JP2002163706A - Bill processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bill processor which can speedily pay a low-amount bill out as change. SOLUTION: A standby bill storage part 30, which contains the low-amount bill A1 is arranged, and the small-amount bill is previously made to withdraw to the standby bill storage part 30 from inside a stacker 6 for low-amount bill storage; and when the low-amount bill A1 is paid out as change, the low- amount bill A1 previously held in the standby bill storage part 30 is paid out to a bill throw-in opening 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill processing apparatus for discriminating the authenticity of inserted bills and for accommodating bills regarded as genuine bills in a stacker provided in the apparatus main body, and in particular, as change. The present invention relates to an improvement of a bill processing device for dispensing bills from a stacker.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a machine such as a vending machine, a bill processing device for judging the authenticity of inserted bills and accommodating bills regarded as genuine bills in the main body of the device is provided. .

In such a banknote handling machine, a banknote inserted from a banknote insertion slot is conveyed into a main body of the apparatus via a banknote conveying belt or a banknote conveying means comprising a plurality of banknote conveying rollers and the like, and thereafter, the banknote storing means. The bill inserted is stored and stored in the stacker via the.

While the inserted bill is being conveyed by the above-described bill conveying means, the authenticity and the denomination are discriminated by various kinds of bill discriminating means such as a light sensor and a magnetic sensor, and the bill is regarded as a genuine bill. The inserted bill is stored and stored in a stacker provided in the apparatus body as it is, and when it is determined that the bill is a fake bill, the bill is returned to the bill slot from the middle.

On the other hand, in the above-mentioned bill processing apparatus, two kinds of bills, a large bill and a low bill, are accommodated in a high bill storage stacker and a low bill storage stacker, respectively. In some cases, the low bills stored in the low bill stacker are returned to the bill insertion slot as change.

According to such a conventional bill processing device for returning change bills, when dispensing low-value bills as change, the inserted high-value bills are temporarily stored in a high-value bill storage stacker and then stored in the low-value bill storage. They used to pay out low-value bills, which would be change, from within the stacker.

[0007]

By the way, in the above-mentioned bill processing apparatus of the type which accommodates two kinds of bills, high bills and low bills, and pays out low bills as change, the low bills are paid out as change. In the case, after the inserted high-value banknotes are temporarily stored in the high-value banknote storage stacker, the low-value banknotes are paid out from the low-value banknote storage stacker to the banknote insertion slot as a change, so that the low amount of the change is obtained. There was a drawback that it took a long time to pay out bills.

An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote processing apparatus capable of more quickly dispensing low-value banknotes as change in view of the above circumstances.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has a high-value banknote storing stacker and a low-value banknote storing stacker, and when a high-value banknote is inserted from a banknote insertion slot, In a banknote handling apparatus configured to pay out a low-value banknote as change to the banknote insertion slot, a spare banknote storage unit for storing a low-value banknote is arranged, and the low-value banknote is stored in advance in the low-note banknote stacker from within the low-note banknote stacker. When the banknote is retracted and the low-value banknote is paid out as change, the low-value banknote previously evacuated to the spare banknote accommodating section is paid out to the banknote insertion slot.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual sectional view of a bill processing apparatus 1 according to the present invention.

The bill processing apparatus 1 includes a bill guiding means 3 comprising a plurality of bill guiding chutes for guiding bills inserted from a bill inserting slot 2 on the right side of the drawing, and transports bills along the bill guiding means 3. And a device main body 5 for accommodating bills transported through the bill transporting means 4.

In the apparatus main body 5, a low-note banknote stacker 6 dedicated to 1,000-yen bills and a high-note banknote dedicated to 2,000-yen bills, which are separate denominations, are provided so as to face each other in the horizontal direction of the drawing. A storage stacker 7 is provided, and between the storage stacker 7 is formed a pair of rotating cylinders 8 and 9 with a predetermined interval (interval slightly wider than the width of the bill to be handled) mutually perpendicular to the drawing. A bill storage means 10 is provided. The illustration of the other rotating cylinder 9 is omitted.

Note that, on the peripheral surfaces of the pair of rotating cylinders 8 and 9 constituting the above-mentioned bill collecting means 10, bill guiding grooves 8 facing each other along the axial direction for guiding inserted bills.
a and 9a are formed.

