JP2009271810A - Bill depositing and dispensing apparatus, cash automatic transaction apparatus, bill accumulation method and bill accumulation program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bill depositing and dispensing apparatus 1, a cash automatic transaction apparatus 101, a bill accumulation method and a bill accumulation program which accumulate bills at a faster speed than in the prior art. <P>SOLUTION: The bill depositing and dispensing apparatus 1 is configured so that a control section 9: determines the necessity for changing a restricting position of a progress restricter 812 when accumulating the bills 100b based on the size of the bills obtained by a bill discrimination section 3; restricts the progress of the bills 100b in the restricting position after a rotational operation by having the rotational operation carried out on a progress restricter 812 for only a designated angle when it is determined that the change is necessary; and then the progress of the bills 100b is restricted at the present restricting position without carrying out a rotational operation on the progress restricter 812 when it is determined that no change is necessary. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus, an automatic cash transaction apparatus, a banknote stacking method, and a banknote stacking program that perform, for example, one or both of banknote depositing and dispensing.

  An automatic teller machine (so-called ATM) used in a financial institution performs deposit and withdrawal of banknotes. This automatic teller machine connects the handling port to the temporary storage and banknote storage via a transport path, separates multiple banknotes that are stored on each part, and transports them by the transport path. To do.

  Such an automatic teller machine needs to store banknotes orderly when storing banknotes in a temporary storage. This is because, unless the banknotes are stored in an orderly manner, troubles such as heavy running, skew, or jam occur when the stored banknotes are separated and fed out. When a failure occurs in this way, the automatic teller machine cannot operate normally.

  Here, when the height of the space for storing banknotes corresponds to the size of the banknotes to be stored, it is easy to store banknotes in an orderly manner because the accumulated banknotes have little freedom of movement. However, an automatic teller machine that handles banknotes having different dimensions depending on denominations such as overseas banknotes needs to change the height of the accumulation space for each banknote to be accumulated.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as such an automatic teller machine, there has been proposed one provided with a travel regulation means for changing the height of a storage space corresponding to the size of a banknote to be stored (see Patent Documents 1 and 2). These automatic teller machines accommodate banknotes in an orderly manner by adjusting the height of the storage space by means of a rotating progress regulating means and regulating the progress of the stored banknotes.

  In the banknote bank provided in these automatic teller machines, by rotating and controlling the progress regulating means for each banknote to be stored, the banknotes are stacked and the stacked banknotes are moved to the storage space side. The method is adopted.

  Moreover, the automatic teller machine of patent document 2 has also described the system which rotates a progress control means (stacking auxiliary means 812), when the ratio which a banknote occupies for stacking space becomes large. In this case, it is preferable to interrupt the conveyance of banknotes while the travel regulation means is rotating.

However, each of the above-described automatic teller machines has a problem if the time required for collecting all banknotes is shortened.
More specifically, in the method of rotating the travel regulation means for each banknote, if the detection of the banknote conveyed to the banknote is delayed when the stacking speed is increased, the rotation operation of the travel regulation means is not in time, and It is considered that the size and the height of the accumulation space do not correspond to each other, which causes a stack jam.

Further, the method of rotating the progress restricting means when the proportion of the stacked banknotes in the stacking space is preferably interrupted during the rotation of the progress restricting means, so the interruption time is shortened. It seems difficult to do. In this method, it is considered necessary to unify the dimensions of the stacked banknotes in the stacking space. This is because even if banknotes having different dimensions are stacked, the height of the stacking space cannot be changed until the travel restricting means is rotated.
Thus, the conventional automated teller machine still has room for improvement.
JP 2003-203262 A Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-010967

  This invention aims at providing the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus, cash automatic transaction apparatus, banknote stacking method, and banknote stacking program which can be stacked | stacked still more rapidly than a prior art in view of the above-mentioned problem.

  This invention includes banknote information acquisition means for acquiring banknote information of banknotes, stacking means for stacking banknotes for which the banknote information has been acquired, progress regulation means for regulating the progress of the accumulated banknotes at a regulation position where rotation is stopped, The control means includes a control means for controlling the rotation operation and the restriction position of the progress restricting means, and a storage section for storing the progress restricted banknote in the thickness direction, and the control means is based on the banknote information acquired by the banknote information acquiring means. When the banknotes are accumulated, it is determined whether or not the regulation position of the progress regulation unit needs to be changed. It is a banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus configured to regulate the banknote at the current regulation position without causing the progression regulation means to rotate when the progression is regulated and it is determined that no change is required.

  As a preferred embodiment, the control means is configured to determine that it is necessary to change if the next restriction position corresponding to the banknote information of the banknotes to be stacked is farther from the stacking means than the current restriction position, and the designated angle in this case, An angle at which the travel restricting means is rotationally driven by a distance from the current restricting position to the next restricting position can be set.

