JP2012041108A - Bill recycling device and bill handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bill recycling device that forcibly pays residence bills without pausing to run or maintaining the device when it has become clear that a feed roller idles in payment operation as well.SOLUTION: In the bill recycling device which includes a feed roller 51 which pays bills by being held in press contact with an upper surface of the bill on a backup plate 3 for rotation and holds the backup plate at a payment position in payment to drive the feed roller for payment, in an un-feedable state, a height level of the backup plate is switched to one where a segregation pressure is the maximum, and besides the device carries out the feed control continuously.

Description

  The present invention relates to an improvement of a banknote recirculation device equipped in banknote handling apparatuses such as various vending machines, deposit / withdrawal apparatuses, and money changers having a function of depositing / withdrawing banknotes. In the banknote recirculation device, it is effective for the feeding failure caused by the fact that the separating pressure of the roller when feeding banknotes for change is almost constant and the paper feed conditions such as friction resistance differ for each banknote. This is related to the technology for solving the problem.

Banknote recirculation devices equipped with a deposit function that accepts inserted banknotes and a withdrawal function that dispenses banknotes as change and payouts are equipped in banknote handling devices such as various vending machines, deposit and withdrawal devices, and money changers. This banknote recirculation device is known to be configured so that banknotes prepared at the start of work or banknotes thrown in during operation are stored in denominations, and are dispensed as change when necessary. (Patent Document 1).
FIG. 10 is a configuration explanatory view at the withdrawal position of the banknote recirculation device according to Patent Document 1. The banknote circulation device 200 is configured so that a banknote inserted from a banknote depositing unit (not shown) is bidirectional in the storing direction and the withdrawal direction. This means communicates with a transportable transport path, and stores (deposits) banknotes that have been transported through the transport path or feeds banknotes to the transport path.
The banknote recirculation device 200 includes a banknote storage unit 201, a feed roller group 250 capable of moving forward and backward between the banknote storage unit and the transport path, and a motor and gear that drive the paper feed roller group. A drive mechanism (not shown) such as a group and a control means (not shown) are provided.

The bill storage unit 201 has a stored bill P loaded on the upper surface and can be moved up and down to push the stored bill P onto the backup plate 202 and a backup plate 202 that can move up and down, and has an opening for passing bills. The pushing member 210, the raising / lowering mechanism including a motor, a pulley, a belt, and the like (not shown) for raising and lowering the pushing member, and the inside of the bill passage opening when the pushing member 210 is moved up and down, is positioned above the backup plate 202. The banknote guide member 220 that advances and retreats and guides the conveyance of banknotes, and the upper part is locked to the push-in member 210 and the lower part is locked to the backup plate, thereby connecting both the members and raising and lowering the push-in member. Accordingly, the elastic member 22 biases an upward force to the backup plate while changing the stroke length. Comprising the, sheet passing sensor 230 for detecting whether or not completed the delivery when sending the bills from the bill receiving section 201, a.
The paper feed roller group 250 includes a feeding roller 251 that pays out the uppermost banknote by rotating in the withdrawal direction in contact with the upper surface of the banknote on the backup plate 202, a pair of paper feed rollers 252 and the like. By adjusting the height position of the pushing member 210, the height position of the backup plate can be adjusted, and the separation pressure between the feeding roller 251 and the top surface of the bill can be changed.

The control means drives the elevating mechanism to hold the pushing member 210 and the backup plate 202 in the lowest position, the return position above the storage position, and the withdrawal above the return position. By raising and lowering between positions (state of FIG. 10) and stopping at each position, storage of banknotes, return of banknotes in the middle of storage, and withdrawal of stored banknotes are performed, respectively. Each position can be known, for example, by detecting the height position of the pushing member with a photo sensor (not shown).
In the dispensing position shown in FIG. 10, the uppermost banknote of the banknote bundle P on the backup plate is in contact with the feeding roller 251 with an appropriate pressure by positioning the pushing member 210 and the backup plate 202 above the return position. Is set to Further, as the number of banknotes stacked on the backup plate decreases, the backup plate gradually rises due to the contraction force of the elastic member 225, and the banknotes are fed while changing the separation pressure.
The height of the pushing member and the backup plate at the dispensing position is set as an average value for each bill. That is, at the withdrawal position, as long as the number of banknotes on the backup plate is within the assumed number, a separation pressure suitable for separation / feeding is applied.

