CN114863601A

CN114863601A - Paper money processing device

Info

Publication number: CN114863601A
Application number: CN202111036892.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 名仓彰宏; 安枝徹; 藤田准司; 仙田昌阳; 熊谷祐辅
Original assignee: Hitachi Financial Systems Co ltd
Current assignee: Hitachi Financial Systems Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-20
Filing date: 2021-09-06
Publication date: 2022-08-05
Also published as: JP2022111858A

Abstract

The invention aims to effectively sterilize paper money. The paper money processing device comprises: an inlet and outlet for paper currency; a first storage for storing paper money; a second storage box for storing paper money and having a sterilization processing part for performing sterilization processing of the paper money when the paper money is stored and discharged; and a conveying part for connecting the inlet/outlet, the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber to convey the paper money. The banknote processing device conveys banknotes, which are input by a user from an input/output port, at a first conveying speed in a conveying unit and a sterilization processing unit during a deposit process and stores the banknotes in a second storage, and conveys the banknotes stored in the second storage at a second conveying speed slower than the first conveying speed in the sterilization processing unit and the conveying unit during a storage process after the deposit process is completed, and stores the banknotes in the first storage after the sterilization process.

Description

Paper money processing device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus.

Background

In recent years, importance has been placed on hygiene in social life due to the prevalence of new coronavirus and the like. In particular, since bills are transferred from unspecified many people, the demand for sterilization and disinfection of bills is increasing. In this regard, in an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM), bills deposited by a user are taken and used by different users, and therefore it is effective to sterilize and sterilize bills inside the ATM.

Conventionally, methods for sterilizing and disinfecting banknotes in an ATM include the methods described in japanese patent application laid-open No. 7-200915 (patent document 1) and japanese patent application laid-open No. 3-209595 (patent document 2). Patent document 1 describes an ATM including a sterilizing and disinfecting unit that can be replaced with a denomination-box in the same shape. Patent document 2 describes a method of performing various sterilization processes such as heating, ultraviolet irradiation, and chemical spraying on bills inside an ATM.

Patent document 1: japanese laid-open patent publication No. 7-200915

Patent document 2: japanese laid-open patent publication No. 3-209595

The heat sterilization treatment described in patent document 1 is advantageous in that the sterilization treatment can be performed in a short time, but if the heating temperature is further increased or the heating time is extended in order to increase the sterilization treatment, damage to the banknotes may be increased. In the sterilization process by ultraviolet irradiation described in patent document 2, in order to obtain a reliable sterilization effect, it is necessary to perform the sterilization process for a long time, which may cause a long waiting time for a user to perform a transaction on the ATM.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet handling apparatus that can efficiently sterilize bills without increasing the waiting time of a user who performs transactions on an ATM.

In order to solve the above problem, a banknote handling device according to the present invention includes: an inlet and outlet for paper currency; a first storage for storing paper money; a second storage box for storing paper money and having a sterilization processing part for performing sterilization processing of the paper money when storing and discharging the paper money; and a transport unit that transports the banknotes by connecting the inlet/outlet, the first storage and the second storage, wherein the banknotes inserted by a user from the inlet/outlet are transported by the transport unit and the sterilization unit at a first transport speed during a deposit process and stored in the second storage, and wherein the banknotes stored in the second storage are transported by the sterilization unit and the transport unit at a second transport speed slower than the first transport speed during a storage process after the deposit process is completed and stored in the first storage after the sterilization process.

Effects of the invention

According to the present invention, paper sheets can be effectively sterilized without increasing the waiting time of a user who performs a transaction on an ATM.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a side view showing the structure of a banknote handling apparatus as a base in the embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a side view showing a configuration (deposit counting process) of a banknote handling apparatus as a base in the embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a side view showing a configuration (deposit storage process) of a banknote handling apparatus as a base in the embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a side view showing a configuration (dispensing process) of a banknote handling apparatus as a base in the embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a side view showing the structure of the banknote handling apparatus according to embodiment 1.

Fig. 6A is a side view showing the structure of a banknote storage container with a sterilization function of the banknote handling apparatus according to embodiment 1.

Fig. 6B is a sectional view showing the structure of the sterilization transport unit of the banknote storage container with sterilization function in the banknote handling apparatus according to embodiment 1.

Fig. 6C is a front view showing the structure of the sterilization conveyance unit of the banknote storage with sterilization function of the banknote handling apparatus according to embodiment 1.

Fig. 7 is a side view showing the structure of a banknote handling apparatus according to embodiment 2.

Fig. 8 is a side view showing the structure of a banknote storage container with a sterilization function of the banknote handling apparatus according to embodiment 2.

Fig. 9 is a side view showing the structure of a banknote handling apparatus according to embodiment 3.

Fig. 10 is a side view showing the structure of a banknote handling apparatus according to embodiment 4.

Fig. 11 is a side view showing the structure of a banknote storage container with a sterilization function of the banknote handling apparatus according to embodiment 4.

Fig. 12 is a diagram showing a user confirmation screen showing whether or not the sterilization process is performed at the time of the dispensing transaction in the banknote handling apparatus according to embodiment 5.

Fig. 13 is a side view showing the structure of a banknote handling apparatus according to embodiment 6.

Description of the reference numerals

101. 101a, 101b, 101c, 101d, 101 e: paper money processing device

101 u: upper unit 101 v: lower unit

40: the banknote discriminating unit 50: temporary storage

60: banknote storage container 70 of upper unit: filling and recovering warehouse

71. 71A: upper

banknote storage containers

72 and 72A: lower bank note storage

73. 74, 75, 76: banknote storage 76 a: sterilization conveying part

76 b: the sterilization library 76 d: reject pool

77: banknote storage 77 a: sterilization conveying part

77a 3: ultraviolet radiation lamp 77 b: sterilization library

80a, 80 b: banknote storage unit 200: sterilizing treatment unit

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The following examples and drawings for illustrating the examples are merely illustrative and not restrictive of the invention. In the drawings of the following embodiments, the same reference numerals denote constituent elements or processes having the same or similar functions, and the description of the constituent elements to be described later is omitted. In addition, a subscript is added to a reference numeral of a plurality of identical components to distinguish the plurality of identical components, and the reference numeral without the subscript is used to collectively refer to the plurality of identical components when the plurality of identical components are not distinguished. And some or all of the embodiments and modifications may be combined in a manner of integration within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

In the following embodiments, the direction of height (upper direction, upward direction, vertical direction) of the housing of the automatic transaction apparatus or the like is the forward direction of the Z axis, the direction from the user side (front side, front) of the housing toward the opposite side (back side, rear) is the forward direction of the Y axis, and the direction from the left side to the right side toward the user side of the housing is the forward direction of the X axis. In the following description of the embodiments, an orthodox XYZ coordinate system in which the X axis, the Y axis, and the Z axis are orthogonal to each other is used. In the following embodiments, directions and positions indicated by "up", "down", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "back", "side", and the like are merely relative to each other, and directions, shapes, and sizes of the automatic transaction apparatus, other apparatuses, and other components are not limited based on the XYZ coordinate system.

