JP2007241706A - Paper sheet handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper sheet handling device capable of delivering paper sheets in the non-charged state of static electricity and preventing a customer from failing to take the paper sheets. <P>SOLUTION: A bill pay-in/out part 2 comprises a pool part 11 used as a discharge port of bills discharged outside from the inside of the bill pay-in/out part 2 and also used as a receiving port for receiving bills put into the bill pay-in/out part 2 from the outside. The bill pay-in/out part 2 is provided with an ion generator 10 disposed near the pool part 11 to emit negative ions toward the bills conveyed to the pool part 11. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention provides a paper sheet handling system including a pool unit that serves as a discharge port for paper sheets discharged from the inside of the apparatus to the outside and also receives paper sheets that are input from the outside to the inside of the apparatus. Relates to the device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit built in an automatic transaction apparatus installed in a financial institution or the like has a customer service unit at the upper front portion. This customer service unit is a unit for discharging banknotes to customers or receiving banknotes inserted from customers, and serves as an outlet for banknotes discharged from the inside of the banknote deposit / withdrawal part to the outside, and banknotes from the outside A pool part serving as a receiving port for receiving bills inserted into the deposit / withdrawal part, and a shutter for covering the pool part and blocking from the outside are provided. A transport path for transporting banknotes is connected to the pool section, and a transport path near the pool section is provided with a neutralizing brush that removes electricity from the banknotes by touching the banknotes. And at the time of money_receiving | payment, the banknote before conveyance is neutralized by making it contact with a static elimination brush, and the banknote in the state of static elimination is taken in the inside of an apparatus. In addition, the banknotes are discharged by bringing the banknotes into contact with the neutralization brush before the pool section, and the banknotes in the state of neutralization are accumulated in the pool section.

In addition, there is a banknote depositing processing apparatus that includes a neutralizing brush that is periodically replaced and includes a static eliminating agent between the depositing port and the banknote transport unit, and performs static neutralization from the deposited banknote and removal of foreign matter. In such a device, when the transferred deposited banknote passes through the static eliminating brush, the deposited banknote is brushed to discharge electricity and eliminate the electricity. Thus, the conveyance trouble of the deposit | paying banknote is prevented beforehand by performing static electricity removal of the static electricity charged to the banknote at the exit of the deposit opening part (for example, refer to patent documents 1).
JP 2000-011232 A

  In the method of removing the bill by bringing the conventional neutralizing brush into contact with the banknote, the neutralizing brush is worn by contact with the banknote, so that the neutralizing effect decreases as time passes after the neutralizing brush is mounted on the apparatus. There was a problem of doing.

  Then, when the withdrawal, the static elimination brush with the effect of reducing static electricity comes into contact with the banknotes, and the banknotes in a state where static electricity has not been sufficiently removed and are charged with static electricity are accumulated in the pool part, the customer's hands are charged with static electricity. There is a problem that when the customer touches the bill in the state of being discharged, the customer may be surprised and the hand may be withdrawn from the pool part, and the arm may be applied to the automatic transaction apparatus.

  In addition, when a plurality of banknotes are withdrawn, if the banknotes in a state where static electricity is not sufficiently performed and are charged with static electricity are accumulated in the pool part, there is a possibility that an accumulation failure may occur. there were. Furthermore, some banknotes may stick to the side wall of the pool part due to static electricity, and the customer may forget to take banknotes stuck to the side wall. In that case, there is a problem that banknotes that are forgotten to be generated are generated.

  In addition, when a deposit is made, a neutralization brush with a reduced neutralization effect comes into contact with the banknotes, and if a statically charged banknote is not fully discharged and taken into the apparatus, a bill conveyance failure occurs. There was a problem that there was a possibility.

  In order to solve the above problems, the solution provided in the present invention is a discharge port for paper sheets discharged from the inside of the apparatus to the outside, and accepts paper sheets that are input from the outside to the inside of the apparatus. In the paper sheet handling apparatus provided with a pool part serving as a mouth, provided with ion generating means disposed near the pool part and emitting negative ions toward the paper sheet conveyed to the pool part. is there.

  According to the present invention, static electricity can be removed by negative ions released from the ion generator even if the paper sheets conveyed to the pool section are charged with static electricity. Since the negative ions can remove static electricity without coming into contact with the paper sheet, the static elimination effect does not deteriorate due to wear unlike the static elimination brush. As a result, a certain level of static elimination can be performed at all times, and paper sheets that are not charged with static electricity can be accumulated in the pool portion. Thereby, the paper sheet in a state where static electricity is not charged can be delivered to the customer.

  Also, even when a plurality of paper sheets are discharged or when the input paper sheets are returned to the customer, the paper sheets that are not charged with static electricity are accumulated in the pool section. Therefore, a stacking failure can be prevented, and further, a part of paper sheets can be prevented from sticking to the side wall of the pool portion due to static electricity. As a result, it is possible to prevent the customer from forgetting to take the paper sheets, and to prevent the occurrence of the paper sheets to be forgotten.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the element common to each drawing.