  By this invention, the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus, cash automatic transaction apparatus, banknote stacking method, and banknote stacking program which can be stacked | stacked still more rapidly than a prior art can be provided.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the appearance of an automatic teller machine to which the present invention is applied. The automatic teller machine 101 according to the present embodiment includes a card / detail slip processing mechanism 102 for processing a customer transaction card and a transaction statement slip, a passbook processing mechanism 103 for processing a passbook, a housing 104, and a transaction necessary. A customer operation unit 105 for displaying and inputting information is provided. A bill depositing / dispensing apparatus 1 is provided inside the housing 104.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the control relationship of this apparatus. The card / detail slip processing mechanism 102, the passbook processing mechanism 103, the customer operation unit 105, and the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 1 are connected to the main body control unit 106 via the bus 110 and are required under the control of the main body control unit 106. Perform the correct operation. In addition to the above, the interface unit 107, the clerk operation unit 108, and the external storage device 109 are also connected by the bus 110 and exchange necessary data, but detailed description thereof is omitted. Note that power is supplied from the power supply unit 111 to each of the mechanisms and components described above.

  FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 1 mounted on the automatic teller machine 101, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control mechanism. The banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 1 deals with a deposited banknote, a depositing / dispensing port 2 through which stacked banknotes can be loaded / unloaded, a banknote discriminating unit 3 for discriminating the denomination, authenticity, skew angle, and shift amount of banknotes. In the temporary storage part 4 which stores temporarily until establishment, the banknote storage which stores a banknote, each component of the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 1, the conveyance path 5 which conveys a banknote, and the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 1 And a loading / recovery box 8 in which bills to be handled are stored.

  Banknotes are classified according to their roles. For example, a deposit box 6 for storing banknotes that are not handled as withdrawals of rejected banknotes that are judged to be broken, etc. There is a reflux storage 7 that stores and discharges each denomination of banknotes, and there is a loaded collection storage that loads banknotes into the reflux storage and collects banknotes from the reflux storage.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. Of the deposited banknotes, banknotes that are determined to be unsuitable for withdrawal due to folding or the like are stored in the deposit box 6. A reflux container 7 is provided from the second to the fifth from the lower right. The reflux cabinet 7 stores banknotes by denomination, and the stored banknotes are discharged when the withdrawal is made. For example, from the left, it can be a return box for 10 euro bills, 50 euro bills, 100 euro bills, and 200 euro bills. The middle stage is provided with a loading / recovery box 8. The loading / recovery box 8 is a banknote storage that stores and discharges banknotes handled by the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 1, and loads and collects banknotes in the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 1.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 1 further includes a storage unit DB that stores a correspondence relationship between denominations and banknote sizes. By providing this memory | storage part DB, the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 1 can discriminate | determine a banknote size by discriminating the money type of a banknote. Therefore, the banknote discrimination | determination part 3 and memory | storage part DB function as a banknote information acquisition means.

  The control unit 9 is connected to the main body control unit 106 via the bus 110 and functions as a control unit. The control unit 9 controls the banknote depositing / dispensing device 1 in accordance with a command from the main body control unit 106 and the state detection of the banknote depositing / dispensing device 1 according to a program and data such as a banknote stacking program stored therein. The state of the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 1 is sent to the main body control unit 106 as necessary.

Next, the temporary storage part 4 is demonstrated in detail as an Example to which the progress control means of this invention is applied.
As described above, the temporary storage unit 4 mounted on the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 1 is a mechanism for temporarily storing the banknote inserted into the depositing / dispensing port 2 and then discharging it. Since an arbitrary banknote group is inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port 2, the temporary storage unit 4 must have a function of stacking and separating banknotes having different dimensions in an arbitrary order.

  FIG. 5 is a side view illustrating a state in which banknotes are stored in the temporary storage unit 4, and FIG. 6 is a side view illustrating a state in which banknotes are discharged from the temporary storage unit 4. FIG. 7 is a top view showing the configuration of the temporary storage unit 4. FIG. 8 is a high drawing showing the shape of the travel restricting body 812. The temporary storage unit 4 is a mechanism for collecting and separating banknotes in a standing position.

  A bill taking-in / release mechanism in the temporary storage unit 4 includes a stack / feed roller 801, a pickup roller 811, a follow-up rotating backup roller 802, and a gate roller 803 that rotates in the bill storing direction and does not rotate in the payout direction. And a brush roller 804 on the same axis as the gate roller 803 and having flexible pushing members arranged radially, and a separation / stacking guide 805 whose position changes between separation and stacking. Among these, the stacking / feeding roller 801, the gate roller 803, and the brush roller 804 constitute an accumulation mechanism as an accumulation unit.

The stack / feed roller 801 is driven and rotated via a gear from a driving source (not shown) to send the banknotes to be stored to the stacking space and to send the banknotes to be discharged to the transport path 5.
The backup roller 802 rotates following the stack / feed roller 801, holds the banknote between the stack / feed roller 801, and transports the banknote. The gate roller 803 rotates following the stack / feed roller 801 when storing bills, but does not rotate when discharging. With this structure, when the banknotes are separated and fed one by one by the pickup roller 811 and the stack / feed roller 801, the banknote adjacent to the released banknote receives the frictional resistance of the gate roller 803 and is fed out following the released banknote. There is nothing.

  The overlapping portion of the stack feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 serves as an intake / discharge port that continues into the accumulation space E1. That is, when the stack / feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 are removed from each other during bill storage, the bills stacked in a standing state from below are in an unrestrained state except for contact with the separation / stacking guide 805. Are taken into the accumulation space E1.

