JP2018081381A - Transaction device and method of handling paper using transaction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transaction device capable of correctly writing information on paper irrespective of the orientation of the paper taken, and a method of handling paper using the transaction device.SOLUTION: A transaction device 1 includes a device main body 2, an intake/discharge unit 27, a control unit 70, a writing unit 33 and an adjustment unit 34. The intake/discharge unit 27 takes in paper into the device main body 2, and the control unit 70 specifies the orientation of the paper taken into the device main body 2 by the intake/discharge unit 27. The writing unit 33, movable inside the device main body 2, writes information on the paper taken into the device main body 2 by the intake/discharge unit 27. The adjustment unit 34 adjusts a position of the writing unit 33 according to the orientation of the paper specified by the control unit 70, prior to the writing unit 33 writing information on the paper.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a transaction apparatus and a method of handling paper by the transaction apparatus.

  Patent Document 1 below discloses an automatic transaction apparatus that is installed in a financial institution such as a bank and automatically performs a payment transaction such as a utility bill. A transaction medium insertion slot into which a payment slip or the like is inserted is formed on the front surface of the casing of the automatic transaction apparatus, and a transaction medium processing apparatus is disposed in the casing. In the main body of the transaction medium processing apparatus, a conveyance path extending backward from the transaction medium insertion port is provided, and an optical reader, a cutter apparatus, and a stamping apparatus are provided in the conveyance path.

  When the payment slip is inserted into the transaction medium insertion slot by the user, the payment slip is taken into the transaction medium processing apparatus and transported in the transport path. After the optical reader reads the payment information such as the payment amount from the payment slip being transported, if the payment amount is paid by the user, a receipt that serves as proof information of payment is displayed at a predetermined position on the payment slip. Stamped by a stamping device. The payment slip after the stamp is cut by a cutter device and separated into a receipt and other parts. The receipt is discharged from the transaction medium insertion slot, and the other part is collected in a collection safe in the transaction medium processing apparatus.

JP 62-286168 A

  In the automatic transaction apparatus of Patent Document 1, the payment slip must be inserted into the transaction medium insertion slot so that the receipt comes first. Furthermore, since the orientation of the stamping device is fixed, the stamping device can only stamp the receipt so that the symbols such as characters in the receipt are always upward. Therefore, unless the symbol is printed upward in the left-right direction and the receipt is located at the right end, the direction of the symbol in the payment slip matches the direction of the symbol in the receipt stamp. Cannot be stamped. On the other hand, due to the difference in style and the like, there is another payment slip in which a receipt is located at the left end in a state along the left and right. In the case of this payment slip, if the left and right directions are changed so that the receipt is inserted at the top, the symbol in the payment slip will face downward. If a receipt stamp is stamped on the payment slip in this state, the direction of the symbol on the payment slip and the direction of the symbol in the receipt stamp are reversed, so the receipt stamp cannot be correctly stamped. This makes it impossible for the automatic transaction apparatus to handle a plurality of types of paper that are taken in different orientations depending on the style and the like.

  The present invention has been made under such a background, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a transaction apparatus capable of correctly entering information on this sheet regardless of the orientation of the sheet to be taken in, and a method of handling the sheet by the transaction apparatus. And

  The present invention relates to an apparatus main body, a take-in section for taking in paper into the apparatus main body, a specifying section for specifying the orientation of the paper taken into the apparatus main body by the take-in section, and a displacement within the apparatus main body. An entry unit for entering information on the sheet taken into the apparatus main body by the take-in unit, and the orientation of the sheet identified by the identifying unit prior to the entry of information on the sheet by the entry unit. And an adjustment unit that adjusts the position of the entry unit according to the transaction device.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that the entry section is rotatable around a rotation axis extending in the thickness direction of the sheet taken into the apparatus main body.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that the entry section is movable in a direction crossing a thickness direction of a sheet taken into the apparatus main body.

  In the invention, it is preferable that the entry unit includes a printing unit that prints on a sheet and a stamping unit that stamps on the sheet.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that the printing unit and the stamping unit are arranged in a direction intersecting with a direction in which the sheet is taken into the apparatus main body.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that the printing unit and the stamping unit are movable together.

