JP2010018404A - Safe, bill processor, and bill handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a trouble in return by physically separating bills, which are actually fed into by a user, and bills, which have been already stacked on a stacking table, at a point in time, when return of bills is requested, so as to return a required number of bills on cash, surely grasping the number of bills, which are actually fed into, without increasing structure of a device in size and without increasing the number of parts items. <P>SOLUTION: A pair of guide pieces 12 are structured to stop in three-stages of a bill lead-in position crossing a bill guide 13 thereunder, a bill transferring position crossing the bill guide 13 overhead, and a bill return position at an intermediate height between both the positions. In the bill return position, a bill is pinched and held by the top surface of a stacking table 10 or the top surface of a bill P1, which has been already stacked on the top surface of the stacking table, and a delivery roller 14, and in this condition, the delivery roller is rotated in a returning direction so as to return the bill P on the pair of guide pieces to a bill lead-in/return conveyance passage. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an improvement of a banknote handling apparatus equipped in a banknote handling apparatus such as various vending machines having a function of depositing banknotes, a depositing / dispensing apparatus, a money changer, and the like. The present invention relates to a banknote storage, a banknote handling apparatus, and a banknote handling apparatus that can reliably grasp banknotes and return only the necessary number of sheets.

A banknote handling device with a deposit function for receiving inserted banknotes and a withdrawal function for dispensing banknotes as change or withdrawal is equipped in banknote handling devices such as various vending machines, deposit and withdrawal devices, and money changers. The banknote handling apparatus is equipped with a banknote storage for storing inserted banknotes.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration and operation of a conventional banknote storage, and this banknote storage 100 is provided with a banknote introduction / return transport path (not shown) provided with a transport member (roller or transport belt) capable of forward and reverse rotation. A stackable table 101 on which the banknote P introduced from (located in the back of the paper) is stacked, and a lower surface of both edges in the width direction of the banknote supported and introduced above and below the stacking table 101 are supported. A guide piece pair (fork) 102 to be held and a middle portion of the bill P held at both edges in the width direction by the guide piece pair 102 are relatively pushed down so as to be transferred onto the stacking table 101 beyond the guide piece pair. A fixed banknote guide 103, a payout roller 104 rotatably supported by the banknote guide 103, a drive source for driving these, and a control means for controlling the drive source. That. The guide piece pair 102 supports not only banknotes that are inserted one by one, but also banknotes that are input in a lump.
FIG. 3A shows a state at the time of banknote introduction (payment), and a banknote P introduced from a banknote introduction / return conveyance path (not shown) with one end in the longitudinal direction at the head is a guide at the banknote receiving position. It is placed on the upper surface of the pair 102. At this time, the pair of guide pieces 102 contacts the banknote P1 loaded on the loading table 101 and stands by with the loading table (biased upward by the spring 101a) pushed down to the lowest position. A space that does not hinder the introduction of banknotes is formed between the banknote guide 103 and the banknote guide 103. When all the transactions with the user are completed, the guide piece pair 102 moves without stopping from the lowest position of (a) to the highest position of (c). At this time, since the guide piece pair 102 continuously moves as shown in (a) → (b) → (c), the bill guide 103 relatively passes through the central space of the guide piece pair 102, and the guide All the banknotes P placed on the single pair 102 can be collectively transferred onto the stacking base 101 (the upper surface of the previously stacked banknote P1).

