unit that determines whether the paper sheet is suitable for dispensing; a plurality of storage bins for storing paper sheets; a safe in which a storage is stored; a transport path passing through a hole provided on the upper surface and the front side of the safe to connect the dispensing opening, the first determination section, and the storage; and a control unit configured to convey the paper sheet bidirectionally on the conveyance path; the dispensing opening and the first determination section are provided outside the safe, and the control section conveys the paper sheets fed out from the storage to the dispensing opening during dispensing. Further, the upper paper sheet mechanism having the dispensing port, the first discriminating unit, and the first transport path extending downward and connecting the dispensing port and the first discriminating unit can be replaced with an upper paper sheet mechanism having a dispensing port for depositing and dispensing paper sheets, a second discriminating unit for discriminating the denomination, authenticity, and suitability for dispensing of paper sheets, a temporary storage for temporarily storing paper sheets, and a second transport path extending downward and connecting the dispensing port, the second discriminating unit, and the temporary storage. Further, a paper sheet handling apparatus having a dispensing mechanism for dispensing paper sheets or a depositing and dispensing mechanism for depositing and dispensing paper sheets, wherein the dispensing mechanism has a dispensing port for dispensing paper sheets, a first determining section for determining whether or not paper sheets are suitable for dispensing, and a first transport path extending downward and connecting the dispensing port and the first determining section, and the depositing and dispensing mechanism has, as an upper paper sheet mechanism, a depositing and dispensing port for depositing and dispensing paper sheets, a second determining section for determining denomination, authenticity, and suitability for dispensing of paper sheets, a temporary storage for temporarily storing paper sheets, a second transport path connecting the depositing and dispensing port, the second determining section, and the temporary storage and extending downward, and as an upper paper sheet mechanism, the dispensing mechanism and the depositing and dispensing mechanism are a common lower paper sheet mechanism, and has: the paper sheet feeding device includes a plurality of storage boxes for storing paper sheets, a third conveying path for conveying the paper sheets conveyed from the storage boxes to an upper paper sheet mechanism, and a safe for covering the storage boxes and the third conveying path.

Effects of the invention

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a paper sheet handling apparatus which is reduced in size and cost and has high safety. Further, by providing a structure in which the upper mechanism of the dispensing mechanism and the upper mechanism of the deposit and dispense mechanism are replaced, the lower mechanism can be used, and the deposit and dispense mechanism can be upgraded at low cost.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of the automatic teller machine of the present embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a functional block diagram of the automated teller machine according to the present embodiment in which a banknote dispensing mechanism is mounted.

Fig. 3 is a side sectional view showing an embodiment of the banknote dispensing mechanism of the present embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a control relationship diagram of the banknote dispensing mechanism according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing the software configuration of the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism and the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a side sectional view of the banknote dispensing mechanism of the present embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a conveying direction diagram of banknotes in the dispensing process of the banknote dispensing mechanism according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a conveying direction diagram of banknotes in the forgetting to receive processing in the banknote dispensing mechanism according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a conveying direction diagram of banknotes in the process when a banknote jam occurs in the banknote dispensing mechanism according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 10 is a detailed view of the banknote discriminating unit and the transport path of the banknote dispensing mechanism according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a control relationship diagram in the case where the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment is equipped with a banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism.

Fig. 12 is a side sectional view of the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism of the present embodiment.

Fig. 13 is a control relationship diagram of the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 14 is a conveying direction diagram of banknotes in the deposit process of the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 15 is a conveying direction diagram of banknotes in the dispensing process of the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 16 is a diagram showing a change from the dispensing mechanism to the depositing and dispensing mechanism according to the present embodiment.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, a dispensing mechanism according to one embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of an automatic teller machine. The upper part of the main body box 101 of the device is provided with: a card/receipt processing mechanism 102 which communicates with a card slot 102a provided on an upper front panel 101b of the main body case 101 to process a user's card, print a transaction receipt, and discharge the transaction receipt; and a passbook processing means 103 communicating with the passbook slot 103a to process the passbook of the user. Further, the lower part of the main body casing 101 is provided with a bill dispensing mechanism 1 for handling bills, and the middle part is provided with a customer operation unit 105 for displaying and inputting the contents of the transaction. The main body control unit 106 controls the entire automatic teller machine. In addition, the transaction display 107 indicates a transactable transaction category such as a withdrawal, a balance inquiry, and the like to the user.

