JP2018072859A - Paper receipt delivery apparatus, paper processing machine, and paper processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper receipt delivery apparatus, paper processing machine, and paper processing method characterized in that when special paper such as a hybrid paper money partly containing a polymer film is wound about the periphery of a rotary body such as a drum by a winding member, the winding member can exert a force which is strong enough to constrain the special paper toward the periphery of the rotary body.SOLUTION: In a paper receipt delivery apparatus (for example, a temporary holding part 20), a drive part (for example, a drive motor) is controlled so that when a predetermined condition for winding and constraint is met, at least one of a paper winding rotary body (for example, a drum 137) and a winding member rewinding part (for example, a reel 138) is driven in order to apply a constraining force to a winding member (for example, a tape 136) interposed between the paper winding rotary body and winding member rewinding part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper sheet storing and feeding device for storing paper sheets one by one in a rotating body such as a drum and feeding paper sheets one by one from the rotating body, and such a paper sheet storing and feeding device. And a paper sheet processing method using such a paper sheet storage and feeding device.

  A plurality of paper sheets are stored by winding paper sheets such as banknotes, securities, checks, tickets, etc. one by one on the outer peripheral surface of a rotating body such as a drum with a strip-shaped tape, and the tape is removed from the rotating body. 2. Description of the Related Art As a paper sheet storing and feeding device that rewinds paper sheets wound on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body one by one by rewinding, a device disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1 is known. ing. In the paper sheet storage and feeding device disclosed in Patent Document 1, a tape wound on the outer peripheral surface of a rotating body such as a drum is pressed against the tape by pressing the tape toward the rotating body with a tape pressing roller. A tightening force is applied so that the degree of tightening of the paper sheets by this tape is made sufficiently large.

JP 2006-69708 A

  In recent years, in some countries and regions, hybrid banknotes such as a combination of paper and polymer film have begun to be used. Specifically, a hybrid banknote is formed by attaching a polymer film to a part of the banknote. Or a hybrid banknote may be formed by pinching | interposing the polymer film extended linearly along the transversal direction of a banknote with a pair of paper pieces. However, the polymer film in the hybrid banknote is stronger than the paper piece, and the thickness of the polymer film is larger than the thickness of the paper piece. And various problems may occur when performing the feeding operation.

  Specifically, since the polymer film in a hybrid banknote is stronger than a piece of paper, when the hybrid banknote is wound on the outer peripheral surface of a rotating body such as a drum with a band-shaped tape, the banknote formed only by paper is band-shaped. As compared with the case where the tape is wound on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body, there is a problem that the force with which the tape tightens the hybrid banknote toward the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body is weakened. In addition, when a plurality of strip-shaped tapes are provided so as to be aligned along the axial direction of a rotating body such as a drum, the tightening force by the tape closer to the polymer film of the hybrid banknote among the plurality of tapes is plural. The tightening force of the tape farther from the polymer film is less than the tightening force. In this case, when a plurality of hybrid banknotes are wound on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body, the portion of the tape on the side close to the polymer film of the hybrid banknote swells outward from the rotating body. A plurality of hybrid banknotes wound around the outer peripheral surface of the rotator by each tape becomes a so-called conical shape when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the axis, and the position of the hybrid banknotes stored in the rotator is There is a risk of shifting in the axial direction of the rotating body.

Such a state will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 21, when a plurality of hybrid banknotes (indicated by reference symbol P in FIG. 21) are wound around the outer peripheral surface of a rotating body (specifically, drum) 500, the polymer film of the hybrid banknotes portion side of the tape locations near (indicated by reference numeral P ₂ in FIG. 21) will swell to the outside of the rotating body. For this reason, when the rotary body 500 is viewed from the front side, the plurality of hybrid banknotes wound around the outer peripheral surface of the rotary body 500 by each tape has a conical shape as shown in FIG. In this case, the position of the hybrid banknote stored in the rotating body 500 may be shifted in the axial direction of the rotating body 500.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and special paper such as a hybrid banknote partially including a polymer film is placed on the outer peripheral surface of a rotating body such as a drum by a winding member. Even during winding, the take-up member can have sufficient force to clamp the special paper sheets toward the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body, so that the special paper sheets can be applied to the rotating body by the winding member. It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper sheet storage and feeding device, a paper sheet processing machine, and a paper sheet processing method that can be wound in this state and securely stored in the rotating body.

  The paper sheet storing and feeding device according to the present invention is a paper sheet winding rotary body to which one end of a belt-shaped winding member is connected, and is rotated by the winding member by rotating in the paper sheet winding direction. A sheet take-up rotator that winds up the sheet on the outer circumferential surface and rewinds the sheet wound on the outer circumferential surface by rotating in the direction opposite to the paper winding direction; The other end of the winding member is connected, the winding member rewinding unit for rewinding the winding member from the paper sheet winding rotary body, the paper sheet winding rotary body, and the paper A driving unit that drives at least one of the winding member rewinding unit, and a rotating body for winding the paper sheet and the winding member rewinding unit when a predetermined winding tightening condition is satisfied. The paper sheet winding rotary body and the winding unit by driving at least one of them A control unit for controlling the driving unit so as to impart unwinding unit clamping force to the take-up member located between, and further comprising a.

  According to such a paper sheet storage and feeding device, when a predetermined winding condition is satisfied, a polymer film is partially included by applying a clamping force to a winding member made of a strip-shaped tape or the like. Even when special paper sheets such as hybrid banknotes are wound on the outer peripheral surface of a rotating body such as a drum by the winding member, the winding member tightens the special paper sheets toward the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body. The force can be sufficient, so that the special paper sheets can be wound around the rotating body in a desired state by the winding member and securely stored in the rotating body.

  In the paper sheet storing and feeding device of the present invention, the control unit applies the clamping force to the winding member between the paper sheet winding rotary body and the winding member rewinding unit. After rotating the sheet winding rotor in the sheet winding direction, the drive unit is configured to rotate the sheet winding rotary body in a direction opposite to the sheet winding direction. You may come to control.

  In the paper sheet storing and feeding device according to the present invention, the control unit applies at least one of the paper sheet winding rotating body and the winding member rewinding unit when applying a clamping force to the winding member. The drive unit may be controlled to perform either one of driving and stopping.

  In this case, when the control unit applies a tightening force to the winding member, the control unit drives and stops at least one of the paper sheet winding rotary member and the winding member unwinding unit. The drive unit may be controlled so as to be repeated.

  In the control unit, when applying a tightening force to the winding member, the number of times of driving and stopping at least one of the paper sheet winding rotary member and the winding member unwinding unit is set. It may be settable.

  In the paper sheet storing and feeding device of the present invention, the predetermined winding condition may be when the paper sheet storing operation or the feeding operation is completed in the paper sheet storing and feeding device.

  Alternatively, the predetermined winding condition may be a time when a paper sheet storing operation or a feeding operation is started in the paper sheet storing and feeding device.

  Alternatively, the predetermined winding condition is when a predetermined number of paper sheets are stored or fed while the paper sheet storing or feeding operation is performed in the paper sheet storing and feeding device. There may be.

  In the paper sheet storage and feeding device of the present invention, the control unit performs an operation of applying a clamping force to the winding member for each type of paper sheet to be stored in the paper sheet storage and feeding device. It may be possible to set whether or not.

  In this case, in the said control part, it can be set whether the operation | movement which provides the clamping force to the said winding member is performed for every denomination of the banknote which should be accommodated in the said paper sheet accommodation and feeding apparatus. It may be.

  In the paper sheet storing and feeding device according to the present invention, the driving unit includes a first driving unit that drives the paper sheet winding rotary body and a second driving unit that drives the winding member rewinding unit. May be included.

  In the paper sheet storage and feeding device of the present invention, a plurality of the winding members are provided so as to be arranged along the axial direction of the rotating body for paper sheet winding, and the control unit includes a plurality of the winding members. The drive unit may be controlled to apply a tightening force to a specific part of the winding member among the members.

  The sheet processing machine of the present invention is a sheet winding rotary body to which one end of a belt-shaped winding member is connected, and is rotated by the winding member in the sheet winding direction. A paper sheet winding rotary body that winds up the sheets on the outer peripheral surface and rewinds the paper sheets wound on the outer peripheral surface by rotating in the direction opposite to the paper sheet winding direction; The other end of the winding member is connected, a winding member rewinding unit for rewinding the winding member from the paper sheet winding rotary body, the paper sheet winding rotary body, and the winding A paper sheet storage and feeding device having a drive unit that drives at least one of the take-up member rewinding units, an identification unit that identifies paper sheets to be sent to the paper sheet storage and feeding device, and When the predetermined winding condition is satisfied, the paper sheet winding rotation in the paper sheet storing and feeding device And by driving at least one of the winding member rewinding section, a tightening force is applied to the winding member between the paper sheet winding rotating body and the winding member rewinding section. And a control unit for controlling the driving unit.

  According to such a sheet processing machine, when a predetermined winding condition is satisfied, the polymer is obtained by applying a clamping force to a winding member made of a strip-like tape or the like in the sheet storage and feeding device. Even when special paper sheets such as hybrid banknotes partially including a film are wound on the outer peripheral surface of a rotating body such as a drum by the winding member, the winding member also causes the special paper sheets to be wound around the outer surface of the rotating body. It is possible to secure a sufficient force for tightening toward the surface, and thus, in the paper sheet storing and feeding device, the special paper sheets are wound around the rotating body in a desired state by the winding member, and the rotating body is surely secured to the rotating body. Can be stored.

  In the paper sheet processing machine of the present invention, the control unit winds the paper sheet around the outer peripheral surface of the paper sheet winding rotary body based on the result of identifying the paper sheet by the identifying unit. It is possible to determine whether or not to apply a tightening force to the take-up member.

  In this case, the control unit, when a predetermined number of special paper sheets are wound on the outer peripheral surface of the sheet winding rotary body, based on the paper sheet identification result by the identification unit. The drive unit may be controlled to apply a tightening force to the winding member.

  Alternatively, the control unit continuously winds a predetermined number of special paper sheets on the outer peripheral surface of the paper sheet winding rotary body based on a result of identifying the paper sheets by the identifying unit. In this case, the drive unit may be controlled to apply a tightening force to the winding member.

  In the paper sheet processing machine of the present invention, a plurality of the paper sheet storage and feeding devices are provided, and the control unit applies a clamping force to the winding member for each of the paper sheet storage and feeding devices. It may be possible to set whether or not to do so.

  The sheet processing method of the present invention includes a sheet winding rotary body to which one end of a strip-shaped winding member is connected, and the other end of the winding member is connected to the sheet winding rotation. A paper sheet processing method using a paper sheet storing and feeding device having a winding member rewinding unit for rewinding the winding member from a body, wherein the paper sheet winding rotating body is rotated in a paper sheet winding direction. Rotating the paper sheet onto the outer peripheral surface of the paper sheet take-up rotator, and winding the paper sheet take-up rotator in the paper take-up direction. And a step of rewinding the paper sheet wound on the outer peripheral surface of the paper sheet winding rotating body by rotating in the opposite direction, and when a predetermined winding condition is satisfied, Winding the paper sheet by driving at least one of the rotating body for winding the leaf and the winding member unwinding portion A step of applying a clamping force to said take-up member located between the rotating body and the take-up member rewinding unit characterized by comprising a.

  According to such a paper sheet processing method, when a predetermined winding condition is satisfied, and when the predetermined winding condition is satisfied, the paper sheet storing and feeding device is configured to wind a belt-shaped tape or the like. By applying a clamping force to the take-up member, special paper sheets such as hybrid banknotes partially containing a polymer film are also taken up on the outer peripheral surface of a rotating body such as a drum by the take-up member. The take-up member can have sufficient force to clamp the special paper sheets on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body, and thus the special paper sheets are wound around the rotary body in a desired state by the take-up member. The rotating body can be securely stored.

  According to the paper sheet storage and feeding device, the paper sheet processing machine, and the paper sheet processing method of the present invention, a special paper sheet such as a hybrid banknote partially including a polymer film is wound on a drum or the like by a winding member. Even when winding on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body, the winding member can have sufficient force to clamp the special paper sheets toward the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body. The take-up member can be wound around the rotating body in a desired state and can be securely stored in the rotating body.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the banknote processing machine by embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the banknote processing machine shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the hybrid banknote processed by the banknote processing machine shown in FIG. It is a side view which shows the structure of the temporary storage part in the banknote processing machine shown in FIG. 1, Comprising: It is a figure which shows a state when the banknote is not wound up by the drum. It is a side view which shows the structure of the temporary storage part in the banknote processing machine shown in FIG. 1, Comprising: It is a figure which shows the maximum winding state in which the winding amount of the tape and banknote to a drum becomes the maximum. It is a perspective view which shows each structural member of the drum vicinity in the temporary storage part shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement when the money_receiving | payment process of a banknote is performed by the banknote processing machine shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the detection method of the position in the width direction of the polymer film part of a hybrid banknote by the identification part of the banknote processing machine shown in FIG. 7 is a timing chart showing a change over time in the rotational speed of a drive motor when a tape tightening operation is performed in the temporary holding unit shown in FIGS. 4 to 6; FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the detail of a structure of the insertion part in the banknote processing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a front view of the charging unit shown in FIG. 9. In the banknote handling machine shown in FIG. 1, the pair of the insertion sections shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 is arranged such that the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion of the hybrid banknote is at least partially overlapped with the position in the tape width direction of the temporary holding section. It is explanatory drawing which shows the method of adjusting the position in the width direction of a hybrid banknote with a guide member. In the banknote handling machine shown in FIG. 1, a pair of guide members in the input section shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 so that the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion of the hybrid banknote deviates from the position in the width direction of the feeding roller of the banknote storage. It is explanatory drawing which shows the method of adjusting the position in the width direction of a hybrid banknote. It is a perspective view which shows each structural member of the vicinity of the reel in the temporary storage part which concerns on a modification. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the banknote processing machine which concerns on a modification. It is a side view which shows the structure of the temporary storage part which concerns on another modification. It is a block diagram which shows the drum of another structure in a temporary storage part. It is a block diagram which shows the drum of another structure in a temporary storage part. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the banknote counter which concerns on another modification. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the internal structure of the banknote counter shown in FIG. In the banknote counter shown in FIG. 18, the width of the hybrid banknote is determined by the pair of guide members in the insertion section so that the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion of the hybrid banknote is shifted from the position in the width direction of the impeller provided in the stacking section. It is explanatory drawing which shows the method of adjusting the position in a direction. In a prior art, it is a figure which shows a state when the some hybrid banknote wound by the outer peripheral surface of the rotary body with each tape became cone shape.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 12 are diagrams showing a banknote handling machine and a banknote handling method according to the present embodiment. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of the configuration of the banknote handling machine according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the control system of the banknote handling machine shown in FIG. . Moreover, FIG. 3 is explanatory drawing of the hybrid banknote processed with the banknote processing machine shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are side views showing the configuration of the temporary storage unit in the banknote handling machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 shows each of the vicinity of the drum in the temporary storage unit shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. It is a perspective view which shows a structural member. Moreover, FIG. 7 is a flowchart which shows operation | movement when the deposit processing of a banknote is performed by the banknote processing machine shown in FIG. Moreover, FIG. 8A is explanatory drawing which shows the detection method of the position in the width direction of the polymer film part of a hybrid banknote by the identification part of the banknote processing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 8B is a timing chart showing the change over time in the rotational speed of the drive motor when the tape tightening operation is performed in the temporary storage unit shown in FIGS. 4 to 6. FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are a perspective view and a front view, respectively, showing the configuration of the input section in the banknote handling machine shown in FIG. 11 and 12 are explanatory views showing a method of adjusting the position in the width direction of the hybrid banknote by the pair of guide members in the insertion portion shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote handling machine 10 according to the present embodiment includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped casing 11, an insertion portion 12 for inserting banknotes from the outside of the casing 11, A dispensing unit 14 for dispensing bills from the inside to the outside is provided. Moreover, in the housing | casing 11 of the banknote processing machine 10, the conveyance part 16 which conveys a banknote one by one is provided. The input unit 12 includes a hopper or the like on which a plurality of banknotes are stacked in a stacked state by an operator. The input unit 12 feeds the stacked banknotes one by one into the housing 11 and conveys the banknotes. A bill feeding mechanism 12 a to be sent to 16 is provided. With such a configuration, banknotes placed on the insertion unit 12 are fed one by one into the housing 11 by the bill feeding mechanism 12 a and sent to the transport unit 16, and then the housing 11 is transported by the transport unit 16. Each sheet is conveyed one by one. In the present embodiment, a stack of banknotes is inserted into the input unit 12 along the short direction, and the transport unit 16 transports the banknotes along the short direction. Yes. Details of the configuration of the input unit 12 in the present embodiment will be described later.

