JP2002032830A - Bill processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevents an erroneous counting from occurring at the time of close investigation. SOLUTION: A flap 45 is provided on an oscillating plate 44 and an auxiliary flap 101 is also provided. The portions of close investigation paper 34 near its front and rear ends are pushed down to ensure that the paper 34 drops into a bill housing 26. Thus, because a bill G behind the paper 34 can be prevented from getting in front of the paper 34, counting errors can be prevented during the close investigation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill processing device used for a change dispenser or the like, and more particularly to a bill processing device for preventing occurrence of erroneous counting when a stored bill is inspected.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, POS (point of sale information management) has been carried out in supermarkets and convenience stores.
A bill processing machine (change dispenser) that is connected to a higher-level device such as a system and can reuse received bills as change has been introduced together with a coin processing machine.

[0003] Here, the banknote handling machine is a mechanism that mechanically takes in the inserted banknotes, stacks and stores the same in a banknote storage, and transmits the payment information to an external host device or an external host device. It has a function of paying out a corresponding amount of bills from the bill storage as change in response to a change payout request from the host device. The purpose of introducing such a banknote handling machine is
It is an object of the present invention to increase the efficiency of settlement operations and prevent miscalculations while automating the operation of paying out and storing money, reducing the cash handling burden on cashiers.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a conventional money processing apparatus. FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing the internal configuration of the banknote handling machine shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram illustrating a bill transport mechanism of the bill processing machine illustrated in FIG. 7. The money handling machine 10 is formed by integrally forming a bill handling machine 51 arranged on the front right side and a coin handling machine 52 arranged on the left side. The bill handling machine 51 side is used for depositing a bill G. It has a deposit port 11, a dispensing port 12 in which bills are paid out from the bill processing machine 51 as change, and a bill collection box 13 for storing high-value bills not used as change. on the other hand,
The coin processing machine 52 is provided with a deposit port 14 for inserting coins.
And a dispensing port 15 for dispensing coins from the coin processing machine 52 as change, and an operation display unit 16. In addition,
In the following description, description of the coin processing machine 52 will be omitted, and only the bill processing machine 51 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 8, an insertion detecting sensor 21 for detecting insertion of a bill G is provided in the vicinity of the deposit opening 11 of the bill processing machine 51, and a bill conveying path 36 downstream thereof is provided.
A deposit gate 22 and a deposit determination sensor 23 are provided. At the end of the bill transport path 36, a bill storage space 26 is provided via the bill receiving port 24. As shown in FIG. 9, the bill transport path 36 includes a plurality of rollers 41. Further, near the entrance of the banknote storage 26, an impeller 43 having a plurality of blades 42 formed of an elastic body is installed.

A bill G is provided above the bill storage 26.
A swing plate 44 for dropping the paper money into the paper money storage 26 is provided. The oscillating plate 44 is formed of a plate-like body having a bent front end edge, and a flap 45 that can oscillate independently of the oscillating plate 44 is provided. The flap 45 is brought up by the bill G by bending the bill G into a waveform by a group of rollers (not shown) provided in the bill receiving port 24 and carrying in. Further, when the bill G is released from the restraint of the roller group, the bill G swings downward by its own weight, and drops the bill G into the bill storage 26.

[0007] Further, the bill storage shed 2 from which the bill G is fed out.
At the lower part of 6, there is provided a payout unit 27 for separating and feeding out the stacked banknotes G one by one from below. The feeding section 27 includes a plurality of feeding rollers 46. The bill storage shed 26 from which the bill G is fed out.
A payment determination sensor 28 is provided downstream of the payout port. The delivery passage 35 downstream of the payout port is constituted by a plurality of roller rows 47.

The payout port 26a of the banknote storage 26 is a dispensing port 1
2 and a circulation passage 29 arranged vertically. As described above, the circulation passage 29 includes a plurality of roller rows 4.
A switching gate 30 for switching the transport path of the bills G is provided at the lower end of the circulation passage 29, and the upper end thereof is connected to the bill receiving port 24 to the bill storage 26. A collection gate 31 is provided in the middle of the circulation passage 29 for switching the transport path of the circulation passage 29 to the banknote collection box 13 side.