  The pickup roller 811 is driven in synchronization with the stack / feed roller 801, and the brush roller 804 is driven in reverse rotation with respect to the stack / feed roller 801, so that the drive source is shared.

  Note that the brush roller 804 is connected to the stack / feed roller 801 via a one-way clutch, and the brush roller 804 does not rotate when a bill is released. The one-way clutch is a clutch that rotates in one direction but does not rotate in the opposite direction. As a result, the brush roller 804 rotates clockwise as shown in FIG. 5, but does not rotate counterclockwise.

  Further, the brush roller 804 includes a plurality of blades on the outer periphery that radially spread during the rotation operation in order to realize the bill discharge operation. When banknotes are stored, the banknotes stacked in the accumulation space E1 are scraped out into the storage space E2 by blades arranged radially by rotating in the banknote storage direction. When banknotes are released, the brush roller 804 is in a state where the blades are narrowed and retracted from the accumulation space E1. Therefore, the banknote released does not interfere with the blades when the banknote is released.

  The centering roller 807 is a roller that rotates toward the center. When a small amount of banknotes is stacked, if the shift amount (positional displacement in the conveyance width direction) is large, the centering roller 807 is rotated to the center side so that the stacked banknotes are moved to the center.

  In the separation / stacking guide 805, the surface on the stacking space E1 side becomes a banknote guiding surface, and guides banknotes when storing and discharging banknotes. The separation / stacking guide 805 is disposed at a position where the banknote guide surface extends along the extension of the banknote traveling direction at the intake / release port of the intake / release mechanism when the banknotes are stored. When the bill is released, the bill guide surface is retracted to a position where the pickup roller 811 is exposed.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the accumulation space E1 and the storage space E2 are surrounded by a bottom plate 808, a push plate 806, a separation / accumulation guide 805, a top plate 810, and a side wall 813 (see FIG. 7). And partly partitioned by the tip 812c of the travel restricting body 812.

  More specifically, the accumulation space E1 is surrounded by the separation / accumulation guide 805, the bottom plate 808, the side wall 813 (see FIG. 7), and the progression regulating surface 812e (see FIG. 8) of the progression regulating body 812, and the progression regulation. The body 812 is formed by a space on the separation / stacking guide 805 side from the tip 812c of the body 812, and constitutes a stacking unit. The front end portion of the banknote stored through the take-in / release mechanism is guided to the accumulation space E1.

  The storage space E2 is surrounded by the bottom plate 808, the push plate 806, the top plate 810, and the side wall 813 (see FIG. 7), and is formed by the space on the push plate 806 side from the tip 812c of the travel restricting body 812. The storage part is configured. The banknotes stacked in the stacking space E1 are pushed out to the storage space E2 by the rotation of the travel restricting body 812.

  Side wall 813 can set an attachment position according to the size of a bill. It is appropriate to set the width of the side wall 813 to a value that is about 2 mm to 10 mm larger than the size in the width direction of the bill. Moreover, the distance between the bottom plate 808 and the top plate 810 is larger than the height direction length (conveyance direction length) of the largest dimension so that the largest-size banknote handled by the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 1 can be stored. Set to a long value.

  Moreover, since the temporary storage part 4 needs to handle the banknote from which a dimension differs, it is provided with the progress control body 812 in the vicinity of the taking-in / release mechanism. The progression restricting body 812 is controlled by the control unit 9 based on the banknote information (for example, banknote size) of the banknote to be stored. This progression regulating body 812 is provided above the separation / stacking guide 805 and regulates the progression of the leading end of the stored bill.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the travel restricting body 812 is configured by a roller portion 812 a having three rotation axes in the end line direction at the front end of the bill in the traveling direction and three blade portions 812 b, and is rotationally controlled by the control unit 9. This rotation control is performed only in the same direction as the banknote stacking direction, and is not rotated in the reverse direction.

The three blade portions 812b have the same shape and are arranged at equal intervals from the center of the travel restricting body 812 in three directions, and function as travel restricting means.
Each blade portion 812b has a base portion 812d extending radially from the roller portion 812a, and a tip portion 812c bent at a substantially L shape toward the opposite side to the rotation direction at the tip. When the blade portion 812b is located on the storage space E2 side (left side in the drawing) as shown in FIG. 5, the tip portion 812c of the blade portion 812b is bent toward the take-in / release mechanism.

  The travel regulation body 812 is provided such that the travel regulation surface 812e on the inner side surface of the blade 812b is positioned on the extension of the banknote guide surface of the separation / stacking guide 805 as shown in FIG. .

  The progression regulating surface 812e is a bill edge stopper portion that forms the back end surface of the accumulation space E1, and regulates excessive progression of the bill edge stored through the take-in / release mechanism.

  The distance L1 (see FIG. 5) from the front end of the front end portion 812c to the bottom plate 808 is the travel direction length of the banknote when the minimum size banknote handled by the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 1 is stacked. It is comprised shorter than the banknote height accommodated in the standing state. More preferably, the distance L2 from the front end of the front end portion 812c to the banknote inlet is configured to be shorter than the length in the traveling direction of the minimum size banknote.

  Thereby, it can prevent that the banknote taken in the accumulation space E1 in the standing state falls within the accumulation space E1, and can implement | achieve stable accommodation. Furthermore, it can also prevent that the banknote accommodated in the storage space E2 falls down to the accumulation | storage space E1 side, and can prevent interference with the banknote taken in and the accommodated banknote. Therefore, the occurrence of jam due to this interference can be prevented, and the integration process can be stabilized.

