JP2005096896A - Banknotes processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a banknotes processing apparatus preventing failure that an operator erroneously uses a paper band or the like by providing a paper band printing portion on a band device, and by color-printing on the paper band in the color corresponding to various information (note kind, total amount of money, and bank name, or the like) regarding the note kind discriminated by a banknote discrimination portion and each note kind. <P>SOLUTION: The conveying direction of banknotes is arranged by changing the direction of the banknotes conveyed by a reversing portion 3, 45 according to a banknotes discrimination part discriminating the banknote B and a discrimination result of the banknote discrimination portion, and furthermore, the banknotes B for each note kind designated by the discrimination result of the banknotes discrimination portion are stacked in a first stacker 401 or a second stacker 402. A predetermined number of banknotes 412 which are stacked in these stackers are conveyed to a tape winding portion 410 in a batch. The conveyed banknotes 412 are banded by the tape winding portion 410 in a batch using the paper band 408 whereon attributes including the note kind of the banknotes are color-printed by a printer 409. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a sealing apparatus that seals paper sheets such as banknotes with a paper band, and a banknote processing apparatus that includes a printing unit that prints the attributes of banknotes of the sealed ticket type on the paper band.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a processing apparatus for processing paper sheets such as banknotes to be transported takes out a plurality of paper sheets of different sizes, which are input in a random state on the front and back and top and bottom, one by one on the transport path. The direction of the bill type and the banknote to be transported (hereinafter referred to as the transport direction) is determined by the detection unit provided in. Based on the determination result, a plurality of gates provided on the conveyance path are switched, and, for example, a paper sheet of a ticket type designated to be sealed is switched by a switchback reversing mechanism or a front / back reversing mechanism. The transport direction is aligned and transported to the online sealing device. And this online sealing apparatus was sealed using paper strips of different colors for each type of ticket.

  That is, the on-line sealing device counts and accumulates the paper sheets supplied to the sealing device until a specified number (usually 100 sheets), conveys the accumulated paper sheets, It is comprised by the sealing part which seals automatically with the paper band of the color designated previously to the paper sheet of the said sealing object.

Thus, for example, when banknotes of two types of bills are sealed, two sets of sealing devices with one set of stacking portion and sealing portion are incorporated and correspond to the bill types sealed on the respective sealing devices. A paper strip to be set was set and sealed with each sealing device. In the case of one set of sealing device, a paper strip corresponding to one type of bill is incorporated into the sealing device, and after sealing the banknote with a predetermined paper strip, the paper strip of this sealing device is It was exchanged for a paper belt of the other ticket type and the banknote of the other ticket type was conveyed and sealed (for example, see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-6478 (second page, FIG. 1)

  However, in such a conventional configuration, every time the ticket type to be sealed is changed, an operation of exchanging with a paper band printed with the color of the ticket type to be sealed (hereinafter referred to as a sealing ticket type) is operated. There is a problem that the operator needs to do it, and it takes time for the operator, and the mistaken use of the paper band of a different color for the sealing ticket type due to the operator's mistake.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems. A paper band printing unit is provided in the sealing device, and various information relating to banknotes of the sealing ticket type (ticket type, total amount, bank name, etc.) It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote processing apparatus that prevents troubles such as an operator using the paper band by mistake by printing the color on the paper band.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 includes a supply unit that collectively supplies a plurality of banknotes, a conveyance path that conveys the banknotes supplied from the supply unit, and this conveyance. A banknote discriminating section that is provided on the road and discriminates the bill type and transport direction of the banknote; and a reversing processing section that changes the transport direction of the banknotes transported according to the discrimination result of the banknote discrimination section and aligns them in the same transport direction. A stacking unit that stacks the banknotes for each bill type according to a determination result of the banknote determination unit, a sealing unit that seals a predetermined number of the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit with a paper band, and the banknote determination unit And a printing unit that color-prints attribute information including a bill type of the banknote sealed by the sealing unit on the paper band according to the determination result.