In the following embodiments, a case where banknotes are handled as paper sheets is described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various other paper sheets such as checks and merchandise tickets may be handled in the same manner.

(precondition Structure of paper money processing apparatus 101)

An Automatic Transaction Machine (ATM) is mainly composed of a banknote processing device, a coin processing device, a passbook processing device, a card statement processing device, a customer operation unit, and the like, which are examples of paper sheet processing devices. In the ATM of the embodiment, the banknote sterilization process is performed in the banknote processing apparatus. First, as a premise, a configuration of a banknote handling apparatus having no banknote sterilization function will be described. The banknote handling apparatus based on this premise will be described as different embodiments (embodiment 1 to embodiment 6) in which a banknote sterilizing function is added from various viewpoints.

The automatic transaction apparatus includes a control device (not shown). The paper sheet processing apparatus, the coin processing apparatus, the passbook processing apparatus, the card statement processing apparatus, and the customer operation unit are provided with control devices (not shown). The control devices of the various paper sheet processing devices, coin processing devices, passbook processing devices, card statement processing devices, and customer operation units receive operation instructions from the control device of the automatic transaction device. In the following description of the embodiments, the control device of the banknote handling machine is premised on controlling the operation of various actuators such as a motor for driving the transport unit, a solenoid for driving a gate (gate) for switching the path of the banknote, a banknote discriminating unit, and each device having each sterilization processing function, in accordance with an operation instruction from the control device of the automatic transaction machine.

Fig. 1 is a side sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a banknote handling apparatus 101 which is a base of the embodiment and which does not have a banknote sterilization function. The banknote processing device 101 includes an upper unit 101u disposed at an upper portion and a lower unit 101v as a vault portion disposed at a lower portion.

The upper unit 101u includes a banknote deposit and withdrawal port 30 into which deposited banknotes are inserted and from which deposited banknotes are accumulated, a banknote classification section 40, a temporary storage 50, a banknote storage 60 of the upper unit 101u, and a control unit (not shown). The upper unit 101u includes bidirectional conveyance paths 10a to 10f (hereinafter, the bidirectional conveyance paths 10a to 10f are collectively referred to as a first bidirectional conveyance path 10) capable of bidirectionally conveying banknotes, and a second bidirectional conveyance path 20.

The first bidirectional conveying path 10 is disposed such that one end of the bidirectional conveying path 10a and one end of the bidirectional conveying path 10f are adjacent to each other. That is, the first bidirectional transport path 10 has one end adjacent to the other end to form an annular bidirectional transport path. The second bidirectional conveying path 20 is connected to either one of the adjacent bidirectional conveying

paths

10a and 10 f. The bidirectional conveying path 10a and the second bidirectional conveying path 20, and the bidirectional conveying path 10f and the second bidirectional conveying path 20 are connected, and switched by a switching gate 25 g.

The inside of the bill receiving and dispensing port 30 is divided into a bill feeding unit 30i and a bill stacking unit 30o by a partition plate 31. The bill feeder 30i includes a feeder mechanism for feeding the bills inserted by the user to the conveyance path 30a, and is connected to the first bidirectional conveyance path 10 via the conveyance path 30a (unidirectional conveyance path). The conveyance path 30a is connected to merge into a connection portion between the bidirectional conveyance path 10a and the bidirectional conveyance path 10 b. The banknote stacking unit 30o includes a stacking mechanism for stacking banknotes transported from the transport path 30b (one-way transport path), and is connected to the first two-way transport path 10 via the transport path 30 b. The conveyance path 30b is connected to branch from a connection portion of the bidirectional conveyance path 10d and the bidirectional conveyance path 10 e. The banknote stacking unit 30o is provided with a pressing plate 32, and the pressing plate 32 moves the banknotes stacked in the banknote stacking unit 30o to the banknote feeding unit 30i side.

The bill discriminating unit 40 is disposed on the bidirectional transport path 10c, and discriminates each bill transported from the bidirectional transport path 10b to the bidirectional transport path 10c or from the bidirectional transport path 10d to the bidirectional transport path 10c as to whether the bill is a reject bill, whether the bill is a denomination bill, an authenticity bill, a front bill, a reverse bill, or a reject bill, and outputs the discrimination result to the control unit.

The temporary storage 50 is connected to the first bidirectional transport path 10 via a transport path 50a (bidirectional transport path) or a transport path 50b (unidirectional transport path). In the present embodiment, the conveyance path 50a is connected to a connection portion between the bidirectional conveyance path 10e and the bidirectional conveyance path 10f, and the conveyance path 50b is connected between the bidirectional conveyance path 10e and the conveyance path 50 c. The temporary storage 50 is provided with a forward/reverse turning mechanism and a stacking mechanism, and temporarily accumulates and stores bills while the bills are being transported in a forward/reverse aligned state.

A switching gate 50g is disposed at a connection portion between the first bidirectional conveying path 10 and the conveying path 50 a. By switching the switching gate 50g, it is switched whether the bill is conveyed from the bidirectional conveying path 10e to the conveying path 50a or from the bidirectional conveying path 10e to the bidirectional conveying path 10 f. A switching gate 51g is disposed at a connection portion between the first bidirectional conveying path 10 and the conveying path 50 b. By switching the switching gate 51g, it is switched whether the bill is transported from the bidirectional transport path 10e to the transport path 50b or to the branch point between the transport path 50a and the bidirectional transport path 10 f.

The banknote storage container 60 of the upper unit 101u is connected to the second bidirectional transport path 20 via a transport path 60a (unidirectional transport path).

In the lower unit 101v, the loading collection box 70, the upper banknote storage box 71, the lower banknote storage box 72, and the banknote storage boxes 73 to 75 are arranged in a row in the front-rear direction of the banknote handling device 101 and stored therein.

The loading/collection magazine 70 includes 2

banknote storage units

80a and 80b and 3

transport paths

70a, 70b, and 70 d. The conveyance path 70d of the loading/collection box 70 is connected to the conveyance path 70c (bidirectional conveyance path) of the upper unit 101u, and the banknotes are delivered.

The banknote storage unit 80a is connected to the second bidirectional transport path 20 via the transport path 70a and the

transport paths

70d and 70 c. The banknote storage unit 80b is connected to the second bidirectional transport path 20 via the transport path 70b and the

transport paths

70d and 70 c. A distribution mechanism portion is disposed in the conveyance path 70a and a connection portion between the conveyance path 70b and the conveyance path 70d, and the conveyance destinations of the banknotes conveyed from the second bidirectional conveyance path 20 to the

conveyance paths

70c and 70d are switched by switching the distribution mechanism portion.

