JP2008146143A - Bill rearranging device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bill rearranging device with a means for preventing a stacking error in a temporary stacking part if there are bills that approach each other. <P>SOLUTION: The bill rearranging device includes: a slot 1 for inserting bills; a determining part 2 for making determinations as to the kinds of bills conveyed one by one from the slot 1, whether the bills face up or down, and whether the bills are defective; an inverting part 4 for making the bills face in the same direction according to the result of determination by the determining part 2; and a stacking mechanism 6 with a plurality of temporary stacking parts 6a to 6d for stacking a certain number of bills conveyed from the inverting part 4, for different kinds of bills, based on the result of determination by the determining part 2. A conveyance monitoring sensor 19 for monitoring the conveyed state of the bills is provided in a conveyance path 3d that connects the inverting part 4 to the stacking mechanism 6. If the bill interval of the bills passing through the sensor 19 is shorter than a specific bill interval, a temporary stacking part other than stacking locations for stacking the mutually approaching bills that have passed at bill intervals shorter than the specific bill interval is selected, the mutually approaching bills are stacked in the stacking locations, and subsequent bills are stacked in the selected other temporary stacking part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote organizing apparatus that counts banknotes, accumulates the counted banknotes in a plurality of temporary stacking units according to denominations or damages, and binds and organizes the banknotes at a fixed number.

A conventional banknote sorting apparatus includes a slot for inserting banknotes, a discrimination unit for performing various discriminations including denominations, front and back sides, and correctness of banknotes conveyed from the insertion slot one by one and counting Stacking mechanism having a plurality of temporary stacking units for stacking a certain number of banknotes for each type consisting of denominations and losses based on the discrimination results of the discrimination unit A banknote bundling mechanism that binds a predetermined number of banknotes accumulated in each temporary stacking unit with a tape printed by a printing unit and discharges it as a banknote bundle; and a predetermined number of banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit A bank mechanism that is configured to include a transfer mechanism that transfers to a bundling mechanism and a display unit that displays a stacking status of banknotes on a temporary stacking unit, and that is identified from banknotes that should be stacked on a temporary stacking unit by a discrimination unit. Regardless of the result of banknote discrimination Align the front and back of the bill is conveyed, which conveys the banknotes sides are aligned to an integrated mechanism integrated in each of the temporary accumulation sections for each type of banknote (e.g., see Patent Document 1.).
JP 2002-197509 A (mainly third page paragraph 0007-fourth page paragraph 0013, sixth page paragraphs 0038-0039, FIGS. 1 and 2)

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, the banknotes that are discriminated from the banknotes to be stacked in the temporary stacking unit by the discrimination unit are transported to the front and back reversal unit regardless of the type of the banknotes, and the front and back sides of the banknotes are aligned. Since each type is transported to each temporary stacking unit and stacked, it is transported through the transport path as it is not necessary to reverse the banknotes that have passed through the reverse transport path for reversing the front and back of the front and back reversal part. When the banknote transport interval may be narrowed at the junction where the banknotes are merged, and the approaching banknote with the narrower transport interval is transported to the temporary stacking unit, the preceding banknote does not fall on the stacking plate. The following approaching banknote is conveyed to the preceding banknote, the subsequent approaching banknote collides with the preceding banknote, and the banknotes are not stacked in an orderly manner, resulting in poor alignment, and when the subsequent banknotes are further stacked thereon, the banknotes are folded. One Will not fit the bill of a certain number of sheets in the stacking unit, there is a problem that the integrated anomaly occurs.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide means for preventing an accumulation abnormality in a temporary accumulation unit when an approaching banknote is generated.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a slot for inserting banknotes, and a discrimination unit for performing various types of discrimination including denomination, front and back sides, and correctness of banknotes conveyed one by one from the slot. , A front / back reversing part that aligns the front and back of a banknote based on the discrimination result of the discrimination part, and a banknote transported from the front / back reversing part based on the discrimination result of the discrimination part In the banknote organizing apparatus including a stacking mechanism having a plurality of temporary stacking units that stack a fixed number of banknotes every time, a banknote transport state is connected to a transport path connecting between the front and back reversing unit and the stacking mechanism. Other than the stacking destination for accumulating approaching banknotes that pass at a banknote interval shorter than the specified banknote interval when the banknote interval of banknotes passing through the transport monitoring sensor is shorter than the predetermined banknote interval Select the temporary stacking unit and move the approaching banknote With integrated into integrated destination, characterized by integration to other temporary accumulation sections which are selected subsequent bills.

  Accordingly, the present invention makes it possible to orderly stack the banknotes subsequent to the approaching banknote on other temporary stacking sections, and prevent the stacking abnormality in the temporary stacking section when the approaching banknote is generated. The effect that it can be obtained.

  Below, with reference to drawings, the example of the bill arrangement device by the present invention is described.

  1 is a schematic side view showing the internal structure of the banknote sorting apparatus according to the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the banknote sorting apparatus according to the first embodiment, FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the upper part of FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a temporary stacking unit of Example 1, FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a side of the banknote bundling mechanism of Example 1, and FIG. 7 is an example. It is a block diagram which shows the control system which concerns on 1 banknote stacking process.

1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a bill insertion unit, which is provided in the upper part of the front of the apparatus.
A discrimination unit 2 is provided in the apparatus, and has a function of performing various discriminations and counting such as bill authenticity, denomination, correctness, front and back, and detection of conveyance abnormality.
Reference numeral 3 denotes a banknote transport path, which will be described later.
Reference numeral 4 denotes a front / back reversing unit, which is provided so as to be positioned downstream of the discrimination unit 2 in the apparatus, and has a function of performing front / back reversal of banknotes. The front / back reversing part 4 will be described later.

An open pocket 5 is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus, and stacks banknotes of denominations that are not to be bound, and the banknotes stacked in the open pocket 5 can be directly accessed by the operator.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a stacking mechanism. In this embodiment, four temporary stacking units 6a to 6d are arranged in one column in the apparatus, and each temporary stacking unit 6a to 6d has a discrimination result by the discrimination unit 2. Based on the banknote, a certain number (100 in this embodiment) of banknotes can be accumulated for each banknote type (for example, a correct banknote of 10,000 yen banknotes (10,000 tickets)) consisting of a combination of banknote denominations and damages. It is like that.

Note that the number of temporary stacking units is not limited to four, but may be three or more.
Reference numeral 7 denotes an operation unit, which is provided on one side of the input unit 1 and includes a counting start button 7a for instructing the start of counting of banknotes.
Reference numeral 8 denotes a reject pocket, which is provided above the input unit 1, collects reject banknotes that have been identified as denominations or the like by the discrimination unit 2, or has detected a conveyance error, and is integrated into the reject pockets 8. The operator can directly access it.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a transfer mechanism, which is provided in the apparatus and can hold a fixed number of banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d with the hand unit 9a and transfer it to the banknote binding mechanism 10 provided in the apparatus. It has become. The banknote binding mechanism 10 will be described later.
Reference numeral 11 denotes a banknote bundle outlet, and 12 denotes a door provided in front of the apparatus. By opening the door 12, an operator can access the stacking mechanism 6 and the like.

