JP2007213279A - Bank note processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To flat a bank note received without preparing a special mechanism such as a pressing plate even when a curved bank note in a bow shape and folded bank note exist among the received bank notes. <P>SOLUTION: In a bank note processing device 10 processing received money for receiving by conveying the bank notes inserted into a receiving port 11 to a storage 13 through a bank note conveying passage 21, media stored in the device 10 are accumulated on the bank notes after storing the bank notes inserted into the receiving port 11 to the storage 13. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus mounted on an automatic transaction apparatus or the like, and in particular, a depositing operation for feeding banknotes inserted into a banknote deposit / withdrawal port one by one and transporting them to a banknote storage, and banknote storage. The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus that performs a withdrawal operation of feeding banknotes stored in a warehouse one by one and transporting them to a banknote deposit / withdrawal port.

A conventional banknote handling apparatus performs a depositing operation and a dispensing operation described below.
First, the depositing operation will be described.
The banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal port by the operation of the customer are separated and fed one by one by the separating / feeding mechanism, and are sent out to the banknote conveyance path. The banknotes sent out to the banknote transport path are discriminated by the discrimination section provided on the banknote transport path, the number of coins is counted, and the banknotes are transported to the temporary storage section and accumulated. When the amount of the identified banknote is confirmed by the customer, the banknotes accumulated in the temporary holding unit are separated and fed out one by one by the separation and feeding mechanism, and are conveyed and stored in the banknote storage through the banknote transport path.

Next, the withdrawal operation will be described.
The banknotes stored in the banknote storage are separated and fed out one by one by the separating and feeding mechanism, and sent out to the banknote conveyance path. The sent banknotes are discriminated by the discrimination section, the number of sheets is counted, and the banknote corresponding to the amount designated by the customer is conveyed to the banknote deposit / withdrawal port. The bills conveyed to the bill deposit / withdrawal port are received by the customer.

In the banknote handling apparatus that performs the depositing and dispensing operations in this way, banknotes thrown by the customer may be mixed with ones curved in a bow shape or those with folds. Is also taken into the banknote processing apparatus and stored in the banknote storage.
Therefore, in the conventional banknote processing apparatus, the edge of the banknote that is curved in a bow shape or the banknote with the crease becomes easy to enter the gap between the side surface of the banknote storage and the banknote that has already been stored and accumulated. There is a problem that the banknote that has entered is likely to cause an abnormality in the separating and feeding operation performed during the dispensing operation.

In addition, the upper space of the banknote storage that stores the banknotes curved in a bow shape or the banknotes with creases is narrowed by the banknotes, and the subsequent banknotes collide with the banknotes, causing a defective stacking operation. There was a problem that it was easy.
In view of such a problem, there is a banknote storage box provided with a banknote pressure plate and stored in a compressed state (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2000-99790 A (paragraph “0104” to paragraph “0105”, FIG. 14)

However, in the above-described conventional technology, when the bill processing apparatus is required to be downsized, it is necessary to newly provide a holding plate and a mechanism for moving the bill up and down inside the bill storage, and the bill processing apparatus is large. There is a problem of becoming.
There is also a problem that the manufacturing cost of the banknote handling apparatus increases.
An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem.

  For this reason, the present invention provides a banknote processing apparatus for performing a depositing process for separating and feeding out banknotes inserted into a customer service port one by one and transporting them to a storage box and storing them in a banknote transport path while counting them at a discrimination unit. After the bills inserted into the mouth are stored in the storage, the medium stored in the apparatus is accumulated on the bills.

The present invention thus constructed is configured by accumulating non-curved banknotes on the banknotes, even when the banknotes that are deposited include arched banknotes or creased banknotes. Thus, it is possible to obtain an effect that the deposited banknote can be flattened without providing a special mechanism such as a pressing plate.
Therefore, it is possible to obtain an effect that the deposited banknote can be flattened without increasing the size of the banknote processing apparatus and without increasing the manufacturing cost.

