JP2010224808A - Money processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a money processing machine for depositing and dispensing money by single operation, and for reducing user waiting time between the two processing. <P>SOLUTION: A predetermined amount of reserve money to be dispensed as change or the like (denominations and the number of coins and bills for each denomination or the total amount of money for the reserve money) are set in a control part 50. The control part 50 is configured to control an input part 12, a conveyance part 16, a storage part 22 and a temporary storage part 20 to receive the money from the outside into a housing 10 by an input part 12, and to send the received money to the temporary storage part 20 in depositing operation, and to automatically send the predetermined amount of reserve money from a storage part 22 to an outlet part 14 in dispensing operation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a money handling machine that stores money made of banknotes, coins, and the like thrown into the inside from the outside of a housing. The “money” in this specification may be a banknote or a coin.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, money handling machines that store coins or bills in a housing are disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-31833 (Patent Document 1) and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-145600 (Patent Document 2). Things are known. Such a money handling machine is installed in, for example, a store such as a retail store, and money related to sales proceeds in the store is deposited. In addition, at a store or the like, after the end of business hours, reserve money for change to be used at each cash register at the next business hours is withdrawn from the money handling machine.

  In Patent Document 1, in the money deposit / withdrawal processing system, the deposit / withdrawal machine includes a recycling storage unit that stores cash managed by the store and can deposit / withdraw, and a cassette storage unit that stores cash. It is disclosed. More specifically, the recycle storage unit is managed by a store, and the cassette storage unit is managed by a collection company entrusted with the sales collection operation. In the money deposit / withdrawal processing system shown in Patent Document 1, the cash thrown into the deposit / withdrawal machine is stored in a recycling storage unit. And cash is delivered from the store side to the collection trader side by sending cash from the recycle storage unit to the cassette storage unit. Here, the cash stored in the recycle storage unit is managed as reserve money for change, while the cash stored in the cassette storage unit is managed as sales.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a recycle type banknote depositing and dispensing machine. In the recycling-type banknote depositing and dispensing machine in Patent Document 2, after the money inserted into the housing is identified and counted by the depositing unit, the coin is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit, and after the confirmation action to the operator, A deposit process for storing the money in the holding section into a plurality of stackers in the safe according to the denomination and a withdrawal process for withdrawing the specified amount of money for each denomination are performed. . Here, the money stored in the storage unit is under the management of a collection company entrusted with the collection of sales.

JP 2002-31833 A JP 2004-145600 A

  As mentioned above, at the store or the like, after the end of the business hours, money such as banknotes and coins collected from each cash register is counted by the money handling machine, and at this cash register at each cash register at the next business hours. Preparation of reserve money for change to be used. Further, the money related to the sales proceeds is handed over to a collection company entrusted with the collection of the sales proceeds.

  Here, in the money handling machines disclosed in Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2, the operator performs the withdrawal process again after the completion of the money deposit process, or the money withdrawal process is performed. Since then, the operator has performed the deposit process again. For this reason, the operator needs to wait until the 2nd process starts after the 1st process in a money processor is completed. However, when the operator has to perform many tasks in a short time, such as after the business hours, there is a problem that it is inefficient to generate such a waiting time. It is also possible for the operator to perform other operations after performing the first processing operation in the money handling machine, and to perform the second processing after the first processing is completed. Since it is necessary to operate the money handling machine twice, there is a case where the second processing operation in the money handling machine is forgotten and the second processing is not performed.

  Moreover, in the recycling-type banknote depositing / dispensing machine disclosed in Patent Document 2, it takes time to move the banknote temporarily held in the temporary storage unit to the denomination stacker. The time required for is further increased. For this reason, when performing the withdrawal process after the banknote depositing process, there is a problem that the processing time of the banknote becomes longer.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and can perform both deposit and withdrawal processing of money with a single operation, and thus occurs between these two processes. To provide a money handling machine capable of reducing the waiting time of the operator and preventing the operator from forgetting the operation of the withdrawal process and leaving the withdrawal process not being performed. With the goal.

  A money handling machine according to the present invention is a money handling machine for processing money, and includes a housing, a loading portion for feeding money into the inside from the outside of the housing, and a money inside the housing. A dispensing unit for throwing out to the outside, a conveying unit provided inside the housing, connected to the throwing unit and the dispensing unit, respectively, for conveying money in the housing, and the conveying An identification unit that is provided in a portion and identifies the currency that is input from the outside of the housing by the input unit; and the money that is connected to the transport unit inside the housing and sent from the transport unit And a storage unit that feeds the stored money to the transport unit, and is connected to the transport unit inside the casing, and is inserted into the casing from the outside by the input unit and is identified by the identification unit To temporarily hold money A temporary storage unit, and a control unit that controls the input unit, the transport unit, the storage unit, and the temporary storage unit, and in the control unit, a predetermined amount of reserve money that is money to be withdrawn After the amount of money is set, the control unit takes in money from the outside of the housing by the insertion unit, and after performing a deposit process to send the taken money to the temporary storage unit, Control is performed so as to automatically perform a dispensing process in which money corresponding to a predetermined amount of the prepared money is sent from the storage unit to the dispensing unit. Here, the predetermined amount of reserve money, which is money to be withdrawn, refers to a predetermined denomination and the number of each denomination, or a predetermined total amount.

  According to such a money handling machine, in the control unit, a predetermined amount of reserve money that is money to be withdrawn for change or the like (a predetermined denomination of reserve money and the number of each denomination, or a predetermined number). The control unit takes in the money from the outside of the housing by the input unit and performs a deposit process to send the taken money to the temporary holding unit, and then prepares it. Control is performed so as to automatically perform a dispensing process in which money corresponding to a predetermined amount of money is sent from the storage unit to the dispensing unit. As described above, after performing the deposit process of money, it is possible to automatically perform the process of dispensing the money corresponding to the predetermined amount of money set in the control unit, so that the operator can deposit the money with a single operation. Both processing and withdrawal processing can be performed, so that the waiting time of the operator generated between these two processings can be reduced and the operator forgets to perform the withdrawal processing. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the withdrawal process from being performed.

  In the money handling machine of the present invention, the control unit may perform control to automatically perform storage processing such as sending money from the temporary storage unit to the storage unit after performing the withdrawal process. preferable. As a result, compared with the case where the money taken in from the outside of the housing by the input unit is sent to the temporary holding unit and the money is withdrawn after the money is sent from the temporary holding unit to the storage unit. Since the withdrawal process is performed prior to the storage process, the operator can take out the reserve money for change etc. to the outside of the housing more quickly. In this case, since the storage process is automatically performed after the withdrawal process, it is possible to prevent the operator from forgetting the operation of the storage process and leaving the storage process unexecuted.

  In the money handling machine of the present invention, the temporary storage unit is under a first management authority, the storage unit is under a second management authority different from the first management authority, and the temporary storage unit It is more preferable that the money management authority is transferred from the first management authority to the second management authority when sending the money from the storage unit to the storage unit.

  A money handling machine according to the present invention is a money handling machine for processing money, and includes a housing, a loading portion for feeding money into the inside from the outside of the housing, and a money inside the housing. A dispensing unit for throwing out to the outside, a conveying unit provided inside the housing, connected to the throwing unit and the dispensing unit, respectively, for conveying money in the housing, and the conveying An identification unit that is provided in a portion and identifies the currency that is input from the outside of the housing by the input unit; and the money that is connected to the transport unit inside the housing and sent from the transport unit And a control unit that controls the input unit, the transport unit, and the storage unit, and the control unit controls the money to be withdrawn. A predetermined amount of reserve money is set The control unit takes in money from the outside of the housing by the insertion unit and performs a storage process of sending the captured money to the storage unit, and then performs a predetermined amount of the prepared money. Control is performed so as to automatically perform a withdrawal process for sending the money from the storage unit to the dispensing unit. Here, the predetermined amount of reserve money, which is money to be withdrawn, refers to a predetermined denomination and the number of each denomination, or a predetermined total amount.

