JP2009208829A - Bill processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bill processor enabling a clip after unbinding a bundle to be reused repeatedly without a waste of resources by pinching and binding a predetermined number of bills by a clip. <P>SOLUTION: The predetermined number of the bills M transferred from a transfer mechanism 9 are pinched and transferred by the upper transfer belt 13 and the lower transfer belt 14 of a binding mechanism 10, and a clip 18 with open side oriented to the upstream of the transfer direction of the bills M is supplied by a clip supply part 17 to the transfer passage. By this, the clip 18 hooked on the tip of a predetermined number of the bills M is pressed and closed by a press roller with the clip 18 mounted coaxially with rollers 15 and 16, and a predetermined number of the bills M are bound by the clip 18. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus that counts inserted banknotes, stacks the counted banknotes in a temporary stacking unit, and binds the banknotes for each fixed number of sheets.

A conventional banknote sorter operated in a financial institution such as a bank conveys a large number of banknotes set in an input section by an operator one by one to a discrimination section, and performs discrimination such as authenticity. After counting each banknote, the banknotes are stacked in the temporary stacking unit according to denomination or correct bills, and when the stacking number reaches a certain number (for example, 100), the banknotes are transferred to the binding unit by the transfer mechanism. It is bundled by a binding material such as a paper tape at the feeding and bundling portion and discharged from the discharge port.
JP 2002-197509 A

However, the conventional techniques described above have the following problems.
In recent years, from the ecological point of view, resource saving has become a major issue for society as a whole. However, as described above, the binding material for bundling banknotes cannot be reused when the bundle is unwound and must be discarded. Therefore, the above-described conventional banknote sorting apparatus has a problem of waste of resources.

  An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a banknote processing apparatus that counts and stacks banknotes in a temporary stacking unit, transfers the banknotes to a bundling mechanism and bundles the banknotes by a bundling mechanism every predetermined number of sheets, and the bundling mechanism includes the predetermined number of banknotes. Transport means for transporting the paper, clip supply means for supplying a clip on the banknote transport path by the transport means with the opening side facing the banknote, and the fixed number of banknotes transported by the transport means A pressing means for pressing the clip hooked at the tip of the paper is closed, and the clip closed by the pressing means holds the fixed number of banknotes to bundle the banknotes.

  In the present invention as described above, a predetermined number of banknotes are sandwiched and bundled with clips, so that when the bundle is unwound, the clips can be collected and reused repeatedly. The effect of not producing is obtained.

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing the internal structure of the banknote handling apparatus according to the embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the banknote bundling mechanism of the first embodiment.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a bill insertion part, which is provided in the upper part of the front of the apparatus.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a discrimination unit for performing discrimination and counting of banknotes, denominations, correctness, front and back, etc., and detecting conveyance abnormality, and is provided in the apparatus.

3a to 3e are conveyance paths for nipping and conveying banknotes, 4 is a front / back reversing section for reversing the front and back of the banknotes, and this front / back reversing section 4 is provided to be located at the rear stage of the discrimination section 2 in the apparatus. .
Reference numeral 5 denotes an open pocket for accumulating banknotes of denominations not to be bound, and is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus. The banknotes accumulated in the open pocket 5 can be directly accessed by the operator.

  6 is a stacking mechanism provided in the lower part of the apparatus. In this embodiment, the stacking mechanism 6 has four temporary stacking units 6a to 6d arranged side by side in a vertical row. Ten, five thousand, two thousand, and four thousand denomination banknotes can be stacked in a predetermined number of denominations, for example, in this embodiment, 100 banknotes aligned in front, rear, left and right. In addition, each temporary stacking unit 6a to 6d is provided with a banknote detection sensor (not shown) that detects the stacked banknotes.

In addition, the number of temporary accumulation | storage parts is not restricted to four, and should just be more than the number of handling denominations.
An operation display unit 7 is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus so as to be positioned behind the open pocket 5 and is composed of display means such as an LCD and a touch panel as input means arranged on the surface thereof. The unit 7 is operated to specify the mode, and set the denominations and stacking order of banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d.

The operation display unit 7 also displays the denomination, correctness and count result of the banknotes identified by the discrimination unit 2.
Reference numeral 8 denotes a reject pocket for collecting reject banknotes that have been identified by the discrimination unit 2 as having an unknown denomination or detected to have a conveyance abnormality. The reject pockets 8 are provided above the input unit 1 and are stacked in the reject pocket 8. Can be directly accessed by the operator.