  Embodiments of a banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, the first embodiment will be described.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the banknote handling apparatus in the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the automatic transaction apparatus in the first embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a control system of the banknote handling apparatus in the first embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of these.
In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an automatic transaction apparatus that performs transactions such as deposits and withdrawals by customer operations. A customer operation display panel 2 that accepts customer operations and guidance displays for guiding customer operations on the front surface, A bill deposit / withdrawal port 3 for delivering, a card insertion / ejection port 4 for delivering a card, and a statement slip discharge port 5 for issuing a statement slip printed with transaction contents to a customer.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a housing of the automatic transaction apparatus 1, and reference numeral 10 denotes a banknote processing apparatus for depositing and dispensing banknotes.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a banknote processing apparatus, which performs banknote depositing processing, withdrawal processing, replenishment processing, and collection processing. Here, the deposit process is a process in which the bills inserted into the customer service port which is the banknote delivery port of the banknote processing apparatus 10 are fed out, counted, and stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe. The withdrawal process is stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe. This is a process of paying out bills, counting, etc., and accumulating them at the customer service port.

In addition, the replenishment process is a process for feeding and counting banknotes loaded in a replenishment collection box, which will be described later, and storing the banknotes stored in an input / output safe. This is the process of storing in the replenishment collection box.
Reference numeral 11 denotes a customer service port, which is a part that accepts banknotes inserted by customers, collects banknotes to be withdrawn to customers, and delivers banknotes to and from customers. The inserted banknotes can be separated and fed one by one by the separation roller mechanism 12 or the like, and the banknotes to be dispensed can be stacked by an unillustrated stacking roller mechanism or the like.

Reference numeral 13 denotes an input / output safe for storing banknotes. In this depositing / unloading safe 13, a stage disposed inside is moved up and down by a lifting mechanism (not shown), and banknotes stored by the stacking mechanism are stacked on the stage. The stored banknotes can be separated and fed one by one by a separation mechanism provided above the deposit / withdrawal safe 13.
In this embodiment, the input / output safe 13 is composed of four input / output safes 13 having the same structure, ie, an input / output safe A131, an input / output safe B132, an input / output safe C133, and an input / output safe D134.

Here, the deposit / withdrawal safe A131 stores the deposited 10,000 yen ticket, the deposit / withdrawal safe C133 stores in advance a 10,000 yen ticket that is not curved, the deposit / withdrawal safe B132 stores the deposited thousand yen ticket, The entrance / exit safe D134 stores in advance a thousand yen ticket that is not curved or the like.
In this embodiment, the deposit / withdrawal safe A131 stores the deposited 10,000 yen ticket, the deposit / withdrawal safe C133 stores in advance a 10000 yen ticket that is not curved, and the deposit / withdrawal safe B132 stores the deposited thousand yen ticket. The deposit / withdrawal safe D134 stores in advance a non-curved thousand yen ticket, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the deposit / withdrawal safe A131 stores the deposited 10,000 yen ticket and the deposit / withdrawal safe B132. Is stored in advance, and the deposit / withdrawal safe C133 stores the deposited thousand yen ticket, and the deposit / withdrawal safe D134 stores the uncurved thousand yen ticket in advance. May be.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a separation / stacking mechanism. The separation roller for separating the banknotes stored in the input / output safe 13 one by one or the separated banknotes are fed out above the input / output safe 13, and the banknotes transported from the banknote transport path are It is composed of a feed roller or the like for accumulation on the stage.
The separation / stacking mechanism 14 is provided in each of the input / output safes 13, the separation / stacking mechanism A 141 in the input / output safe A 131, the separation / stacking mechanism B 142 in the input / output safe B 132, the separation / stacking mechanism C 143 in the input / output safe C 133, and the input / output safe D 134. It is assumed that a separation / accumulation mechanism D144 is provided.

  Reference numeral 15 denotes a temporary storage for temporarily storing (stacking) banknotes inserted into the customer service port 11 by a customer, that is, deposited banknotes by a stacking mechanism (not shown). When the deposit transaction is established by the operation of the customer (the deposited amount is confirmed), the temporary storage 15 separates the stored deposited banknotes one by one by the separation roller mechanism 16 and conveys them to the depositing / dispensing safe 13. On the other hand, when the deposit transaction is canceled by the customer's operation, the stored deposited banknotes etc. can be separated one by one by the separation roller mechanism 16 and fed out and returned to the customer service port 11. Is for.

The separation roller mechanism 16 described above is configured to separate and pay out the banknotes that are provided at the lower part of the temporary storage 15 and previously accumulated in the temporary storage 15 one by one.
Reference numeral 17 denotes a deposit / withdrawal reject store for storing banknotes (hereinafter referred to as “reject banknotes”) and the like which are identified as being not suitable for depositing or withdrawing a slip or the like in a depositing process and a depositing process. Is.