Fig. 2 is a functional block diagram of the present embodiment. As described above, the card/receipt handling mechanism 102, the bankbook handling mechanism 103, the banknote dispensing mechanism 1, and the customer operation unit 105 accommodated in the main body casing 101 are connected to the main body control unit 106 via the bus 106a, and perform necessary operations under the control of the main body control unit 106. The main body control unit 106 is connected to the interface unit 106b, the machine operator operation unit 106c, and the external storage device 106d via the bus 106a, and exchanges necessary data, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. The power supply unit 101e shown in fig. 2 supplies electric power to the above-described mechanisms and components.

Fig. 3 is a side sectional view showing the structure of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1. The banknote dispensing mechanism 1 includes a dispensing port 20 through which a user takes out banknotes, a banknote discriminating unit 30 for discriminating the number or state of banknotes, a reject container 60 for storing banknotes that are not suitable for dispensing or banknotes that are excessively discharged by being carried out during dispensing, a dispensing container 70 for storing and dispensing dispensed banknotes, a banknote transport path 50 for transporting banknotes through the banknote discriminating unit 30 to the dispensing port 20, the reject container 60, and the dispensing container 70, and a control unit, not shown. Fig. 4 is a control relationship diagram of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 shown in fig. 3, in which the control unit 35 of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 and the main body control unit 106 are connected via a bus 106a, and the control of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 is performed in accordance with a command from the main body control unit 106 and detection of the state of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1. The state of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 is also transmitted to the main body control unit 106 as necessary. In the banknote dispensing mechanism 1, the control unit 35 is connected to a drive motor, an electromagnetic solenoid, or a sensor of each unit (the dispensing port 20, the banknote discriminating unit 30, the banknote transport path 50, the reject box 60, and the dispensing box 70), and drives and controls the actuator while monitoring the state by the sensor in accordance with the transaction.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of control software incorporated in the control unit 35. The main body control unit 106 issues an instruction to the control unit 35 via the bus 106 a. In the control unit 35, the communication control task 401 receives a command from the main body control unit 106, the state management task 402 interprets the command, and the command control task 403 instructs the outlet control task 420, the banknote discrimination control task 430, the banknote transport path control task 450, the reject storage control task 460, and the output storage control task 470 in accordance with various commands in accordance with the command from the state management task 402. When each task process is completed, the command control task 403 and the unit status monitoring task 490 report the result and status to the status management task 402, the status management task 402 instructs the communication control task 401 to report the result, and the communication control task 401 performs a transmission process of a response to the body control unit 106 via the bus 106 a. The control software includes in advance a deposit and withdrawal port control task 421, a banknote discriminating unit control task 431, a temporary storage control task 440, a discriminating storage control task 461, a counterfeit banknote collection unit control task 462, a circulation unit control task 480, and a banknote loading/collection unit control task 481 as functions of controlling a deposit and withdrawal port 21 for depositing and withdrawing banknotes included in the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2, a banknote discriminating unit 31 capable of discriminating denominations, genuineness, and reading inherent information of paper sheets such as a crown word number, a temporary storage 40 for temporarily storing the deposited banknotes until the completion of a transaction, a discriminating storage 61 for discriminating banknotes according to denomination or state of loss, a counterfeit banknote collection unit 62 for collecting only counterfeit banknotes exclusively, a circulation unit 80 for depositing and withdrawing, and a banknote loading/collection unit 81 for loading and collecting banknotes, the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 and the banknote deposit and dispense mechanism 2 can be controlled by common control software.

Next, as shown in fig. 6, the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 is configured by: an upper banknote mechanism 1a of the dispenser including the outlet 20, the banknote discriminating unit 30, and the banknote transport path 50, and a lower banknote mechanism 1b including the reject container 60, the dispensing container 70, and an openable/closable transport path 90 disposed in front of the respective containers. The lower bill mechanism 1b is mounted in the safe housing 108 made of a thick iron plate of about 50mm, and the transport paths of the upper bill mechanism 1a and the lower bill mechanism 1b of the dispenser are connected by a connecting transport path 501 h.

The connection conveyance path 501h is provided at a position surrounding the upper iron plate of the safe box 108 of the lower bill mechanism 1b and connecting the conveyance path 501g of the upper bill mechanism 1a of the dispenser and the conveyance path 901e of the lower bill mechanism 1 b. The hole (slit) formed in the upper surface iron plate is set to be equal to or larger than the width length of the paper money to be fed and the width of the transport roller installed to nip and send out the paper money transported in the slit. The slit is a slit through which a transport path connecting the upper paper money mechanism and the lower paper money mechanism passes, and the upper paper money mechanism is preferably provided on the front side (user side) of the lower paper money mechanism or on the front side (user side) of the paper money storage so that a user can easily take out paper money dispensed from the upper paper money mechanism smaller than the lower paper money mechanism. Further, the drive source (motor) of the transport path may be provided in the transport path of the upper banknote mechanism 1a and the transport path of the lower banknote mechanism 1b of the dispenser, respectively, but a single drive source may be used to transmit the drive force through gears provided between the