  Further, according to the present invention, the apparatus main body is provided with a discharge port for discharging the paper taken into the apparatus main body to the outside of the apparatus main body, and the orientation of the paper taken into the apparatus main body is allowed. If it is not within the range, it includes a discharge unit for discharging the paper to the discharge port prior to entry of information on the paper.

  In addition, the present invention includes a separation unit that separates the paper into a first part that is returned from the discharge port to the outside of the apparatus main body and a second part that is collected in the apparatus main body. When the second portion is closer to the discharge port than the first portion in the paper taken in, the discharge unit discharges the paper to the discharge port.

  The present invention also includes a step of taking paper into the apparatus main body of the transaction apparatus, a step of specifying the orientation of the paper taken into the apparatus main body, and the position of the entry section that can be displaced in the apparatus main body. A method for handling paper by a transaction apparatus, comprising the steps of adjusting according to the orientation of the specified paper and the step of entering information on the paper in the apparatus main body by the entry section whose position has been adjusted.

  According to the present invention, information can be correctly entered at the entry position in the paper regardless of the orientation of the paper taken into the apparatus main body.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a sheet handled by a transaction apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the sheet immediately after the receipt mark is entered. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing details of the receipt mark. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the paper in a state where it is separated after the receipt mark is entered. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a transaction apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic side view showing the internal structure of the transaction apparatus. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view showing an entry section in the transaction apparatus. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the transaction apparatus. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing performed in the transaction apparatus. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating a modified sheet having a different form from the sheet of FIG. FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing a sheet of a modified example when being taken into the transaction apparatus. FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing details of a receipt mark entered on a sheet of a modified example. FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing a modified sheet in a state where it is separated after the receipt mark is entered.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a sheet H handled by a transaction apparatus 1 (see FIG. 5 described later) according to an embodiment of the present invention. The transaction apparatus 1 in this embodiment is an automatic transaction apparatus that is installed in a financial institution such as a bank and automatically performs a payment transaction for a public fee or the like (hereinafter abbreviated as “fee”). The paper H handled by the transaction apparatus 1 is, for example, a form such as a payment form shown in FIG. The paper H in the case of a payment slip is delivered to the user who should pay the fee, and then brought into the financial institution by the user for payment of the fee.

  The entire sheet H is formed in a rectangular shape, for example. In the paper H, the first portion H1 and the second portion H2 are arranged side by side in the longitudinal direction LD of the paper H. The first portion H1 is a receipt that is returned to the user after the payment of the fee is completed, and the second portion H2 is a portion that is collected by a financial institution or the like that has received the fee payment request. The second portion H2 may include, for example, a payment request document H3 stored in a financial institution or the like, and a payment notice H4 sent to the payment destination after payment is completed. On each surface H5 of the first part H1, the payment request form H3, and the payment notice H4, for example, a frame is arranged around each title T, information J such as the amount of the fee to be paid, and the like. A ruled line K and a frame-shaped entry field R in which a receipt mark U (see FIG. 3 described later) is entered are printed in advance. The information J is not limited to letters and numbers, and includes various symbols such as barcodes.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the sheet H when it reaches the user is in a state in which the first portion H1 and the second portion H2 are integrated. On the paper H, a boundary line L1 (see the broken line) between the first part H1 and the second part H2, and a boundary line L2 (see the one-dot chain line) between the payment request document H3 and the payment notification sheet H4 in the second part H2. And are provided. Each of the boundary line L <b> 1 and the boundary line L <b> 2 extends linearly along the short direction SD perpendicular to the longitudinal direction LD in the paper H, and is spanned between a pair of long sides in the paper H. The boundary line L1 and the boundary line L2 are straight lines printed in advance on the paper H. In this embodiment, a perforation M extending linearly on the boundary line L1 along the short direction SD is formed on the boundary line L1.