  According to such a money handling machine, in the control unit, a predetermined amount of reserve money that is money to be withdrawn for change or the like (a predetermined denomination of reserve money and the number of each denomination, or a predetermined number). The control unit prepares after depositing and storing such that the input unit takes in money from the outside of the housing and sends the taken money to the storage unit. Control is performed so as to automatically perform a dispensing process in which money corresponding to a predetermined amount of money is sent from the storage unit to the dispensing unit. In this way, after performing the deposit and storage processing of money, it is possible to automatically perform the money withdrawal processing for a predetermined amount of money set in the control unit. Both the deposit storage process and the withdrawal process can be performed, so that the waiting time of the operator generated between these two processes can be reduced and the operator can operate the withdrawal process. It is possible to prevent the user from forgetting and leaving the withdrawal process unattended.

  According to the money handling machine of the present invention, it is possible to perform both money deposit processing and money withdrawal processing with a single operation, thereby reducing the waiting time of the operator that occurs between these two processes. It is possible to prevent the operator from forgetting the operation of the withdrawal process and leaving the withdrawal process unexecuted.

It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the money processor in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic side view which shows the structure inside the housing | casing of the money processor shown in FIG. It is a control block diagram of the money processor shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the money handling machine in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the outline of a structure of the banknote processing apparatus in the money processor shown in FIG. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the outline of a structure of the coin processing apparatus in the money processor shown in FIG. It is a control block diagram of the money handling machine shown in FIG. It is a side view which shows the other structure of the accommodating part for accommodating a banknote.

[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, a money handling machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The money handling machine according to the present embodiment stores banknotes taken in from the outside of the housing in the storage unit, and throws out banknotes stored in the storage unit from the inside of the housing to the outside. It relates to a processing machine. 1 to 3 are views showing a first embodiment of a money handling machine according to the present invention. Among these, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the money handling machine in the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing the internal configuration of the housing of the money handling machine shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the money handling machine shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 1, the perspective view of the banknote processing machine 1 in this Embodiment is shown. An outline of such a banknote handling machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, especially FIG. 2. The banknote handling machine 1 throws out banknotes inside the casing 10, a banknote insertion unit 12 for inserting banknotes into the inside from the outside of the casing 10, and banknotes inside the casing 10. The banknote throwing-out part 14 is provided. Inside the housing 10, there is provided a transport unit 16 that transports the banknotes inserted into the housing 10 from the outside by the banknote insertion unit 12. In addition, a temporary storage unit 20 is connected to the transport unit 16 inside the housing 10, and the temporary storage unit 20 temporarily stores banknotes inserted from the outside of the housing 10 by the banknote insertion unit 12. To hold on.

  In addition, a plurality of, for example, six storage units 22 are connected to the transport unit 16 inside the housing 10. Each storage unit 22 stores a bill that has been inserted into the housing 10 from the outside by the bill insertion unit 12 and conveyed by the conveyance unit 16. In addition, each storage unit 22 can feed out banknotes stored in the storage unit 22 to the transport unit 16. The bills fed out to the transport unit 16 are sent to the bill throwing unit 14 so that the operator can take out the bills sent to the bill throwing unit 14. As shown in FIG. 3, the banknote handling machine 1 is provided with a control unit 50 for controlling each component in the banknote handling machine 1.

  Hereinafter, each component in such a banknote processing machine 1 is explained in full detail.

  As described above, the banknote handling machine 1 includes the substantially rectangular parallelepiped casing 10. The housing 10 is configured in a vertical shape with a narrow lateral width, a long depth in the front-rear direction, and a high vertical height.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an upper unit 10p and a lower unit 10q are provided inside the housing 10 so that they can be pulled out from the front surface (left side surface in FIG. 2) of the housing 10 to the left in FIG. ing.

  On the upper surface of the upper unit 10p, there are provided a slot 14a for throwing out banknotes from the inside of the housing 10 and an inlet 12a for throwing banknotes into the inside of the housing 10. Further, on the upper surface of the upper unit 10p, the processing status and the like of banknotes in the banknote handling machine 1 are displayed, and a display operation unit 34 for an operator to give various commands to the control unit 50 of the banknote handling machine 1. Is provided. Here, the display operation unit 34 is constituted by a touch panel, for example.

  On the front surface of the upper unit 10p, there is provided a unit lock 40 operated by an operator for locking and unlocking in a state where the upper unit 10p is housed in the housing 10. Then, by unlocking the unit lock 40, the upper unit 10p can be pulled out from the inside of the housing 10 in the left direction of FIG.

  A door 30 is attached to the lower front area of the housing 10 so as to be freely opened and closed. The door 30 is provided with a number type lock mechanism 46 for storing the lower unit 10q in the housing 10 and locking and unlocking the door 30 with the door 30 closed. This lock mechanism 46 can be operated only by a collection specific person of a collection company entrusted with a collection business of sales. That is, the lock mechanism 46 cannot be unlocked by the store clerk. The lower unit 10q can be pulled out from the inside of the housing 10 in the left direction of FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the door 30 is provided with a handle 44 for opening and closing the door 30.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the lower part of the outlet 14a and the inlet 12a of the upper unit 10p, a box-shaped bill throwing unit that stores bills in a standing posture and the short side direction of a rectangular bill as the up and down direction, respectively. The exit part 14 and the banknote insertion part 12 are arrange | positioned. The banknote dispensing unit 14 is provided with a transparent shutter 14c that can be opened and closed while closing the banknote dispensing unit 14 during the banknote dispensing process and opening the banknote dispensing process. And in the process of throwing out banknotes from the transport section 16 to the banknote throwing section 14, the banknotes sent to the banknote throwing section 14 can be visually recognized through the closed transparent shutter 14c. Yes.

  The banknote insertion unit 12 is a tray (not shown) that accepts a banknote inserted into the banknote insertion unit 12 from the insertion port 12a in a standing position, and a banknote pressed by a tray that moves at the start of the banknote insertion process. A kicker roller 12d that kicks downward sheet by sheet is provided. Further, the banknote insertion unit 12 is provided with a feed roller 12b and a gate roller 12c that hold the banknote kicked downward by the kicker roller 12d and feed the banknotes one by one to the transport unit 16.

  The bill throwing unit 14 is provided with a bill striking impeller 14b for feeding the bills conveyed from the transport unit 16 one by one into the bill dispensing unit 14 in a standing posture. Moreover, the banknote throwing-out part 14 is provided with the tray (not shown) for accepting the banknote drawn in the banknote throwing-out part 14 with the bill beating impeller 14b in a standing position. The tray moves in accordance with the amount of accepted banknotes so as to be aligned and accumulated forward while maintaining a standing posture of the banknotes with a fixed position for receiving banknotes.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a temporary storage unit 20 is provided in the upper unit 10p. The temporary storage unit 20 has a function of temporarily storing the banknotes inserted into the housing 10 from the outside by the banknote insertion unit 12 and transported by the transport unit 16 in a denomination mixed state. . More specifically, the banknotes are sent one by one from the transport unit 16 to the temporary storage unit 20, and the sent banknotes are temporarily stored in a stacked state. Yes. The temporary storage unit 20 can also feed the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20 to the transport unit 16 one by one.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the temporary storage unit 20 is provided with a kicker roller 20 c that kicks the stacked banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 20 one by one from the top toward the transport unit 16 one by one. . In addition, the temporary storage unit 20 is provided with a feed roller 20a and a gate roller 20b that sandwich the banknote kicked by the kicker roller 20c and feed the banknote one by one to the transport unit 16.

  Further, the temporary storage unit 20 is provided with a banknote insertion detection sensor 20d that detects this when a banknote is inserted into the temporary storage unit 20. When the bill insertion detection sensor 20d detects that a bill has been inserted into the temporary storage unit 20, this detection information is sent to the control unit 50.