transport paths

501g, 501h, and 901 e. The bill transport path 50 passes through the bill discriminating portion 30 in both directions, and connects the deposit and withdrawal port 20, the reject container 60, and the withdrawal container 70 via transport paths shown by 501g, 501h, and 901e to 901 h. Among the banknote transport paths 50, the 4-position banknote transport paths 901e to 901h, which are positioned in the lower banknote mechanism 1b and in the front portions of the reject container 60 and the dispensing container 70, are integrated to constitute the openable/closable open/close transport path 90 so as to be openable/closable, and the machine operator can open the open/close transport path 90 to operate the reject container 60 and the recycle container 70. The bill conveying path 50 is provided with pass-through sensors 701a to 701f, and can detect the passage of bills.

Thus, the miniaturization and the improvement of the safety box can be realized through the following structures: the paper sheet handling machine is provided with a delivery port section including a delivery port for delivering paper sheets, a first determination section for determining whether the paper sheets are suitable for delivery, a plurality of storage boxes for storing the paper sheets, a safe box having the plurality of storage boxes, a transport path for connecting the delivery port section, the first determination section, and the storage boxes through a hole provided in the upper surface and the front side of the safe box, and a control section for bidirectionally transporting the paper sheets on the transport path, wherein the delivery port section and the first determination section are provided outside the safe box, and the control section transports the paper sheets delivered from the storage boxes to the delivery port section at the time of delivery.

Next, the dispensing process of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 will be described with reference to fig. 6. When receiving a dispensing instruction from the main body control unit 106, the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 delivers banknotes corresponding to the number of banknotes instructed from the main body control unit 106 from the dispensing box 70. For example, when banknotes are fed from the lowermost banknote deposit box 70, the banknotes are fed from the banknote deposit box 70 one by one, and the number of banknotes is counted by the insertion sensor 701 f. The fed banknotes are transported from the banknote transport path 901h in the order of 901g, 901f, 901e, and 501h, the number of banknotes is determined by the banknote determination section 30, and the banknotes are transported to the output port 20 through the banknote transport path 501 g. When the number of sheets counted by the passage sensor 701f attached near the exit of the lowermost bank 70 reaches the number of sheets instructed from the main body control unit 106, the delivery from the bank 70 is stopped. When the number of banknotes discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 30 reaches the number instructed from the main body control unit 106 and all the dispensed banknotes are stacked in the dispensing port 20, all the

banknote transport paths

501g, 501h, 901e, 901f, 901g, and 901h are stopped. The output port 20 has an opening portion and an opening/closing shutter 20a at the top, and when the output process is completed, the opening/closing shutter 20a is opened to discharge the banknotes to the user.

Next, the reject collection process of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 will be described with reference to fig. 7. When banknotes are fed out from the dispensing boxes, the number of fed-out banknotes is counted by any one of the passage sensors 701d to 701f closest to the outlet of the respective dispensing boxes, but the number of passed-through banknotes cannot be accurately known by the passage sensors 701d to 701 f. For example, when 2 banknotes are stacked and fed from the dispensing box, the pass-through sensors 701d to 701f count 1 banknote. When banknotes are fed out from the lowermost dispensing box 70, the fed-out banknotes are transported from the banknote transport path 901h in the order of 901g, 901f, 901e, and 501h, and when the banknote classification section 30 classifies the banknotes that have passed through as 2 banknotes, all the

transport paths

501g and 501h and the transport paths 901e to 901h are stopped. After the conveyance path is stopped, the motor, not shown, is reversed, the conveyance path is operated in the direction opposite to the direction of the banknotes at the time of dispensing, the banknotes discriminated as 2 are conveyed to the reject container 60, and the following banknotes are output to the dispensing container 70 of the delivery source. In this way, at least one of the storage units is a reject storage unit that stores the paper sheets judged by the first judging unit as being unsuitable for dispensing, and the control unit is configured to drive the transport path in a direction opposite to the dispensing direction to transport the paper sheets judged as being unsuitable for dispensing to the reject storage unit, and to transport the paper sheets following the paper sheets judged as being unsuitable for dispensing to the storage unit that has sent the following paper sheets.