  When the user brings the paper H to the manned counter of the financial institution, the staff member of the counter tells the user the amount of the fee to be paid from the information J printed on the paper H. When the user settles the fee by paying the fee in cash or by transferring the fee from his / her own account to the payee's account, the clerk shall provide evidence of completion of the settlement as shown in FIG. Is entered in each entry field R on the paper H.

  As shown in detail in FIG. 3, the receipt mark U includes a fixed symbol U <b> 1 that is common to all the receipt marks U, and a variable symbol U <b> 2 that can be different for each sheet H or each day of the week, for example. The fixed symbol U1 includes, for example, a symbol constituted by a circle U3 and two horizontal lines U4 in the circle U3, and “reception” and “name of financial institution (here, the financial institution) arranged with the horizontal line U4 interposed therebetween. ○ × bank) ”and U5. The variation symbol U2 is constituted by a number U6 indicating the date arranged between the two horizontal lines U4, etc. (28.11.30 in FIG. 3). In the receipt mark U in the state entered in the entry field R, the direction of the characters and numbers in each of the fixed symbol U1 and the variable symbol U2 is the upward direction that matches the characters and numbers in the title T and information J on the paper H. (See FIG. 2).

  For example, the clerk who enters the receipt mark U in each entry field R of the paper H moves one hand on both sides of the perforation M of the boundary line L1 and moves both hands away from each other. As shown in FIG. 4, the first portion H1 and the second portion H2 are separated. When the clerk hands over the first part H1 to the user, the payment transaction between the user and the clerk is completed. The second portion H2 is once collected by the financial institution and then separated into a payment request form H3 and a payment notice H4, and then sent to each destination. When separating the payment request form H3 and the payment notice H4, the boundary line L2 may be cut with scissors or the like, or the boundary line L2 is provided with a perforation M in advance. The payment request document H3 and the payment notification document H4 may be separated at the perforation M in the same procedure as described above.

  The payment transaction performed between the user and the clerk regarding the paper H in the above description is performed as an automatic transaction between the transaction apparatus 1 and the user. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the transaction apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, transaction apparatus 1 includes a vertically long box-shaped apparatus body 2.

  On the front surface 3 which is the front side surface of the apparatus main body 2, the upper region 3A is shifted one step further to the rear side than the lower region 3B, so that a boundary region extending horizontally between the upper region 3A and the lower region 3B. 3C is formed. In the upper part of the upper area 3A, for example, a display operation unit 4 configured by a liquid crystal monitor with a touch panel is provided. In the upper area 3A, a recess 3D that is recessed to the rear side is formed in the area on the right side of the display operation unit 4. The recess 3D has a slit-shaped receipt outlet 5 and a card inlet / outlet 6 that are elongated to the left and right. An input unit 7 composed of a PIN pad or the like is provided side by side. In the upper area 3 </ b> A, below the display / operating unit 4, a slit-like intake / exhaust port 8 that is elongated to the left and right, and a plate-like tray 9 that borders the lower end of the intake / exhaust port 8 and projects horizontally to the front side And are provided.

  In the upper area of the lower area 3B of the front surface 3, for example, a right-sided slit-shaped banknote insertion slot 10 and banknote withdrawal slot 11 are provided side by side vertically. The bill insertion slot 10 and the bill withdrawal slot 11 are collectively opened and closed by a shutter 12 that is bent in a substantially L shape across the lower region 3B and the boundary region 3C. A coin dispensing port 13 is provided in a region on the left side of the bill insertion port 10 and the bill dispensing port 11 in the upper part of the lower region 3B, and is located at the same position as the coin dispensing port 13 in the left-right direction in the boundary region 3C. Is provided with a coin slot 14. The coin dispensing port 13 and the coin insertion port 14 are opened and closed at once by a shutter 15 bent in a substantially L shape like the shutter 12. Note that the shutter 12 may be divided into a shutter that opens and closes only the bill insertion slot 10 and a shutter that opens and closes only the banknote dispensing slot 11. Similarly, the shutter 15 may be divided into a shutter that opens and closes only the coin dispensing opening 13 and a shutter that opens and closes only the coin insertion opening 14.