A switching gate 70g is disposed at a connecting portion between the conveyance path 70c and the second bidirectional conveyance path 20, and the conveyance destination of the bill conveyed from the bidirectional conveyance path 10a or the bidirectional conveyance path 10f to the second bidirectional conveyance path 20 is switched by switching the switching gate 70 g. The loading/retrieval warehouse 70 includes a mechanism for vertically stacking the banknotes transported from the transport path 70a and storing them in the banknote storage unit 80a, and a mechanism for feeding out the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit 80a to the transport path 70 a.

The upper banknote storage container 71 is connected to the second bidirectional transport path 20 via a transport path 71 a. A switching gate 71g is disposed at a connection portion between the second bidirectional conveying path 20 and the conveying path 71 a. By switching the switching gate 71g, the conveyance destination of the bill conveyed from the bidirectional conveyance path 10a or the bidirectional conveyance path 10f to the second bidirectional conveyance path 20 is switched. The upper banknote storage container 71 includes a mechanism for vertically stacking and storing banknotes transported from the transport path 71a, and a mechanism for feeding out the stored banknotes to the transport path 71 a.

The lower banknote storage box 72 is connected to the bidirectional conveyance path 10a via a conveyance path 72a (bidirectional conveyance path). A switching gate 72g is disposed at a connection portion between the bidirectional conveying path 10a and the conveying path 72 a. By switching the switching gate 72g, the conveyance destination of the bill conveyed from the bidirectional conveyance path 10b to the bidirectional conveyance path 10a is switched. The lower banknote storage box 72 includes a mechanism for vertically stacking and storing banknotes transported from the transport path 72a, and a mechanism for feeding out the stored banknotes to the transport path 72 a.

The upper banknote storage container 71 and the lower banknote storage container 72 are stacked in the height direction, and the upper banknote storage container 71 and the lower banknote storage container 72 are combined to have the same outer shape as the other loading/collection container 70 and the banknote storage containers 73 to 75.

The banknote storage container 73 is connected to the bidirectional transport path 10a via a transport path 73a (bidirectional transport path). A switching gate 73g is disposed at a connection portion between the bidirectional conveying path 10a and the conveying path 73 a. By switching the switching gate 73g, the conveyance destination of the bill conveyed from the bidirectional conveyance path 10b to the bidirectional conveyance path 10a is switched. The bill storage box 73 includes a mechanism for vertically stacking and storing bills conveyed from the conveyance path 73a, and a mechanism for feeding out the stored bills to the conveyance path 73 a.

The banknote storage container 74 is connected to the bidirectional transport path 10a via a transport path 74a (bidirectional transport path). A switching gate 74g is disposed at a connection portion between the bidirectional conveying path 10a and the conveying path 74 a. The banknote storage box 75 is connected to the bidirectional conveyance path 10a via a conveyance path 75a (bidirectional conveyance path). A switching gate 75g is disposed at a connection portion between the bidirectional conveying path 10a and the conveying path 75 a. The functions of these

banknote storage containers

74 and 75 are the same as those of the banknote storage container 73, and therefore, description thereof is omitted.

(money transaction processing of the banknote handling machine 101)

Next, referring to fig. 2 and 3, a processing operation of the deposit transaction in the banknote handling apparatus 101 will be described. The deposit transaction is divided into a deposit counting process for performing authentication, denomination, front-back discrimination and counting of banknotes inserted into the banknote sending-out portion 30i of the banknote deposit and withdrawal port 30, and a deposit storing process for storing the banknotes subjected to the deposit counting process in the banknote storage.

First, the deposit counting process will be described with reference to fig. 2. The banknotes placed in the banknote sending-out unit 30i of the banknote deposit and withdrawal port 30 are separated one by one and sent out to the transport path 30 a. The banknotes fed to the conveyance path 30a pass from the front to the rear of the apparatus between the bidirectional conveyance path 10b and the bidirectional conveyance path 10c in the banknote classification section 40. In the bill discriminating section 40, an image of a bill passing therethrough is obtained by a sensor incorporated therein, and the authenticity, denomination, front-back, and integrity of the bill are discriminated.

The bill having passed through the bill discriminating portion 40 is first conveyed upward from the rear portion of the bill discriminating portion 40 through the bidirectional conveying path 10 d. While the bill is conveyed through the bidirectional conveying path 10d, the bill discriminating section 40 performs discrimination, and the switching gate 10g is switched according to the result of discrimination. That is, when the bill discriminating unit 40 discriminates that the bill is acceptable, the switching gate 10g is switched to be connected to the bidirectional transport path 10e, and among the bills, the bills that do not need to be reversed are transported to the

bidirectional transport paths

10e and 50a by the switching

gates

51g and 50g and accumulated in the temporary storage 50. The banknotes to be reversed are conveyed to the duplex conveyance path 10e and the

conveyance paths

50b and 50c by the switching gate 51g, reversed by the reverse switching (switch back), and then collected from the conveyance path 50a into the escrow 50. On the other hand, when the banknote discriminating unit 40 discriminates that the banknote is a banknote which is unacceptable, the switching gate 10g is switched to be connected to the transport path 30b, and the banknote is returned to the banknote stacking unit 30o, stacked, and returned to the user.

In this way, all the banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit and withdrawal port 30 are processed, and if the amount of deposited banknotes matches the amount of money counted by the banknote processing device 101 and a deposit transaction confirmation instruction is input by the user from a customer operation unit or the like of the automatic transaction device, the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage 50 are transported to and stored in the upper banknote storage 71, the lower banknote storage 72, and the banknote storage 73 to 75.

Next, the deposit housing processing operation will be described with reference to fig. 3. First, the switching gate 10g is switched to connect the temporary storage 50 and the bill discriminating unit 40, and the switching gate 11g is switched to connect the bidirectional conveying path 10b and the bidirectional conveying path 10 a.

The banknotes fed out one by one from the temporary storage 50 are conveyed to the banknote determination unit 40 through the

conveyance paths

50a, 10e, and 10 d. The bill having passed through the bill discriminating portion 40 is conveyed through the bidirectional conveying path 10b and conveyed downward through the bidirectional conveying path 10a by the switching gate 11 g. Further, the bills are conveyed through the

bidirectional conveyance paths

10a and 20, and the switching gates 72g to 75g are switched according to the denomination discriminated by the bill discriminating section 40, and stored in one of the lower bill storage 72 and the bill storage 73 to 75.