  Reference numeral 18 denotes a replenishment collection box which is configured to be removable and collects and stores the banknotes of the deposit / withdrawal safe 13 and stores banknotes loaded from the outside by an attendant or the like. The replenishment collection box 18 is provided with a replenishment collection box separation / stacking mechanism 19 constituted by a stacking mechanism for stacking banknotes on a stage that can be moved up and down (not shown) and a separation mechanism for separating banknotes on the stage. The bills stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe 13 are collected and stored, and the bills collected by the separation mechanism are separated one by one and fed out to be replenished into the deposit / withdrawal safe 13.

In this replenishment collection box 18, denominations such as 10,000 yen and 1000 yen are mixed and stored.
Reference numeral 20 denotes a replenishment / collection reject box for storing reject banknotes in the replenishment process and the recovery process.
Reference numeral 21 denotes a banknote transport path, which is composed of a belt, a roller, and the like that sandwich and transport a banknote, and can be transported in both forward and reverse directions. The bill transport path 21 connects the customer service port 11 to the deposit / withdrawal safe 13, the deposit / withdrawal reject store 17, and the temporary storage 15, and the deposit / withdrawal safe 13, the temporary storage 15, the replenishment collection box 18, and the replenishment collection reject 20 In addition, the replenishment collection box 18 is connected to the entrance / exit safe 13 and the temporary storage 15.

A switching blade (not shown) is disposed at a branch point of the banknote transport path 21, and the banknote transport destination can be changed by switching the blade, and sensors or the like are disposed in the banknote transport path 21 at appropriate intervals. The running state of the banknote can be sensed.
A discrimination unit 22 is disposed on the banknote transport path 21 between the customer service port 11 and the entrance / exit safe 13. This discrimination unit 22 acquires image data of banknotes passed by an optical sensor or the like, and collates the image data etc. with image data registered in advance in a banknote discrimination database (not shown) to verify the authenticity and denomination of banknotes. Discrimination and counting etc.

As described above, the banknote handling apparatus 10 includes the customer service port 11, the deposit / withdrawal safe 13, the deposit / withdrawal reject box 17, the replenishment / recovery box 18, the replenishment / reject / reject box 20, the banknote transport path 21, the discrimination unit 22, and the like. Processing, withdrawal processing, replenishment processing and collection processing are performed.
In FIG. 3, reference numeral 30 denotes a service port separation / stacking unit, which controls a separation mechanism and a stacking mechanism of the service port 11, and performs a banknote separating and feeding operation and a stacking operation.

Reference numeral 31 denotes an input / output safe A separation / stacking unit, which controls the stage lifting / lowering mechanism, separation mechanism, stacking mechanism, and the like of the input / output safe A131, and performs the banknote separating and feeding operation and stacking operation.
32 is an input / output safe B separation / accumulation unit, 33 is an input / output safe C separation / accumulation unit, and 34 is an input / output safe D separation / accumulation unit. The stage lifting / lowering mechanism of the input / output safe B132, the input / output safe C133 and the input / output safe D134, respectively. A mechanism, a stacking mechanism, and the like are controlled to perform a banknote separating and feeding operation and a stacking operation.

Reference numeral 35 denotes a temporary storage / separation unit that controls a separation mechanism and a stacking mechanism of the temporary storage 15 and performs a separation / feeding operation and a stacking operation of banknotes.
Reference numeral 36 denotes a replenishment / collection box separation / stacking unit that controls the stage lifting / lowering mechanism, separation mechanism, stacking mechanism, and the like of the replenishment / recovery box 18 to perform separation / feeding and stacking operations of banknotes.

Reference numeral 37 denotes a transport unit which controls the banknote transport path 21 and the like by a driving unit (not shown) and performs an operation of transporting banknotes. Note that a switching blade is provided at the branch point of the banknote transport path 21, and the banknote transport destination can be switched by controlling the switching blade.
Reference numeral 38 denotes a storage unit which is composed of a semiconductor memory or the like, stores information, and can read the stored information. The storage unit 38 stores a control program (software) for controlling the entire operation of the banknote processing apparatus 10 and is stored in the input / output safe A131, the input / output safe B132, the input / output safe C133, the input / output safe D134, and the replenishment collection box 18. The number of the bills thus made is stored as each counter.