Here, the dispensing port 12, the bill collection box 13, the bill storage box 26 and the circulation passage 29 are integrated to constitute an internal unit 32.
It is housed in the housing 33 in a state where it can be pulled out. The banknote storage 26 has a scrutinization paper 3 used when scrutinizing the amount of money.
Contains four.

The depositing port 11 has an opening having a height such that a plurality of bills G can be received at the same time. The plurality of bills G received here pass through the depositing discrimination sensor 23 in a bundle. , To the banknote storage 26. In addition, in order to enable the acceptance of the bills G in a bundle, the deposit detection sensor 23 has a function of detecting the thickness of the deposited bills.

Here, the flow of the banknote G when a normal transaction is performed will be described. First, when one or more bills G are inserted from the deposit port 11, the insertion detection sensor 21 detects the insertion of the bills G, the deposit gate 22 opens,
A not-shown feeding conveyance motor is driven. When the bill G passes through the deposit gate 22, the deposit gate 22 is closed. Next, the bill G is guided to the deposit determination sensor 23,
Here, the denomination and the authenticity are determined. Banknotes G for which the deposit determination sensor 23 has failed to determine that the banknotes are genuine (genuine) are returned to the deposit port 11, and the banknotes G that have been determined to be genuine or overlapping are guided inward. The bills are stacked and stored in the bill storage box 26 through the bill receiving port 20 provided in the banknote.

The stored bills G are fed from the lower part of the bill storage shed 26 by the payout section 27 when a change payout instruction is given from a higher-level control device (not shown) or when the operation display section 16 performs a collection operation. The payout is performed one by one, and the denomination determination sensor 28 determines the denomination. here,
If it is determined that the bill G should be dispensed, the switching gate 30
Is switched to the dispensing port side, and the bill G is guided to the dispensing port 12.

If the fed-out banknote G is not determined to be a banknote to be dispensed, the switching gate 30 is switched to the circulation passage 29 side, and is returned to the banknote storage 26 via the circulation passage 29 again. It is loaded and stored. In the case where the fed banknote G is a 10,000-yen banknote that is not used as change, the collection gate 31 is switched to the banknote collection box 13 and stored in the banknote collection box 13.

Next, the function of the inspection paper will be described with reference to FIG. The close inspection of the banknote G is an operation performed to determine the amount of the banknote G stored in the banknote storage 26 when a cashier is replaced or when a day's work is completed. As described above, the banknote G inserted from the deposit port 11 is stocked in the banknote storage 26,
When the banknotes G stored in the banknote storage 26 are to be inspected, the banknotes G are fed out to the payout passage 35 by the payout unit 27. Then, the banknote G is discriminated by the dispensing discrimination sensor 28 provided in the pay-out passage, and is stored again in the banknote storage 26 through the circulation passage 29.

Here, a scrutinized paper having a marking 34a at a predetermined position is used as a criterion for starting the scrutiny. That is, when the close inspection is started, the bill G
Are sequentially fed out, but counting is not performed depending on the denomination determined at this time, and counting is performed immediately after the dispensing determination sensor 28 detects the inspection paper 34.

Further, the inspection paper 34 circulates through the circulation passage 29 similarly to the bill, and is stored again in the bill storage 26. Then, counting is performed on the banknotes G after the detection of the fine paper, and the counting is terminated when the fine paper 34 is detected next. Thus, the close inspection of the banknote G stored in the banknote storage 26 is completed. At the time of close examination, if the denomination cannot be determined due to a mixed gift certificate, dirty ticket, or the like, this is counted as the number of undeterminable cases.

[0017]

As described above, the inspection paper 3
4 is used to count the amount of bills stored in the bill storage shed 26. However, during the circulation of bills, a bill G in the rear order from the scrutinizing paper 34 may enter before the scrutinizing paper 34. is there. In such a case, erroneous counting is performed for the number of bills inserted before. Referring to FIG. 11, the bills G are circulated by a number of rollers in the bill processing machine 51, so that when the bills G are stored in the bill storage case 26, the entire bills are accumulated in a curved state.