(paper money processing apparatus 101 for processing money)

Next, the processing operation of the dispensing transaction will be described with reference to fig. 4. The banknotes are fed out one by one from the lower banknote storage container 72 and the banknote storage containers 73 to 75 stored for each denomination, and are transported to the banknote classification section 40 through the

bidirectional transport paths

10a, 10b, and 10 c. The banknote determination unit 40 determines whether or not the banknote is a dispensable banknote. If the banknotes can be dispensed as a result of the determination, the switching gate 10g is switched to connect the bidirectional transport path 10d and the transport path 30b, and the banknotes are stacked in the banknote stacking unit 30 o.

On the other hand, if the banknote is not payable as a result of the discrimination, the switching gate 10g is switched to connect the bidirectional transport path 10d and the bidirectional transport path 10e, the transport path 20 is connected to the transport path 71a via the

bidirectional transport paths

10f and 20 and the distribution switching gate 71g, and the banknote is transported to the upper banknote storage container 71. Alternatively, the conveyance path 20 and the conveyance path 60a are connected by the

distribution switching doors

71g and 70g, and the banknotes are conveyed to the banknote storage box 60 of the upper unit 101 u.

Note that although detailed description is omitted for loading of banknotes, the banknotes loaded in the loading and collecting box 70 are fed out, and the banknotes are conveyed in the second conveying direction in the conveying path 20, the bidirectional conveying

paths

10f, 10e, 10d, 10c, 10b, and 10a by controlling the respective switching gates, and at this time, the banknotes are stored in the upper banknote storage box 71, the lower banknote storage box 72, and the banknote storage boxes 73 to 75 in accordance with the types of banknotes discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 40. Note that the banknotes to be loaded may be directly stored in the upper banknote storage container 71, the lower banknote storage container 72, and the banknote storage containers 73 to 75 by a worker or the like without using the loading/collecting container 70, or may be replaced with a banknote storage container in which banknotes are previously loaded to load banknotes.

[ example 1]

Next, fig. 5 shows a configuration of a banknote handling apparatus 101a of embodiment 1 in which a banknote sterilizing function is added to the banknote handling apparatus 101 of fig. 1. The configuration is different from the configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 101 in that the loading/collection container 70 is replaced with the banknote storage container 77 having a sterilization function, and the banknote sterilization process is performed at a predetermined timing described later using the banknote storage container 77. In fig. 5, thick lines indicate transport paths when the banknote sterilization process is performed. The same reference numerals (not shown) are used to describe the same mechanisms as those in fig. 1.

As shown in fig. 6A, the bill storage box 77 includes a sterilizing transport unit 77a, a sterilizing box 77b, a stacking and separating mechanism 77c, and a control circuit 77d including a stabilizer of an ultraviolet irradiation lamp, which will be described later. The transported bills are stored in the sterilizing storage 77b one by the stacking and separating mechanism 77c while being sterilized by the sterilizing transport unit 77 a. The sterilizing transport unit 77a is provided with a plurality of ultraviolet radiation lamps, and performs sterilization by transporting the banknotes transported while irradiating ultraviolet rays on the front and back surfaces of the banknotes.

As shown in the sectional view of fig. 6B, the sterilization conveyance unit 77a includes: an opposed pair of conveying plates 77a1 for forming a bill conveying path; a plurality of transport roller pairs 77a2 for applying a transport driving force to the banknotes; and an ultraviolet irradiation lamp 77a3 for irradiating both surfaces of the transported bill with ultraviolet rays. The pair of conveyance plates 77a1 is made of transparent glass, acrylic resin, or the like, and ultraviolet rays are irradiated to the banknotes passing through the conveyance surface.

As shown in the front view of fig. 6C viewed from the direction of arrow a of fig. 6A, in the sterilizing transport unit 77a, 3 elongated ultraviolet radiation lamps 77a3 are arranged so that the longitudinal direction thereof is along the transport direction of the banknotes and an angle α (for example, approximately 10 ° α or more and 30 ° α or less) is formed with respect to the vertical direction. Thus, the entire surface of the bill being transported can be irradiated with ultraviolet light in a smaller number than in a configuration in which a plurality of ultraviolet light irradiation lamps are arranged perpendicularly to the transport direction of the bill. The number and arrangement of the ultraviolet lamps 77a3 are not limited to those shown in fig. 6C, and may be appropriately changed according to sterilization performance, environmental conditions to be used, and the like.

The sterilization transport unit in other embodiments described later may have the same configuration.

In the present embodiment, the banknote storage container 77 is used to perform sterilization processing at the time of deposit transaction (deposit counting processing (a) and deposit storage processing (B)) and at the time of withdrawal transaction (C). The details will be described below.

(A) When the deposit is counted and processed

The banknotes placed in the banknote deposit and withdrawal port 30 are fed to the transport path 30a, and the authenticity, denomination, front and back, and integrity of the banknotes are discriminated by the banknote discriminating section 40 from the bidirectional transport path 10 b. When the banknote is judged to be acceptable by the banknote judging section 40, the banknote is conveyed to the bidirectional conveying

paths

10e, 10f, and 20 and conveyed to the banknote storage 77. The acceptable banknotes transported to the banknote storage 77 are stored in the sterilization storage 77b while being sterilized by the sterilization transport unit 77 a. In this series of processes, the conveyance of the banknotes is performed at a normal speed. The "normal speed" is an optimum speed determined by the conveyance performance of the conveyance path, the reading performance of the bill discriminating unit 40, and the like, and is usually the highest speed at which the apparatus can operate. That is, in order to improve the sterilization effect in the sterilization conveyance unit 77a, it is conceivable to increase the time of the sterilization process by slowing down the conveyance speed, but this increases the process waiting time of the user who performs the transaction, and therefore, the conveyance is performed at a normal speed in the deposit counting process.

On the other hand, when the banknote discriminating unit 40 discriminates that the banknote is unacceptable, the switching gate 10g is switched to be connected to the transport path 30b, and the banknote is returned to the banknote stacking unit 30o and stacked therein, and returned to the user.

(B) When depositing, storing and processing

In this way, all the banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit and withdrawal port 30 are processed, and if the amount of deposited banknotes matches the amount of banknotes counted by the banknote processing device 101a and a user inputs a deposit transaction confirmation instruction from a customer operation unit, not shown, the banknotes temporarily stored in the sterilizing storage 77b are transported to and stored in the lower banknote storage 72 and the banknote storage units 73 to 75.

The banknotes fed out one by one from the sterilizing storage 77b are conveyed to the banknote classification section 40 through the

conveyance paths

20, 10f, 10e, and 10 d. The bill having passed through the bill discriminating portion 40 is conveyed through the bidirectional conveying path 10b and conveyed downward through the bidirectional conveying path 10a by the switching gate 11 g. Further, the bills are conveyed through the

bidirectional conveyance paths

Here, in order to improve the sterilization effect in the sterilization transport unit 77a by sending out the banknotes from the sterilization cassette 77b, the transport speed in the above-described transport process is made slower than the normal speed, so that the time for the sterilization process can be extended. Since the user who performs the transaction does not need to wait until the deposit storage process is completely completed before the automatic transaction apparatus, but does not need to perform the transaction in the background, the user does not feel uncomfortable even if the transportation speed is slowed down. Further, when an ultraviolet lamp having a high sterilizing effect is used, it is not necessary to slow down the transport speed.