  According to the present invention, various information (ticket type, total amount, bank name, etc.) relating to the sealing ticket type designated to be sealed by providing a paper band printing unit in the sealing device and each sealing ticket type By printing the color corresponding to the color on the paper band, it is possible to provide a banknote processing apparatus that prevents an operator from using the paper band by mistake.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention. The banknote handling apparatus is composed of a banknote handling unit 1 and a main control unit 51. The banknote processing unit 1 has a plurality of types of banknotes B of different sizes mixed and input in a batch, based on the designation from the main control unit 51, the transport direction of all banknotes B, For example, it sorts for every ticket type in alignment with the state which stands upright on the surface. At this time, banknotes of the bill type designated by the main control unit 51 are sealed by the sealing unit 4, and banknotes of other bill types are accumulated in the storages 60 to 65.

  Here, the conveyance direction of the banknote B is demonstrated. The banknote B has a front side (F: state with the front side up), back side (B: state with the back side up), normal (F: state in which the front or back side of the banknote is upright), and reverse (R: There are four types of conveyance directions consisting of a front FF, a front reverse FR, a front reverse BF, and a reverse reverse BR.

  The banknote processing unit 1 includes a supply unit 10 that supplies the banknotes B, a transport path 16 that transports the banknotes B supplied from the supply unit, and a transport pitch correction unit 2 that corrects the transport pitch of the transported banknotes B. The banknote discriminating device 19 that discriminates the banknotes B transported in this way one by one, the switchback inversion unit 3 that inverts in order to align the conveyance direction of the banknotes based on the discrimination result of the banknote discrimination device 19, It is comprised with the part 45, the sealing part 4 which seals the aligned banknote, and the storages 60-65 which store the aligned banknote for every ticket type.

  The banknote processing unit 1 is connected to the main control unit 51 via the interface 50.

  The supply unit 10 includes a stage 11 that contacts and aligns banknotes B in which four types of conveyance directions are mixed, and a backup plate 12 that is erected in the vertical direction with respect to the stage 11. Further, the backup plate 12 can be moved to the left along the stage 11 by the biasing force of the spring 13. The bill B supplied in this manner is pressed against the take-out roller 14 side by the backup plate 12.

  The take-out roller 14 takes out the pressure-sensitive banknotes B one by one while rotating, and supplies them to the transport path 16. The supplied banknote B is taken into the transport roller 15 and supplied to the transport pitch correction device 2.

  The conveyance pitch correction unit 2 is installed close to the conveyance direction downstream of the conveyance roller 15 and detects a banknote, and a conveyance roller whose rotation speed can be varied by a driving force from the conveyance roller drive motor 202. 201, and a conveyance pitch control unit (not shown) for controlling the pinch roller 200 and the conveyance roller driving motor 202 disposed to face the conveyance roller 201.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing configurations of the banknote discriminating device 19 and the main control unit 51. The bill discriminating device 19 includes a bill discriminating unit 20 that discriminates a bill B and a transport control unit 30 that determines a destination of the bill B to be transported.

  The banknote discriminating unit 20 includes a plurality of sensors 1 to n for detecting optical characteristics and magnetic characteristics related to the material of the banknote B, amplification circuits 1 to n for amplifying output signals of these sensors 1 to n, and amplification thereof. It comprises processing means for processing the output signals of the circuits 1 to n. The processing means includes an A / D conversion unit 24 for A / D conversion, a logic circuit unit 23 that performs a logical operation on data A / D converted by the A / D conversion unit 24, and an output of the logic circuit unit 23 In addition to discriminating true / false (genuine or counterfeit) and correct / incorrect (whether it is genuine or fake) from the signal, the CPU 21 that controls the entire bill discriminating unit 20, the storage unit 25 accessed by the CPU 21, and the CPU 21 The I / F unit 22 is used for communicating the results and data determined in step 1 with the main control unit 51.

  Moreover, the conveyance control part 30 determines the destination of the banknote B conveyed by the discrimination | determination result of the banknote discrimination | determination part 20, CPU31 which performs conveyance control of the banknote B, The memory | storage part 33 accessed by this CPU31, It is comprised by the banknote discrimination | determination part 20 and I / F part 32. FIG.

  The distribution gate G1 in FIG. 1 is a gate that distributes, for example, a reject ticket and a processing ticket. The reject ticket refers to a “determination ticket” in which the banknote B determined by the banknote determination unit 20 cannot be determined due to a fake or broken, torn, skew, etc. When the transfer control unit 30 receives the determination signal, By rotating the minute gate G1 to the right (clockwise), the indistinguishable tickets are accumulated in the reject accumulating unit 80.