  Each of the display operation unit 4, the receipt outlet 5, the card inlet / outlet 6, the input unit 7, the inlet / outlet 8, the banknote inlet 10, the banknote outlet 11, the coin outlet 13 and the coin inlet 14. The position can be arbitrarily changed as long as it is easily accessible to the user. Moreover, the banknote insertion slot 10 and the banknote payment outlet 11 may be collected as a banknote deposit / withdrawal opening, and the coin withdrawal opening 13 and the coin insertion opening 14 may be collected as a coin deposit / withdrawal opening.

  Briefly describing the automatic transaction in the transaction apparatus 1, a user who wants to pay a fee by an automatic transaction first stands in front of the transaction apparatus 1. Then, the user places the paper H having a longitudinal and horizontal posture in the front-rear direction of the transaction apparatus 1 and the surface H5 facing upward, so that the first part H1 is the last part, that is, the second part H2 is It is placed on the tray 9 so as to be at the head, and is inserted into the take-out / discharge port 8 (see the white arrow in FIG. 1). As a result, the paper H is taken into the apparatus main body 2. Then, in transaction apparatus 1, the amount of charge is read from information J printed on paper H (see FIG. 1) and displayed on display operation unit 4. A user who makes a cash settlement of charges inserts cash into the opened banknote slot 10 and coin slot 14. A user who wants to make an account settlement with a cash card inserts his / her cash card into the card entrance / exit 6 and then inputs a password or the like through the input unit 7.

  When either the cash settlement or the account settlement is completed, in the transaction apparatus 1, a receipt mark U is entered in each entry field R on the paper H, and the paper H is cut at the perforation M, and the first part H1 And the second portion H2 (see FIG. 4). The 2nd part H2 is collect | recovered in the transaction apparatus 1, and the 1st part H1 is discharged | emitted out of the apparatus main body 2 from the intake discharge port 8, and is returned to a user. When change occurs in the cash settlement, the change is returned to the user from the banknote outlet 11 or the coin outlet 13. In the case of account settlement, a receipt indicating the balance of the account is issued from the receipt outlet 5. In each case of cash settlement and account settlement, a receipt indicating the contents of the current payment transaction may be issued from the receipt outlet 5.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the internal structure at the top of the transaction apparatus 1 as viewed from the right side. The left side in FIG. 6 is the front side of the transaction apparatus 1, the right side in FIG. 6 is the rear side of the transaction apparatus 1, and the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. Below, it demonstrates using the front-back direction of the transaction apparatus 1, the left-right direction, and the up-down direction. For convenience of explanation, the illustration of the receipt outlet 5, the card inlet / outlet 6, the input unit 7 and the like described in FIG. 5 is omitted in FIG. A paper processing unit 20 is provided in the upper part of the apparatus main body 2 of the transaction apparatus 1.

  In relation to the sheet processing unit 20, a conveyance path 21 for conveying the sheet H inserted into the intake / exhaust port 8 is provided in the apparatus main body 2. The conveyance path 21 is a space extending along the trajectory of the paper H that is conveyed in the apparatus main body 2. The width direction of the conveyance path 21 coincides with the left-right direction. The conveyance path 21 is a first conveyance path 21 </ b> A that extends horizontally from the intake / exhaust port 8 to the front of the rear surface 22 of the apparatus body 2, and a first conveyance path 21 </ b> A that curves downward from the rear end of the first conveyance path 21 </ b> A. 2 conveyance path 21B and 3rd conveyance path 21C extended to the front side, after curving from the lower end of 2nd conveyance path 21B. The paper H inserted into the take-in / eject port 8 and taken into the transport path 21 is transported in this order in the first transport path 21A, the second transport path 21B, and the third transport path 21C. Therefore, in the transport path 21, the first transport path 21 </ b> A is located on the upstream side near the intake / discharge port 8 in the transport direction of the paper H, and the third transport path 21 </ b> C is downstream from the intake / discharge port 8. Located on the side. The paper H that is transported in the transport path 21 normally travels along the front-rear direction while maintaining a posture in which two sides of the paper H are aligned with the front-rear direction.