  First, the configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus will be described. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit of the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the arrangement of the ion generating device of the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit of the first embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, the automatic transaction apparatus 1 includes a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 2, a main control unit 3, a customer operation unit (not shown), a coin deposit / withdrawal unit, a card processing unit, A passbook entry unit, a statement slip processing unit, a voice guidance unit, a power supply unit, an approach detector, a storage unit, and an interface unit are provided. The main control unit 3 includes the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 2, the customer operation unit, a coin deposit / withdrawal unit, a card processing unit, a passbook entry unit, a statement slip processing unit, a voice guidance unit, and a power supply unit. The proximity detector, the storage unit, and the interface unit are connected to control each unit.

  The banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 2 is provided with a customer service unit 4 at the upper front portion. The customer service unit 4 is a unit that discharges banknotes to a customer or receives banknotes inserted from a customer, and serves as an outlet for banknotes discharged from the inside of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 2 to the outside. Are provided with a pool part 11 serving as an accepting port for receiving banknotes inserted into the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 2 and a shutter 9 that covers the pool part 11 and blocks it from the outside. 2, a service drum 15 on which banknotes are stacked is rotatably provided. The service drum 15 includes three delivery / reception positions, a separation position, and a stacking position. Stop at the stop position.

  When the customer service drum 15 stops at the delivery / receipt position, the shutter 9 is opened, and it becomes possible for the customer to insert banknotes and to deliver the withdrawal banknotes delivered to the customers. When stopped at the separation position, the bills inserted into the pool section 11 are sent out into the apparatus one by one. Furthermore, when it stops at a stacking position, the banknote conveyed by the conveyance path 6 is received. As described above, the service drum 15 can be selectively stopped at three arbitrary positions around an axis (not shown) depending on the processing content.

  In addition, the pool unit 11 is provided with a banknote detection sensor that is connected to a control unit, which will be described later, and detects banknotes accumulated on the customer service drum 15. Does the banknote detection sensor have banknotes on the customer service drum 15? The information to be transmitted to the control unit is changed according to whether or not.

  The pool portion 11 is further provided with a bill feeding mechanism (not shown) and a bill stacking mechanism (not shown). The bill feeding mechanism comes into contact with the bill in the customer service drum 15, presses against a feeding roller for feeding out the bill, a pair of conveyance rollers for conveying the bill to a conveyance path described later, and one roller of the pair of conveyance rollers, When a plurality of banknotes are fed out by the feeding roller, it is composed of a separation roller that separates the remaining banknotes so that only the lowest one is fed out to the transport path, and is inserted into the pool section 11. The bills are separated one by one and fed out to the conveyance path 6. On the other hand, the banknote stacking mechanism is constituted by a pair of discharge rollers, and discharges banknotes that have been transported through the transport path 6 into the pool section 11.

  As shown in FIG. 1, at the bottom of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 2, there are a plurality of banknote cassettes 5 (three in this embodiment), which are denomination safes storing banknotes by denomination, An unillustrated reject cassette for storing banknotes that cannot be withdrawn, such as an abnormal transport ticket, is provided, and banknotes are transported from the customer service unit 4 to the banknote cassettes 5 (5a, 5b, 5c) and the reject cassette. A conveyance path 6 is formed.

  In this embodiment, 10,000 yen cassettes 5a and 5b for storing 10,000 yen tickets and a thousand yen ticket cassette 5c for storing thousand yen tickets are provided as banknote cassettes. Further, a banknote replenishment / collection cassette 18 for collecting banknotes to be replenished to the money-type safe or banknotes collected from the money-type safe is provided at the rear part of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 3. 6 is connected.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the transport path 6 includes a transport roller 13 that transports banknotes and a transport belt 14 wound around the transport roller. The transport path 6 near the pool portion 11 includes an ion generating unit. The ion generator 10 which is is arrange | positioned. The ion generator 10 includes an ion generator that generates negative ions, and a fan that rotates when driven to create a flow of air and sends negative ions to the outside. When the ion generator 10 configured as described above is driven, the ion generator generates negative ions, and the fan rotates to release the air containing the generated negative ions toward the transport path 6.

  In addition, the negative ion generated from the ion generator 10 can be efficiently discharged from the ion generator 10 by blowing air from the fan, and the charge removal effect can be enhanced. Moreover, since the ion generator 10 is disposed in a pair with the conveyance path 6 interposed therebetween, negative ions can be sprayed on the front side and the back side of the bill. In addition, the ion generator 10 does not necessarily need to be a pair, and may be one.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, in the conveyance path 6 between the customer service unit 4 and the banknote cassette 5, the temporary storage part 7 which accumulate | stores a banknote temporarily, the authenticity of the sent banknote, the true / false, A discrimination unit 8 for discriminating and detecting front and back, two or more overlaps, skewing, and the like is provided. Further, the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 2 is provided with a control unit 20 for controlling the entire banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 2. The temporary storage unit 7 has a two-layer structure of an upper stage and a lower stage, and the upper stage temporarily accumulates the banknotes identified by the discrimination unit 8 as fake or abnormal transport tickets, On the other hand, the lower stage temporarily accumulates the banknotes identified by the discrimination unit 8 as genuine.