  In addition, a transport unit 16 that transports banknotes in the housing 10 is provided inside the housing 10. This conveyance part 16 conveys the banknote drawn | fed out from the banknote insertion part 12 to the conveyance part 16 one by one along a conveyance path, and sends it to the temporary storage part 20, the accommodating part 22, rejection box 24 grade | etc.,. Yes. Moreover, the conveyance part 16 sends the banknote temporarily hold | maintained at the temporary storage part 20 to the banknote throwing-out part 14, storage part 22, etc. one by one. Furthermore, the conveyance part 16 sends the banknote accommodated in the accommodating part 22 one by one to the banknote throwing-out part 14 grade | etc.,. The conveyance part 16 consists of what combined the circulation belt mechanism, for example, and can reverse now reverse the conveyance direction of the banknote in a conveyance path.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a branch member 26 is provided at a branch point of the transport path in the transport unit 16, and the banknote transport path is switched by the branch member 26. Switching of the banknote transport path by the branch member 26 is controlled by a control unit 50 described later.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, an identification unit 18 is interposed in the conveyance path in the conveyance unit 16. The identification unit 18 is configured to identify, for example, the denominations, authenticity, correctness, and the like of banknotes fed one by one from the banknote insertion unit 12 to the transport unit 16. The banknote identification result by the identification unit 18 is sent to the control unit 50 described later.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a reject box 24 that stores reject banknotes is fixedly disposed in the lower side unit 10 q in the front side region of the housing 10. In the rear area of the reject box 24, for example, a plurality of (for example, six) storage units 22 for storing banknotes by denomination are fixedly arranged side by side in the front-rear direction. The reject box 24 and each storage unit 22 are connected to the transport unit 16, respectively.

  Each storage unit 22 is provided with a stacking table 22a on which banknotes are stacked, and the banknotes are stacked on the stacking table 22a in a stacked state.

  As shown in FIG. 2, each storage unit 22 includes feeding rollers 22 b and 22 c that carry banknotes from the transport unit 16 onto the stacking table 22 a when storing banknotes in the storage unit 22, and the storage units. A kicker roller 22d for kicking out the banknotes on the stacking table 22a one by one when feeding out the banknotes stored in the storage unit 22, and a feed roller for feeding out the banknotes kicked by the kicker roller 22d to the transport unit 16 22e and a gate roller 22f. And when storing a banknote in each storage part 22, since the upper surface height of a banknote becomes high whenever a banknote is integratedly stored on the stacking base 22a, the stacking base 22a is lowered | lowered one by one. Further, when the banknotes stored in the storage unit 22 are fed out from the storage unit 22, the stacking table 22a is raised to press the banknotes against the kicker roller 22d, and the banknotes are fed one by one by rotating the kicker roller 22d. And it kicks out toward the gate roller 22f.

  The reject box 24 is configured such that a banknote identified as not a normal banknote by the identification unit 18 or a banknote that could not be identified by the identification unit 18 is sent from the transport unit 16 as a reject banknote. Bills are accumulated in the reject box 24 in a denomination mixed state.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the control part 50 is each component of the banknote processing machine 1, specifically, the banknote insertion part 12, the banknote throwing-out part 14, the conveyance part 16, the identification part 18, the temporary storage part 20, Each storage unit 22, branch member 26, bill insertion detection sensor 20 d, and display operation unit 34 are connected to each other. The control unit 50 is configured to send information related to the banknote identification result by the identification unit 18 from the identification unit 18. In addition, the operator can send various commands to the control unit 50 by the display operation unit 34. Moreover, the control part 50 comes to control each of the banknote insertion part 12, the banknote throwing part 14, the conveyance part 16, the temporary storage part 20, each storage part 22, the branch member 26, and the display operation part 34. FIG. ing. A method of controlling each component by the control unit 50 will be described later.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, an interface 52 is connected to the control unit 50, and this interface 52 is connected to a host device. As a result, the control unit 50 can transmit and receive signals to and from the host device.

  Next, operation | movement of the banknote processing machine 1 which consists of the above structures is demonstrated below. Operation | movement of the banknote processing machine 1 demonstrated below is performed when the control part 50 controls each component of the banknote processing machine 1. FIG.

  First, the operator instructs the control unit 50 to change the bill processing mode to the deposit / withdrawal interlocking mode by the display operation unit 34. More specifically, when the operator selects the deposit processing mode by the display operation unit 34, a “change / withdrawal” key is displayed in the display in the deposit processing mode on the display operation unit 34. Then, when the operator presses the “change / withdrawal” key in the display in the deposit processing mode, the deposit / withdrawal interlocking mode is selected. In addition, in the display in the above-described deposit processing mode in the display operation unit 34, a “determine / end transaction” key is also displayed. They are displayed on the same screen. Alternatively, when the operator selects the withdrawal processing mode by the display operation unit 34, the “deposit” key is displayed in the display in the withdrawal processing mode on the display operation unit 34. Then, when the operator presses the “deposit” key in the display in the withdrawal processing mode, the deposit / withdrawal interlocking mode is selected. As a matter of course, the operator can also send a command to the control unit 50 to perform a processing method other than the deposit / withdrawal interlocking mode, specifically, for example, only the deposit process.

  In the control unit 50, when the bill processing mode is set to the deposit / withdrawal interlocking mode, the operator uses the display operation unit 34 to prepare the prepared money, which is the money to be withdrawn for change, etc. Currency amount (specifically, the denomination of the reserve money and the number or total amount of each denomination). These input contents are set in the control unit 50. It should be noted that the money amount of the prepared money has been previously set in the control unit 50 in advance, and it is not necessary to input the money amount of the prepared money by the display operation unit 34 every time the operator operates the banknote handling machine 1. It may be good. Further, instead of the operator giving various commands to the control unit 50 by the display operation unit 34, the above-described commands are issued from the host device to the control unit 50 via the interface 52. May be.

  Thereafter, the operator inserts the banknote into the banknote insertion unit 12 with the denominations mixed through the insertion port 12a. The banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion unit 12 are fed one by one to the transport unit 16 and sent to the identification unit 18 by the transport unit 16. Then, the identification unit 18 identifies the banknote denomination, authenticity, correctness, etc. one by one. Among the banknotes identified by the identification unit 18, normal banknotes are sent to the temporary storage unit 20 and temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20. On the other hand, banknotes that could not be identified by the identification unit 18 or banknotes that were determined to be abnormal by identification are sent to the banknote dispensing unit 14 as reject banknotes. Note that the transparent shutter 14c is closed during the bill deposit process. And when conveyance of the banknote from the banknote insertion part 12 to the temporary storage part 20 or the banknote throwing-out part 14 is complete | finished, the transparent shutter 14c will open automatically, an operator will take out the rejection banknote in the banknote throwing-out part 14, In some cases, the banknote is inserted again into the banknote insertion unit 12.

  Moreover, when conveyance of the banknote from the banknote insertion part 12 to the temporary storage part 20 or the banknote throwing-out part 14 is complete | finished, it is automatically only for the number of sheets for every denomination of the prepared money set to the control part 50, or total. A bill is sent from each storage unit 22 to the bill dispensing unit 14 by the transport unit 16 by the amount of money. More specifically, the banknotes stored in each storage unit 22 are fed one by one to the transport unit 16 and are transported one by one by the transport unit 16. The banknotes fed to the transport unit 16 are identified by the identification unit 18. The banknote determined to be normal by the identification unit 18 is sent to the banknote dispensing unit 14, and the banknote determined to be not normal is sent to the reject box 24. During such bill withdrawal processing, the transparent shutter 14c is closed. And when conveyance of the banknote from each storage part 22 to the banknote throwing-out part 14 or the rejection box 24 is complete | finished, the transparent shutter 14c will open automatically and the operator will change the banknote in the banknote throwing-out part 14 for change etc. It can be taken out as reserve money.