By the way, when the user turns on the return button (reject button) after inserting the banknotes, the control means of the banknote handling apparatus knows the number of banknotes inserted, and therefore the banknotes corresponding to the number of banknotes are used by the user. Perform the operation to return to. In the returning operation, the feeding roller 104 supported by the banknote guide with the guide piece pair 102 moved to the highest position of (c) is in pressure contact with the upper surface of the banknote P1 on the stacking table. It can be returned from the bill introduction / return transport path by being rotationally driven in the return direction.
However, even if the administrator who is called when the device is stopped due to a jam or the like during the return operation by turning on the return button checks the inside of the device, how many banknotes are inserted by the user It is not possible to immediately determine whether it has been done. This is because, as shown in (c), all the inserted bills are once transferred onto the stacking table 101, and therefore when the feeding roller 104 comes into pressure contact with the upper surface of the bill P1 on the loading table 101 for return. This is because it is not in a state in which it is possible to visually determine how many banknotes are banknotes inserted by the user. Although it is necessary to analyze log data in order to accurately check the actual number of input, it takes time to read and analyze the log data by restarting the stopped device, so it is quick for the user who requests return. Is difficult.
Therefore, the administrator must rely on the user's declaration regarding the number of banknotes to be returned to the user, even if the actual number inserted is less than the user's declaration. I had to return it.
That is, it is necessary to analyze the log data of the banknote processing apparatus in order to correctly verify the consistency between the number of declared users and the actual number of inserted sheets, and this requires time and effort. Prompt return was impossible, and the operating rate of the vending machine was reduced.
As a banknote processing apparatus having the above configuration, for example, there is one disclosed in Patent Document 1, but it has the same drawbacks.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-167539

Thus, in the conventional banknote storage, the guide piece pair 102 is configured to stop only at the two positions of the lowest lowered position shown in FIG. 3A and the highest raised position shown in FIG. Therefore, when it is necessary to return the banknote, the banknote is returned from the banknote bundle that has been transferred onto the stacking table. The administrator is called when the banknote processing device stops due to a problem such as a jam occurring in the return process, but the user can only open the banknote storage and look at the banknotes that have been deposited on the loading platform. It is not possible to distinguish between the banknotes loaded on the loading table before the banknotes are inserted and the banknotes actually inserted by the user. In order to promptly return the banknotes to the user, it is necessary to return the number of inserted sheets that the user declares, so if an unfair declaration is made, return more than the inserted number of banknotes. It becomes.
The present invention has been made in view of the above, and when a bill return is requested without increasing the size of the apparatus or increasing the number of parts, the bill actually inserted by the user and the loading platform By physically separating the banknotes that have already been deposited, it is possible to reliably grasp the number of banknotes that have been actually inserted and to return only the required number of items in order to prevent troubles during return. An object of the present invention is to provide a bill storage, a bill processing device, and a bill handling device.

In order to achieve the above object, a banknote storage according to the invention of claim 1 is supported in such a manner that it can be moved up and down and urged upward to load banknotes on the upper surface, and can be moved up and down above the mounting table. And a guide piece pair that holds the lower surfaces of both edges in the width direction of the banknote introduced from the banknote introduction / return conveyance path, and the middle part of the banknote is relatively moved when the guide piece pair that holds the banknote is raised. A banknote storage provided with a banknote guide that is pushed down and transferred onto the table, and a payout roller that is rotatably supported by the banknote guide, wherein the pair of guide pieces lowers the banknote guide. The banknote introduction position beyond the banknote, the banknote transfer position above the banknote guide, and the intermediate position between the banknote introduction position and the banknote transfer position are configured to be stopped in three stages. The When the introduced banknote is returned, the guide piece pair is moved from the banknote introduction position to the intermediate position while holding the bottom surfaces of both edges in the width direction of the introduced banknote. By holding the banknote on the pair of guide pieces narrowly between the upper surface of the placing table or the upper surface of the deposited banknotes on the placing table and the feeding roller, and rotating the feeding roller in the returning direction in this state, the guide piece It is possible to return bills on the top to the bill introduction / return conveyance path.
It is the same as the conventional apparatus configuration and operation in that the inserted bill is once placed on the guide piece pair and then transferred onto the loading table, but the bill on the guide piece pair is brought into pressure contact with the feeding roller. Since the banknote return position for returning the banknote is added, when the banknote return is requested, it is possible to physically separate the banknote actually put in by the user and the banknote already deposited on the loading table. it can. Therefore, without increasing the size of the device or increasing the number of parts, it is possible to reliably grasp the number of bills actually inserted and return only the required number of items in order to prevent problems during return. can do.
A banknote handling apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention includes the banknote storage according to the first aspect.
A banknote handling apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention is characterized by including the banknote handling apparatus according to the second aspect.