When the banknote discriminating unit 40 discriminates that the banknote is an unacceptable banknote, the banknote is stored in the upper banknote storage container 71. Alternatively, the switching

doors

71g and 70g are switched to connect to the conveyance path 60a, and the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage box 60 of the upper unit 101 u.

(C) When making a payment transaction

The dispensing transaction is performed by feeding a predetermined number of banknotes of the denomination determined by the dispensing transaction operation of the user out of the banknotes stored in the lower banknote storage container 72 and the banknote storage containers 73 to 75, and conveying the banknotes to the banknote deposit and withdrawal port 30. In the dispensing transaction of the present embodiment, the banknotes are first transported to the banknote storage container 77, sterilized and then transported to the banknote inlet/outlet 30, instead of directly transporting the banknotes for dispensing from the lower banknote storage container 72 and the banknote storage containers 73 to 75 to the banknote inlet/outlet 30.

That is, the banknotes for dispensing fed from the lower banknote storage container 72 and the banknote storage containers 73 to 75 are transported to the

bidirectional transport paths

10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f, and 20, transported to the banknote storage container 77, and stored in the sterilizing storage container 77b while being sterilized by the sterilizing transport unit 77 a. The banknotes for dispensing temporarily stored in the sterilizing storage 77b are conveyed to the banknote deposit and withdrawal port 30 via the

bidirectional conveyance paths

10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, and 30b while being sterilized again by the sterilizing conveyance unit 77 a.

In the above-described banknote transport, the banknote transport is performed at a normal speed so as not to increase the waiting time of the user who performs the dispensing transaction, but in a case where the number of dispensed banknotes is less than the predetermined number, or in a case where the user who performs the dispensing transaction is made aware in advance that time is required for the sterilization process than in a normal case (for example, the user selects the knowledge on the transaction operation screen), the banknote transport may be performed at a slow speed in order to enhance the sterilization effect at random.

In addition, the automatic transaction apparatus may perform a sterilization process on only a specific denomination in advance by using an idle time or the like during which a transaction with a user is not performed. For example, for denominations with particularly high dispensing frequency in the lower banknote storage container 72 and the banknote storage containers 73 to 75, preparation for smooth dispensing can be performed by performing sterilization processing by the sterilization transport unit 77a and storing the denominations in the sterilization storage container 77b in the same manner as described above. In this case, the speed of conveying the banknotes can be slowed down to obtain a sufficient sterilization effect.

In the deposit transaction described above, when it is necessary to store the banknotes in the front and back sides of the banknotes in alignment, the sterilization process may be performed using the front and back reversing function of the temporary storage 50. In this case, the banknotes that need to be reversed are reversed in the temporary storage 50 during the deposit counting process, and then are temporarily stored in the temporary storage 50. In the deposit storage process, the banknotes stored in the temporary storage are stored in the sterilizing storage 77b while being sterilized by the sterilizing transport unit 77a, and then are sent out from the sterilizing storage 77b while being sterilized by the sterilizing transport unit 77a, and are stored in the lower banknote storage 72 and the banknote storage containers 73 to 75.

The process of storing the banknotes with the front and back reversed faces may be performed after the banknotes stored in the sterilizing chamber 77b are stored in the lower banknote storage chamber 72 and the banknote storage chambers 73 to 75, or the banknotes with the front and back reversed faces may be stored in the temporary storage 50 and then stored in the lower banknote storage chamber 72 and the banknote storage chambers 73 to 75 together with the banknotes stored in the sterilizing chamber 77 b.

[ example 2]

Next, fig. 7 shows a configuration of a banknote handling apparatus 101b of embodiment 2 in which a banknote sterilization function is added to the banknote handling apparatus 101 of fig. 1. The difference from the structure of the banknote handling apparatus 101 is that the upper banknote storage container 71 and the lower banknote storage container 72 are replaced with the banknote storage container 76, and the banknote storage container 76 is used to perform banknote sterilization processing at predetermined timing described later. In fig. 7, thick lines indicate transport paths when the banknote sterilization process is performed. Note that the same reference numerals (not shown) are used to describe the same mechanisms as those in fig. 1.

As shown in fig. 8, the banknote storage container 76 includes a sterilization transport unit 76a, a sterilization container 76b, a stacking and separating mechanism 76c, a reject container 76d, and a switching door 76 e. The bills conveyed through the switching door 76e are stored in the sterilizing chamber 76b one by the stacking and separating mechanism 76c while being sterilized by the sterilizing conveyor 76 a. The sterilization treatment is performed by, for example, ultraviolet irradiation. The sterilizing chamber 76b is disposed below the banknote storage chamber 76, so that the distance of the sterilizing transport unit 76a can be secured, and the sterilizing effect can be secured.

In this embodiment, in the case of the deposit transaction (the deposit counting process (a) and the deposit storing process (B)) and the banknote loading process (C), the banknote storage container 76 is used to perform the sterilization process. The details thereof will be described below.

(A) When the deposit is counted and processed

The banknotes placed in the banknote deposit and withdrawal port 30 are fed to the transport path 30a, and the authenticity, denomination, front and back, and integrity of the banknotes are discriminated by the banknote discriminating section 40 from the bidirectional transport path 10 b. When the banknote is judged to be acceptable by the banknote judging section 40, the banknote is input to the bidirectional conveying

paths

10e, 10f, and 20, and is conveyed to the banknote storage box 76. Acceptable banknotes transported to the banknote storage 76 are stored in the sterilizing storage 76b via the switching door 76e while being sterilized by the sterilizing transport unit 76 a. In this series of processes, the conveyance of the banknotes is performed at a normal speed.

(B) When depositing, storing and processing

In this way, all the banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit and withdrawal port 30 are processed, and if the amount of deposited banknotes matches the amount of money counted by the banknote processing device 101 and a user inputs a deposit transaction confirmation instruction from a customer operation unit, not shown, the banknotes temporarily stored in the sterilizing storage 76b are transported to and stored in the banknote storage containers 73 to 75.

The bills fed out one by one from the sterilizing storage 76b are conveyed to the bill discriminating portion 40 via the bidirectional conveying

paths

20, 10f, 10e, and 10 d. The banknotes that have passed through the banknote discriminating unit 40 are conveyed through the bidirectional conveying path 10b and conveyed downward through the bidirectional conveying path 10a by the switching door 11 g. Further, the bills are conveyed through the

bidirectional conveyance paths

10a and 20, and the switching gates 72g to 75g are switched according to the denomination discriminated by the bill discriminating section 40, and stored in any one of the bill storage boxes 73 to 75.