  In the banknote withdrawal process as described above, the display operation unit 34 has the number of banknotes denominated as denominations such as change sent from each storage unit 22 to the banknote dispensing unit 14, And / or the total amount is displayed in a count-up (addition display) manner. Alternatively, the display operation unit 34 first displays the number of predetermined denominations and / or a predetermined total amount of reserve money set in the control unit 50 in advance, and the number of each predetermined denomination is displayed. Or, from the total amount, the number of bills denominated by a countdown (subtraction display) type that subtracts and displays the number or amount of bills actually sent from each storage unit 22 to the bill dispensing unit 14, and The total amount may be displayed. In this case, in a certain denomination, when the number of banknotes actually sent from each storage unit 22 to the banknote dispensing unit 14 is less than the predetermined number of reserve coins set in the control unit 50 in advance, or When the total amount of banknotes actually sent from each storage unit 22 to the banknote dispensing unit 14 is less than the predetermined total amount of reserve money set in advance in the control unit 50, this is displayed on the display operation unit 34. Will be displayed.

  In addition, for a certain denomination, when the number of banknotes stored in the storage unit 22 corresponding to the denomination is insufficient with respect to the predetermined number of reserve currencies set in the control unit 50 in advance, The lower denomination banknotes stored in the storage unit 22 can be substituted. That is, for example, when the actual number of 5,000 yen bills stored in the storage unit 22 for storing 5,000 yen bills is insufficient with respect to the predetermined number of reserve coins set in the control unit 50 in advance, The total amount of the reserve money in the banknote dispensing unit 14 is insufficient by transporting the thousand yen bill in the other storage unit 22 that stores the thousand yen bill as a reserve currency to the banknote dispensing unit 14 instead of the 5,000 yen bill Do not. In addition, about substitution of the insufficient banknote regarding such reserve money, it can be previously set by the display operation part 34 whether substitution is performed now.

  Moreover, when conveyance of the banknote from each storage part 22 to the banknote throwing-out part 14 or the rejection box 24 is complete | finished, the banknote temporarily hold | maintained temporarily by the temporary storage part 20 will be drawn out one by one to the conveyance part 16. Then, identification is performed again by the identification unit 18 and stored in each storage unit 22 by denomination. Here, the temporary holding unit 20 has management authority (first management authority) on the store side, and each storage unit 22 has management authority (second management authority) on the collection specific person side. The banknote storage process transfers the banknote management authority from the store side to the collection specific person side.

  As described above, according to the banknote handling machine 1 of the present embodiment, in the control unit 50, a predetermined amount of reserve money (a predetermined denomination of reserve money and its money) The number of denominations or a predetermined total amount) is set, and the control unit 50 takes in banknotes from the outside of the housing 10 by the banknote insertion unit 12 and temporarily holds the banknotes taken in. After performing the depositing process such as sending to 20, the withdrawal process automatically sending the banknotes for a predetermined amount of money set as the reserve currency to be withdrawn from each storage unit 22 to the banknote dispensing unit 14. Control is performed so that As described above, after the banknote deposit process is performed, the banknote withdrawal process for a predetermined amount of money set in the control unit 50 can be automatically performed. This makes it possible to perform both banknote depositing and withdrawal processing, which can reduce the waiting time for the operator between these two processes and allow the operator to withdraw. It is possible to prevent the operation of the gold processing from being forgotten and the withdrawal processing not being performed.

  In addition, the control unit 50 performs control to automatically perform storage processing (delivery processing) such as sending banknotes from the temporary storage unit 20 to each storage unit 22 after performing the withdrawal process. . For this reason, the banknote taken in from the exterior of the housing | casing 10 by the banknote insertion part 12 is sent to the temporary storage part 20, and the banknote withdrawal process is performed after sending a banknote from this temporary storage part 20 to each accommodating part 22. Compared with the case where it carries out, since the withdrawal process is performed prior to the storage process, the operator can take out the prepared money for change etc. to the outside of the housing 10 more quickly. . In this case, since the storage process is automatically performed after the withdrawal process, it is possible to prevent the operator from forgetting the operation of the storage process and leaving the storage process unexecuted. Moreover, when the above storage processing (delivery processing) is performed, the banknote management authority is transferred from the store side to the collection specific person side.

  In addition, the money handling machine by this Embodiment is not limited to said aspect, A various change can be added. For example, the money handling machine according to the present embodiment is not limited to one that processes banknotes, and may process coins. In this case, a temporary holding unit for temporarily holding a coin that has been inserted from the outside of the housing by the insertion unit and identified by the identification unit is provided inside the housing.

  In addition, in the case where the control unit 50 has previously set the money amount of the reserve money (the denomination of the reserve money and the number of each denomination or the total amount), the banknote processing mode for the control unit 50 is previously set. Is set in the deposit / withdrawal interlocking mode, for a certain denomination, the number of banknotes stored in the storage unit 22 corresponding to the denomination is set in advance in the predetermined amount of the prepared money set in the control unit 50. When the total number of banknotes stored in the storage unit 22 is insufficient with respect to the predetermined total amount of reserve money preset in the control unit 50 , The “change payment” key may not be displayed.

  Moreover, in the control part 50, the setting which always makes a payment process interlock | cooperate in the case of the payment processing of a banknote may be performed. In this case, even if the operator selects the deposit processing mode using the display operation unit 34, the display operation unit 34 displays “determine transaction / The "End" key is not displayed. In this case, after the banknote deposit process and subsequent withdrawal process are performed, the operator depresses the “confirm transaction / end” key to confirm the transaction of the deposit process and the withdrawal process and the series of processes. It will end.

  Further, the storage unit for storing banknotes is not limited to a type in which banknotes are stacked in a stacked state on a stacking table as shown in FIG. A type as shown may be used. 8 has a drum 23a and a pair of tapes 23b, 23c that can rotate in both forward and reverse directions, and a pair of tapes 23b in a state where a bill is sandwiched between the pair of tapes 23b, 23c. , 23c is wound around the drum 23a.

  Details of the storage unit 23 will be described with reference to FIG. The storage unit 23 is configured to sequentially wind up and store the banknotes sent from the transport unit 16 one by one, and to sequentially rewind the wound banknotes one by one and discharge them to the transport unit 16. The storage unit 22 is provided with a drum 23a for winding up banknotes. A pair of tapes 23b and 23c are wound around the drum 23a, and banknotes are wound around the drum 23a one by one while being sandwiched between the pair of tapes 23b and 23c. It has become.

  The drum 23a rotates in both the clockwise and counterclockwise directions of FIG. 8 about an axis orthogonal to the paper surface of FIG. One end of each of the tapes 23b and 23c is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the drum 23a at the same location. When the drum 23a rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 8, these tapes 23b and 23c are wound around the drum 23a. It has come to be taken. The driving of the drum 23a is controlled by the control unit 50.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the storage unit 23 is provided with winding rollers 23d and 23e to which the other ends of the tapes 23b and 23c are connected and to wind the tapes 23b and 23c, respectively. That is, one end of each tape 23b, 23c is wound around the drum 23a, and the other end is wound around the winding rollers 23d, 23e. The driving of the winding rollers 23d and 23e is controlled by the control unit 50. Moreover, the opening part 23f for allowing a banknote to pass through is provided in the upper surface of the housing | casing of the accommodating part 23. FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the banknote sent from the transport unit 16 to the storage unit 23 through the opening 23f is sandwiched between a pair of tapes 23b and 23c, and the drum 23a rotates counterclockwise in FIG. The bills are wound on the drum 23a one by one along with the pair of tapes 23b and 23c.