  The travel restricting body 812 is rotationally controlled so that the bills taken into the accumulation space E1 are kept standing. That is, the travel restricting body 812 is controlled to a rotation angle such that the distance L3 from the take-in / release port to the bill end stopper portion (travel restricting surface 812e) is a length corresponding to the size of the bill to be taken.

  Here, the length corresponding to the banknote size refers to the length in the direction of travel from the rear end to the front end of the banknote, which is derived from the skew angle, shift amount, and banknote size of the banknote as shown in the plan view of FIG. . In this way, the bill is prevented from being bent by using the length of the bill in the traveling direction as a reference. If it explains in full detail, the banknote taken in may be skewed by a conveyance state, and may be sent to taking-in space. For this reason, if the distance between the take-in and discharge port and the bill end stopper is shorter than the length of the bill in the traveling direction, the tip of the bill may collide with the bill end stopper and buckle. In order to prevent such buckling, an allowance is given to the accumulation space by controlling the rotation angle as described above.

  As shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of progress regulating bodies 812 are provided in the banknote width direction (conveyance width direction), and guide the upper end of the stored banknotes to the taking-in space at a plurality of locations. Therefore, even a banknote having a folded bag or a curled bag can be stably stored while preventing interference with a subsequent banknote. In the example shown in the figure, the two travel restricting bodies 812 are provided in the transport width direction. However, the number of travel restriction bodies 812 may be an appropriate number such as three in the transport width direction. A plurality of the travel restricting bodies 812 provided in this way are configured to rotate all in synchronism with each other, and are configured so that the angles of the travel restricting surfaces 812e are all the same.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, transmission sensors 888 (888a, 888b) are provided in the vicinity of the intake / discharge port. The transmission sensor 888 includes a light emitting element 888a and a light receiving element 888b. When there is a bill in the vicinity of the take-in / release port, the light of the light emitting element 888a is blocked by the bill and the light receiving element 888b cannot receive light, so that the transmission sensor 888 has the bill in the vicinity of the take-in / release port. Is detected. When the time during which light is blocked during storage becomes longer, the control unit 9 drives the push plate 806 to widen the bill storage space.

Moreover, the banknote end stopper part of the progress control body 812 is displaced according to the size of the banknote taken in the accumulation space E1, and can store banknotes of different sizes.
In other words, the travel restricting body 812 is positioned such that the tip 812c partitions the accumulation space E1 of the temporary storage unit 4 and the storage unit when the bill is taken into the temporary storage unit 4.

  When the banknotes are discharged from the temporary storage unit 4, the separation / stacking guide 805 and the travel regulation body 812 are retracted away from the storage space E2 as shown in FIG. The stored banknotes are pressed against the separation / stacking guide 805 side by the push plate 806, and are separated one by one by rotating the pickup roller 811 and discharged from the temporary storage unit 4 through the take-in / release mechanism. Is done.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram relating to the control of accumulation and feeding by the control unit 9 and the temporary storage unit 4.
The stack / feed roller 801, the travel restricting body 812, and the push plate 806 provided in the temporary storage unit 4 are a stack / feed roller drive motor 801m, a travel restricting means drive motor 812m, and a push plate drive motor, respectively. Driven by 806m respectively.

The control unit 9 receives banknote information from the banknote determination unit 3 and controls the conveyance drive of the conveyance path 5. Based on the banknote information received from the banknote discriminating unit 3, the stack / feed roller drive motor 801m, the travel regulating means drive motor 812m, and the push plate drive motor 806m are driven and controlled.
In addition, the control unit 9 receives a detection signal that detects the passage of a bill from the bill passage sensor 889. Thereby, the arrival of the banknote to be accumulated next can be detected.

  In this manner, the control unit 9 executes accumulation of banknotes in the temporary storage unit 4 and delivery of banknotes from the temporary storage unit 4.

Next, the Example about operation | movement in case a banknote is accommodated in the temporary storage part 4 is described using FIGS.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the storing operation of the temporary storage unit 4 executed by the control unit 9 according to the banknote accumulation program. 12-15 is explanatory drawing explaining the temporary storage part 4 which performs accumulation | storage and storage operation | movement.

  After discriminating the denomination, skew angle, and shift amount by the bill discriminating unit 3 (step S1), the control unit 9 refers to a database showing the relationship between the denomination and the bill size provided in the storage unit DB, and the bill size. Is determined (step S2). The control unit 9 calculates the banknote traveling direction length from the banknote size, the skew angle, and the shift amount, and obtains the next restriction position (step S3).

  The control unit 9 determines whether the number of accumulated banknotes is 10 or more (step S4). If it is 10 or more, the process proceeds to step S9, and if it is less than 10, the current regulation position A and the next regulation position B. Are compared (step S5).

  If the current restriction position A is equal to the next restriction position B (step S5: A = B), the control unit 9 proceeds to steps S6 to S7, and if the next restriction position B is large (step S5: A <B). ) The process proceeds to steps S8 to S7, and if the next restriction position B is small (step S5: A> B), the process proceeds to steps S9 to S11.