However, since the height position of the pushing member is constant at the dispensing position, the force with which the elastic member pulls up the backup plate decreases as the number of stacked sheets decreases, so that the separation pressure decreases and the feeding roller idles. The fear increases.
In addition, there are actually some new banknotes and some old banknotes with hooks. Furthermore, due to environmental changes such as temperature and humidity, withdrawal failures may occur at a predetermined separation pressure. Specifically, when it is attempted to take out the banknote at the withdrawal position, a slip may occur between the feeding roller 251 and the upper surface of the banknote, resulting in idle rotation and the withdrawal may not be possible.
That is, the idle rotation of the feeding roller at the time of dispensing could not be eliminated by arbitrarily changing the separation pressure while responding to changes in the environmental conditions and the properties of the banknotes.
In this way, when a payout failure occurs at the time of withdrawal, conventionally an error was displayed on the display unit and the administrator was urged for maintenance, but for maintenance it is necessary to pause the operation of the device, The user has to wait for a long time, and improvement of this point has been demanded.

JP 2002-308516 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and rotates in contact with the upper surface of a banknote on the backup plate and a backup plate that moves up and down in conjunction with the pressing member by being suspended from the pressing member via an elastic member. A banknote recirculation device that separates the uppermost banknote and dispenses it, and holds the pushing member and the backup plate at the withdrawal position and drives the feeding roller when dispensing. In the case where it falls into a possible state, the height position of the backup plate is switched to the position where the separation pressure is maximized, and the feeding control is continuously performed.

  In order to achieve the above object, a banknote reflux apparatus according to the invention of claim 1 communicates with a transport path capable of transporting inserted banknotes in both directions of a storing direction and a withdrawal direction, and is transported through the transport path. A banknote recirculation device for storing banknotes or withdrawing money to the transport path, wherein the banknote storage section stores banknotes in a stacked state, and transports the banknotes bi-directionally between the banknote storage section and the transport path. A paper feed roller group capable of forward / reverse rotation, a drive source of the paper feed roller group, and a control means, and the banknote storage unit stacks banknotes on the upper surface and can be moved up and down, A pushing member that can move up and down to push the bills onto the backup plate and has an opening for passing bills, and connects the pushing member and the backup plate, and strokes as the pushing member moves up and down. Long An elastic member that biases upward force to the backup plate while being variable, an elevating mechanism that raises and lowers the push-in member, and a relative position in the opening when the push-in member moves above and below the backup plate. A banknote guide member for advancing and retreating and guiding the conveyance of banknotes, and a paper passing sensor for detecting whether or not the banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage unit, and the paper feed roller group is an upper surface of banknotes on the backup plate And a feeding roller for separating and feeding out the uppermost banknote by rotating in the dispensing direction, and the control means stores the pushing member in the lowered position by driving the lifting mechanism Position, return position above the storage position, withdrawal position above the return position, and withdrawal position The paper feeding sensor does not detect the completion of dispensing even though the feeding roller is moved up and down between the uppermost point position above the position and the feeding roller is rotated a predetermined amount in the dispensing direction at the dispensing position. In this case, the push-in member is raised to a position higher than the dispensing position, and the feeding roller is rotated in the dispensing direction.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the position of the backup plate higher than the withdrawal position is a height position of the backup plate at the uppermost position.

  The bill handling apparatus according to claim 3 includes a deposit taking-in portion that feeds the deposited banknotes one by one to the transport path in the apparatus main body, a transport mechanism that transports the banknotes in the forward and reverse directions along the transport path, and An identification device for identifying the authenticity and denomination of bills placed on the transport path on the downstream side of the deposit taking-in portion, and a bill that is connected to the transport path and used as change A banknote handling apparatus having a recirculation-type banknote storage section that can be freely stored and a control means, wherein the banknote storage section includes the banknote recirculation apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. And

  A backup plate that moves up and down in conjunction with the pushing member by being suspended from the pushing member via an elastic member, and a payout that separates and dispenses the uppermost banknote by rotating in contact with the upper surface of the banknote on the backup plate A bill recirculation device capable of shifting the height position of the push-in member and the backup plate into the four positions of the deposit position, the refund position, the withdrawal position, and the uppermost position, during the withdrawal at the withdrawal position. When the feeding roller is idle and the feeding is not performed, the error is not displayed and the maintenance is not promoted, but the pushing member and the backup plate are raised to the uppermost position and fed with the strongest separation pressure. I made it. For this reason, it is possible to eliminate an increase in the waiting time of the user, which is a problem that occurs when maintenance is performed after the apparatus is stopped.