  In addition, an identification unit 18 is provided in the conveyance unit 16, and the identification unit 18 identifies the denomination, authenticity, front / back, correct / incorrect, new / old, conveyance state, and the like of the banknotes conveyed by the conveyance unit 16. To be done. In addition, a temporary storage unit 20 is connected to the transport unit 16, and the banknotes identified by the identification unit 18 are sent to the temporary storage unit 20 by the transport unit 16 and temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20. It has come to be. Details of the configuration of the temporary holding unit 20 will be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality (four in the example shown in FIG. 1) of banknote storages 30 are provided in parallel within the housing 11 of the banknote handling machine 10, and each banknote storage 30 is respectively It is connected to the transport unit 16. A plurality of banknotes are stacked in each banknote storage 30 in a stacked state. Moreover, banknotes are stored in each banknote storage 30 for each denomination. With such a configuration, based on the identification result of the banknotes by the identification unit 18, the banknotes temporarily held in the temporary storage unit 20 are fed out from the temporary storage unit 20 to the transport unit 16 and are transported by the transport unit 16. Each denomination is sent to each banknote storage 30. Each banknote storage 30 is provided with a banknote feeding mechanism 32 for feeding banknotes stored in the banknote storage 30 one by one to the transport unit 16.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a bill storage cassette 40 is detachably mounted in the housing 11 of the bill processing machine 10. Here, a plurality of banknotes are stacked on the banknote storage cassette 40 in a stacked state. Further, when the bill storage cassette 40 is mounted on the housing 11, the bill is sent from the transport unit 16 to the bill storage cassette 40. After the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage cassette 40, the operator can collect the banknotes from the banknote processor 10 together with the banknote storage cassette 40 by taking out the banknote storage cassette 40 from the housing 11. The banknote storage cassette 40 has a banknote feeding mechanism for feeding the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette 40 one by one to the transport unit 16 when the banknote storage cassette 40 is mounted in the housing 11. 42 is provided. With such a configuration, it is possible to replenish banknotes from the banknote storage cassette 40 to each banknote storage 30 by mounting the banknote storage cassette 40 storing banknotes in the housing 11.

  Next, the detail of the structure of the temporary storage part 20 provided in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment is demonstrated using FIG. 4 thru | or FIG. 4 is a side view illustrating the configuration of the temporary storage unit 20 in the banknote handling machine 10 illustrated in FIG. 1, and is a diagram illustrating a state when no banknote is wound on the drum 137. These are side views which show the structure of the temporary storage part 20 in the banknote processing machine 10 shown in FIG. 1, Comprising: It is a figure which shows the maximum winding state in which the winding amount of the tape 136 and banknote to the drum 137 becomes the maximum. . FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing components in the vicinity of the drum 137 in the temporary storage unit 20 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. In addition, in this Embodiment, the temporary storage part 20 functions as a banknote accommodation paying-out apparatus which can draw | feed out the banknote accommodated while accommodating a banknote. Further, in FIG. 4, a bill before being sent to the temporary storage unit 20 and a banknote after being fed out from the temporary storage unit 20 are indicated by a reference symbol P.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the temporary storage unit 20 includes a rectangular parallelepiped frame 132 including side plates 130 on both sides and a plurality of connecting members 131 that connect these side plates 130.

  One surface of the frame 132 is formed as a passage surface that constitutes a part of the conveyance unit 16 so as to face the conveyance unit 16, and a banknote (see FIG. 4) is formed on the passage surface with respect to the conveyance unit 16. An entrance / exit 135 for entering and exiting) is formed.

  Between the both side plates 130 of the frame 132, a cylindrical drum 137 to which one end of the tape 136 is attached, a disk-shaped reel 138 to which the other end of the tape 136 is attached, and banknotes conveyed by the conveying unit 16 are entered and exited 135. A branch lever 139 that guides the banknotes that are taken into the transport unit 16 from the entrance / exit 135, a transport mechanism 140 for transporting banknotes connected to the entrance / exit 135, and between the transport mechanism 140 and the peripheral surface of the drum 137. Thus, a swingable guide body 141 and the like for guiding the tape 136 and the bill are disposed.

  The drum 137 is disposed in a substantially central region of the side plate 130, the reel 138 is disposed side by side at the entrance / exit 135 and the side of the transport mechanism 140, and the guide body 141 is disposed so as to be swingable between the drum 137 and the reel 138. ing.

  The transport mechanism 140 forms a fixed passage 142 that extends in the direction from the entrance / exit 135 toward the drum 137 and connects the entrance / exit 135 to the guide body 141. In the guide body 141, a tape 136 and a guide passage 143 for guiding bills are formed. The guide passage 143 is configured as a swing passage 144 because the guide body 141 swings.

  When the banknote sent from the transport unit 16 is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20, the banknote is taken in from the entrance / exit 135, transported to the drum 137 through the transport mechanism 140 and the guide body 141, and the banknote together with the tape 136. Is wound around a drum 137 and banknotes are stored in the drum 137. Further, when the banknote temporarily held in the temporary storage unit 20 is fed out to the transport unit 16, the drum 137 is wound by winding the tape 136 around the reel 138, that is, by rewinding the tape 136 from the drum 137. The bill is rewound onto the guide body 141 and fed out to the entrance / exit 135 through the transport mechanism 140.

  Further, the tape 136 is formed to have a width smaller than a width that intersects the banknote conveyance direction, that is, a width in the longitudinal direction of the banknote (hereinafter simply referred to as a banknote width). As shown in FIG. 6, two tapes 136 are used and are arranged in parallel at intervals in the axial direction of the drum 137 and the reel 138. Therefore, the two tapes 136 are wound around the drum 137 in a state where two positions in the banknote width direction are pressed, and in the winding state, the width direction of the banknotes is between the two tapes 136 and from both sides of the two tapes 136. The central part and the both side parts of each are exposed.

  The tape 136 is formed of, for example, a transparent film material having a light transmittance of a predetermined amount or more, and the end region attached to the drum 137 has a predetermined amount or more for detecting a rewind limit from the drum 137. For example, an opaque portion that does not have optical transparency is provided. Also, the other end region attached to the reel 138 is provided with, for example, an opaque portion that does not have a light transmittance of a predetermined amount or more for detecting a winding limit around the drum 137. These opaque portions are formed of, for example, opaque seals and are attached to the two tapes 136, respectively.

  The surface of the tape 136 that becomes the inner diameter side when wound around the drum 137 and the reel 138 is called a first surface 136a, and the surface that becomes the outer diameter side is called a second surface 136b.

  The drum 137 has a cylindrical shape larger in diameter than the reel 138, and can rotate in a circumferential direction at a fixed position about a drum shaft 147 rotatably supported on both side plates 130. As shown in FIG. 6, a drive motor 148 that rotates the drum 137 is disposed inside the drum 137, and this drive motor 148 is attached to the side plate 130 on one side.

  The reel 138 is attached to a reel shaft 149 rotatably supported on both side plates 130 via a torque limiter (not shown), and can be rotated in a circumferential direction at a fixed position around the reel shaft 149. Yes.

  A transmission mechanism (not shown) that transmits a rotational driving force from the drum 137 to the reel 138 is disposed outside the side plate 130 on one side, and a rotation amount detector 151 that detects the rotation amount of the drum 137. (See FIG. 6) is provided. The transmission mechanism transmits a rotational driving force to the reel shaft 149 when rotating the reel 138 in the winding direction of the tape 136, and transmits a rotational driving force to the reel shaft 149 when rotating the reel 138 in the rewinding direction of the tape 136. Do not have a one-way clutch.

  When the bill sent from the transport unit 16 is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20, when the drum 137 is rotated in the winding direction of the tape 136 by the drive motor 148, the reel 138 is rotated by the one-way clutch. The driving force is not transmitted, and the tape 136 wound around the drum 137 is pulled out from the reel 138 against the torque limiter. Further, when the banknote temporarily held in the temporary storage unit 20 is fed out to the transport unit 16, the drive motor 148 drives the drum 137 to rotate in a rewind direction that is opposite to the winding direction of the tape 136. At this time, the rotational driving force is transmitted to the reel 138 via the one-way clutch, and the reel 138 rotates in the winding direction of the tape 136. At this time, by transmitting the rotational driving force to the reel 138 via the torque limiter so that the speed at which the tape 136 is wound around the reel 138 is always higher than the speed at which the tape 136 is rewound from the drum 137, the reel 138 The tape 136 can be wound up without slack.

  Further, the branch lever 139 can swing about the lever shaft 153 as a fulcrum, and moves forward and backward with respect to the transport unit 16 by driving a stepping motor or a solenoid. Then, the branch lever 139 advances into the transport unit 16, so that the banknotes transported by the transport unit 16 are taken into the entrance / exit 135 and the banknotes are fed out from the entrance / exit 135 to the transport unit 16, while the branch lever 139 is By retreating from 16, the passage of banknotes transported in the transport unit 16 is allowed.

  Further, the transport mechanism 140 stretches the belts 155a and 155b and the belts 155a and 155b so as to be rotatable along both sides of the fixed passage 142 and the swing passage 144, and contacts the surfaces of the belts 155a and 155b with each other. A plurality of pulleys 156a, 156b, 157a, 157b, and 158 are provided. Among the plurality of pulleys 156a, 156b, 157a, 157b, 158, the pulleys 156a, 156b arranged on the fixed passage 142 side are pivotally supported on both sides of the entrance / exit 135 so as to be rotatable at fixed positions with respect to the side plates 130 on both sides. Is done. The pulleys 157a and 157b disposed on the swing passage 144 side are rotatably supported by the guide body 141 and swing together with the guide body 141. The pulley 158 disposed in the middle portion of the one belt 155a is pivotally supported at a fixed position with respect to the side plates 130 on both sides at a position closer to the drum 137 than the entrance / exit 135.

  A pulley shaft 159 of the pulley 158 serves as a fulcrum 141a of the swinging guide body 141. Here, a portion from the entrance 135 to the vicinity of the fulcrum 141 a is formed as a fixed passage 142, and a portion from the vicinity of the fulcrum 141 a to the inside of the guide body 141 is formed as a swing passage 144. The fixed passage 142 is provided with a fixed guide 160 for guiding bills.

  A gear 161 (see FIG. 6) is attached to the shaft of the pulley 156b. The gear 161 meshes with a gear of a driving mechanism disposed in the main body portion of the banknote handling machine 10, and the belt 155b passes through the gear 161 from the driving mechanism. Rotational driving force is transmitted to. Further, the rotational driving force is transmitted from the gear 161 to the pulley shaft 159 of the pulley 158 via the transmission means 162, and thereby the rotational driving force is transmitted to the belt 155a.

  In addition, the guide body 141 includes a first guide member 164 and a second guide member 165, and both sides of the first guide member 164 and the second guide member 165 are support members 166 (FIG. 6). The support members 166 on both sides of these are integrally supported by the pulley shaft 159 so as to be swingable. That is, as described above, the guide body 141 is supported so as to be swingable about the fulcrum 141a.

  An inner surface where the first guide member 164 and the second guide member 165 face each other is used as a passage surface, and a guide passage 143 for guiding the tape 136 and the bill is formed between these passage surfaces. That is, a swing passage 144 that swings around the fulcrum 141a is formed between these passage surfaces.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the shape of the guide body 141, that is, the shape of the first guide member 164 and the second guide member 165, and the shape of the guide passage 143 and the swing passage 144 are the tape 136 to the drum 137 and the bill. Is formed in a curved shape along the maximum outer diameter portion (indicated by reference numeral 137p in FIG. 5) in the maximum winding state in which the winding amount of the coil is maximum.

  An extension portion 164a that is extended longer than the distal end side of the second guide member 165 opposite to the fulcrum 141a is formed on the distal end side of the first guide member 164 opposite to the fulcrum 141a. The extension portion 164a of the first guide member 164 has two pieces on the downstream side in the winding direction from the contact point of the tape 136 wound on the drum 137 (indicated by reference numeral S in FIGS. 4 and 5). A contact roller 167 that directly contacts the drum 137 or the banknote wound around the drum 137 through the tape 136 is disposed.

  The contact roller 167 includes a first contact roller 167a and a second contact roller 167b. The first contact roller 167a is used for the banknote wound around the drum 137 when the tape 136 and the banknote wound on the drum 137 are smaller than the predetermined outer diameter in the winding state. Contact. The second contact roller 167b is used for the banknote wound on the drum 137 when the outer diameter of the tape 136 and the banknote wound on the drum 137 is larger than the predetermined outer diameter when the winding amount is larger than the predetermined amount. Contact. The first contact roller 167a and the second contact roller 167b are also in contact with the downstream side in the winding direction with respect to the contact point S of the tape 136 wound around the drum 137.

  Between the second guide member 165 of the guide body 141 and the frame 132, a spring 168 as a biasing means for biasing the guide body 141 toward the drum 137 is stretched. Due to the urging of the spring 168, the contact roller 167 is always pressed against the drum 137 side.

  Therefore, the guide body 141 is configured to swing around the fulcrum 141a in accordance with each operation of winding and rewinding the tape 136 and the bill on the drum 137.

  At the leading end side of the second guide member 165, corresponding to the position of each tape 136, there is a peeling claw 169 that peels off the banknote to be rewound together with the tape 136 from the drum 137 from the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 and sends it to the swing passage 144. It is arranged so that it can swing. The peeling claw 169 swings toward the drum 137 and is biased by a spring or the like so that the tip of the peeling claw 169 always contacts the tape 136.

  As shown in FIG. 6, both sides of the second guide member 165 on the front end side are obliquely cut off on both sides on the front end side of the second guide member 165, and both side portions of the banknote to be rewound from the drum 137 are provided. A guide portion 170 is formed to guide the swing passage 144 so as to easily enter the swing passage 144.

  Further, pulleys 157a and 157b of the transport mechanism 140 are rotatably supported by the first guide member 164 and the second guide member 165, respectively.

  The first guide member 164 is rotatably supported by a guide roller 172 that guides the tape 136 between the reel 138 and the swing path 144, and between the reel 138 and the guide roller 172. A tape guide 173 for guiding the tape 136 is attached.

  In addition, the first guide member 164 detects the unwinding limit from the drum 137 and the winding limit to the drum 137 by detecting opaque portions provided in one end region and the other end region of the tape 136, respectively. A tape end detector (not shown) is arranged. This tape end detection unit is arranged corresponding to each tape 136.

  Further, a guide roller 172 and a swing path 144 (guide path 143) are provided near the tip of the second guide member 165 and near the end of the swing path 144 (guide path 143) facing the drum 137. The guide mechanism 184 that guides the tape 136 and the banknotes is provided therebetween. Here, the guide mechanisms 184 are individually arranged corresponding to the positions of the two tapes 136. In addition, each guide mechanism 184 corresponding to each of the two tapes 136 is disposed on a driving roller 185 and a transmission roller (not shown) disposed on the first guide member 164 and on the second guide member 165. And a guide roller 188.

  Then, at the time of winding and rewinding the tape 136 with respect to the drum 137, the driving force is transmitted from the tape 136 that moves to the driving roller 185 that contacts the second surface 136b of the tape 136, and rotates together with the driving roller 185. The driving force is transmitted from the transmission roller to the guide roller 188. Moreover, said peeling nail | claw 169 is provided so that rotation and attachment / detachment are possible.

  The guide body 141 is provided with a bill detector 195 that detects the bill in a region where the bill is conveyed together with the tape 136 in the swing passage 144. This banknote detection part 195 is comprised from the optical sensor etc., and a banknote is detected because sensor light is light-shielded at the time of passage of a banknote.

  Next, the detail of the structure of the insertion part 12 provided in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment is demonstrated using FIG. 9 and FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing details of the configuration of the insertion unit 12 in the banknote handling machine 10 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 10 is a front view of the insertion unit 12 shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the input unit 12 functions as a bill feeding device for feeding bills from the outside to the inside of the bill processing machine 10.