Here, in order to improve the sterilization effect in the sterilization transport unit 76a by feeding out the banknotes from the sterilization storage 76b, the transport speed in the transport process described above is made slower than the normal speed, so that the time for the sterilization process can be extended.

When the banknote discriminating unit 40 discriminates that the banknote is an unacceptable banknote, the switching gate 76e is switched and the banknote is stored in the reject container 76 d. Alternatively, the switching

doors

(C) When filling banknotes

The loading of the banknotes is performed by conveying and storing the loading banknotes loaded in the loading/collecting storage 70 to the banknote storage containers 73 to 75. The banknotes fed out from the loading and collecting box 70 are not directly conveyed from the loading and collecting box 70 to the banknote storage boxes 73 to 75, but are stored in the sterilizing box 76b via the bidirectional conveying

paths

20, 10f, 10e, 10d, 10c, 10b, and 10a while being sterilized in the sterilizing conveying section 76 a. When the number of loading banknotes is larger than the storage capacity of the sterilizing chamber 76b, the loading banknotes are stored until the sterilizing chamber 76b is full.

The loading banknotes stored in the sterilizing storage 76b are conveyed to the banknote discriminating section 40 via the bidirectional conveying

paths

20, 10f, 10e, and 10d while being sterilized by the sterilizing conveying section 76a again, and are stored in any one of the banknote storage containers 73 to 75 in accordance with the denomination discriminated by the banknote discriminating section 40. In this case, the sterilization effect can be improved by slowing down the transport speed at one or both of the time of the transport process from the loading/collection container 70 to the sterilization container 76b and the time of the transport process from the sterilization container 76b to the banknote storage containers 73 to 75. The above processing is performed until there is no loading banknote in the loading/collection container 70.

[ example 3]

Next, fig. 9 shows a configuration of a banknote handling apparatus 101c of embodiment 2 in which a banknote sterilizing function is added to the banknote handling apparatus 101 of fig. 1. The configuration is different from that of the banknote handling apparatus 101 in that the temporary storage 50 is replaced with the sterilization processing unit 200, and that the sterilization processing unit 200 is used to perform the banknote sterilization processing at a predetermined timing described later, and the loading/collecting storage 70 is used instead of the temporary storage 50. In fig. 9, thick lines indicate transport paths when the banknote sterilization process is performed. Note that the same reference numerals (not shown) are used to describe the same mechanisms as those in fig. 1.

The sterilization processing unit 200 includes a sterilization processing ultraviolet lamp and a bill transport path therein, and performs sterilization processing by irradiating the bills transported in the bill transport path with ultraviolet rays. By switching the

switching gates

51g and 50g, the banknotes transported through the

bidirectional transport paths

10e and 10f can be introduced into the transport path in the sterilization processing unit 200 to be sterilized, and the banknotes can be returned to the

bidirectional transport paths

10e and 10f again. The sterilization processing unit 200 has almost the same outer dimensions as the temporary storage 50 shown in fig. 1, and when the banknote sterilization function is not required, the sterilization processing unit 200 may be removed and the temporary storage 50 may be loaded.

In the present embodiment, the sterilization processing is performed by the sterilization processing unit 200 at the time of deposit transaction (a) and banknote loading (B). The details thereof will be described below.

(A) Deposit transaction

The banknotes placed in the banknote deposit and withdrawal port 30 are fed to the transport path 30a, and the authenticity, denomination, front and back, and integrity of the banknotes are discriminated from the bidirectional transport path 10b by the banknote discriminating section 40. When the bill is judged to be acceptable by the bill judging section 40, the bill is conveyed to the bidirectional conveying

paths

10e, 10f, and 20 by switching the switching

doors

50g and 51g, and is conveyed to the loading/collecting box 70 without passing through the sterilizing unit 200 (deposit counting process). On the other hand, when the banknote discriminating unit 40 discriminates that the banknote is a banknote which is unacceptable, the switching gate 10g is switched to be connected to the transport path 30b, and the banknote is returned to the banknote stacking unit 30o, stacked, and returned to the user.

In this way, all banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit and withdrawal port 30 are processed, the amount of deposited banknotes matches the amount of banknotes counted by the banknote processing apparatus 101, and the user inputs an instruction for confirming a deposit transaction from a customer operation unit, not shown. Then, the banknotes temporarily stored in the loading and collecting box 70 are transported and stored in the lower banknote storage box 72 and the banknote storage boxes 73 to 75 while being sterilized by the sterilization processing unit 200 (deposit storage processing).

That is, after the banknotes fed out one by one from the loading and collecting box 70 pass through the

bidirectional transport paths

20 and 10f, the banknotes are introduced into the sterilization processing unit 200 by the switching gate 50g, transported while being sterilized inside, guided to the bidirectional transport path 10e by the switching gate 51g, and transported to the banknote discriminating unit 40 by the passage 10 d. The banknotes that have passed through the banknote discriminating unit 40 are conveyed through the bidirectional conveying path 10b and conveyed downward through the bidirectional conveying path 10a by the switching door 11 g. Further, the bills are conveyed through the

bidirectional conveyance paths

10a and 20, and the switching gates 72g to 75g are switched according to the denomination discriminated by the bill discriminating section 40, and stored in one of the lower bill storage 72 and the bill storage 73 to 75. Here, the transport speed from the loading collection box 70 to the lower banknote storage box 72 and the banknote storage boxes 73 to 75 while being sterilized by the sterilization processing unit 200 is set slower than the normal speed, so that the time for the sterilization processing can be extended to improve the sterilization effect.

(B) Banknote filling

The banknotes are loaded by conveying and storing the loading banknotes loaded in the loading/recovery storage 70 to the lower banknote storage 72 and the banknote storage 73 to 75, and the banknotes fed out from the loading/recovery storage 70 are not conveyed directly from the loading/recovery storage 70 to the lower banknote storage 72 and the banknote storage 73 to 75 but conveyed and stored after being sterilized by the sterilization processing unit 200 to the lower banknote storage 72 and the banknote storage 73 to 75. These operations are the same as the deposit housing process in the deposit transaction of the above-described embodiment, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted.

[ example 4]

Next, fig. 10 shows a configuration of a banknote handling apparatus 101d of embodiment 4 in which a banknote sterilization function is added to the banknote handling apparatus 101 of fig. 1. The configuration is different from that of the banknote handling apparatus 101 in that, similarly to the banknote handling apparatus 101c of example 3, the temporary storage 50 is replaced with the sterilization processing unit 200, and the banknote sterilization processing is performed at a predetermined timing described later using the sterilization processing unit 200.