It is a principal part longitudinal cross-sectional view explaining the payment state of the banknote reflux apparatus concerning this invention. It is a principal part top view of FIG. (A) thru | or (d) are principal part longitudinal cross-sectional views which show a banknote accommodation state. (A) And (b) is a schematic diagram showing the positional relationship when the feeding roller and the backup plate are in the dispensing position and the storage position. (C) And (d) is a schematic diagram showing the positional relationship between the feeding roller and the backup plate during the depositing operation. (E) And (f) is explanatory drawing which shows a return position and a payment position. It is explanatory drawing which shows the highest point position. It is the schematic which shows the structure of the banknote handling apparatus provided with the banknote recirculation apparatus of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the delivery control procedure from a banknote recirculation apparatus. It is structure explanatory drawing of the banknote recirculation apparatus which concerns on a prior art example.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on the illustrated embodiment.
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a principal part for explaining a withdrawal state of a bill recycling apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the principal part of FIG. 1, and FIGS. FIG. 4 to FIG. 7 are schematic views showing the operation of each member at each position.
The banknote recirculation device 1 has a depositing function for receiving inserted banknotes and a withdrawal function for dispensing banknotes as change or withdrawal, and is used in banknote handling devices such as various vending machines, depositing / dispensing apparatuses, and money changers. Equipped.
The banknote recirculation device 1 communicates with a transport path capable of transporting a banknote inserted from a banknote depositing unit (not shown) in both the storage direction and the withdrawal direction, and stores the banknote transported through the transport path (payment). Or means for feeding out to the transport path.
The banknote recirculation device 1 includes a banknote storage unit 2 that stores banknotes stacked in a vertical direction, and a feed roller group 50 capable of forward and reverse rotation that moves the banknotes in both directions between the banknote storage unit and the transport path. , A driving mechanism (not shown) such as a motor and a gear group for driving the paper feed roller group 50, and a control means 60.

The banknote storage unit 2 stacks stored banknotes on the upper surface and moves up and down to push the stored banknotes P onto the backup plate 3, a backup plate 3 that can move up and down, a stopper 5 that stands on the backup plate 3, and A push-in member 10 having an opening 10a for passing banknotes, an elevating mechanism 15 composed of a motor, a pulley, a belt, and the like for raising and lowering the push-in member 10, and the push-in member 10 located above the backup plate 3 The banknote guide member 20 that guides the conveyance of banknotes while relatively moving forward and backward in the banknote passage opening during the vertical movement, the backup plate 3 and the pushing member 10 are connected, and the stroke length is increased as the pushing member moves up and down. When the bill is sent out from the bill storage unit 2 and the elastic member 25 that raises and lowers the backup plate while being variable It includes a sheet passage sensor 30 for detecting whether or not to complete the delivery, the.
By raising and lowering the pushing member 10 by the elevating mechanism 15, the backup plate 3 connected via the elastic member 25 moves up and down in conjunction with each other.
The pushing member 10 is formed in a U-shape as shown in FIG. 2, and the bill guide member 20 can relatively move in the vertical direction in the opening 10 a as the pushing member moves up and down.

The paper feed roller group 50 is in contact with the upper surface of the banknote P on the backup plate 3 and rotates in the withdrawal direction so as to dispense the uppermost banknote, and a forward and reverse feed roller 51 and a first forward and reverse rotation. A paper feed roller pair 52 and a second paper feed roller pair 53 are provided. The height position of the push-in member 10 is changed by the elevating mechanism 15 to change the height position of the backup plate, and as a result, the contact pressure between the supply roller 51 and the bill upper surface is adjusted, thereby supplying the supply roller at the time of supply. The separation pressure between 51 and the top surface of the banknote can be changed. A sweeper (rubber wing) 53 a is provided on the roller below the second paper feed roller pair 53.
The control means 60 drives the elevating mechanism 15 to store the pushing member 10 in the lowest position, a return position above the storage position, and a withdrawal position (above the return position). The state of FIG. 1) and the uppermost point position above the withdrawal position, and by stopping at each position, the banknotes were stored, the banknotes being returned were stored, and stored. Each banknote is withdrawn. Each position can be known, for example, by detecting the height position of the pushing member by a photo sensor (position sensor) (not shown).
In the withdrawal position shown in FIG. 1, the banknote on the uppermost surface of the banknote bundle P on the backup plate comes into contact with the feeding roller 51 with an appropriate pressure by positioning the pushing member at a predetermined height above the return position. Is set to