For this reason, a relatively large gap S is generated between the bill storage 26 and the bill G, and the edge of the inspection paper 34 conveyed into the gap S enters. In this case, the elastic force of the inspection paper 34 causes the flap 45 that originally swings downward by its own weight to be supported at the upper position, making it difficult to drop the flap 45 into the banknote storage 26. Then, when the bill G in the rear order of the scrutinizing paper 34 is carried in, it enters before the scrutinizing paper 34, so that the counting is erroneously performed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bill processing apparatus capable of preventing occurrence of an erroneous count at the time of close inspection.

[0020]

In order to achieve the above object, a bill processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises:
A bill processing device that stores a scrutinization paper together with the deposited banknotes and circulates the bills and the scrutiny paper based on the scrutinization paper to perform the scrutiny. A storage for sequentially stacking and storing, a feeding means for feeding out accumulated bills or scrutiny papers from a lower side of the storage, and a means for branching an arbitrary banknote to a dispensing port or other discharging means, and feeding out from the storage. Circulating means for circulating the bills and the scrutinized paper to the storage again, a detecting means arranged downstream of the feeding means for detecting the bills and the scrutinized paper, and a bill or A flap means for pushing down the vicinity of the front end in the transport direction of the inspection paper, and an upper part of the storage box which is located upstream of the flap means, and which is located in the transport direction of the inspection paper or bill. It is obtained by an auxiliary flap means depressing the near or the vicinity of the rear end.

In the case of conducting the scrutiny, first, the bill stored in the storage together with the scrutinized paper is paid out by the above-mentioned feeding means and circulated by the circulating means. The circulating bills and the scrutinizing paper are detected by detecting means provided downstream of the feeding means. Here, the counting of banknotes starts from the time when the scrutinized paper is detected, and ends when the scrutinized paper circulates and is detected again by the detecting means. During the circulation of the bills and the inspection paper, the inspection paper and the bills conveyed to the storage are pushed down near the front end by flap means provided on the upper part thereof and dropped into the storage.

Further, when the banknotes are stacked in a curved state only with the flap means, the banknotes in the rear order may enter the front of the fine paper. Push down the neighborhood. As a result, the scrutinized paper is reliably dropped into the storage, so that the above-described problem can be solved and scrutiny can be performed without error. Further, it is possible to prevent the scrutinizing paper from entering before the bills in the forward order. Since the auxiliary flap means has such a function, the auxiliary flap means can be appropriately selected from known techniques and used regardless of whether or not an actuator is used.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the bill processing apparatus according to the above-mentioned bill processing apparatus, wherein the auxiliary flap means is temporarily held at an upper position by support by a scrutinizing paper or a bill during transportation. The auxiliary flap is fixed at the upper part of the storage so as to be lowered by its own weight.

That is, the auxiliary flap means temporarily pushes up and supports the auxiliary flap with a fine paper or a bill, but when the fine paper or the bill is no longer supported (for example, the fine paper is corrugated by a group of rollers). When the restraint by the rollers is released, the fine paper with strength that is hardly bent is transported as it is, and the restraint by the rollers is released, etc.), it moves downward by its own weight and the fine paper is removed. Push down. With this configuration, the auxiliary flap means can be easily configured without using an actuator or the like, and thus the manufacturing cost of the bill processing apparatus can be reduced.

In order to realize the above functions,
For example, the auxiliary flap means may be configured such that a rotation shaft is provided at one end of a sheet-metal auxiliary flap, and the rotation shaft is fixed at an upper part of the storage and upstream of the flap means. 3)).

[0026]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited by the embodiment. The components of the embodiment described below include elements that can be appropriately changed in design by those skilled in the art.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a partial configuration diagram showing a banknote processing machine according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view simply showing the configuration of a part of the banknote handling machine shown in FIG. In addition, this bill processing machine 100
Since the present invention relates to the improvement of the conventional banknote handling machine 51, the configuration of the entire banknote handling machine is the same as that of the banknote handling machine 51 shown in FIG. Further, in FIG. 2, the feeding passage 35, the circulation passage 29, and the like constituted by rollers are conceptually shown.

This banknote handling machine 100 has two auxiliary flaps 10 with the rotation axis 102 of the swing plate 44 as a common axis.
1 is provided. The auxiliary flap 101 is made of a bent sheet metal, and is formed of a material having a relatively large thickness. Also, this auxiliary flap 101
Is pivoted downward by its own weight, and the amount of downward rotation is regulated by a projection (not shown) provided on the rotating shaft 102 and other known means.