When the restriction position A is equal to the next restriction position B (step S5: A = B), the control unit 9 determines that the restriction position does not need to be changed, and keeps the travel restriction body 812 stationary without rotating. (Step S6).
The restriction position A and the next restriction position B are equal when the length corresponding to the bill size of the current bill 100a and the next bill 100b is within a certain range (for example, within 1 mm). When the conditions are related to the difference in the length of the bill in the conveyance direction, such as when the seeds are the same, or when the difference in the direction of travel due to the difference in denomination is within a certain range (for example, within 1 mm). good.

  At this time, as shown to Fig.12 (a), passage of the banknote 100b which conveys the conveyance path 5 is detected by the banknote passage sensor 889. FIG. This banknote 100b is further conveyed and approaches the take-in / release mechanism of the temporary storage unit 4 as shown in FIG. At this time, the banknote 100a already accumulated in the accumulation space E1 is prevented from falling by the blade portion 812b1 of the travel restricting body 812, and the lower end is pushed to the storage space E2 side by the brush roller 804, and the inside of the accumulation space E1. Move with. Therefore, the stacking space E1 is widely secured, and interference between the stacked banknote 100a and the next stacked banknote 100b can be prevented.

  The control unit 9 further conveys the banknote 100b, and stacks the banknote 100b into the stacking space E1 in the temporary storage unit 4 as shown in FIG. 12C by the stack / feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803. To do. At this time, the banknote 100b is fed while maintaining the standing state along the banknote guide surface of the separation / stacking guide 805.

  The accumulated bill 100b is excessively advanced by being regulated by the blade portion 812b1 of the progression regulating body 812 that remains stopped without rotating after the stack-feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 are nipped. Is prevented. This progression regulation is performed by the same progression regulation surface 812e (banknote end stopper) of the blade 812b1 that regulated the progression of the previous banknote 100a (step S7). Thus, a plurality of banknotes 100 (100a, 100b) are stacked in a standing state in the accumulation space E1.

  And the control part 9 confirms that the banknote 100b was stacked, updates the value of accumulation | stacking number, and increases it by one. This is for use in determining the number of stacked sheets in step S4.

  In this series of processes, the control unit 9 controls the temporary storage unit 4 to enter the storage mode. In this storage mode, the controller 9 drives the stack / feed roller drive motor 801m to further feed the bill 100b that has entered the take-in / release mechanism.

  When the banknotes in the accumulation space E1 increase and the time during which the transmission sensor 888 is shielded from light becomes long, the control unit 9 controls the push plate drive motor 806m so that the push plate 806 is expanded so that the accumulation space E1 is widened. It moves to secure the accumulation space E1.

  If the next restriction position B is larger than the current restriction position A in step S5 (step S5: A <B), the controller 9 needs to move the restriction position slightly to widen the accumulation space E1. judge. For this reason, the control unit 9 controls the drive motor 812m for the travel regulation means, and moves the travel regulation body 812 in the direction of the arrow Y1 (FIG. 13B) from the current regulation position (the direction away from the take-in / release mechanism). The blade portion 812b1 is moved slightly to the next restriction position without being retracted from the accumulation space E1 (step S8). Thereby, the accumulation space E1 is expanded in the height direction (advancing direction of banknotes to be accumulated). The rotation angle at this time is 120 degrees or less (360 degrees or less divided by the number of blade portions 812b).

  In this step S8, as shown to Fig.13 (a), passage of the banknote 100b which conveys the conveyance path 5 is detected by the banknote passage sensor 889. FIG. This banknote 100b is further conveyed and approaches the take-in / release mechanism of the temporary storage unit 4 as shown in FIG. 13 (b).

  At this time, the banknote 100a already accumulated in the accumulation space E1 may be released from the support by the blade portion 812b1 due to the rotation operation of the progress regulating body 812. In this case, the banknote 100a can be moved into the storage space E2. In addition, when the difference of the advancing direction length of the banknote 100a currently accumulated | stacked and the banknote 100b accumulate | stacked next is small, the support of the banknote 100b by the blade | wing part 812b1 may not be cancelled | released. In this case, no problem arises because only the current banknote 100a and the next banknote 100b are stacked in the stacking space E1.

  And the lower end of the banknote 100a is pushed to the storage space E2 side by the brush roller 804, and the accumulation space E1 is widely secured. At this time, if the support of the banknote 100b by the blade portion 812b1 is released, the banknote 100a completely moves into the storage space E2 as shown in FIG.

  The controller 9 further transports the banknote 100b, and stacks the banknote 100b into the stacking space E1 in the temporary storage section 4 as shown in FIG. 13C by the stack / feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803. To do. At this time, the banknote 100b is fed while maintaining the standing state along the banknote guide surface of the separation / stacking guide 805.

  The stacked banknote 100b is moved by a blade portion 812b1 in which the position of the travel regulation surface 812e is changed from the time of regulation of the previous banknote 100a after the nipping between the stack / feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 is released. Progression is restricted and excessive progress is prevented, and stacking is performed in a standing position. This progression regulation is performed at a different regulation position by the progression regulation surface 812e (banknote end stopper) of the same blade portion 812b1 that regulated the progression of the previous bill 100a (step S7). Thus, the bills 100b are stacked in the standing position in the accumulation space E1.