Next, the left-behind collection process of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 will be described with reference to fig. 8. When receiving the reception forgetting instruction from the main body control unit 106, the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 closes the shutter 20a of the outlet 20. Here, regarding whether or not the forgetting occurs, when the paper is detected for a predetermined time or more by the paper detection sensor provided in the outlet 20, it is determined that the forgetting occurs. The banknotes are fed out one by one from the output port 20. The banknotes fed out from the output port 20 are stored in the reject container through the

banknote conveyance paths

501g, 501h, and 901 e. In this way, the dispensing opening section has a separating mechanism for separating the stacked paper sheets one by one, and when the forgetting of the paper sheets is detected in the dispensing opening section, the control section separates and feeds out the paper sheets stacked in the dispensing opening section by the separating mechanism, counts the number of the fed paper sheets by the first determination section, and conveys the paper sheets to the reject box by driving the conveying path in a direction opposite to the dispensing direction, thereby reliably collecting the paper sheets forgotten by the user.

Next, a process performed when a banknote jam occurs in the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 will be described with reference to fig. 9. In any of the dispensing process, the reject collection process, and the left-behind collection process, the passage of the banknotes is monitored by any of the passage sensors 701a to 701f, but if the state of passage through the sensors 701a to 701f does not change for a certain period of time, it is determined that a jam has occurred, and the

conveyance paths

501g, 501h, and 901e to 901h are stopped. Then, the occurrence of the jam is transmitted to the main body control unit 106.

Next, details of the conveyance path 501g will be described with reference to fig. 10. Since the conveyance path 501g is connected to the outlet 20 by one port, the sheet fed into and out of the outlet 20 by driving the conveyance path 501g in both directions is conveyed in both directions. Further, as described later, since the control method in consideration of the occurrence of the rejected sheets is adopted, 501g becomes 1 conveying path and there is no need to branch the conveying path halfway. Before the banknotes, the number of which is 2, are determined by the banknote determination unit 30 to be conveyed to the output port 20, the driving unit of the conveyance path 501g is stopped to stop the conveyance of the banknotes, and the driving unit of the conveyance path 501g, not shown, is driven in the direction opposite to the direction at the time of the output, and the banknotes are conveyed in the direction opposite to the direction at the time of the output. At this time, the banknotes discriminated as 2 sheets are conveyed to the reject container 60, and the following banknotes are conveyed to the dispensing container 70. Here, when the conveyance is stopped after the banknotes discriminated as 2 banknotes reach the outlet 20, the banknotes cannot be distinguished from the preceding banknotes, and all the banknotes need to be temporarily conveyed to the reject box, and therefore, the conveyance needs to be stopped before the banknotes discriminated as 2 banknotes reach the outlet 20. Therefore, the distance of the conveyance path 501g needs to be such that the banknotes discriminated as 2 banknotes can be stopped before reaching the output port 20. However, since the paper money is likely to be jammed if the conveying path is bent to be large in order to increase the length, it is desirable that the conveying path be configured to be as straight as possible. Further, since the height of the outlet 20 needs to be the same as that of the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2 described later, the space constituting the transport path is limited. Therefore, the conveyance path 501g is configured to be straight up to the roller portion, and the roller portion is curved to suppress paper money jam and increase the conveyance distance. That is, the roller portions are provided at the curved points of the conveying path, and the conveying path between the plurality of roller portions has a linear structure. Here, the roller portion is a pair of two conveying rollers, and the pair of conveying rollers nip the sheet to determine and convey the sheet. Further, in order to increase the time from the banknote discrimination section 30 to the banknote reaching the output port 20, the banknote discrimination section 30 is provided at the lower end of the conveyance path 501 g. In this way, the first determination section is provided below the dispensing opening and near the hole, and thus it is possible to prevent the mixing of sheets to be rejected at the dispensing opening. Further, the conveyance path has a plurality of conveyance roller pairs for nipping and conveying the paper sheet, and the conveyance path provided outside the safe among the conveyance paths is bent at the nipping point of the conveyance roller pairs, whereby the rate of occurrence of paper money jamming can be reduced.

Further, when 2 banknotes are conveyed with a front-rear deviation and only a part of the banknotes are overlapped and bunched together, or when the banknotes are largely skewed, the length of the banknotes in the conveying direction becomes longer than when 1 banknote is normally conveyed, and therefore the time until the end of the passage through the banknote discriminating portion 30 becomes longer than when 1 banknote is normally conveyed. In such a case, even if the conveyance path 501g is stopped as described above after the completion of the discrimination by the banknote discriminating unit 30, a leading banknote among the bunch of banknotes may enter the outlet 20, or a part of a largely skewed banknote may enter the outlet 20. Therefore, the following structure is adopted: when the banknote is detected by the pass sensor 701a attached near the output port 20 before the banknote passes through the banknote classification section 30, it is determined that the conveyance state of the banknote is poor, and the conveyance path 501g is stopped even if the banknote passes through the banknote classification section 30. After stopping the unillustrated driving unit that drives the conveyance path 501g, the conveyance roller 301 provided at the entrance of the output port 20 and the unillustrated driving unit that drives the conveyance path 501g are rotated in the direction opposite to the direction of the banknote during the output, and the banknotes in the poor conveyance state are conveyed to the reject box 60, and the banknotes that have stopped before the banknote classification unit 30 are conveyed to the output box 70. In this way, by stopping the transport path 501g when the abnormal banknote is detected by the banknote discriminating unit 30 and the pass-through sensor 701a, the abnormal banknote can be prevented from being stored in the outlet 20, and therefore, in the present embodiment, a gate mechanism for switching the transport path is not required in the transport path 501 g. Further, by providing a detection sensor for detecting the passage of the paper sheet on the transport path connecting the dispensing opening and the first determination section, when the sensor detects the paper sheet before the determination process by the first determination section is completed at the time of dispensing, the drive of the transport path is controlled to be stopped, and the paper sheet to be rejected can be prevented from entering the dispensing opening.