The other configuration is the same as that of the above-mentioned conventional banknote processing machine 51, so that the description thereof is omitted. In addition,
A plurality of roller groups 49 for deforming the banknote G or the inspection paper 34 into a waveform are alternately arranged at predetermined intervals in the banknote receiving slot 24 of the banknote storage 26.

The shape of the auxiliary flap 101 is not limited to that shown in FIG. For example, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), it may be formed by thin sheet metal and the weight 103 may be partially provided, or as shown in FIG. 1
04 may be passed through the rotating shaft 102. Further, as shown in FIG. 3C, the auxiliary flap 101 can be biased downward by using a coil spring 105.

Next, referring to FIG.
Will be described. As shown in FIG. 2A, the inspection paper 34 fed from the banknote storage 26 is placed in the circulation passage 2.
9 and arrives at the bill receiving slot 24 of the bill storage 26,
It is deformed into a waveform by the roller group 49 arranged here. As a result, the inspection paper 34 is unlikely to bend in the traveling direction, and the auxiliary flap 101 and the flap 45 are supported by the inspection paper 34 by this action, and are held along the rocking plate 44. In addition, in FIG.
Is omitted, but it is the impeller 43 that finally transports the inspection paper 34 to the banknote storage 26.

It is not an essential requirement of the present invention that the inspection paper 34 is formed into a waveform by the roller group 49 of the bill receiving slot 24. For example, if the inspection paper itself has enough strength to hold the flap 45 and the auxiliary flap 101, the inspection paper need not be deformed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3B, when the inspection paper 34 is conveyed and released from the constraint by the roller group 49, the waveform deformation of the inspection paper 34 is restored. This causes the flap 45 and the auxiliary flap 101 to swing downward by their own weight, as shown in FIG.
Is pushed downward near the front end and near the rear end. As a result, even when the banknotes G are curved and accumulated in the banknote storage 26, the tip of the inspection paper 34 does not easily enter the gap S between the banknote G and the banknote storage 26. It is also possible to adjust the position of the impeller 43 so that the wings 42 of the impeller 43 hit the edges of the inspection paper. By doing so, the scrutinizing paper 34 can be reliably dropped, so that it is difficult for the bill G in the rear order to enter the scrutinizing paper 34.

Further, according to the above-mentioned configuration, since the inspection paper 34 is securely dropped, it is not held in an abnormal state, so that it is possible to prevent the accumulation jam. The position at which the inspection paper 34 is pressed by the auxiliary flap 101 can be appropriately adjusted by changing the length of the auxiliary flap 101. In addition, auxiliary flap 1
By adjusting the weight of 01, the load applied to the inspection paper 34 can be adjusted appropriately. Further, the auxiliary flap 101 functions not only for the banknote G but also for the banknote G.

Next, the function of the auxiliary flap 101 is to push down the vicinity of the rear end of the inspection paper 34 to drop the inspection paper 34 reliably. Therefore, any element having the same function as the above-described auxiliary flap 101 can be substituted. For example, it is also possible to attach a push rod to an actuator such as a cylinder and operate it in accordance with the timing of transporting the inspection paper, or to swing the auxiliary flap 101 by a motor or the like (not shown). In particular, according to the configuration in which the inspection paper 34 is pressed by the actuator, since the stroke can be large, the inspection paper 3
4 or the bill can be reliably dropped into the bill storage 26.

Of the above-described configurations, the configuration shown in the above-described embodiment does not use an actuator, and is configured to swing by the strength of the deformed inspection paper 34 and its own weight. There is an advantage that the structure is simple and the manufacturing cost is not required.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a rocking plate of a bill processing machine according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. The swinging plate 44 has a configuration in which an L-shaped hook portion 202 is provided on the rotation shaft 201 of the flap 45, and the tip of the hook portion 202 is brought into contact with a sickle hook 205 provided on the rotation shaft 204 of the auxiliary flap 203. . Auxiliary flap 20
Numeral 3 swings in a direction opposite to that of the first embodiment, and has a shape curved in the transport direction of the inspection paper 34 and the bill G. The rotation axis 20 of the auxiliary flap 203
4 is provided on the oscillating plate 44 unlike the first embodiment.