A plurality of 1000-yen bills A accommodated in the low bill storage stacker 6 are constantly urged toward the respective peripheral surfaces 8b, 9b of the rotating cylindrical bodies 8, 9 by the urging force of the accommodation spring 11. Similarly, a plurality of 2,000-yen bills B stored in the high-value banknote storage stacker 7 are always attached to the respective peripheral surfaces 8b, 9b of the rotating cylindrical bodies 8, 9 by the urging force of the storage spring 12. It is being rushed.

According to such a bill accommodating apparatus 10, after the inserted bills are guided into the bill guide grooves 8a, 9a, the pair of rotating cylinders 8, 9 are brought into phase with each other via a cylinder rotating means (not shown). To rotate in mutually opposite directions, the bill guide grooves 8a, 9a
The bills guided inside are stored in either one of the low bill stacker 6 and the high bill stacker 7.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, between the low-value banknote storage stacker 6 and the high-value banknote storage stacker 7, a 1,000-yen bill B stored in the low-value banknote storage stacker 6 is provided.
A bill extracting means 20 for extracting only one by one is provided.

The bill extracting means 20 comprises a pressing plate 21 which is supported by a slide device (not shown) so as to be able to move to the left and right of the drawing in a parallel manner. A pair of banknote pay-out rollers 23, which are rotationally driven by driving means such as a motor (not shown), is provided inside the housing 22.

It should be noted that the bill storage means 10 comprising the above-mentioned pair of rotating cylinders 8 and 9 and the pair of bill discharging rollers 2
3 is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 11-87004 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
-285270).

On the other hand, the above-mentioned low bill stacker 6
A spare banknote storage unit 30 is provided in the apparatus main body 5 adjacent to the banknote storage unit for storing only one thousand-yen bill to be paid out as a change in advance and storing the same, and the upper end thereof communicates with the banknote guide unit 3. .

Next, the above-described bill guide means 3 and bill transport means 4 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 2 which is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the main part of FIG. 1, the bill guide means 3 has one end 40a communicating with the bill insertion slot 2 and the other end 40b having a pair of rotating cylinders 8 and 9. A substantially L-shaped first bill guide chute 40 facing the bill guide grooves 8a, 9a, one end 41a communicates with the open end 30a of the spare bill storage unit 30, and the other end 41b is a bill withdrawal shown in FIG. A substantially L-shaped second bill guide chute 41 facing the bill dispensing roller 23 of the means 20, a middle stream 41c of the second bill guide chute 41 and a middle stream 40c of the first bill guide chute 40 are mutually connected. And a third bill guide chute 42 to be communicated with.

The first bill guide chute 4 described above is used.
A bill identification sensor 43 composed of a magnet, a photosensor, an image sensor, and the like, which detects whether the inserted bill is true or false, or whether the inserted bill has wrinkles, dirt, or damage, is arranged from the upstream of 0 to the middle stream 40c region. Has been established.

On the other hand, the bill transporting means 4 is provided along the first bill switching and transporting means 50 provided along the first bill guiding chute 40 and the second bill guiding chute 41. The second bill switching / transporting means 60 is provided.

Of these, the first bill switching and conveying means 50
Is a first power transmission means for transmitting the forward / reverse rotation driving force of the first motor 51 via a power transmission means such as a pulley or a gear transmission mechanism.
, A second pulley 54 driven and driven by a bill transport belt 53 wound around the first pulley 52, and a bill transport belt 55 wound around the second pulley 34. Third pulley 56 driven and driven
And forcibly guide the bills conveyed from the bill insertion slot 2 toward the bill guide grooves 8a and 9a, and allow the passage of the bills conveyed from the third bill guide chute 42 toward the bill insertion slot 2. And a first passage switching lever 57 to be operated.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned first bill switching and transporting means 5
0, the first pulley 52, the second pulley 54 and the third
The pinch rollers 58 that rotate independently of each other are pressed against the pulleys 56.