  The paper processing unit 20 includes a transport unit 25, a collection unit 26, a take-out / discharge unit 27 as an example of a take-in unit and a discharge unit, a separation unit 28, a reading unit 29, a first detection unit 30, Alignment unit 31 (see FIG. 7 described later), second detection unit 32 (see FIG. 7), entry unit 33, and adjustment unit 34 are included.

  The transport unit 25 is configured to transport the paper H in the transport path 21, and includes a plurality of pairs of transport rollers 40 that are arranged to face each other so as to be in contact with each other in the transport path 21. A pair of conveyance rollers 40 is provided at a plurality of positions in the entire area of the conveyance path 21. The transport unit 25 also includes a motor (not shown) that rotates the transport rollers 40. In the following description, as in the case of the conveying roller 40, the part including the description of “roller” in its name is a cylindrical body that is elongated in the left-right direction in principle. Further, the two rollers in a pair convey the sheet H in the conveyance path 21 by rotating in a state where the sheet H is sandwiched therebetween. Note that the two rollers rotating in pairs rotate in directions opposite to each other when viewed from the left-right direction. Each roller can be rotated forward and backward. Here, the forward rotation is a rotation for transporting the paper H to the downstream side in the transport direction, and the reverse rotation here is a rotation for transporting the paper H to the upstream side in the transport direction.

  The collection unit 26 is a space secured in the apparatus main body 2 for storing the second portion H2 (see FIG. 4) of the separated paper H, and is downstream of the third conveyance path 21C in the conveyance direction. It is connected to the end, that is, the front end of the third transport path 21C. The take-out / discharge unit 27 takes in the paper H inserted into the take-out / discharge port 8 into the first transport path 21 </ b> A, or takes all or a part of the paper H in the first transport path 21 </ b> A into the take-out / discharge port 8. It is a structure for discharging. The intake / exhaust unit 27 includes at least a pair of intake / exhaust rollers 41 arranged so as to sandwich the front end portion adjacent to the intake / exhaust port 8 in the first transport path 21A from above and below, and these intake / exhaust rollers 41. A motor to be rotated (not shown).

  The separation unit 28 is configured to separate the paper H at the perforation M, and is disposed on the downstream side in the conveyance direction, that is, on the rear side of the first conveyance path 21A with respect to the take-in / discharge unit 27. The separation unit 28 includes a cutting member 42, an actuator 43, a first roller 44 and a second roller 45, and a motor (not shown) that rotates the first roller 44 and the second roller 45.

  The cutting member 42 is a metal or resin cutter, and the blade span direction of the blade edge 42A extends in the left-right direction. The cutting member 42 is movable in a moving direction (vertical direction in FIG. 6) intersecting or orthogonal to the first conveying path 21A so that the cutting edge 42A crosses the first conveying path 21A. As shown in FIG. 6, the cutting member 42 in the standby position is separated from the first conveyance path 21 </ b> A to one side (the upper side in FIG. 6) in the moving direction. The actuator 43 is constituted by a motor, for example, and moves the cutting member 42 along the movement direction.

  Each of the first roller 44 and the second roller 45 is provided at least one pair along the first conveyance path 21A. The two first rollers 44 in each pair are arranged to face each other so as to contact in the first transport path 21A, and the two second rollers 45 in each pair touch each other so as to contact in the first transport path 21A. Opposed. In addition, each of the 1st roller 44 and the 2nd roller 45 may be arrange | positioned along with the left-right direction so that it may overlap seeing from the left-right direction. The first roller 44 is positioned upstream of the second roller 45 in the transport direction, and the cutting member 42 is positioned between the first roller 44 and the second roller 45 in the transport direction.

  The reading unit 29 is disposed on the downstream side in the transport direction with respect to the separation unit 28 in the first transport path 21A, and crosses the first transport path 21A in the left-right direction. The reading unit 29 is for optically reading an image of the paper H from above to acquire image information of the paper H, and is configured by a line sensor such as a CIS (Contact Image Sensor), for example.