  Further, the “processed ticket” means that the banknote B discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 20 is a genuine note and is a genuine note (recyclable ticket), or a genuine note is a non-performing ticket (non-distributable ticket). When the transport control unit 30 receives the signal, the sorting gate G1 is rotated to the left (counterclockwise).

  The inversion processing unit includes a switchback inversion unit 3 and a front / back inversion unit 45, and one or both of these inversion units 3 and 45 are used depending on the direction in which they are arranged.

  The switchback reversing unit 3 is installed close to the conveyance direction downstream of the conveyance roller pair 300, 301 and detects the bill B, and the distribution is arranged close to the conveyance direction downstream of the timing sensor SC2. The images are taken into the reversing unit 311 by the gates G10 and G11 and the reversing processing unit taking-in rollers 302 and 303.

  The reversing unit 311 includes a reverse rotation roller 304 and a pickup roller 305 that rotate forward to convey the captured bill B in the direction of the arrow A31, a reverse rotation roller drive motor 310 that drives the reverse rotation roller 304, a conveyance roller 306, 307.

  Further, transport rollers 308 and 309 are provided for transporting the bill B taken in the reversing unit 311 in the direction of the arrow A32 in order to reverse it and discharging it from the switchback reversing unit 3.

  Here, the reverse rotation roller 304 rotates forward when the banknote B is conveyed in the direction of the arrow A31 in the figure, and rotates reversely when conveyed in the direction of the arrow A32 in the figure.

  The sorting gate G2 is a front / back forward / backward sorting gate. Based on the result in the conveyance direction of the bill B determined by the bill discriminating unit 20, when the front / back inversion is required, the bill B is rotated to the right (clockwise), and the bill B passes through the front / back inversion unit 45 indicated by the arrow A6 in the drawing. To do. When the front / back inversion is not required, the sorting gate G2 is rotated to the left, and the bill B is conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow A4 in the drawing.

  The front / back reversing unit 45 reverses the front / back of the banknote B in the transport direction determined by the banknote determination unit 20 of the banknote determination apparatus 19. For example, when the transport direction is reverse (BF), the front / back reversing mechanism 45 makes the front FF.

  The sorting gate G3 is a sorting gate that sorts the conveyed bills B into the sealing unit 4 and the storages 60 to 65. When the bill B to be transported is a bill type designated to be sealed by the main control unit 51, the transport control unit 30 rotates the sorting gate G3 to the right (clockwise), and the bill B is sealed. 4 is conveyed in the direction of an arrow A40 shown in the figure. Further, banknotes B of other bill types are sorted so as to be stored in the storages 60 to 65 from the gate G3 via the gates G4 to G8.

  The sealing unit 4 includes a stacking unit that stacks the banknotes B, a transport unit that transports the stacked banknotes, and a paper strip unit that seals the transported banknotes with a printed paper strip. Hereinafter, each part structure of the sealing part 4 is demonstrated with reference to FIG.

  The stacking unit is composed of a first stacking unit 401 and a second stacking unit 404 that count the banknotes B being conveyed, and stack and sort them every 100 sheets.

  The conveyance unit includes a vertical conveyance path, a conveyance carrier 407, and a horizontal conveyance path 411. The vertical conveyance path includes a first vertical conveyance path 402 and a second vertical conveyance path 405 for ascending or descending the 100 banknotes 412 received by the backup plates 403 and 406. Further, the transport carrier 407 can reciprocate on the horizontal transport path 411 in order to receive the 100-sheet banknote 412 from the backup plates 403 and 406 at the stop position of the first vertical transport path 402 and deliver it to the sealing tray 413. Configured as follows.

  The paper band unit includes a paper band 408 for sealing 100 banknotes 412 stacked on the sealing tray 413, a printing unit 409 for color printing on the paper band 408, and a printed paper sheet of 100 banknotes 412. It is comprised with the band winding part 410 sealed with a band, and the sealing control part 400 which controls the sealing part 4. FIG.

  Next, the procedure of the sealing operation will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the sealing operation of the present invention. In this flowchart, the part that controls the conveyance of the bills B is processed by the conveyance control unit 30 shown in FIG. 2, and the part that controls the sealing unit 4 is processed by the sealing control unit 400 shown in FIG.