Hereinafter, a banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2 in a case where a deposit and withdrawal machine according to one embodiment is modified from a cash withdrawal machine will be described with reference to the drawings. The banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2 is mounted on the automatic teller machine of cash shown in fig. 1. The mounting position is the same as the position of the banknote dispensing machine 1, except that the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 is replaced with the banknote deposit and dispense mechanism 2, and the other mechanisms are the same as those described in fig. 1, and therefore, the description thereof will be omitted. Next, fig. 11 is a functional block diagram of the present embodiment. In fig. 11, only the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 of fig. 2 is replaced with the banknote deposit and dispense mechanism 2, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted.

Fig. 12 is a side sectional view showing a structure of the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2 in the automatic teller machine of fig. 1. The banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2 includes a deposit and withdrawal port 21 through which a user deposits and withdraws banknotes, a banknote discriminating unit 31 capable of discriminating denominations, genuineness, and reading detailed information such as a serial number of banknotes, a temporary storage 40 that temporarily stores the deposited banknotes until a transaction is established, a discriminating storage 61 for discriminating the banknotes according to denomination or state of genuineness, a counterfeit banknote collection 62 for collecting only counterfeit banknotes exclusively, a recycling storage 80 for depositing and withdrawing, the reject storage 60, a banknote transport path 50 that transports the banknotes to the deposit and withdrawal port 21, the temporary storage 40, the reject storage 60, and the recycling storage 80 through the banknote discriminating unit 31, and a control unit, not shown. As shown in fig. 13, the control unit 35 is connected to a main body control unit 106 of the apparatus via a bus 106a, controls the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2 based on a command from the main body control unit 106 and detection of the state of the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2, and transmits the state of the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2 to the main body control unit 106 as necessary. In the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2, the control unit 35 is connected to the drive motors, electromagnetic solenoids, or sensors of the respective units (the deposit and withdrawal port 21, the banknote discriminating unit 31, the temporary storage 40, the banknote transport path 50, the reject storage 60, the counterfeit banknote collection storage 62, and the circulation storage 80), and drives and controls the drivers while monitoring the state by the sensors according to the transaction.

Here, the differentiating storage 61, the adding/collecting storage 81, and the dispensing storage 70 of the present embodiment have the same outer shape as the circulation storage 80, and have the inlet and outlet for the banknotes at the same positions, respectively, so that replacement and installation can be performed instead of the circulation storage 80, and for example, the lower banknote mechanism 1b of fig. 12 can be configured to include one reject storage 60, one differentiating storage 61, one adding/collecting storage 81, and one circulation storage 80. As shown in fig. 12, the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2 includes the following components: the upper banknote mechanism 2a, the reject container 60, the recycle container 80, and the lower banknote mechanism 1b of the depositing and dispensing machine, which are constituted by the depositing and dispensing port 21, the banknote discriminating unit 31, the temporary storage 40, the counterfeit banknote collection container 62, and the banknote transport path 50. The lower banknote mechanism 1b is mounted in the safe housing 108 in the same manner as in the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 described above, and the transport paths of the upper banknote mechanism 1a and the lower banknote mechanism 1b of the dispenser are connected by a connecting transport path 501 h. The connection transport path 501h is provided at a position surrounding the upper surface iron plate of the safe box 108 of the lower banknote mechanism 1b and connecting the transport path 501i of the upper banknote mechanism 2a of the deposit and withdrawal device and the transport path 901e of the lower banknote mechanism 1b, similarly to the banknote deposit and withdrawal device 1. The lower bill mechanism 1b and the safe housing 108 are as described above. The bill transport path 50 passes through the bill discriminating portion 31 in both directions, and connects the deposit and withdrawal port 21, the reject container 60, and the withdrawal container 70 via transport paths shown by 501i, 501h, and 901e to 901 h.