Here, the conveyance paths 3a to 3e will be described. The conveyance path 3a is provided so as to reach the branch point A from the input part 1 through the discrimination part 2, and the conveyance path 3b is provided so as to reach the reject pocket 8 from the branch point A. It has been.
Further, the conveyance path 3c is provided so as to reach the branch point B from the branch point A through the front / back inversion portion 4, and the conveyance path 3d extends from the branch point B to the lower part of the apparatus as shown in FIG. Along the temporary accumulation portions 6 a to 6 d of the accumulation mechanism 6, the conveyance path 3 e is further provided from the branch point B to the open pocket 5.

A switching blade (not shown) for switching the bill conveyance direction is provided in the vicinity of each of the branch points A and B, and the operation is controlled by a control unit described later.
9 is a transfer mechanism, 10 is a banknote bundling mechanism, both of which are provided in the apparatus, and the transfer mechanism 9 collects 100 banknotes in a temporary stacking section 6a to 6d, aligned in the front-rear and left-right directions. The banknotes are arranged to be extracted and transferred to the banknote binding mechanism 10, and the banknote binding mechanism 10 binds the banknotes transferred by the transfer mechanism 9 with a reusable clip to create a banknote bundle. Is configured to do.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a discharge port for discharging the banknote bundle created by the banknote binding mechanism 10.
Reference numeral 12 denotes a control unit that performs operation processing control of the entire bill processing apparatus based on a control program stored in a storage unit (not shown).
As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote bundling mechanism 10 of the present embodiment includes an upper conveyance belt 13 and a lower conveyance belt 14 that are vertically opposed to each other as a banknote conveyance unit supported by a plurality of rollers (pulleys). The conveyor belts 13 and 14 are respectively supported by a plurality of rollers and are driven by a driving source such as a motor (not shown).

The upper conveyor belt 13 is pivotable in the vertical direction around the roller 15 on the discharge port 11 side, whereby the upper conveyor belt 13 has its end on the transfer mechanism 9 side with respect to the lower conveyor belt 14. The bills M can be received from the transfer mechanism 9 in a state in which they can be approached and separated and opened apart from the lower conveyance belt 14.
Further, the banknote binding mechanism 10 is provided with a clip supply unit (clip supply means) 17, and the clip supply unit 17 includes a clip case 19 for storing clips 18 used for binding banknotes in a row in this embodiment. The clip case 19 can be pulled out from the front of the apparatus.

The clip 18 is formed in a substantially U shape by a metal plate and has a spring function at the center, and when the opening side is opened at a certain angle, the state is maintained, and by the spring function of the center that applies force in the closing direction. The clip 18 is closed and stored in the clip 18 in an open state before use.
The clip case 19 is provided with an extruding member that receives a driving force from an external motor (not shown) or the like to extrude the clip 18 onto the clip case 19. The paper is supplied onto the banknote transport path by the upper transport belt 13 and the lower transport belt 14 with the opening facing the transport mechanism 9 side.

Note that a plurality of upper conveyor belts 13 and lower conveyor belts 14 are arranged in the width direction (longitudinal direction) of the banknotes M so as to transport the low banknotes in the lateral direction. Arranged between.
A pressing roller (pressing means) (not shown) is provided coaxially with the rollers 15 and 16 on the discharge port 11 side for rotating the conveyor belts 13 and 14, and the clip 18 is pressed by the pressing roller.

The operation of the above configuration will be described.
Note that the operation of each unit described below is controlled by the control unit 12 based on a program (software) stored in a storage unit (not shown) as described above.
When the operator sets a banknote M in which a plurality of denominations are mixed in the insertion slot 1 and operates the operation display unit 7 to instruct the binding of banknotes, the banknotes M are separated one by one from the insertion slot 1 and conveyed. It is conveyed to the discrimination part 2 by the path 3a, and the discrimination part 2 discriminates and counts bills, denominations, front and back, etc., and detects whether there is a conveyance abnormality.

  As a result, the banknote M identified as false or denomination and the banknote M in which the conveyance abnormality such as double feeding is detected are conveyed to the reject pocket 8 by the conveyance path 3b and are collected and returned to the operator. The bill M identified as a genuine note is transported to the front / back reversing unit 4 by the transport path 3c, and after the front and back are aligned according to the front / back discrimination result, it is transported to the stacking mechanism 6 by the transport path 3d to be denominated or genuine Collected in the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d by banknote.