  As shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, the insertion unit 12 includes a placement unit 201 on which a plurality of banknotes are stacked in a stacked state, and a plurality of banknotes mounted on the mounting unit 201 in a stacked state. A pair of left and right kicker rollers 220 that are in contact with the surface of the bills in the lower layer, and the bills that are arranged downstream of each kicker roller 220 in the bill feeding direction and kicked out by these kicker rollers 220 to the inside of the housing 11. And a pair of left and right feeding rollers 222 that perform the above-described feeding. A pair of left and right gate rollers 224 are provided above the feeding rollers 222 so as to face the feeding rollers 222, and a gate portion is formed between each feeding roller 222 and each gate roller 224. Yes. The banknotes kicked out by the kicker rollers 220 pass through the gate part and are fed out into the casing 11 one by one and sent to the transport part 16. Here, in the present embodiment, the bills placed on the placement unit 201 of the insertion unit 12 are fed out one by one into the housing 11 by each kicker roller 220, each delivery roller 222, and each gate roller 224. A bill feeding mechanism 12a is configured.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, a wall member 202 extending in a substantially vertical direction is provided in the insertion portion 12, and a plurality of layers placed in a stacked state on the placement portion 201 by the wall member 202. The bill is prevented from entering the housing 11 once. In addition, a pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 (side hopper members) are provided on the front side of the wall member 202 in the insertion unit 12, and a plurality of banknotes placed on the placement unit 201 are guided by these guides. It is located between the members 210 and 212. That is, the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 can determine the positions in the width direction (that is, the left and right directions in FIGS. 9 and 10) of a plurality of banknotes placed on the placement unit 201.

  Here, in the present embodiment, the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 can be arranged on the placement portion 201 so that the distance from the substantially central position of the placement portion 201 in the width direction is different. Here, in an example in the present embodiment, the position of one of the left and right guide members 210 and 212 (for example, the right guide member 212 in FIGS. 9 and 10) is fixed, while the other The position of the guide member (for example, the left guide member 210 in FIGS. 9 and 10) can be changed along the width direction. Moreover, in another example in the present embodiment, each of the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 can be moved along the width direction independently of the other guide members. Further, at least one guide member of the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 may be automatically moved. At this time, a pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 is specified based on specified information (for example, the type of currency, denomination, size, etc., input to the control unit 50 by the operation display unit 52 in advance by the operator). At least one of the guide members may be automatically moved. A specific method for arranging the guide members 210 and 212 will be described later.

  The wall member 202 is provided with marks 214 and 216 that serve as a guide for positioning the guide members 210 and 212. Here, the mark 214 is provided at a substantially central position of the insertion portion 12 in the width direction, and the mark 216 (see FIG. 10) is provided on the left side in FIG. 9 and FIG. It is. Such a mark 216 indicates the position of the left guide member 210 in FIGS. 9 and 10 so that when a bill of a specific denomination is inserted into the housing 11 by the insertion unit 12, the size of the bill is matched. It is designed to be used when matching.

  In addition, a pair of left and right heating rollers 230 are provided on the outer side in the width direction of each feeding roller 222 in the feeding unit 12. A pair of left and right receiving rollers 232 are provided below the heating rollers 230 so as to abut on the heating rollers 230 corresponding to the respective heating rollers 230. The banknotes kicked out by the kicker rollers 220 and fed out into the housing 11 by the feeding rollers 222 pass through the nip portion between the heating roller 230 and the receiving roller 232 in the vicinity of both edges. As a result, a portion in the vicinity of both end edges of the bill fed out from the insertion portion 12 into the housing 11 is heated by each heating roller 230.

  The placement unit 201 is provided with a plurality of positioning members 240 for positioning the guide members 210 and 212 in the vicinity of both ends in the width direction of the placement unit 201. Specifically, each positioning member 240 is composed of a rod-shaped member having a triangular cross section, and the apex portion of the rod-shaped member in the triangular shape faces upward. Further, the size of the interval between the positioning members 240 is substantially the same as the width of the guide members 210 and 212. Accordingly, the guide members 210 and 212 are positioned by arranging the guide members 210 and 212 between the positioning members 240, and the positioning members 240 are arranged along the width direction of the mounting portion 201. By moving the guide members 210 and 212 so as to get over, the positions of the guide members 210 and 212 can be changed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote handling machine 10 according to the present embodiment is provided with a control unit 50 that controls each component of the banknote handling machine 10. More specifically, the control unit 50 includes a bill feeding mechanism 12 a provided in the insertion unit 12, a transport unit 16, an identification unit 18, and a temporary storage unit 20 (specifically, a drive motor 148 of the temporary storage unit 20). The banknote feeding mechanism 32 provided in each banknote storage 30 and the banknote feeding mechanism 42 provided in the banknote storage cassette 40 mounted in the housing 11 are connected to be communicable with each other. And while the signal which concerns on the identification result of the banknote by the identification part 18 is sent to the control part 50, the control part 50 controls operation | movement of these structural members by sending a command signal to each structural member of the banknote processing machine 10. It is like that.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an operation display unit 52, a storage unit 54, and a communication interface unit 56 are connected to the control unit 50 so as to communicate with each other. The operation display unit 52 includes, for example, a touch panel provided on the upper surface of the housing 11, and is stored in the banknote storage machine 30 and the banknote storage cassette 40, such as banknote depositing processing in the banknote processing machine 10. Information relating to the banknote amount is displayed on the operation display unit 52. The operator can give various commands to the control unit 50 by operating the operation display unit 52.

  The storage unit 54 stores information on processing histories such as banknote deposit processing in the banknote handling machine 10 and information on banknotes stored in each banknote storage 30 and banknote storage cassette 40. Yes. In addition, the control unit 50 can transmit and receive signals to and from an external device (specifically, for example, a host terminal) provided separately from the banknote handling machine 10 according to the present embodiment via the communication interface unit 56. It can be done.

  In addition, although said control part 50 is provided in the housing | casing 11 of the said banknote processing machine 10 so that each component of the banknote processing machine 10 may be controlled, it is the temporary storage part 20 as a banknote accommodation delivery mechanism. When a single unit is used alone, a control unit that controls each component of the temporary storage unit 20 may be installed in the temporary storage unit 20.

Moreover, the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment can process the hybrid banknote which combined paper and a polymer film in addition to the normal banknote comprised only from paper. . The structure of such a hybrid banknote is demonstrated using FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, (indicated by reference symbol P in FIG. 3) hybrid bill is formed by sandwiching a polymer film portion P ₂ extending linearly along the widthwise direction of the bill by a pair of paper portion P ₁ Has been. In some countries and regions, such hybrid banknotes are also considered to be normal banknotes. Therefore, when the banknotes are identified by the identification unit 18, the hybrid banknotes as shown in FIG. 3 are identified. The controller 50 determines that such a hybrid banknote is a normal banknote. Further, when the identification of hybrid bill is performed by the recognition unit 18, the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknote is adapted to be detected by the identification section 18. Such identification section 18 detection method of the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid bill by will be described with reference to Figure 8A.

Figure 8A is an explanatory diagram showing a method of detecting the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknote by the recognition unit 18. As shown in FIG. 8A, when a banknote is identified by the identification unit 18, the detection areas a _{0 to} a ₇ are divided into a plurality (for example, eight) in the width direction of the banknote, and each detection area a ₀ in ~a ₇ whether or not there is a polymer film portion P ₂ is adapted to be detected. Here, the detection region a ₀ ~a ₂ of each sensing region a ₀ ~a ₇ is a left area in the width direction of the bill, the detection region a _3, a ₄ are a central area in the width direction of the bill , the detection area a ₅ ~a ₇ is a central region in the width direction of the bill. When the polymeric film portion P ₂ of the hybrid bill identified by the identifying unit 18 is in the position as shown in FIG. 8A is detected that the detection area a ₆ there is a polymer film portions P _2, thus it is detected that there is a polymer film portion P ₂ in the right side in the width direction of the bill.

Incidentally, the polymer film portion P ₂ in such a hybrid bill stronger stiffness than paper portions P _1, The thickness of the polymeric film portion P ₂ is larger than the thickness of the paper portion P _1. For this reason, conventionally, when the hybrid banknote is wound on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 by the strip-shaped tape 136 in the temporary storage unit 20, the banknote formed only by the paper is the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 by the strip-shaped tape 136. Compared with the case where it winds up, there exists a problem that the force with which the tape 136 clamp | tightens a hybrid banknote toward the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 will become weak. Further, when the two tapes 136 as shown in FIG. 6 is provided so as to align along the axial direction of the drum 137, two side near the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid bill of tape 136 tightening force by tape 136 can become weaker than the tightening force by the tape 136 on the side far from the polymeric film portion P _2. In this case, since the position of the hybrid bill polymeric film portion P ₂ in the near side of the tape 136 will swell outwardly of the drum 137 when the wound multiple hybrid bill on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 When viewed from the direction orthogonal to the drum shaft 147, the plurality of hybrid banknotes wound around the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 by each tape 136 becomes a so-called conical shape, and the hybrid banknotes stored in the drum 137 The position may be shifted in the axial direction of the drum 137. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, in the temporary storage unit 20, when a predetermined tightening condition is satisfied, a tightening force is applied to each tape 136, so that the hybrid banknote is drum 137 with each tape 136. Each tape 136 has a sufficient force for tightening the hybrid banknotes toward the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 even when it is wound on the outer peripheral surface. Thus, in the present embodiment, the hybrid banknote can be wound around the drum 137 with each tape 136 in a desired state and securely stored in the drum 137. Specifically, it is possible to prevent a plurality of hybrid banknotes stored in the drum 137 from becoming conical and shifting the position of the hybrid banknotes in the axial direction of the drum 137. Details of such technical matters will be described later.

In the present embodiment, the positions of the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 in the insertion unit 12 are set according to the position of each tape 136 in the temporary storage unit 20. Specifically, the hybrid bill to be held in the escrow unit 20, the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid bill is at least a portion position in the width direction of the tape 136 of the escrow unit 20 The positions of the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 in the insertion portion 12 are set so as to overlap. Thus, the temporary in holding portion 20 becomes the polymeric film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknotes can be tightened directly on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 by the tape 136, thus suitable hybrid bills to the drum 137 of the escrow unit 20 It can be stored in. Details of such technical matters will be described later.

Further, in the present embodiment, a pair of left and right heating rollers 230 are provided in the insertion unit 12, and a portion in the vicinity of both ends of the bill fed out from the insertion unit 12 into the housing 11 is heated by each heating roller 230. since that is adapted to be, when the hybrid bill as shown in FIG. 3 is fed out from the feeding unit 12 into the housing 11, the polymeric film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknote heated by the heating roller 230 Te can be weakened stiffness of the polymer film portion P _2. Thus, when the hybrid banknote fed out from the input unit 12 into the housing 11 is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20, the hybrid banknote is more appropriately stored on the drum 137 of the temporary storage unit 20. It can be stored. Instead of providing a pair of left and right heating rollers 230 in the insertion unit 12, the banknote is conveyed by a frictional force that is brought into contact with the banknote that is fed from the insertion unit 12 into the housing 11. Such a conveyor belt may be provided, and the conveyor belt may be heated by a heat source (not shown). Also in this case, the same operation and effect as when the pair of left and right heating rollers 230 are provided in the charging unit 12 can be achieved.

  Next, operation | movement of the banknote processing machine 10 which consists of such a structure is demonstrated. In addition, operation | movement of the banknote processing machine 10 as shown below is performed when the control part 50 controls each structural member of the banknote processing machine 10. FIG.

  First, operation | movement at the time of performing the money_receiving | payment process of a banknote in the banknote processing machine 10 is demonstrated using the flowchart shown in FIG. When the operator places a plurality of banknotes in a stacked state on the insertion unit 12 and then gives an instruction to start deposit processing to the control unit 50 through the operation display unit 52, the banknotes inserted into the insertion unit 12 are transferred to the banknote feeding mechanism 12a. As a result, the sheet is fed into the casing 11 one by one and is conveyed one by one by the conveying unit 16 (STEP 1). And the banknote conveyed by the conveyance part 16 identifies the denomination, authenticity, front and back, correctness, new and old, a conveyance state, etc. by the identification part 18 (STEP2). A banknote identified as not a normal banknote by the identification section 18, that is, a reject banknote, is sent to the throwing section 14 by the transport section 16 and accumulated in the throwing section 14 (“NO” in STEP3, STEP5). As a result, the operator can manually remove the reject banknotes accumulated in the dispensing unit 14 from the housing 11 and place it on the insertion unit 12 again. On the other hand, the banknote identified as a normal banknote by the identification part 18 is sent to the temporary storage part 20 from the conveyance part 16, and is temporarily hold | maintained in this temporary storage part 20 ("YES" of STEP3, STEP4) . At this time, when a predetermined tightening condition is satisfied in the temporary holding unit 20 (“YES” in STEP 6), the tape 136 is tightened in the temporary holding unit 20 (STEP 7). Details of the tightening operation of each tape 136 will be described later.

  The above-described operations shown in STEP 1 to STEP 7 are repeated until all the bills inserted into the input unit 12 are drawn out into the casing 11 and sent to the temporary storage unit 20 or the output unit 14 (“NO” in STEP 8). ). When all the bills inserted into the insertion unit 12 are fed into the casing 11 and sent to the temporary storage unit 20 or the dispensing unit 14 (“YES” in STEP 8), the operator is asked to confirm the payment confirmation. A message is displayed on the operation display unit 52. Thereafter, when the operator gives a deposit confirmation command to the control unit 50 via the operation display unit 52 (“YES” in STEP 9), banknotes are fed from the temporary storage unit 20 to the transport unit 16 one by one. Thus, banknotes are sent to each banknote storage 30 for each denomination (STEP 10). In this way, a series of banknote deposit processing in the banknote handling machine 10 is completed. On the other hand, when the operator gives a return command to the control unit 50 instead of giving a payment confirmation command to the control unit 50 by the operation display unit 52 (“NO” in STEP 9 and “YES” in STEP 11), the temporary holding unit 20 The bills are fed out one by one to the transport unit 16, and the bills are sent to the dispensing unit 14 by the transport unit 16 (STEP 12). As a result, the operator can take out the returned banknote from the dispensing unit 14 to the outside of the housing 11.

  Next, details of the tightening operation of the tape 136 performed in the temporary storage unit 20 will be described with reference to a timing chart shown in FIG. 8B. As described above, the belt-like tape between the drum 137 and the reel 138 is driven by driving the drum 137 and the reel 138 by the drive motor 148 when a predetermined tightening condition is satisfied in the temporary holding unit 20. A clamping force is applied to 136. Here, the predetermined tightening condition is, for example, a predetermined number of sheets set when a banknote is sent from the transport unit 16 to the temporary storage unit 20 and stored in the drum 137 of the temporary storage unit 20. This is when the bill is stored in the drum 137. Specifically, when, for example, 50 sheets are set as the predetermined number in the control unit 50, the banknotes fed out from the input unit 12 into the housing 11 in the banknote depositing process in the banknote processing machine 10 are set. Each time 50 sheets are sent to the temporary storage unit 20, a tightening force is applied to each tape 136 in the temporary storage unit 20.

  In applying the tightening force to each tape 136 in the temporary storage unit 20, in this embodiment, as shown in the timing chart of FIG. 8B, the drum 137 is wound in the banknote winding direction (that is, FIG. After rotating for a certain period of time at a high speed (for example, 1200 mm / s) in the clockwise direction in FIG. 5, the drum 137 is rotated for a certain period of time at a low speed (for example, 350 mm / s) in the banknote winding direction. The drum 137 is temporarily stopped. The reason why the drum 137 is rotated at a low speed for a certain time is to prevent looseness due to the inertial movement of each tape 136. At this time, the rotational driving force is not transmitted to the reel 138 by the one-way clutch, and the tape 136 wound around the drum 137 is pulled out from the reel 138 against the torque limiter. Then, the control unit 50 controls the drive motor 148 to repeat such driving and stopping of the drum 137 a predetermined number of times. As a result, the tension of each tape 136 between the drum 137 and the reel 138 increases, so that a tightening force is applied to each tape 136. Thereafter, the controller 50 causes the drive motor 148 to rotate the reel 138 at a low speed (for example, 350 mm / s) in the winding direction of each tape 136 (that is, the counterclockwise direction in FIGS. 4 and 5) for a certain period of time. . As a result, each tape 136 is slightly rewound from the drum 137 so that it is possible to prepare for the storing operation of the next banknote on the drum 137. In the present embodiment, the controller 50 may be configured to freely set the number of times the drum 137 is driven and stopped when a tightening force is applied to each tape 136. Such setting of the number of times to drive and stop the drum 137 is performed, for example, when the operator inputs the number of times to the control unit 50 through the operation display unit 52. In addition, when the controller 50 applies a tightening force to each tape 136, a time for rotating the drum 137 at a high speed or a time for rotating the drum 137 at a low speed, a time for rotating the reel 138 in the winding direction of each tape 136, or a drum The rotational speed of 137 and reel 138 may be set freely. Such setting of the time for rotating the drum 137 at a high speed or a low speed is performed, for example, when the operator inputs the time to the control unit 50 by the operation display unit 52.

