CN111228524A

CN111228524A - Paper money sterilizing device and application method thereof

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Publication number: CN111228524A
Application number: CN202010170664.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 贾朝伟; 李琦; 严鹏程; 曾利
Original assignee: Sichuan Zhiyan Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Sichuan Zhiyan Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-03-12
Filing date: 2020-03-12
Publication date: 2020-06-05

Abstract

The invention discloses a paper money disinfection and sterilization device and an application method thereof, wherein the paper money disinfection and sterilization device comprises the following steps: electron beam generator set on one or two sides of paper money to constitute sterilizing irradiation area; at least one set of isolation mechanisms arranged in the irradiation area at intervals of preset distance for limiting and conveying the spatial position of the paper currency; wherein, the inside first passageway that can supply to let in cooling water that is provided with of isolation mechanism. The invention provides a paper money disinfection and sterilization device and an application method thereof, which can ensure that the paper money disinfection and sterilization device has high sterilization efficiency, no chemical residue and secondary pollution, no damage to paper money, thorough disinfection and sterilization and the sterilization rate of more than 99.999 percent by setting the structure of equipment.

Description

Paper money sterilizing device and application method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of disinfection and sterilization. More particularly, the invention relates to a device for use in the context of the sterilisation of banknotes and to a method for the application thereof.

Background

The paper currency is widely circulated from person to person, can be infected with various bacteria and viruses (such as SARS/COVID-19), can be used as a vector for spreading diseases, and seriously threatens the health of human beings, so that the bank system specially sets some mandatory regulations for the disinfection and sterilization of the paper currency. At present, paper money sterilization and disinfection technologies are numerous, but the paper money sterilization and disinfection technologies have the problems of relatively slow processing speed or incomplete sterilization, such as limited penetration and incomplete sterilization of ultraviolet rays; ethylene oxide fumigation lasts for several hours, and the toxicity is removed after the ethylene oxide fumigation is placed for more than seven days; the medicine is fumigated, and paper money is easily affected with damp and damaged; the gamma ray irradiation sterilization of the cobalt source is slow, has potential safety hazard due to long-distance transportation, does not conform to relevant bank management regulations and the like, so that no device for sterilizing paper money is arranged on the market at present, and no special paper money sterilizing device can be arranged in a bank outlet and a large-scale toll collection place where a large amount of paper money circulates according to actual needs.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the present invention is to solve at least the above problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described hereinafter.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a paper money sterilizing apparatus, which can achieve high sterilizing efficiency, no chemical residue, no secondary pollution, no damage to paper money, complete sterilization, and a sterilizing rate of over 99.999% by configuring the structure of the apparatus.

To achieve these objects and other advantages in accordance with the present invention, there is provided a bill sterilization apparatus including:

electron beam generator set on one or two sides of paper money to constitute sterilizing irradiation area;

at least one set of isolation mechanisms arranged in the irradiation area at intervals of preset distance for limiting and conveying the spatial position of the paper currency;

wherein, the inside first passageway that can supply to let in cooling water that is provided with of isolation mechanism.

Preferably, the device also comprises a first banknote conveying channel and a second banknote conveying channel which are respectively arranged at two ends of the irradiation area so as to realize the input and output of banknotes;

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

a first banknote counting machine and a banknote inlet device are sequentially arranged on the banknote inlet side of the first banknote conveying channel;

and the cash outlet side of the second cash conveying channel is sequentially provided with a cash receiver and a second cash counter.

Preferably, the electron beam generating device is disposed on a side of the bill, and an electron beam energy range thereof is disposed between 100keV and 300 keV.

And a cooling target which is matched with the isolation mechanism to carry out limited transmission on the paper money and simultaneously receive redundant electrons is arranged at a position spatially corresponding to the irradiation area.

Preferably, the electron beam generating devices are disposed on the respective front and rear sides of the bill, and the electron beam energy ranges from 70keV to 100 keV.

The isolation mechanisms are configured in two spatially corresponding groups.

Preferably, the first banknote conveying channel and the second banknote conveying channel are configured to adopt any one or two of chain transmission, belt transmission and roller transmission, and U-shaped plates for supporting banknotes are arranged below the first banknote conveying channel, the irradiation area and the second banknote conveying channel.