Reference numeral 13 denotes an operation display unit serving as a display unit. The operation display unit 13 is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus so as to be positioned behind the open pocket 5 and is configured by an LCD and a touch panel arranged on the surface thereof. Operation is performed to specify the organizing mode, the type of banknotes to be accumulated in the temporary accumulation units 6a to 6d, the order of accumulation, and the like.
The operation display unit 13 also displays the denomination, correctness and count result of the banknotes identified by the discrimination unit 2.

As shown in FIG. 4, reference numeral 15 denotes a distribution conveyance path, which is provided so as to extend to the lower part of the apparatus along the temporary accumulation units 6 a to 6 d of the accumulation mechanism 6 and reach the lowest temporary accumulation unit 6 d. It has a function of distributing the conveyed banknotes to predetermined temporary stacking units 6a to 6d.
Here, the conveyance path 3 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the transport path 3 is composed of transport paths 3 a to 3 e in the upper part of the apparatus, and the transport path 3 a is provided so as to reach the branch point A through the input section 1 through the discrimination section 2. The conveyance path 3b is provided so as to reach the reject pocket 8 from the branch point A, and the conveyance path 3c is provided so as to bypass the front and back inversion part 4 from the branch point A and reach the branch point C via the branch point B. The path 3d is provided from the branch point C to the sorting transport path 15, and the transport path 3e is provided from the branch point C to the open pocket 5.

A switching blade (not shown) that switches the bill conveyance direction is provided in the vicinity of each of the branch points A, B, and C, and the operation of the switching blade is controlled by a control unit 40 described later.
Moreover, the banknote of a present Example is conveyed by making the transversal direction of a banknote into a conveyance direction.
The front / back reversing unit 4 is a switch that accepts the reversal conveyance path 4a branched from the branching section B and the banknotes conveyed by the reversal conveyance path 4a and feeds them to the junction D with the conveyance path 3c to reverse the front and back of the banknotes. The bill mechanism that is provided with the back mechanism 4b and needs to be reversed to align the front and back based on the discrimination result of the front and back discriminated by the discrimination unit 2, enters the reverse conveyance path 4a from the branch point B, The front and back sides are reversed by the switchback mechanism 4b and conveyed again from the junction D by the conveyance path 3a.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the stacking mechanism 6 includes four temporary stacking units 6 a to 6 d arranged side by side in the vertical direction, and a motor 17 that transports banknotes whose front and back surfaces are aligned to the temporary stacking units 6 a to 6 d. And a sorting conveyance path 15 driven by a motor 18 that sorts banknotes delivered from the conveyance path 3d to the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d based on the discrimination result by the discrimination unit 2. Is provided.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a conveyance monitoring sensor, which is a pair of optical sensors in which a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit are arranged to face each other with the conveyance path 3d interposed therebetween. The light receiving unit detects that the bill has blocked the light from the light emitting unit, detects the passage of the bill, and monitors the conveyance state of the bill.
Reference numerals 21a to 21c denote switching blades, which are provided at branch points of the sorting conveyance path 15 with respect to the respective entrance paths reaching the temporary accumulating sections 6a to 6c, and whose operation is controlled by the control section 40 to be described later. Based on the result, it has a function of switching the banknote transport direction to the direction of the temporary stacking units 6a to 6c as stacking destinations.

Reference numerals 22a to 22d denote entrance sensors, which are optical sensors similar to the conveyance monitoring sensor 19, and are respectively disposed on the left and right of the approach path immediately before the entrance of each bill to the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d. .
In the following description, the state in which the conveyance monitoring sensor 19 and each ingress sensor 22 detect a bill is referred to as “ON”, and the state in which no bill is detected is referred to as “OFF” (see FIG. 8).

Since the temporary stacking units 6a to 6c have the same structure, the stacking operation will be described below using the temporary stacking unit 6a as an example.
The banknotes transported by the transport path 3d are switched in the transport direction by the switching blade 21a provided at the branch point of the approach path to the temporary stacking section 6a of the sorting transport path 15, and the entrance path is temporarily stacked section 6a. , Is detected by the entry sensor 22a, and then enters the temporary accumulating portion 6a to be discharged, and is accumulated on the accumulating plate 24 while hitting the rear end thereof by the hitting wheel 25.

Further, the banknotes that enter thereafter are stacked on the banknotes stacked on the stacking plate 24 by the same operation.
As shown in FIG. 4, the bills that have entered the temporary stacking unit 6a are not only struck by the tapping wheel 25, but are aligned in the longitudinal direction by the longitudinal positioning mechanism 26 provided on one side of the temporary stacking unit 6a. Further, the position in the short direction is aligned by a short positioning mechanism 27 provided on the front end side of the temporary stacking portion 6a.

  The longitudinal positioning mechanism 26 includes a motor 26a capable of rotating in both forward and reverse directions, and a rod or plate-like positioning member 26c connected to the motor via a connecting member 26b. The positioning member 26c is rotated by the motor 26a in synchronization with the detection signal of the ingress sensor 22a that detects the incoming banknote, so that the banknote is pressed against the reference surface 28 installed on the opposite side to be placed on the stacking plate 24. It has a function of aligning the longitudinal direction of the accumulated banknotes.

The short positioning mechanism 27 is composed of a rod-like member that is biased by a biasing means such as a torsion spring (not shown), and biases the accumulated banknotes toward the entrance side to thereby change the short direction of the banknotes. Has the function of alignment.
As described above, when the banknotes are stacked on the stacking plate 24 and the height of the stack is detected to exceed a reference value by a height sensor (not shown), the stacking plate 24 is automatically lowered to temporarily. The accumulation space on the accumulation banknote of the accumulation unit 6a is expanded.

As a result of this operation, even if the stacking height differs depending on the state of the banknotes caused by wrinkles or creases, the stacking can be performed stably.
In addition, a plate-like presser plate 29 is provided above the stacking plate 24 so as to face the presser plate 29. The presser plate 29 stands by at the upper end of the temporary stacking unit 6a while the banknotes are stacked on the stacking plate 24. , So as not to obstruct the approach of banknotes that are sequentially taken.

When a predetermined number of banknotes (100 in this embodiment) are stacked on the stacking plate 24 of the temporary stacking unit 6a, the switching blade 21a is moved in the direction of the other temporary stacking units 6b to 6c, The 101st and subsequent banknotes are controlled so as to be stacked in any one of the temporary stacking units 6b to 6d in the same manner as described above.
Next, the transfer operation will be described.

In the temporary stacking unit 6a where the stacking of banknotes is stopped, the stacking plate 24 is raised and the presser plate 29 is lowered to hold the banknotes.
By this operation, the thickness of banknotes having different stacking heights is made constant according to the state of banknotes such as bags, and delivery to the hand portion 9a of the moving mechanism 9 is facilitated.
A fixed number of banknotes held between the stacking plate 24 and the presser plate 29 are gripped by the hand unit 9a (see FIG. 1) of the moving mechanism 9 that has entered the temporary stacking unit 6a from the short positioning mechanism 27 side. The paper is pulled out and transferred to the bill binding mechanism 10 by the transfer mechanism 9 as a bundle.