  As described above, in the banknote handling machine 10 according to the present embodiment, every time 50 banknotes fed into the housing 11 from the input unit 12 in the banknote depositing process are sent to the temporary storage unit 20, the temporary storage unit. Since a tightening force is applied to each tape 136 at 20, a hybrid banknote as shown in FIG. 3 is inserted into the input unit 12, and this hybrid banknote is sent from the transport unit 16 to the temporary storage unit 20. Even when temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 20, the force with which each tape 136 tightens the hybrid bill toward the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 when the hybrid bill is wound on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 by each tape 136. Can be sufficient.

  In the present embodiment, the “predetermined tightening condition” is set in advance when a banknote is sent from the transport unit 16 to the temporary storage unit 20 and stored in the drum 137 of the temporary storage unit 20. The present invention is not limited to the case where a predetermined number of set banknotes are stored in the drum 137. As another example of the “predetermined winding condition”, a predetermined number of banknotes set in advance when a banknote temporarily held in the temporary storage unit 20 is fed from the temporary storage unit 20 to the transport unit 16 It may be when it is fed from the temporary storage unit 20 to the transport unit 16. Specifically, for example, when 50 sheets are set as the predetermined number of sheets in the control unit 50, each time the 50 banknotes are fed from the temporary storage unit 20 to the transport unit 16, each tape is stored in the temporary storage unit 20. A tightening force is applied to 136.

  As another example, when the operation of storing the banknotes in the drum 137 in the temporary storage unit 20 or the operation of unwinding the banknotes from the drum 137 and feeding them out to the transport unit 16 is completed (specifically, the flowchart of FIG. 7). (When the operations of STEP 8 and STEP 10 are completed), a tightening force may be applied to each tape 136 in the temporary storage unit 20. Such an operation may be applied to the storage and feeding unit 60 described later.

  As still another example, at the start of the operation of storing the banknotes in the drum 137 in the temporary storage unit 20 or at the start of the operation of unwinding the banknotes from the drum 137 and feeding them to the transport unit 16 (specifically, FIG. The fastening force may be applied to each tape 136 in the temporary storage unit 20 (before the operation of STEP 1 and STEP 10 in the flowchart of FIG. 6 is performed). Such an operation may be applied to the storage and feeding unit 60 described later.

  Moreover, in the control part 50, it can be set for every kind of the banknote which should be hold | maintained at the temporary storage part 20 whether the operation | movement which provides the clamping force to each tape 136 in the said temporary storage part 20 is performed. It may be. For example, when the discriminating unit 18 recognizes that the banknote to be held in the temporary holding unit 20 is a hybrid banknote, the temporary holding unit 20 performs an operation of applying a tightening force to each tape 136, while the temporary holding unit When the discriminating unit 18 recognizes that the bill to be held at 20 is a normal bill composed only of paper, the temporary holding unit 20 is controlled not to perform an operation of applying a tightening force to each tape 136. It may be set in the unit 50. In this case, the control unit 50 applies a tightening force to each tape 136 after the banknote is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 of the temporary storage unit 20 based on the banknote identification result by the identification unit 18. It will be judged whether or not.

  Moreover, in the control part 50, it can be set for every denomination of the banknote which should be hold | maintained at the temporary storage part 20 whether the operation | movement which provides the clamping force to each tape 136 in the said temporary storage part 20 is performed. It may be like this. For example, in a country or region where hybrid banknotes are distributed, if only a banknote of a certain denomination is a hybrid banknote, the denomination of the banknote to be held in the temporary storage unit 20 is the denomination of the hybrid banknote. When the discriminating unit 18 discriminates, the temporary holding unit 20 performs an operation of applying a tightening force to each tape 136, while the denomination of the banknote to be held in the temporary holding unit 20 is composed only of paper. When the identification unit 18 identifies that the money type is a normal banknote type, the control unit 50 may set that the temporary holding unit 20 does not perform the operation of applying a tightening force to each tape 136. Also in this case, the control unit 50 applies a tightening force to each tape 136 after the banknote is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 of the temporary storage unit 20 based on the banknote identification result by the identification unit 18. It will be judged whether or not.

  Further, the control unit 50 applies a tightening force to each tape 136 when a predetermined number of hybrid banknotes are wound on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 in the temporary storage unit 20 based on the banknote identification result by the identification unit 18. The drive motor 148 may be controlled to do so. In this case, when the banknote and hybrid banknote which consist only of paper are mounted in the input part 12 in the mixed state by the operator, the number of sheets where the banknote which consists only of paper will be hold | maintained at the temporary storage part 20 Regardless of this, a tightening force is applied to each tape 136 each time the number of hybrid banknotes held in the temporary holding unit 20 reaches a predetermined number. Moreover, as another aspect, the control part 50 is based on the recognition result of the banknote by the identification part 18, and when a hybrid banknote is continuously wound up by the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 in the temporary storage part 20, The drive motor 148 may be controlled to apply a tightening force to each tape 136.

Moreover, in this Embodiment, before performing the money_receiving | payment process of a banknote, the position of the left-right paired guide members 210 and 212 in the insertion part 12 is adjusted beforehand. Specifically, as described above, when the hybrid banknote is placed on the placement unit 201 of the input unit 12 so that the front face is upward and the short direction is a predetermined direction, the hybrid as the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the bill at least partially overlaps with the position in the width direction of the tape 136 of the escrow unit 20, is adjusted position of the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 at the input to the 12 The A method for adjusting the position of the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 in the insertion portion 12 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 11 shows a polymer film portion of the hybrid banknote when the hybrid banknote is placed on the placement section 201 of the insertion section 12 so that the front face is upward and the short direction is a predetermined orientation. as the position in the width direction of the P ₂ is at least partially overlaps with the position in the width direction of the tape 136 of the escrow unit 20, hybrid bill by the guide members 210, 212 of the pair of insertion portion 12 shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 A method for adjusting the position in the width direction is shown. Here, in FIG. 11, the conveyance direction of the hybrid banknote by the conveyance part 16 is the right direction. Further, the same position as the position in the width direction of each tape 136 of the temporary storage unit 20 in the transport path of the transport unit 16 is indicated by reference numeral L1. Moreover, the banknote located in the insertion part 12 in FIG. 11 is a hybrid banknote placed on the placement part 201 of the insertion part 12 so that the front surface is upward and the direction of the short side is a predetermined direction. is there.

As shown in FIG. 11, before the banknote deposit process, the hybrid banknote is placed on the placement unit 201 of the insertion unit 12 so that the front surface is upward and the short direction is a predetermined direction. the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid bill so that at least partially overlaps with the position in the width direction of the tape 136 of the escrow unit 20, a pair of left and right guide members 210 in the inserting portion 12 when the location, The position of 212 is adjusted. Here, the positions of the guide members 210 and 212 may be manually adjusted by an operator, or may be automatically adjusted.

Here, the position of one guide member (for example, the right guide member 212 in FIGS. 9 and 10) of the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 is fixed, and the other guide member (for example, FIG. In the case where the position of the left guide member 210) in FIG. 10 can be changed along the width direction, the position of the left guide member 210 is manually adjusted by the operator. The operator positions the guide member 210 so that the outer end of the guide member 210 is aligned with the mark 216 as shown in FIG. In addition, the position in the width direction of the mark 216 is such that the width of the hybrid banknote to be placed on the placement portion 201 of the insertion portion 12 is movable with the guide member 212 whose position is fixed. The distance is set in advance so as to substantially match the distance to the member 210. Here, in the present embodiment, the operation is performed so that the distance between the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 is substantially the same as the width of the hybrid banknote to be placed on the placement portion 201 of the insertion portion 12. When the position of the left guide member 210 is manually adjusted by a person, as shown in FIG. 11, the front surface of the insertion portion 12 is set so that its front surface is upward and the short direction is a predetermined direction. position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid is placed on the placing portion 201 bill comes to at least partially overlap with the position in the width direction of the tape 136 of the escrow unit 20.

Further, the position of one guide member (for example, the right guide member 212 in FIGS. 9 and 10) of the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 is fixed, and the other guide member (for example, FIG. 9 or FIG. 10 when the position of the left guide member 210) can be changed along the width direction and the position of the left guide member 210 is automatically adjusted. The operator inputs information such as the currency type, denomination, and size of the hybrid banknote to the control unit 50 by the operation display unit 52 in advance, so that the left guide member is based on the information input to the control unit 50. 210 can be moved automatically. Specifically, the width of the hybrid banknote calculated based on the information input to the control unit 50 is the distance between the guide member 212 that is fixed in position and the guide member 210 that is movable. The guide member 210 is automatically moved to a position that substantially matches. Even in this case, as shown in FIG. 11, the polymer film of the hybrid banknote placed on the placing portion 201 of the throwing portion 12 so that the front surface is directed upward and the direction in the short direction is a predetermined orientation. position in the width direction of a portion P ₂ is such that at least partially overlap with the position in the width direction of the tape 136 of the escrow unit 20.

In addition, when each of the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 can be moved along the width direction independently of the other guide members, the positions of the guide members 210 and 212 are determined by the operator. When the operator manually moves one guide member (for example, the left guide member 210), the other guide member (for example, the right guide member 212) is manually moved. Is also moved in conjunction with one of the guide members. Specifically, the distance from a predetermined position shifted left and right from the substantially central position of the placement unit 201 in the loading unit 12 (that is, a predetermined position shifted right and left from the mark 214 shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10). In order to be substantially the same, each of the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 is moved in conjunction with the other guide member in a direction approaching and away from the other guide member. Here, in the present embodiment, the operation is performed so that the distance between the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 is substantially the same as the width of the hybrid banknote to be placed on the placement portion 201 of the insertion portion 12. When the position of each guide member 210, 212 is manually adjusted by a person, as shown in FIG. 11, the insertion portion 12 has its front surface facing upward and the short direction oriented in a predetermined direction. position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the placed hybrid bill so at least partially overlaps with the position in the width direction of the tape 136 of the escrow unit 20 to the mounting portion 201 of the.

Further, when each of the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 can be moved along the width direction independently of the other guide members, the positions of the respective guide members 210 and 212 are automatically set. When the adjustment is to be made, the operator inputs information such as the currency type, denomination, and size of the hybrid banknote to the control unit 50 by the operation display unit 52 in advance. Each guide member 210, 212 is automatically moved based on the input information. Specifically, each guide is located at a position where the width of the hybrid banknote calculated based on information input to the control unit 50 substantially matches the distance between the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212. The members 210 and 212 are automatically moved. Even in this case, as shown in FIG. 11, the polymer film of the hybrid banknote placed on the placing portion 201 of the throwing portion 12 so that the front surface is directed upward and the direction in the short direction is a predetermined orientation. position in the width direction of a portion P ₂ is such that at least partially overlap with the position in the width direction of the tape 136 of the escrow unit 20.

And after the position in the width direction of each guide member 210,212 in the insertion part 12 is adjusted as mentioned above, the operator is laminating | stacking a some banknote between each guide member 210,212 in the insertion part 12. FIG. The operation display unit 52 gives a command to start the deposit process to the control unit 50. At this time, when a hybrid banknote as shown in FIG. 3 is placed on the placement unit 201 of the insertion unit 12, the front surface of the hybrid banknote faces upward and the direction of the short side direction. The hybrid banknote is placed on the placement unit 201 so that is in a predetermined direction. When a command for starting the depositing process is given to the control unit 50, the bills placed on the placement unit 201 of the insertion unit 12 are fed into the housing 11 one by one by the bill feeding mechanism 12 a and 1 by the transport unit 16. Sheets are transported one by one. And the banknote conveyed by the conveyance part 16 identifies the denomination, authenticity, front and back, correctness, new and old, a conveyance state, etc. by the identification part 18. FIG. A banknote identified as not a normal banknote by the identifying unit 18, that is, a rejected banknote, is sent to the dispensing unit 14 by the transport unit 16 and accumulated in the dispensing unit 14. As a result, the operator can manually remove the reject banknotes accumulated in the dispensing unit 14 from the housing 11 and place it on the insertion unit 12 again. On the other hand, the banknote identified as a normal banknote by the identification unit 18 is sent from the transport unit 16 to the temporary storage unit 20 and temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20. Here, the front surface of the hybrid bill is directed upward and the polymer film portion of the hybrid bill when transverse orientation is placed on the placing portion 201 of the so-on portion 12 which is a predetermined direction P ₂ Since the positions of the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 in the insertion portion 12 are adjusted in advance so that the position in the width direction of the tape is at least partially overlapped with the position in the width direction of the tape 136 of the temporary storage portion 20, In part 20, the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknote can be directly clamped on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 by the lower tape 136 in FIG. 11 of the pair of tapes 136. For this reason, a hybrid banknote can be appropriately accommodated in the drum 137 of the temporary storage unit 20.

  When all the bills inserted into the insertion unit 12 are drawn out into the housing 11 and sent to the temporary storage unit 20 or the dispensing unit 14, a message requesting the operator to approve payment confirmation is displayed on the operation display unit 52. Is displayed. Thereafter, when the operator gives a deposit confirmation command to the control unit 50 through the operation display unit 52, banknotes are fed one by one from the temporary storage unit 20 to the transport unit 16, and the banknotes identify the identification unit 18 by the transport unit 16. After being conveyed so as to pass, banknotes are sent to each banknote storage 30 for each denomination. In this way, a series of banknote deposit processing in the banknote handling machine 10 is completed. On the other hand, when the operator gives a return command to the control unit 50 instead of giving a payment confirmation command to the control unit 50 by the operation display unit 52, the banknotes are fed out one by one from the temporary holding unit 20 to the transport unit 16, A banknote is sent to the dispensing unit 14 by the transport unit 16. As a result, the operator can take out the returned banknote from the dispensing unit 14 to the outside of the housing 11.

In the present embodiment, when the front / back direction or the short direction of the hybrid banknote identified by the identifying unit 18 is not a predetermined direction, the banknote is thrown out from the banknote handling machine 10. It has become. Specifically, when the hybrid banknote is identified by the identification unit 18, for example, when the front surface of the hybrid banknote identified by the identification unit 18 faces upward, the hybrid banknote is temporarily stored by the transport unit 16. Although it is sent to the holding unit 20, when the back side of the banknote identified by the identifying unit 18 is facing upward, the hybrid banknote is not sent to the temporary holding unit 20 by the transport unit 16 but instead sent to the dispensing unit 14. It is supposed to be. As a result, the operator can manually take out the hybrid banknote from the dispensing unit 14 and place the hybrid banknote again on the mounting unit 201 of the insertion unit 12 so that the front surface faces upward. become. Here, when the hybrid banknotes identified by the identification unit 18 are not in a predetermined direction, the hybrid banknote is polymerized when the hybrid banknotes are sent to the temporary storage unit 20. there is a possibility that the position in the width direction of the film portion P ₂ is no longer situated substantially coincides in the width direction of the pair of tape 136 of the escrow unit 20. On the other hand, in this Embodiment, when such a hybrid banknote is sent to the temporary storage part 20 by sending such a hybrid banknote not to the temporary storage part 20, but to the dispensing part 14, the said hybrid banknote can be positioned in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of preventing the no longer positioned substantially coincides in the width direction of the pair of tape 136 of the escrow unit 20.

  Here, when the front / back direction or the short direction of the hybrid banknote identified by the identification unit 18 is not a predetermined direction, the hybrid banknote is taken out from the dispensing unit 14 and placed on the placement unit 201 of the insertion unit 12. The control unit 50 may be configured to control the operation display unit 52 so that the operation display unit 52 displays a message to be placed again. Thus, since the operator is notified by the operation display unit 52 that the hybrid banknote has been sent to the dispensing unit 14, the operator has its front surface facing upward and the short direction is predetermined. Thus, the hybrid banknote can be placed again on the placement unit 201 of the insertion unit 12 so as to be in the direction. Further, the hybrid banknote determined by the identification unit 18 that the front and back direction and the short side direction are not in a predetermined direction and other rejected banknotes (for example, counterfeit bills and non-conforming bills) are distinguished and thrown. It may be sent to the exit 14. Specifically, the dispensing unit 14 is partitioned into a plurality of regions by a partition member, and the hybrid banknote determined by the identifying unit 18 that the front and back direction and the short direction are not in a predetermined direction, Other reject banknotes may be stacked in separate areas in the dispensing unit 14. In addition, the timing when the hybrid banknote determined by the identification unit 18 that the front / back direction or the short direction is not a predetermined direction is sent to the dispensing unit 14, and other rejected banknotes are sent to the dispensing unit 14. You may make it shift from the timing to be. In addition, a light emitting member such as an LED is provided in the vicinity of the dispensing unit 14 in the housing 11, and the hybrid banknote is determined by the identifying unit 18 that the front / back direction or the short direction is not a predetermined direction. Of the light emitting member (specifically, the color, lighting / blinking state, etc.) when the is sent to the dispensing unit 14 and other rejected banknotes are sent to the dispensing unit 14 The light emission mode of the light emitting member may be different. Also, a plurality of dispensing units 14 are provided, and the hybrid banknote determined by the identifying unit 18 that the front and back direction and the short direction are not in a predetermined direction and the other rejected banknotes are separated. It may be sent to the dispensing unit 14.