  And the control part 9 confirms that the banknote 100b was stacked, updates the value of accumulation | stacking number, and increases it by one. This is for use in determining the number of stacked sheets in step S4.

  When the banknotes in the accumulation space E1 increase and the time during which the transmission sensor 888 is shielded from light becomes long, the control unit 9 controls the push plate drive motor 806m so that the push plate 806 is expanded so that the accumulation space E1 is widened. It moves to secure the accumulation space E1.

  If the next restriction position B is smaller than the current restriction position A in step S5 (step S5: A> B), the controller 9 needs to switch the blade part 812b to be restricted to the next blade part 812b. Is determined. For this reason, the control unit 9 controls the drive motor 812m for the travel regulation means, rotates the travel regulation body 812 in the direction of the arrow Y2 (see FIG. 14C) (the direction away from the take-in / release mechanism), and the blade The part 812b1 is retracted out of the accumulation space E1 (step S9), and the blade part 812b2 is moved to the next restriction position (step S10). The rotation angle at this time is 120 degrees or less (360 degrees or less divided by the number of blade portions 812b).

  In steps S9 to S10, as shown in FIG. 14A, the passage of the banknote 100b transported through the transport path 5 is detected by the banknote passage sensor 889. This banknote 100b is further conveyed and approaches the take-in / release mechanism of the temporary storage unit 4 as shown in FIG. At this time, the banknote 100a already accumulated in the accumulation space E1 is released from the support by the blade portion 812b1 of the travel restricting body 812. Then, the bill 100a is moved into the storage space E2 by being pushed near the upper end by the next blade portion 812b2 toward the storage space E2 and pushed by the brush roller 804 toward the storage space E2. Therefore, the integrated space E1 is secured widely.

  The control unit 9 further conveys the banknote 100b, and stacks the banknote 100b by entering the stacking space E1 in the temporary storage unit 4 by the stack / feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 as shown in FIG. To do. At this time, the banknote 100b is fed while maintaining the standing state along the banknote guide surface of the separation / stacking guide 805.

  The accumulated bills 100b are regulated by the blades 812b2 of the progression regulating body 812 after the stack / feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 are nipped, thereby preventing excessive progression (step S11). This progression regulation is performed by the progression regulation surface 812e (banknote end stopper) of the blade 812b2 that is different from the progression regulation of the previous bill 100a. Thus, the bills 100b are stacked in the standing position in the accumulation space E1.

  Then, the control unit 9 confirms that the banknotes 100b are stacked, clears the value of the number of stacked sheets, and sets the number of stacked sheets to 0. This is for use in determining the number of stacked sheets in step S4.

  When the banknotes in the accumulation space E1 increase and the time during which the transmission sensor 888 is shielded from light becomes long, the control unit 9 controls the push plate drive motor 806m so that the push plate 806 is expanded so that the accumulation space E1 is widened. It moves to secure the accumulation space E1.

  When the accumulated number of banknotes is 10 or more in step S4 (step S4: Yes), the control unit 9 determines that it is necessary to switch the blade portion 812b to be regulated to the next blade portion 812b. For this reason, the control unit 9 controls the drive motor 812m for the travel regulation means to rotate the travel regulation body 812 in the direction of the arrow Y3 (see FIG. 15C) (the direction away from the take-in / release mechanism), and the blade The part 812b1 is retracted out of the accumulation space E1 (step S9), and the blade part 812b2 is moved to the next restriction position (step S10).

  The rotation angle at this time is 120 degrees when the next restriction position is the same position (an angle obtained by dividing 360 degrees by the number of blade portions 812b), and 120 degrees when the next restriction position is low. Below (the angle equal to or less than the value obtained by dividing 360 degrees by the number of blade portions 812b), if the next restriction position is high, the angle is 120 degrees or more (more than the angle obtained by dividing 360 degrees by the number of blade portions 812b). 240 degrees or less (360 degrees or less divided by the number of blade portions 812b).

  In steps S9 to S10, first, as shown in FIG. 15A, the passage of the bill 100b transported through the transport path 5 is detected by the bill passage sensor 889. This bill 100b is further conveyed and approaches the take-in / release mechanism of the temporary storage unit 4 as shown in FIG. At this time, the banknote 100a already accumulated in the accumulation space E1 is released from the support by the blade portion 812b1 of the travel restricting body 812. Then, the bill 100a is moved into the storage space E2 by being pushed near the upper end by the next blade portion 812b2 toward the storage space E2 and pushed by the brush roller 804 toward the storage space E2. Therefore, the integrated space E1 is secured widely.

  The controller 9 further conveys the banknote 100b, and stacks the banknote 100b into the stacking space E1 in the temporary storage section 4 as shown in FIG. 15C by the stack / feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803. To do. At this time, the banknote 100b is fed while maintaining the standing state along the banknote guide surface of the separation / stacking guide 805.

  The stacked banknotes 100b are regulated by the blade portion 812b2 of the rotated progression regulating body 812 after the stack / feed roller 801 and the gate roller 803 are nipped, thereby preventing excessive progression. This progression regulation is performed by the progression regulation surface 812e (banknote end stopper) of the blade 812b2 that is different from the progression regulation of the previous bill 100a. Thus, the bills 100b are stacked in the standing position in the accumulation space E1.