In addition, when the denomination of the banknote M to be bound is designated by the operator, the banknotes M other than the designated denomination are conveyed and accumulated in the open pocket 5 by the conveyance paths 3c and 3e.
When the banknote M accumulated in any one of the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d reaches a certain number (for example, 100), the banknote M is extracted by the transfer mechanism 9 and conveyed to the banknote binding mechanism 10, and the banknote binding mechanism as it is. 10 is sent.

At this time, one end of the upper conveyance belt 13 of the banknote bundling mechanism 10 is opened away from the lower conveyance belt 14, and when a certain number of banknotes M are fed between the upper and lower conveyance belts 13 and 14 by the transfer mechanism 9, the upper conveyance belt 13. One end of the belt 13 approaches and closes to the lower conveyance belt 14 side, whereby the bill M is sandwiched between the upper and lower conveyance belts 13 and 14.
Thereafter, the banknote M is transported to the discharge port 11 side by the transport belts 13 and 14, but the clip 18 is pushed and held on the clip case 19 with the opening portion facing the upstream side in the transport direction during the transport. Therefore, the leading end of the banknote M is pushed into the clip 18, and the clip 18 is transported together with the banknote M, and further, between the pressing rollers provided coaxially with the rollers 15 and 16 that rotate the transport belts 13 and 14. When passing, the clip 18 is pressed by the pressing roller and closed by a spring function, and a predetermined number of bills M are sandwiched.

As a result, a fixed number of banknotes M are bundled by the clips 18 to form banknote bundles, which are discharged from the discharge port 11 to the operator.
According to the first embodiment described above, a fixed number of banknotes are sandwiched and bundled with metal clips, so that when the bundle is unwound, the clips can be collected and reused repeatedly. Therefore, the effect of not wasting resources is obtained.

In the embodiment described above, a clip having a spring function is used at the center, but a metal clip that is plastically deformed may be used.
FIG. 3 is a plan view of a banknote binding mechanism showing a second embodiment of the present invention.
The banknote bundling mechanism 10 in this embodiment is replaced with a pressure roller provided coaxially with the clip supply section 17 and the rollers 15 and 16 of the first embodiment. The heater (heating means) 21 for drying and curing the agent is arranged on one side of the banknote transport path by the upper and lower transport belts 13 and 14, and the adhesive application unit 20 is transported by the upper and lower transport belts 13 and 14. An adhesive similar to the glue used for the booklet memo paper marketed on one side of the number of banknotes M is supplied from the adhesive supply port 20a and applied to the entire thickness of a predetermined number of banknotes M. It is configured.

Since other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted.
The operation of the above configuration will be described.
The operation of each unit in the second embodiment is also controlled by the control unit 12 based on a program (software) stored in a storage unit (not shown).

The process until the fixed number of banknotes M are stacked in the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d and the banknotes M are transferred to the banknote binding mechanism 10 by the transfer mechanism 9 and sandwiched between the upper and lower transport belts 13 and 14 is the first. This is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
When a certain number of banknotes M are sandwiched between the transport belts 13 and 14, the banknotes M are transported to the discharge port 11 side by the transport belts 13 and 14, but the adhesive application unit 20 supplies the adhesive during the transport. Adhesive is supplied and applied to one side of a certain number of banknotes M from the mouth 20a.

Then, the banknote M is conveyed to the position of the heater 21, and the adhesive is heated by the heater 21 and dried and solidified.
As a result, a predetermined number of banknotes M are bundled with an adhesive, and the bundle of banknotes M is conveyed to the discharge port 11 by the conveyor belts 13 and 14 and discharged to the operator.
As described above, in the second embodiment, since a banknote is bundled by applying an adhesive to one side of a certain number of banknotes, a small amount of adhesive is used as a binding material when the bundle is unwound. Since it only adheres to the banknote and does not become a binding material to be discarded, the effect of not wasting resources is obtained, and the labor of collecting the clip is not required.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a banknote binding mechanism showing a third embodiment of the present invention.
The banknote bundling mechanism 10 in the present embodiment is configured by arranging a turntable 22 and a pin 23 positioned above the upper and lower transport belts 13 and 14 as transport means. It is movable in the front-rear direction, that is, in the conveyance direction and the reverse direction of the bill M in the first and second embodiments, and the pin 23 operates in the same manner as the turntable 22 and the center of the bill M on the turntable 22. It is possible to move up and down so that can be pressed.

Further, the banknote bundling mechanism 10 of this embodiment has a sending means (not shown) for sending a bundle of banknotes M from the turntable 22 to the discharge port 11.
Since other configurations are the same as those of the second embodiment, the same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted.
The operation of the above configuration will be described.