Next, the deposit process of the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2 will be described with reference to fig. 14. When receiving a deposit instruction from the main body control unit 106, the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2 opens the shutter 21a of the deposit and withdrawal port 21, and the user deposits banknotes into the deposit and withdrawal port 21. A partition plate 21b is provided in the deposit/withdrawal port 21, and a user inserts banknotes to the front side of the partition plate 21b (the side close to the user). When the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2 detects that the insertion of banknotes is completed, the shutter 21a is automatically closed. Thereafter, the banknotes are fed out one by one from the input/output port 21. The banknotes fed out from the input/output port 21 pass through the transport path 501i, and the banknote classification section 31 classifies the unique information of the banknotes such as the number of banknotes, denomination, authenticity, end loss, and serial number. The banknotes discriminated as the normal banknotes by the banknote discriminating unit 31 are transported to the temporary storage 40 through the banknote transport paths 501i, 501k, and 501 l. The banknotes discriminated as the abnormal banknotes by the banknote discriminating section 31 pass through the

banknote transport paths

501i, 501k, and 501m and are stored in the rear side (far side from the user side and far side) of the partition plate 21b in the deposit and withdrawal port 21.

When the abnormal bill is detected by the bill discriminating section 31, the opening/closing shutter 21a of the deposit/withdrawal port 21 is opened to return the bill to the user. After the user has deposited all the banknotes, if the transaction is confirmed, the banknotes are sent from the temporary storage 40, the banknotes pass through the transport paths 501l and 501k, the banknote discriminating unit 31 again discriminates the intrinsic information of the banknotes such as the number of banknotes, denomination, authenticity, end loss, and serial number, the normal banknotes are separated by denomination and stored in the recycle storage 80 provided for each denomination, and the abnormal banknotes are stored in the reject storage through the transport paths 501i and 501 h.

Next, the dispensing process of the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2 will be described with reference to fig. 15. When receiving a dispensing instruction from the main body control unit 106, the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2 delivers banknotes corresponding to the number of banknotes instructed from the main body control unit 106 from the circulation box 80. For example, when banknotes are fed out from the lowermost circulation box 80, the banknotes are fed out one by one from the circulation box 80, and the number of banknotes is counted by the pass-through sensor 701 f. The fed bill is transported from the bill transport path 901h in the order of 901g, 901f, 901e, and 501h, and the bill discriminating unit 31 discriminates the unique information of the bill such as the number of bills, denomination, authenticity, end damage, and serial number. The banknotes discriminated as the normal banknotes by the banknote discriminating section 31 are transported to the deposit and withdrawal port 21 through the

banknote transport paths

501i, 501k, and 501 m.

When the number of sheets counted by the threading sensor 701f attached near the exit of the lowermost circulation box 80 reaches the number of sheets instructed from the main body control unit 106, the feeding from the circulation box 80 is stopped. When the number of banknotes discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 31 reaches the number instructed from the main body control unit 106 and all the dispensed banknotes are stacked in the deposit and withdrawal port 21, all the

banknote conveyance paths

501h, 501i, 501j, 501k, 501l, 501m, 901e, 901f, 901g, and 901h are stopped.

Note that the banknotes discriminated as abnormal banknotes by the banknote discriminating unit 31 are temporarily transported to the temporary storage 40 through the banknote transport paths 501i, 501k, and 501l, and after the banknotes of the amount corresponding to the number of banknotes instructed from the main body control unit 106 are transported to the deposit and withdrawal port 21, the banknotes are sent out from the temporary storage 40, and transported to the reject storage 60 through the

transport paths

501l, 501k, 501i, 501h, and 901 e. The input/output port 21 has an opening portion and an opening/closing shutter at the top, and when the output process is completed, the opening/closing shutter is opened to discharge the banknotes to the user.

Next, a case where the upper banknote mechanism is upgraded from the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 to the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2 will be described with reference to fig. 16. As a hardware configuration, the paper sheet transaction apparatus is configured such that the dispenser upper banknote mechanism 1a of the banknote dispensing mechanism 1 and the deposit and withdrawal upper banknote mechanism 2a of the banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism 2 each have a