  Reference numeral 39 denotes a control unit, which is composed of arithmetic and control means such as a CPU. The control unit 39 includes an input / output safe A separation / stacking unit 31, an input / output safe B separation / stacking unit 32, an input / output safe C separation / stacking unit 33, an input / output safe D separation / stacking unit 34, a temporary storage separation / stacking unit 35, The entire operation of the banknote processing apparatus 10 including the replenishment / collection box separation / stacking unit 36, the transport unit 37, the discrimination unit 22 and the storage unit 38 is controlled based on a control program (software) stored in the storage unit 38.

The operation of the above configuration will be described.
The operation of each unit described below is controlled by a control unit such as a central processing unit (not shown) based on a program (software) stored in a storage unit such as a memory or a magnetic disk (not shown).
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the banknote handling apparatus in the first embodiment.

As described above, in the first embodiment, the deposit / withdrawal safe A131 stores the deposited 10,000 yen ticket, the deposit / withdrawal safe B132 stores the deposited thousand yen ticket, and the deposit / withdrawal safe C133 is not curved or the like. A 10,000 yen ticket is stored in advance, and the entrance / exit safe D134 stores a 1000 yen ticket that is not curved in advance.
When the banknote 70 is inserted into the customer service port 11 by the operation of the customer, the service port separation / stacking unit 30 separates and feeds the banknotes one by one according to an instruction from the control unit 39 and sends it out to the banknote transport path 21. As shown in FIG. 4A, the fed banknotes are transported on the banknote transport path 21 represented by a thick line, and are discriminated and counted by the discrimination section 22 such as authenticity and denomination, and temporarily held. It is conveyed to the storage 15 and is collected by the temporary storage separation / accumulation unit 35 (71).

At this time, the control unit 39 stores in the storage unit 38 the number of banknotes counted for each denomination identified by the discrimination unit 22, for example, 10 000 yen coupons and 5 thousand yen coupons. Shall.
When all the banknotes deposited in the temporary storage 15 are accumulated, the denomination identified by the discrimination unit 22 and the amount of money deposited from the result of counting are displayed on the customer operation display panel 2 and the customer is prompted for confirmation. When the deposit amount is confirmed by the customer and an input such as a confirmation button is accepted, the deposit transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 is completed.

When the deposit transaction is completed, the deposit / withdrawal safe C separation / stacking unit 33 and / or the deposit / withdrawal safe D separation / stacking unit 34 are set to the number of banknotes counted for each denomination stored in the storage unit 38 according to an instruction from the control unit 39. A predetermined number of banknotes corresponding to each denomination are separated from the depositing / dispensing safe 13 and fed out to the banknote transport path 21.
Here, the predetermined number is the number of banknotes corresponding to a weight sufficient to flatten the bowed portion of the deposited 10,000 yen ticket and thousand yen ticket, and is stored in the storage unit 38 in advance. It shall be remembered.

For example, when ten thousand yen tickets are received or less, the predetermined number is 10 ten thousand yen tickets, and when the number of deposited 10,000 yen tickets is 11 or more and 20 or less, the predetermined number is 20 yen tickets. If the number of thousand yen coupons received is 10 or less, the prescribed number is 10 thousand yen coupons, and if the number of deposited 1,000 yen coupons is 11 or more and 20 or less, the prescribed number Is 20 thousand yen tickets.
In the present embodiment, ten 10,000 yen coupons and five thousand yen coupons are counted and stored in the storage unit 38, so the control unit 39 assigns ten thousand yen coupons and ten thousand yen coupons to a predetermined number. judge.

The predetermined number can be set by an attendant or the like by an unillustrated staff operation display unit.
As shown in FIG. 4B, the fed banknotes are transported toward the temporary storage box 15 on the banknote transport path 21 represented by a thick line as shown in FIG. 4B, and temporarily stored by the temporary storage section separation / stacking section 35. It accumulates on the banknote 71 already accumulated in the storage 15 (72, 73).

When the banknote 72 and the banknote 73 are stacked in the temporary storage box 15, the temporary storage box separation / stacking unit 35 separates the banknote 71, the banknote 72, and the banknote 73 in the temporary storage box 15 one by one according to an instruction from the control unit 39. Then, it is fed out to the bill conveyance path 21.
Here, the banknote 71, the banknote 72, and the banknote 73 in the temporary storage 15 are separated and fed one by one in the order of the banknote 71, the banknote 72, and the banknote 73, and sent out to the banknote transport path 21.