The operations of the respective units in the third embodiment are also controlled by the control unit 12 based on a program (software) stored in a storage unit (not shown).
A certain number of banknotes M are stacked in the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d, and the process until the banknotes M are transferred to the banknote binding mechanism 10 by the transfer mechanism 9 is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
The banknote M transferred to the banknote binding mechanism 10 by the transfer mechanism 9 is sent onto the turntable 22.

At this time, the pin 23 stands by at the raised position, and when a predetermined number of bills M are fed onto the turntable 22 by the transfer mechanism 9, the bills 23 are lowered so that the aligned state of the bills M is not broken. Press M against the turntable 22.
In this state, the pin 23 moves forward together with the turntable 22 and the banknote M is transported to the discharge port 11 side, but one side of a certain number of banknotes M from the adhesive supply port 20a of the adhesive application unit 20 is being transported. An adhesive is supplied and applied.

Then, the banknote M is conveyed to the position of the heater 21, and the adhesive is heated by the heater 21 and dried and solidified.
Subsequently, the turntable 22 and the pin 23 are rotated 180 degrees, so that the banknote M is reversed in front and back, and the side surface on which the adhesive is not applied faces the heater 21 side, that is, the adhesive application unit 20 side. After the turntable 22 is moved back together with the pin 23 and the banknote M is returned to the position of the adhesive supply port 20a of the adhesive application unit 20, the banknote M is transported again to the discharge port 11 side. The adhesive is supplied and applied to the side surfaces of a predetermined number of banknotes M from the adhesive supply port 20a of the agent application unit 20.

Then, the banknote M is conveyed to the position of the heater 21, and the adhesive is heated by the heater 21 and dried and solidified.
As a result, a predetermined number of banknotes M are bundled on both sides with an adhesive, so that the pin 23 rises away from the bundle of banknotes M, and the bundle of banknotes M is sent to the discharge port 11 by a sending means (not shown). It is discharged from the discharge port 11 to the operator.

As described above, in the third embodiment, since the banknotes are bundled by applying an adhesive to both sides of a predetermined number of banknotes, the same effects as in the second embodiment can be obtained. When conveying a plurality of banknote bundles, it is possible to prevent the banknote bundles from being unraveled by engaging the banknote bundles and applying unnecessary force.
In the third embodiment described above, the turntable 22 can be moved also in the left-right direction, which is a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the banknote M, and an adhesive is applied to the four surfaces of a predetermined number of banknotes M. Also good.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a banknote binding mechanism showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
The banknote binding mechanism 10 in this embodiment is provided with an adhesive printing section (adhesive printing means) 24 instead of the adhesive application section 20 in the second embodiment.
The adhesive printing unit 24 includes a dot impact type print head having a plurality of dot wires and a ribbon cartridge as in a known impact type dot printer, and is commercially available as a ribbon cartridge in this embodiment. A print ribbon in which a colored adhesive in which ink is mixed in an adhesive similar to the glue used for booklet-like memo paper is immersed in a belt-like cloth material is stored in a predetermined cartridge case, and the print ribbon is stored in the cartridge case. A ribbon cartridge configured to be supplied to the outside and used for printing is used.

Since other configurations are the same as those of the second embodiment, the same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted.
The operation of the above configuration will be described.
It is assumed that the operation of each unit in the fourth embodiment is also controlled by the control unit 12 based on a program (software) stored in a storage unit (not shown).

The process until the fixed number of banknotes M are stacked in the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d and the banknotes M are transferred to the banknote binding mechanism 10 by the transfer mechanism 9 and sandwiched between the upper and lower transport belts 13 and 14 is the first. This is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
When a fixed number of banknotes M are sandwiched between the transport belts 13 and 14, the banknotes M are transported to the discharge port 11 side by the transport belts 13 and 14, but a predetermined number of sheets are transported by the adhesive printing unit 24 during the transport. On one side of the banknote M, a predetermined print, for example, a date indicating a financial institution name and a banknote bundle creation date is printed.

In other words, the print head of the adhesive printing unit 24 is driven, and the dot wire strikes one side of the fixed number of banknotes M via the colored adhesive ribbon, so that the colored adhesive is one side of the fixed number of banknotes M. It is applied by printing.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of printing in this case, where the name of the financial institution and the date of creation of the banknote bundle are printed so as to cover the entire thickness of a fixed number of banknotes M.