  According to the present invention, when bill return is requested, it is possible to physically separate the bill actually inserted by the user and the bill that has already been deposited on the stacking table. Without troublesome or increasing the number of parts, it is possible to reliably grasp the number of bills actually inserted and return only the required number of items in-kind, thereby preventing troubles during return.

Hereinafter, a bill storage (banknote processing device) according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings.
FIGS. 1A to 1D are diagrams showing a state in which each component constituting the banknote storage is in the banknote introduction position, an intermediate position, a position where the guide piece pair is moving, and a position after banknote accumulation (banknote transfer). FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B are explanatory views showing the state of the side surface corresponding to each of the partial views of FIG. 1.
The banknote processing apparatus 1 provided with such a banknote storage 10 is equipped in banknote handling apparatuses, such as various vending machines, deposit / withdrawal apparatuses, and money changers, for example.
The banknote handling apparatus 1 is freely movable up and down to load a banknote introduction / return transport path 2 provided with transportable members (rollers and transport belts) capable of rotating forward and backward, and a banknote P introduced from the banknote introduction / return transport path 2. And a banknote storage 11 provided with a loading table 10 urged upward by an elastic member 10a.
The banknote storage 11 is further supported so as to be movable up and down above the stacking table 10, and both edges in the width direction of the banknote P introduced while pressing down the upper surfaces of both ends in the width direction of the banknotes P1 stacked on the stacking table 10. The guide piece pair 12 holding the lower surface and the intermediate part in the width direction of the bill P held by the guide piece pair when the guide piece pair 12 is raised are relatively pushed down to transfer over the guide piece pair onto the stacking table. A fixed bill guide 13 and a feeding roller 14 rotatably supported by the bill guide 13 and driven to rotate in the bill return direction are provided. The drive sources (motors) 20, 21, and 22 that respectively drive the conveying member 3, the guide piece pair 12, and the feeding roller 14 are controlled by the control unit 25. Further, a sensor for detecting the current position of the guide piece pair 12 is arranged, and the control means 25 controls the operation and stop timing of the guide piece pair based on the detection signal from each sensor.
The pair of guide pieces (forks) 12 is composed of two guide pieces arranged opposite to each other in parallel with an interval at which both edges of the bill in the width direction can be held.

The characteristic configuration of the present invention is that the control means 25 controls each drive source to raise and lower the guide piece pair 12 at a predetermined timing, so that the guide piece pair 12 is passed over the bill guide 13 downward. Banknote introduction position (illustrated by solid lines in FIGS. 1 (a) and 2 (a)) and banknote transfer position over the banknote guide 13 (illustrated by chain lines in FIGS. 1 (d) and 2 (a)) And it is in the point comprised so that it can stop in three steps of the intermediate position (FIG.1 (b), FIG.2 (b)) in the intermediate height of a banknote introduction position and a banknote transfer position.
Further, the intermediate position of (b) is a position where the banknote P on the guide piece pair 12 can be held with pressure between the upper surface of the stacking table 10 or the upper surface of the accumulated banknote P1 on the upper surface of the stacking table and the feeding roller 14. The guide piece pair 12 is set to stay. By rotating the feeding roller 14 in the return direction at this intermediate position, it is possible to return the banknote on the guide piece pair to the banknote introduction / return conveyance path 2.
In the banknote storage provided in the conventional banknote handling apparatus, the guide piece pair 12 stops only at the two positions, the lowest position shown in FIG. 3A and the highest position shown in FIG. On the other hand, in the present invention, by stopping at three places including the intermediate position shown in FIG. 1B, a pair of guide pieces is kept until the inserted bill P is transferred onto the stacking table. It is possible to hold it on top (physically separated from the accumulated banknote P1 on the loading table). For this reason, it becomes possible to return only the banknote P hold | maintained on guide piece pair, when the return button 24 is operated after banknote insertion.