As shown in FIG. 4C, the fed banknotes are transported on the banknote transport path 21 indicated by a thick line toward the input / output safe 13, and are discriminated by the discrimination section 22 for authenticity, denomination, etc. And is accumulated in the input / output safe A 131 and / or the input / output safe B 132 by the input / output safe A separation / stacking unit 31 and / or the input / output safe B separation / stacking unit 32 (74 to 77).
Of the banknotes 71 sent out on the banknote transport path 21, banknotes 74 discriminated from the 10,000 yen voucher by the discriminating unit 22 are accumulated in the I / O safe A 131, and banknotes 76 discriminated from the thousand yen voucher are accumulated in the I / O safe B 132. Of the banknote 72 and banknote 73, the banknote 75 identified by the discrimination unit 22 is accumulated on the banknote 74 already accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal safe A131, and the banknote 77 identified by the thousand yen bank It is accumulated on the banknote 76 already accumulated in the safe B132.

Therefore, the 10,000 yen 75 stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe C133 is accumulated on the deposited 10,000 yen 74, and the thousand yen 77 stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe D134 on the deposited thousand yen 76. Are accumulated.
5 (a) and 5 (c) are front views of the input / output safe 13, and FIGS. 5 (b) and 5 (d) are side views of the input / output safe 13, as shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b). The banknotes 74 (76) and the banknotes 75 (77) conveyed to the safe 13 are accumulated on the banknotes 42 already accumulated on the stage 41 of the deposit / withdrawal bank 13, and further, the banknotes are placed on the banknotes 74 (76). 75 (77) is accumulated.

When the banknote 74 (76) and the banknote 75 (77) are accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal safe 13 in this way, the banknote 74 (76) is caused by its own weight as shown in FIGS. 5 (c) and 5 (d). It is possible to flatten an arcuately curved part or a creased part.
In FIG. 5, the bill 74 (76) whose upper portion is curved is described as an upper portion. However, even in the case of the bill 74 (76) whose lower portion is downward, similarly, The creased part can be flattened.

Further, in this embodiment, the banknotes stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe 13 are accumulated on the deposited banknotes, but replacement paper pieces or the like may be accumulated on the banknotes stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe 13. Good.
As described above, in the first embodiment, even when the deposited banknote has a bow-shaped banknote or a creased banknote, the banknote is not curved on the banknote. As a result, it is possible to flatten the banknotes deposited without providing a special mechanism such as a pressing plate.

Also, even if the deposited banknote has a bowed or creased banknote, the end of the banknote is a gap between the side of the banknote storage and the banknote that has already been stored and accumulated. It is difficult to enter, and it is difficult to cause an abnormality in the separation and feeding operation performed during the withdrawal process and the collection process.
Furthermore, even when the deposited banknote has a bow-shaped banknote or a creased banknote, the banknote is stored by stacking banknotes that are not curved on the banknote. A sufficient space can be secured in the upper part of the storage, and the effect that the subsequent banknotes can be smoothly accumulated in the banknote storage can be obtained.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
Since the configuration of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment described above, the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted, and the operation of the second embodiment will be described.
The operation of each unit described below is controlled by a control unit such as a central processing unit (not shown) based on a program (software) stored in a storage unit such as a memory or a magnetic disk (not shown).

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of the operation of the banknote handling apparatus in the second embodiment.
In the second embodiment, the deposit / withdrawal safe A131 stores the deposited 10,000 yen ticket, the deposit / withdrawal safe B132 stores the received thousand yen ticket, and the deposit / withdrawal safe C133 stores the uncurved 10,000 yen ticket. It is assumed that the depositing / unloading safe D134 stores in advance a thousand yen ticket that is not curved, and the replenishment collection box 18 stores a 10,000 yen ticket and a thousand yen ticket that are not curved.

  In this embodiment, the deposit / withdrawal safe A131 stores the deposited 10,000 yen ticket, the deposit / withdrawal safe B132 stores the deposited thousand yen ticket, and the deposit / withdrawal safe C133 stores the unconverted 10,000 yen ticket. The deposit / deposit box D134 stores in advance a non-curved thousand yen voucher. However, the present invention is not limited to this. If at least one or more is provided and the replenishment collection box 18 stores uncurved 10,000 yen and thousand yen coupons, for example, the deposit / withdrawal safe A131 stores deposited bills and the deposit / withdrawal safe B132 is curved. 10000 yen coupons that are not equal are stored in advance, the entrance / exit safe C133 stores a thousand yen coupon that is not curved, and the entrance / exit safe D134 is previously stored a 5,000 yen coupon that is not curved. Also good.