  Then, the control unit 9 confirms that the banknotes 100b are stacked, clears the value of the number of stacked sheets, and sets the number of stacked sheets to 0. This is for use in determining the number of stacked sheets in step S4.

  When the banknotes in the accumulation space E1 increase and the time during which the transmission sensor 888 is shielded from light becomes long, the control unit 9 controls the push plate drive motor 806m so that the push plate 806 is expanded so that the accumulation space E1 is widened. It moves to secure the accumulation space E1.

With the above configuration and operation, it is possible to provide the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 1 and the automatic teller machine 101 that can be accumulated at higher speeds than in the prior art.
More specifically, unlike the conventional technique in which the travel restricting body 812 is always rotated for each bill, the rotation operation of the travel restricting body 812 is suppressed to the minimum necessary, so that a jam or the like occurs with respect to continuous accumulation of banknotes. The possibility can be greatly reduced.

  In other words, when the travel regulation body 812 is rotated to switch to the next blade portion 812b and travel regulation is performed, this switching is completed before the next banknote 100b is transported after the previous banknote 100a is transported. There is a need. Then, when a bill detection delay or a delay in the rotation of the travel restricting body 812 occurs, the switching is not completed until the next bill 100b is conveyed, and the jam is caused by contacting the bill in an inappropriate state. It can be caused.

  On the other hand, in the above-described embodiment, if the banknotes having the same length in the traveling direction or the banknotes having a size larger than the current one are stacked, the banknotes can be continuously stacked without switching the blade portions 812b. For this reason, the blade portion 812b and the banknote do not come into contact in an inappropriate state during the continuous accumulation, thereby causing a jam.

  As a result, high-speed integration can be realized, and stable operation can be realized.

  In addition, the number of blade portions 812b provided in the travel restricting body 812 is three, whereas the rotation angle is 120 degrees or less (a value obtained by dividing 360 degrees by the number of blade portions 812b except in rare cases). Or less). In addition, a rare case is a case where 10 or more banknotes are stacked in the stacking space E1, and the traveling direction length of the banknotes to be stacked next is longer than the banknotes currently stacked.

  In this way, the rotation angle can be set to 120 degrees or less in most cases, so that even if a short feed that does not have a sufficiently designed originally designed gap is generated between the bills being conveyed, this causes a jam. The probability of occurrence can be greatly reduced.

  In addition, since the number of rotations and the rotation angle of the travel restricting body 812 are minimized, the operation load on the travel restricting body 812 can be reduced, and the durability of the travel restricting body 812 can be extended.

  Further, when a predetermined number of banknotes (10 in the above embodiment) are accumulated in the accumulation space E1, the travel regulation body 812 is rotated to send the banknotes to the storage space E2, and the travel is regulated by the next blade portion 812b. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the banknotes from being increased and jammed in the accumulation space E1.

  In addition, since the travel restricting body 812 is configured to always rotate only in the same direction as the banknote stacking direction (directions of arrows Y1, Y2, Y3), it is possible to prevent problems. That is, for example, when stacking bills of the next smaller size after stacking bills of a larger size, reverse rotation is a shortcut in terms of time if it is going to be restricted by the same blade portion 812b. However, this will crush and deform large-sized bills that have already accumulated, causing jamming.

  On the other hand, since the travel regulation is performed by the same blade portion 812b only when the size of the banknote does not change or changes from small to large, there is no need to reversely rotate the travel regulation body 812. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the jam from occurring.

  In addition, since the banknotes are conveyed one by one and whether or not the position of the progress regulation surface 812e of the travel regulation body 812 is restricted is determined for each banknote, all banknotes can be processed accurately.

  Further, the advancement restricting body 812 restricts the leading end portion of the stacked banknotes in the traveling direction, thereby preventing the banknotes from being excessively advanced. Thereby, when storing the banknote from which the size of the advancing direction differs, a banknote can be accommodated in the storage space E2 in the state in which the rear-end part of the advancing direction was gathered at the bottom plate 808 side. That is, the bottom surfaces of the storage space E2 and the accumulation space E1 serve as guides, and the lower end of the stored banknotes is aligned with the bottom plate 808 of the bottom surface by gravity.

  Therefore, when paying out banknotes from the lower part of the temporary storage unit 4, the banknotes can be separated one by one, and a stable payout operation is possible. In this way, bills of different sizes can be mixed and stored in one temporary storage unit 4 and fed out. Moreover, the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus 1 and the automatic teller machine 101 which can handle the banknote of a different dimension are realizable by providing such a temporary storage part 4. FIG.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the example of the banknote depositing / dispensing apparatus 1 using the temporary storage unit 4 that takes in and discharges banknotes having different dimensions has been shown. Obtainable.

For example, the travel restricting body 812 and the rotation control can be used for the safe 6, the reflux box 7, and the loading / recovery box 8.
Moreover, as shown in the block diagram of the temporary storage unit 4 of the second embodiment in FIG. 16, the present invention may be applied to a vertically installed banknote stack in which banknotes are horizontally accumulated. In this way, even when a bill entering the banknote is sent in the horizontal direction, the progression restricting body 812 regulates excessive progression, so that it is possible to accumulate with alignment.