On the other hand, the second bill switching / transporting means 60 is driven by a second power transmitting means such as a pulley or a gear transmitting mechanism.
A first pulley 62 to which the forward and reverse rotation driving force of the motor 61 is transmitted, and a second pulley 64 driven and driven by a bill transport belt 63 wound around the first pulley 42
And the third pulley 66 and the second bill guide chute 41
Forcibly guide the banknotes conveyed from the other end 41b to the spare banknote storage unit 30 side, and
A second passage switching lever 67 for forcibly guiding the bill conveyed from the zero side to the third bill guide chute 42.
It is composed of

The second bill switching / transporting means 6
0, the first pulley 62, the second pulley 64, and the third
The pinch rollers 68 that rotate independently of each other are also in pressure contact with the pulley 66.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 69 denotes the bill conveying belt 6.
Reference numeral 3 denotes an idler pulley to be wound.

Next, the operation of the above-described bill processing apparatus 1 will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, a predetermined number of 1,000-yen bills A to be changed are stored in a low-value banknote storage stacker 6, and then when the banknote processing apparatus 1 is driven, as shown in FIG. The second motor 61 of the second bill switching / transporting means 60 rotates in one direction, thereby causing the first to third pulleys 6 to rotate.
Banknote transport belt 6 wound around 2, 64, 66, respectively
3 rotates counterclockwise and at the same time the bill withdrawing means 20
The not-shown drive motor also rotates, and the bill discharging roller 23 rotates clockwise.

As described above, the second bill switching / conveying means 60
When the banknote transport belt 63 rotates counterclockwise, and at the same time the banknote delivery roller 23 of the banknote withdrawing means 20 rotates clockwise, among the 1,000 yen bills A stored and stored in the low-value banknote stacker 6. The one-thousand-yen bill A1 pressed against the bill discharging roller 23 is transported by the bill discharging roller 23 into the other end 41b of the second bill guiding chute 41, and then the second bill switching transport means 60 The bill is conveyed along the second bill guide chute 41 toward the spare bill storage unit 30 by the bill transport belt 63 and the second passage switching lever 67.

Then, the second bill guide chute 41
The rear end A1b of one 1000-yen bill A1 conveyed along
As shown in FIG. 4, the trailing end A1b is detected by a bill detection sensor (not shown) at the position where the bill has passed through the second passage switching lever 67. The drive of the motor 61 and the bill delivery roller 23 of the bill extracting means 20 is stopped.

As described above, the rear end A1 of one 1,000-yen bill A1
b is the second passage switching lever 6 as shown in FIG.
7 and the respective drives of the second bill switching and conveying means 60 and the bill withdrawing means 20 are stopped at that time.
This one-yen bill A1 is partially held between the third pulley 66 and the pinch roller 68, and most of the one-yen bill A1 is housed in the spare bill housing unit 30. The conveyance is temporarily stopped in the state where the operation is performed.

Next, from the state shown in FIG. 4, a 2,000-yen bill B1 is inserted into the bill insertion slot 2 as shown by an arrow in FIG. 5, and when the insertion is detected by an entrance sensor (not shown),
This time, the first motor 51 of the first bill switching and conveying means 50
Only one rotates in one direction, thereby rotating the bill transport belts 53 and 55 wound around the first to third pulleys 52, 54 and 56 in the counterclockwise direction.

As described above, the first bill switching / transporting means 50
When the banknote transport belts 53 and 55 rotate counterclockwise, as shown in FIG. 6, the 2,000-yen bill B1 inserted into the banknote insertion slot 2 receives the first banknote guide chute 40 and the first banknote guide chute 40.
Each of the bill guide grooves 8a of the pair of rotating cylinders 8 and 9 constituting the bill storage means 10 by the passage switching lever 57 of FIG.
9a, the leading end of the 2,000-yen bill B1 is moved from the upstream of the first bill guide chute 40 to the middle stream 4b.
When the bill is conveyed to the area 0c, the banknote identification sensor 43 determines the denomination of the 2,000-yen bill B1 conveyed and the authenticity thereof.

When the bill discriminating sensor 43 determines that the inserted bill is a genuine bill and a 2,000-yen bill, the bill withdrawing means 20 is driven based on the determination signal, and thereby the pressing plate is pressed. 21 starts to move toward the low-value banknote storage stacker 6 on the left side of the drawing.