connection portion

510 and 511, and the

connection portions

510 and 511 can be connected to the common lower banknote mechanism 1 b. In this way, the upper paper sheet mechanism having the dispensing opening, the first discriminating unit, and the first transport path extending downward and connecting the dispensing opening and the first discriminating unit can be replaced with an upper paper sheet mechanism having a dispensing opening for depositing and dispensing paper sheets, a second discriminating unit for discriminating the denomination, authenticity, and suitability for dispensing of paper sheets, a temporary storage for temporarily storing paper sheets, and a second transport path extending downward and connecting the dispensing opening, the second discriminating unit, and the temporary storage. Alternatively, the paper sheet handling apparatus is equipped with a dispensing mechanism for dispensing paper sheets or a depositing and dispensing mechanism for depositing and dispensing paper sheets, wherein the dispensing mechanism has a dispensing opening for dispensing paper sheets, a first discriminating section for discriminating whether the paper sheets are suitable for dispensing, and a first transport path extending downward connecting the dispensing opening and the discriminating section, and as an upper paper sheet mechanism, the depositing and dispensing mechanism has a depositing and dispensing opening for depositing and dispensing paper sheets, a second discriminating section for discriminating denomination, authenticity, and whether the paper sheets are suitable for dispensing, a temporary storage for temporarily storing the paper sheets, and a second transport path extending downward connecting the depositing and dispensing opening, the second discriminating section, and the temporary storage, and as an upper paper money mechanism, the dispensing mechanism and the depositing and dispensing mechanism are a common lower paper sheet mechanism, and the depositing and dispensing mechanism has: the paper sheet handling machine includes a plurality of storage containers for storing paper sheets, a third transport path for transporting the paper sheets transported from the storage containers to an upper paper sheet mechanism, and a safe for covering the storage containers and the third transport path, wherein the third transport path is a hole penetrating through an upper surface of the safe and is connected to the first transport path or the second transport path. Furthermore, by sharing the software of the dispensing mechanism and the depositing and dispensing mechanism, the software does not need to be exchanged at the time of upgrading, and the paper sheet dispensing machine and the paper sheet depositing and dispensing machine can be dealt with only by changing the setting. Further, since the dispensing mechanism and the depositing and dispensing mechanism are common lower mechanisms, the banknote cassettes are common, and therefore, it is possible to prevent a change in cash operation due to upgrading, and to maintain a handling or maintenance method of the banknote cassettes, which is efficient.

The controller 35 of the lower banknote mechanism 1b automatically determines the mounting states of the dispenser upper banknote mechanism 1a and the deposit and withdrawal device upper banknote mechanism 2 a. For example, the banknote discriminating unit 30 is a unit mounted only on the upper banknote mechanism 1a of the dispenser, and the temporary storage 40 or the banknote discriminating unit 31 is a unit mounted only on the upper banknote mechanism 2a of the deposit and withdrawal machine. The bill discriminating portion 30 and the control portion 35 are connected to each other by a cable having connectors attached to both ends thereof, and the control portion 35 reads a signal of a specific port of the connector to determine whether or not the bill discriminating portion 30 is attached. The control unit 35 determines that the upper banknote mechanism 1a of the dispenser is mounted when receiving a signal indicating that the banknote discriminating unit 30 is mounted. Similarly, the temporary storage 40 or the bill discriminating unit 31 and the control unit 35 are connected to each other by a cable having connectors at both ends, respectively, and the control unit 35 reads a signal of a specific port of the connector to determine whether or not the temporary storage 40 or the bill discriminating unit 31 is mounted. The control unit 35 determines that the depositing and dispensing machine upper banknote mechanism 2a is mounted when receiving a signal indicating that the temporary storage 40 or the banknote recognition unit 31 is mounted. When the banknote discriminating unit 30, the temporary storage 40, and the banknote discriminating unit 31 are not mounted, it is determined that the dispenser upper banknote mechanism 1a and the deposit and withdrawal machine upper banknote mechanism 2a are not mounted. In this way, the control unit determines the dispensing mechanism or the depositing and dispensing mechanism based on the configuration information of the upper paper sheet mechanism, so that the set workload after replacement is reduced, and the upgrade work can be completed quickly.

Description of reference numerals:

1: banknote dispensing mechanism, 1 a: cash dispenser upper banknote mechanism, 1 b: lower banknote mechanism, 2: banknote deposit and withdrawal mechanism, 2 a: banknote deposit and withdrawal device upper banknote mechanism, 20: outlet, 21: inlet and outlet, 30: banknote discriminating unit, 31: banknote discriminating unit, 35: control unit, 40: temporary storage, 50: banknote conveyance path, 60: rejection pool, 70: cycling reservoir, 90: open/close conveyance path, 101: main body case, 101 b: upper front panel, 106: safe case, 108 a: front door, 501 a-501 m: conveyance path, 701a to 701 f: passing sensors, 901a to 901 e: a paper money conveying path.