The temporary stacking units 6b to 6d have the same structure as that of the temporary stacking unit 6a, and banknotes can be aligned, stacked, and sandwiched similarly to the temporary stacking unit 6a.
As shown in FIG. 6, the banknote bundling mechanism 10 includes a conveying means 31 composed of a roller and a belt, a tape 32 for bundling with a paper tape, a printing means 33, a supply means 34 for supplying the tape 32, and a tape. A cutter 35 for cutting 32 into a predetermined length and a binding means (not shown) are provided, and a banknote binding operation is performed as follows.

That is, the transport unit 31 receives 100 bills as a bundle from the hand unit 9a of the transfer mechanism 9 (hand unit 9a indicated by a broken line in FIG. 1) and transports it to the binding position.
Then, the tape supply means 34 supplies the tape 32 to the binding means, and at that time, the printing means 33 prints the type of banknotes bound to the tape 32 and the like via the ink ribbon.
The printed tape 32 is cut to a predetermined length by the cutter 35, and the cut tape is wound around the 100 bills conveyed by the bundling means to the bundling position, thereby bundling the bills.

The bundle of banknotes bound in this way is further transported by the transport means 31, sent to the discharge port 11, and discharged outside the apparatus.
In FIG. 7, reference numeral 40 denotes a control unit of the banknote sorting device, which has a function of controlling each unit in the banknote sorting device to execute banknote sorting processing and the like.
A storage unit 41 stores a program executed by the control unit 40, various data used for the program, processing results by the control unit 40, and the like.

Further, the storage unit 41 is provided with stacked number count areas 42a to 42d for counting the number of stacked banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d, respectively.
A clock unit 43 includes a frequency generator having a crystal oscillator or the like, and has a function of counting time based on the generated frequency and sending the elapsed time or the like to the control unit 40.
In the storage unit 41, the banknotes inserted into the insertion slot 1 are fed out one by one, and the banknotes are transferred to the preset temporary stacking unit based on the type of banknotes identified by the discrimination unit 2. When a certain number of bills are stacked in one of the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d, the bills are transported to the bill binding mechanism 10 to create a bill bundle. In a normal banknote bundling processing program, when a banknote interval of a banknote transported through the transport path 3d is detected and an approaching banknote is detected, a banknote subsequent to the approaching banknote is transported to another temporary stacking unit. The banknote sorting processing program to which the banknote stacking processing program having a function of avoiding the stacking abnormality is added is stored in advance, and the banknote sorting processing program executed by the control unit 40 performs the steps of the banknote sorting process program of the present embodiment. With hardware Each functional unit of Te is formed.

In addition, the storage unit 41 indicates the time for determining the approach of the bill interval, which is the time from when the conveyance monitoring sensor 19 detects the trailing edge of the preceding bill until the leading edge of the next bill is detected. The specified banknote interval is stored.
Below, the banknote collection process in the banknote arrangement process of a present Example is demonstrated according to the step shown by S in FIG. 9 using the time chart shown in FIG. 8, and the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the bill sorting device is turned on, the control unit 40 displays various sort mode selection screens on the screen of the operation display unit 13 by the bill sorting processing program.
The operator selects a sorting mode to be executed from the displayed selection screen, and designates the type of banknotes to be bound.
In the present embodiment, description will be made on the assumption that the single-denomination bundling mode of 10,000 tickets is selected as the organizing mode, and that a regular ticket of 10,000 tickets and a non-paid banknote are designated as the banknote types.

The operator sets ten thousand tickets with mixed damages in the slot 1 and presses the count start button 7 a of the operation unit 7.
The control unit 40 that has received the pressing of the counting start button 7a initializes the accumulated number count areas 42a to 42d of the storage unit 41 to “0”, and sets the type of banknotes to be accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 6a to the correct number of bills. When the banknotes to be stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6b are used as the banknotes, and the temporary stacking units 6c and 6d are stored in the temporary stacking unit 6a or the temporary stacking unit 6b thereafter. Is set as an auxiliary stacking unit with no type designation for stacking banknotes, and stored in the storage unit 41 as a type setting.

And the control part 40 conveys a banknote from the insertion port 1 for every sheet | seat, measuring the elapsed time until the conveyance monitoring sensor 19 detects the front-end | tip of the banknote conveyed by the conveyance path 3d by the clock part 43. It is fed to 3a and conveyed to the discrimination unit 2. The discrimination unit 2 detects the authenticity, correctness, denomination, denomination, etc. of the conveyed banknotes and detects a conveyance abnormality and transfers the discrimination result to the control unit 40. To do.
The control unit 40 that has received the discrimination result, based on the discrimination result, if the discriminated banknote is a genuine note of 5,000, 2,000, or 1,000 bills and is a banknote that is not bound, the conveyance path 3c and 3e are transported and collected in the open pocket 5.

Moreover, when the banknote discriminated is a banknote discriminated as a fake banknote or an unknown denomination, and a banknote in which conveyance abnormality such as double feeding is detected, the banknote is conveyed and accumulated in the reject pocket 8 by the conveyance path 3b. .
Banknotes discriminated as genuine bills are transported to the front / back reversing section 4 by the transport path 3c regardless of whether they are correct or not, and after the front and back reversing sections 4 are aligned, the swing of the stacking mechanism 6 is performed by the transport path 3d. It is conveyed to the minute conveyance path 15.

The banknotes thus transported to the stacking mechanism 6 are stacked on the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d as follows.
S1, the control unit 40 waits for the passage of the banknote transported through the transport path 3d by the transport monitoring sensor 19, and detects the leading edge of the banknote being transported (from the OFF of the transport monitoring sensor 19 shown in FIG. 8). In this embodiment, when either one of the left and right sensors is turned on.) When the elapsed time measured by the clock unit 43 is recognized, the process proceeds to step S2.

The control part 40 which detected the front-end | tip of S2 and the banknote recognizes the stacking destination of the banknote detected with reference to the classification setting of the memory | storage part 41 based on the discrimination result of the discrimination part 2. FIG.
In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the discrimination result is a genuine ticket of 10,000 tickets and the collection destination is recognized as the temporary stacking unit 6a.
S3, the control unit 40 that recognizes the stacking destination waits for detection of the trailing edge of the banknote detected in step S1, and detects the trailing edge of the banknote (from the ON of the conveyance monitoring sensor 19 shown in FIG. 8). (In this embodiment, when both the left and right sensors are turned off.) When the clock portion 43 detects the leading edge of the next bill, it starts measuring the elapsed time. The process proceeds to S4.

S4 and the control part 40 transfer to step S10 when the said banknote is the first banknote conveyed, and transfer to step S5 when the said banknote is the second or later banknote.
S5, the control unit 40 recognizing that the banknote is the second and subsequent banknotes, the elapsed time recognized when the leading edge of the banknote is detected in step S1 from the trailing edge of the preceding banknote. This is recognized as the bill interval up to the leading edge, and is temporarily stored in the storage unit 41.