Next, operation | movement of the banknote recirculation apparatus concerning this invention is demonstrated based on FIG. 4 thru | or FIG.
First, when the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit 2 are paid out as change, the pushing member 10 is moved above the banknote guide member 20 (in the direction indicated by the arrow A) as shown in FIG. The backup plate 3 connected to the pushing member 10 via the elastic member 25 also moves in the same direction. Accordingly, since the backup plate 3 is pressed against the banknote guide member 20 via the banknote bundle P, the backup member 3 further moves upward, so that the backup plate 3 has a pressure suitable for separating and feeding banknotes from the lower part ( Pl) will be applied.
In this state, if the feeding roller 51 and the paper feeding rollers 52 and 53 are rotated in a predetermined direction by using a motor, a frictional force is generated between the banknotes on the top of the banknote bundle P and the feeding roller 51. Can be transported (withdrawal) in a predetermined direction. This ends the withdrawal.

3 (a), 3 (b), 4 (b), 5 (c) and 5 (d) showing the storing procedure, the banknote upper surface is pushed down when the pushing member 10 is lowered to the storage position. And a space for introducing a new banknote between the feeding roller 51 and the feed roller 51.
Newly stored banknotes are first accumulated on the pushing member 10, and then the banknote guide member 20 presses the banknotes downward by the upward movement of the pushing member 10 (FIGS. 3C and 5C). ), It moves below the pushing member through the opening 10a, and is finally deposited on the upper part of the previous stacked banknote P (FIG. 3 (d), FIG. 5 (d)).
In the middle of storage, that is, as shown in FIGS. 3 (b) and 4 (b), the user of the banknote handling device operates the return button to cancel the transaction while the stored banknote is positioned on the pushing member. In this case, the control means raises the pushing member 10 to the return position that is higher than the storage position, as shown in FIG. At the return position, the backup plate 3 also moves up a predetermined distance, so that the upper surface of the banknote on the pushing member is pressed against the feeding roller 51. By rotating the feeding roller 51 in the feeding direction in this state, only the newly deposited banknote (banknote on the pushing member) is returned to the transport path and discharged outside the apparatus.

Next, FIG. 6 (f) shows a dispensing position that is higher than the return position, and the pushing member 10 is moved above the banknote guide member 20. In this dispensing position, the uppermost surface of the banknote bundle on the backup plate is in contact with the feeding roller 51, and the uppermost banknote is fed one by one by rotating the feeding roller 51 in the feeding direction. In the withdrawal position, when the banknote on the backup plate is one, when the banknote is full, when the banknote is full, the uppermost banknote can be separated and fed out one by one The backup plate height is set. Actually, when the number of stacked banknotes is small, the pressing force against the feeding roller becomes weak, and when it is almost full, the pressing force against the feeding roller becomes excessive, so the feeding roller does not rotate or the banknote does not jam. The withdrawal position is set at an appropriate position.
Actually, when the banknote is jammed, the banknote may be lost or the transport mechanism may be damaged. Therefore, here, the withdrawal position is set with priority on preventing the banknote from jamming.
However, depending on the old and new banknotes, other properties, and environmental conditions, banknote jams and idle rotation of the feeding roller may occur.
As described above, when the paper feeding sensor 30 does not detect the passage of the dispensed bill even though the feeding roller 51 is rotated by a predetermined amount in the feeding direction at the dispensing position in FIG. It is assumed that a feeding failure has occurred due to a slip with a gold bill.

In the present embodiment, when the paper feeding sensor 30 does not detect the completion of dispensing even though the feeding roller 51 is rotated by a predetermined amount in the dispensing direction at the dispensing position, as shown in FIG. Are controlled so that the feeding roller is rotated in the dispensing direction after being raised to the provisional dispensing position, which is the uppermost position of the movable region of the pushing member.
The push-in member 10 is configured so that it can be raised to the uppermost point position that is mechanically higher than the dispensing position. The uppermost point position is set to move the pushing member to the uppermost part when checking the operation at the start. That is, when the bill handling device is turned on, in order to check whether the bill recirculation device 1 is operating properly, the pushing member 10 is raised to the uppermost position, stopped at this position, and then started while being sequentially lowered. Check the operation of the hour.
When the pushing member 10 is in the uppermost position, the separation pressure between the feeding roller 51 and the top surface of the banknote is maximum, but it is excessive than the appropriate pressure. It is easy to wake up. For this reason, this top position is not used during normal deposit / withdrawal operations.
For this reason, when performing normal paper feeding, the pushing member 10 is set to the dispensing position.