  Next, the control system of the banknote deposit / withdrawal part 2 having the above-described configuration will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a control system of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit according to the first embodiment.

  In FIG. 3, the controller 20 includes an ion generator drive circuit unit 21, a shutter drive circuit unit 22, a first motor drive circuit unit 23, a second motor drive circuit unit 24, and a third motor drive. The circuit unit 25, the fourth motor drive circuit unit 26, the fifth motor drive circuit unit 27, the sixth motor drive circuit unit 28, the banknote detection sensor 12, and the discrimination unit 8 are connected. The ion generating device drive circuit unit 21 is connected to the ion generating device 10 and drives the ion generating unit to generate negative ions, and air containing negative ions generated by rotating the fan is supplied to the transport path 6. Control to release. Alternatively, the driving of the ion generation unit is stopped to stop the generation of negative ions, and the rotation of the fan is stopped to stop the release of negative ions.

  The shutter drive circuit unit 22 is connected to a shutter drive motor 35 that opens and closes the shutter 9 and controls the opening and closing of the shutter 9. The first motor drive circuit unit 23 is connected to a first motor 29 that drives a receiving / feeding roller provided in the 10,000 yen ticket cassette 5a, and controls the rotation of the receiving / feeding roller. The second motor drive circuit unit 24 is connected to a second motor 30 that drives an accepting and feeding roller provided in the 10,000 yen ticket cassette 5b, and controls the rotation of the receiving and feeding roller. The third motor drive circuit unit 25 is connected to the third motor 31 that drives the receiving and feeding roller provided in the thousand yen bill cassette 5c, and controls the rotation of the receiving and feeding roller.

  The fourth motor drive circuit unit 26 is connected to a fourth motor 32 that drives a pair of transport rollers constituting the transport path 6 and controls the rotation of the transport rollers. The fifth motor drive circuit unit 27 is connected to a feeding roller constituting a bill feeding mechanism and a fifth motor 33 that drives the pair of conveying rollers, and controls the rotation of the feeding roller and the pair of conveying rollers. . The sixth motor drive circuit unit 28 is connected to a sixth motor 34 that drives a pair of discharge rollers constituting the banknote stacking mechanism, and controls the rotation of the pair of discharge rollers.

  The bill detection sensor 12 is provided on the service drum 15, and includes an LED as a light emitting element, a light receiving sensor as a light receiving element, a light emitting circuit (not shown) connected to the LED, and a light receiving circuit (not shown) connected to the light receiving sensor. The bills inserted into the pool section 11 are detected.

  In such a banknote detection sensor 12, the light receiving circuit receives a value corresponding to the amount of light received from the light emitting sensor as an analog value, converts the analog value into a digital value, and transmits the digital value to the control unit 20. The control unit 20 compares the numerical value received as the amount of received light from the light receiving circuit with a predetermined value determined in advance. If the numerical value received as the amount of received light is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, it is in a “bright” state, that is, there is a bill. On the other hand, when the numerical value received as the received light amount from the light receiving circuit is compared with a predetermined specified value, the control unit 20 is input if the received numerical value as the received light amount is less than the specified value. It is determined that light from the light emitting element is blocked by the banknote and is in a “dark” state, that is, a banknote is present in the pool portion 11.

Next, operation | movement of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 2 at the time of deposit transaction is demonstrated.
1, 2, and 3, when a customer who wants to make a transaction with the automatic transaction apparatus 1 selects “payment” from the customer guidance screen displayed on the customer operation unit of the automatic transaction apparatus 1, The main control unit 3 executes a deposit transaction process. Accordingly, the main control unit 3 performs passbook insertion guidance and ID card insertion guidance. Accordingly, the customer inserts the ID card into the card insertion / extraction port of the card processing device. The card processing unit reads the account number from the ID card and transmits it to the main control unit 3. The main control unit 3 makes a predetermined inquiry to the host computer via an interface unit (not shown) and a communication line.

  The host computer checks for problems. If there is no problem and payment is possible, a signal indicating that the transaction is accepted is transmitted to the automatic transaction apparatus 1 via the communication line and the interface unit. And the main control part 3 will instruct | indicate a banknote acceptance with respect to the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 2, if the signal which shows that transaction is approved is received.

  In response to this, the control unit 20 of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 2 transmits an instruction to open the shutter 9 to the shutter driving unit 22. In response to this instruction, the shutter drive unit 22 drives the shutter 9 via the shutter drive motor 35 to open it, and the control unit 20 puts the bill into the customer service drum 15 positioned at the delivery / reception position. Wait for When it is detected by the banknote detection sensor 12 provided on the customer service drum 15 that a banknote has been inserted by the customer, information transmitted from the banknote detection sensor 12 to the control unit 20 changes. Here, when the control unit 20 determines that a bill is present in the pool unit 11 due to a change in information transmitted from the bill detection sensor 12, the control unit 20 closes the shutter 9 in the shutter drive unit 22. Send instructions. In response to this instruction, the shutter drive unit 22 drives the shutter drive motor 35 to close the shutter 9, covers the pool unit 11, and shuts off from the outside.