  When the banknote 70 is inserted into the customer service port 11 by the operation of the customer, the service port separation / stacking unit 30 separates and feeds the banknotes one by one according to an instruction from the control unit 39 and sends it out to the banknote transport path 21. As shown in FIG. 4A, the fed banknotes are transported on the banknote transport path 21 represented by a thick line, and are discriminated and counted by the discrimination section 22 such as authenticity and denomination, and temporarily held. It is conveyed to the storage 15 and collected by the temporary storage separation / stacking unit 35 (71).

At this time, the control part 39 shall memorize | store in the memory | storage part 38 that the number of the banknotes counted for every money type discriminated by the discrimination part 22, for example, ten 000 yen coupons were counted.
When all the banknotes deposited in the temporary storage 15 are accumulated, the denomination identified by the discrimination unit 22 and the amount of money deposited from the result of counting are displayed on the customer operation display panel 2 and the customer is prompted for confirmation. When the deposit amount is confirmed by the customer and an input such as a confirmation button is accepted, the deposit transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 is completed.

When the deposit transaction is completed, the temporary storage / separation unit 35 separates and feeds the banknotes 71 in the temporary storage 15 one by one in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 39 and sends them out to the banknote transport path 21.
The fed banknotes are transported by the transport section 37 on the banknote transport path 21 represented by a thick line toward the input / output safe 13 as shown in FIG. 6A, and the discrimination section 22 discriminates authenticity, denomination, etc. And is accumulated in the input / output safe A 131 and / or the input / output safe B 132 by the input / output safe A separation / stacking unit 31 and / or the input / output safe B separation / stacking unit 32 (81).

In this embodiment, it is assumed that all banknotes inserted by the customer are 10,000 yen coupons, and all banknotes sent out from the temporary storage 15 are accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal safe A131.
When the banknotes are accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal safe A131, the replenishment / collection box separating / accumulating unit 36 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 39 makes a predetermined number of banknotes corresponding to the number of banknotes counted for each denomination stored in the storage unit 38. 82 are separated from the replenishment collection box 18 one by one and fed out to the bill conveyance path 21. The predetermined number is the same as in the first embodiment.

The fed banknote 82 is transported by the transport section 37 on the banknote transport path 21 represented by a thick line toward the input / output safe 13 as shown in FIG. The identification and counting are performed on the banknote 81 already accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal safe A131 by the deposit / withdrawal safe A separation / stacking unit 31 (83).
At this time, the banknote discriminated from the thousand yen ticket by the discrimination unit 22 is transported on the banknote transport path 21 represented by a thick line as shown in FIG. 6C and returned to the replenishment collection box 18.

In this way, by collecting the 10,000 yen 83 stored in the replenishment collection box 18 on the deposited 10,000 yen 81, the portion of the banknote 81 bent by the weight of the banknote 83 and the folded portion are folded. The part with the eye can be flattened.
In this embodiment, the banknotes stored in the replenishment collection box 18 are accumulated on the deposited banknotes. However, replacement paper pieces and the like are accumulated on the banknotes stored in the replenishment collection box 18. May be.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, the bills conveyed from the replenishment collection box 18 are accumulated on the bills already accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal safe 13. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to store uncurved 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen tickets in the deposit / withdrawal safe 13, and store 5,000 yen or 2000 yen in the deposit / withdrawal bank 13 for withdrawal. Can be obtained.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
Since the configuration of the third embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment described above, the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted, and the operation of the third embodiment will be described.
The operation of each unit described below is controlled by a control unit such as a central processing unit (not shown) based on a program (software) stored in a storage unit such as a memory or a magnetic disk (not shown).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of the operation of the banknote handling apparatus in the third embodiment, which will be described in accordance with steps represented by S in the figure.
In this embodiment, the deposit / withdrawal safe A131 stores the deposited 10,000 yen ticket, the deposit / withdrawal safe B132 stores the deposited thousand yen ticket, and the deposit / withdrawal safe C133 stores the unconverted 10,000 yen ticket. It is assumed that the entrance / exit safe D134 stores in advance a thousand yen ticket that is not curved.

  S1: When the banknote 70 is inserted into the customer service port 11 by the operation of the customer, the service port separation / stacking unit 30 separates and feeds the banknotes one by one according to the instruction of the control unit 39, and sends it out to the banknote transport path 21. As shown in FIG. 4A, the fed banknotes are transported on the banknote transport path 21 represented by a thick line, and are discriminated and counted by the discrimination section 22 such as authenticity and denomination, and temporarily held. It is conveyed to the storage 15 and collected by the temporary storage separation / stacking unit 35 (71).