  The first detection unit 30 is disposed between the intake / discharge unit 27 and the separation unit 28 in the first conveyance path 21A. With reference to FIG. 7 in which the internal structure at the same height position as the first transport path 21A in the transaction apparatus 1 is viewed from below, the first detection unit 30 includes a plurality (herein) arranged in the width direction of the first transport path 21A. Then, two sensors 39 are included. As the sensor 39, for example, a photoelectric sensor can be used. The first detection unit 30 determines whether or not the sheet H transported in the first transport path 21A is transported in the skew state inclined with respect to the traveling direction (here, the front-rear direction) by these sensors 39. It can be detected. In FIG. 7, the conveyance roller 40, the take-out / discharge roller 41, the first roller 44, and the second roller 45 are not shown.

  The alignment unit 31 is configured to correct the posture of the paper H to cancel the skew state, that is, to perform skew correction, and is further downstream in the transport direction than the first detection unit 30 in the first transport path 21A. Is arranged. In this embodiment, the alignment unit 31 is disposed around the separation unit 28 in the transport direction. The alignment unit 31 includes a positioning unit 46, a plurality of pairs of correction rollers 47, and a motor (not shown) that rotates the correction rollers 47.

  The positioning part 46 is formed in a longitudinal block shape in the front-rear direction. A plurality of (here, two) positioning portions 46 are arranged side by side along one end in the width direction of the first transport path 21A. In each positioning portion 46, the side surface facing the first transport path 21A is a flat contact surface 46A along the traveling direction of the paper H in the first transport path 21A. At least a pair of correction rollers 47 are arranged at the same position as each positioning portion 46 in the front-rear direction. The two correction rollers 47 that are paired with each other are arranged to face each other in the first conveyance path 21A, and unlike the other rollers, rotate around a rotation axis G that extends in the front-rear direction.

  The second detection unit 32 includes a sensor 48 incorporated in each positioning unit 46. Therefore, a plurality (two in this case) of the sensors 48 exist, and are exposed to the first conveyance path 21 </ b> A on the abutting surface 46 </ b> A of the positioning portion 46. As the sensor 48, for example, a photoelectric sensor can be used. The second detection unit 32 can detect whether or not the skew state of the paper H conveyed in the first conveyance path 21 </ b> A has been eliminated by these sensors 48.

  The entry unit 33 is configured to enter a receipt mark U in each entry field R on the paper H, and is downstream of the reading unit 29 in the first conveyance path 21A in the conveyance direction, that is, after the first conveyance path 21A. At the end, it is arranged facing the first transport path 21A from above (see also FIG. 6). The entry unit 33 includes a stamping unit 49 that stamps the fixed symbol U1 (see FIG. 3) in the receipt mark U on the paper H, and a printing unit 50 that prints the variation symbol U2 (see FIG. 3) in the receipt mark U on the paper H. including. A circular lower end surface facing the first conveyance path 21A in the stamping portion 49 is a stamping surface 49A on which a pattern P that matches the one obtained by inverting the fixed symbol U1 to the left and right is engraved (see also FIG. 8 described later). . The printing unit 50 is, for example, a dot impact printer, and a print head 51 is provided on the lower end surface 50A facing the first conveyance path 21A in the printing unit 50.

  The adjustment unit 34 is configured to adjust the position of the entry unit 33, and includes a support unit 55, a first actuator 56, a second actuator 57, a guide unit 58, and a third actuator 59. The support part 55 is formed in a frame shape, and supports the stamp part 49 and the printing part 50 of the entry part 33 inside thereof. The stamp part 49 and the printing part 50 in this state are arranged in the left-right direction, which is a direction intersecting with the front-rear direction and the up-down direction. Therefore, the size of the entry section 33 in each of the front-rear direction and the up-down direction can be reduced, so that the apparatus main body 2 including the entry section 33 can also be reduced in size. If other parts such as the cutting member 42 are also arranged in the left-right direction together with the stamping part 49 and the printing part 50, the apparatus main body 2 can be further reduced in size.