  The control unit 20 rotates the service drum 15 to be positioned at the separation position, and drives the fifth motor 33 via the fifth motor drive circuit unit 25, and the feeding roller constituting the bill feeding mechanism, and the conveyance The roller pair is rotated and fed one by one to the transport path 6, and the fourth motor 32 is driven via the fourth motor drive circuit unit 26 to rotate the transport roller pair 13, thereby the pool unit 11. The banknotes drawn out from the paper are sandwiched by the transport belt 14 and transported to the discrimination unit 8.

  The discriminating unit 8 discriminates the authenticity, correctness, front / back, two or more overlaps, skewing, and the like of banknotes. When there is a banknote determined to be a fake ticket or a transport abnormal ticket by the discrimination unit 8, the discrimination unit 8 transmits data indicating that the banknote currently identified to the control unit 20 is a fake ticket or a transport fault ticket. To do.

  When the control unit 20 receives data indicating that the banknote identified this time from the discrimination unit 8 is a fake ticket or a transport abnormality ticket, the control unit 20 transmits an instruction to release negative ions to the ion generator drive circuit unit 21. In response to this instruction, the ion generator drive circuit unit 21 drives the ion generator 10. As a result, in the ion generator 10, the ion generator generates negative ions, and the fan rotates to release air containing negative ions toward the conveyance path 6.

  At the same time, the control unit 20 performs conveyance control for returning the banknotes to be returned to the customer to the pool unit 11, and first transports the banknotes to the upper stage of the temporary storage unit 7 and temporarily accumulates them. When all the banknotes are paid out from the pool 11, the control unit 20 rotates the service drum 15 to be positioned at the stacking position, and the unillustrated feeding roller provided at the upper stage of the temporary holding unit 7 and the conveyance A plurality of transport roller pairs and discharge roller pairs provided in the path 6 are rotated to feed bills one by one to the transport path 6 and transport the transport path 6 to the customer drum 15 positioned at the stacking position. Note that immediately before the bills are accumulated in the pool unit 11, the bills pass through a portion sandwiched between the ion generators 10 in a state where air containing negative ions is discharged toward the transport path 6. As a result, air containing negative ions is blown from the ion generator 10 onto the banknotes, and the negative ions neutralize and remove the static electricity charged on the banknotes. Thereby, the banknote of the state from which static electricity was removed is discharged | emitted to the customer drum 15 located in the stacking position, and is integrated | stacked. As a result, integration failure due to static electricity can be prevented.

  Data indicating that there is a banknote to be returned to the customer by the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 2 to the main control unit 3 when the banknote determined to be a fake ticket or a transport abnormality ticket is returned to the pool unit 11 in this way. Send. When receiving this data, the main control unit 3 displays on the display screen (not shown) of the customer operation unit that the banknote that cannot be deposited is returned. The control unit 20 of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 2 rotates the service drum 15 to be positioned at the delivery / reception position, and is provided in the service unit 4 by driving the shutter drive motor 35 via the shutter drive circuit unit 22. The shutter 9 is opened and waits for a bill to be received. At this time, the bill is in a state where the charged static electricity is removed by negative ions. Therefore, it does not discharge when the customer's hand touches the banknote. When the control unit 20 recognizes that the banknote has been received by the customer by the change in the information received from the banknote detection sensor 12 provided in the pool unit 11, the control unit 20 drives the shutter drive motor 35 via the shutter drive circuit unit 22. The shutter 9 is closed, the pool part 11 is covered, and is shut off from the outside.

  In addition, when the banknote returned in the state from which static electricity was removed in this way is again inserted into the banknote depositing and dispensing unit 1 by the customer, the banknote is inserted in a state in which the overlapping of banknotes due to static electricity is prevented. . As a result, there is an increased possibility that the banknote returned to the customer after being judged to be unacceptable due to the overlap of banknotes at the time of the previous discrimination can be accepted as a depositable banknote.

  On the other hand, the banknote determined to be a genuine note by the discrimination unit 8 is conveyed to the lower part of the temporary holding unit 7. Then, when the deposit counting process of the bills inserted by the customer is completed, the bill depositing / dispensing unit 2 transmits to the main control unit 3 a response indicating the completion of deposit counting and the number of sheets counted as the correct bill for the denomination. When the main control unit 3 receives this data, it stores it in a storage unit (not shown) and displays the deposit amount on the display screen of the customer operation unit.

  When the customer confirms the deposit amount displayed on the display screen provided in the customer operation unit and depresses the cancel key, the control unit 20 of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 2 is temporarily suspended by an instruction from the main control unit 3. 7, a feeding roller (not shown) provided at the lower stage of the sheet 7, a pair of conveying rollers provided in the conveying path 6, and a pair of discharging rollers are rotated to feed bills one by one to the conveying path 6. Is conveyed to the service drum 15 positioned at the accumulation position. When the banknote reaches the service drum 15, the control unit 20 rotates the service drum 15 to position it at the delivery / reception position, and drives the shutter drive motor 35 via the shutter drive circuit unit 22 to open the shutter 9. And wait for the banknote to be received.