As described above, when the pressing plate 21 starts moving toward the low-value banknote stacker 6 on the left side of the drawing, the pressing plate 21 moves the 1000-yen bill A to the low-value banknote storing stacker 6 as shown in FIG. The bill storage means 10
Bill guide grooves 8 of a pair of rotating cylindrical bodies 8 and 9 constituting
a, 9a released, 2,000-yen bill B considered genuine
1 is conveyed.

When the tip of the 2,000-yen bill B1 regarded as a genuine bill is conveyed into the bill guide grooves 8a, 9a for a predetermined length, the first bill switching / conveying means 50 is driven. The 2,000-yen bill B1 is stopped and escrowed (temporarily reserved) in the bill guide grooves 8a, 9a. When escrowing the 2,000-yen bill B1, the trailing end B1b is gripped between the third pulley 56 and the pinch roller 58 and between the second pulley 54 and the pinch roller 58.

When the purchase of the merchandise is canceled in the escrow state of the 2,000-yen bill B1 shown in FIG. 7, only the first motor 51 of the first bill switching / conveying means 50 moves in the other direction. To rotate the bill transport belts 53 and 55 wound around the first to third pulleys 52, 54 and 56, respectively, in a clockwise direction. And the second
The 2,000 yen bill B1 in the escrow state gripped between the pulley 54 and the pinch roller 58 is transported toward the bill insertion slot 2 and returned.

On the other hand, when the merchandise is purchased in the escrow state of the 2,000-yen bill B1 shown in FIG. 7, the first motor 5 of the first bill switching / transporting means 50 as shown in FIG.
1 is again rotated in one direction for a predetermined time, whereby the bill transport belts 53 and 55 wound around the first to third pulleys 52, 54 and 56 are rotated in the counterclockwise direction, and the third The escrow state 2,000-yen bill B1 held between the pulley 56 and the pinch roller 58 and between the second pulley 54 and the pinch roller 58 is inserted into the bill guide groove 8.
a, completely housed in 9a.

As described above, the 2,000-yen bill B1 is inserted into the bill guide groove 8.
a and 9a, the 2,000-yen bill B1
The operation shifts to a stacking operation on the high-priced bill storage stacker 7. At this time, if it is determined that one 1,000-yen bill is required as change based on the product purchase signal, as shown in FIG. The cylindrical bodies 8 and 9 rotate, and a pair of bill guide grooves 8a,
The 2,000-yen bill B1 stored in the stacker 9a is stored and stored on the uppermost surface of the 2,000-yen bill B stored and stored in the high-value banknote storage stacker 7, and at the same time, the first bill switching / transporting means 50 and the second The bill switching / conveying means 60 is driven again, whereby the first
This time, the motor 51 and the second motor 61 are rotated in other directions.

As described above, when the second motor 61 rotates in the other direction, the bill transport belt 63 wound around the first to third pulleys 62, 64, 66 of the second bill switching / transporting means 60, respectively. Rotates in the clockwise direction, so that one thousand-yen bill A1 gripped between the third pulley 66 and the pinch roller 68 and accommodated in the spare bill accommodating portion 30 is moved to the second passage switching lever. The third bill guide chute 42 is forcibly conveyed to the third bill guide chute 42, and this one thousand-yen bill A1 is allowed to pass the bill conveyed from the third bill guide chute 42 toward the bill insertion slot 2. The first passage switching lever 57 further conveys the bill to the first bill guide chute 40, from which it is paid out to the bill insertion slot 2.

That is, in the above-described banknote processing apparatus 1, one thousand-yen bill A1 is paid out from the spare banknote accommodating section 30 as a change at the same time as the stacking operation of the 2,000-yen bill B1, so that one bill as the change The operation of paying out the 1,000-yen bill A1 is extremely quick and smooth.

As described above, the stored 2,000-yen bill B1 is stored and stored in the high-value banknote stacker 7, and the one-thousand-yen bill A1 stored in the spare banknote storage unit 30 is paid out. When the operation is completed, the above-described bill processing apparatus 1 returns the pair of rotating cylinders 8 and 9 and the pressing plate 21 to the initial positions shown in FIG. The retirement operation of the 1,000-yen bill A1 into the spare banknote storage unit 30 is performed, and thereafter, as shown in FIG. 4, the banknote returns to the standby position for storing the next banknote in the stacker.