After printing, the banknote M is conveyed to the position of the heater 21, and the colored adhesive is heated by the heater 21 and dried and solidified.
As a result, a predetermined number of banknotes M are bundled with the colored adhesive, and the bundle of banknotes M is conveyed to the discharge port 11 by the conveyor belts 13 and 14 and discharged to the operator.
As described above, in the fourth embodiment, the banknotes are bundled by attaching a colored adhesive to one side of a predetermined number of banknotes by printing, and therefore the same effect as that of the second embodiment is obtained. In addition, there is also an effect that the date indicating the financial institution name and the banknote bundle creation date can be printed.

  In the above-described fourth embodiment, the adhesive application unit 20 and the adhesive printing unit 24 are arranged side by side, and the adhesive application unit 20 applies the adhesive to one side of a certain number of banknotes, and then the colored adhesive. You may make it print by.

The schematic side view which shows the internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus by an Example. Side view of the bill binding mechanism of the first embodiment The top view of the banknote binding mechanism of 2nd Example The top view of the banknote binding mechanism of 3rd Example The top view of the banknote binding mechanism of 4th Example The figure which shows the example of a print in a 4th Example

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input part 2 Discrimination part 3a-3e Conveyance path 6 Accumulation mechanism 6a-6d Temporary accumulation part 7 Operation display part 9 Transfer mechanism 10 Bill binding mechanism 11 Release port 12 Control part 13 Upper conveyance belt 14 Lower conveyance belt 15, 16 Roller 17 Clip supply unit 18 Clip 19 Clip case 20 Adhesive application unit 21 Heater 22 Turntable 23 Pin 24 Adhesive printing unit

Claims (6)

In a banknote processing apparatus that counts banknotes and accumulates them in a temporary stacking unit, transfers the banknotes to a bundling mechanism every fixed number of sheets, and bundles the banknotes by a bundling mechanism,
The bundling mechanism includes a conveying unit that conveys the fixed number of banknotes;
Clip supply means for supplying a clip on the banknote transport path by the transport means in a state where the opening side is directed to the banknote side;
A pressing unit that presses the clip that is hooked to the tip of the fixed number of bills conveyed by the conveying unit so as to close;
A bill processing apparatus characterized in that a clip closed by the pressing means sandwiches the fixed number of bills to bundle the bills. In a banknote processing apparatus that counts banknotes and accumulates them in a temporary stacking unit, transports banknotes to a bundling mechanism every fixed number of sheets, and bundles banknotes by a bundling mechanism
The bundling mechanism includes a conveying unit that conveys the fixed number of banknotes;
An adhesive supply means and a heating means provided on one side of the banknote transport path by the transport means,
The adhesive is applied to the side of the fixed number of banknotes conveyed by the conveying means by the adhesive supply means, and the adhesive is overheated and solidified by the overheating means to bundle the fixed number of banknotes. Banknote processing device. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The banknote processing apparatus, wherein the transport means includes an upper transport belt and a lower transport belt that sandwich and transport the fixed number of banknotes. In the bill processing device according to claim 2,
The transport means includes a turntable that can be rotated in the horizontal direction and moved in the front-rear direction of the banknotes, and a pin that can press the fixed number of banknotes on the turntable and can rotate with the turntable and move in the front-rear direction of the banknotes. Prepared,
The fixed number of banknotes are pressed on the turntable with a pin, moved back and forth, and rotated to apply an adhesive to a plurality of surfaces of the fixed number of banknotes and to be heated and solidified by the heating means. A banknote processing apparatus. In a banknote processing apparatus that counts banknotes and accumulates them in a temporary stacking unit, transfers the banknotes to a bundling mechanism every fixed number of sheets, and bundles the banknotes by a bundling mechanism,
The bundling mechanism includes a conveying unit that conveys the fixed number of banknotes;
A color adhesive printing means and a heating means provided on one side of the banknote transport path by the transport means;
The colored adhesive is printed on the side surface of the fixed number of banknotes conveyed by the conveying unit by the colored adhesive printing unit, and the colored adhesive is adhered to the side surface of the fixed number of banknotes by the overheating unit. A banknote processing apparatus that is solidified by overheating and bundles the predetermined number of banknotes. In the bill processing device according to claim 5,
The colored adhesive printing means strikes a side face of the predetermined number of banknotes through a ribbon cartridge that supplies a printing ribbon soaked with a colored adhesive, and a printing ribbon supplied from the ribbon cartridge for printing. A banknote processing apparatus comprising a dot impact type print head for performing.

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