  When the control unit 20 recognizes that a banknote has been received by the customer by a change in information received from the banknote detection sensor 12 provided in the pool unit 11, the control unit 20 drives the shutter drive motor 35 via the shutter drive circuit unit 22 to operate the shutter. 9 is closed and the pool part 11 is shut off from the outside.

  On the other hand, when the customer presses the confirmation key, the control unit 20 drives a feeding roller (not shown) provided in the lower stage of the temporary storage unit 7 and also uses the fourth motor drive circuit unit 26 to drive the fourth motor. 32, the plurality of conveyance roller pairs 13 provided in the conveyance path 6 are rotated to feed bills one by one to the conveyance path 6, and the denomination unit 8 confirms the denomination, and the first motor drive The first motor 29, the second motor 30, and the third motor 31 are driven through the circuit unit 23, the second motor drive circuit unit 24, and the third motor drive circuit unit 25, and the 10,000 yen coupon cassette 5a. The banknotes conveyed according to the switching operation of a switching blade (not shown) are stored in each banknote cassette 5 by rotating the receiving and feeding rollers respectively provided in the 5b and the thousand yen cassette 5c in the banknote receiving direction.

  Further, the main control unit 3 causes the ID card to be discharged. Therefore, the card processing unit moves the ID card to the card insertion / discharge port, and discharges the ID card together with the detailed statement printed with the transaction contents. As a result, the customer receives the ID card from the automatic transaction apparatus 1. This is the end of this transaction. The deposit amount stored in a storage unit (not shown) is transmitted to the host computer together with the account number via the interface unit and the communication line.

  Next, the operation of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 2 at the time of a withdrawal transaction will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 according to the flowchart shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of withdrawal of the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit according to the first embodiment.

  When a customer who wants to make a transaction with the automatic transaction apparatus 1 selects “withdrawal” from the customer guidance screen displayed on the customer operation section of the automatic transaction apparatus 1, the main control unit 3 performs the withdrawal transaction process. Execute. Accordingly, the main control unit 3 performs passbook insertion guidance and ID card insertion guidance. Accordingly, the customer inserts the ID card into the card insertion / extraction port of the card processing device. The card processing unit reads the account number from the ID card. Next, the security code input guidance and withdrawal amount input guidance are performed, and when the customer inputs the security number and withdrawal amount from the customer operation unit in accordance with this, the withdrawal transaction is performed, and from the ID card The read account number, personal identification number, and withdrawal amount are sent to the host computer via the interface unit and the communication line, and processing necessary for withdrawal and identity verification are performed.

  The host computer confirms that the customer who is going to conduct the transaction by querying the PIN is the owner of the transaction account, and confirms the transaction account balance and performs processing necessary for withdrawal, and then accepts the transaction. A signal indicating this is transmitted to the automatic transaction apparatus 1 via the communication line and the interface unit. When the main control unit 3 receives a signal indicating that the transaction is accepted, the main control unit 3 instructs the banknote deposit and withdrawal unit 2 to withdraw money. This time, only 10,000 yen tickets will be withdrawn.

  In response, in step S1, the control unit 20 transmits an instruction to release negative ions to the ion generator drive unit 21. In response to this instruction, the ion generator drive circuit unit 21 drives the ion generator 10. As a result, in the ion generator 10, the ion generator generates negative ions, and the fan rotates to release air containing negative ions toward the conveyance path 6.

  In step S2, the control unit 20 of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 2 drives the first motor 29 via the first motor drive circuit unit 23, and moves the receiving and feeding roller provided in the 10,000 yen bill cassette 5a in the bill feeding direction. Rotate the bills one by one to the conveyance path 6 and convey them to the discrimination unit 8.

  In step S <b> 3, the discrimination unit 8 discriminates the authenticity, correctness, front and back of banknotes, overlap of two or more, skew, and the like. In step S4, a determination is made based on the result of the discrimination. In other words, if it is determined that the identified banknote is a denomination banknote to be paid out and is a bankable banknote, the process proceeds from step S4 to step S5. If it is determined that the bill is a bill that cannot be withdrawn, such as a thousand yen ticket, a five thousand yen ticket, or an abnormal transport ticket, the process proceeds to step S13. In addition, when progressing to step S13, the control part 20 switches the braid | blade which is not shown in figure, and rotates the receiving | feeding feeding roller provided in the reject cassette which is not shown in figure in a banknote receiving direction, and switches the said switching braid | blade. The bills conveyed in accordance with the operation are stored in the reject cassette. Then, the process returns to step S2.

  When the process proceeds from step S4 to step S5, the control unit 20 increases the count value of a counter (not shown) by one. That is, if the control part 20 judges that the banknote discriminated by the discrimination part 8 is a banknote which can be withdrawn, the control unit 20 increases the count value of the corresponding denomination by one. In step S <b> 6, the control unit 20 performs transport control for transporting the withdrawal banknote to the pool unit 11, and passes the temporary storage unit 7 to stack the banknote in the pool unit 11 positioned at the stacking position. Note that immediately before the bills are accumulated in the pool unit 11, the bills pass through a portion sandwiched between the ion generators 10 in a state where air containing negative ions is discharged toward the transport path 6. As a result, air containing negative ions is blown from the ion generator 10 onto the banknotes, and the negative ions neutralize and remove the static electricity charged on the banknotes. Thereby, the banknote of the state from which static electricity was removed is discharged | emitted to the pool part 11, and is integrated | stacked. As a result, integration failure due to static electricity can be prevented.