On the other hand, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 5, a 1,000-yen bill A2 is inserted into the bill insertion slot 2, and when the insertion is detected by an entrance sensor (not shown), the first bill switching and conveying means 50 is turned on. Only the first motor 51 rotates in one direction, whereby the bill transport belts 53 and 55 wound around the first to third pulleys 52, 54 and 56 rotate counterclockwise.

When the bill transport belts 53 and 55 rotate in the counterclockwise direction, the 1000-yen bill A2 inserted into the bill insertion slot 2 is moved to the first bill guide chute 40 as shown in FIG. And the first passage switching lever 57 guides the pair of rotating cylinders 8 and 9 constituting the bill storage means 10 toward the bill guide grooves 8a and 9a, respectively. Is transported from the upstream of the first bill guide chute 40 to the middle stream 40c area, the bill discriminating sensor 43 identifies the denomination of the 1,000-yen bill A2 and its authenticity.

When the bill discriminating sensor 43 determines that the inserted bill is a genuine bill and a one-thousand-yen bill, the bill withdrawing means 20 is driven based on the determination signal, and thereby the pressing plate 21 is pressed. This time, it starts moving to the side of the high-note banknote storage stacker 7 on the right side of the drawing.

As described above, the pressing plate 2 of the bill extracting means 20
When 1 starts moving toward the high-value banknote storage stacker 7 on the right side of the drawing, the 2,000-yen bill B is pushed into the back of the high-value banknote storage stacker 7 as shown in FIG. The bill guide grooves 8a, 9a of the pair of rotating cylinders 8, 9 are released, and the 1,000-yen bill A2 regarded as a genuine note is transported there.

When the leading end of the 1,000-yen bill A2 regarded as a genuine bill is conveyed into the bill guide grooves 8a, 9a for a predetermined length, the driving of the first bill switching / conveying means 50 is stopped. Then, the 1,000-yen bill A2 is escrowed (temporarily reserved) in the bill guide grooves 8a and 9a. When escrowing the 1,000-yen bill A2, the rear end A2b is gripped between the third pulley 56 and the pinch roller 58 and between the second pulley 54 and the pinch roller 58.

When the purchase of the commodity is canceled in the escrow state of the 1,000-yen bill A2 shown in FIG. 10, only the first motor 51 of the first bill switching / conveying means 50 rotates in the other direction. Then, the banknote transport belts 53 and 55 wound around the first to third pulleys 52, 54 and 56 are rotated clockwise, whereby the gap between the third pulley 56 and the pinch roller 58 And the second
The escrow state 1000-yen bill A2 held between the pulley 54 and the pinch roller 58 is transported toward the bill insertion slot 2 and returned.

On the other hand, when the commodity is purchased in the escrow state of the 1,000-yen bill A2 shown in FIG. 10, only the first motor 51 of the first bill switching / transporting means 50 is again activated as shown in FIG. By rotating the bill conveyor belts 53 and 55 wound around the first to third pulleys 52, 54 and 56, respectively, in a counterclockwise direction, the third pulley 56 and the third pulley 56 are pinched. The 1,000-yen bill A2 in the escrow state gripped between the roller 58 and between the second pulley 54 and the pinch roller 58 is inserted into the bill guide groove 8a.
9a completely housed.

As described above, the 1,000-yen bill A2 is inserted into the bill guide groove 8.
a and 9a, the pair of rotating cylinders 8 and 9 rotate in the other direction to stack the 1000-yen bill A2 on the low-value banknote storage stacker 6, thereby causing the bills A2 to move in the other direction. As shown by 12, the 1000-yen bill A2 stored in the pair of bill guide grooves 8a, 9a (FIG. 11) is stored and stored on the top surface of the 1000-yen bill A stored and stored in the low-value banknote stacker 6. As described above, when the storage of the inserted 1000-yen bill A2 in the low-value banknote storage stacker 6 is completed,
The pressing plate 21 returns to the initial position shown in FIG. 4, and returns to the standby position for storing the next bill in the stacker.

As shown in FIG. 6, although the bill A2 inserted into the bill insertion slot 2 is a genuine bill and is a 1,000-yen bill, if there is wrinkles, dirt, or damage, the bill identification sensor When the judgment is made by 43, the 1,000-yen bill A2 is not stored in the low-value banknote storage stacker 6 for paying change as shown in FIGS.
Like the 2,000-yen bill B1 shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the bills are stored in the high-value banknote storage stacker 7 and are not used for change payment thereafter.