  Here, after the banknote B is supplied to the banknote processing apparatus, the ticket type designated to be sealed by the main control unit 51 is conveyed to the sealing unit 4, and other ticket types are the reject stacking unit 80. Or stored in storages 60-65. In addition, although the conveyance process of these banknotes B is controlled by the conveyance control part 30, the banknote B which the distribution gate G3 rotated to the right side and was conveyed to the sealing part 4 is controlled by the sealing control part 400. Hereinafter, these processing procedures will be described.

  When the banknote B in which a plurality of bill types are mixed is supplied to the supply unit 10 by the operator, the supplied banknote B is taken out one by one by the take-out roller 14 and supplied to the conveyance path 16. The supplied banknote B is conveyed to the conveyance pitch correction | amendment part 2 (step S1).

  The conveyance pitch correction unit 2 performs conveyance pitch correction. In the conveyance pitch correction, in order to keep the interval between the bills B that are continuously conveyed within a predetermined value, the interval between the tip of the bill B that has been transported first and the tip of the bill B that has been transported immediately after is a specified value. If it exceeds, correct the interval.

  That is, when the conveyance pitch of the bill B and the next taken-out bill B is measured using the timing sensor SC1, and the pitch clogging or the pitch delay exceeding the set value occurs, the conveyance is performed based on the conveyance pitch control unit (not shown). The rotation speed of the transport roller 201 is varied by the roller drive motor 202, and the pitch jam or pitch delay of the next bill B taken out is corrected (step S2). The bill B whose transport pitch is corrected is sent to the bill discriminating device 19.

  The banknote discriminating device 19 discriminates banknotes of the banknotes B transported by the banknote discriminating section 20, the transport direction, authenticity, and correct banknotes (step S3).

  When it is determined that the bill is a fake or damaged ticket, the transport control unit 30 rotates the sorting gate G1 to the right in order to stack the rejected bill B in the reject stacking unit 80 (step S4). . As a result, the reject banknote B passes through the sorting gate G1 and is stacked on the reject stacking unit 80 (step S5).

  In addition, when it is determined that the bill is a genuine note (correct or non-defective) as a result of the bill discrimination, the “front / back / reverse sorting” subroutine for arranging the front / back or front / back of the bill B in the conveyance direction designated by the main control unit 51 Processing is performed (step S6).

  FIG. 4 shows the “front / back / front / back assortment” subroutine. It is determined whether the transport direction designation at the time of stacking or storage by the main control unit 51 is a one-direction assortment designation or a front / back assortment designation (step S23).

  In the case of unidirectional assortment designation, the switchback reversing unit 3 and the front / back reversing unit 45 are operated according to the bill discrimination result of the bill B by the bill discriminating device 19, and the switchback inversion processing and front / back inversion processing based on FIG. Is performed (step S24).

  For example, when aligning in the front FF direction, the transport direction is converted as follows.

Supplied transport direction: Front FF → Transport direction in which nothing is supplied: Front reverse FR → A process + B process Transport direction supplied: Reverse BF → B process Feed direction: Reverse reverse BR → A Process A process: Switchback inversion process by the switchback inversion unit 3.

B processing: Front-back inversion processing by the front-back inversion unit 45.

A process + B process: Both A process and B process are performed.

  In the case of front / back assortment designation, if the banknote discrimination result of the banknote B by the banknote discrimination device 19 is front transport (front FF, front reverse FR), no processing is performed and the process ends (step). Yes in S25). On the other hand, when the result of banknote discrimination is reverse transport (backside normal BF, reverse side BR), a front / back reversing process (B process) for passing the front / back reversing part 45 and reversing the front and back of the banknotes is performed (step S26). In this case, the transport direction is converted as follows.

(Front-back inversion processing by the front-back inversion unit 45)
Supplied conveyance direction: Front FF → Do nothing Supply conveyance direction: Front reverse FR → Do nothing Supplied conveyance direction: Reverse BF → Front FF
Supply direction: reverse reverse BR → front reverse FR
By the above process, the banknotes B with the same transport direction are returned to FIG. 3, and the sealing process after step S7 is performed.

  The “front / back / front / reverse sorting” subroutine process is terminated, and it is determined whether or not the banknotes B aligned in the transport direction are the types of sealing tickets (step S7).

  As a result of the determination in step S7, if the ticket type is other than the sealing ticket type, the conveyance control unit 30 rotates the sorting gate G3 to the left (counterclockwise), and further rotates the sorting gates G4 to G8. Are stored in any of the storage boxes 60 to 65 designated for each ticket type (steps S8 to S9).