Further, in this embodiment, when the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknote recognized by the recognition unit 18 is not in place, so that the banknote is thrown from the banknote handling machine 10 It may be. Specifically, when the hybrid bill is identified by the identifying unit 18, the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknote recognized by the recognition unit 18 is a predetermined position (i.e., the escrow unit 20 The hybrid banknote is sent to the temporary storage unit 20 by the transport unit 16 when the position in the width direction of each tape 136 is at least partially overlapped, but the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknote identified by the identification unit 18 is used. When the position in the width direction is not a predetermined position, the hybrid banknote is not sent to the temporary storage unit 20 by the transport unit 16 but is instead sent to the dispensing unit 14. Thus, the operator manually takes out the hybrid banknote from the dispensing unit 14, readjusts the position of each guide member 210, 212 of the input unit 12 in the width direction, and then places the hybrid banknote on the input unit 12. The unit 201 can be placed again. Here, when the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknote recognized by the recognition unit 18 is not in place, of the hybrid banknotes when such a hybrid bills are sent to the escrow unit 20 position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ is no longer situated substantially coincides in the width direction of the pair of tape 136 of the escrow unit 20. On the other hand, in this Embodiment, when such a hybrid banknote is sent to the temporary storage part 20 by sending such a hybrid banknote not to the temporary storage part 20, but to the dispensing part 14, the said hybrid banknote can be positioned in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of preventing the no longer positioned substantially coincides in the width direction of the pair of tape 136 of the escrow unit 20.

Here, the identification unit 18 when the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknote recognized is not the predetermined position, the respective guide members 210 of the insertion portion 12 is taken out of the hybrid bill from dispensing unit 14 The control unit 50 causes the operation display unit 52 to display a message to the effect that the hybrid banknote is again placed on the placement unit 201 of the insertion unit 12 after the position in the width direction of 212 is readjusted. You may come to control. Thus, since the operator is notified by the operation display unit 52 that the hybrid banknote has been sent to the dispensing unit 14, the operator determines the position in the width direction of each guide member 210, 212 of the insertion unit 12. After the readjustment, the hybrid banknote can be placed again on the placement unit 201 of the insertion unit 12. Further, a hybrid bill position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ is determined by the identification unit 18 is not in place, the other rejected bills (eg, counterfeit banknote or unfit, etc.) and is distinguished projection It may be sent to the exit 14. Specifically, dispensing unit 14 is partitioned into a plurality of regions by the partition member, and a hybrid bill position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ is determined by the identification unit 18 is not in place, Other reject banknotes may be stacked in separate areas in the dispensing unit 14. Further, the timing of hybrid bill position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ is determined by the identification unit 18 is not in place is sent to the dispensing unit 14, the other rejected bills of the dispensing unit 14 You may make it shift from the timing sent. Further, a light emitting member such as an LED is provided in the vicinity of the projecting portion 14 in the housing 11, and the hybrid determined by the identifying portion 18 that the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ is not a predetermined position. When the banknote is sent to the dispensing unit 14, the light emission mode of the light emitting member (specifically, the color, lighting / blinking state, etc.) and other rejected banknotes are sent to the dispensing unit 14 The light emission mode of the light emitting member may be different. Further, dispensing unit 14 is provided with a plurality, and a hybrid bill position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ is determined by the identification unit 18 is not in place, other than the reject banknotes and separate it It may be sent to the dispensing unit 14.

Moreover, in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment, each time after the banknote thrown into the inside of the housing | casing 11 by the insertion part 12 was temporarily hold | maintained by the temporary storage part 20 when the deposit process of a banknote is performed. Instead of being sent to the banknote storage 30 for each denomination and stored in the banknote storage 30, the banknote inserted into the housing 11 by the input unit 12 is directly (that is, temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20). It is also possible to send each denomination to each banknote storage 30 and store the banknote storage 30 in the banknote storage 30. Here, after a hybrid banknote as shown in FIG. 3 is stored in each banknote storage 30, it is stored in each banknote storage 30 by a pair of left and right feeding rollers in a banknote feeding mechanism 32 provided in each banknote storage 30. when has been that the bill is fed out to the transport unit 16, when the polymer film portion P ₂ at the other feeding roller is in contact with the paper portion P ₁ in the hybrid bill into one of the feeding roller contacts the paper for feeding rollers there is a possibility that the hybrid banknotes fed out to the transport unit 16 by a pair of feeding rollers for the friction coefficient of the portion P ₁ and a polymer film portion P ₂ are different resulting in skewed. For this reason, in this Embodiment, in the banknote processing machine 10, when the operation | movement which the banknote thrown into the inside of the housing | casing 11 by the insertion part 12 is sent directly to each banknote storage 30 is performed. Before the bill is placed on the placement portion 201 of the insertion portion 12, the placement portion of the insertion portion 12 is arranged so that the front side of the hybrid banknote faces upward and the direction of the short side is a predetermined direction. deviates from the position in the width direction of the feed roller 32a (see FIG. 12) of the hybrid bill polymeric film portion P ₂ of the width bill position in the direction repository 30 banknotes provided feeding mechanism 32 when placed on the 201 Thus, the positions of the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 in the insertion portion 12 are adjusted. A method of adjusting the position of the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 in the insertion portion 12 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 12 shows a polymer film portion of the hybrid banknote when the hybrid banknote is placed on the placement section 201 of the insertion section 12 so that the front face is upward and the short direction is a predetermined orientation. as the position in the width direction of the P ₂ is shifted from the position in the width direction of the feeding roller 32a of the banknote feeding mechanism 32 provided in the bill storage 30, a pair of left and right guide members in the insertion portion 12 shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 210 212, the method of adjusting the position in the width direction of the hybrid banknote is shown. Here, in FIG. 12, the conveyance direction of the hybrid banknote by the conveyance unit 16 is the right direction. Moreover, the same position as the position in the width direction of each delivery roller 32a of the banknote feeding mechanism 32 of each banknote storage 30 in the conveyance path of the conveyance part 16 is shown by the reference symbol L2. Moreover, the banknote located in the insertion part 12 in FIG. 12 is a hybrid banknote placed on the placement part 201 of the insertion part 12 so that the front surface is upward and the direction of the short side is a predetermined direction. is there.

In the banknote handling machine 10, when an operation is performed in which the banknotes inserted into the housing 11 by the input unit 12 are sent directly to each banknote storage 30, as shown in FIG. When the hybrid banknote is placed on the placement unit 201 of the insertion unit 12 so that the front side of the hybrid banknote faces upward and the direction of the short side is a predetermined direction, the hybrid banknote as the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ is shifted from the position in the width direction of the feeding rollers 32a of the banknote feeding mechanism 32 of the bill storage 30, the position of the pair of guide members 210, 212 at the input to the 12 Adjusted. Here, the positions of the guide members 210 and 212 may be manually adjusted by an operator, or may be automatically adjusted.

And after the position of the width direction of each guide member 210,212 in the insertion part 12 is adjusted, an operator places a some banknote in the lamination | stacking state between each guide member 210,212 in the insertion part 12, A command for starting the deposit process is given to the control unit 50 by the operation display unit 52. At this time, when a hybrid banknote as shown in FIG. 3 is placed on the placement unit 201 of the insertion unit 12, the front surface of the hybrid banknote faces upward and the direction of the short side direction. The hybrid banknote is placed on the placement unit 201 so that is in a predetermined direction. And after the instruction | indication of a payment process start is given to the control part 50, the banknote mounted in the mounting part 201 of the insertion part 12 is drawn | fed out one by one in the housing | casing 11 by the banknote feeding mechanism 12a, and a conveyance part 16 is conveyed one by one. And the banknote conveyed by the conveyance part 16 identifies the denomination, authenticity, front and back, correctness, new and old, a conveyance state, etc. by the identification part 18. FIG. A banknote identified as not a normal banknote by the identifying unit 18, that is, a rejected banknote, is sent to the dispensing unit 14 by the transport unit 16 and accumulated in the dispensing unit 14. As a result, the operator can manually remove the reject banknotes accumulated in the dispensing unit 14 from the housing 11 and place it on the insertion unit 12 again. On the other hand, the banknote identified as a normal banknote by the identification unit 18 is sent from the transport unit 16 to each banknote storage 30 for each denomination, and the banknotes are stored in the banknote storage 30 for each denomination. Here, the position of the pair of left and right guide members 210, 212 are previously prepared as described above in the insertion portion 12, in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknotes stored in the banknote storage box 30 The position is shifted from the position in the width direction of each feeding roller 32 a of the banknote feeding mechanism 32 provided in each banknote storage 30. Thus, the paper portion P ₁ respectively in the hybrid bill the pair of feeding rollers 32a when feeding the banknotes stored in each of these bill storage 30 by the banknote feeding mechanism 32 in the bill storage 30 Since they come into contact with each other, it is possible to prevent the bills fed out to the transport unit 16 from being skewed.

Further, in the banknote handling machine 10, even when the banknote inserted into the housing 11 by the insertion unit 12 is directly sent to each banknote storage 30, the casing 11 is operated by the insertion unit 12. In the same manner as in the case where an operation is performed in which a bill inserted into the bill is temporarily held by the temporary holding unit 20 and then sent to each banknote storage 30, the front and back of the hybrid banknote identified by the identifying unit 18 The banknote may be thrown out of the banknote handling machine 10 when the direction of the banknote or the short direction is not a predetermined direction, and the polymer film of the hybrid banknote identified by the identification unit 18 when the position in the width direction of a portion P ₂ is not in place, the banknote may be made to be thrown out from the banknote handling machine 10. And when the front and rear direction and lateral direction of the orientation of the hybrid banknote recognized by the recognition unit 18 is not in a predetermined orientation, position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknote recognized by the recognition unit 18 is predetermined When the banknote processing machine 10 is not in the position of the banknote, the banknote inserted into the housing 11 by the input unit 12 is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20 and then sent to each banknote storage 30. This is substantially the same as the above-described operation when a simple operation is performed.

According to the banknote handling machine 10 of the present embodiment configured as described above and the temporary storage unit 20 (banknote storage and feeding device) provided in such a banknote handling machine 10, the control unit 50 has a predetermined winding. When the tightening condition is satisfied, each belt-like tape 136 (winding) between the drum 137 and the reel 138 (winding member rewinding portion) is driven by driving the drum 137 (paper sheet winding rotating body). The drive motor 148 (drive unit) is controlled so as to apply a tightening force to the take-up member. According to such technical matters, when a predetermined tightening condition is satisfied, by applying a clamping force to strip the tape 136, hybrid bill (special bill that includes a polymeric film portion P ₂ ) Are wound on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 by the respective tapes 136, and each tape 136 can have a sufficient force for tightening the hybrid banknotes toward the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137. A banknote can be wound around the drum 137 in a desired state by each tape 136 and securely stored in the drum 137. Specifically, it is possible to prevent a plurality of hybrid banknotes stored in the drum 137 from becoming conical and shifting the position of the hybrid banknotes in the axial direction of the drum 137. In this embodiment, in order to apply a tightening force to each strip-shaped tape 136 between the drum 137 and the reel 138, the drum 137 is rotated in the clockwise direction in FIGS. 4 and 5 by the drive motor 148. Instead, the reel 138 may be rotated in the counterclockwise direction in FIGS.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment and the temporary storage part 20 provided in such a banknote processing machine 10, as above-mentioned, the control part 50 is each between the drum 137 and the reel 138. After the drum 137 is rotated in the banknote winding direction (specifically, the clockwise direction in FIGS. 4 and 5) so as to apply a clamping force to the tape 136, the drum 137 is moved in the banknote winding direction. The drive motor 148 may be controlled to rotate in the reverse direction (specifically, the counterclockwise direction in FIGS. 4 and 5). In this case, each tape 136 is slightly rewound from the drum 137 so that it can be prepared for the storing operation of the next banknote on the drum 137.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment and the temporary storage part 20 provided in such a banknote processing machine 10, as above-mentioned, when the control part 50 provides clamping force to each tape 136, it is. In addition, the drive motor 148 may be controlled so as to drive and stop at least one of the drum 137 and the reel 138. In this case, it is preferable that the control unit 50 controls the drive motor 148 to repeat driving and stopping of at least one of the drum 137 and the reel 138 a plurality of times. Further, in this case, the controller 50 can set the number of times to drive and stop at least one of the drum 137 and the reel 138 when applying a tightening force to each tape 136. It may be. As another example, the control unit 50 may control the drive motor 148 so that at least one of the drum 137 and the reel 138 is driven and stopped only once.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment and the temporary storage part 20 provided in such a banknote processing machine 10, predetermined | prescribed winding tightening conditions are accommodation of the banknote in the temporary storage part 20 as mentioned above. It may be at the completion of the operation or the feeding operation, or may be at the start of the bill storing operation or the feeding operation in the temporary storage unit 20. In addition, the predetermined tightening condition may be when a predetermined number of banknotes are stored or delivered when the banknote storing operation or the paying operation is performed in the temporary storage unit 20.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment and the temporary storage part 20 provided in such a banknote processing machine 10, as mentioned above, in the control part 50, it is temporarily hold | maintained at the temporary storage part 20. FIG. It may be possible to set whether or not to perform an operation of applying a tightening force to each tape 136 for each type of bill to be performed. Alternatively, in the control unit 50, it is possible to set whether or not to perform an operation of applying a tightening force to each tape 136 for each denomination of banknotes that should be temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 20. It may be.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment, as above-mentioned, the control part 50 is based on the identification result of the banknote by the identification part 18, and the said banknote is on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 of the temporary storage part 20. FIG. It may be determined whether or not a tightening force is applied to each tape 136 after being wound. In this case, the control unit 50 tightens each tape 136 with a tightening force when a predetermined number of hybrid banknotes, which are predetermined special banknotes, are wound around the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 based on the banknote identification result by the identification unit 18. The drive motor 148 may be controlled so as to provide the above. Alternatively, when the hybrid banknote, which is a predetermined special banknote, is continuously wound around the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 on the basis of the banknote identification result by the identifying section 18, the control section 50 applies each tape 136. The drive motor 148 may be controlled to apply a tightening force.

  Moreover, according to the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment and the insertion part 12 (banknote feeding apparatus) provided in such a banknote processing machine 10, in the mounting part 201, it delivers the banknote by the banknote feeding mechanism 12a. A pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 are arranged so as to be aligned along a width direction that is a direction orthogonal to the direction, and a bill is placed between the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212. It is supposed to be placed. Further, the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 can be arranged on the placement unit 201 so that the distance from the substantially central position of the placement unit 201 in the width direction is different. In this case, the specific member of the storage unit (specifically, the temporary storage unit 20 or each banknote storage 30) in which the banknotes fed into the housing 11 by the banknote feeding mechanism 12a of the insertion unit 12 are stored. (Specifically, the position of each guide member 210, 212 in the width direction is determined based on the position in the width direction of the tape 136 of the temporary storage unit 20 and the pair of feeding rollers 32a provided in each bill storage 30). Since the position in the width direction of the bill placed on the placement unit 201 can be adjusted by adjusting in advance, the hybrid bill (special bill) can be appropriately stored in the storage unit or from the storage unit. The hybrid banknote can be properly fed out.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment and the insertion part 12 (banknote feeding apparatus) provided in such a banknote processing machine 10, as mentioned above, it is one of a pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212. The position of the guide member (for example, the right guide member 212 in FIGS. 10 and 11) is fixed, and the position of the other guide member (for example, the left guide member 210 in FIGS. 10 and 11) is the width direction. You may be able to change along. Alternatively, each of the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 may be moved along the width direction independently of the other guide members.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment and the insertion part 12 (banknote feeding apparatus) provided in such a banknote processing machine 10, as above-mentioned, at least among a pair of left and right guide members 210,212. One guide member may be moved automatically. In this case, a pair of left and right guide members 210 based on specified information (for example, the currency type, denomination, size, etc. of the hybrid banknote previously input to the control unit 50 by the operation display unit 52 by the operator). , 212, at least one guide member may be moved automatically.