At this time, the control unit 39 causes the storage unit 38 to store the cumulative number of banknotes counted for each denomination identified by the discrimination unit 22, that is, the total number of deposits. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the total of the number of deposits of 10,000 yen and 1000 yen deposited is stored.
When all the banknotes deposited in the temporary storage 15 are accumulated, the denomination identified by the discrimination unit 22 and the amount of money deposited from the result of the counting are displayed on the customer operation display panel 2 and the customer's confirmation is prompted. When the deposit amount is confirmed and the input of the confirmation button or the like is accepted, the deposit transaction of the automatic transaction apparatus 1 is completed.

When the deposit transaction is completed, the temporary storage / separation unit 35 separates and feeds the banknotes in the temporary storage 15 one by one in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 39 and sends them out to the banknote transport path 21.
The fed banknotes are transported by the transport section 37 on the banknote transport path 21 toward the input / output safe 13, and the discrimination section 22 discriminates and counts authenticity, denomination, etc., and the input / output safe A separation / stacking section 31 and ( Or, it is accumulated in the input / output safe A 131 and / or the input / output safe B 132 by the input / output safe B separating / accumulating unit 32.

Of the banknotes sent out on the banknote transport path 21, banknotes identified as 10,000 yen by the discrimination unit 22 are accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal safe A131, and banknotes identified as thousand yen are accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal safe B132.
S2: The control unit 39 compares the total number of deposits of the 10,000 yen coupon and the thousand yen coupon read from the storage unit 38 with the threshold value stored in advance in the storage unit 38, and the total of any one of the deposit number is the threshold value. If it is detected that the value exceeds the value, the process proceeds to S3. On the other hand, if it is determined that the total number of deposits does not exceed the threshold, the process proceeds to S1, and the deposit transaction is continued.

Here, the threshold value mentioned above shall be set to arbitrary numerical values, for example, when a predetermined value is set to 5 and an attendant operating display unit such as an automatic transaction apparatus (not shown) operates.
S3: When the control unit 39 detects in S2 that the sum of the number of deposits of either the 10,000 yen ticket or the thousand yen ticket exceeds the threshold value, according to an instruction from the control unit 39, the deposit / withdrawal safe C separation / stacking unit 33 and / or The depositing / dispensing safe D separating / accumulating unit 34 separates and feeds a predetermined number of banknotes from the depositing / dispensing safe 13 one by one according to the total number of deposited banknotes counted for each denomination stored in the storage unit 38. It sends out to the banknote conveyance path 21.

The predetermined number is the same as in the first embodiment.
The fed banknotes are transported on the banknote transport path 21 toward the temporary storage 15 by the transport unit 37 and accumulated in the temporary storage 15 by the temporary storage separation / stacking unit 35.
When the banknotes are stacked in the temporary storage box 15, the temporary storage box separation / stacking unit 35 separates and feeds the banknotes in the temporary storage box 15 one by one and sends them out to the banknote transport path 21 according to an instruction from the control unit 39.

The fed banknotes are transported by the transport section 37 on the banknote transport path 21 toward the input / output safe 13, and the discrimination section 22 discriminates and counts authenticity, denomination, etc., and the input / output safe A separation / stacking section 31 and ( Or, it is accumulated in the input / output safe A 131 and / or the input / output safe B 132 by the input / output safe B separating / accumulating unit 32.
Of the banknotes sent out on the banknote transport path 21, banknotes identified as 10,000 yen by the discrimination unit 22 are accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal safe A131, and banknotes identified as thousand yen are accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal safe B132.

Therefore, the 10,000 yen ticket stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe C133 is accumulated on the deposited 10,000 yen ticket, or the thousand yen ticket stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe D134 is accumulated on the deposited thousand yen ticket. To do.
When bills are accumulated in the deposit / withdrawal safe 13 in this way, it is possible to flatten a bowed portion or a creased portion of a bill deposited by its own weight.

  In this embodiment, the 10,000 yen coupons stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe C133 are collected on the deposited 10,000 yen coupons, or stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe D134 on the deposited thousand yen coupons. Thousands of yen vouchers were accumulated, but the 10,000 yen vouchers stored in the replenishment collection box 18 were accumulated on the deposited 10,000 yen vouchers, or the replenishment collection boxes were deposited on the received thousand yen vouchers. The thousand yen tickets stored in 18 may be accumulated.