  As a result of the determination in step S7, in the case of a sealing ticket type, the sorting gates G3 and G12 are set to an initial state in order to perform sealing processing. That is, it is set so that the sorting gate G3 is rotated to the right (clockwise) so that the bills B are conveyed to the sealing portion 4, and the sorting gate G12 is rotated to the left (counterclockwise). It sets so that the banknote B may be integrated | stacked on the 1st stacking part 401 of the sealing part 4 (step S10). In parallel with this processing, paper band printing of the sealing ticket type is started (step S11).

  Here, the paper band 408 will be described. The paper band 408 can be color-printed on the front surface, and the back surface is composed of roll paper that can be thermally bonded, and is set in a rotatable roll paper holder 408a shown in FIG.

  When the banknote B of the sealing ticket type is detected in step S7, the printing unit 409, for example, can distinguish the ticket type, for example, pattern, ticket type, correct / damaged ticket, total amount, bank name. And the like are printed on the paper band 408 by the ink jet method, and the entire paper band 408 is color-printed in a color corresponding to the ticket type. .

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the sealing device. In the following steps, the operation of the sealing device 4 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The sealing control unit 400 determines whether or not 100 bills B stacked on the first stacking unit 401 of the sealing device 4 have reached 100 sheets (step S12). If the result of determination in step S12 is that it has not reached 100 sheets, it waits until it reaches 100 sheets (No in step S12).

  In this way, when the banknote B of the first stacking unit 401 reaches 100, the sorting gate G12 is rotated to the right side in order to stack the banknote B that is continuously transported on the second stacking unit 404 ( Step S16). Moreover, the banknote B which reached | attained 100 sheets of the 1st stacking part 401 is sealed by a band winding process routine (steps S13-S15).

  That is, in the band winding process routine, 100 bills (100 bills 412) are sandwiched between the backup plate 403 and the bill holder (not shown) (banknote restraining mechanism), and the first vertical conveyance path 402 is indicated by the arrow A41 in the drawing. It is lowered to the lower stop position in the direction (step S13).

  Next, the 100-sheet banknote 412 sandwiched between the backup plate 403 and the banknote holder and lowered to the stop position of the first vertical transport path 402 is transferred to the transport carrier 407.

  Further, the transport carrier 407 loaded with 100 banknotes 412 is transported along the lateral transport path 411 in the direction indicated by the arrow A44, and the 100-sheet banknotes 412 are transferred to the sealing tray 413 (step S14).

  The transport carrier 407 that has become empty stands by, for example, at the lower stop position of the second vertical transport path 405 in order to transport the next 100 banknotes.

  Next, the 100 banknotes 412 in the sealing tray 413 are wound together by the paper band 408 that has been printed with the paper band in step S11, using the paper winding unit 410 as a bundle of 100 banknotes 412 (step S15). In this way, the 100-sheet banknote 412 sealed with the color-printed paper band is discharged from the sealing device 4 (step S22).

  Next, the operation of the second stacking unit 404 will be described.

  The sealing control part 400 discriminate | determines whether the banknote B of the 2nd stacking part 404 of a sealing apparatus reached | attained 100 sheets similarly to step S12 (step S17). If the result of determination in step S17 is that it has not reached 100 sheets, it waits until it reaches 100 sheets (No in step S17).

  Thus, when the banknote B of the 2nd stacking part 404 reaches | attains 100 sheets, in order to accumulate the banknote B conveyed continuously in the 1st stacking part 401, the sorting gate G12 is rotated to the left ( Step S21). Moreover, the banknote B which reached | attained 100 sheets of the 2nd stacking part 404 is sealed by a band winding process routine (step S18-S20).

  In the band winding processing routine, as in step S13, the 100 banknotes 412 that have reached 100 sheets are sandwiched between the backup plate 406 and the banknote holder (not shown), and the second vertical conveyance path 405 is lowered to the stop position in the direction of the arrow A43 in the figure. (Step S18).

  Next, similarly to step S <b> 14, the 100-sheet banknote 412 sandwiched between the backup plate 406 and the banknote holder (banknote suppression mechanism) and lowered to the stop position of the second vertical transport path 405 is transferred to the transport carrier 407.

  Further, the transport carrier 407 loaded with 100 banknotes 412 is transported along the lateral transport path 411 in the direction of the arrow A44, and the 100-sheet banknotes 412 are transferred to the sealing tray 413 (step S19).