  Moreover, in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment and the insertion part 12 (banknote feeding apparatus) provided in such a banknote processing machine 10, as mentioned above, the wall member 202 has the guide members 210 and 212. Marks 214 and 216 are provided as a guide for positioning. Thus, when the positions of the guide members 210 and 212 are adjusted by the operator manually moving the guide members 210 and 212, the guide members 210 and 212 are positioned based on the marks 214 and 216. It becomes possible to perform with high accuracy. Such marks 214 and 216 may be provided corresponding to the currency type, denomination, size, etc. of the hybrid banknote.

Moreover, in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment, as above-mentioned, the temporary storage part 20 is used as a storage part in which the banknote drawn | fed out by the insertion part 12 inside the housing | casing 11 is accommodated, and this temporary. The holding unit 20 has a strip-shaped tape 136 (winding member) that winds banknotes on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 (paper sheet winding rotating body) as the specific member. Then, the insertion portion 12 (specifically, the polymer film portion P ₂ in the hybrid _bill) predetermined feature portion of the bill to be fed into the casing 11 positioned in the width direction of the tape 136 of the escrow unit 20 The position in the width direction of the pair of guide members 210 and 212 is set in the insertion portion 12 so that at least a portion thereof overlaps the position in the width direction. Thus, it in the escrow unit 20 to the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknotes can be tightened directly on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 by the tape 136, the hybrid bills to the drum 137 in this order escrow unit 20 It can be stored properly.

Moreover, in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment, as above-mentioned, each banknote storage 30 is used as a storage part in which the banknote drawn | fed out by the insertion part 12 inside the housing | casing 11 is accommodated. It may be. Each banknote storage 30 has a banknote feeding mechanism 32 (specifically, a pair of feeding rollers 32a) for feeding banknotes stored in a stacked state from the banknote storage 30 as the specific member. Yes. Then, inside a predetermined characteristic portion of the bill to be fed into the casing 11 (specifically, the polymer film portion P ₂ in the hybrid _bill) by insertion portion 12 positioned in the width direction of the is provided on each bill storage 30 The position in the width direction of the pair of guide members 210 and 212 is set in the insertion portion 12 so as to deviate from the position in the width direction of the pair of feeding rollers 32a of the bill feeding mechanism 32. Thus, the paper portion P ₁ is in contact, respectively, in hybrid bill the pair of feeding rollers 32a when feeding the banknotes stored in each bill storage 30 by the banknote feeding mechanism 32 in the bill storage 30 Therefore, it becomes possible to prevent the bills fed out to the transport unit 16 from being skewed.

  In addition, the banknote processing machine 10 by this Embodiment and the temporary storage part 20 (banknote accommodation delivery apparatus) provided in this banknote processing machine 10 are not limited to an aspect as mentioned above, Various changes are carried out. Can be added.

  For example, the banknote handling machine 10 according to the present embodiment may include two or more dispensing units 14, and the direction of the front and back of the banknotes or the direction of the short side is not a predetermined direction in a certain dispensing unit 14. And the banknote identified by the identification part 18 may be thrown out, and other reject banknotes may be thrown out to the other throwing-out part 14. Moreover, when the banknote identified by the identification part 18 that the direction of the front and back of a banknote and the direction of a transversal direction is not a predetermined direction is thrown out, by an alerting | reporting part (specifically, the operation display part 52). This may be notified to the operator.

  Further, the temporary holding unit according to the present embodiment is not limited to the temporary holding unit 20 provided with the two tapes 136 as shown in FIGS. As the temporary storage unit according to the present embodiment, one that wraps a banknote around the outer peripheral surface of the drum with three or more tapes provided in parallel, or one that wraps a banknote around the outer peripheral surface of the drum with only one tape is used. It may be like this.

  In addition, the first principle of the present invention in which a winding operation is performed on each tape 136 when a predetermined winding condition is satisfied, and the pair of guide members 210 and 212 are mounted on the placement portion 201 in the width direction. In applying the second principle of the present invention that can be arranged on the mounting portion 201 so that the distance from the substantially central position of the banknote processing machine 10 is different, the special processing target of the banknote processing machine 10 is applied. As banknotes, in addition to hybrid banknotes that include polymer film parts, banknotes with security threads peeled off, cut tickets, transparent polymer banknotes (specifically, banknote designs were printed on transparent sheets such as OHP sheets) ), Banknotes with cellophane tape, tightly stiff and pliable banknotes, embossed banknotes with engraved letters, etc. may be used. That is, when these banknotes are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20 in the banknote handling machine 10 of the present embodiment, the tightening force is applied to each strip-shaped tape 136 when a predetermined tightening condition is satisfied. When the special banknotes other than the hybrid banknotes are wound on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 by the tapes 136, each tape 136 has a force for tightening the special banknotes toward the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137. Therefore, the special banknote can be wound around the drum 137 in a desired state by each tape 136 and can be securely stored in the drum 137. Moreover, before these banknotes are sent to the temporary storage part 20, each banknote storage 30, etc. in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment, the tape 136 of the temporary storage part 20, and the banknote feeding mechanism of each banknote storage 30 The position of the pair of guide members 210 and 212 may be set based on the position in the width direction such as 32. Even in this case, the special banknote can be properly stored in the storage unit including the temporary storage unit 20 and each banknote storage 30, and the special banknote can be properly fed out from the storage unit. .

  Moreover, in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment, the banknote before temporarily hold | maintaining by the temporary storage part 20 recognizes the new and old by the identification part 18, but the identification part 18 is new. When a predetermined number of banknotes identified as tickets are wound on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137, or a predetermined number of banknotes identified as new tickets by the identification unit 18 are continuously formed on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137. When the tape is wound, it is determined that a predetermined tightening condition is satisfied, and the drive motor 148 may be controlled by the control unit 50 so as to apply a tightening force to each tape 136. Since the banknote identified as a new ticket by the identification unit 18 is generally stronger than the old ticket, when such a strong new ticket is wound around the drum 137 by each tape 136, By performing the above-described winding tightening operation on the tape 136, the force with which each tape 136 tightens a relatively strong new ticket toward the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 can be made sufficient. The ticket can be wound around the drum 137 in a desired state by each tape 136 and can be securely stored in the drum 137.

Moreover, in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment, although the banknote before being temporarily hold | maintained at the temporary storage part 20 is made to identify the front and back by the identification part 18, by the identification part 18, for example, The banknote identified as the front side is temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 20 and, for example, the banknote identified as the back side is up by the identification unit 18 is sent to the dispensing unit 14. Also good. In this case, since the front and back directions of the banknotes temporarily held in the temporary storage unit 20 can be aligned, a plurality of hybrid banknotes as shown in FIG. 3 are stored in the drum 137 of the temporary storage unit 20. polymeric film portion P ₂ of each hybrid bill so stacked in the same orientation. Thus, if the polymeric film portion P ₂ of each hybrid banknote is curved, for each polymer film portion P ₂ are curved is overlapped in the same direction, a plurality of hybrid bills on drum 137 the thickness of the polymer film portion P ₂ is stacked part even when stacked is too large can be prevented. For this reason, it can prevent that the some hybrid banknote accommodated in the drum 137 becomes cone shape, and the position of the said hybrid banknote shifts | deviates to the axial direction of the drum 137.

  In addition, instead of performing the winding operation on each tape 136 when a predetermined winding condition is satisfied, the control unit 50 causes the drum 137 and the reel 138 to be turned on after that when the predetermined winding condition is satisfied. The drive motor 148 may be controlled to increase the torque of the drive motor 148 when rotating. Also in this case, since the force for rotating the drum 137 and the reel 138 is increased by increasing the torque of the drive motor 148, a special banknote such as a hybrid banknote is wound on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137 by each tape 136. In addition, each of the tapes 136 can have a sufficient force for tightening the special banknotes toward the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137, so that the special banknotes such as hybrid banknotes can be applied to the drum 137 by the tapes 136 in a desired state. The drum 137 can be wound and securely stored in the drum 137.

  Further, in the temporary holding unit 20 as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, one drive motor 148 is used to rotate the drum 137 and the reel 138, respectively. However, the temporary holding unit according to this embodiment is used. The configuration of is not limited to this. In the temporary storage unit according to the modified example, a first drive motor (first drive unit) that rotates the drum 137 and a second drive motor (second drive unit) that rotates the reel 138 are respectively installed. Also good. Also in this case, the control unit 50 drives each of the tapes 136 between the drum 137 and the reel 138 by driving at least one of the drum 137 and the reel 138 when a predetermined tightening condition is satisfied. At least one of the first drive motor and the second drive motor is controlled so as to apply a tightening force.

  Further, in the temporary storage unit 20 as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, one drive system (specifically, drive motor 148) is used for a plurality (specifically, two) of tapes 136. However, the configuration of the temporary holding unit according to the present embodiment is not limited to such a configuration. In the temporary holding unit according to the modification, a plurality of drive systems may be provided so as to correspond to each of the plurality of tapes 136. A temporary holding unit having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing components in the vicinity of the reel 138 in the temporary holding unit 20a according to the modification.

  In the temporary storage unit 20 a according to the modification, as shown in FIG. 13, two reels 138 are not attached to one reel shaft 149, but a plurality of reel shafts 149 are provided so as to correspond to each reel 138. Yes. Each reel 138 is provided with a drive motor 198 that rotates the reel 138. Moreover, in the temporary storage part 20a which concerns on a modification, although not shown in figure, the drum 137 is divided | segmented into two drum parts along the axial direction, and the drive motor which rotates these drum parts is each in each drum part. Is provided. As described above, in the temporary storage unit 20a according to the modification, the first drive motor that rotates the divided drum portion and the second drive motor that rotates the reel 138 (specifically, corresponding to each of the plurality of tapes 136). Each is provided with a drive motor 198).

In the temporary holding unit 20a according to such a modification, the control unit 50 applies a tightening force to a specific part of the two tapes 136 when the predetermined tightening condition is satisfied. The first drive motor and the second drive motor corresponding to the tape 136 are controlled so as to be applied. Specifically, when the hybrid bill as shown in FIG. 3 in the escrow unit 20a according to the modified example is more held in the same orientation, the polymeric film portion P ₂ of the hybrid bill among two tapes 136 tightening force by tape 136 near side is becomes weaker than clamping force by the polymer film portion P ₂ from the far side of the tape 136 out of the plurality of tape 136. Therefore, the control unit 50, when a predetermined tightening condition is met, thus to impart side tape 136 only clamping force near the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid bill among two tapes 136 The first drive motor and the second drive motor corresponding to the tape 136 are controlled so that no tightening force is applied to the tape 136 far from the polymer film portion P2 of the hybrid banknote out of the _two tapes 136. Even when the control unit 50 performs such control, the clamping force is applied to the tape 136 closer to the polymer film portion P2 of the hybrid banknote out of the _two tapes 136, so that the tape 137 is stored in the drum 137. It is possible to prevent the plurality of hybrid banknotes from becoming conical and shifting the position of the hybrid banknotes in the axial direction of the drum 137.

  Moreover, in the temporary storage part 20a which concerns on a modification, it can estimate that the hybrid banknote is conical by comparing the state of the some reel shaft 149. FIG. Specifically, the number of pulses of each reel 138 is detected, the number of pulses of each reel 138 is compared, and the difference in rotation speed between the reels 138 is detected to predict the winding state of the hybrid banknote. Thus, it can be predicted that the hybrid banknote has a conical shape. This prediction method can also be applied when there are a plurality of drum shafts.

  Further, in the banknote handling machine 10 of the present embodiment, a plurality of tapes 136 are provided with a memory, and the passage speed of the memory of each tape 136 is compared to detect a difference in the swelling of the drum 137 so that the hybrid banknotes are detected. It may be predicted that the hybrid banknote has a conical shape. Further, a plurality of abutment guides are provided on the drum 137, and the swollen width of each abutment guide is compared to detect a difference in swelling of the drum 137, thereby predicting the winding state of the hybrid banknote. Therefore, it may be predicted that the hybrid banknote has a conical shape.

Further, in the banknote handling machine 10 of the present embodiment, the position information, and wound hybrid bill number information of the drum 137 in the conveyance width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of each hybrid bills detected by the recognition unit 18 The winding state of the hybrid banknote may be predicted, and thereby the hybrid banknote may be predicted to be conical. Note that the method of detecting the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknote by the recognition unit 18, are as previously described with reference to Figure 8A. When the difference between the number of bills in the bill number and the other side of that on one side in the width direction of the bill is a polymer film portion P ₂ is a polymer film portion P ₂ has reached a predetermined number, the hybrid banknotes May be predicted to be conical. Furthermore the thickness of different for each type of bills for the polymer film portion P _2, may be able to change the predetermined number of said at setting.

  In the various prediction methods described above, as the number of reel shafts 149 and tapes 136 to be compared increases, the winding state of the drum 137 can be accurately grasped.

Moreover, in the banknote processing machine 10 of this Embodiment, although the banknote before being temporarily hold | maintained at the temporary storage part 20 is identified by the identification part 18, the identification part 18 recognizes each front and back. detecting the positional information in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid bill, based on the position information, it may determine whether to convey the banknote to the escrow unit 20. Specifically, when the banknote stored in the drum 137 has a conical shape in which the right side is swollen when viewed from the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the drum 137, the polymer film portion P is formed on the left side in the width direction. only those hybrids bill is judged by the recognition unit 18 and ₂ is present is sent to the escrow unit 20, the other bill (i.e., determination by the recognition unit 18 and the polymer film portion P ₂ in the middle and right side in the width direction exists The hybrid banknote) is sent to the dispensing unit 14 and rejected to the outside of the housing 11. Further, when the center of the banknote stored in the drum 137 is swollen when viewed from the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the drum 137, the bill is inserted into the housing 11 by the input unit 12 and is identified. 18 by either rejected is sent to all the identified bill dispensing unit 14 to the outside of the housing 11, or a polymer film portion P ₂ on the left or right in the width direction is determined by the identification unit 18 is present Only the hybrid banknote is sent to the temporary storage unit 20.

According to such a technical content, by the drum 137 even it has become a bulging conical on one side, to allow winding the only bill the other side with a polymer film portion P ₂ in the drum, The upper limit of the number of windings on the drum 137 can be increased, and the conical shape of the drum 137 can be reduced.

Moreover, you may apply such a technical content to the banknote storage 30 and the banknote storage cassette 40 which accumulate | store a banknote in a lamination | stacking state. That even if stacked state of the bill I tilted to one side by a polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid bill, thereby accommodating the hybrid banknotes with polymer film portion P ₂ in the bill storage 30 and the banknote storage cassette 40 to the other side Thus, it is possible to increase the upper limit of banknote accumulation in the banknote storage 30 and the banknote storage cassette 40 and to reduce the inclination of the stacked state. At this time, a plurality of sensors such as an optical sensor and a transmission sensor are provided in the vicinity of the ceiling in the banknote storage 30 and the banknote storage cassette 40, and the bills in the banknote storage 30 and the banknote storage cassette 40 are provided by these sensors. The accumulation state (specifically, the inclination of the banknotes stored in the banknote storage 30 or the banknote storage cassette 40) may be detected. Alternatively, the position information in the conveyance width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of each hybrid bills detected by the recognition unit 18, and a bill from the wound hybrid bill number information of the drum 137 in the bill storage 30 and the banknote storage cassette 40 May be predicted (specifically, the inclination of banknotes stored in the banknote storage 30 or the banknote storage cassette 40).

  Moreover, the thing of a structure as shown in FIG. 14 may be used as a banknote processing machine by this Embodiment. In the banknote handling machine 10a according to the modification shown in FIG. 14, instead of providing a banknote storage 30 in which a plurality of banknotes are stacked in a stacked state as a storage unit for storing banknotes, a tape is used. A storage and feeding unit 60 that winds the banknote around the outer peripheral surface of the drum is provided. Specifically, in the banknote handling machine 10a according to the modified example, as shown in FIG. 14, a plurality of (specifically, eight) storing and feeding units 60 are connected to the transport unit 16, and the transport unit The banknotes are sent from the storage and feeding section 60 to the respective storage and feeding sections 60 for each denomination and stored in the storage and feeding section 60, and the banknotes stored in the storage and feeding section 60 are transferred from the storage and feeding section 60 to the transport section 16. It is designed to be fed out one by one. In such a banknote handling machine 10a, the configuration of each storing and feeding unit 60 is substantially the same as the configuration of the temporary storage unit 20 as shown in FIGS.