As described above, when a 1,000-yen bill having wrinkles, dirt, or damage is stored in the high-value banknote storage stacker 7 for storing bills that are not used for dispensing change, the wrinkles, dirt, or damage may occur. It is possible to reduce as much as possible a phenomenon such as a paper jam that occurs when a yen bill is paid as change.

In the above-described embodiment, if there is no 1,000-yen bill in the spare bill accommodating section, that is, if bills cannot be transported from the stacker to the spare bill accommodating section, or if there are no more 1,000-yen bills that can be dispensed, etc. It is also possible to set so as not to accept yen bills.

[0057]

As described above, according to the banknote processing apparatus of the present invention, low bills to be dispensed as change are evacuated from the low-note banknote stacker to the spare banknote storage section in advance, and the low-note bills are dispensed as change. At this time, since the low bills retracted to the spare bill storage section are paid out to the bill insertion slot, as in the conventional case, the low bills are dispensed as change from the inside of the low bill storage stacker to the bill insertion slot. Compared with the case, the return speed of the change is improved, and the work of dispensing the change by the bill can be remarkably improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual cross-sectional view of a banknote processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of a main part of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a conceptual sectional view showing the operation of the bill processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the operation of the bill processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the operation of the bill processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a conceptual sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a conceptual sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a conceptual sectional view showing the operation of the banknote processing apparatus according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Bill processing apparatus 2 ... Bill insertion slot 3 ... Bill guide means 4 ... Bill transport means 6 ... Low bill storage stacker 7 ... High bill storage stacker 30 ... Spare bill storage unit 40 ... First bill guide chute 41 ... 2nd bill guide chute 42 ... third bill guide chute 57 ... first passage switching lever 50 ... first bill switching / transporting means 67 ... second passage switching lever 60 ... second bill switching / transporting means A ... Low bill (1,000 yen bill) B ... High bill (2,000 yen bill)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A banknote having a high-note banknote storage stacker and a low-note banknote storage stacker, wherein when a high-note banknote is inserted from a banknote insertion slot, a low-note banknote is paid out to the banknote insertion slot as change. In the processing device, a spare bill accommodating portion for accommodating a low bill is disposed, and the low bill is evacuated in advance from the inside of the low bill stacker to the spare bill accommodating portion, when dispensing the low bill as change.
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the low-value banknote that has been retreated to the spare banknote storage unit in advance is paid out to the banknote insertion slot. 2. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the low bill is a 1,000-yen bill and the high bill is a 2,000-yen bill. 3. A banknote having a high-value banknote storage stacker and a low-value banknote storage stacker, wherein when a high-value banknote is inserted from a banknote insertion slot, the low-value banknote is paid out to the banknote insertion slot as change. In the processing device, a spare banknote storage unit for storing low-value banknotes, a first banknote guide chute having one end communicating with the banknote insertion port and the other end communicating with the stacker side, and one end communicating with the spare banknote storage unit And the other end of which is in communication with the stacker side.
, A bill guiding means comprising a third bill guiding chute for allowing the second bill guiding chute and the first bill guiding chute to communicate with each other, and a bill guiding chute arranged along the first bill guiding chute. A first forcibly guiding the bills inserted from the bill insertion slot toward the stacker side, and allowing the passage of the bills conveyed from the third bill guide chute toward the bill insertion slot. A first bill switching / transporting means having a passage switching lever, and a bill disposed along the second bill guiding chute and forcibly guiding bills conveyed from the stacker side to the spare bill storage section side A second passage switching lever for forcibly guiding the bills conveyed from the spare bill storage unit side to the third bill guide chute.
And a banknote transfer means comprising a banknote switching and transporting means, wherein the low-value banknotes are retracted from the inside of the low-value banknote stacker to the spare banknote accommodating section through the second banknote switching and transporting means in advance, and the low-value banknotes are used as change. When paying out the first
A banknote processing apparatus for dispensing the low-value banknotes previously retracted in the spare banknote accommodating section to the banknote insertion port via the banknote switching / conveying section and the second banknote switching / conveying section. 4. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the low bill is a 1,000 yen bill and the high bill is a 2,000 yen bill.