Preferably, the isolation mechanism is configured to include:

a water inlet end and a water outlet end which are respectively matched with the water supply unit and the hot water recovery unit;

the isolating section is arranged between the water inlet end and the water outlet end and used for supporting the paper money;

the isolating section is configured to be any one of a bent structure, a crossed structure and a polygonal structure, so that an included angle is formed between the isolating section and the transmission direction of the first money transporting channel in space.

Preferably, the isolation mechanism is configured to employ a metal isolation mesh;

the isolation mechanism is electrically connected with the beam current detection system through a matched cable.

A method of using a banknote disinfection device comprising:

the stacked paper currency to be disinfected is twisted and divided into single paper currency by the paper currency feeder, and the single paper currency is sequentially output to the irradiation area through the first paper currency conveying channel;

the electron beam generating devices are arranged on one side or two sides of the irradiation area and generate corresponding electron beams to perform irradiation disinfection on the paper money transmitted by the single paper money; the disinfected paper money is sequentially output to a paper money receiving device through a second paper money conveying channel to be stacked;

wherein, in the irradiation area, when the electron beam generating device is arranged on only one side of the paper money, the energy range of the electron beam is configured between 100keV and 300keV, and the excessive electrons are received by the cooling target on the opposite side of the electron beam generating device;

when the electron beam generating devices are respectively arranged on both sides of the paper money, the energy range of the electron beam is configured between 70keV and 100 keV.

Preferably, the banknotes before and after sterilization are respectively counted by the first banknote counter and the second banknote counter to determine whether the situation of the jammed banknotes exists in the sterilization process.

Preferably, in the irradiation area, the electron beam irradiates, disinfects and sterilizes the paper money through the blank of the isolation net at the same side or the gap between the adjacent isolation nets;

after the isolation net is irradiated by the electron beam, the received electrons are converted into corresponding current or voltage to be output to a beam current detection system;

the beam detection system judges the beam current of the electron beam on the paper money based on the received current or voltage signal and the duty ratio of the isolation net;

and the beam detection system adjusts the beam of the electron beam generated by the electron beam generating device based on the judgment result so as to ensure that the surface irradiation dose of the paper money is constant and further meet the requirements of disinfection and sterilization.

The invention has the advantages that the structure of the equipment is set, so that the sterilization efficiency is high, no chemical residue and secondary pollution exist, paper money cannot be damaged, the sterilization is thorough, and the sterilization rate can exceed 99.999%.

Secondly, the first banknote-feeding channel and the second banknote-feeding channel are arranged in the irradiation area at two heights, and are matched with the banknote counter and the banknote receiver, so that the device is applied to bank outlets and large-scale charging places, and can sterilize and disinfect received banknotes while counting the banknotes, and the processing speed and the sterilization speed are high and can reach more than 10 banknotes/second; the electron beam in the irradiation area can be combined with an automatic deposit/withdrawal machine to sterilize deposited paper money and prevent bank staff from being infected with bacteria and viruses; the electron beam can be combined with the special function requirements and applied to centralized batch sterilization in counters and treasury of bank outlets and under the condition of large-batch collection.

Thirdly, the invention provides a paper currency disinfection and sterilization method, which is used for disinfecting and sterilizing the front and back surfaces and the peripheral edges of paper currency, and compared with all sterilization modes in the prior art, the paper currency disinfection and sterilization method has the advantages of high sterilization speed, thorough sterilization and high killing rate of over 99.999 percent.

Fourthly, the isolation mechanism is arranged, so that the isolation mechanism can be matched with a beam detection system to detect the irradiation on the surface of the paper money, and the beam output range of the electron beam generating device is adjusted according to the requirement, so that the paper money surface irradiation detection device has better disinfection and sterilization effects and stability.

Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the invention.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the construction of a paper money sterilizer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the structure of a paper money sterilizer according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a partially enlarged structure of the double-sided contrast of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the layout structure of the isolation mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of another arrangement of the isolation mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of another arrangement of the isolation mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of another arrangement of the isolation mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of another layout of the isolation mechanism of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the attached drawings so that those skilled in the art can implement the invention by referring to the description text.

It will be understood that terms such as "having," "including," and "comprising," as used herein, do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements or groups thereof.