  The transport carrier 407 that has become empty stands by, for example, at a lower stop position of the first vertical transport path 402 in order to transport the next 100 banknotes.

  Next, as in step S15, the 100 banknotes 412 in the sealing tray 413 are wound together by the paper band 408 that has been printed with the paper band printing in step S11.

  In this way, the 100-sheet banknote 412 sealed with the color-printed paper band is discharged from the sealing device 4 (step S22).

  In the above-described embodiment, the inkjet method is used as the printing method of the printing unit 409. However, the present invention is not limited to this inkjet method, and other thermal transfer methods can also be applied.

  As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the banknotes classified for each designated number are automatically sealed with the paper band on which the attribute of the ticket type is printed. It is possible to provide a banknote handling apparatus that is not bothersome and that does not set a paper band by mistake.

The schematic sectional drawing of the banknote processing apparatus of the Example of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of a banknote discrimination | determination apparatus and a main-control part. The flowchart which shows the procedure of sealing operation. Front / reverse reverse subroutine of the flowchart showing the procedure of the sealing operation. The figure explaining the change of the conveyance direction by switchback inversion processing and front and back inversion processing. The figure explaining operation | movement of a sealing part.

Explanation of symbols

B, Banknotes G1 to G8 Sorting gates G10, G11, G12, G13 Sorting gate 1 Banknote processing unit 2 Transport pitch correction unit 3 Switchback reversing unit 4 Sealing unit 10 Supply unit 11 Stage 12 Backup plate 13 Spring 14 Extraction roller 15 Conveying roller 16 Conveying path 19 Bill discriminating device 20 Bill discriminating unit 30 Conveying control unit 41, 42, 43 Conveying belt 45 Front / back reversing unit 50 Interface 51 Main control unit 60-65 Storage 80 Reject stacking unit 200 Pinch roller 201 Conveying roller 202 Transport roller drive motor 304 Reverse roller 310 Reverse roller drive motor 311 Reverse unit 400 Sealing control unit 401 First stacking unit 402 First vertical transport path 403, 406 Backup plate 404 Second stacking unit 405 Second vertical transport path 407 Transport carrier 408 paper belt 409 Printing unit 410 Band winding unit 411 Horizontal conveyance path 412 100-sheet banknote 413 Sealing tray

Claims (4)

A supply unit for supplying a plurality of banknotes at once;
A conveyance path for conveying the banknotes supplied from the supply unit;
A banknote discriminating section that is provided in the transport path and discriminates a bill type and a transport direction of the banknote;
An inversion processing unit that changes the conveyance direction of the banknotes conveyed by the determination result of the banknote determination unit and aligns them in the same conveyance direction;
A stacking unit that stacks the banknotes for each bill type according to the determination result of the banknote determination unit,
A sealing unit that seals the banknotes accumulated in a predetermined number on the stacking unit with paper strips;
A bill processing apparatus comprising: a printing unit that color-prints attribute information including a bill type of a bill sealed by the sealing unit on the paper strip according to a discrimination result of the bill discriminating unit.   A plurality of the stacking units are provided, and when the banknotes stacked in one stacking unit reach a predetermined number by the sorting gate of the banknote insertion port of the stacking unit, the banknotes are stacked in the other stacking unit. 2. The banknote handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknotes are sorted. The sealing portion is
A banknote restraining mechanism that collectively holds a predetermined number of banknotes stacked in the stacking unit;
A vertical conveyance path for conveying the banknote restraining mechanism in the vertical direction;
A transport carrier for receiving the banknotes transported to a lower stop position of the vertical transport path;
A lateral conveyance path for moving the conveyance carrier left and right;
A band winding section for winding the paper band around the banknote transported to the stop position of the lateral transport path;
3. The bills of the sealing ticket type are stacked on the transport carrier, transported to the lateral transport path, and collectively delivered to the belt winding section. The banknote processing apparatus of description. The inversion processing unit
A switchback reversing unit that is arranged downstream of the bill discriminating device in the transport direction and reverses the front and back of the bill and the transport direction;
A front / back reversing unit that is disposed downstream of the banknote discriminating direction and that reverses the front and back of the banknote, and at least one of switchback reversing processing by the switchback reversing unit and front / back reversing processing by the front / back reversing unit The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the banknotes are stacked in the stacking unit with the transport direction of the banknotes aligned in one direction.

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