  In step S7, the control unit 20 determines whether or not banknotes corresponding to the withdrawal amount have been paid out from the banknote cassette 5 based on the count value counted in step S5. On the other hand, if “NO”, the process returns to step S2.

  When the process proceeds from step S7 to step S8, the control unit 20 stops the driving of the first motor 29 via the first motor drive circuit unit 23, and stops the feeding of banknotes from the 10,000 yen bill cassette 5a. Let In step S9, the control unit 20 confirms that banknotes for the amount of money to be withdrawn are accumulated in the pool unit 11, and then rotates the service drum 15 to position it at the delivery / reception position, and through the shutter drive circuit unit 22. Then, the shutter drive motor 35 is driven to open the shutter 9 provided in the customer service unit 4, and the bills are discharged. As a result, the customer receives the banknote. At this time, the bill is in a state where the charged static electricity is removed by negative ions.

  In addition, before opening the shutter 9 of the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 2 in step S8, the main control unit 3 causes the ID card to be ejected. Therefore, the card processing unit moves the ID card to the card insertion / discharge port, and discharges the ID card together with the detailed statement printed with the transaction contents. As a result, the customer receives the ID card from the automatic transaction apparatus 1. Subsequently, in step S <b> 10, the control unit 20 determines whether or not banknotes exist in the pool unit 11 based on information transmitted from the banknote detection sensor 12. And when it is judged from the information received from the banknote detection sensor 12 that the banknote does not exist in the pool part 11, it progresses to step S11. When the process proceeds to step S11, the control unit 20 drives the shutter drive motor 35 via the shutter drive circuit unit 22 to close the shutter 9, covers the pool unit 11, and shuts off from the outside. In step S <b> 12, the control unit 20 stops driving the ion generation device 10 via the ion generation device drive circuit unit 21 to stop the emission of negative ions. Then, all processes are terminated.

  As described above, in the first embodiment of the present invention, by providing the ion generator 10 that is disposed in the vicinity of the pool portion 11 and emits negative ions toward the bills conveyed to the pool portion 11, the pool portion 11 is provided. Even if the bills being conveyed are charged with static electricity, the static electricity can be removed by the negative ions released from the ion generator 10. Since the negative ions can remove static electricity without coming into contact with the banknote, the static elimination effect does not deteriorate due to wear unlike the static elimination brush. As a result, a certain level of static elimination can be performed at all times, and banknotes in a state where static electricity is not charged can be accumulated in the pool unit 11. Thereby, the banknote in the state in which static electricity is not charged can be delivered to a customer.

  In addition, even when a plurality of banknotes are withdrawn, or even when the deposited banknotes are returned to the customer, banknotes in a state where static electricity is not charged can be accumulated in the pool unit 11. And it can prevent that a part of banknote sticks to the side wall of a pool part by static electricity. As a result, it is possible to prevent the customer from forgetting to remove the banknote, and to prevent the generation of the banknote forgotten.

  Moreover, when the banknote passes between the ion generators 10, the operation | movement which discharge | releases the air containing a negative ion from the ion generator 10 immediately before passing through the location pinched | interposed into the ion generator 10 is started. Immediately, the operation of releasing the air containing negative ions may be stopped. As a result, the ion generator 10 releases air containing negative ions only when the banknote is present in a range where the negative ions emitted from the negative ion generator 10 reach, and thus power is wasted. Without removing the static electricity, the static electricity can be removed efficiently.

  Furthermore, in addition to the position shown in FIG. 2, the ion generator 10 may also be provided in the vicinity of the deposit / withdrawal port of the banknote cassette 5 as shown in FIG. Thus, by arranging the ion generating device 10 in the vicinity of the pool portion 11 and in the vicinity of the banknote cassette 5, the ion generating device 10 is placed inside the banknote depositing / dispensing portion 2 at the time of depositing and withdrawing. It can be arranged at a position on the upstream side in the banknote conveyance direction with respect to various sensors such as the banknote detection sensor 36 and various electronic components such as the discrimination unit 8 provided.

  And at the time of a withdrawal transaction, when the control part 20 pays out a banknote from the banknote cassette 5 to the conveyance path 6, the air containing the negative ion from the ion generator 10 provided in the vicinity of the deposit / withdrawal port of the banknote cassette 5 is used. The paper is placed on the stage 43 and sprayed from the banknote cassette 5 by the receiving and feeding roller 41 to remove static electricity from the banknote. In addition, when the depositing transaction is performed, when the control unit 20 pays out banknotes from the pool unit 11 to the transport path 6, air containing negative ions from the ion generator 10 provided in the transport path 6 near the pool unit 11. On the banknotes to remove static electricity from the banknotes.