S6, the control unit 40 that has recognized the banknote interval of the banknote reads the specified banknote interval and the banknote interval in the storage unit 41. If the banknote interval is less than the predetermined banknote interval, the control unit 40 determines that the banknote is an approaching banknote and step S7. Migrate to
If the bill interval is equal to or greater than the specified bill interval, the conveyance of the bill is determined as normal conveyance, and the process proceeds to step S10.

S7, the control unit 40 that has determined that the banknote is an approaching banknote recognizes the stacking destination of the preceding banknote based on the discrimination result of the discrimination unit 2, and when the stacking destination is different from the approaching banknote, the stacking is normally performed. And the process proceeds to step S10.
When the accumulation destination of the preceding banknote is the same as the approaching banknote, it is determined that there is a possibility that the accumulation abnormality may occur, and the process proceeds to step S8.

  S8, the control unit 40 that has determined that there is a possibility of abnormal stacking, the auxiliary stacking unit in which the type of banknotes to be stacked is not set among the other temporary stacking units except the stacking destination for stacking approaching banknotes (In this embodiment, the temporary stacking unit 6c, 6d), for example, the temporary stacking unit 6c is configured to stack the banknotes of the same type as the approaching banknotes (in this embodiment, 10,000 correct tickets). Choose as.

Based on the selection result, S9, and the control unit 40 sets the type of banknotes to be stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6c to be the correct bill of 10,000, and the temporary stacking unit 6a does not stack the approaching banknotes and the subsequent banknotes. The type setting of the storage unit 41 is changed as a degenerate accumulation unit.
Thereby, when the banknotes subsequent to the approaching banknote are banknotes of the same type as the approaching banknote, the banknotes are stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6c.

S10, the control unit 40, which has detected the banknote transported on the transport path 3d and recognized the stacking destination, transfers to the temporary stacking unit (6a in this embodiment) corresponding to the stacking destination of the sorting transport path 15. The switching blade 21a that switches between the two is operated at a predetermined timing to convey the bill in the direction of the temporary stacking unit 6a.
S11, the control unit 40 measures the transport time from when the clock unit 43 detects the leading edge of the banknote in step S1 until the entry sensor 22a of the temporary stacking unit 6a detects the leading edge of the banknote, Waiting for the ingress sensor 22a to detect the leading edge of the banknote within the specified transport time, the intrusion sensor 22a detects the leading edge of the banknote (refers to the ON from the OFF of the ingress sensor 22a shown in FIG. 8). In this embodiment, it means that one of the left and right sensors is turned ON.

When the approach sensor 22a does not detect the leading edge of the banknote within the specified transport time, the process proceeds to step S12.
S12, the control unit 40, recognizing that the ingress sensor 22a does not detect the leading edge of the bill within the specified transport time, determines that a jam has occurred anywhere between the transport monitoring sensor 19 and the ingress sensor 22a. A message to that effect is displayed on the screen of the operation display unit 13 to stop the operation of the banknote arranging device.

Thereafter, the operator confirms the contents displayed on the operation display unit 13, inspects the part to remove the jammed banknotes, and restarts the banknote sorting apparatus.
In S13, the control unit 40 recognizing that the ingress sensor 22a has detected the leading edge of the banknote is detected when the intrusion sensor 22a detects the leading edge of the banknote in step S11 by the clock unit 43. The entry sensor 22a defines the trailing edge of the bill while measuring the time until the trailing edge is detected (the time corresponding to the length of one bill passing through the entry sensor 22a, the bill passage time). Waiting for detection within the bill passage time, the approach sensor 22a detects the trailing edge of the bill (from ON to OFF of the approach sensor 22a shown in FIG. 8. When both are turned off.), The process proceeds to step S15.

When the approach sensor 22a does not detect the trailing edge of the banknote within the specified banknote passage time, the process proceeds to step S14.
S14, the control unit 40 recognizing that the entry sensor 22a does not detect the trailing edge of the bill within the specified bill passage time, determines that a jam has occurred in the vicinity of the entry sensor 22a, that is, the entrance of the temporary stacking unit 6a. Then, a message to that effect is displayed on the screen of the operation display unit 13, and the operation of the banknote arranging device is stopped.

Thereafter, the operator confirms the contents displayed on the operation display unit 13, inspects the part to remove the jammed banknotes, and restarts the banknote sorting apparatus.
S15, the control unit 40 recognizing that the ingress sensor 22a has detected the trailing edge of the banknote recognizes that the banknote has been stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6a, and counts the stacked number count area 42a in the storage unit 41. “1” is added to the number to update the number of banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6a.

In S16, the control unit 40 that has updated the number of accumulated sheets in the temporary accumulation unit 6a checks the number of accumulated sheets in the accumulated number count area 42a of the storage unit 41. If the number of accumulated sheets in the temporary accumulation unit 6a is less than a certain number, the process proceeds to step S18. Transition.
If the number of sheets accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 6a is a fixed number, that is, 100 sheets, it is determined that the accumulation destination needs to be changed, and the process proceeds to step S17.

S17, the control unit 40 recognizing that a certain number of banknotes are stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6a, the type of banknotes to be stacked in one of the auxiliary stacking units of the type setting of the storage unit 41, for example, the temporary stacking unit 6c. The type of the storage unit 41 is changed with the same type as the temporary stacking unit 6a, that is, a regular ticket of 10,000 tickets, with the temporary stacking unit 6a serving as an auxiliary stacking unit.
Then, the transport mechanism 9 pulls out a fixed number of banknotes in the temporary stacking unit 6a as a bundle and transfers them to the banknote binding mechanism 10 and sets the stacking number of the temporary stacking unit 6a in the stacking number count area 42a of the storage unit 41 to “0”. To "" and proceeds to step S18.

In parallel with this, the control unit 40 receives 100 bills as a bundle from the transport mechanism 9 by the transport unit 31 of the banknote binding mechanism 10, and the banknotes by the printing unit 33 on the tape 32 supplied by the tape supply unit 34. And the like, and a tape bundle cut by the cutter 35 is wrapped around 100 banknotes to create a banknote bundle, which is sent to the discharge port 11 and discharged outside the apparatus.
S18, the control unit 40 that has updated the number of stacked sheets in the temporary stacking unit 6a or changed the type setting of the storage unit 41 due to the accumulation of a certain number of banknotes has set the degenerate stacking unit in step S9. Shifts to step S20, and shifts to step S19 when the degenerate accumulation unit is not set.

S19, recognizing that the degenerate accumulation unit is not set, the control unit 40 displays the accumulation status display screen shown in FIG. 10 on the screen of the operation display unit 13, and proceeds to step S21.
On the accumulation status display screen, the setting of the type of banknotes accumulated therein is displayed in the accumulation type column corresponding to the number indicating each temporary accumulation unit 6a to 6d, and the number of accumulated sheets up to that time is accumulated. Displayed in the number field.