  An opening 23g for observing the tape 23b from the outside of the housing is provided on the side surface of the housing of the storage unit 23. Further, a plurality of colors are attached to the tape 23b as follows. That is, in an empty state where the number of banknotes stored in the storage unit 23 is zero, the color of the tape 23b viewed from the opening 23f and the opening 23g is red and stored in the storage unit 23. In a near empty state where a small number of banknotes are to be printed, the color of the tape 23b is colored so that the color of the tape 23b viewed from the opening 23f or the opening 23g is a dotted red. When the banknotes stored in the storage unit 23 are full, the tape 23b viewed from the opening 23f and the opening 23g is blue and stored in the storage unit 23. When the bill is in a near-full state where the bill is almost full, the color of the tape 23b viewed from the opening 23f and the opening 23g is blue in a dotted line, and the bill stored in the storage 23 is other than the above state. In this state, the tape 23b is colored so that the color of the tape 23b viewed from the opening 23f and the opening 23g is yellow.

  The tape 23b of the storage unit 23 is color-coded as described above, and the housing 23 is provided with an opening 23f and an opening 23 for observing the tape 23b. The operator can visually check the storage state of banknotes in the storage unit 23, specifically, the empty state, the full state, and the like from the outside of the housing of the storage unit 23 without opening and closing. .

  Moreover, the banknote insertion part 12 and the banknote throwing-out part 14 may be united instead of providing the banknote insertion part 12 and the banknote throwing-out part 14 separately.

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Hereinafter, a money handling machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The money handling machine according to the present embodiment relates to a money handling machine that stores, in a money storage unit, money made of banknotes, coins, and the like taken into the inside from the outside of the housing. 4 to 7 are views showing a second embodiment of the money handling machine according to the present invention. Among these, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the money handling machine in the present embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the outline of the configuration of the banknote handling apparatus in the money handling machine shown in FIG. . FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an outline of the configuration of the coin processing device in the money handling machine shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 7 is a control block diagram of the money handling machine shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the money handling machine 60 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped casing 61, and the casing 61 includes a banknote handling device 70 disposed on the upper right side when the money handling machine 60 is viewed from the front. And a coin processing device 80 disposed on the upper left side when the money handling machine 60 is viewed from the front. Moreover, in the housing | casing 61 of the money processor 60, the money storage part 90 which accommodates a coin and a banknote is provided below the banknote processing apparatus 70 and the coin processing apparatus 80. FIG. Here, in the money handling machine 60, the banknote processing device 70 and the coin processing device 80 are under the management authority on the store side (under the first management authority), and the money storage unit 90 is under the management authority on the collection specific person side. (Under the second management authority).

  Hereinafter, each component of the banknote processing apparatus 70, the coin processing apparatus 80, and the money storage part 90 is demonstrated.

  First, the structure of the banknote processing apparatus 70 is demonstrated using FIG. 4 and FIG. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the banknote handling apparatus 70 includes a banknote insertion slot 71 that takes in banknotes into the banknote handling apparatus 70, and a counterfeit bill or identification among banknotes taken into the banknote handling apparatus 70. A bill reject port 72 that rejects bills that cannot be received, and a bill return port 73 that returns bills that are not stored in the bill storage unit 90 among the bills taken into the bill processing device 70 to the outside of the bill processing device 70. I have. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, inside the banknote handling apparatus 70 is provided a transport unit 75 that transports the banknotes inserted into the banknote slot 71 within the banknote handling apparatus 70.

  The banknote insertion slot 71 is configured such that one or a plurality of banknotes in a bundle state are collectively input in the short direction by an operator. As shown in FIG. 4, a bill stage 78 is disposed at the bill insertion slot 71. The banknote stage 78 is in the raised position during standby, and in this case, the operator cannot insert the banknote into the banknote insertion slot 71, while the banknote stage 78 is lowered during processing of the banknote and the operator enters the banknote insertion slot 71. It is comprised so that can be thrown in. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the bill insertion slot 71 is connected to the transport unit 75, and one or a plurality of banknotes in a bundle state inserted into the bill insertion slot 71 are transported one by one by the transport unit 75. It has become so. Moreover, the banknote rejection port 72 is connected to the conveyance part 75 as shown in FIG. 5, and the banknote which should be rejected by the identification part 76 mentioned later among the banknotes taken in in the banknote processing apparatus 70 by the banknote insertion slot 71. FIG. The banknote identified as being or the banknote that could not be identified by the identification unit 76 is sent from the transport unit 75. The operator can take out the banknote sent to the banknote reject port 72.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the bill return port 73 is provided with a bill storage unit 79 connected to the transport unit 75. A bill is sent from the transport unit 75 to the bill storage unit 79. In addition, the bill return port 73 is provided with a door 74 that can be opened and closed. When returning the banknote in the banknote storage part 79, the wall surface of the banknote storage part 79 at the front side of the apparatus is opened, and the operator can take out the banknote from the door 74. The door 74 is automatically opened when the bill can be taken out. As will be described later, the banknotes held in the banknote storage unit 79 are sent to a banknote storage cassette 91 (described later) disposed in the money storage unit 90 instead of being taken out from the banknote return port 73 by the operator. Sometimes.

  The transport unit 75 has a function of sequentially transporting banknotes one by one inside the banknote processing apparatus 70. Specifically, in the transport unit 75, the banknote is sandwiched between a pair of belts and transported along the transport path. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the conveyance path provided in the conveyance unit 75 is branched at various places, and a branch member (not shown) is provided at a place where the conveyance path branches. ing. Each branch member consists of a branch claw, for example, and these branch members are each controlled by the control part 65 mentioned later. Further, the transport unit 75 is provided with an identifying unit 76 that identifies each banknote transported by the transport unit 75 one by one. The identification unit 76 identifies the denomination, authenticity, correctness, and the like of the banknotes conveyed by the conveyance unit 75. The identification result of the banknote by the identification part 76 is sent to the control part 65 mentioned later.

  A plurality of (for example, three) recyclable banknote storage units 77 are provided in parallel inside the banknote handling apparatus 70. Here, the plurality of recyclable banknote storage units 77a to 77c are configured to temporarily store banknotes by denomination. As shown in FIG. 5, each recyclable banknote storage 77 has a drum 77p that can rotate in both forward and reverse directions, and a pair of tapes are wound around each drum 77p. The banknotes sent from the transport section 75 to the recycle-type banknote storage sections 77 are sequentially wound up one by one by the drum 77p while being sandwiched between the pair of tapes.

  The banknote holding part 79 is provided in the banknote return port 73 as mentioned above, and is connected to the conveyance part 75 as shown in FIG. The banknote storage unit 79 is configured to send a banknote inserted into the banknote insertion slot 71 and a banknote stored in each recyclable banknote storage unit 77 by the transport unit 75, and sent from the transport unit 75. Banknotes can be held in a bundle. Here, when the banknote in the banknote holding part 79 is returned, as described above, the wall surface of the banknote holding part 79 on the front side of the apparatus is opened so that the operator can take out the banknote from the door 74. It has become. The door 74 is automatically opened when the bill can be taken out. Moreover, when a banknote is hold | maintained at the banknote storage part 79, a banknote is mounted on a temporary storage board, and when storing the banknote in the banknote storage part 79 in the banknote storage cassette 91, this banknote The stage provided in the storage cassette 91 picks up the banknote placed on the temporary storage plate of the banknote storage unit 79, puts the banknote on the stage, descends from the banknote storage unit 79 to the banknote storage cassette 91, and on the stage Are stored in the banknote storage cassette 91 by pressing them from above.

  Next, the configuration of the coin processing device 80 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 6. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the coin processing device 80 includes a coin insertion port 81 that takes in coins into the coin processing device 80, and an identification that will be described later among the coins that are taken into the coin processing device 80. A coin return port 82 that rejects coins that cannot be identified by the unit 85a, or returns coins that are not stored in the coin storage unit 90 among the coins taken into the coin processing device 80 to the outside of the coin processing device 80. And. As shown in FIG. 6, inside the coin processing device 80, a transport unit 85 that transports the coins inserted into the coin insertion slot 81 in the coin processing device 80 is provided.