  In the banknote handling machine 10 a according to the modification shown in FIG. 14, banknotes inserted into the housing 11 from the input unit 12 are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20 when banknote deposit processing is performed. Then, the banknotes are fed one by one from the temporary storage unit 20 to the transport unit 16, and the banknotes are transported by the transport unit 16 so as to pass the identification unit 18. It will be sent for each denomination. Further, in such a banknote handling machine 10a, the control unit 50 stores the storage unit 50 so that a tightening force is applied to the tape of the storage and feeding unit 60 when a predetermined tightening condition is satisfied in each storage and feeding unit 60. The drum and reel drive motors of the feeding unit 60 are controlled. Moreover, in such a banknote processing machine 10a, in the control part 50, it can be set for each each storage and feeding part 60 whether a clamping force is given to a tape. More specifically, in the banknote handling machine 10a according to the modification shown in FIG. 14, the denominations of banknotes are assigned to the storage and feeding sections 60, respectively. For 60, when a predetermined tightening condition is satisfied, a tightening force is applied to the tape of the storage and feeding portion 60, and for other storage and feeding portions 60, even if the predetermined tightening condition is satisfied A tightening force is not applied to the tape of the storage and feeding unit 60.

In addition, in the banknote processing machine 10a as shown in FIG. 14, when the banknote depositing process is performed, the banknotes inserted into the housing 11 by the input unit 12 are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20. Instead of being sent to each storing and feeding unit 60 and stored in the storing and feeding unit 60, the bills inserted into the housing 11 by the input unit 12 are directly retained (that is, temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 20). It may be sent to each storing and feeding unit 60 and stored in the storing and feeding unit 60. In this case, before the bill is placed on the placement portion 201 of the throwing portion 12, the throwing portion 12 is arranged so that the front surface of the hybrid bill is upward and the short direction is a predetermined direction. mounting portion 201 when placed the hybrid banknotes of the polymer film portion positioned in the width direction of the P ₂ is the position in the width direction of the tape provided on the storage and feed unit 60 at least partially to overlap in the, insertion portion of the 12, the positions of the pair of left and right guide members 210 and 212 are adjusted. Thus, the polymeric film portion P ₂ of the hybrid bill so can be tightened directly on the outer peripheral surface of the drum by the tape in the storing and feeding unit 60. For this reason, in each storage and feeding part 60, it becomes possible to appropriately store the hybrid banknote in the drum. Moreover, the banknote thrown into the inside of the housing | casing 11 by the insertion part 12 is sent directly to each accommodation feeding part 60 (namely, without making it temporarily hold | maintain with the temporary storage part 20), and to the said storage feeding part 60 Even in the case of storage, the drums and reels of the storage and feeding unit 60 are arranged so that the control unit 50 applies a tightening force to the tape of the storage and feeding unit 60 when a predetermined tightening condition is satisfied in each storage and feeding unit 60. By controlling the drive motor, the hybrid banknote can be wound around the drum in a desired state by the tape in the storage and feeding section 60 and can be securely stored in the drum. For this reason, it can prevent that the some hybrid banknote accommodated in the drum in the accommodation | drawing-out part 60 becomes cone shape, and the position of the said hybrid banknote shifts | deviates to the axial direction of a drum.

  Moreover, as a temporary storage part by this Embodiment, instead of the temporary storage part 20 as shown in FIG. 4 thru | or FIG. 6, like a temporary storage part 20b shown in FIG. By winding the pair of tapes 250 and 252 around the drum 242 with the banknotes sandwiched between them, a plurality of banknotes are stored in the drum 242 one by one, and the pair of tapes 250 and 252 are rewound from the drum 242. Accordingly, a system in which banknotes are unwound one by one from the drum 242 may be used. The configuration of the temporary holding unit 20b according to such another modification will be described below.

  A temporary storage unit 20b according to another modification as shown in FIG. 15 includes a drum 242 that is rotatable, and a pair of strip-shaped tapes 250 and 252 each having one end connected to the outer peripheral surface of the drum 242. The first reel 244 having the other end of one of the pair of strip-shaped tapes 250 and 252 connected to the outer peripheral surface thereof, and the pair of strip-shaped tapes 250 and 252 are rotatable. The other tape 252 of 250 and 252 has a second reel 246 connected to the outer peripheral surface thereof.

  The drum 242 can rotate in both the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 15 around the drum shaft 242a. Specifically, when the bill 242 sent from the outside of the temporary storage unit 20b to the inside of the temporary storage unit 20b through the entrance / exit 258 is stored in the drum 242, the drum 242 is counterclockwise in FIG. The bills are wound around the drum 242 together with the pair of tapes 250 and 252 while the bills sent between the pair of tapes 250 and 252 from the entrance / exit 258 are sandwiched between the tapes 250 and 252. Be able to. On the other hand, when the banknotes stored in the drum 242 are fed out of the temporary storage unit 20b via the doorway 258, the drum 242 rotates in the clockwise direction in FIG. , 252 is rewound, so that the banknotes sandwiched between the pair of tapes 250 and 252 are released and sent to the entrance / exit 258.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 15, a drive motor 248 for rotating the drum 242 is provided. More specifically, a pulley (not shown) is connected to the drive motor 248 via a rotating shaft, and a drive belt (not shown) is stretched over the pulley. Further, a pulley (not shown) is also connected to the drum shaft 242a of the drum 242, and the drive belt is stretched around the pulley. Thus, when the drive motor 248 drives the drive belt to rotate, the rotational drive force by the drive motor 248 is transmitted to the drum shaft 242a via the drive belt, and the drum 242 is driven to rotate.

  The other end of one tape 250 of the pair of strip-shaped tapes 250 and 252 is connected to the outer peripheral surface of the first reel 244 so that the tape 250 is wound around the first reel 244. Yes. Further, the first reel 244 can be rotated around the reel shaft 244a in both the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction in FIG. Here, when the first reel 244 rotates in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 15, the tape 250 is wound around the first reel 244, while the first reel 244 is rotated in FIG. , The tape 250 wound around the first reel 244 is rewound.

  The other end of the other tape 252 of the pair of strip-shaped tapes 250 and 252 is connected to the outer peripheral surface of the second reel 246, and the tape 252 is wound around the second reel 246. Yes. Further, the second reel 246 can be rotated about the reel shaft 246a in both the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction in FIG. Here, when the second reel 246 rotates in the clockwise direction in FIG. 15, the tape 252 is wound around the second reel 246, while the second reel 246 is wound in FIG. By rotating in the counterclockwise direction, the tape 252 wound around the second reel 246 is rewound.

  Further, a guide roller 254 for guiding the tape 250 and a guide roller 256 for guiding the tape 252 are arranged in the vicinity of the entrance / exit 258 of the temporary storage unit 20b so as to face each other with a slight gap. The banknotes sent from the outside of the temporary holding unit 20b to the inside of the temporary holding unit 20b through the entrance / exit 258 pass between the guide rollers 254 and 256 and then sandwiched between the pair of tapes 250 and 252. The drum 242 is wound up.

  As shown in FIG. 15, a movable guide 270 is provided below the drum 242. The movable guide 270 rotates about a shaft 271 provided coaxially with the shaft of the guide roller 256, and the movable guide 270 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. A biasing means such as a spring for biasing is provided. With such an urging means, the movable guide 270 is urged in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 15 about the shaft 271. By providing such a movable guide 270, after the banknote sent from the outside of the temporary storage unit 20b to the inside of the temporary storage unit 20b through the entrance / exit 258 passes between the guide rollers 254, 256. By being guided by the movable guide 270, the drum 242 is appropriately wound together with the pair of tapes 250 and 252.

Even in the temporary holding unit 20b according to another modified example as illustrated in FIG. 15, the control unit 50, when the predetermined winding tightening condition is satisfied, as in the temporary holding unit 20 as illustrated in FIGS. Further, by driving the drum 242, a tightening force is applied to the belt-like tape 250 between the drum 242 and the first reel 244 and the belt-like tape 252 between the drum 242 and the second reel 246, respectively. The drive motor 248 is controlled to do so. According to such a technical matter, when a predetermined tightening condition is satisfied, a polymer film portion P ₂ as shown in FIG. 3 is formed by applying a tightening force to each of the strip-shaped tapes 250 and 252. When the special banknote such as a hybrid banknote is sandwiched between the tapes 250 and 252 and the special banknote is wound on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 242 together with the tapes 250 and 252, the tapes 250 and 252 are used as the special banknotes. It is possible to make a sufficient force to tighten the screw toward the outer peripheral surface of the drum 242. As a result, special banknotes such as hybrid banknotes can be wound around the drum 242 in a desired state by the tapes 250 and 252 and securely stored in the drum 242. In the present embodiment, when the clamping force is applied to the belt-like tapes 250 and 252 between the drum 242 and the reels 244 and 246, the drive motor 248 causes the drum 242 to rotate counterclockwise in FIG. Instead of rotating the first reel 244, the first reel 244 may be rotated in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 15 and the second reel 246 may be rotated in the clockwise direction in FIG.

  Moreover, in the temporary storage part by this Embodiment, instead of using the cylindrical drum 137 like the temporary storage part 20a shown to FIG. 4 thru | or FIG. 6, the drum 137a of a shape as shown in FIG.16 or FIG.17 is used. 137b may be used. In the drum 137a shown in FIG. 16, a portion near both ends thereof is a tapered portion 137m. More specifically, the outer portion of the drum 137a shown in FIG. 16 has a tapered portion 137m that tapers outside the portion where the two tapes 136 are to be wound.

The shape of the drum 137a as shown in FIG. 16 when the hybrid bill as shown in FIG. 3 is more accommodating, even if the polymer film portion P ₂ of each hybrid bills stacked in the same direction, the polymer film portion P ₂ Are stacked at a tapered portion 137m of the drum 137a. Thus, the tapered portion of the tapered in even when the thickness of the polymer film portion P ₂ is stacked portion of each hybrid bill is increased, the polymer film portion P ₂ of each hybrid bill drums 137a to be housed in the drum 137a By entering 137m, it can prevent that the some hybrid banknote accommodated in the drum 137a becomes conical shape, and the position of the said hybrid banknote shifts | deviates to the axial direction of the drum 137a.

  Further, in the drum 137b shown in FIG. 17, a portion in the vicinity of both ends is a concave portion 137n having an outer diameter smaller than that of the central portion. More specifically, on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 137b shown in FIG. 17, a portion outside the portion where the two tapes 136 are to be wound is a concave portion 137n.

The shape of the drum 137b as shown in FIG. 17 when the hybrid bill as shown in FIG. 3 is more accommodating, even if the polymer film portion P ₂ of each hybrid bills stacked in the same direction, the polymer film portion P ₂ The portion where the two are stacked is a concave portion 137n in the drum 137b. Thus, even if the thickness of the polymer film portion P ₂ is stacked portion of each hybrid bill to be accommodated in the drum 137b is increased, the concave portion 137n polymer film portion P ₂ of each hybrid bills in the drum 137b By entering, it is possible to prevent the plurality of hybrid banknotes stored in the drum 137b from becoming conical and shifting the position of the hybrid banknote in the axial direction of the drum 137b.

Moreover, in this invention, instead of using the banknote processing machine 10 as shown in FIG. 1 thru | or FIG. 12, and the banknote processing machine 10a as shown in FIG. 14, the banknote counter 300 as shown in FIG. May be used. An outline of the configuration of such a bill counter 300 will be described below. 18 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a banknote counter 300 according to another modification, and FIG. 19 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an internal configuration of the banknote counter 300 shown in FIG. Further, FIG. 20, in the bill counting machine 300 shown in FIG. 18, so that the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknote is displaced from the position in the width direction of the impeller 332 provided in the stacking unit 330, the input It is explanatory drawing which shows the method of adjusting the position in the width direction of a hybrid banknote with a pair of guide member 340,342 in the part 310. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 18 and FIG. 19, the bill counter 300 includes a housing 302 and a loading unit 310 that is provided on the front upper portion of the housing 302 and for throwing bills into the inside from the outside of the housing 302. The stacking unit 330 is provided at a lower portion of the front surface of the casing 302 and stacks bills thrown into the casing 302. In addition, in the housing 302 of the bill counter 300, a transport unit 312 that transports bills one by one is provided. The insertion unit 310 includes a hopper or the like on which a plurality of banknotes are placed in a stacked state by an operator. The insertion unit 310 feeds the placed banknotes one by one into the housing 302 and conveys the banknotes. A bill feeding mechanism 310 a such as a feeding roller to be sent to 312 is provided. With such a configuration, banknotes placed on the insertion unit 310 are fed one by one into the housing 302 by the banknote feeding mechanism 310 a and sent to the transport unit 312, and then the housing 302 is transported by the transport unit 312. Each sheet is conveyed one by one. As shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, in the banknote counter 300, a stack of banknotes is inserted into the insertion unit 310 along the short direction, and the transport unit 312 is configured to transfer the banknotes in the short direction. It is designed to be transported along. Details of the configuration of the input unit 310 will be described later.

  Further, the transport unit 312 is provided with an identification unit 314, and the identification unit 314 identifies the denomination, authenticity, front / back, correct / incorrect, new / old, and transport state of the banknotes transported by the transport unit 312. To be done. Further, the transport unit 312 is branched at a location downstream of the identification unit 314, the above-described stacking unit 330 is provided at one of the branch destinations, and a reject unit in which reject banknotes are stacked at the other branch destination. 320 is provided. More specifically, a branch member 316 is provided at a branch point in the transport unit 312, and banknotes transported by the transport unit 312 by the branch member 316 are sent to either the stacking unit 330 or the reject unit 320. It is supposed to be.

  Further, the stacking unit 330 is accessible from the outside of the housing 302 through an opening facing the front surface of the housing 302. In addition, a shutter 336 is provided at the opening of the stacking unit 330, and the opening of the stacking unit 330 is opened and closed by the shutter 336. That is, when the shutter 336 is moved from the solid line position in FIG. 19 to the two-dot chain line position and the opening of the stacking unit 330 is opened, the operator accesses the stacking unit 330 and takes out banknotes from the stacking unit 330. Will be able to.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 19, an impeller 332 is provided on the back side of the stacking unit 330, and the impeller 332 has a shaft 332a extending in a substantially horizontal direction orthogonal to the paper surface of FIG. As a center, it rotates in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. The impeller 332 is provided with a plurality of blades 332b extending outward from the outer peripheral surface in the direction opposite to the rotation direction (that is, the clockwise direction in FIG. 19). These blades 332b are provided at equal intervals on the outer peripheral surface of the impeller 332 as shown in FIG. While the bill counting process is performed in the bill counter 300, the impeller 332 rotates the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 19 while the bill sent from the transport unit 312 is placed between the two blades 332b. It is supposed to be accepted. Then, the banknotes received between the two blades 332b of the impeller 332 are sent to the stacking unit 330 and stacked on the stacking unit 330 in a stacked state. By providing such an impeller 332, a plurality of banknotes are stacked in the stacking unit 330 in an aligned state. In addition, as shown in FIG. 20, in the stacking unit 330, the impellers 332 are arranged in a pair of left and right.

  As shown in FIG. 19, a pair of transport rollers 334 are provided on the upstream side of each impeller 332 in the transport unit 312 so as to contact each other, and the banknotes transported by the transport unit 312 are branched members 316. Therefore, the banknote passes between the pair of transport rollers 334 after being branched to the stacking unit 330 side. As shown in FIG. 20, two pairs of such a pair of transport rollers 334 are provided so as to be aligned along the width direction of the transport unit 312.

  In addition, the reject unit 320 is provided with a pair of left and right stopper members 322, and bills sent from the transport unit 312 to the reject unit 320 spill forward from the reject unit 320 by colliding with the respective stopper members 322. Therefore, the data is appropriately accumulated on the reject unit 320 without any problem.

  As shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, the insertion unit 310 includes a placement unit 311 on which a plurality of banknotes are placed in a stacked state, and a plurality of banknotes placed on the placement unit 311 in a stacked state. A bill feeding mechanism 310 a such as a feeding roller that feeds the bills in the lower layer into the housing 302 and sends them to the transport unit 312. As shown in FIG. 18, a pair of left and right guide members 340 and 342 (side hopper members) are provided on the placement portion 311 in the insertion portion 310, and a plurality of placement members 311 are placed on the placement portion 311. The bill is positioned between the guide members 340 and 342. That is, the pair of left and right guide members 340 and 342 can determine the positions in the width direction of the plurality of bills placed on the placement unit 311.