  Since the configuration and operation of each component are in the state in which the above-described temporary storage unit 4 is raised 90 degrees and do not change, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof is omitted.

The external appearance block diagram of an automatic teller machine. The block diagram which shows the control relationship of an automatic teller machine. The block diagram of the banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus mounted in an automatic teller machine. The block diagram which shows a control mechanism. The side view showing the state which stores a banknote in a temporary storage part. The side view showing the state which discharge | releases a banknote from a temporary storage part. The top view which shows the structure of a temporary storage part. The side view which shows the shape of a progress control means. Explanatory drawing of the advancing direction length of a banknote. The block diagram regarding control of accumulation | storage and feeding. The block diagram regarding control of accumulation | storage and feeding by a control part and temporary storage part. Explanatory drawing of the operation | movement which accommodates the banknote of the same dimension in a temporary storage part. Explanatory drawing of the operation | movement which accommodates the banknote whose dimension is longer than before in a temporary storage part. Explanatory drawing of the operation | movement which accommodates the banknote whose dimension is shorter than before in a temporary storage part. Explanatory drawing of operation | movement when a stack | stuck bill exceeds a predetermined number. The block diagram of the temporary storage part of Example 2. FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus, 3 ... Banknote discrimination | determination part, 9 ... Control part, 100a, 100b ... Banknote, 101 ... Cash automatic transaction apparatus, 801 ... Stack feed roller, 803 ... Gate roller, 804 ... Brush roller, 812b ... Feather part, E2 ... storage space, DB ... storage part

Claims (8)

Banknote information acquisition means for acquiring banknote information of banknotes;
Stacking means for stacking the banknotes obtained from the banknote information;
Progress restriction means for restricting the progress of the accumulated bills at the restriction position where rotation is stopped,
Control means for controlling the rotation operation and restriction position of the progress restricting means;
A storage unit that stores banknotes that are regulated in the thickness direction;
The control means includes
Based on the banknote information acquired by the banknote information acquisition means, it is determined whether or not it is necessary to change the control position of the progress control means when stacking the banknotes,
When it is determined that the change is necessary, the advancement restricting means is rotated by a specified angle to restrict the advancement of the banknote at the restricted position after the rotation operation
A banknote depositing / withdrawing device configured to regulate the banknote at the current regulation position without rotating the progression regulation means when it is determined that the change is unnecessary. The control means;
If the next regulation position corresponding to the banknote information of the banknotes to be stacked is farther from the stacking means than the current regulation position, it is determined that the change is necessary.
In this case, the specified angle is
The banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the travel regulation means is rotated at an angle of a distance from the current regulation position to the next regulation position. The control means;
If the next regulation position corresponding to the banknote information of the banknotes to be stacked is closer to the stacking means than the current regulation position, it is determined that the change is necessary,
In this case, the specified angle is
The banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the advance restriction means is rotated in a direction away from the stacking means to set an angle until the next advance restriction means is located at the next restriction position. The control means;
Even if the denomination or stacking direction banknote length discriminated from the banknote information is different between the previous stacking banknote and the next stacking banknote, if the stacking direction banknote length difference is less than a certain value, it is unnecessary to change the regulation position. The banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus according to claim 1, 2, or 3 configured to be determined. The control means;
When a predetermined number of banknotes that have been travel-regulated by the travel-regulating means are stacked without being pushed out to the storage unit, it is determined that a change is necessary regardless of whether or not the regulation position needs to be changed based on the banknote information.
5. The specified angle in this case is defined as an angle from the time when the progress restricting means is rotated away from the stacking means until the next progress restricting means is located at the next restricting position. The bill deposit / withdrawal apparatus described. An automatic cash transaction apparatus comprising the banknote deposit and withdrawal device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. Banknote information acquisition means for acquiring banknote information of banknotes, stacking means for stacking banknotes for which the banknote information has been acquired, progress regulation means for regulating the progress of the accumulated banknotes at a regulation position where rotation is stopped, and the progress regulation means Banknote stacking method of a banknote depositing and dispensing device comprising: a control means for controlling the rotation operation and the regulation position; and a storage section for storing the banknote regulated in the thickness direction,
By the control means,
Based on the banknote information acquired by the banknote information acquisition means, it is determined whether or not it is necessary to change the control position of the progress control means when stacking the banknotes,
When it is determined that the change is necessary, the advancement restricting means is rotated by a specified angle to restrict the advancement of the banknote at the restricted position after the rotation operation
A banknote stacking method in which banknotes are regulated in the current regulation position without rotating the progression regulation means when it is determined that no change is required. Banknote information acquisition means for acquiring banknote information of banknotes, stacking means for stacking banknotes for which the banknote information has been acquired, progress regulation means for regulating the progress of the accumulated banknotes at a regulation position where rotation is stopped, and the progress regulation means A banknote accumulation program for operating a banknote depositing and dispensing device comprising a control means for controlling the rotation operation and the regulation position, and a storage unit for storing the banknote regulated in the thickness direction,
Based on the banknote information acquired by the banknote information acquisition means, a step of determining whether or not it is necessary to change the restriction position of the progress restriction means when stacking the banknotes;
A bill stacking program for causing the control means to execute a step of rotating the progress restricting means by a specified angle when it is determined that a change is necessary.

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