  Thus, by arranging the ion generator 10 on the upstream side in the banknote transport direction with respect to various electronic components provided along the transport path 6 inside the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 2, both when depositing and withdrawing, The bill is in a state in which static electricity is removed when it passes through a position facing various sensors provided in the transport path 6 or the discrimination unit 8. As a result, it is possible to prevent various sensors, the discrimination unit 8 and the like from malfunctioning due to electrostatic discharge from the banknote. In addition, FIG. 5 is explanatory drawing which shows arrangement | positioning of the ion generator of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of Example 1. FIG.

  Further, the ion generator 10 can generate not only negative ions but also positive ions, and simultaneously generates negative ions and positive ions at a predetermined timing to release air containing both negative ions and positive ions. You may do it. Thereby, a negative ion and a positive ion can be simultaneously spread | circulated inside the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 2, and the air inside the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 2 can be kept electrically neutralized. As a result, it is possible to prevent the conveyance belt 14 that conveys banknotes from being charged, and it is possible to prevent banknote conveyance failures caused by static electricity. Note that negative ions and positive ions may be generated alternately instead of simultaneously.

  Moreover, if the ion generator 10 is installed in various places inside the automatic transaction apparatus 1, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of problems caused by static electricity.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In addition, description of the same part as the said Example 1 is abbreviate | omitted. FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the state of the pool part when the banknotes are collected in the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of Example 2, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing the state of the pool part after the banknotes are collected in the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of Example 2. FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing the state of the pool portion in the shutter open state of the banknote deposit and withdrawal portion of the second embodiment.

  In the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 2 of the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the position where the ion generator 40 can release air containing negative ions toward the inside of the pool unit 11 instead of on the transport path 6. That is, it is provided inside the pool part 11. In addition, the air containing the negative ion discharge | released from the negative ion generator 40 by this is sprayed toward the banknote 17 inside the pool part 11. FIG. In addition to the ion generator, the ion generator 40 is further provided with an ozone generator that generates ozone, and not only negative ions but also ozone can be emitted from the ion generator 40. Since other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

  Next, operation | movement of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 2 when releasing the air containing a negative ion and the air containing ozone from the ion generator 40 is demonstrated.

  At the time of withdrawal transaction, a signal indicating that the host computer accepts the transaction is transmitted to the automatic transaction apparatus 1 via the communication line and the interface unit, and a signal indicating that the main control unit 3 accepts the transaction is received. Then, when the banknote depositing / withdrawing unit 2 receives a withdrawal instruction from the main control unit 3, the control unit 20 instructs the ion generator 40 to release air containing negative ions as shown in FIG. Send. In response to this instruction, the ion generator 40 generates negative ions from the ion generator and rotates the fan to discharge air containing negative ions toward the inside of the pool portion 11. The withdrawal bills 17 are sequentially discharged to the service drum 15 positioned at the accumulation position, air containing negative ions is blown from the ion generator 40 to the bills 17, and the static electricity in which the negative ions are charged on the bills 17. Neutralize and remove.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 7, when the banknotes 17 corresponding to the withdrawal amount are accumulated in the pool unit 11 and the air containing negative ions is sprayed on all banknotes 17, the control unit 20 causes the ion generator 40. Sends an instruction to release air containing ozone. In response to this instruction, the ion generation device 40 stops generating negative ions from the ion generation unit, and instead generates ozone from the ozone generation unit to move the air containing ozone toward the inside of the pool unit 11. discharge. As a result, air containing ozone is blown from the ion generator 40 onto the banknotes, and the banknotes in which the ozone is accumulated in the pool unit 11 are sterilized and sterilized. The control unit 20 continues this control until the service drum 15 is rotated to be positioned at the delivery / reception position and the shutter 9 is opened.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the delivery drum 15 is rotated and positioned at the delivery / reception position for delivery to the customer, and when the shutter 9 is opened, the control unit 20 makes negative ions to the ion generator 40. Send instructions to release air containing. In response to this instruction, the ion generator 40 stops generating ozone from the ozone generating unit, and instead generates negative ions from the ion generating unit so that air containing negative ions is directed toward the inside of the pool unit 11. And release. As a result, air containing negative ions is blown from the ion generator 40 onto the banknotes, and air containing negative ions is discharged out of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 2 to supply negative ions to customers and operators. be able to. As a result, the customer and the operator can suck negative ions and operate the automatic transaction apparatus 1 comfortably.

  In addition, even when depositing, air containing negative ions may be released from the ion generator 40 while the shutter 9 is in an open state in order to accept bills inserted by customers and operators. . Thereby, even at the time of a deposit transaction, negative ions can be supplied to the customer and the operator, and the customer and the operator can suck the negative ions and comfortably operate the automatic transaction apparatus. At this time, since the bills accumulated in the pool section 11 are blown with air containing negative ions from the ion generator 40, static electricity is removed from the bills before being taken into the transport path 6 by the negative ions. be able to. As a result, the bills fed from the pool unit 5 to the transport path 6 are in a state where static electricity is removed, and it is possible to prevent bills from being overlapped due to static electricity and transport failure.