  The coin slot 81 is configured such that one or more coins are batch-loaded by the operator. The coins inserted into the coin insertion slot 81 are sent to the inside of the coin processing device 80. The coin return port 82 is connected to the downstream end of the transport unit 85, and stores coins sent from the transport unit 85. The operator can take out the coins stored in the coin return port 82. Here, of the coins taken into the coin processing device 80, the coins that cannot be identified by the discriminating unit 85a described later are sent to the coin return port 82 and taken into the coin processing device 80 as described above. Among the received coins, coins that are not stored in the money storage unit 90 are sent, and such coins are returned to the outside of the coin processing device 80 through the coin return port 82.

  As shown in FIG. 6, a coin feeding unit 83 is provided inside the coin processing device 80. The coin feeding unit 83 communicates with the coin slot 81, temporarily stores coins inserted from the coin slot 81 by the operator, and feeds the stored coins to a transport unit 85 described later. It has become.

  The transport unit 85 has a function of sequentially transporting coins one by one inside the coin processing apparatus 80. As shown in FIG. 6, the upstream end and the downstream end of the transport unit 85 are connected to a coin feeding unit 83 and a coin return port 82, respectively. In addition, the transport unit 85 is provided with an identifying unit 85a that identifies the coins transported by the transport unit 85 one by one. This identification part 85a identifies the denomination, authenticity, etc. of the coin conveyed by the conveyance part 85. FIG. The identification result of the banknote by the identification unit 85a is sent to the control unit 65 described later.

  Inside the coin processing device 80, a plurality of (for example, six) recyclable coin storage portions 84 of a cylindrical top and bottom type are provided in parallel, and each of the recycle coin storage portions 84 is vertically arranged. It is designed to extend. Here, the plurality of recycle-type coin storage portions 84a to 84f are configured to temporarily store coins in a stacked state generally by denomination.

  As shown in FIG. 6, seven sorting holes 86 are provided in the middle of the transport unit 85 in order from the coin feeding unit 83 toward the downstream side. Here, among the seven sorting holes 86, the sorting hole 86 located on the most upstream side (the sorting hole for overflow 86) is provided to send coins directly from the transport unit 85 to a lateral transport unit 88 to be described later. . Specifically, the sorting hole 86 located on the most upstream side, when the coin identification result by the identification unit 85a satisfies a predetermined condition (for example, recycling corresponding to the denomination of the coin identified by the identification unit 85a). When the coin-type coin storage 84 is full), this coin is sent onto the lateral transport 88. The second to seventh sorting holes 86 from the upstream side correspond to the recycle type coin storage portions 84a to 84f, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 6, a denomination-type coin temporary storage unit 89 for temporarily storing coins is provided at the upper part of each recycle type coin storage unit 84 extending in the vertical direction. Of the seven sorting holes 86, the coins that have fallen from the transport unit 85 via the sorting holes 86 other than the sorting hole 86 located on the most upstream side are first temporarily held by the denomination type coin temporary holding unit 89. It has become. Then, the coins held in the denomination-type coin temporary storage unit 89 are stored in the recycle type coin storage units 84. The denomination-type coin temporary holding unit 89 has a throwing member, and the throwing-out member throws out the coins held in the denomination-type coin temporary holding unit 89 onto a lateral transport unit 88 described later. You can also. On the other hand, when the coins stored in each recycle type coin storage unit 84 are taken out from the recycle type coin storage unit 84, first, a stage (not shown) provided at the lower part of the recycle type coin storage unit 84 is provided. The coin on the stage is lifted upward, and the coin on the stage is sent to the denomination-type coin temporary holding unit 89, and this coin is thrown out onto the lateral conveying unit 88 by the throwing member of the denomination-type coin temporary holding unit 89. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 6, a coin holding part 87a is provided inside the coin processing device 80, and a chute 87b is installed above the coin holding part 87a. Here, the coin sent to the upper part of the chute | shoot 87b from the horizontal direction conveyance part 88 mentioned later passes the said chute | shoot 87b, and is sent to the coin holding | maintenance part 87a. The coins temporarily held in the coin holding part 87a are sent to a coin storage cassette 92 (described later) arranged in the money storage part 90.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the coin processing device 80, a lateral conveyance unit 88 having a circulation belt 88 a extending in a substantially horizontal direction, for example, is provided in the vicinity of each recycle-type coin storage unit 84 extending in the vertical direction. It has been. The circulation belt 88a can circulate both clockwise and counterclockwise in FIG. Further, one end of the lateral transport unit 88 is located in the coin feeding unit 83, and the other end of the lateral transport unit 88 is positioned in the vicinity of the upper portion of the chute 87b. Here, when the circulation belt 88 a rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 6, the coins on the lateral transport unit 88 are sent to the coin feeding unit 83. On the other hand, when the circulation belt 88a rotates in the clockwise direction in FIG. 6, the coins on the lateral conveyance unit 88 are sent to the chute 87b and finally held by the coin holding unit 87a.

  Next, the structure of the money storage unit 90 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the money storage unit 90 is provided in the lower part of the housing 61 of the money handling machine 60. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the money storage unit 90 includes a banknote storage cassette 91 that stores banknotes, and a coin storage cassette 92 that stores coins. The banknote storage cassette 91 stores banknotes held in the banknote storage unit 79 of the banknote processing apparatus 70 (see FIG. 5). The coin storage cassette 92 is configured to store the coins held in the coin holding portion 87a of the coin processing device 80 (see FIG. 6). Then, for example, each cassette 91, 92 of the money storage unit 90 is pulled out to the front side of the casing 61 by a collection specific person of a collection company entrusted with a collection operation of sales proceeds. 92 itself is collected.

  Here, as described above, the banknote processing device 70 and the coin processing device 80 have management authority (first management authority) on the store side. On the other hand, the money storage unit 90 has a management authority (second management authority) on the collection specific person side. For this reason, the various processing with respect to the banknote and coin in the recycle type banknote storage part 77 in the banknote processing apparatus 70 and the recycle type coin storage part 84 in the coin processing apparatus 80, the deposit / withdrawal information and cash amount data of this banknote and coin. Access can only be performed by an authorized operator on the store side. On the other hand, collection of banknotes and coins in the money storage unit 90 can be performed only by a collection specific person of the collector.

  Next, various other mechanisms provided in the money handling machine 60 will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, on the upper surface of the housing 61 of the money handling machine 60, an operation unit 95 for an operator to give various commands to a control unit 65 (described later) of the money handling machine 60, and money A display unit 94 for displaying the processing status of money in the processing machine 60 is provided. Here, the operation unit 95 includes, for example, a numeric keypad, a confirmation key, a start key, a cancel key, and a reset key. When the operator presses each key, various operations are performed on the control unit 65 of the money handling machine 60. The command can be performed. The display unit 94 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD).

  Further, on the front surface of the housing 61, a printer 93 that prints money processing contents and the like in the money handling machine 60 and a card reader 96 for confirming the operation authority of the operator are provided. The card reader 96 reads ID information of an ID card carried by the operator.

  Next, the control part 65 which controls each component in the money processor 60 is demonstrated using FIG. The control unit 65 is installed in the housing 61 of the money handling machine 60.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 65 includes each component of the banknote processing device 70 (for example, a transport unit 75, an identification unit 76, a recyclable banknote storage unit 77, a banknote stage 78, a banknote storage unit 79, and a door 74. Etc.), each component of the coin processing device 80 (for example, a coin feeding unit 83, a transporting unit 85, an identification unit 85a, a lateral transporting unit 88, a recycle type coin storage unit 84 including a denominated coin temporary storage unit 89, a coin A holding unit 87a), a money storage unit 90, a display unit 94, an operation unit 95, a printer 93, a card reader 96, a storage unit 97, and the like. In addition, a host device is connected to the control unit 65 via an interface 66.