As a result, the number of stacked sheets for each type of the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d is updated and displayed whenever the banknotes are stacked.
In this case, when the type setting of the storage unit 41 is changed in step S17, the changed type is displayed in the accumulation type column in the temporary accumulation unit 6c that has changed the type setting.
S20, recognizing that the degenerate stack unit has been set, the control unit 40 refers to the type setting of each temporary stack unit in the storage unit 41, identifies the degenerate temporary stack unit (6a in this embodiment), and operates 11 is displayed on the screen of the display unit 13, and the process proceeds to step S21.

In the degenerate stacking unit display screen, as an indication that the approaching banknotes are stacked, a display indicating that the banknote is a degenerate stacking unit is displayed in the stacking type column corresponding to the number indicating the temporary stacking unit 6a set as the degenerate stacking unit. In addition, “−” indicating that the number of accumulated sheets is indefinite is displayed in the accumulated number column, and the other temporary accumulation units 6b to 6d are displayed in the same manner as the above-described accumulation state display screen.
In this case, the type after the change is displayed in the accumulation type column in the temporary accumulation unit 6c in which the type of banknote to be newly accumulated is set due to the occurrence of degeneration.

As a result, the operator recognizes that an approaching banknote has been generated and the degenerate stacking unit has been set, and after the banknote stacking process ends, or temporarily stops the banknote stacking process, the banknotes stacked in the degenerate stacking unit are appropriately Can be treated.
S21, the control part 40 which displayed the accumulation | stacking condition to the temporary stacking parts 6a-6d, when the banknote counted by said step S15 is the last banknote of the banknote thrown into the insertion slot 1, a banknote stacking process is performed. Terminate.

If the accumulated banknote is not the last banknote, the process returns to step S1 to continue the banknote accumulation process.
Here, operation | movement of said banknote stacking process is demonstrated continuously using FIG.
When the banknote collection destination first detected by the conveyance monitoring sensor 19 is the temporary stacking unit 6a, the switching blade 21a is switched in the direction of the temporary stacking unit 6a at a predetermined timing (step S10), and the banknotes are temporarily stacked 6a. When the trailing edge of the banknote is detected by the ingress sensor 22a (step S13), the number of stacked sheets in the temporary stacking unit 6a is updated (step S15).

When the stacking destination of the second banknote detected is also the temporary stacking unit 6a, the banknotes are stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6a in the same manner as described above, and the stacking number is updated.
When the third banknote is determined to be an approaching banknote (step S6), and its stacking destination is the same as the preceding banknote, that is, it is recognized as the temporary stacking unit 6a (step S7), as shown by the chain line arrow in FIG. The approaching banknotes are stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6a, and the stacking destination of the same type of banknotes transported thereafter is changed to the temporary stacking unit 6c (step S9).

  When the type of the banknote detected on the fourth sheet is the same as the type of banknote accumulated in the temporary stacking unit 6a, the banknote is recognized as the temporary stacking unit 6c by the type setting in which the banknote is stacked (step). S2), the switching blade 21c is switched in the direction of the temporary stacking unit 6c at a predetermined timing (step S10), the banknote is transported in the direction of the temporary stacking unit 6c, and the trailing edge of the banknote is detected by the ingress sensor 22c (step S13). ), The number of accumulated sheets in the temporary accumulation unit 6c is updated (step S15).

The same applies to the fifth and subsequent bills.
As described above, in the banknote stacking process of the present embodiment, when an approaching banknote is detected, the approaching banknote is stacked on the original stacking destination temporary stacking unit (6a in the present embodiment), and then the next of the same type. Banknotes are collected by changing the stacking destination to the other selected temporary stacking unit (6c in this embodiment), even if an alignment failure occurs due to a rear-end collision in the temporary stacking unit 6a of the original stacking destination. Subsequent banknotes can be neatly accumulated in the other temporary accumulation units 6c, and abnormal accumulation in the temporary accumulation units 6a to 6d can be prevented.

In addition, since the detection of the leading edge of the banknote is made when one of the left and right sensors is ON and the detection of the trailing edge of the banknote is made when both the left and right sensors are OFF, When it occurs, it is possible to measure the shortest banknote interval, and it is possible to more accurately detect the approaching banknote and reliably prevent the stacking abnormality in the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d.
As described above, in this embodiment, a conveyance monitoring sensor that monitors the conveyance state of banknotes is provided in a conveyance path that connects between the front and back reversing unit and the stacking mechanism, and the banknote interval between the banknotes that passes through the conveyance monitoring sensor. Is shorter than the specified banknote interval, the other temporary stacking unit is selected except the stacking destination for stacking the approaching banknotes, the approaching banknotes are stacked at the original stacking destination, and the other banknotes for which the subsequent banknotes are selected are selected. By accumulating in the accumulating unit, even if misalignment occurs due to a rear-end collision in the original accumulating unit of the approaching banknote, the subsequent banknotes can be neatly accumulated in other temporary accumulating units. Thus, it is possible to prevent the accumulation abnormality in the temporary accumulation unit when the approaching banknote is generated.

In addition, the other temporary stacking unit is set to a temporary stacking unit in which the type of banknotes to be stacked is not set among the plurality of other temporary stacking units other than the stacking destination of the approaching banknotes. It is possible to select an appropriate collection destination of the banknote next to the banknote.
In this case, the same effect can be obtained even if the other temporary stacking unit is set to a temporary stacking unit that stacks banknotes of the same type as the approaching banknote and the stacking number is less than a certain number. Can do.

This is particularly effective when the type setting of each temporary stacking unit is designated in advance by the operator.
Furthermore, by displaying the temporary stacking unit in which the approaching banknotes are stacked on the operation display unit as the display unit, the operator can easily recognize that the degenerate stacking unit has occurred, and the inside of the degenerate stacking unit It is possible to appropriately treat the banknotes accumulated in the card.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a side surface of the temporary accumulation unit according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an upper surface of the position sensor at the upper position of the second embodiment.
In addition, the same part as the said Example 1 attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.
Since the temporary stacking units 6a to 6c of the present embodiment have the same structure, the temporary stacking unit 6a will be described below as an example.

As shown in FIG. 12, a motor 51 for raising and lowering the presser plate 29 is provided on the plate-like presser plate 29 provided in the temporary stacking unit 6a of the present embodiment, and at the end opposite to the entrance. Are provided with shielding plates 53 for the position sensors 52a, 52b.
As shown in FIG. 13, the position sensors 52 a and 52 b are a pair of optical sensors in which a light emitting part and a light receiving part are arranged opposite to each other with a gap wider than the thickness of the shielding plate 53 inside a U-shaped holder 54. And it is arrange | positioned in the upper position which is a retreat position of the presser plate 29, and the lower position which is a position below the entrance of a banknote, respectively, and it has received light that the shielding board 53 interrupted | blocked the light from a light emission part. The position is detected and the position of the presser plate 29 is detected.