Moreover, when the banknotes conveyed from the deposit / withdrawal safe 13 are stacked on the banknotes that have been deposited, the total of the number of deposits of 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen stored in the storage unit 38 by the control unit 39 is initialized. And
Further, in the present embodiment, the banknotes stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe 13 are accumulated on the deposited banknotes. However, a replacement paper piece or the like may be accumulated on the banknotes stored in the deposit / withdrawal safe 13. Good.

  As described above, in the third embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment and the second embodiment, each deposit transaction performed by the customer is always stored in the deposit / withdrawal box 13 or the replenishment collection box 18. There is no need to separate and feed out the banknotes and transport them to the depositing / unloading safe 13 to collect them, so that the processing time of the banknote handling apparatus can be minimized.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the banknote processing apparatus in a 1st Example. The perspective view of the automatic transaction apparatus in a 1st Example The block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the banknote processing apparatus in 1st Example. Explanatory drawing of operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus in 1st Example. Explanatory drawing of the banknote accommodated in the deposit / withdrawal safe in 1st Example Explanatory drawing of operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus in 2nd Example. The flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus in a 3rd Example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic transaction apparatus 2 Customer operation display board 3 Banknote depositing / withdrawing port 4 Card insertion discharge port 5 Statement slip discharge port 7 Case 10 Bill processing device 11 Customer service port 12, 16 Separation roller mechanism 13 Deposit / deposit safe 131 Deposit / deposit safe A
132 Bank B
133 Safe deposit C
134 Entry / Exit Safe D
14 Separation / accumulation mechanism 141 Separation / accumulation mechanism A
142 Separation / accumulation mechanism B
143 Separation / accumulation mechanism C
144 Separation / accumulation mechanism D
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Temporary storage 17 Deposit / withdrawal rejection warehouse 18 Replenishment collection box 19 Replenishment collection box separation / stacking mechanism 20 Supplementary collection rejection warehouse 21 Banknote conveyance path 22 Discrimination part 30 Service entrance separation / stacking part 31 Input / output safe A separation / stacking part 32 Entrance / exit Safe B separation / accumulation unit 33 I / O safe C separation / accumulation unit 34 I / O safe D separation / accumulation unit 35 Temporary storage separation / accumulation unit 36 Replenishment collection box separation / accumulation unit 37 Transport unit 38 Storage unit 39 Control unit

Claims (7)

In the banknote processing apparatus that separates and feeds out the banknotes inserted into the customer service port one by one, and performs a deposit process of transporting and storing the banknotes in the banknote transport path while counting them at the discrimination unit,
A banknote processing apparatus characterized in that after storing banknotes inserted into a customer service opening in a storage, a medium stored in the apparatus is accumulated on the banknotes. In the bill processing device according to claim 1,
Preliminarily storing the medium, providing another storage having a separation mechanism for separating and feeding the medium one by one,
A bill processing apparatus, wherein a medium fed out from the other storage is transported through a bill transport path and accumulated on a bill stored in the storage. In the bill processing device according to claim 1,
A replenishment collection box having a separation mechanism for storing the medium in advance and separating and feeding the medium one by one is provided.
A bill processing apparatus, wherein a medium fed out from the replenishment collection box is conveyed by a bill conveyance path and accumulated on a bill stored in the storage. In the bill processing apparatus according to claim 1, claim 2 or claim 3,
The medium is accumulated on the banknotes stored in the storage according to the number of media stored in advance in a storage unit in association with the number of banknotes stored in the storage. Banknote processing device. In the bill processing apparatus according to claim 1 to claim 3 or claim 4,
The cumulative number of banknotes stored in the storage is compared with a threshold stored in advance in a storage unit, and when it is detected that the cumulative number exceeds the threshold, the medium is stored in the storage. A banknote processing apparatus characterized in that it is accumulated on a banknote. In the bill processing device according to claim 5,
The cumulative number is calculated for each denomination, the threshold can be set for each denomination, and when the cumulative number of any denomination exceeds the threshold, the medium is stored. A banknote processing apparatus characterized in that it is accumulated on banknotes stored in a warehouse. In the banknote processing apparatus of Claim 1 to Claim 5 or Claim 6,
A bill processing apparatus, wherein the medium is a bill.

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