  The control unit 65 is configured to receive a banknote identification result by the identification unit 76 of the banknote processing apparatus 70 and a coin identification result by the identification unit 85a of the coin processing apparatus 80. Further, information such as input information from the operation unit 95 and ID information of the operator read from the card by the card reader 96 is sent to the control unit 65.

  Further, when the money handling machine 60 is operated, the control unit 65 confirms the authority of the operator based on the operator ID information input from the operation unit 95 or the card reader 96. Moreover, the control part 65 controls each component of the banknote processing apparatus 70 and the coin processing apparatus 80, or controls the display part 94, the printer 93, etc. FIG.

  Next, the operation of the money handling machine 60 having such a configuration will be described.

  The operation of the money handling machine 60 as described above includes three modes: an interface confirmation mode, an operation mode, and a maintenance mode. The operator can select an interface confirmation mode, an operation mode, or a maintenance mode using the operation unit 95.

  The interface confirmation mode is for confirming whether or not the money handling machine 60 is connected to the host device by the interface 66 in the initial state of the money handling machine 60, that is, when the money handling machine 60 is introduced. Mode. In such an interface confirmation mode, when the money handling machine 60 is communicatively connected to the host device via the interface 66, various setting data are sent from the host device to the money handling machine 60.

  The operation mode has two states: an online mode in which the money handling machine 60 is connected to the host device and an offline mode in which the communication connection between the money handling machine 60 and the outside is cut off. The online mode has two modes, a store opening mode and a store closing mode. In the store opening mode, the operator can perform various processing of money. Further, in this store opening mode, for example, the cassettes 91 and 92 themselves of the money storage unit 90 can be collected by the collection specific person of the collection company entrusted with the collection of sales. On the other hand, in the store closing mode, only the collection of the respective cassettes 91 and 92 of the money storage unit 90 can be performed by the collection specific person. It should be noted that the switching between the opening mode and the closing mode can be performed automatically depending on the time zone. On the other hand, in the offline mode, information is not transmitted to the host device, and processing results such as payment processing are stored in the storage unit 97 of the money handling machine 60. The selection of each mode described above can be selected by the operator using the operation unit 95.

  In the maintenance mode, the maintenance staff performs maintenance and maintenance of the respective components of the banknote handling device 70, the coin handling device 80, and the money storage unit 90 of the money handling machine 60. Such maintenance and maintenance may be performed at the site where the money handling machine 60 is installed, or may be performed in the factory by bringing the money handling machine 60 back to the factory or the like.

  Hereinafter, in the money handling machine 60 shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, a series of processing of money such that money made of bills or coins taken into the inside from the outside of the housing 61 is stored in the money storage unit 90. explain.

  First, the operator instructs the control unit 65 to set the money processing mode to the deposit / withdrawal interlocking mode via the operation unit 95. Then, the operator uses the operation unit 95 to determine the amount of the reserve money (the denomination of the reserve money and the number of each denomination or the total amount) of the reserve money that is to be withdrawn for change. input. These input contents are set in the control unit 65. In addition, instead of the operator giving various commands to the control unit 65 by the operation unit 95, the above-described commands are issued from the host device to the control unit 65 via the interface 66. Also good.

  Then, when the operator inserts banknotes into the banknote insertion slot 71 of the banknote processing apparatus 70 among the money such as the sales proceeds of the store, the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion slot 71 are conveyed one by one by the conveyance unit 75, The identification unit 76 identifies the denomination, authenticity, correctness, etc. of the banknote. Of the banknotes identified by the identification unit 76, normal banknotes are stored in the respective recyclable banknote storage units 77. On the other hand, banknotes that could not be identified by the identification unit 76 or banknotes that were determined to be abnormal by identification are sent to the banknote rejection port 72 as reject banknotes. And when conveyance of the banknote from the banknote insertion slot 71 to each recycle type banknote storage part 77 or the banknote rejection slot 72 is complete | finished, an operator takes out the rejection banknote in the banknote rejection slot 72.

  Thereafter, each recyclable banknote is automatically stored by the transport unit 75 by a predetermined amount of reserve money set in the control unit 65 (by the number of denominations of the reserve currency or by the total amount). The bill is sent from the portion 77 to the bill holding portion 79. More specifically, the banknotes stored in each recyclable banknote storage unit 77 are fed one by one to the transport unit 75, and the banknotes are transported one by one by the transport unit 75, but are fed to the transport unit 75. The banknote passes through the identification unit 76, the banknote determined to be normal by the identification unit 76 is sent to the banknote holding unit 79, and the banknote determined to be not normal is sent to the banknote reject port 72. And when conveyance of the banknote from each recycle type banknote storage part 77 to the banknote storage part 79 or the banknote rejection port 72 is complete | finished, the wall surface of the apparatus front side of the banknote storage part 79 will open, and an operator will be in the banknote storage part 79. A certain banknote can be taken out from the door 74 as reserve money for change.

  In the banknote withdrawal process as described above, the display unit 94 displays the number of denominations of banknotes as preparation coins such as change sent from each recyclable banknote storage unit 77 to the banknote storage unit 79. , And / or the total amount is displayed in a count-up (addition display) manner. Alternatively, the display unit 94 first displays the number of reserve currencies set in advance in the control unit 65 for each predetermined denomination and / or a predetermined total amount. For each denomination of banknotes, the countdown (subtraction display) type is used to subtract and display the number or amount of banknotes actually sent from each recycling-type banknote storage unit 77 to the banknote storage unit 79 from the predetermined total amount. The number of sheets and / or the total amount may be displayed. In this case, in a certain denomination, when the number of banknotes actually sent from each recycle-type banknote storage unit 77 to the banknote storage unit 79 is less than the predetermined number of prepared coins set in the control unit 65 in advance, Alternatively, when the total amount of banknotes actually sent from each recycle-type banknote storage unit 77 to the banknote storage unit 79 is less than the predetermined total amount of reserve money set in the control unit 65 in advance, the display unit 94 This will be displayed.

  In addition, for a certain denomination, the actual number of banknotes stored in the recyclable banknote storage unit 77 corresponding to the denomination is insufficient with respect to the predetermined number of reserve coins set in the control unit 65 in advance. In this case, the lower denomination banknotes stored in the other recycling-type banknote storage unit 77 can be substituted. That is, for example, when the number of 5,000 yen bills stored in the recyclable banknote storage unit 77 for storing 5,000 yen bills is insufficient with respect to the predetermined number of reserve coins set in the control unit 65 in advance. The total amount of the prepared money in the banknote holding unit 79 is transported to the banknote holding unit 79 instead of the 5,000 yen bill as the prepared yen in the other recyclable banknote storage unit 77 storing the thousand yen bill Do not run out. In addition, about substitution of the insufficient banknote regarding such a reserve money, it can be previously set now by the operation part 95 whether substitution is performed.

  Next, a case where the operator inserts coins out of money such as sales proceeds of the store into the coin insertion slot 81 of the coin processing device 80 will be described. When the operator inserts coins into the coin insertion slot 81 of the coin processing apparatus 80, first, coins are sent from the coin insertion slot 81 to the coin feeding section 83, and the coins are transferred one by one from the coin feeding section 83 to the transport section 85. It is paid out. Then, coins are transported one by one by the transport unit 85, and the denomination, authenticity, correctness, and the like of the coins are identified by the identification unit 85a. Of the coins identified by the identification unit 85a, normal coins fall from the transport unit 85 through the sorting hole 86 and are sent to the denomination coin temporary storage unit 89. Then, coins are sent from the denomination type coin temporary storage unit 89 to each recycle type coin storage unit 84, and coins are stored in this recycle type coin storage unit 84 by denomination. On the other hand, coins that could not be identified by the identification unit 85a and coins that were determined to be abnormal by identification are sent to the coin return port 82 as reject coins. Then, when the conveyance of the coins from the coin feeding unit 83 to each recycle type coin storage unit 84 or the coin return port 82 is completed, the operator takes out the reject coins in the coin return port 82.