In FIG. 12, reference numeral 55 denotes a remaining banknote detection sensor, which is a reflection type optical sensor that detects the presence of a detection object by detecting the reflected light of the light emitted from the light emitting unit, and is a temporary stacking unit. It is installed on the top plate of 6a and is arranged so as to irradiate the central part of the presser plate 29, and has a function of detecting banknotes remaining on the presser plate 29.
Reference numeral 56 denotes a stacking plate, which is a plate-like member that is bent upward on the side opposite to the entrance of the temporary stacking portion 6a and imparts a spring property, and is gradually bent by its own weight. It functions to move the stacked banknotes downward to form a stacking space for banknotes.

The presser plates 29 provided in the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d of the present embodiment prevent the stacking abnormality from occurring in the banknote stacking unit 6a and the like by stacking the approaching banknotes thereon.
In the storage unit 41 of the present embodiment, the banknote bundling process program similar to that of the first embodiment detects the banknote interval of the banknotes transported through the transport path 3d, and when the approaching banknote is detected, the approaching banknote Are stored in advance on the presser plate 29, and a banknote processing program added with a function of avoiding abnormal stacking is stored in advance. Each functional means as hardware of the banknote arranging apparatus of the present embodiment is formed.

The storage unit 41 stores the same regular banknote interval as in the first embodiment.
Below, the banknote collection process in the banknote arrangement process of a present Example is demonstrated according to the step shown by SA using the flowchart shown in FIG.
Since the operations of steps SA1 to SA5 of the present embodiment are the same as the operations of steps S1 to S5 of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

SA6, the control unit 40 that recognizes the banknote interval of the banknote, in the transport direction to the temporary stacking unit (6a in the present embodiment) corresponding to the stacking destination of the sorting transport path 15 as in step S10 of the first embodiment. The switching blade 21a that switches between the two is operated at a predetermined timing to convey the bill in the direction of the temporary stacking unit 6a.
SA7 and the control unit 40 are waiting in a manner similar to step S11 of the first embodiment, waiting for the ingress sensor 22a to detect the leading edge of the banknote within the specified transport time, and the ingress sensor 22a is waiting for the banknote. When the tip is detected, the process proceeds to step SA9.

When the approach sensor 22a does not detect the leading edge of the banknote within the specified transport time, the process proceeds to step SA8.
Since the subsequent operation of step SA8 is the same as the operation of step S12 of the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.
SA9, the control unit 40 that has recognized that the ingress sensor 22a has detected the leading edge of the banknote, similarly to step S6 of the first embodiment, when the banknote interval is less than the predetermined banknote interval, It judges and transfers to step SA10, and when a banknote space | interval is beyond a regulation banknote space | interval, it determines that conveyance of the said banknote is normal conveyance, and transfers to step SA15.

SA10, the controller 40 that has determined that the banknote is an approaching banknote, determines that the stacking is normally performed when the stacking destination of the preceding banknote is different from the approaching banknote, similarly to step S7 of the first embodiment. Move to SA15.
When the accumulation destination of the preceding banknote is the same as the approaching banknote, it is determined that there is a possibility that the accumulation abnormality may occur, and the process proceeds to step SA11.

SA11, the control unit 40 that has determined that there is a possibility of a stacking abnormality temporarily stops the conveyance of banknotes through all the conveyance paths 3 (including the distribution conveyance path 15) (see FIG. 15A).
SA12, the control unit 40 that stopped the conveyance of the banknotes lowers the presser plate 29 by the motor 51 until the position sensor 52b detects the shielding plate 53, thereby forming a stacking space for the approaching banknotes on the presser plate 29 (FIG. 15 (b)).

  SA13, the control unit 40 that has formed a stacking space for approaching banknotes, rotates the motor 18 (see FIG. 4) to drive only the sorting conveyance path 15, and performs the entrance sensor 22a in the same manner as in step S13 of the first embodiment. Waits until the trailing edge of the approaching banknote is detected within the specified banknote passage time, and when the approach sensor 22a does not detect the trailing edge of the banknote within the predetermined banknote passage time, the process proceeds to step SA16.

  When the approach sensor 22a detects the trailing edge of the approaching banknote, the control unit 40 recognizes the accumulation of the approaching banknote on the presser plate 29 (FIG. 15C), and the motor 51 moves the presser board 29 to the position sensor 52a. Is raised until the shielding plate 53 is detected, and an accumulation space is formed between the press plate 29 and the bills accumulated on the accumulation plate 56 (FIG. 15D). At this time, the approaching banknotes accumulated on the presser plate 29 are detected by the remaining banknote detection sensor 55, and the control unit 40 recognizes the presence of the approaching banknotes on the presser plate 29 of the temporary stacking unit 6a.

SA14, the control unit 40, which has recognized the presence of the approaching banknote on the presser plate 29, resumes the banknote transport through all the transport paths 3 and proceeds to step SA19 via the connector E.
In this case, the measurement of the elapsed time in step SA1 is made by reducing the stop time from when all the conveyance paths 3 are temporarily stopped to when the conveyance of banknotes is resumed.
SA15, the control unit 40 that has recognized that the leading sensor 22a has detected the leading edge of the banknote, in the same manner as step S13 of the first embodiment, the approach sensor 22a detects the trailing edge of the banknote within the specified banknote passing time. It waits for it to do, and when the approach sensor 22a detects the trailing edge of the banknote, it proceeds to step SA17.

When the approach sensor 22a does not detect the trailing edge of the banknote within the specified banknote passage time, the process proceeds to step SA16.
Subsequent operations of Steps SA16 to SA19 are the same as the operations of Steps S14 to S17 of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.
The control unit 40 that performed SA20, updating the number of stacked sheets of the temporary stacking unit 6a, changing the type setting of the storage unit 41 due to stacking of a certain number of banknotes, or stacking approaching banknotes on the presser plate 29 If the remaining banknote detection sensor 55 recognizes the presence of the approaching banknotes accumulated on the presser plate 29, the process proceeds to step SA22, and if no banknote is present on the presser board 29, the process proceeds to step SA21. .

SA21, the control unit 40 recognizing that no banknote is present on the presser plate 29 displays the accumulation status display screen shown in FIG. 10 on the screen of the operation display unit 13 as in step S19 of the first embodiment. To step SA23.
SA22, the control unit 40 that has recognized the presence of the approaching banknote on the presser plate 29 identifies the temporary stacking unit (6a in this embodiment) by the remaining banknote detection sensor 55 that detects the approaching banknote on the presser plate 29. Then, the approaching banknote stacking unit display screen shown in FIG. 16 is displayed on the screen of the operation display unit 13, and the process proceeds to step SA23.

In the approaching banknote stacking unit display screen, an approaching banknote is displayed outside the margin corresponding to the number indicating the temporary stacking unit 6a in which the approaching banknotes are stacked on the presser plate 29 on the same screen as the stacking status display screen shown in FIG. A display indicating the accumulation (in this embodiment, “RJ (rejection)”) is displayed.
As a result, the operator can recognize the temporary stacking unit in which the approaching banknotes are stacked, and can appropriately treat the stacked approaching banknotes after the banknote stacking process ends or by temporarily stopping the banknote stacking process.