The upper banknote storage container 71 and the lower banknote storage container 72 configured in the 2-stage configuration are similarly replaced with the upper banknote storage container 71A and the lower banknote storage container 72A configured in the 2-stage configuration. Functionally, the upper banknote storage container 71A and the lower banknote storage container 72A are the same as the upper banknote storage container 71 and the lower banknote storage container 72, but as shown in fig. 11, a transport path 730 for transporting banknotes to the lower banknote storage container 72A is disposed on the left side in the figure.

This is because the banknotes conveyed from the bidirectional conveying path 10f are conveyed only to the switching gate 71g side by the switching gate 25g and cannot be conveyed to the switching gate 72g side. The banknotes transported through the transport path 730 are stored in the lower banknote storage container 72A by the stacking and feeding mechanism 720, or are fed out from the lower banknote storage container 72A. Then, the conveyance path is switched by the switching door 710, and the banknotes are stored in the upper banknote storage container 71A.

In the present embodiment, the sterilization process is performed by the sterilization processing unit 200 during the deposit transaction (a) and the banknote loading (B).

(A) Deposit transaction

In example 3, although the loading/collecting box 70 temporarily stores banknotes at the time of deposit counting, the lower banknote storage box 72A is used in this example. That is, the banknotes placed in the banknote deposit and withdrawal port 30 are conveyed to the

conveyance paths

30a and 10b, the banknote discriminating unit 40, the

bidirectional conveyance paths

10d, 10e, 10f, and 20, and are conveyed to the lower banknote storage box 72A without passing through the sterilization processing unit 200 (deposit counting process).

In the deposit and storage, the banknotes are fed out from the lower banknote storage container 72A, and are transported to and stored in the lower banknote storage container 72 and the banknote storage containers 73 to 75 while being sterilized in the sterilization processing unit 200, but the operation at this time is the same as that in embodiment 3, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted.

(B) Banknote filling

The loading of the banknotes is performed by conveying and storing the loading banknotes loaded in the loading and recovery box 70 to the banknote storage boxes 73 to 75, and the banknotes sent out from the loading and recovery box 70 are conveyed to the banknote storage boxes 73 to 75 after being sterilized in the sterilization processing unit 200, and then conveyed to and stored in the banknote storage boxes 73 to 75, instead of being conveyed directly from the loading and recovery box to the banknote storage boxes 73 to 75. These operations are the same as those in the case of loading banknotes in example 3, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted.

[ example 5]

The banknote handling apparatus according to embodiment 5 has the same configuration as the banknote handling apparatus 101d according to embodiment 4 shown in fig. 10 and 11, but differs in the timing of performing the sterilization process. That is, there is a possibility that the user who performs the transaction may be concerned about whether or not the banknotes (the dispensing banknotes) taken by himself are sufficiently sterilized, and in this case, it is appropriate for the user to reliably perform the sterilization immediately before the dispensing process. That is, even if the sterilization process is performed by another user in the past when the deposit transaction is performed, the user has an impression that the effect of the sterilization process in the apparatus before the present deposit transaction is weakened, and on the contrary, some of the users do not care whether or not the banknotes are sterilized.

In this embodiment, whether or not the sterilization process is performed at the time of the withdrawal transaction can be selected by the user. That is, when the user selects the execution of the sterilization process (presses the execution button 80D1) on the transaction operation screen 80D (fig. 12) of the automatic transaction apparatus, the banknote to be dispensed is sterilized and dispensed. In this case, the transaction time (process waiting time) is extended with the sterilization process as compared with the case where the sterilization process is not performed. On the other hand, when the execution of the sterilization process is not selected (the non-execution button 80D2 is pressed), the transaction time is set according to the performance of the apparatus as in the conventional art, and therefore the user does not need to experience an unnecessary waiting time.

When the user selects the execution of the sterilization process at the time of the dispensing transaction, the banknotes fed out from the banknote storage containers 73 to 75 are transported to the lower banknote storage container 72A via the

bidirectional transport paths

10a, 10b, 10c, and 10d while being sterilized in the sterilization processing unit 200. In this case, the speed of conveying the banknotes is slower (second conveying speed) than normal (first conveying speed) in order to improve the sterilizing effect. Further, the banknotes subjected to the sterilization process are dispensed from the lower banknote storage container 72 to the banknote deposit and withdrawal port 30 through the

bidirectional transport paths

10f, 10e, and 30b, and are transported again through the sterilization processing unit 200, whereby the sterilization effect can be further improved.

In this way, when the execution button 80D1 is selected, the execution of the sterilization process is accompanied by an increase in the transaction time (process waiting time) as compared with the case where the sterilization process is not executed. On the other hand, when the execution of the sterilization process is not selected, the transaction time is set according to the performance of the apparatus as in the conventional case, and therefore, the user does not need to experience unnecessary waiting time.

In the present embodiment, since the sterilization process is not performed during the deposit transaction, the banknotes placed in the banknote deposit and withdrawal port 30 during the deposit counting process are transported to the

transport paths

30a and 10b, the banknote determination section 40, the

bidirectional transport paths

10d, 10e, 10f, and 20, and are transported to the lower banknote storage container 72A without passing through the sterilization process section 200. In the deposit storage process, the banknotes are fed out from the lower banknote storage container 72A and are transported to the banknote storage containers 73 to 75 without passing through the sterilization processing unit 200. And is not conveyed to the bill storage boxes 73-75 through the sterilization processing part 200 during loading of the bills.

[ example 6]

Next, fig. 13 shows a configuration of a banknote handling apparatus 101e of example 6 in which a banknote sterilization function is added to the banknote handling apparatus 101 of fig. 1. The configuration is different from the configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 101 in that the banknote storage container 75 is replaced with the banknote storage container 77 having a sterilization function, and the banknote sterilization process is performed at a predetermined timing described later using the banknote storage container 77. The banknote storage container 77 has the same configuration as that shown in fig. 6A, 6B, and 6C of embodiment 1. In this embodiment, the sterilization process is performed at the time of deposit transaction and at the time of banknote loading.

In the deposit counting process of the deposit transaction, the deposit banknotes placed in the banknote deposit and withdrawal port 30 are temporarily stored in the temporary storage 50 while the denomination and number of the deposit banknotes are discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 40 and the

bidirectional transport paths

10d and 10e via the

transport paths

30a and 10 b. After confirming the deposit amount, the dealer transports the banknotes in the temporary storage 50 at a normal speed and stores the banknotes in the banknote storage 77.

In the automatic transaction device, the banknotes in the banknote storage 77 are moved to the lower banknote storage 72 and the banknote storage containers 73 to 74 while being sterilized by the sterilization transport unit 77a during a standby time when the user does not perform a transaction operation, for example. That is, the banknotes fed out from the banknote storage 77 and subjected to the sterilization process are stored in the temporary storage 50 while the banknote determination section 40 determines the denomination thereof, and then stored in any one of the lower banknote storage 72 and the banknote storage 73 to 74 according to the determined denomination thereof. Since the sterilization process is performed during the standby time, the speed of conveying the banknotes may be slowed down to improve the sterilization effect.