Claims

1. A paper sheet handling apparatus comprising:

a dispensing opening for dispensing the paper sheets;

a first determination unit that determines whether the paper sheet is suitable for dispensing;

a plurality of storage bins for storing paper sheets;

a safe housing the storage;

a transport path that passes through a hole provided on the upper surface and the front side of the safe and connects the dispensing opening, the first determination unit, and the storage box; and

a control unit configured to convey the paper sheet bidirectionally on the conveyance path,

the dispensing opening and the first determination unit are provided outside the safe,

the control section conveys the paper sheets fed out from the storage to the dispensing opening during dispensing,

when the first determination unit detects a sheet unsuitable for withdrawal,

the control unit drives the transport path in a direction opposite to a dispensing direction, and transports a sheet succeeding the sheet not suitable for dispensing to a storage in which the succeeding sheet is fed.

2. The paper sheet handling device according to claim 1,

the first determination section is provided below the dispensing opening and near the hole.

3. The paper sheet handling device according to claim 1,

the transport path has a plurality of transport roller pairs for nipping and transporting the paper sheet,

a conveying path provided outside the safe among the conveying paths is bent at a nip point of the pair of conveying rollers.

4. The paper sheet handling device according to claim 1,

the transport path extending to the safe while connecting the dispensing opening and the first determination unit is a bidirectional transport path without branching.

5. The paper sheet handling device according to claim 1,

at least one of the storage bins is a reject bin for storing the paper sheets judged by the first judging unit as being unsuitable for withdrawal,

the control unit drives the transport path in a direction opposite to the dispensing direction, and transports the paper sheets determined to be unsuitable for dispensing to the reject container.

6. The paper sheet handling device according to claim 1,

the dispensing opening section has a separating mechanism for separating the stacked paper sheets one by one,

when the dispensing opening section detects that the sheet is left behind, the control section performs:

the separation mechanism separates and feeds out the paper sheets stacked in the dispensing opening,

counting the number of sheets fed by the first determination unit,

the transport path is driven in a direction opposite to the dispensing direction, and the paper sheet is transported to the reject container.

7. The paper sheet handling device according to claim 1,

the paper sheet handling apparatus includes a detection sensor for detecting the passage of a paper sheet through a transport path connecting the dispensing port and the first determination section,

the control unit stops the driving of the transport path when the detection sensor detects a sheet before the determination process by the first determination unit is completed at the time of dispensing.

8. The paper sheet handling device according to claim 1,

the upper paper sheet mechanism described below can be replaced with an upper bill mechanism described below,

the upper paper sheet mechanism is provided with the dispensing opening, the first determination section, and a first conveyance path extending downward and connecting the dispensing opening and the first determination section,

the upper paper money mechanism is equipped with a deposit and withdrawal port for depositing and withdrawing paper sheets, a second determination unit for determining the denomination, authenticity, and suitability for withdrawal of the paper sheets, a temporary storage for temporarily storing the paper sheets, and a second transport path extending downward and connecting the deposit and withdrawal port, the second determination unit, and the temporary storage.

9. The paper sheet handling device of claim 8,

the control unit determines whether the paper sheet handling apparatus is a dispensing mechanism or a deposit and withdrawal mechanism based on the configuration information of the upper paper money mechanism.

10. A paper sheet handling apparatus having a delivery mechanism for delivering paper sheets or a deposit and withdrawal mechanism for depositing and withdrawing paper sheets,

the dispensing mechanism includes a dispensing opening for dispensing a sheet, a first determining section for determining whether the sheet is suitable for dispensing, and a first conveying path extending downward and connecting the dispensing opening and the determining section, and serves as an upper sheet mechanism,

the depositing and dispensing mechanism has a depositing and dispensing port for depositing and dispensing paper sheets, a second discriminating unit for discriminating the denomination, authenticity and suitability for dispensing of the paper sheets, a temporary storage for temporarily storing the paper sheets, and a second transport path extending downward and connecting the depositing and dispensing port, the second discriminating unit, and the temporary storage, and serves as an upper bill mechanism,

the dispensing mechanism and the depositing and dispensing mechanism have the following structures as a common lower paper sheet mechanism: a plurality of storage boxes for storing paper sheets, a third conveying path for conveying the paper sheets conveyed from the storage boxes to the upper paper sheet mechanism, and a safe for covering the storage boxes and the third conveying path,

the third transport path penetrates a hole provided in the upper surface of the safe and is connected to the first transport path or the second transport path,

the paper sheet handling apparatus further includes a control unit that controls conveyance of paper money,

when the first determination unit detects a sheet unsuitable for withdrawal,

the control unit drives the first conveyance path in a direction opposite to a dispensing direction, and conveys a sheet succeeding the sheet not suitable for dispensing to a storage in which the succeeding sheet is fed.

11. The paper sheet handling device of claim 10,

the control unit determines whether the paper sheet handling apparatus is the dispensing mechanism or the depositing and dispensing mechanism based on the configuration information of the upper paper sheet handling apparatus.