The configuration and operation of the present invention will be described in more detail. In the banknote introduction position where the guide piece pair 12 shown in FIG. 1A is at the lowest position, a sufficient space is secured between the banknote guide 13 and the banknote guide 13. Thus, one or a plurality of banknotes P introduced from the banknote introduction / return conveyance path 2 by using this space are placed on the guide piece pair 12.
When all the transactions with the user are completed, the guide piece pair 12 is moved as shown in (b), (c), and (d) in order to transfer the banknotes P on the guide piece pair 12 onto the loading table 10. Raise sequentially.
Next, when the user turns on the return button 24 with the bill placed on the guide piece pair 12 at the bill introduction position as shown in FIG. Is raised to the intermediate position shown in (b) and then stopped. In this state, since the feeding roller 14 protrudes downward from the space between the pair of guide pieces 12, it is used for returning to the upper surface of the accumulated banknote P1 on the stacking table 10 biased upward by the elastic member 10a. The upper surface of the bill P can be nipped, and the return bill P is returned to the bill introduction / return conveyance path 2 by rotating the feeding roller 14 in the return direction. A banknote can be returned to a user from an insertion slot by rotating a conveyance member which constitutes banknote introduction and return conveyance way 2 in a return direction.
When the banknote processing device stops operating due to a jam or the like in the process of returning the banknote, the user calls the manager. The administrator opens the inside of the apparatus and performs recovery processing. However, the banknotes for the number of sheets inserted by the user are located on the guide piece pair 12 or in the banknote introduction / return transport path 2, so There is no possibility of being confused with already deposited banknotes on the table 11. That is, it is possible to identify the inserted banknote and return the actual product without waiting for the user's report.
That is, when the administrator opens the inside of the apparatus when the operation of the banknote processing apparatus is stopped, the banknote remaining on the guide piece pair 12 or the banknote introduction / return conveyance path 2 is the actual banknote inserted by the user. Since it can be identified visually, the actual product can be returned, and troubles with the user are eliminated.
Moreover, since the operation of the present invention can be obtained simply by changing the control procedure of the existing banknote storage and banknote processing apparatus, it is also a great merit that it is not necessary to enlarge the apparatus configuration or increase the number of parts. .

(A) thru | or (d) is a figure which shows the state in which each component which comprises banknote storage is in a banknote introduction position), an intermediate position (banknote return position), the position in which guide piece pair is moving, and after banknote accumulation is completed. It is the front view which showed each position (banknote transfer position). (A) And (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the state of the side surface corresponding to each part figure of FIG. (A) thru | or (c) are the structure of a conventional banknote storage, and operation | movement explanatory drawing.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Banknote processing apparatus, 2 ... Banknote introduction and return conveyance path, 3 ... Conveyance member, 11 ... Banknote storage, 10 ... Loading stand, 10a ... Elastic member, 12 ... Guide piece pair, 13 ... Bill guide, 14 ... Feeding out Roller, 20, 21, 22 ... drive source, 25 ... control means

Claims (3)

A loading table that can be moved up and down and urged upwards to load banknotes on the upper surface, and both edges in the width direction of the banknotes supported from above and below the loading table and introduced from the bill introduction / return conveyance path A pair of guide pieces for holding the lower surface, a banknote guide for lowering the middle part of the banknotes when the pair of guide pieces in the state of holding banknotes is raised, and transferring them onto the mounting table, and rotation by the banknote guides A bill storage provided with a feeding roller supported freely,
The pair of guide pieces includes a banknote introduction position that extends below the banknote guide, a banknote transfer position that extends above the banknote guide, and an intermediate position between the banknote introduction position and the banknote transfer position. And can be stopped in three stages,
When returning the introduced banknote, by moving the pair of guide pieces from the banknote introduction position to the intermediate position while holding the bottom surface of the both edges in the width direction of the introduced banknote, the upper surface of the mounting table described above Alternatively, by holding the banknote on the pair of guide pieces narrowly between the upper surface of the deposited banknotes on the mounting table and the feeding roller, and rotating the feeding roller in the returning direction in this state, A banknote storage, wherein the banknote can be returned to the banknote introduction / return conveyance path.   A banknote handling apparatus comprising the banknote storage according to claim 1.   A banknote handling apparatus comprising the banknote processing apparatus according to claim 2.

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