  As described above, in the second embodiment of the present invention, the pool unit 11 is blocked from the outside by the shutter 9 and from the ion generator 40 until all the banknotes 17 discharged to the outside are arranged in the pool unit 11. When the air containing negative ions is released, the pool unit 11 is blocked from the outside by the shutter 9, and the banknotes 17 discharged to the outside are all in the pool unit 11, the ion generator 40 Releases air containing ozone. In the state where the shutter 9 is retracted from the pool portion 11, that is, in the open state, the air containing negative ions is released from the ion generator 40, so that the static electricity can be removed from the banknotes by negative ions as in the first embodiment. In addition, the banknote can be sterilized and sterilized by ozone. Furthermore, negative ions can be supplied to customers and operators.

  Moreover, since the banknote 17 taken into the inside of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 2 is conveyed in the conveyance path 6 in the state from which static electricity was removed at the time of money_receiving | payment, conveyance troubles, such as the overlap of the banknote by static electricity, and conveyance failure, can be prevented. it can.

  In this embodiment, the ion generator 40 may also be provided near the deposit / withdrawal port of the banknote cassette 5 in addition to the position shown in FIG. As described above, by providing the ion generator 10 at a plurality of locations, also in the second embodiment, various sensors are provided in which the ion generator 40 is provided inside the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 2 at the time of depositing and withdrawing. And it can arrange | position in the position which becomes a banknote conveyance direction upstream rather than various electronic components, such as a discrimination part.

  Moreover, in the said Example 1 and Example 2, although the ion generators 10 and 40 were provided in the banknote depositing / withdrawing part 2, ion generation | occurrence | production was generated in the page turning part in the passbook entry part provided in the automatic transaction apparatus. An apparatus may be provided to release negative ions toward the bankbook when performing a page break operation of the bankbook. As a result, static electricity charged on the inner paper of the passbook can be removed, and the occurrence of two-sheet turning due to static electricity can be prevented. As a result, stable page break operation can be performed.

  Furthermore, if the automatic transaction apparatus is an apparatus in which an ink ribbon cassette having a built-in one-time ink ribbon (thin film transfer ribbon) is mounted, a negative ion can be released toward the ink ribbon of the ink ribbon cassette. An ion generator may be provided. When the transfer ribbon made of a thin film is charged with static electricity, dust tends to adhere to the transfer ribbon, and it becomes easy to adhere to a metal part in the apparatus. If the ink ribbon is in close contact with the metal part, the ink ribbon may be damaged during replacement. Therefore, by discharging negative ions from the ion generator at a predetermined timing, static electricity charged on the ink ribbon can be removed, and dust adhesion due to static electricity and adhesion to metal parts can be prevented. As a result, even when printing is performed using a transfer ribbon made of a thin film, a stable printing operation can be performed.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of Example 1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows arrangement | positioning of the ion generator of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of Example 1. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the control system of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of Example 1. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of payment of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of Example 1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows arrangement | positioning of the ion generator of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of Example 1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state of the pool part at the time of banknote collection of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of Example 2. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state of the pool part after the banknote collection of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of Example 2. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state of the pool part of the shutter open state of the banknote depositing / withdrawing part of Example 2. FIG.

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2 Banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 6 Transport path 9 Shutter 10 Ion generator 11 Pool unit 40 Ion generator

Claims (6)

In the paper sheet handling apparatus provided with a pool part that serves as an outlet for accepting paper sheets that are discharged from the inside of the apparatus to the outside and accepting paper sheets that are input from the outside to the inside of the apparatus,
An apparatus for handling paper sheets, comprising ion generating means disposed near the pool section and emitting negative ions toward the paper sheets conveyed to the pool section.   2. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the ion generating means releases negative ions only when the paper sheets are present within a range where the negative ions emitted from the negative ion generating means reach.   The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the ion generating means can also release positive ions, and discharges negative ions and positive ions at a predetermined timing. In the paper sheet handling apparatus provided with a pool part that serves as an outlet for accepting paper sheets that are discharged from the inside of the apparatus to the outside and accepting paper sheets that are input from the outside to the inside of the apparatus,
An apparatus for handling paper sheets, comprising ion generating means for releasing negative ions toward the inside of the pool portion. The ion generator is capable of releasing ozone as well as includes a shutter that covers the pool and blocks the pool from the outside.
The pool portion is in a state where the pool portion is blocked from the outside by the shutter, and negative ions are released from the ion generating means until all the paper sheets discharged to the outside are gathered in the pool portion. Is released from the outside by the shutter, and all the sheets discharged to the outside are in the pool part, ozone is released from the ion generating means, and the shutter is released from the pool part. 5. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to claim 4, wherein negative ions are released from the ion generating means in the retracted state. In a paper sheet handling apparatus equipped with electronic components in the transport path through which paper sheets are transported,
An apparatus for handling paper sheets, characterized in that an ion generating means for emitting negative ions is provided on the upstream side in the paper sheet conveying direction from a place where electronic parts are arranged.

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