The banknotes are loaded by conveying and storing the loading banknotes loaded in the loading/collecting storage 70 to the lower banknote storage 72 and the banknote storage containers 73 to 74. The banknotes fed out from the loading and collecting box 70 are not directly conveyed from the loading and collecting box 70 to the lower banknote storage box 72 and the banknote storage boxes 73 to 74, but are stored in the banknote storage box 77 via the

conveyance paths

20, 10f, 10e, 10d, 10c, 10b, and 10 a. In the same manner as described above, the banknotes in the banknote storage 77 are moved to the lower banknote storage 72 and the banknote storage containers 73 to 74 while being sterilized by the sterilization transport unit 77 a.

In the present embodiment, since the sterilization process is performed at the time of the deposit transaction and at the time of the banknote loading, the banknotes are dispensed from the lower banknote storage container 72 and the banknote storage containers 73 to 74 without performing the sterilization process at the time of the dispensing transaction.

(modification of examples 1 to 6)

In examples 1 to 6, the surface of the bill is sterilized by ultraviolet rays, but not limited to ultraviolet rays, and light rays having a wavelength for obtaining a sterilizing effect may be used.

Further, the sterilization process may be performed at a transport speed (second transport speed) slower than normal without performing the sterilization process when the banknotes are transported at the sterilization processing units (the

sterilization transport units

76a and 77a, and the sterilization processing unit 200) at the normal transport speed (first transport speed). By not sterilizing the banknotes transported at the normal transport speed in the sterilization processing unit, damage to the banknotes can be reduced.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may include various modifications. For example, the above-described embodiments are described in detail for the sake of understanding, and are not necessarily limited to having all the structures described. Further, unless otherwise contradicted, a part of the structure of one embodiment may be replaced with the structure of another embodiment, and the structure of another embodiment may be added to the structure of one embodiment. Further, a part of the configuration of each embodiment may be added, deleted, replaced, integrated, or dispersed. And the structures and processes shown in the embodiments may also be dispersed or integrated as appropriate in accordance with the processing efficiency or the installation efficiency.

Claims

1. A bill handling apparatus is characterized in that,

comprising: an inlet and outlet for paper currency; a first storage for storing paper money; a second storage box for storing paper money and having a sterilization processing part for performing sterilization processing of the paper money when the paper money is stored and discharged; and a transport unit for transporting the banknotes by connecting the inlet/outlet, the first storage and the second storage,

in the money deposit process, the banknotes inserted by the user from the inlet/outlet are transported by the transport unit and the sterilization processing unit at a first transport speed and stored in the second storage,

in the storing process after the deposit process is completed, the banknotes stored in the second storage are transported by the sterilizing unit and the transport unit at a second transport speed slower than the first transport speed, and are stored in the first storage after the sterilizing process is performed.

2. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1,

in the course of the withdrawal process,

the banknotes stored in the first storage are transported by the transport unit and the sterilization processing unit at the second transport speed, and after the banknotes are stored in the second storage after the sterilization processing,

the banknotes stored in the second storage are transported by the sterilization processing unit and the transport unit, and transported to the inlet/outlet after the sterilization processing.

3. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 2,

in the withdrawal process, the withdrawal process is performed,

the banknotes stored in the second storage are transported at the first transport speed or the second transport speed by the sterilization processing unit and the transport unit, and are transported to the inlet/outlet after the sterilization processing.

4. The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

when the transaction with the user is not performed, the banknotes stored in the first storage are transported at the second transport speed by the transport unit and the sterilization processing unit, and are stored in the second storage after the sterilization processing.

5. The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

in the banknote loading process of loading banknotes,

the loading banknotes loaded in the banknote loading cassette are transported at the transport unit and the sterilization processing unit at the first transport speed or the second transport speed, and are stored in the second storage cassette after the sterilization processing is performed,

the loading banknotes stored in the second storage are transported at the first transport speed or the second transport speed by the sterilization processing unit and the transport unit, and are stored in the first storage after the sterilization processing.

6. The banknote handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,

a temporary storage for temporarily storing the banknotes inserted from the inlet/outlet in front and rear sides of the banknotes in the deposit process,

the transport unit transports the banknotes by connecting the inlet/outlet, the temporary storage, the first storage, and the second storage,

after the banknotes stored in the temporary storage are transported to the second storage by the transport unit and the sterilization processing unit and stored therein, the banknotes are transported to the first storage by the sterilization processing unit and the transport unit and stored therein.

7. The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

the sterilization processing unit performs the sterilization processing by irradiating the banknotes with light having a sterilization effect.

8. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 7,

the sterilization processing unit includes:

a pair of conveyance plates arranged in an opposing manner to form a conveyance path for the bill and having the light transmittance;

a conveying roller pair for applying conveying driving force to the paper money; and

the light irradiation member is formed in an elongated shape, and is disposed so that a longitudinal direction thereof forms a predetermined angle with respect to a banknote conveyance direction in the conveyance path.

9. The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8,

comprising:

an upper unit including the inlet and outlet; and

a lower unit including the first storage and the second storage.

10. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 9,

the second storage container includes an upper storage container and a lower storage container arranged in a vertical direction,

the transport unit and the connection are connected by the sterilization processing unit,

in the deposit process, the banknotes inserted by the user from the inlet/outlet are transported at a first transport speed in the transport unit and the sterilization processing unit, and are stored in the lower storage after the sterilization processing,

in the storing process, the banknotes stored in the lower storage are transported at the second transport speed in the sterilization processing unit and the transport unit, and are stored in the first storage after the sterilization processing.

11. A bill handling apparatus is characterized in that,

the disclosed device is provided with: an inlet and outlet for paper currency; a first storage for storing paper money; a second storage for temporarily storing banknotes; a sterilization processing unit for performing sterilization processing of the paper money; and a transport unit for transporting the banknotes by connecting the inlet/outlet, the first storage, the second storage, and the sterilization processing unit,

in the money deposit process, the banknotes inserted by the user from the inlet/outlet are transported by the transport unit at a first transport speed and stored in the second storage,

12. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 11,

in the course of the withdrawal process,

13. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 11 or 12,

in the banknote loading process of loading banknotes,

14. The banknote processing apparatus according to any one of claims 11 to 13,

comprising:

an upper unit including the inlet and outlet and the sterilization processing unit; and

a lower unit including the first storage and the second storage.

15. The banknote handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 14,

the sterilization process is not performed when the banknotes are conveyed at the first conveyance speed in the sterilization process unit, and the sterilization process is performed when the banknotes are conveyed at the second conveyance speed.