Since the subsequent operation of step SA23 is the same as the operation of step S21 of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.
As described above, in the banknote stacking process according to the present embodiment, when an approaching banknote is detected, the pressing bank 29 of the temporary stacking unit (6a in the present embodiment) of the original stacking destination is lowered on the approaching banknote. The subsequent banknotes of the same type are then stacked on the stacking plate 24 by raising the presser plate 29 of the same temporary stacking section (6a in this embodiment). 6a, it is possible to separately accumulate in the temporary stacking unit 6a, no alignment failure due to rear-end collision, and subsequent banknotes can be stacked neatly on the stacking plate 24 of the same temporary stacking unit 6a, Accumulation abnormalities in the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d can be prevented while maintaining the banknote processing capability of the banknote organizing apparatus.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, a conveyance monitoring sensor that monitors the conveyance state of banknotes is provided in a conveyance path that connects between the front and back reversing unit and the stacking mechanism, and the banknotes that are transported are temporarily stored in the temporary stacking unit. A stacking plate for stacking and a presser plate for stacked banknotes configured to be movable up and down facing the upper side of the stacking plate are provided, and an approaching banknote having a banknote interval shorter than a predetermined banknote interval is conveyed. When the approaching banknotes are stacked on the presser plate lowered by the temporary stacking unit, the approaching banknotes can be separately stacked in the original temporary stacking unit, and the subsequent banknotes are the same. Accumulation can be performed on the accumulation plate of the temporary accumulation unit, and abnormal accumulation in the temporary accumulation unit when an approaching banknote is generated can be prevented while maintaining the banknote processing capability of the banknote arranging device.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the banknote accumulation process of the third embodiment.
In addition, the same part as the said Example 1 attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.
The banknote arrangement device of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment.
In the storage unit 41 of the present embodiment, the banknote bundling process program similar to that of the first embodiment detects the banknote interval of the banknotes transported through the transport path 3d, and when the approaching banknote is detected, the approaching banknote Stacks the original banknote after the banknote next to the approaching banknote, conveys it to another temporary stacking unit, stacks it, and pulls out the banknote including the banknote that has been stacked at the original stacking destination by the transfer mechanism 9. A banknote sorting process program to which a banknote stacking processing program or the like having a function of avoiding a stacking abnormality has been added is stored in advance, and the hardware of the banknote sorting apparatus of the present embodiment is determined by the steps of the banknote sorting process program executed by the control unit 40. Each functional means as wear is formed.

The storage unit 41 stores the same regular banknote interval as in the first embodiment.
Below, the banknote accumulation | storage process in the banknote rearrangement process of a present Example is demonstrated according to the step shown by SB using the flowchart shown in FIG.
Since the operations of steps SB1 to SB8 of the present embodiment are the same as the operations of steps SA1 to SA8 of the second embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

In step SB9, the control unit 40 recognizing that the leading sensor 22a has detected the leading edge of the bill, similarly to step S13 in the first embodiment, the leading sensor 22a detects the trailing edge of the bill within the specified bill passage time. It waits to do, and when the approach sensor 22a detects the trailing edge of the banknote, the process proceeds to step SB11.
When the approach sensor 22a does not detect the trailing edge of the banknote within the specified banknote passage time, the process proceeds to step SB10.

Since the subsequent operation of step SB10 is the same as the operation of step S14 of the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.
The control part 40 which recognized that SB11 and the approach sensor 22a detected the trailing edge of the said banknote is carried out similarly to step S6 of Example 1, and when the banknote space | interval is less than a regulation banknote space | interval, the said banknote is approached banknote. It transfers to step SB12, and when a banknote space | interval is beyond a regulation banknote space | interval, it determines with conveyance of the said banknote being normal conveyance, and transfers to step SB14.

The control part 40 which determined SB12 and the said banknote as an approaching banknote determines that accumulation | stacking is performed normally, when the stacking | stacking destination of a preceding banknote differs from an approaching banknote similarly to step S7 of Example 1. The process proceeds to SB14.
When the accumulation destination of the preceding banknote is the same as the approaching banknote, it is determined that there is a possibility that the accumulation abnormality may occur, and the process proceeds to step SB13.

  SB13, the control part 40 which determined that the said banknote is an approaching banknote, and determined that there exists a possibility that a stacking abnormality may generate | occur | produce recognizes that the approaching banknote was integrated | stacked on the temporary stacking part 6a, and said step S8 of the said Example 1. Similarly to any of the auxiliary stacking units (temporary stacking units 6c and 6d in this embodiment) in which the type of banknotes to be stacked is not set among the other temporary stacking units except the stacking destination for stacking the approaching banknotes. Or, for example, the temporary stacking unit 6c is selected as a temporary stacking unit that stacks banknotes of the same type as the approaching banknote (in this embodiment, a full-size bill), and based on the selection result, the temporary stacking unit is selected. The type setting of the storage unit 41 is changed by setting the type of banknotes to be accumulated in 6c to be a regular ticket of 10,000 tickets and using the temporary stacking unit 6a as an auxiliary stacking unit.

Thereby, when the banknotes subsequent to the approaching banknote are banknotes of the same type as the approaching banknote, the banknotes are stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6c.
And the control part 40 draws out the banknote containing the approaching banknote of the temporary stacking part 6a by the transfer mechanism 9 as a bundle regardless of the number of stacked sheets and transfers it to the banknote binding mechanism 10 and also stacks the number of stacked sheets count area 42a of the storage unit 41. The number of sheets accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 6a is reset to “0”, and the process proceeds to Step SB18.

  In parallel with this, the control unit 40 receives the banknote including the approaching banknote as a bundle from the transfer mechanism 9 by the transport unit 31 of the banknote binding mechanism 10, and applies the tape 32 supplied by the tape supply unit 34 to the tape 32 by the printing unit 33. Printing that the approaching banknote is included (in this embodiment, “RJ”) is performed, the tape cut by the cutter 35 is wrapped around the banknote including the approaching banknote, and a banknote bundle is created. To the outside of the device.

Thereby, the operator can recognize the banknote bundle including the approaching banknote, and can appropriately handle the banknote bundle including the approaching banknote after the banknote stacking process ends or during the banknote stacking process.
Subsequent operations of Steps SB14 to SB16 are the same as the operations of Steps S15 to S17 of the first embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.
The control unit 40 that has updated the number of stacked sheets in the SB 17, the temporary stacking unit 6 a, or changed the type setting of the storage unit 41 by stacking a certain number of banknotes, operates in the same manner as in step S 19 of the first embodiment. The accumulation status display screen shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the screen of the display unit 13, and the process proceeds to step SB18.