  Thereafter, each recyclable coin storage unit 84 is automatically set to the predetermined amount of reserve money set in the control unit 65 (only the number of reserve coins for each denomination or the predetermined total amount). The coins are sent to the lateral transport unit 88 from the coin type temporary storage unit 89 to the coins, and the coins are sent from the lateral transport unit 88 to the coin feeding unit 83. Then, coins are fed one by one from the coin feeding unit 83 to the transport unit 85, and the fed coins are transported to the coin return port 82 by the transport unit 85. And when conveyance of the coin from each recycle type coin storage part 84 to the coin return slot 82 is completed, the operator will take out the coin in the coin return slot 82 as reserve money for change.

  In the banknote withdrawal process as described above, the number of coins as denominations of coins as reserve coins sent to the coin return slot 82 from the recycle type coin storage 84 is displayed on the display unit 94. , And / or the total amount is displayed in a count-up (addition display) manner. Alternatively, the display unit 94 first displays the number of reserve currencies set in advance in the control unit 65 for each predetermined denomination and / or a predetermined total amount. For each denomination of coins, a countdown (subtraction display) method is used to subtract and display the number or amount of coins actually sent from each recycle-type coin storage unit 84 to the coin return slot 82 from a predetermined total amount. The number of sheets and / or the total amount may be displayed. In this case, in a denomination, when the number of coins actually sent from the recycle type coin storage unit 84 to the coin return port 82 is less than the predetermined number of reserve coins set in the control unit 65 in advance, Alternatively, when the total amount of coins actually sent from each recycle type coin storage unit 84 to the coin return port 82 is less than the predetermined total amount of reserve money set in the control unit 65 in advance, the display unit 94 This will be displayed.

  In addition, for a certain denomination, the actual number of coins stored in the recycle-type coin storage unit 84 corresponding to the denomination is insufficient with respect to the predetermined number of reserve coins set in the control unit 65 in advance. The coins of the lower denominations stored in the other recycle type coin storage unit 84 can be substituted. That is, for example, when the number of stored hundred-yen coins in the recycle-type coin storage unit 84 that stores hundred-yen coins is insufficient with respect to the predetermined number of reserve coins set in the control unit 65 in advance, By transporting the ten-yen coin in the other recyclable coin storage unit 84 that stores the yen coin as a reserve currency to the coin return slot 82 instead of the one hundred yen coin, the total amount of the reserve currency in the coin return slot 82 is not insufficient. Like that. In addition, about substitution of the insufficient banknote regarding such a reserve money, it can be previously set now by the operation part 95 whether substitution is performed.

  As described above, according to the money handling machine 60 of the present embodiment, in the control unit 65, a predetermined amount of reserve money to be withdrawn for change etc. (a predetermined denomination of reserve money and each denomination thereof) The control unit 65 takes in banknotes and coins from the outside of the housing 61 through the banknote insertion slot 71 and the coin insertion slot 81, and the taken banknotes. Or coins are sent to the banknote storage cassette 91 or the coin storage cassette 92 of the currency storage unit 90, and then the recyclable banknote storage unit 77 Control is performed to automatically perform a withdrawal process such as sending from each recycle type coin storage unit 84 to the banknote storage unit 79 or the coin return port 82. In this way, after performing the deposit and storage process of banknotes and coins, the banknotes and coins with a predetermined amount of money set in the control unit 65 can be automatically withdrawn, so the operator can operate It becomes possible to perform both the money depositing and storing process and the money withdrawal process with a single operation in the unit 95, so that the waiting time of the operator generated between these two processes can be reduced. At the same time, it is possible to prevent the operator from forgetting the operation of the withdrawal process and leaving the withdrawal process unexecuted.

  Note that in the money handling machine 60 of the present embodiment, the bill processing unit 70 and the coin processing device 80 have separate bill and coin throwing units and throwing units. The parts may be integrated.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote processing machine 10 Case 10p Upper unit 10q Lower unit 12 Banknote insertion part 12a Input port 12b Feed roller 12c Gate roller 12d Kicker roller 14 Bill ejection part 14a Outlet 14b Bill-tapping impeller 14c Transparent shutter 16 Conveying part 18 Identification unit 20 Temporary storage unit 20a Feed roller 20b Gate roller 20c Kicker roller 20d Bill insertion detection sensor 22 Storage unit 22a Stacking base 22b, 22c Feed roller 22d Kicker roller 22e Feed roller 22f Gate roller 23 Storage unit 23a Drum 23b, 23c Tape 23d, 23e Winding rollers 23f, 23g Opening 24 Reject box 26 Branch member 30 Door 34 Display operation unit 40 Unit lock 44 Handle 46 Lock mechanism 50 Control unit 52 Interface 60 Money processing 61 Housing 65 Control unit 70 Banknote processing device 71 Banknote insertion port 72 Banknote rejection port 73 Banknote return port 74 Door 75 Transport unit 76 Identification unit 77, 77a to 77c Recyclable banknote storage unit 77p Drum 78 Banknote stage 79 Banknote holding unit 80 Coin processing device 81 Coin insertion port 82 Coin return port 83 Coin feeding unit 84, 84a to 84f Recyclable coin storage unit 85 Conveying unit 85a Identification unit 86 Sorting hole 87a Coin holding unit 87b Chute 88 Lateral conveyance unit 88a Circulation belt 89 Gold Type coin temporary storage section 90 coin storage section 91 bill storage cassette 92 coin storage cassette 93 printer 94 display section 95 operation section 96 card reader 97 storage section

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A money handling machine for processing money,
A housing,
An input unit for inputting money from the outside to the inside of the housing;
A dispensing part for throwing out the money inside the housing to the outside;
A transport unit provided inside the housing, connected to the input unit and the throw-out unit, respectively, for transporting money in the housing;
An identification unit that is provided in the transport unit, and that identifies money that has been inserted into the casing from the outside by the insertion unit;
A storage unit that is connected to the transport unit inside the housing, stores the money sent from the transport unit, and feeds the stored money to the transport unit;
A temporary holding unit for temporarily holding the money that is connected to the transport unit inside the case and is inserted from the outside of the case by the input unit and is identified by the identification unit;
A control unit that controls the input unit, the transport unit, the storage unit, and the temporary storage unit;
With
In the control unit, a predetermined amount of reserve money, which is money to be withdrawn, is set, and the control unit takes in money from the outside of the housing by the insertion unit, and the taken-in money is taken in. After performing a deposit process for sending money to the temporary holding unit, a withdrawal process for automatically sending a predetermined amount of money of the prepared currency from the storage unit to the dispensing unit is performed. A money handling machine characterized by performing control.   2. The money according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs control so as to automatically perform storage processing such as sending money from the temporary storage unit to the storage unit after performing the withdrawal process. Processing machine.   The temporary storage unit is under a first management authority, the storage unit is under a second management authority different from the first management authority, and money is sent from the temporary storage unit to the storage unit. 3. The money handling machine according to claim 2, wherein the money management authority is transferred from the first management authority to the second management authority. A money handling machine for processing money,
A housing,
An input unit for inputting money from the outside to the inside of the housing;
A dispensing part for throwing out the money inside the housing to the outside;
A transport unit provided inside the housing, connected to the input unit and the throw-out unit, respectively, for transporting money in the housing;
An identification unit that is provided in the transport unit, and that identifies money that has been inserted into the casing from the outside by the insertion unit;
A storage unit that is connected to the transport unit inside the housing, stores the money sent from the transport unit, and feeds the stored money to the transport unit;
A control unit that controls the charging unit, the transport unit, and the storage unit;
With
In the control unit, a predetermined amount of reserve money, which is money to be withdrawn, is set, and the control unit takes in money from the outside of the housing by the insertion unit, and the taken-in money is taken in. Control is performed so as to automatically perform a withdrawal process of sending a predetermined amount of money of the prepared money from the storage unit to the dispensing unit after performing a storage process of sending money to the storage unit. A money handling machine characterized by

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