  Here, in the banknote counter 300 shown in FIGS. 18 to 20, the pair of left and right guide members 340 and 342 are arranged on the placement unit 311 so that the distance from the substantially central position of the placement unit 311 in the width direction is different. Can be placed. Specifically, in one example of the bill counter 300 shown in FIGS. 18 to 20, the position of one guide member of the pair of left and right guide members 340 and 342 is fixed, and the position of the other guide member is set. It can be changed along the width direction. Further, in another example of the banknote counter 300 shown in FIGS. 18 to 20, each of the pair of left and right guide members 340 and 342 can be moved along the width direction independently of the other guide members. It has become. Further, at least one guide member of the pair of left and right guide members 340 and 342 may be automatically moved. At this time, designated information (for example, the currency type and denomination of the hybrid banknote input by the operator to the control unit (not shown) by the operation display unit 360 provided in front of the housing 302 in advance) , Size, etc.), at least one guide member of the pair of left and right guide members 340, 342 may be automatically moved.

  Next, operation | movement of the banknote counter 300 which consists of such a structure is demonstrated. Specifically, the operation when the bill counting process is performed by the bill counter 300 as shown in FIGS. 18 to 20 will be described below.

  After placing a plurality of banknotes in a stacked state on the placement unit 311 of the insertion unit 310, the operator inputs a command for starting bill counting processing through the operation display unit 360. As a result, banknotes inserted into the placement unit 311 of the input unit 310 are fed into the housing 302 one by one by the banknote feeding mechanism 310a and are transported one by one by the transport unit 312. The bills conveyed by the conveyance unit 312 are identified and counted by the identification unit 314. A banknote identified as not a normal banknote by the identification unit 314, that is, a reject banknote, is branched from the transport unit 312 to the reject unit 320 by the branching member 316, and is accumulated in the reject unit 320 in a stacked state. As a result, the operator can manually remove the reject banknotes accumulated in the reject unit 320 from the housing 302 and place it again on the input unit 310. On the other hand, the banknotes identified as normal banknotes by the identifying unit 314 are branched from the transport unit 312 to the stacking unit 330 side by the branching member 316 and stacked in a stacked state on the stacking unit 330.

In the bill counter 300 as shown in FIG. 18 and the like, if the position in the width direction of each impeller 332 in the stacking unit 330 is the width direction of each transport roller 334 located on the upstream side of each impeller 332. in case of overlap with the position at the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid bill to be sent to the stacking unit 330 of the hybrid bill even when overlapping with the position in the width direction of the impeller 332 It can be reduced using the stiffness by nipping the polymer film portion P ₂ between the pair of conveying rollers 334, thus becomes properly enter between the two blades 332b of the impeller 332. However, as shown in FIG. 20, the position in the width direction of each impeller 332 in the stacking unit 330 is shifted from the position in the width direction of each transport roller 334 located on the upstream side of each impeller 332. the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid bill will be sent to the impeller 332 without being nipped between the pair of conveying rollers 334, waist in the hybrid bill in this case a strong polymeric film portion P ₂ May not sufficiently enter between the two blades 332b. In this case, the banknotes are not stacked in the stacked state in the stacking unit 330.

For this reason, in the banknote counter 300 shown in FIG. 18 etc., before a banknote is mounted in the mounting part 311 of the insertion part 310, the front surface of the hybrid banknote faces upward and the direction in the short direction is changed. in a predetermined orientation and so as the width direction of the impeller 332 to the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid bill when placed on the mounting unit 311 is provided in the stacking unit 330 of the insertion portion 310 The positions of the pair of left and right guide members 340 and 342 in the insertion portion 310 are adjusted so as to deviate from the positions. A method for adjusting the position of the pair of left and right guide members 340 and 342 in the insertion unit 310 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 20 shows a polymer film portion of the hybrid banknote when the hybrid banknote is placed on the placement section 311 of the insertion section 310 so that the front face is upward and the short direction is a predetermined orientation. The pair of left and right guide members 340 and 342 in the insertion unit 310 shown in FIG. 18 are used to shift the position in the width direction of P _{2 from} the position in the width direction of each impeller 332 provided in the stacking unit 330. A method for adjusting the position at is shown. Here, in FIG. 20, the conveyance direction of the hybrid banknote by the conveyance unit 312 is the right direction. Further, the same position as the position in the width direction of each impeller 332 provided in the stacking unit 330 in the transport path of the transport unit 312 is indicated by a reference symbol L3. Moreover, the banknote located in the insertion part 310 in FIG. 20 is a hybrid banknote placed on the placement part 311 of the insertion part 310 so that the front surface is upward and the direction of the short direction is a predetermined direction. is there.

In the banknote counter 300 as shown in FIG. 18 and the like, as shown in FIG. 20, before the banknote counting process is performed, the front side of the hybrid banknote faces upward and the direction in the short direction is a predetermined direction. position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknote is displaced from the position in the width direction of the impeller 332 provided in the stacking unit 330 when placed on the placing portion 311 of the insertion portion 310 so as to be Thus, the positions of the pair of left and right guide members 340 and 342 in the insertion portion 310 are adjusted. Here, the position of each guide member 340, 342 may be adjusted manually by an operator, or may be adjusted automatically.

Then, after the position in the width direction of each guide member 340, 342 in the insertion unit 310 is adjusted, the operator places a plurality of banknotes in a stacked state between each guide member 340, 342 in the insertion unit 310, A command for starting the counting process is given to the control unit 50 by the operation display unit 360. At this time, when a hybrid banknote as shown in FIG. 3 is placed on the placement section 311 of the insertion section 310, the front face of the hybrid banknote faces upward and the short direction. The hybrid banknote is placed on the placement portion 311 so that is in a predetermined direction. Thus, by pre-adjusting the position of each guide member 340, 342 at the input to 310, the width direction of the polymer film portion _{P 2} of the hybrid bill which is branched to the stacking unit 330 side by the branch member 316 from the conveying section 312 Is shifted from the position in the width direction of each impeller 332 provided in the stacking unit 330. Accordingly, since the hybrid banknotes branched from the transport unit 312 to the stacking unit 330 side by the branching member 316 can be appropriately inserted between the two blades of each impeller 332, the stacking unit 330 stacks the bills. It becomes possible to prevent the occurrence of defects.

Moreover, in the banknote counter 300 as shown in FIG. 18 etc., the position in the width direction of the predetermined characteristic part (specifically, the polymer film part P ₂ of the hybrid banknote) of the banknote identified by the identification unit 314 is predetermined. in the case of non-position, i.e., at least partially the location position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknote recognized by the recognition unit 314 in the width direction of the impeller 332 provided in the stacking unit 330 The hybrid banknote is sent to the reject unit 320 instead of the stacking unit 330. As a result, it is possible to prevent the polymer film portion P ₂ having a strong stiffness in the hybrid banknote from entering between the two blades 332 _b of each impeller 332 and causing a stacking failure in the stacking unit 330. become. Further, even when the front and back direction or the short direction of the hybrid banknote identified by the identification unit 314 is not a predetermined direction, the hybrid banknote is sent to the reject unit 320 instead of the stacking unit 330. May be. So that it is possible to prevent this, even if, that stiffness of a hybrid bill strong polymeric film portion P ₂ integrated failure occurs in the cause accumulation portion 330 enters between the two blades 332b of the impeller 332 become.

Further, and when the position in the width direction of the polymer film portion P ₂ of the hybrid banknote recognized by the recognition unit 314 at least partially overlap with the position in the width direction of the impeller 332 provided in the stacking unit 330, identifying unit When the front / back direction or the short-side direction of the hybrid banknote identified by 314 is not a predetermined direction, this is displayed on the operation display unit 360, for example, to notify the operator. It may be. The position in the width direction of hybrid banknotes and identified by the identification portion 314 at least partially overlaps with the position in the width direction of the impeller 332 provided in the stacking unit 330 polymeric film portion P _2, the front and back direction When the hybrid banknote identified by the identifying unit 314 that the direction of the short direction is not the predetermined direction is sent to the reject unit 320, it is distinguished from other rejected banknotes (for example, counterfeit bills, damaged bills, etc.) It may be sent to the reject unit 320.

  Further, the paper sheet processing machine according to the present invention and the paper sheet storage and feeding device and the paper sheet feeding apparatus provided in such a paper sheet processing machine perform various processes such as the banknote depositing process described above. It is limited to the banknote processing machine 10 and the banknote counting machine 300 to perform, and the temporary storage part 20 (banknote storage and feeding apparatus), the insertion part 12, and the insertion part 310 (banknote feeding apparatus) provided in such a banknote processing machine 10. There is nothing. As a paper sheet processing machine according to the present invention and a paper sheet storage and feeding device and a paper sheet feeding apparatus provided in such a paper sheet processing machine, processing of paper sheets such as checks other than banknotes, gift certificates, etc. What can be used may be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10, 10a Banknote processing machine 11 Housing | casing 12 Input part 12a Banknote feeding mechanism 14 Throwing part 16 Conveying part 18 Identification part 20, 20a, 20b Temporary reservation part 30 Banknote storage 32 Banknote feeding mechanism 40 Banknote storage cassette 42 Banknote feeding mechanism 50 Control unit 52 Operation display unit 54 Storage unit 56 Communication interface unit 60 Storage / feeding unit 130 Side plate 131 Connecting member 132 Frame 135 Entrance / exit 136 Tape 136a First surface 136b Second surface 137, 137a, 137b Drum 137m Tapered portion 137n Concave Portion 137p Maximum outer diameter portion 138 Reel 139 Branch lever 140 Transport mechanism 141 Guide body 141a Support point 142 Fixed passage 143 Guide passage 144 Oscillation passage 147 Drum shaft 148 Drive motor 149 Reel shaft 151 Rotation amount detector 153 Lever shaft 155a, 155 Belt 156a, 156b Pulley 157a, 157b Pulley 158 Pulley 159 Pulley shaft 160 Fixed guide 161 Gear 162 Transmission means 164 First guide member 164a Extension portion 165 Second guide member 166 Support member 167 Contact roller 167a First contact roller 167b Second contact roller 168 Spring 169 Claw 170 Guide portion 172 Guide roller 173 Tape guide 184 Guide mechanism 185 Drive roller 188 Guide roller 195 Bill detector 198 Drive motor 201 Placement portion 202 Wall members 210 and 212 Guide members 214 and 216 Marks 220 kicker roller 222 feeding roller 224 gate roller 230 heating roller 232 receiving roller 240 positioning member 242 drum 242a drum shaft 244 first reel 244a reel shaft 2 46 Second reel 246a Reel shaft 248 Drive motor 250, 252 Tape 254, 256 Guide roller 258 Entrance / exit 270 Movable guide 271 Shaft 300 Bill counter 302 Housing 310 Input unit 310a Bill feeding mechanism 311 Placement unit 312 Conveying unit 314 Identification 316 Branching member 320 Rejecting part 322 Stopper member 330 Accumulating part 332 Impeller 332a Shaft 332b Blade 334 Conveying roller 336 Shutter 340, 342 Guide member 360 Operation display part 500 Rotating body

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A rotating body for winding a paper sheet to which one end of a belt-shaped winding member is connected, and the sheet is wound on the outer peripheral surface by the winding member by rotating in the sheet winding direction. A paper sheet take-up rotating body for rewinding paper sheets wound on an outer peripheral surface by rotating in a direction opposite to the paper take-up direction;
The other end of the winding member is connected, and a winding member rewinding unit for rewinding the winding member from the paper sheet winding rotary body,
A drive unit that drives at least one of the rotating body for winding the paper sheet and the winding member rewinding unit;
When a predetermined winding condition is satisfied, by driving at least one of the paper sheet winding rotary body and the winding member rewinding section, the paper sheet winding rotary body and A control unit that controls the drive unit to apply a clamping force to the winding member between the winding member rewinding unit;
A paper sheet storing and feeding device.   The control unit moves the paper sheet winding rotary body to the paper sheet so as to apply a clamping force to the winding member between the paper sheet winding rotary body and the winding member rewinding section. The said drive part is controlled to rotate the said rotating body for sheet | seat winding in the direction opposite to the said sheet | seat winding direction, after rotating in the group winding direction. Paper sheet storage and feeding device.   The control unit drives and stops at least one of the paper sheet winding rotary member and the winding member rewinding unit when applying a tightening force to the winding member. The paper sheet storing and feeding device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the sheet is controlled.   The control unit repeats driving and stopping of at least one of the paper sheet winding rotating body and the winding member rewinding unit a plurality of times when a tightening force is applied to the winding member. The paper sheet storage and feeding device according to claim 3, wherein the drive unit is controlled.   In the control unit, the number of times of driving and stopping at least one of the paper sheet winding rotary member and the winding member rewinding unit is set when a tightening force is applied to the winding member. The paper sheet storage and feeding device according to claim 4, wherein the paper sheet storage and feeding device is configured to be able to handle the paper.   The paper sheet storage and feeding device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the predetermined tightening condition is when a paper sheet storing operation or a feeding operation is completed in the paper sheet storage and feeding device. .   The paper sheet storage and feeding device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the predetermined tightening condition is a paper sheet storing operation or a starting operation of the paper sheet storing and feeding device in the paper sheet storing and feeding device. .   The predetermined winding condition is when a predetermined number of paper sheets are stored or fed when a paper sheet storing or feeding operation is performed in the paper sheet storing and feeding device. The paper sheet storage and feeding device according to any one of claims 1 to 5.   In the control unit, it is possible to set whether or not to perform an operation of applying a tightening force to the winding member for each type of paper sheet to be stored in the paper sheet storage and feeding device. The paper sheet storage and feeding device according to any one of claims 1 to 8.   In the control unit, for each denomination of banknotes to be stored in the paper sheet storage and feeding device, it is possible to set whether or not to perform an operation of applying a tightening force to the winding member. The paper sheet storage and feeding device according to claim 9.   11. The drive unit according to claim 1, wherein the drive unit includes a first drive unit that drives the paper sheet take-up rotator and a second drive unit that drives the take-up member rewind unit. The paper sheet storage and feeding device according to Item. A plurality of the winding members are provided so as to be aligned along the axial direction of the paper sheet winding rotary body,
12. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to control the driving unit so as to apply a tightening force to a specific part of the winding members among the plurality of winding members. The paper sheet storage and feeding device according to Item. A rotating body for winding a paper sheet to which one end of a belt-shaped winding member is connected, and the sheet is wound on the outer peripheral surface by the winding member by rotating in the sheet winding direction. A rotating body for winding a paper sheet that rewinds the paper sheet wound on the outer peripheral surface by rotating in a direction opposite to the winding direction of the paper sheet, and the other end of the winding member are connected. A winding member rewinding unit for rewinding the winding member from the paper sheet winding rotary member, and at least one of the paper sheet winding rotary member and the winding member rewinding unit. A paper sheet storage and feeding device having a drive unit for performing one drive;
An identification unit for identifying a paper sheet to be sent to the paper sheet storage and feeding device;
When a predetermined winding condition is satisfied, the paper is wound by driving at least one of the paper sheet winding rotary body and the winding member rewinding unit in the paper sheet storing and feeding device. A control unit for controlling the drive unit to apply a tightening force to the winding member between the leaf winding rotary body and the winding member rewinding unit;
Equipped with a paper sheet processing machine.   The control unit applies a tightening force to the winding member after the paper sheet is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the paper sheet winding rotary body based on the result of identifying the paper sheet by the identifying unit. 14. The paper sheet handling machine according to claim 13, wherein it is determined whether or not to add.   The control unit, when a predetermined number of special paper sheets are wound around the outer peripheral surface of the paper sheet winding rotary body, based on the result of identifying the paper sheets by the identifying unit, 15. The paper sheet handling machine according to claim 14, wherein the driving unit is controlled to apply a clamping force to the take-up member.   The control unit, when a predetermined number of special paper sheets are continuously wound around the outer peripheral surface of the paper sheet winding rotary body based on the result of the paper sheet identification by the identification unit. The paper sheet processing machine according to claim 14, wherein the drive unit is controlled to apply a tightening force to the winding member. A plurality of the paper sheet storage and feeding devices are provided,
The control unit can set whether or not to apply a tightening force to the winding member for each of the paper sheet storing and feeding devices. The paper sheet processing machine according to item. A winding body for winding a paper sheet to which one end of a belt-shaped winding member is connected, and a winding for rewinding the winding member from the rotating body for winding a paper sheet to which the other end of the winding member is connected. A paper sheet processing method by a paper sheet storage and feeding device having a take-up member rewinding unit,
Winding the paper sheet on the outer peripheral surface of the paper sheet winding rotating body by rotating the paper sheet winding rotating body in the paper sheet winding direction by the winding member;
The paper sheet wound up on the outer peripheral surface of the paper sheet winding rotating body is rewound by rotating the paper sheet winding rotating body in a direction opposite to the paper sheet winding direction. Process,
When a predetermined winding condition is satisfied, by driving at least one of the paper sheet winding rotary body and the winding member rewinding section, the paper sheet winding rotary body and A step of applying a clamping force to the winding member between the winding member rewinding part;
A paper sheet processing method comprising:

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