Since the subsequent operation of step SB18 is the same as the operation of step S21 of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.
As described above, in the banknote stacking process of the present embodiment, when an approaching banknote is detected, the approaching banknote is stacked on the original stacking destination temporary stacking unit (6a in the present embodiment), and then the next of the same type. The banknotes including the approaching banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking unit 6a are pulled out by the transfer mechanism 9 by changing the stacking destination to the other selected temporary stacking unit (6c in this embodiment). Since the banknote bundling mechanism 10 prints out that the approaching banknote is included in the tape 32 and discharges it to the outside of the apparatus, even if an alignment failure due to a rear-end collision occurs in the temporary stacking portion 6a of the original stacking destination, Subsequent banknotes can be neatly collected in the other temporary stacking unit 6c, and banknotes including approaching banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6a are pulled out, and the temporary stacking unit 6a is immediately returned to an empty state. Banknotes can be arranged While maintaining the processing capacity of the bill of location, it is possible to prevent the accumulation abnormalities in the temporary accumulation section 6 a to 6 d.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the conveyance monitoring sensor that monitors the conveyance state of the banknote is provided in the conveyance path that connects the front and back reversing unit and the stacking mechanism, and the conveyance monitoring sensor passes through the temporary stacking unit. When approaching banknotes whose banknote interval is shorter than the specified time are stacked, other temporary stacking units are selected except the stacking destination for stacking the approaching banknotes, and the subsequent banknotes are selected to other temporary stacking units. Accumulate and stack the approaching banknotes in the original stacking destination temporary stacker, and transfer the banknotes containing the approaching banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit to the banknote binding mechanism regardless of the number of stacks. The banknote bundling mechanism binds and discharges the banknotes transferred using the tape printed to the effect that the approaching banknote is included by the printing means. By rear-end collision at the accumulation section Even if a row failure occurs, it is possible to stack subsequent banknotes in order on another temporary stacking unit, and pull out banknotes including approaching banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit and immediately remove the temporary stacking unit. It becomes possible to return to the empty state, and it is possible to prevent the stacking abnormality in the temporary stacking unit when the approaching banknote is generated while maintaining the banknote processing capability of the banknote organizing apparatus.

The schematic side view which shows the internal structure of the banknote arrangement apparatus of Example 1. The perspective view which shows the external appearance of the banknote arrangement apparatus of Example 1. Enlarged view of the upper part of FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the side surface of the accumulation | storage mechanism of Example 1. FIG. The perspective view which shows the temporary accumulation part of Example 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the side surface of the banknote binding mechanism of Example 1. A block diagram showing a control system concerning bill accumulation processing of Example 1. The block diagram which shows the time chart which concerns on the banknote integration | stacking process of Example 1. FIG. The flowchart which shows the banknote stacking process of Example 1. Explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display of the accumulation status display screen of Example 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display of the degeneracy accumulation | storage part display screen of Example 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the side surface of the temporary accumulation part of Example 2. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the upper surface of the position sensor of the upper position of Example 2. The flowchart which shows the banknote accumulation process of Example 2. Explanatory drawing which shows the action | operation of the approach banknote collection process of Example 2. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display of the approach banknote collection part display screen of Example 2. FIG. The flowchart which shows the banknote accumulation process of Example 3.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input port 2 Discrimination part 3, 3a-3e Conveyance path 4 Front and back inversion part 4a Reverse conveyance path 4b Switchback mechanism 5 Open pocket 6 Accumulation mechanism 6a-6d Temporary accumulation part 7 Operation part 7a Count start button 8 Reject pocket 9 Transfer mechanism 9a Hand unit 10 Bill binding mechanism 11 Release port 12 Door 13 Operation display unit 15 Sorting transport path 17, 18, 26a, 51 Motor 19 Transport monitoring sensor 21, 21a-21c Switching blade 22, 22a-22d Ingress sensor 24, 56 Stacking plate 25 Tapping wheel 26 Longitudinal alignment mechanism 26b Connecting member 26c Positioning member 27 Short alignment mechanism 28 Reference surface 29 Presser plate 31 Conveying means 32 Tape 33 Printing means 34 Supplying means 35 Cutter 40 Control part 41 Storage part 42a- 42d Accumulated number count area 43 Clock part 52a, 52b Location sensor 53 shielding plate 54 holder 55 remaining bill detection sensor

Claims (5)

Based on the identification results of the identification part of the insertion part into which the banknotes are inserted, the various types of discrimination including the denomination, front and back, and correctness of the banknotes conveyed from the insertion slot one by one A plurality of temporary stacking of a certain number of banknotes for each type consisting of banknote denomination and correctness based on the discrimination result of the discrimination section, the banknotes conveyed from the front and back inversion sections aligning the front and back sides In the banknote arranging device provided with a stacking mechanism having a stacking unit,
A conveyance monitoring sensor that monitors the conveyance state of banknotes is provided in a conveyance path that connects between the front and back reversing unit and the stacking mechanism,
When the banknote interval of the banknotes passing through the conveyance monitoring sensor is shorter than the predetermined banknote interval, select a temporary stacking unit other than the stacking destination for stacking approaching banknotes that have passed at a banknote interval shorter than the predetermined banknote interval, A banknote organizing apparatus that stacks approaching banknotes at the stacking destination and stacks subsequent banknotes into another selected temporary stacking unit. In claim 1,
Among the other temporary stacking units other than the stacking destination where the other temporary stacking unit stacks the approaching banknotes, the temporary stacking unit in which the type of banknotes to be stacked is not set, and the same type as the approaching banknotes A bill stacking apparatus for stacking bills, wherein the bill stacking unit is any one of the temporary stacking units having a stacking number of less than the predetermined number. Based on the identification results of the identification part of the insertion part into which the banknotes are inserted, the various types of discrimination including the denomination, front and back, and correctness of the banknotes conveyed from the insertion slot one by one Front and back reversing parts that align front and back, and banknotes conveyed from the front and back reversing parts, based on the discrimination result of the discrimination part, a plurality of stacks of a predetermined number of banknotes for each type of banknote denomination and correctness In the banknote arranging device provided with a stacking mechanism having a temporary stacking unit,
While providing the conveyance monitoring sensor which monitors the conveyance state of a banknote in the conveyance way which connects between the front-and-back inversion part and the accumulation mechanism, the accumulation board which accumulates the conveyed banknote in the temporary accumulation part, A presser plate of stacked banknotes arranged to be opposed to the upper side of the stacking plate and configured to be movable up and down;
When the approaching banknote of the banknote passing through the transport monitoring sensor is transported shorter than the specified banknote spacing, the presser plate of the temporary stacking unit is lowered, and the approaching banknote is placed on the lowered presser plate. Banknote arrangement device, characterized by accumulating bills. In any one of Claims 1 to 3,
A display unit is provided for displaying a banknote stacking state on the temporary stacking unit,
The bill organizing device, wherein the display unit displays a temporary stacking unit in which the approaching banknotes are stacked. In claim 1 or claim 2,
A banknote bundling mechanism that binds a predetermined number of banknotes stacked in each temporary stacking unit with a tape printed by a printing unit and discharges it as a banknote bundle; and a predetermined number of banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit A transfer mechanism for transferring to the bundling mechanism,
When the approaching banknotes are stacked in the stacking destination temporary stacking unit, the banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit are transferred to the banknote binding mechanism by the transfer mechanism regardless of the number of stacks, and the banknote binding mechanism The banknote arranging apparatus, wherein the transported banknotes are bound and discharged using a tape printed to the effect that an approaching banknote is included by the printing means.