On the other hand, in the present invention, if the bill is not paid out even if the feeding roller 51 is driven at the dispensing position, it is determined that the roller is idle, and as shown in FIG. Then, the push-in member 10 and the backup plate 3 are raised to the uppermost position, and the feeding roller is driven in a state where the separation pressure is increased. For this reason, the idling of the feeding roller can be eliminated and reliable feeding can be realized. When double feeding occurs, it may be detected by a subsequent sheet passing sensor or the like.
Conventionally, when a bill is not dispensed even though the feeding roller is driven at the dispensing position, it is necessary to display an error on the display unit and urge maintenance.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, when the payout roller slips at the time of payout at the payout position and a payout failure occurs, an error is not displayed, but the push-in member 10 is once pushed up to the uppermost position for certainty. To pay out.
When it is confirmed that the feeding has been performed, the pushing member 10 is lowered to the dispensing position.
Note that if the bill is not dispensed even if the feeding roller is driven at the dispensing position, it is not always necessary to raise the pushing member 10 to the uppermost position, and the position higher than the height position at the dispensing position (the uppermost position). The back-up plate may be raised to a position lower than the point position) and the feeding operation by the feeding roller may be performed. Alternatively, the height of the backup plate may be adjusted in multiple stages between the dispensing position and the uppermost position.

Next, FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a banknote handling apparatus such as an automatic ticket vending machine equipped with the banknote reflux apparatus of the present invention.
The banknote handling apparatus 100 is schematically configured from a reflux-type banknote processing mechanism 102 and an exterior body 103 that accommodates the banknote processing mechanism 102 therein.
The banknote processing mechanism 102 receives a banknote along the transport path 112, and a deposit taking-in section (insertion port 110a, batch feeding section 110b) 110 for feeding the deposited banknotes one by one to the transport path 112 in the apparatus main body. Arranged on the transport path 114 on the downstream side of the deposit taking-in portion 110 and the transport mechanism 114 composed of a roller 114a, a belt, a gate 114b, and a motor and a solenoid for driving these rollers 114 The first bill (for example, for use as change) connected to the identification device 116 for identifying the authenticity and denomination of the incoming bill, as well as the presence / absence, length, presence / absence of chain feeding, etc., and the transport path 112 Refrigeration-type first banknote storage unit 120 that stores a thousand yen banknote in a freely removable manner, and a second banknote (for example, a 5,000 yen banknote) that is connected to the transport path and used as change. Fit in A recirculating second banknote storage section 122, a non-banknote storage section 124 that is connected to the transport path 112 and stores third banknotes (for example, 10,000 yen banknotes) that are not used as change, and an identification device 116. The reject banknote storage unit 126 that stores banknotes that are determined to be unacceptable by the banknote, and the thousand-yen bills and five-thousand-yen bills that have been fed out from the first and second banknote storage units 120 and 122, respectively, are temporarily pooled. After that, it has a pool part 132 that pays out the machine as change, and a control means 60 for controlling them.
The banknote reflux apparatus 1 according to the present invention is applied to the first and second banknote storage units 120 and 122.

Next, a feeding control procedure from the banknote reflux device will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, when a command is issued to the effect that a predetermined number (for example, five) of thousand yen bills should be dispensed as change corresponding to the bills inserted from the insertion slot 110a, the control means 60 causes the lifting mechanism 15 to After driving the constituting motor and stopping the push-in member 10 at the dispensing position, the driving of the feeding roller 51 in the first banknote storage unit 120 is started in the feeding direction (S1, 2, 3).
When the feeding of the designated number of sheets is completed by driving the feeding roller 51, the feeding control is finished (S4, 5, 6).
In step 4, when the specified number of sheets is not completed even though the supplying roller 51 is driven for a predetermined time (predetermined number of times) (No in S4), it is determined that the apparatus is abnormal (unsuccessful feeding) and the lifting mechanism is driven. The push-in member 10 is raised to the uppermost position (S10-12).