Next, the operation of this bill processing machine will be described with reference to FIG. When the inspection paper 34 is conveyed from the circulation passage 29, the leading end of the inspection paper 34 is
In this case, as shown in FIG.
3 jumps up. The L-shaped hook 202 of the flap 45 is pushed down by the sickle hook 205 in conjunction with the jumping of the auxiliary flap 203, and the flap 45 also jumps in conjunction with the jumping of the auxiliary flap 203. Subsequently, when the inspection paper 34 is released from the restriction by the roller group 49, the flap 45 swings downward as shown in FIG.
Accordingly, the L-shaped hook 202 and the sickle-shaped hook 205
As a result, the auxiliary flap 203 is also pushed down.

As a result, the vicinity of the front end and the vicinity of the rear end of the inspection paper 34 are pushed downward, and the inspection paper 34 is pressed.
Is reliably dropped into the banknote storage 26. The auxiliary flap 203 acts on the banknote G in the same manner. As described above, by making the auxiliary flap 203 be pressed down by its own weight, the configuration can be simplified and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

In the first and second embodiments, the configuration in which two auxiliary flaps 101 and 203 are provided is disclosed. However, three or more auxiliary flaps may be provided. Further, the auxiliary flaps 101 and 203 may be provided to be shifted by disposing the rotating shafts 102 and 204 to be shifted.

More specifically, the auxiliary flaps 101 and 203
Are provided in three places at the front, center, and rear, a total of six sheets, so that the vicinity of the front end, the center, and the vicinity of the rear end of the inspection paper 34 can be pressed downward (not shown). In this way, even when the inspection paper 34 is in a curved state, the inspection paper 34 can be reliably dropped into the banknote storage 26.

Further, in the first and second embodiments, the problem is that the bill G in the rear order enters before the scrutinizing paper 34, but the bill G is held in an abnormal posture, and the scrutinizing paper 34 is There is also a problem when entering before G, but such a case can also be solved by the configurations of the first and second embodiments.

[0043]

As described above, according to the bill processing apparatus of the present invention, by using the auxiliary flap means, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of an erroneous count at the time of close inspection. Also, if the auxiliary flap means is configured to swing around the rotation axis, it can be easily configured,
The manufacturing cost of the banknote handling machine can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial configuration diagram illustrating a bill processing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view simply showing a configuration of a part of the bill processing machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a modification of the auxiliary flap.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the bill processing machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a rocking plate of the banknote handling machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the bill processing machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a conventional banknote handling machine.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing an internal configuration of the banknote processing machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram illustrating a bill transport mechanism of the bill processing machine illustrated in FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the function of the inspection paper.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional problem.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 26 Banknote storage 26a Payout port 27 Feeding-out part 28 Dispensing discrimination sensor 29 Circulation path 34 Examination paper 34a Marking 35 Feeding path 36 Banknote conveying path 43 Impeller 44 Rocking plate 45 Flap 49 Roller group 100 Banknote handling machine

Claims (3)

[Claims] Claims 1. A bill processing device for storing a scrutinized paper together with a deposited banknote, and circulating the bills and the scrutinized paper based on the scrutinized paper to perform a scrutiny. A storage box for sequentially stacking and storing scrutinized papers, a feeding unit for feeding out accumulated bills or scrutinized papers from the lower side of the storage box, and a unit for branching an arbitrary banknote to a dispensing port or other discharging means, Circulating means for circulating the bills and the inspection paper fed from the storage to the storage again; detecting means arranged downstream of the feeding means for detecting the banknotes and the inspection paper; and A flap means for pushing down the vicinity of the front end of the bill or the inspection paper in the conveying direction by moving the same; And a supplementary flap means for pushing down near the center or near the rear end of the bill in the transport direction. 2. The auxiliary flap means is an auxiliary flap fixed at an upper portion of the storage so as to be temporarily held at an upper position by a support paper or a bill at the time of transportation, and to be lowered by its own weight. The bill processing device according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The auxiliary flap means is constituted by providing a rotation shaft on one end side of a sheet-metal-like auxiliary flap, and fixing the rotation shaft at an upper portion of the storage and upstream of the flap means. The bill processing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein