JP2016177570A - Bill processor and bill processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bill processor capable of preventing occurrence of a fault in bill delivery when delivering bills from a storage and delivery part and besides making an operator receive paid bills in a state in which the bills are all facing the same way, and a bill processing method.SOLUTION: A control section controls a front/back inversion part 22 to selectively invert bills so that the bills are stored in the storage and delivery part (for example, a denomination-classified loose bill storage 34) in a state in which they are alternately facing up or down when the bills deposited in a body 12 by a deposit part (for example, a money reception part 14) in money receiving processing for the bills are stored in the storage and delivery part. The control section controls the front/back inversion part 22 also, so that the front/back inversion part 22 selectively inverses the bills delivered from the storage and delivery part to a conveyance part 15 and conveyed by the conveyance part 15 to an outlet part (for example, loose bill payment part 16) so that the bills stacked in the outlet part are all facing the same way.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus capable of performing a banknote depositing process and a withdrawal process, respectively, and a banknote processing method using such a banknote processing apparatus.

  Various types of banknote processing apparatuses such as a depositing / dispensing machine that performs banknote depositing and dispensing processes have been known. For example, in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, banknotes thrown into the housing in the deposit process of banknotes are stored in a stacked state in the denomination storage, and are fed out from the denomination storage during the banknote withdrawal process. A banknote handling apparatus that throws out banknotes out of a housing is disclosed. In addition, as a denomination storage, Patent Document 1 uses a banknote that is fed and stored from the upper end portion, and a banknote that is stored is fed from the lower end portion. A banknote that is fed and stored and that feeds out the stored banknote from the upper end portion is used.

JP 2014-164349 A Japanese Patent No. 5465417

  In the conventional banknote handling apparatus, when banknotes are stored in the denomination storage in a stacked state, if the banknotes are stored in the denomination storage with the front and back aligned, the number of banknotes stored in the denomination storage increases. In this case (for example, 2000 to 3000 sheets), the uppermost banknote is not in a horizontal state due to the unevenness of the printing surface of each banknote being stacked. May occur. Also, even when banknotes are fed out from the lower end of a denomination storage unit in which banknotes are stored in a stacked state, if the banknotes are stored in the denomination storage unit with the front and back sides aligned, the number of banknotes stored in the denomination storage unit is When the number of the bills increases, the unevenness of the printed surface of the bills overlaps and the gap between the bills disappears, so that it becomes difficult to separate the bills from the bills, which may cause a bill feeding failure. There is. For this reason, when banknotes are stored in the denomination storage unit during banknote deposit processing, a predetermined number of banknotes are stored in the denomination storage unit by selectively reversing the front and back of the banknotes using the front / back reversing unit. It is conceivable to alternate each time.

  However, when the banknotes are stored in the money type storage during the banknote deposit process, the front and back of the banknotes are selectively reversed by the front / back reversing unit so that the front and back of the banknotes stored in the money type storage are When the bills are withdrawn alternately, the bills are fed out from the denomination storage case and accumulated in the dispensing unit at the time of the banknote dispensing process. There is a risk that.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and can prevent the occurrence of banknote feeding failure when the banknote is fed out from the storage and feeding section. Moreover, the banknote dispensing process is performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote processing apparatus and a banknote processing method that allow an operator to receive a banknote with the front and back sides aligned.

  The banknote handling apparatus of the present invention is provided in a housing, a loading unit for throwing banknotes into the housing, a dispensing unit for throwing out bills outside the housing, and the housing. A conveyance unit that is connected to the insertion unit and the dispensing unit and conveys banknotes in the housing, and a front / back reversing unit that is provided in the conveyance unit and selectively reverses the front and back of the banknotes conveyed by the conveyance unit A storage and feeding unit that is provided in the housing and is connected to the transport unit, stores the banknotes sent from the transport unit, and can feed the stored banknotes to the transport unit; and the transport unit A control unit that controls the front and back reversing unit and the storage and feeding unit, and the control unit is configured to transfer the banknotes inserted into the housing by the insertion unit during the banknote deposit process to the storage and feeding unit. When stored, the front and back of the banknote Banknotes that are selectively reversed by the front / back reversing unit so that they are stored in the storage / feeding unit in a state of being exchanged with each other, and are accumulated in the dispensing unit during the banknote dispensing process. So that the front and back of the bills fed out from the storage and feeding unit to the transport unit and sent to the dispensing unit by the transport unit are selectively reversed by the front and back reversing unit. Control is performed.

  According to such a banknote processing apparatus, it is possible to prevent a banknote feeding failure from occurring when a banknote is fed out from the storing and feeding section by alternately switching the front and back of the banknote stored in the storing and feeding section. In addition, by aligning the front and back of the banknotes accumulated in the dispensing unit, the operator can receive the banknotes with the front and back aligned when the banknote dispensing process is performed.

  In the banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention, the control unit has a predetermined number of front and back sides of the banknotes when the banknotes inserted into the housing by the insertion unit during the banknote depositing process are stored in the storage and feeding unit. The front and back reversing part may be controlled so as to selectively reverse the front and back of the banknotes so that they are stored in the storage and feeding part in a state where they are alternately replaced each time.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, the transport unit is provided with an identification unit that identifies the banknotes transported by the transport unit. The bill is identified by the identifying unit before the bill is sent to the portion, and the control unit is identified by the identifying unit based on the identification result on the front and back of the bill by the identifying unit. It may be determined whether or not the banknote is reversed by the front and back reversing part.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, a deposit temporary storage unit is provided in which a banknote inserted into the housing by the input unit during a banknote deposit process is temporarily stored before being sent to the storing and feeding unit. The deposit temporary storage unit may be connected to the transport unit so as to store the banknotes sent from the transport unit and to feed the stored banknotes to the transport unit. .

  In this case, before the banknote inserted into the housing by the insertion unit is sent to the deposit temporary storage unit, the banknote passes through the front / back reversing unit, and the control unit performs banknote deposit processing. When the banknotes inserted into the housing by the input unit are stored in the deposit temporary storage unit, the banknotes are stored in the deposit temporary storage unit in a state where the front and back of the banknotes are alternately switched. The front and back reversing part may be controlled so that the front and back are selectively reversed by the front and back reversing part.

  Further, the control unit is configured such that the banknote inserted into the housing by the input unit passes through the front / back reversing unit and the storage / feeding unit from the temporary storage unit before the banknote is sent to the temporary storage unit. Even when a bill is sent to the front, the transport unit may be controlled so that the bill passes through the front and back reversing portion.

  In the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, the control unit controls the transport unit so that banknotes pass through the common front / back reversing unit during banknote depositing and dispensing processing. Good.

  In this case, the conveyance unit is configured to transfer a banknote from the storage and feeding unit to a position between the input unit and the front and back reversing unit. You may have the 2nd payment conveyance path which sends a banknote to the said dispensing part from the location of.

  The banknote processing method of the present invention is the storage and feeding unit in a state where the front and back of the banknotes are alternately switched when the banknotes inserted into the housing of the banknote processing apparatus are stored in the storage and feeding unit during the banknote depositing process. So that the front and back of the banknotes inserted into the housing of the banknote processing device are selectively reversed so that they are stored in the banknote, and the front and back of the banknotes accumulated in the dispensing unit at the time of banknote withdrawal processing are aligned. And a step of selectively reversing the front and back of the banknotes fed from the storage and feeding section to the transport section and sent to the dispensing section by the transport section.

  According to such a banknote processing method, it is possible to prevent a banknote feeding failure from occurring when a banknote is fed from the storage and feeding section by alternately switching the front and back of the banknote stored in the storing and feeding section. In addition, by aligning the front and back of the banknotes accumulated in the dispensing unit, the operator can receive the banknotes with the front and back aligned when the banknote dispensing process is performed.

  According to the banknote processing apparatus and the banknote processing method of the present invention, it is possible to prevent a banknote payout failure from occurring when the banknote is fed out from the storing and feeding section, and when the banknote dispensing process is performed. It is possible for the operator to receive the dispensed banknotes with the same number.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the money handling machine by embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows roughly the internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus in the money processor shown in FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the control system in the money processor shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of the deposit processing of a loose banknote in the banknote processing apparatus of the money processor shown in FIG. (A) (b) is a figure which shows the flow of the said rose banknote at the time of the deposit process of a loose banknote in the banknote processing apparatus of the money processor shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of the withdrawal process of a loose banknote in the banknote processing apparatus of the money processor shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the flow of the said rose banknote at the time of the withdrawal process of a loose banknote in the banknote processing apparatus of the money processor shown in FIG. (A) and (b) show that the rose bills fed out from the deposit temporary holding section are directly sent to the banding mechanism when the deposit processing of the loose bills is performed in the bill processing apparatus of the money handling machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the flow of the said rose banknote when such operation | use is performed.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 8 are views showing a banknote handling machine according to the present embodiment and a money handling machine equipped with such a banknote handling machine. Among these, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the money handling machine according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram schematically showing the internal configuration of the banknote handling machine in the money handling machine shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the control system in the money handling machine shown in FIG. 1 or 2. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation when the banknote handling apparatus of the money handling machine shown in FIG. 1 or the like performs the deposit processing of loose banknotes, and FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b) are shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the flow of the said rose banknote at the time of the deposit process of a loose banknote being performed in the banknote processing apparatus of the money processor shown. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation when the banknote handling apparatus of the money handling machine shown in FIG. 1 or the like performs the withdrawal process of loose banknotes, and FIG. 7 shows the operation of the money handling machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the flow of the said rose banknote at the time of the withdrawal process of a rose banknote in a banknote processing apparatus. 8 (a) and 8 (b) show that the rose bills fed out from the deposit temporary holding unit when the deposit processing of the rose bills is performed in the bill processing apparatus of the money handling machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the flow of the said loose banknote when the operation | movement which is sent to a mechanism is performed.

  The money handling machine 1 according to the present embodiment can perform deposit processing and withdrawal processing of loose banknotes and loose coins, and form a banded banknote from a predetermined number (for example, 100) of rose banknotes in the machine body. Or withdrawal processing of banded banknotes can be performed. As shown in FIG. 1, the money handling machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes a banknote handling device 2 and a coin handling device 3 that are arranged side by side. Since the coin processing device 3 is not directly related to the present invention, the description thereof is omitted.

  The detail of the internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus 2 in the money handling machine 1 by this Embodiment is demonstrated using FIG. 1 and FIG. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the banknote handling apparatus 2 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped casing 12, and deposits loose banknotes from the outside of the casing 12 to the front of the casing 12. A depositing part 14 for depositing, a rose banknote dispensing part 16 for dispensing a banknote from the inside of the housing 12 to the outside, and a banded banknote dispensing for dispensing a banded banknote from the inside of the housing 12 to the outside Each part 17 is provided. 2 is the front side of the banknote handling apparatus 2 (that is, the front side when the banknote handling apparatus 2 is viewed as shown in FIG. 1), and the right side in FIG. The direction is the depth direction of the housing 12. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the depositing unit 14 is provided with a shutter 14 a, and the shutter 14 a opens and closes an opening facing the front surface of the housing 12 in the depositing unit 14. When the opening of the depositing unit 14 is opened by the shutter 14a, the operator can access the depositing unit 14, and the operator inserts one or more loose banknotes into the depositing unit 14 in a stacked state. Will be able to. FIG. 1 shows a state where the shutter 14a is opened so that the operator can access the depositing unit 14. Such a shutter 14a is driven by a shutter drive unit 14b (see FIG. 3). Note that the depositing unit 14 may be left open without providing the shutter 14a. Also, the loose banknote dispensing unit 16 is provided with a shutter 16a. The shutter 16a has an opening facing the front surface of the loose banknote dispensing unit 16 and an opening facing the front surface of the banded banknote dispensing unit 17. It opens and closes. And if the opening of the rose banknote dispensing part 16 and the banded banknote dispensing part 17 is opened by the shutter 16a, the operator can access the rose banknote dispensing part 16 and the banded banknote dispensing part 17 respectively. Thus, the operator can take out the rose banknotes and the banded banknotes accumulated in the rose banknote dispensing unit 16 and the banded banknote dispensing unit 17 to the outside of the housing 12. Such a shutter 16a is driven by a shutter driver 16b (see FIG. 3).

  As shown in FIG. 2, below the depositing unit 14 on the front surface of the housing 12, when the banknote processing device 2 performs the processing for dispensing the banknotes, it should not be withdrawn by the banknote banking unit 16. When the banknote banknote depositing process is performed in the banknote processing unit 2 and the banknote banknote storage unit 32 and each type of banknote banknote storage unit 34 described later, A deposit reject unit 26 is provided for collecting loose banknotes that are determined not to be stored. Here, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the withdrawal reject unit 24 and the deposit rejection unit 26 are provided with shutters 24a and 26a, respectively, and these shutters 24a and 26a are provided with the withdrawal reject unit 24 and the withdrawal reject unit 24, respectively. Openings facing the front surface of the housing 12 in the deposit reject unit 26 are respectively opened and closed. When the opening of the withdrawal / rejection rejection unit 24 and the withdrawal / rejection rejection unit 26 is opened by the shutters 24a and 26a, the operator can access the withdrawal / rejection rejection unit 24 and the withdrawal / rejection rejection unit 26. The banknotes accumulated in the withdrawal reject unit 24 and the deposit rejection unit 26 can be taken out of the housing 12. Such shutters 24a and 26a are driven by shutter driving units 24b and 26b (see FIG. 3). Note that the deposit reject unit 26 may be left open without providing the shutter 26a. Further, in the present embodiment, since the withdrawal reject unit 24 is disposed immediately below the depositing unit 14, the withdrawal reject banknote in the withdrawal reject unit 24 is inserted into the depositing unit 14 and the housing When performing so-called withdrawal rejection return processing such as returning to 12, it is convenient because it is not inserted into the depositing unit 14 from a distant position.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the depositing unit 14 is provided with a bill feeding mechanism 14 c for feeding the individual banknotes inserted into the depositing unit 14 one by one into the housing 12. Moreover, the conveyance part 15 which conveys a rose banknote one by one within the said housing | casing 12 is provided in the inside of the housing | casing 12 of the banknote processing apparatus 2, and it was drawn from the deposit part 14 by the banknote feeding mechanism 14c. The loose banknote is conveyed by the conveyance unit 15. The transport unit 15 is provided with an identification unit 20, and the banknotes transported by the transport unit 15 are identified by the identification unit 20 in terms of denomination, authenticity, front / back, correct / injured, old / old, transport state, and the like. It has become so. Moreover, the conveyance part 15 is provided with the front / back inversion part 22, and the rose banknote identified by the identification part 20 is selectively reversed so that the front and back inversion part 22 may be aligned. The details of the operation of selectively reversing the front and back of a loose banknote by the front / back reversing unit 22 will be described later. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, since the front / back reversing unit 22 is provided with an S-shaped conveyance path, even when the loose bills sent to the front / back reversing unit 22 have bending or folding habits, By passing the bills through the S-shaped transport path, the bent bills and folds of the loose bills can be loosened.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the depositing temporary storage unit 30, the collective loose banknote storage 32, and a plurality (three in the example shown in FIG. 2) of denomination type banknote storage 34 are connected to the transport unit 15. The banknotes are sent from the transport unit 15 to the temporary deposit storage unit 30, the collective loose banknote storage 32, and the individual denomination type banknote storage 34. In these deposit temporary storage part 30, collective loose banknote storage 32, and each denomination rose banknote storage 34, rose banknotes are stacked in a stacked state. More specifically, each of the temporary deposit storage unit 30, the batch loose banknote storage 32, and each denomination type banknote storage 34 receives and stores banknotes from the upper end thereof, and the stored banknotes from the upper end. It is configured to extend.

  Moreover, the banknote feeding / feeding-in mechanism 30a is provided in the vicinity of the upper end part of the payment temporary storage part 30, The loose banknote temporarily hold | maintained at the said payment temporary storage part 30 is carried out by the banknote feeding / feeding-in mechanism 30a. Each sheet is fed out to the transport unit 15 one by one. Further, banknotes are fed one by one from the transport unit 15 to the temporary deposit storage unit 30 by the bill feeding / feeding mechanism 30a. Here, the deposit temporary storage unit 30 temporarily stores the rose banknotes identified by the identification unit 20 in the depositing process of loose banknotes before being stored in the collective loose banknote storage 32 or the individual denomination banknote storage 34. Has been put on hold.

  Further, a bill feeding / feeding mechanism 32a is provided in the vicinity of the upper end of the collective loose bill storage shed 32, and the rose bills stored in the collective loose bill storage shed 32 are 1 by the bill feeding / feeding mechanism 32a. Each sheet is fed out to the transport unit 15. In addition, individual banknotes are fed one by one from the transport unit 15 into the batch loose banknote storage 32 by the banknote feeding / feeding mechanism 32a. Here, in the collective loose banknote storage 32, a plurality of denominated rose banknotes are stored in a mixed state.

  Moreover, the banknote feeding | feeding-in mechanism 34a is provided in the vicinity of the upper end part of each money-type rose banknote storage 34, The rose banknote accommodated in each money-type rose banknote storage 34 is a banknote feeding | feeding-in mechanism. 34a is fed out to the transport unit 15 one by one. In addition, the banknote feeding and feeding mechanism 34a allows the individual banknotes to be fed one by one from the transport unit 15 to the individual denomination banknote storage 34. Here, each denomination type individual banknote storage 34 stores individual banknotes of a specific denomination.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a front door 12 a is provided at the lower part of the housing 12, and the operator can access the inside of the temporary deposit storage unit 30 by opening the front door 12 a. It is like that. Moreover, the deposit temporary storage part 30, the collective loose banknote storage 32, and each money type separate banknote storage 34 can be pulled out from the inside of the housing 12 to the front side (that is, in the left direction in FIG. 2). It is accommodated in the drawer unit 13. Then, when the operator opens the front door 12a and pulls the drawer unit 13 from the inside of the housing 12 to the near side, the operator pulls the collective loose banknote storage 32 and each denomination rose banknote storage 34 into the drawer unit. 13 can be removed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of (two in the example shown in FIG. 2) organizing temporary storage units 40 are connected to the transport unit 15. When banknotes are sent, loose banknotes are stacked in a stacked state in these organized temporary storage units 40. Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 2 by this Embodiment, the bundling mechanism 50 which forms a bundling banknote by winding a bundling paper around the banknote bundle which consists of a predetermined number (for example, 100 sheets) of loose banknotes is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a first arm mechanism 41 and a second arm mechanism 42 are provided inside the housing 12. The first arm mechanism 41 is movable between the temporary arrangement and storage units 40 and the bundling mechanism 50, and the bundling mechanism 50 collects a banknote bundle made up of a predetermined number of loose banknotes accumulated in the temporary arrangement and storage unit 40. It is designed to be transported. Here, when the bundling process is performed in the bundling mechanism 50, the bundling paper is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the banknote bundle that is held between the pair of upper and lower arms of the first arm mechanism 41. Further, the first arm mechanism 41 can move upward from the position shown in FIG. 2 to reach a position facing the second arm mechanism 42. Thus, one or a plurality of bundled loose banknotes taken out from each organizing temporary storage unit 40 by the first arm mechanism 41 is transferred from the first arm mechanism 41 to the second arm mechanism 42, or by the banding mechanism 50. The formed banded bill can be delivered from the first arm mechanism 41 to the second arm mechanism 42.

  The second arm mechanism 42 can move from the position shown in FIG. 2 toward the loose banknote dispensing unit 16 toward the front side of the housing 12 (that is, in the left direction in FIG. 2). Thereby, after one or more bundled loose banknotes or band-bound banknotes are transferred from the first arm mechanism 41 to the second arm mechanism 42, one or more pairs of upper and lower arms of the second arm mechanism 42 are used. The second arm mechanism 42 moves toward the loose banknote dispensing unit 16 as indicated by the arrow in FIG. One or a plurality of bundled rose banknotes and banded banknotes that are held are sent to the rose banknote dispensing unit 16. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the back side of the banknote dispensing unit 16 (that is, the right side in FIG. 2) is movable downward from the position shown in FIG. An extending plate-shaped separation member 19 is provided, and one or more bundled loose banknotes or band-wrapped banknotes are sandwiched between a pair of upper and lower arms of the second arm mechanism 42. After each arm part accesses the inside of the loose banknote dispensing part 16, the separating member 19 moves downward from the position shown in FIG. 2, and then one or more bundle states from each arm part in the second arm mechanism 42 Are released, and the second arm mechanism 42 moves in a direction away from the rose bill dispensing unit 16 (that is, the right direction in FIG. 2), one or more bundled rose bills or band seals. Banknotes are minutes It will remain in rose banknote dispensing unit 16 and separated from the second arm mechanism 42 by abutting the member 19.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, a stage 18 is provided that can move in the vertical direction in FIG. 2 across the loose banknote dispensing unit 16 and the banded banknote dispensing unit 17. . Here, when the banknote handling apparatus 2 according to the present embodiment performs the withdrawal process of loose banknotes, the stage 18 comes to be positioned near the bottom surface of the banded banknote withdrawal part 17 as shown in FIG. The one or more bundled rose banknotes sent from the second arm mechanism 42 to the loose banknote dispensing unit 16 are accumulated in the loose banknote dispensing unit 16. On the other hand, when the withdrawal process of the banded banknote is performed in the banknote handling apparatus 2 of the present embodiment, the stage 18 moves downward from the position shown in FIG. Then, when the banded banknotes are sent from the second arm mechanism 42 to the loose banknote dispensing unit 16, the banded banknotes are accumulated on the stage 18. Then, when the stage 18 rises and moves from the rose banknote dispensing unit 16 to the banded banknote dispensing unit 17, the banded banknote is delivered from the stage 18 to the banded banknote dispensing unit 17, and the banded banknote is dispensed to the banded banknote. The unit 17 is accumulated. In the present embodiment, when the banknote handling apparatus 2 performs a withdrawal process for a plurality of banded banknotes, the banded banknotes are sequentially stacked on the banded banknote dispensing unit 17 from below.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, in the upper region inside the housing 12, a bundled banknote storage 70 and a plurality of (three in the example shown in FIG. 2) denominated banded storage 72 are provided. The bundled banknote storage 70 and the respective denominated banded banknote storages 72 are configured to store the banded banknotes formed by the banding mechanism 50 in a stacked state. Specifically, the bundled banknote storage 70 stores a plurality of denominated banded banknotes in a mixed state, while each denominated banded banknote storage 72 has a preset value. The banded banknote of the specified denomination is stored. Here, when the denominated banded banknote storage 72 of a denomination is in a full state or a near full state, and no more banded banknotes can be stored in the denominated banded banknote storage 72, the denomination The banded banknote is stored in the bundled banknote storage 70 as an overflow banded banknote.

  Stages 70a and 72a that can be moved in the vertical direction in FIG. 2 are provided inside the bundled banknote storage 70 and the denominated banded banknote storage 72, respectively. The banded banknotes sent to the collective banded banknote storage 70 and each type of banded banknote storage 72 from the opening provided at the upper end (ceiling part) of the money type banded banknote storage 72 are placed on the stages 70a and 72a. They are integrated in a stacked state. Moreover, when taking out a banded banknote from the lump-summed banknote storage 70 or each denomination-type banded banknote storage 72, the stage 70a, 72a is raised to raise the lump-summed banknote storage 70 or each denomination-type banded banknote storage 72. From the opening provided in the upper end part (ceiling part), the banded banknote comes out upward.

  In addition, a banded banknote transport unit 60 for transporting the banded banknotes is provided above the collective banded banknote storages 70 and the respective denominated banded banknote storages 72. The banded banknote transport unit 60 has a circulation belt 60b in which a plurality of protrusions 60a are provided at equal intervals, and the circulation belt 60b circulates in both the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction in FIG. Can be done. Then, when the band-bound banknote is transported by the band-bound banknote transport unit 60, the band-bound banknote is moved in either the left or right direction in FIG. 2 while being hooked by the protrusion 60a along the lower surface of the circulation belt 60b. Become. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 2, the discrimination | determination part 62 is provided between the bundling banknote dispensing part 17 and the lump-summated banknote storage 70 in the conveyance path of the bundling banknote by the bundling banknote conveyance part 60, and a bundling banknote. The denomination of the banded banknote conveyed by the conveying unit 60 is discriminated by the discriminating unit 62.

  Here, when the banded banknotes formed by the banding mechanism 50 are stored in the collective banded banknote storage 70 and each denominated banded banknote storage 72, the banded banknotes are accumulated on the stage 18 by the second arm mechanism 42. After that, the stage 18 ascends and reaches a position in the vicinity of the banded banknote transport unit 60. Further, the circulation belt 60b circulates in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. As a result, the banded banknote on the stage 18 is hooked by the protrusion 60a and conveyed rightward in FIG. 2 along the lower surface of the circulation belt 60b. After the denomination is determined by the determination unit 62, the determination unit Based on the determination result by 62, the bills are stored in the bundled banknote storage 70 and the denominated banknote storage 72. On the other hand, when the banded banknotes stored in the collective banded banknote storage 70 or each type of banded banknote storage 72 are withdrawn by the banded banknote dispensing unit 17, the circulation belt 60b rotates in the clockwise direction in FIG. 2, the banded banknotes pushed upward from the bundled banknote storage 70 and the denominated banded banknote storage 72 are hooked by the protrusions 60a and conveyed to the left in FIG. 2 along the lower surface of the circulation belt 60b. Will come to be. Further, the stage 18 rises and reaches a position in the vicinity of the banded banknote transport unit 60. Then, after the denomination of the banded banknote conveyed by the banded banknote transporting unit 60 is determined by the determining unit 62, the banded banknotes are accumulated one by one on the stage 18, and a predetermined number of banded banknotes are stacked on the stage 18. Are accumulated, the stage 18 descends and the banded banknotes are delivered from the stage 18 to the banded banknote dispensing unit 17. When the banded banknotes are transported along the lower surface of the circulation belt 60b, the opening of the banded banknotes out of the openings provided in the upper end portions (ceiling portions) of the collective banded banknote storage 70 and the denominated banded banknote storages 72. The opening of the collective banded banknote storage 70 and the denomination-type banded banknote storage 72 to be paid out or put in is opened. On the other hand, the opening of the bundled banknote storage 70 and the denominated banded banknote storage 72 that are not to be fed out or put in the banded banknotes are blocked by a shutter (not shown), and the passage of the banded banknotes is obstructed. It is supposed not to be.

  In addition, the money handling machine 1 of the present embodiment is provided with a control unit 80 that controls each component of the money handling machine 1. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 80 includes a depositing unit 14 (specifically, a bill feeding mechanism 14 c provided in the depositing unit 14), a transport unit 15, and an identification unit. Unit 20, front / back reversing unit 22, deposit temporary storage unit 30 (specifically, banknote feeding / feeding mechanism 30 a provided in the temporary deposit storage unit 30), batch loose banknote storage 32 (specifically, bulk rose Bill feeding / feeding mechanism 32a provided in the banknote storage 32, each denomination rose banknote storage 34 (specifically, banknote feeding / feeding mechanism 34a provided in each denomination rose bill storage 34), 1st arm mechanism 41, 2nd arm mechanism 42, banding mechanism 50, banding banknote conveyance part 60, discriminating part 62, collective banding banknote storage 70, each money type banding banknote storage 72, each shutter 14a, 16a, 24a, Shutter drive to open and close 26a 14b, 16b, 24b, 26b are respectively connected. Then, a signal related to the banknote identification result by the identification unit 20, information related to the determination result of the denomination of the banded banknote by the determination unit 62, and the like are sent to the control unit 80, and the control unit 80 includes each component of the banknote processing device 2. The operation of these components is controlled by sending command signals to the members.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, each constituent member of the coin processing device 3 is connected to the control unit 80, and the control unit 80 controls the operation of each constituent member of the coin processing device 3 to process the coin processing. In the apparatus 3, deposit processing and withdrawal processing of loose coins are performed. The details of the method for controlling each component of the coin processing device 3 by the control unit 80 will be omitted. As shown in FIG. 3, an operation display unit 82, a storage unit 84, a printing unit 86, and a communication interface unit 88 are connected to the control unit 80 in a communicable manner. As shown in FIG. 1, the operation display unit 82 includes a touch panel or the like provided on the front surface of the money handling machine 1, and the operation display unit 82 includes the processing status of money in the money handling machine 1, and the banknote handling apparatus 2. In addition, information relating to the amount of rose banknotes, banded banknotes and rose coins stored in the coin processing device 3 is displayed. Further, the operator can give various commands to the control unit 80 by the operation display unit 82.

  The storage unit 84 stores information on the processing history of money in the money handling machine 1 and information on the amount of rose banknotes, banded banknotes and rose coins stored in the banknote processing apparatus 2 and the coin processing apparatus 3. It has become. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, the printing part 86 consists of the printer etc. which were provided in the front surface of the money processor 1, and the said printing part 86 is the money processing history in the money processor 1, the banknote processing apparatus 2, Information relating to the amount of rose banknotes, banded banknotes, and rose coins stored in the coin processing device 3 is printed on a receipt or the like. In addition, the control unit 80 can send and receive signals to and from an external device (specifically, for example, a host terminal) provided separately from the money handling machine 1 according to the present embodiment via the communication interface unit 88. It can be done.

  Next, operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus 2 in the money processor 1 which consists of such a structure is demonstrated. In addition, operation | movement of the banknote processing apparatus 2 as shown below is performed because the control part 80 controls each structural member of the banknote processing apparatus 2. FIG.

  First, the operation | movement at the time of performing the deposit process of the loose banknote in the banknote processing apparatus 2 is demonstrated using the flowchart shown in FIG. 4, and the flowchart of the banknote shown to FIG. 5 (a) (b). When the banknote processing apparatus 2 according to the present embodiment is in a standby state, an operator inputs a command for starting a deposit process to the control unit 80 by the operation display unit 82 or a communication interface unit from an external device such as a host terminal. When a command for starting the deposit process is transmitted to the control unit 80 via 88, the shutter 14a provided in the deposit unit 14 is opened, and the operator inserts one or a plurality of loose banknotes into the deposit unit 14. Will be able to. The loose bills inserted into the depositing unit 14 are fed one by one into the housing 12 by the bill feeding mechanism 14c, and conveyed one by one by the conveying unit 15 (STEP 1). The denomination, authenticity, front / back, correct / incorrect, new / old, and transport state of the loose banknotes transported by the transport unit 15 are identified by the identifying unit 20 (STEP 2). Here, when the rose banknote identified by the identification unit 20 is a normal banknote (“YES” in STEP 3), the rose banknote identified by the identification unit 20 is turned upside down as shown in FIG. After being selectively reversed by the reversing unit 22, the loose bills are temporarily held by the deposit temporary holding unit 30 by being sent from the front / back reversing unit 22 to the temporary depositing unit 30 by the transport unit 15. (STEP 4). At this time, the rose banknote is turned upside down before the rose banknote is sent to the deposit temporary storage unit 30 so that the front and back of the rose banknote are alternately replaced by a predetermined number in the deposit temporary storage unit 30. 22 is selectively inverted. Here, as shown in FIG. 5 (a), the rose banknote is identified by the identification unit 20 before the loose banknote is sent to the front / back reversing unit 22 during the deposit processing of the loose banknote. The unit 80 determines whether or not the banknote identified by the identifying unit 20 is reversed by the front / back reversing unit 22 based on the identification result on the front and back of the rose banknote by the identifying unit 20. Thus, the rose banknote temporarily hold | maintained in the money_receiving | payment temporary storage part 30 will be in the state by which the front and back were alternately replaced for every predetermined number (for example, every 100 sheets). On the other hand, when the discriminating unit 20 cannot discriminate the rose bills or the rose bills identified by the discriminating unit 20 are not normal bills (“NO” in STEP 3), the rose bills are front and back. It is sent from the reversing unit 22 to the deposit rejection unit 26 by the transport unit 15 (STEP 5). Here, when all the rose banknotes thrown into the depositing unit 14 are drawn out into the housing 12, the shutter 26a provided in the deposit rejecting unit 26 is opened, and the operator is accumulated in the depositing rejecting unit 26. The rejected banknote can be manually taken out and re-inserted into the depositing unit 14 or the like.

  When all the banknotes inserted into the depositing unit 14 are fed into the housing 12 and sent to the deposit temporary holding unit 30 or the deposit rejecting unit 26 (“YES” in STEP 6), the operation display unit 82 is operated. A message prompting the person to confirm payment is displayed. When the operator who sees the message displayed on the operation display unit 82 inputs a deposit confirmation command to the control unit 80 through the operation display unit 82 (“YES” in STEP 7), the banknotes are fed out from the deposit temporary storage unit 30. The loose bills are fed one by one to the transport unit 15 by the mechanism 30a (STEP 8). Here, since the banknotes stored in a stacked state in the deposit temporary storage unit 30 are in a state where the front and back are alternately replaced every predetermined number (for example, every 100 sheets), the deposit It is possible to prevent a feeding failure from occurring when the bills are fed out from the temporary storage unit 30. If the front and back of the rose banknotes stored in the deposit temporary storage unit 30 are aligned, the number of rose banknotes temporarily stored in the deposit temporary storage unit 30 increases. When the unevenness of the printing surface of the banknotes is stacked, the uppermost banknote is not in a horizontal state, and when the banknotes are fed out from the upper end of the deposit temporary holding unit 30 in such a state, unsuccessful feeding of the banknotes occurs. There is a risk of it. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the banknotes are stored in a stacked state in the deposit temporary storage unit 30 in a state where the front and back are alternately replaced every predetermined number (for example, every 100 sheets). The occurrence of such a trouble can be suppressed.

  The loose banknotes fed out from the temporary deposit section 30 are sent to the identification section 20 by the transport section 15 and identified by the identification section 20 (STEP 9). Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5B, after the rose banknotes identified by the identifying unit 20 are selectively reversed by the front / back reversing unit 22, the conveying unit 15 is transferred from the front / back reversing unit 22. Is sent to the denominated rose banknote storage 34 and stored in the denominated rose banknote storage 34 for each denomination (STEP 10). At this time, before the rose banknotes are sent to the denominated rose banknote storage 34, the rose banknotes are sent to the denominated rose banknote storage 34 so that the front and back of the rose banknotes are alternately switched every predetermined number of times. Are selectively reversed by the front / back reversing unit 22. Here, as shown in FIG. 5B, the rose banknote is identified by the identification unit 20 before the loose banknote is sent to the front / back reversing unit 22 during the deposit processing of the loose banknote. The unit 80 determines whether to reverse the front and back of the banknote identified by the identifying unit 20 by the front / back reversing unit 22 based on the identification result on the front and back of the loose banknote by the identifying unit 20. In this way, the rose banknotes held in the denomination-type loose banknote storage 34 are in a state where the front and back are alternately replaced every predetermined number (for example, every 100 sheets). Here, in order to make the state where the front and back of the rose banknotes stored in the denomination type rose banknote storage 34 are alternately replaced every predetermined number, the rose banknotes fed out from the deposit temporary holding unit 30 are identified by the identification unit 20. Is determined by the front / back reversing unit 22 based on the identification result relating to the front and back, but when holding the banknotes in the deposit temporary storage unit 30, the front and back are already set for each predetermined number of sheets. Since the bills are alternately exchanged, when the loose bills are fed out from the deposit temporary storage unit 30 and transported to the denominated bill storage bin 34, the front / back reversing unit 22 is irrelevant to the discrimination result on the front and back by the discriminating unit 20. May be passed through without functioning (without flipping the front and back).

  In addition, when the rose banknote identified by the identification part 20 is accommodated for every denomination in the denomination loose banknote storage 34, the denomination rose banknote storage 34 of a corresponding denomination is in a full state or a near full state. When no more rose banknotes can be stored in the denominated rose banknote storage 34, the rose banknotes are sent to the collective rose banknote storage 32 as overflow banknotes. When all the loose banknotes are fed out from the deposit temporary storage section 30 to the transport section 15 and sent to the individual denomination banknote storage 34 or the collective bulk banknote storage 32 (“YES” in STEP 11), the banknote processing apparatus 2 A series of operations related to the deposit processing of loose banknotes is completed.

  On the other hand, when a message prompting the operator to confirm the deposit is displayed on the operation display unit 82, when the operator inputs a return command instead of a deposit confirmation command on the operation display unit 82 ("STEP 12" YES "), the banknotes are fed one by one from the deposit temporary holding section 30 to the transport section 15 by the banknote feeding and feeding mechanism 30a, and the fed out banknotes are out of the upper and lower temporary storage sections 40 by the transport section 15. It is sent to one of the organizing temporary storage units 40 and accumulated in the organizing temporary storage unit 40. Then, when all the loose banknotes are fed out from the deposit temporary holding section 30 to the transport section 15 and accumulated in the arrangement temporary holding section 40, the bundle of loose banknotes accumulated in the arrangement temporary holding section 40 is caused by the first arm mechanism 41. The banknote bundle is taken out from the organizing temporary storage unit 40, and the banknote bundle is transferred from the first arm mechanism 41 to the second arm mechanism 42. The second arm mechanism 42 sends the banknote bundle to the loose banknote dispensing unit 16. (STEP 13). Here, when the loose bill return process is performed, the stage 18 is positioned near the bottom surface of the band-wrapped bill dispensing unit 17 as shown in FIG. The rose banknotes sent to the section 16 are accumulated in the rose banknote dispensing section 16. And when all the rose banknotes which should be returned are sent to the rose banknote withdrawal part 16, the operator opens the rose banknote withdrawal part 16 by opening the shutter 16a provided in the rose banknote withdrawal part 16. The banknote can be taken out.

  When a return instruction is input, the loose banknotes fed out from the temporary deposit storage unit 30 are sent to the loose banknote withdrawal unit 16 as described above, and the loose banknotes are taken out from the loose banknote withdrawal unit 16. However, since there is a limit to the number of loose banknotes that can be accumulated at one time in the loose banknote dispensing unit 16, if there are a large number of loose banknotes to be returned, the above operation must be performed in several steps. It takes time. In that case, the front door 12a at the lower part of the housing 12 can be opened, and the loose banknotes can be manually taken out directly from the deposit temporary storage unit 30. The front door 12a is normally locked, but when a return instruction is input, it is preferable to be able to select whether to release the lock and directly take out the banknotes from the deposit temporary storage unit 30. .

  Next, operation | movement at the time of performing the payment processing of a loose banknote in the banknote processing apparatus 2 is demonstrated using the flowchart shown in FIG. 6, and the flowchart of the banknote shown in FIG. When the banknote handling apparatus 2 according to the present embodiment is in a standby state, a command for starting a withdrawal process for rose banknotes including information on the number of denominations and total amount of rose banknotes to be dispensed is issued. When an operator inputs to the control unit 80 via the operation display unit 82 or an instruction to start the above-described rose bill withdrawal process is transmitted from the external device such as a host terminal to the control unit 80 via the communication interface unit 88, The individual banknotes of the denominations to be withdrawn are fed out one by one from the individual denomination banknote storage 34 to the transport unit 15 by the banknote feeding and feeding mechanism 34a (STEP 21). Here, as described in the deposit processing of the above-mentioned loose banknotes, the individual banknote storage box 34 has the banknotes in a state where the front and back are alternately replaced every predetermined number (for example, every 100 sheets). Therefore, it is possible to prevent a feeding failure from occurring when a loose banknote is fed out from the denominated rose banknote storage 34. The banknotes fed out to the transport unit 15 are transported one by one by the transport unit 15, and the denomination, front and back, transport state, etc. are identified by the identification unit 20 (STEP 22). Here, when the rose banknote identified by the identification unit 20 is a normal banknote (“YES” in STEP 23), the rose banknote identified by the identification unit 20 is selectively reversed by the front / back reversing unit 22. Thereafter, the front / back reversing unit 22 sends it to one of the upper and lower organizing temporary storage units 40 by the transport unit 15 so as to be accumulated in the organizing temporary storage unit 40 (STEP 24). At this time, the rose banknotes are selectively reversed by the front / back reversing unit 22 before the rose banknotes are sent from the identification unit 20 to the sorting / temporary holding unit 40 so that the front and back of the banknotes accumulated in the sorting / temporary holding unit 40 are aligned. Will come to be. Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the loose bill is identified by the identifying unit 20 before the loose bill is sent to the front / back reversing unit 22 during the withdrawal processing of the loose bill, and the control unit 80. Is configured to determine whether or not the banknote identified by the identification unit 20 is reversed by the front / back reversing unit 22 based on the identification result of the front and back of the loose banknotes by the identification unit 20. Thus, the rose banknotes accumulated in the temporary arrangement and holding unit 40 are in a state where the front and back sides are aligned. On the other hand, when the rose banknote identified by the identification unit 20 is not a normal banknote (“NO” in STEP 23), the rose banknote that has passed the identification unit 20 is sent to the withdrawal reject unit 24 by the transport unit 15, It is accumulated in the withdrawal reject unit 24.

  Then, when all the rose banknotes to be withdrawn are fed out from each denomination type banknote storage 34 and sent to the temporary arrangement and storage unit 40 (“YES” in STEP 26), the roses accumulated in the temporary arrangement and storage unit 40 are collected. A bundle of banknotes is taken out from the organizing temporary storage unit 40 by the first arm mechanism 41. Thereafter, when the first arm mechanism 41 moves up from the position shown in FIG. 2 and moves to a position facing the second arm mechanism 42, the bundle of loose banknotes taken out from the temporary storage unit 40 is moved to the first arm mechanism. 41 is transferred to the second arm mechanism 42, and a bundle of loose banknotes is sent to the loose banknote dispensing unit 16 by the second arm mechanism 42 (STEP 27). Here, when the banknote dispensing process is performed, the stage 18 is positioned near the bottom surface of the banded banknote dispensing unit 17 as shown in FIG. The rose banknotes sent to the gold part 16 are accumulated in the rose banknote dispensing part 16. When all the rose banknotes to be withdrawn are sent to the rose banknote withdrawal unit 16, the operator opens the rose banknote withdrawal unit 16 by opening the shutter 16a provided in the rose banknote withdrawal unit 16. A loose bill can be taken out (STEP 28). Here, as described above, since the banknotes are stacked in the arrangement temporary storage unit 40 in a state where the front and back sides are aligned, the first arm mechanism 41 and the second arm mechanism are arranged from the arrangement temporary storage unit 40. The rose banknotes sent to the rose banknote dispensing unit 16 by 42 are also in a state where both sides are aligned, and the operator acquires the rose banknotes in the state where both sides are aligned when taking out the rose banknotes from the rose banknote dispensing unit 16. Will be able to.

  Next, the operation | movement at the time of performing the payment processing of a banded banknote in the banknote processing apparatus 2 is demonstrated. When the banknote processing apparatus 2 according to the present embodiment is in a standby state, a command for starting a withdrawal process for a banded banknote including information relating to the number of denominations of a banded banknote to be withdrawn and the total amount of money is issued. When an operator inputs to the control unit 80 through the operation display unit 82 or a command for starting the withdrawal processing of the above-mentioned banded banknote is transmitted to the control unit 80 from an external device such as a host terminal via the communication interface unit 88, The loose banknotes corresponding to the denominations of the banded banknotes to be dispensed are fed out one by one from each denominated bulk banknote storage 34 to the transport unit 15 by the banknote feeding and feeding mechanism 34a. The loose banknotes fed to the transport unit 15 are transported one by one by the transport unit 15, and the denomination, front and back, transport state, and the like are identified by the identification unit 20. Moreover, the front and back of the loose banknote identified by the identification unit 20 is arranged by the front / back reversing unit 22. At this time, the rose banknotes are selectively reversed by the front / back reversing unit 22 before the rose banknotes are sent from the identification unit 20 to the sorting / temporary holding unit 40 so that the front and back of the banknotes accumulated in the sorting / temporary holding unit 40 are aligned. Will come to be. Thereafter, the loose banknotes are sent to one of the upper and lower organized temporary storage units 40 by the transport unit 15 and are accumulated in the organized temporary storage unit 40.

  When the number of loose banknotes accumulated in the temporary arrangement and storage unit 40 reaches a predetermined number (specifically, for example, 100), the bundle of loose banknotes accumulated in the temporary arrangement and storage unit 40 is changed to the first arm mechanism. The banknote bundle is taken out from the organizing temporary storage unit 40 by 41 and sent to the banding mechanism 50 by the first arm mechanism 41. In the banding mechanism 50, a banded paper is formed by winding a banded paper around the outer peripheral surface of the banknote bundle in a state where the banknote bundle is sandwiched between a pair of upper and lower arms of the first arm mechanism 41. After that, when the first arm mechanism 41 moves upward from the position shown in FIG. 2 and reaches the position facing the second arm mechanism 42 while holding the banded banknote, the first arm mechanism 41 changes to the second arm mechanism 42. The banded banknotes are delivered. Then, the second arm mechanism 42 moves leftward from the position shown in FIG. 2 toward the loose banknote dispensing unit 16, and the banded banknote is sent to the loose banknote dispensing unit 16. Here, when the withdrawal process of the banded banknote is performed, the stage 18 moves downward from the position shown in FIG. 2 so as to be positioned in the vicinity of the bottom surface of the loose banknote dispensing part 16, and the second arm mechanism. When the banded banknote is sent from 42 to the rose banknote dispensing unit 16, the banded banknote is accumulated on the stage 18. Then, when the stage 18 rises and moves from the rose banknote dispensing unit 16 to the banded banknote dispensing unit 17, the banded banknote is delivered from the stage 18 to the banded banknote dispensing unit 17, and the banded banknote is dispensed to the banded banknote. The unit 17 is accumulated. In the present embodiment, when the banknote handling apparatus 2 performs a withdrawal process for a plurality of banded banknotes, the banded banknotes are sequentially stacked on the banded banknote dispensing unit 17 from below. Then, when all of the banded banknotes to be withdrawn are sent to the banded banknote dispensing unit 17, the front of the housing 12 in the banded banknote dispensing unit 17 is opened by opening the shutter 16a provided on the rose banknote dispensing unit 16. The opening which faces is also opened, and the operator can take out the banded banknote from the banded banknote dispensing unit 17.

  Next, the operation | movement at the time of performing the accommodation process of a banded banknote which forms a banded banknote in the banknote processing apparatus 2, and stores it in the collective banded banknote storage 70 or each money type banded banknote storage 72 is demonstrated. In the operation when storing the banded banknote in the banknote processing apparatus 2, the operation until the banded banknote sent from the second arm mechanism 42 to the loose banknote dispensing unit 16 is accumulated on the stage 18 is the above-described banded banknote. This is the same as the operation when performing the withdrawal process. For this reason, the operation | movement after a banded banknote is integrated | stacked on the stage 18 is demonstrated below.

  When the banded bills formed by the banding mechanism 50 are stacked on the stage 18 by the second arm mechanism 42, the stage 18 rises and reaches a position in the vicinity of the banded bill conveyance unit 60. Further, when the banded banknote is stored, the circulation belt 60b circulates in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. As a result, the banded banknote on the stage 18 that has reached a position in the vicinity of the banded banknote transport unit 60 is hooked by the protrusion 60a and transported in the right direction in FIG. 2 along the lower surface of the circulation belt 60b. Then, after the denomination is discriminated by the discriminating unit 62, the bundled banknotes conveyed by the banded bill transporting unit 60 are stored based on the discrimination result by the discriminating unit 62 and the bundled banknotes stored in the respective denominations. The container 72 is stored. Here, the banded banknotes transported by the banded banknote transporting unit 60 are basically stored in each denominated banded banknote storage 72 corresponding to the denomination determined by the determining unit 62, If the denominated banded banknote storage 72 corresponding to the determined denomination is full or near full, and no more banded banknotes can be stored in the denominated banded banknote storage 72, the banded banknote is It is stored in the bundled banknote storage 70 as an overflow banded banknote.

  Next, the operation | movement at the time of performing the payment | withdrawal process of the banding process accommodated in the collective banding banknote storage 70 and each money-type banding banknote storage 72 in the banknote processing apparatus 2 is demonstrated. When the banded banknotes stored in the collective banded banknote storage 70 and each type of banded banknote storage 72 are withdrawn to the outside of the housing 12 by the banded banknote dispensing unit 17, the circulation belt 60b is shown in FIG. Circulate in a clockwise direction. Further, when the stage 70a, 72a on which the bundled banknotes are accumulated in the collective banded banknote storage 70 and each type of banded banknote storage 72 rises, the uppermost layered banded banknote is hooked by the protrusion 60a and the circulation belt 60b. 2 is conveyed in the left direction in FIG. Further, the stage 18 rises and reaches a position in the vicinity of the banded banknote transport unit 60. And after the denomination of the banded banknote conveyed by the banded banknote transport unit 60 is determined by the determination unit 62, the banded banknotes are accumulated one by one on the stage 18, and a predetermined number of banded banknotes are stored on the stage 18. When accumulated, the stage 18 descends and the banded banknote is delivered from the stage 18 to the banded banknote dispensing unit 17. Then, when all of the banded banknotes to be withdrawn are sent to the banded banknote dispensing unit 17, the front of the housing 12 in the banded banknote dispensing unit 17 is opened by opening the shutter 16a provided on the rose banknote dispensing unit 16. The opening which faces is also opened, and the operator can take out the banded banknote from the banded banknote dispensing unit 17.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 2 of this Embodiment, when performing the deposit process of a loose banknote, the number of the rose banknotes thrown into the deposit part 14 is large, and the number of the loose banknotes thrown into the deposit part 14 is large. If it is known in advance that the number of loose banknotes that can be stored in the collective loose banknote storage 32 or the individual denomination banknote storage 34 is exceeded, After being sent to the temporary payment storage unit 30 and temporarily stored in the temporary payment storage unit 30, the banknotes are not transferred from the temporary payment storage unit 30 to the individual bulk banknote storage box 32 or the individual banknote storage boxes 34. It is possible to perform operations such as sending to the temporary arrangement and holding unit 40. Such operation will be described with reference to the flow chart of banknotes shown in FIGS.

  When the depositing process of loose banknotes is performed, as shown in FIG. 8A, the bulk banknotes inserted into the depositing section 14 are fed into the housing 12 one by one by the banknote feeding mechanism 14c, and the identifying section 20 The denomination, authenticity, front / back, damage / new / old, conveyance state, etc. are identified and selectively reversed by the front / back reversing unit 22 and then sent to the temporary depositing unit 30. Temporarily put on hold. And after all the rose banknotes thrown in to the depositing part 14 are drawn out into the housing 12 and sent to the deposit temporary holding part 30 and the deposit rejecting part 26, a command for confirming the depositing is issued by the operation display unit 82 by the operator. When given to the control unit 80, the number of loose banknotes in the deposit temporary storage unit 30 calculated based on the identification result of the loose banknotes by the identification unit 20 in the control unit 80 is determined by the collective loose banknote storage 32 or each money. It is determined whether or not there are more than the number of loose banknotes that can be stored in the separate loose banknote storage 34. And when the number of loose banknotes temporarily held in the temporary deposit storage unit 30 is larger than the number of loose banknotes that can be stored in the collective loose banknote storage 32 or the individual denomination banknote storage 34 When judged by the control unit 80, as shown in FIG. 8 (b), the rose banknotes fed out from the deposit temporary storage unit 30 are sent to the collective loose banknote storage 32 and the individual denomination banknote storage 34. Rather than being sent to one of the upper and lower organizing temporary holding units 40, it is sent to one of the organizing temporary holding units 40 and accumulated in the organizing temporary holding unit 40. At this time, the rose banknotes are selectively reversed by the front / back reversing unit 22 before the rose banknotes are sent from the identification unit 20 to the sorting / temporary holding unit 40 so that the front and back of the banknotes accumulated in the sorting / temporary holding unit 40 are aligned. Will come to be.

  When the number of loose banknotes accumulated in the temporary arrangement and storage unit 40 reaches a predetermined number (specifically, for example, 100), the bundle of loose banknotes accumulated in the temporary arrangement and storage unit 40 is changed to the first arm mechanism. The banknote bundle is taken out from the organizing temporary storage unit 40 by 41 and sent to the banding mechanism 50 by the first arm mechanism 41. In the banding mechanism 50, a banded paper is formed by winding a banded paper around the outer peripheral surface of the banknote bundle in a state where the banknote bundle is sandwiched between a pair of upper and lower arms of the first arm mechanism 41. Thereafter, the banded banknotes formed in the banding mechanism 50 are sent to the banded banknote dispensing unit 17 or stored in the collective banded banknote storage 70 or each type of banded banknote storage 72. In addition, the denomination of banknotes not delimited by the banding mechanism 50 is fed out from the deposit temporary holding unit 30 to the conveyance unit 15, and after being identified by the identification unit 20, is sent to the collective bulk banknote storage 32 by the conveyance unit 15. Be able to. Further, when the banded banknote formed in the banding mechanism 50 is sent to the banded banknote dispensing unit 17, all the banknotes are fed out from the deposit temporary storage unit 30, and banding processing is performed by the banding mechanism 50 to perform the banded banknote. After being sent to the dispensing unit 17, the shutter 16a provided in the loose banknote dispensing unit 16 is opened, so that the opening facing the front surface of the housing 12 in the banded banknote dispensing unit 17 is also opened. Therefore, the operator can take out the banded banknote from the banded banknote dispensing unit 17.

  Further, when the bundling process of the loose bills taken out by the first arm mechanism 41 from the sorting temporary holding unit 40 is performed in the bundling mechanism 50, the rose bills sent from the deposit temporary holding unit 30 to the sorting temporary holding unit 40 When the number of sheets does not reach the predetermined number, the shortage number of loose banknotes are fed out from each denomination type separate banknote storage 34 to the transport unit 15 and identified by the identification unit 20, and then the temporary arrangement and storage unit. 40 will be sent. As a result, all the rose bills sent from the deposit temporary holding unit 30 to the temporary arrangement and holding unit 40 when the bundling mechanism 50 performs the bundling processing of the loose bills can be banded, and the loose bills of fractions are sent. Can be prevented.

  When the banknote handling apparatus 2 is operated as shown in the flowchart of banknotes in FIG. 8, rose banknotes temporarily held in the deposit temporary holding unit 30 when depositing a large number of rose banknotes is performed. Can be sent directly to the temporary arrangement and storage unit 40 without being sent to the collective loose banknote storage 32 or the denominated rose banknote storage 34 and is bound by the bundling mechanism 50, so that the processing time of the rose banknotes can be greatly shortened. become able to. Further, in the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 2 as shown in the flow chart of banknotes in FIG. 8, the loose banknotes are temporarily held in the deposit temporary storage section 30 by temporarily holding the bulk banknotes in the deposit temporary storage section 30. After this, the deposit processing of the rose bills can be canceled and the return processing of the rose bills can be performed. In other words, if the banknotes fed into the housing 12 by the depositing unit 14 are sent directly to the organizing / temporary holding unit 40 by the transport unit 15, the depositing unit 14 transfers to the organizing / temporary holding unit 40. Since the rose bills sent directly are bound by the bundling mechanism 50, the operator must untie the bundled bills when canceling the deposit processing of the rose bills and performing the return processing of the rose bills. There is a problem that it is troublesome. On the other hand, in the operation of the banknote processing apparatus 2 as shown in the flow chart of banknotes in FIG. 8, after the loose banknotes are temporarily held in the deposit temporary holding unit 30, the temporary depositing unit 40 is arranged from the temporary depositing unit 30. Since the loose banknotes are sent and are bound by the bundling mechanism 50, the deposit process of the loose banknotes can be easily canceled and the returned banknotes can be returned.

  In addition, when an operation is performed in which loose banknotes temporarily held in the temporary deposit storage unit 30 are sent directly to the organization temporary storage unit 40 without being sent to the batch loose banknote storage 32 or the denomination type rose banknote storage 34. In addition, instead of bundling the loose bills sent to the temporary arrangement and storage unit 40 by the bundling mechanism 50, the bundle of loose bills is dispensed from the arrangement and temporary storage unit 40 by the first arm mechanism 41 and the second arm mechanism 42. You may come to send to the part 16. Further, when a collection cassette is provided inside the housing 12, the loose banknotes accumulated in the temporary arrangement and storage unit 40 are taken out from the temporary arrangement and storage unit 40 and stored in the collection cassette, whereby May be collected together with the collection cassette.

  According to the banknote processing apparatus 2 of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration and the banknote processing method using such a banknote processing apparatus 2, the control unit 80 uses the depositing unit 14 to perform the housing during the depositing process for loose banknotes. When the banknotes inserted into the banknotes 12 are stored in the individual denomination banknote storage 34, the front and back of the rose banknotes are stored by the front / back reversing unit 22 so that the front and back of the banknotes are alternately replaced. Invert selectively, so that the front and back of the rose banknotes accumulated in the rose banknote withdrawal unit 16 at the time of withdrawal processing of the rose banknotes are aligned (that is, the front and back sides of the rose banknotes accumulated in the temporary arrangement and storage unit 40 Are selectively reversed by the front / back reversing unit 22 so that the front and back sides of the rose banknotes fed out from the individual denomination storage unit 34 to the transport unit 15 and sent by the transport unit 15 to the separate banknote dispensing unit 16 are arranged. Make Cormorant, and performs the control of the reversing section 22. As described above, when the rose banknotes stored in the respective denomination type rose bill storage boxes 34 are alternately switched, a feeding failure occurs when the rose banknotes are fed out from the respective denomination type rose bill storage boxes 34. In addition, the operator can receive the withdrawal banknotes with the front and back sides aligned when the withdrawal process of the rose banknotes is performed by aligning the front and back sides of the rose banknotes accumulated in the rose banknote dispensing unit 16. To be able to.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 2 of this Embodiment, as above-mentioned, the control part 80 is the rose banknote thrown into the housing | casing 12 by the money_receiving | payment part 14 at the time of the money_receiving | payment process of a rose banknote. When the bills are stored in the bill storage 34, the front and back of the rose bills are selectively reversed so that they are stored in the individual bills storage 34 in a state where the front and back sides of the rose bills are alternately replaced every predetermined number. The front / back reversing unit 22 is controlled so as to perform the above. In addition, at this time, it is not always necessary to exchange the front and back of the rose banknote for every fixed number of sheets. For example, 150 rose banknotes are stored in the denominated rose banknote storage 34 so that the front side faces up, and then, for example, 160 rose banknotes are denominated in a denomination type so that the back side faces up. An operation may be performed in which, for example, 130 rose banknotes are stored in the storage case 34 and then stored in the denominated rose bill storage case 34 so that the front side faces upward.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 2 of this Embodiment, the identification part 20 which identifies the rose banknote conveyed by the said conveyance part 15 is provided in the conveyance part 15 as mentioned above, and a rose banknote is provided. At the time of the deposit process and the withdrawal process, the banknote is identified by the identifying unit 20 before the loose banknote is sent to the front / back reversing unit 22. Based on the identification result concerning the front and back, it is determined whether or not the rose banknote identified by the identification unit 20 is reversed by the front and back reversing unit 22.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 2 of this Embodiment, as above-mentioned, the rose banknote thrown in in the housing | casing 12 by the money_receiving | payment part 14 at the time of the deposit | payment process of a rose banknote is stored in each money type separate banknote storage 34. A deposit temporary storage unit 30 that is temporarily stored before being sent is provided, and this deposit temporary storage unit 30 is connected to the transport unit 15 and stores the rose banknotes sent from the transport unit 15. The stored banknotes can be fed out to the transport unit 15. Further, in this case, the loose banknotes inserted into the housing 12 by the depositing unit 14 are passed through the front / back reversing unit 22 before being sent to the temporary depositing / holding unit 30, and the control unit 80. In the deposit processing of rose banknotes, when the rose banknotes inserted into the housing 12 by the depositing unit 14 are stored in the deposit temporary storage section 30, the deposit banknotes are temporarily suspended in a state where the front and back of the rose banknotes are alternately switched. The front and back of the bills are selectively reversed by the front / back reversing unit 22 so as to be stored in the unit 30. In this way, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a feeding failure when the rose banknotes are fed out from the deposit temporary holding unit 30 by alternately switching the front and back of the rose banknotes stored in the temporary depositing unit 30. become able to.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 2 of this Embodiment, as above-mentioned, before the rose banknote thrown in in the housing | casing 12 by the money_receiving | payment part 14 is sent to the money_payment temporary storage part 30, the said control part 80 is concerned. Control of the conveyance unit 15 so that the loose bills pass through the front / back reversing unit 22 when the loose bills pass through the front / back reversing unit 22 and are sent from the temporary depositing / holding unit 30 to the individual denomination storage units 34. Is supposed to do. In this case, since the loose banknotes inserted into the depositing unit 14 are stored twice in the respective denomination type banknote storage 34, the rose banknotes pass through the front / back reversing unit 22 twice. Even if the thrown-in bill has a bent habit or a broken habit, the bent bill or the habit of the rose bill can be sufficiently loosened by passing the loose bill through the front / back reversing unit 22 twice. Moreover, in this Embodiment, the control part 80 controls the conveyance part 15 so that a loose banknote may pass the common front-and-back inversion part 22 at the time of the deposit processing and withdrawal process of a loose banknote. .

  Further, when the banknotes pass through the common front / back reversing unit 22 at the time of the depositing process and the withdrawal process, the transfer unit 15 performs the transfer between the depositing unit 14 and the front / back reversing unit 22 from each denomination rose banknote storage 34. The first withdrawal conveyance path 20a for sending loose banknotes to the inter-location (ie, the location indicated by the reference numeral 20m in FIG. 2), and the location between the front / back reversing unit 22 and each denomination rose bill storage 34 ( That is, the second withdrawal conveyance path 20b for sending the banknotes from the portion indicated by the reference numeral 20n in FIG. The configuration of the conveyance unit 15 having the first withdrawal conveyance path 20a and the second withdrawal conveyance path 20b is simpler than the configuration of the conveyance unit provided with the front / back reversal unit in the prior art. Therefore, the maintenance in the housing 12 can be facilitated and the housing 12 can be downsized.

  In addition, the banknote processing apparatus 2 by this Embodiment and the banknote processing method by such a banknote processing apparatus 2 are not limited to an aspect as mentioned above, A various change can be added.

  For example, in the example as shown in FIG. 2, each of the temporary deposit storage unit 30, the collective loose banknote storage 32, and each denomination type separate banknote storage 34 is housed together with storing banknotes from its upper end. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. In the banknote handling apparatus according to the modified example, as a temporary deposit storage unit or a loose banknote storage, a banknote is stored from the upper end and the banknote stored therein is fed out from the lower end. Also good. Even in the banknote handling apparatus according to such a modification, by applying the principle of the present invention, when storing rose banknotes in the deposit temporary storage unit or the rose banknote storage, the front and back sides of the rose banknotes are provided every predetermined number. The front and back of the rose banknotes are selectively reversed by the front and back reversing unit so that they are stored in the deposit temporary holding unit and the rose banknote storage in the state of being alternately replaced. Here, when banknotes are fed out from the deposit temporary storage section where banknotes are stored in a stacked state or from the lower end of rose banknote storage, if the banknotes are stored with the front and back aligned, the number of banknotes stored increases In addition, since the unevenness of the printed surface of the rose bills is overlapped and the gap between the rose bills is lost, it becomes difficult to separate the rose bills from the rose bills, and thus the feeding failure of the rose bills occurs. There is a fear. On the other hand, when the principle of the present invention is applied and the rose bills are stored in the deposit temporary storage unit or the rose bill storage box with the front and back sides of the rose bills being alternately replaced every predetermined number of sheets, Thus, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a feeding failure when feeding out the bills from the deposit temporary storage unit or the rose bill storage.

  Further, in the above description, an aspect has been described in which loose bills pass through the common front / back reversing unit 22 during deposit processing and withdrawal processing, but the bill processing apparatus of the present invention is limited to such a manner. There is nothing. In the banknote handling apparatus according to the modified example, a plurality of (for example, two) front and back reversing portions are provided inside the housing, and loose bills pass through separate front and back reversing portions during deposit processing and withdrawal processing. It may be like this.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing apparatus 2 shown in FIG. 2, the depositing unit 14 and the loose banknote dispensing unit 16 are provided separately. Instead of installing the depositing unit 14 and the loose banknote dispensing unit 16, the housing 12 is provided. There may be provided a depositing / dispensing part (dispensing / dispensing part) that can throw loose bills into the inside from the outside and can throw loose bills from the inside of the housing 12 to the outside. Such a deposit / withdrawal unit serves as both an input unit for inserting banknotes into the housing 12 and a function of a dispensing unit for dispensing banknotes outside the housing 12.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Money processing machine 2 Banknote processing apparatus 3 Coin processing apparatus 12 Housing | casing 12a Front door 13 Drawer unit 14 Depositing part 14a Shutter 14b Shutter drive part 14c Bill feeding mechanism 15 Conveyance part 16 Bulk banknote withdrawal part 16a Shutter 16b Shutter drive part 17 Banded banknote withdrawal part 18 Stage 19 Separating member 20 Identification part 20a First withdrawal conveyance path 20b Second withdrawal conveyance path 22 Front / back reversing part 24 Withdrawal rejection part 24a Shutter 24b Shutter drive part 26 Deposit rejection part 26a Shutter 26b Shutter driving unit 30 Deposit temporary holding unit 30a Bill feeding / feeding mechanism 32 Collective loose banknote storage 32a Bill feeding / feeding mechanism 34 Money type rose bill storage 34a Bill feeding / feeding mechanism 40 Arrangement temporary holding unit 41 First arm mechanism 42 2nd arm mechanism 50 Bundling mechanism 60 Bundling bill Feeding portion 60a protruding 60b endless belt 62 determination unit 70 collectively bundling bill storage 70a stage 72 denomination bundling bill storage 72a stage 80 control unit 82 operation display unit 84 storage unit 86 print unit 88 a communication interface unit

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A housing,
An insertion unit for inserting banknotes into the housing;
A dispensing unit for throwing out bills outside the housing;
A transport unit provided in the housing, connected to the input unit and the dispensing unit, and transports banknotes in the housing;
A front and back reversing unit that is provided in the transport unit and selectively reverses the front and back of a bill conveyed by the transport unit;
A storage and feeding unit that is provided in the housing and is connected to the transport unit and stores banknotes sent from the transport unit and can feed stored banknotes to the transport unit;
A control unit that controls the transport unit, the front and back reversing unit, and the storage and feeding unit;
With
When the banknotes inserted into the housing by the input unit are stored in the storage and feeding unit during banknote deposit processing, the control unit is arranged in the storage and feeding unit in a state where the front and back of the banknotes are alternately switched. The front and back sides of the banknotes are selectively reversed by the front and back reversing unit so that the banknotes are stored, and the banknotes accumulated on the dispensing unit are aligned from the storage and feeding unit during the banknote dispensing process. The banknote processing apparatus which controls the said front and back inversion part so that the front and back inversion part may selectively reverse the front and back of the banknote which is drawn | fed out to a conveyance part and sent to the said discharge part by the said conveyance part.   In the state where the front and back of the banknotes are alternately replaced every predetermined number of times when the banknotes inserted into the housing by the insertion unit are stored in the storage and feeding unit during the banknote deposit process The banknote processing apparatus of Claim 1 which controls the said front / back inversion part so that the front and back of a banknote may be selectively reversed so that it may be accommodated in the said storage delivery part. The conveyance unit is provided with an identification unit for identifying the banknotes conveyed by the conveyance unit, and before the banknotes are sent to the front and back reversing unit at the time of depositing and dispensing the banknotes. The banknote is designed to be identified by the identification unit,
The said control part determines whether the banknote identified by the said identification part is reversed by the said front and back inversion part based on the identification result which concerns on the front and back of the banknote by the said identification part. Or the banknote processing apparatus of 2. There is provided a deposit temporary holding unit that is temporarily held before a bill inserted into the housing by the input unit during the deposit processing of the bill is sent to the storage and feeding unit,
The said deposit temporary holding | maintenance part is connected to the said conveyance part, and can pay | feed out the accommodated banknote to the said conveyance part while accommodating the banknote sent from the said conveyance part. The banknote processing apparatus as described in any one of 3. Before the bill inserted into the housing by the input unit is sent to the deposit temporary storage unit, the bill passes through the front and back reversing unit,
The control unit is configured to temporarily hold the deposit in a state where the front and back of the bill are alternately switched when the bill inserted into the housing by the insertion unit is stored in the deposit temporary storage unit during the deposit process of the bill. The banknote processing apparatus of Claim 4 which controls the said front-back inversion part so that the front and back inversion part may be selectively reversed by the said front-back inversion part so that it may accommodate in a part.   The control unit is configured such that the banknote inserted into the housing by the input unit passes through the front / back reversing unit and is transferred from the deposit temporary storage unit to the storing and feeding unit before the banknote is sent to the temporary storage unit. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the transport unit is controlled so that the banknote passes through the front and back reversing part even when the banknote is sent.   The banknote according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the control unit controls the transport unit so that the banknote passes through the common front / back reversing unit during a deposit process and a withdrawal process of the banknote. Processing equipment.   The transport unit includes a first withdrawal transport path for sending banknotes from the storage and feeding unit to a location between the input unit and the front and back reversing unit, and a location between the front and back reversing unit and the storage and feeding unit The banknote processing apparatus of Claim 7 which has the 2nd payment | conveyance path for banknotes which sends a banknote to the said dispensing part. The banknotes are stored in the storage and feeding unit in a state where the front and back of the banknotes are alternately switched when the banknotes inserted into the housing of the banknote processing apparatus are stored in the storage and feeding unit during the banknote depositing process. A step of selectively reversing the front and back of a bill inserted into the housing of the processing apparatus;
The front and back sides of the banknotes that are fed from the storage and feeding unit to the transport unit and sent to the dumping unit by the transport unit so that the front and back of the banknotes accumulated in the dispensing unit are aligned at the time of banknote withdrawal processing are selectively selected. A step of inverting,
A bill processing method comprising:

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