When the position sensor detects that the push-in member 10 has reached the uppermost position, the elevating mechanism 15 is stopped and the feeding roller 51 is rotated in the feeding direction to forcibly feed the thousand yen banknotes that have not been fed out. put out. When it is detected by the paper passing sensor 30 that a 1000-yen banknote that has not been fed has been fed, the push-in member 10 is returned to the dispensing position, and the feeding operation is repeated until the designated number of sheets is fed.
Note that the feature of the present invention is that, when the feeding roller 51 is idle, the feeding plate 51 is switched to a position where the separation pressure increases, and the feeding control is continuously performed when the feeding roller 51 falls into a state where feeding is impossible. Therefore, if the separation pressure is higher than the separation pressure at the withdrawal position, it is not necessary to be at the uppermost position, and may be higher than the withdrawal position.

  As described above, in the present invention, depositing is performed in a state where the height position of the pushing member with respect to the feeding roller is the lowest, and the banknote canceled in the middle of depositing at the position where the pushing member is higher than the depositing position is refunded, and the pushing member With the banknote recirculation device with the position higher than the refund position at the position higher than the withdrawal position and the highest position as the position higher than the withdrawal position, the feeding roller runs idle during the withdrawal at the withdrawal position. If not, an error is not displayed and maintenance is not urged, but the push-in member is raised to a position higher than the dispensing position, for example, the highest point position, and then fed out with the strongest separation pressure. For this reason, it is possible to eliminate an increase in the waiting time of the user, which is a problem that occurs when maintenance is performed when the apparatus is stopped.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Banknote recirculation apparatus, 3 ... Backup plate, 5 ... Stopper, 10a ... Opening, 15 ... Lifting mechanism, 20 ... Banknote guide member, 25 ... Elastic member, 30 ... Paper feed sensor, 50 ... Paper feed roller group, 51 ... Feed roller, 52, 53 ... paper feed roller, 60 ... control means, 100 ... banknote handling device, 101 ... banknote storage unit, 102 ... banknote processing mechanism, 103 ... exterior body, 110 ... deposit receiving section, 112 ... transport path , 114... Transport mechanism, 114 a.

Claims (3)

A banknote recirculation device that communicates with a transport path capable of transporting inserted banknotes in both the storage direction and the withdrawal direction and stores banknotes that have been transported through the transport path or withdraws money to the transport path. ,
A banknote storage unit that stores banknotes in a stacked state, a feed roller group capable of forward / reverse transfer of the banknotes bidirectionally between the banknote storage unit and the transport path, and a drive source for the paper feed roller group; And a control means,
The banknote storage unit has a backup plate on which the banknotes are stacked and can be moved up and down, and a push-in member that can be moved up and down to push the banknotes onto the backup plate and has an opening for passing banknotes; An elastic member that connects the pushing member and the backup plate and urges an upward force to the backup plate while changing a stroke length as the pushing member moves up and down; and an elevating mechanism that raises and lowers the pushing member And a banknote guide member that is positioned above the backup plate and relatively advances and retreats in the opening when the pushing member moves up and down, and guides the conveyance of banknotes, and whether or not the banknotes are fed out from the banknote storage unit. A paper passing sensor to detect,
The paper feed roller group includes a feeding roller that separates and feeds out the uppermost banknote by rotating in the dispensing direction in contact with the upper surface of the banknote on the backup plate,
The control means is configured to drive the elevating mechanism to hold the pushing member in a lowered position, a return position above the storage position, a withdrawal position above the return position, The paper feed sensor completes dispensing even though the dispensing roller is moved up and down from the uppermost point position above the dispensing position and the feeding roller is rotated by a predetermined amount in the dispensing direction at the dispensing position. The banknote recirculation device, wherein when not detected, the push-in member is raised to a position higher than the withdrawal position, and then the feeding roller is rotated in the withdrawal direction.   The banknote recirculation device according to claim 1, wherein the position higher than the dispensing position is a height position at the uppermost point position. A deposit taking-in part that feeds the deposited banknotes one by one to the transport path in the apparatus main body, a transport mechanism that transports the banknotes in the forward and reverse directions along the transport path, and a downstream side of the deposit taking-in part An identification device for identifying the authenticity and denomination of bills placed on the transport path, and a recirculation-type banknote storage that is connected to the transport path and accommodates bills used as change. A bill handling apparatus having a control unit and a control means,
The banknote handling apparatus provided with the banknote recirculation apparatus of Claim 1 or 2 as said banknote storage part.

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