It is to be understood that in the description of the present invention, the terms indicating orientation or positional relationship are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplification of the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Fig. 1-shows a banknote disinfection and sterilization device implementation according to the invention, which comprises:

the electron beam generating device 4 is arranged on one side or two sides of the paper money 1 to form a disinfection irradiation area 5 in space, is used for generating corresponding electron beams to carry out irradiation sterilization and disinfection on the paper money, the arrangement position of the electron beam generating device is matched with the energy of the electron beams, if the energy is lower, double-sided electron beams are adopted for irradiation, the paper money is not penetrated, two sides are simultaneously sterilized, if the energy is higher, single-sided electron beams are adopted for irradiation, the paper money is penetrated, two sides are simultaneously sterilized, and simultaneously, the electron beam generating device is matched with the transmission mode of the paper money, one-sided irradiation sterilization is adopted for tiled transmission, and if vertical transmission is adopted, one-sided sterilization or two;

at least one group of isolation mechanisms 6 which are arranged in the irradiation area at intervals of preset distance and are used for limiting and conveying the spatial position of the paper currency, the isolation mechanisms are used for supporting and limiting the spatial position of the paper currency, preventing the paper currency from being clamped in the irradiation area, being damaged by electron beams and damaging an electron beam extraction window film, ensuring the disinfection effect of the paper currency and carrying out auxiliary conveying, the two isolation mechanisms are matched by a small gap, the paper currency can be conveyed one by one when being tiled, can be continuously conveyed by being pushed by the paper currency one by one, and can be irradiated and sterilized in the conveying process, under the structure, when the two isolation mechanisms are arranged in two groups, the paper currency can be conveyed in a tiled mode, the lower isolation mechanism supports the paper currency, the upper isolation mechanism limits the paper currency, and the surface temperature of the isolation mechanisms is controlled by cooling water in the isolation mechanisms, the paper money is prevented from being damaged, the transmission of the paper money can directly depend on the driving force generated after the paper money is supplemented, when the isolating mechanisms are in a group, a cooling target with smooth transition can be arranged below the isolating mechanisms, and the isolating mechanisms are arranged above the isolating mechanisms;

wherein, the inside first passageway (not shown) that can supply to let in cooling water that is provided with of isolation mechanism, it is located electron beam equipment and draws forth the dead ahead of window, can lead to water refrigerated structure setting through inside, damage paper currency after preventing that electron beam bombardment from generating heat, guarantee that its disinfection and sterilization effect cooperatees with the physical structure nature of paper currency, guarantee sterile adaptability and stability, the electron beam that the device of adoption this kind of scheme produced disinfects to paper currency, it is thorough to have to disinfect, the kill rate can reach > 99.999% effect, the specificity is strong, adaptability is good.

As shown in fig. 1-2, in another example, the device further includes a first banknote transporting channel 3 and a second banknote transporting channel 9 respectively disposed at two ends of the irradiation area to realize input and output of banknotes, and in this structure, the isolating mechanism further functions to connect the first banknote transporting channel 3 and the second banknote transporting channel 9 to prevent the banknotes from escaping from the channels and being unable to realize transportation of the banknotes;

the banknote feeding side of the first banknote conveying channel is sequentially provided with a first banknote counter 10 and a banknote feeder 2;

the cash outlet side of the second cash conveying channel is sequentially provided with a cash receiver 8 and a second cash counter 11, in the scheme, a cash feeder 2 is twisted into single paper money 1, and then the single paper money 1 is sequentially and rapidly conveyed into the first cash conveying channel 3 and enters an electron beam irradiation area 5; the electron beam equipment 4 emits electron beams to penetrate through the isolation net 6 to irradiate the paper currency 1 in the irradiation area, the disinfection and sterilization of two sides and the peripheral edges of the paper currency 1 are completed while the paper currency 1 rapidly passes through the irradiation area, then the paper currency enters the paper currency receiving device through the paper currency conveying channel 9 to be stacked, the two sides of the paper currency feeding device and the paper currency receiving device are respectively provided with a matched paper currency counter, the number of the paper currency in the disinfection and irradiation process is collected, and whether the paper currency is jammed in the transmission and sterilization process or not can be further determined.

In another example, as shown in fig. 1, the electron beam generating device is disposed on one side of the paper currency, and the energy range of the electron beam is disposed between 100keV and 300keV, in this structure, the electron beam generating device can be disposed above the paper currency which is horizontally disposed, or disposed on one side of the paper currency which is vertically disposed, so as to perform penetrating irradiation on the paper currency by using the electron beam with energy between 100keV and 300keV, the electron beam penetrates the paper currency, and simultaneously, the disinfection and sterilization treatment is performed on the front and back surfaces and the surface of the peripheral edge of the paper currency, the sterilization is thorough, and the killing rate can reach > 99.999%;

in the scheme, an energy range of an electron beam 5 is selected from 100keV to 300keV, the electron beam 5 completely penetrates through the paper currency 1 from one side, the front and back sides and the peripheral edges of the paper currency 1 are thoroughly sterilized, the irradiation doses of the front and back sides of the paper currency 1 are slightly different, the sterilization rate of the low-dose side is ensured to reach the standard, and the killing rate of surface bacteria can reach more than 99.999 percent, processing speeds of >10 sheets/second can be achieved.

In another example, as shown in fig. 2, the electron beam generating devices are respectively arranged at the front and back sides of the paper money, and the energy range of the electron beam 5 is arranged between 70keV and 100keV, and the electron beam with energy between 70keV and 100keV is used for respectively sterilizing the front and back sides and the peripheral edge of the paper money, so that the paper money can be sterilized thoroughly, and the killing rate can reach more than 99.999%;

the isolation mechanisms are configured into two groups corresponding to each other in space, paper money passes through the two groups of isolation mechanisms, the isolation mechanisms limit the advancing of the paper money, prevent the paper money from being out of control to separate from the channel, being clamped in the irradiation area, being damaged by electron beams and damaging the electron beam extraction window film, in this scheme, the electron beam energy is selected to be 70 keV-100 keV, two electron beam devices are used to irradiate the paper currency from the front and back sides of the paper currency, the electron beam energy can be adjusted according to the mass thickness of a window film led out by an electron beam device and the flying distance of the electron beam in an air layer, so that the electron beam can not penetrate into the paper money and only irradiates and sterilizes the surface.

In another example, the first and second banknote conveying channels are configured to adopt any one or two of chain conveying, belt conveying and roller conveying, under the structure, different conveying modes can be selected according to different placing modes of the banknotes, chain or belt conveying can be adopted if electron beams are irradiated from the upper part, the banknotes are flatly laid on the conveying mechanism, meanwhile, a plurality of rollers which are used for limiting the banknotes and are matched with the conveying direction of the banknotes are arranged above the chain or belt conveying mechanism for limiting auxiliary transmission, so that the conveying stability of the banknotes is better, if the electron beams are irradiated from one side, the banknotes need to be vertically placed, the combination of roller conveying and/or belt conveying is adopted, so that the conveying speed of the banknotes is matched with the speed of counting the banknotes, and no additional processing is needed to be carried out on the banknote counting device, the transmission effect can be ensured;

the paper money conveying device is characterized in that a U-shaped plate (not shown) for supporting paper money is arranged below the first paper money conveying channel, the irradiation area and the second paper money conveying channel, a groove is formed in the U-shaped plate through arrangement, the U-shaped plate can be matched with vertically conveyed paper money through the structure of the U-shaped plate, the paper money in the conveying process is supported and limited, the conveying quality of the paper money is guaranteed, the requirement of the conveying speed is met, the U-shaped plate in the structure can meet the condition that the paper money is disinfected in a vertical mode, and the paper money is spatially limited and supported.

According to the requirement of the paper money in the conveying direction, as shown in fig. 8, each group of isolation mechanisms can be configured to be fixed on the connecting plate 16 through a mounting shaft 15, a second channel through which cooling water can be introduced is arranged inside the mounting shaft, and the connecting plate, the mounting shaft and the isolation mechanisms can be connected into an integrated structure through the mounting shaft;

wherein, each installation axle is worn to establish in the isolator that corresponds, and inject isolator's position through installing epaxial abrupt platform or connecting plate, isolator that adopts this kind of scheme wears to establish epaxially, and inject through abrupt platform or connecting plate, and then make isolator rotate along the installation axle, and then make paper currency can walk the paper money passageway with first, the second walks the paper money passageway and cooperatees, realize passing through fast of paper currency, accomplish quick sterilization, this kind of install the structure of installation axle additional on the U-shaped board, be adapted to the circumstances that the mode that paper currency is the vertical type carries out the disinfection, also can accelerate the transmission speed of paper currency when tiling.

In the invention, cooling water is introduced into the isolating mechanism and the mounting shaft and is used for cooling the isolating mechanism and the mounting shaft in the disinfection process so as to avoid damaging paper money, the isolating mechanism and/or the mounting shaft can be partially rotatable in order to ensure that the transmission speed of the isolating mechanism and/or the mounting shaft meets the requirement of a cash register, bearings can be additionally arranged on the cooling channel, the water inlet pipe and the water outlet pipe in order to ensure that the rotation of the isolating mechanism and/or the mounting shaft does not interfere with a cooling water pipeline, and meanwhile, the bearings can be additionally provided with corresponding sealing rings on the bearings or the side walls so as to ensure the medium output.

4-7, in another embodiment, the isolation mechanism is configured to include:

the water inlet end 12 and the water outlet end 13 which are respectively matched with the water supply unit and the hot water recovery unit are communicated with the water circulation cooling unit through the structural design of the water inlet end and the water outlet end, and the cooling water is continuously conveyed to the isolation section;

the isolating section 14 is arranged between the water inlet end and the water outlet end and used for supporting the paper money, a channel for introducing cooling water is arranged in the isolating section 14 and is used for preventing the isolating section from being heated after being bombarded by electron beams, the temperature is too high, the paper money is scalded when contacting the isolating section, and even the isolating section is molten;

the isolating section is configured to be any one of a bending structure, an intersecting structure and a polygonal structure, the bending mode can be wave-shaped or conical as shown in fig. 4, and other arbitrary forms, the intersecting structure can be a group as shown in fig. 5, and can also be adjusted into a plurality of groups according to requirements, the polygonal structure can be a parallelogram as shown in fig. 6, a rectangle as shown in fig. 7, or a plurality of rows of pipe networks which are added in the parallelogram and the rectangle and have included angles (such as vertical and inclined included angles) with the space of the first banknote conveying channel, which belong to the content defined by the scheme, so that the isolating section has an included angle with the transmission direction of the first banknote conveying channel in space, and in all three structures, the isolating section is prevented from being parallel to the transmission direction of the banknote, and is always contacted with or shielded with a certain part of the banknote in the disinfection process to influence the sterilization effect of the banknote, the scheme ensures that the isolation structure (cooling water channel) and the banknote conveying direction of the banknote conveying channel have a certain included angle, which is not parallel to the direction of the banknote conveying channel, can ensure that any part of the surface of the banknote can be irradiated by the electron beam, and the mode of ensuring relatively uniform dosage is taken as a preferred scheme. In another embodiment, the isolation mechanism is configured to adopt a metal isolation net, and by arranging the isolation mechanism into a net structure, a metal pipe which can be used for water passing needs to be additionally sleeved in the isolation mechanism, and the isolation mechanism can be matched with a beam current detection system in a net structure manner to detect the change condition of the beam current of the electron beam;

the isolation mechanism is electrically connected with the beam detection system through a matched cable, so that the metal isolation net can be similarly regarded as a beam detection sensor under the structural connection, corresponding current or voltage is generated after an electron beam is received and is output to the detection system, whether the irradiation dose of the electron beam on the paper money meets the requirement or not is detected through the calibration of the beam detection system, and the output of the electron beam energy beam of the electron beam generation device is adjusted when the irradiation dose exceeds or is too low. In the scheme, the isolation mechanism can be used for detecting the change condition of the beam current of the electron beam according to the requirement, adjusting the output electron beam at any time, keeping the irradiation dose constant and ensuring the disinfection and sterilization effects.

A method of using a banknote disinfection device comprising:

in the irradiation area, when the electron beam generating device is only arranged on one side of the paper money, the energy range of the electron beam is configured between 100keV and 300keV, in the method, the cooling target and the isolation mechanism are introduced in the electron beam irradiation distinctively, heat generated in the device disinfection and sterilization process is removed in a targeted manner, the cooperation between the heat and the physical structure of the paper money is ensured, the sterilization effect is ensured, and meanwhile, the paper money is not damaged;

when the electron beam generating devices are respectively arranged at two sides of the paper currency, the energy range of the electron beams is configured between 70keV and 100keV, the scheme provides a method for disinfecting and sterilizing the paper currency, the paper currency is twisted into a single piece by a paper currency feeder, the electron beams with the energy of 100keV to 300keV are used for penetrating and irradiating the paper currency, when the electron beams penetrate the paper currency, the front and back surfaces and the peripheral edge of the paper currency are disinfected and sterilized simultaneously, or the electron beams with the energy of 70keV to 100keV are used for respectively disinfecting and sterilizing the front and back surfaces and the peripheral edge of the paper currency, compared with all the sterilizing modes in the prior art, the method has the advantages of high sterilizing speed, thorough sterilization and killing rate of over 99.999 percent.

In another embodiment, the first currency counter and the second currency counter respectively count the banknotes before and after disinfection to determine whether the banknotes are jammed in the disinfection process, so as to ensure that the working state of the equipment is monitored in the banknote transmission and disinfection process and further ensure the working stability of the equipment.

In another embodiment, in an irradiation area, electron beams pass through a blank of the isolation net on the same side or a gap between adjacent isolation nets to irradiate, disinfect and sterilize paper money, and the paper money can be ensured to have a better disinfection effect in a rapid process by the arrangement of the gap type isolation nets, while the isolation mechanism is arranged into the isolation net, so that the isolation net has a limited supporting function and also has a beam detection function, so that the energy output range of the electron beam generating device can be adaptively adjusted according to the requirement to adapt to the requirement of stable irradiation on the surface of the paper money;

after the isolation net is irradiated by the electron beam, the received electrons are converted into corresponding current or voltage to be output to a beam current detection system, and the size of the voltage or current signal is related to the size of the pores of the isolation net;

the beam detection system judges the energy of the electron beam on the paper money based on the received current or voltage signal and the duty ratio of the isolation net, and if the beam detection device detects 1mA current and the gap on the isolation net is known, the beam range on the paper money can be obtained according to the known calibration;

and the beam detection system adjusts the beam of the electron beam generated by the electron beam generating device based on the judgment result so as to ensure that the surface irradiation dose of the paper money is constant and further meet the requirements of disinfection and sterilization, and ensure that the dose range irradiated on the paper money is always in a constant range, thereby ensuring that the disinfection and sterilization effect meets the requirements.

The above embodiments are merely illustrative of a preferred embodiment, but not limiting. When the invention is implemented, appropriate replacement and/or modification can be carried out according to the requirements of users.

The number of apparatuses and the scale of the process described herein are intended to simplify the description of the present invention. Applications, modifications and variations of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

While embodiments of the invention have been disclosed above, it is not intended to be limited to the uses set forth in the specification and examples. It can be applied to all kinds of fields suitable for the present invention. Additional modifications will readily occur to those skilled in the art. It is therefore intended that the invention not be limited to the exact details and illustrations described and illustrated herein, but fall within the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims

1. A banknote sterilization device, comprising:

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a first and a second banknote carrying path respectively disposed at both ends of the irradiation region for carrying out input and output of banknotes;

the banknote counting machine comprises a first banknote counting machine and a banknote feeding device, wherein the banknote feeding side of the first banknote conveying channel is sequentially provided with the first banknote counting machine and the banknote feeding device;

3. A banknote sterilization apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said electron beam generating means is disposed on one side of the banknote and has an electron beam energy in a range of 100keV to 300 keV.

4. A bill sterilizer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electron beam generators are arranged on the respective front and rear sides of the bill, and the electron beam energy is arranged in the range of 70keV to 100 keV.

The isolation mechanisms are configured in two spatially corresponding groups.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first and second banknote transporting paths are configured to adopt any one or two of chain transport, belt transport and roller transport, and a U-shaped plate for supporting the banknotes is disposed under the first and second banknote transporting paths, the irradiation area and the second banknote transporting path.

6. A banknote disinfection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said isolation mechanism is configured to include:

7. A banknote disinfection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said isolation means is configured to employ a metal isolation mesh;

8. A method of sterilizing banknotes using the apparatus of claim 1, comprising:

9. A method of sterilizing paper money according to claim 8, wherein the paper money before and after sterilization is counted by the first paper money counter and the second paper money counter, respectively, to determine whether there is a jammed paper money condition during the sterilization process.

10. A method for sterilizing paper money according to claim 8, wherein in the irradiation zone, electron beams are irradiated to sterilize the paper money through a space of the spacer nets on the same side or a gap between adjacent spacer nets;