  Since the lower surface of the support portion 55 is open, the marking surface 49A of the stamp portion 49 and the print head 51 of the printing portion 50 are exposed from the lower surface of the support portion 55, and are located above the first conveyance path 21A as described above. I'm coming from. The stamp part 49 and the printing part 50 are movable up and down while being supported by the support part 55. Further, since the stamp portion 49 can rotate around the rotation axis Q (see FIG. 8) extending in the vertical direction through the center of the stamp surface 49A, the position of the stamp portion 49 in the rotation direction around the rotation axis Q is adjusted. Thus, the direction of the marking surface 49A can be adjusted. In addition, on the seal face 49A when in the normal direction, symbols such as “Receipt” and “Ox Bank” in the pattern P are upward (leftward in the transaction apparatus 1) (see FIG. 8).

  The first actuator 56 is constituted by a motor or the like and is fixed to the support portion 55, and lifts and lowers the stamp portion 49 and the printing portion 50 separately. The second actuator 57 is configured by a motor or the like and is fixed to the support portion 55, and rotates the stamp portion 49 around the rotation axis Q. The guide portion 58 is a rail extending in the left-right direction across the first conveyance path 21A, and supports the entire support portion 55 that supports the entry portion 33 so as to be slidable in the left-right direction. The third actuator 59 is configured by a motor or the like, and slides the entire support portion 55 in the left-right direction along the guide portion 58. Thereby, in the entry part 33 supported by the support part 55, the position of the left-right direction can be adjusted, and the stamp part 49 and the printing part 50 move to the left-right direction integrally. Thereby, in the entry part 33, the position in the left-right direction of each of the printing part 50 and the stamp part 49 can be adjusted at once. Further, the entry section 33 moves not only in the left-right direction as a whole, but also the stamp section 49 and the printing section 50 are individually moved in the vertical direction by the first actuator 56, and the stamp section 49 is rotated by the second actuator 57. It can be displaced in the apparatus main body 2 so as to rotate around the Q alone. Note that the end portions 58A on both sides of the guide portion 58 in the left-right direction protrude beyond the first conveyance path 21A. As shown in FIG. 7, in the case where the stamp portion 49 is disposed on the left side of the printing portion 50 in the support portion 55, when the support portion 55 slides to the left end, the stamp portion 49 is moved to the left end portion 58 </ b> A. By retracting, the printing unit 50 can reach the left end of the first conveyance path 21A. Further, when the support portion 55 slides to the right end, the printing portion 50 retreats to the right end portion 58A, whereby the stamp portion 49 can reach the right end of the first transport path 21A. Thereby, each movement range of the stamp part 49 and the printing part 50 in the left-right direction can be set to the entire region including the left end and the right end in the first transport path 21A.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the transaction apparatus 1. In addition to the paper processing unit 20, a receipt printing unit 65, a card processing unit 66, and a cash processing unit 67 are provided in the apparatus main body 2 of the transaction apparatus 1. The receipt printing unit 65 is a printer for printing a receipt, and a laser printer or a thermal printer can be used as the receipt printing unit 65. Referring to FIG. 5 together with FIG. 9, the receipt printing unit 65 prints the receipt and discharges it to the receipt outlet 5. The card processing unit 66 reads necessary information from the cash card inserted in the card entrance / exit 6 and discharges the cash card from the card entrance / exit 6 when the payment transaction is stopped or terminated. The cash processing unit 67 counts and stores the cash inserted into the bill insertion slot 10 and the coin insertion slot 14, calculates change, and returns cash for change such as change to the bill withdrawal slot 11 and the coin withdrawal. Throw it into the gate 13.

  Transaction device 1 includes a control unit 70 as an example of a specifying unit. The control unit 70 is configured by a microcomputer including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. The display / operation unit 4, the input unit 7, the paper processing unit 20, the receipt printing unit 65, the card processing unit 66, and the cash processing unit 67 are electrically connected to the control unit 70. The control unit 70 controls display contents on the display operation unit 4 and accepts operations of the touch panel of the display operation unit 4 and the input unit 7 by a user or the like. The control unit 70 causes each of the paper processing unit 20, the receipt printing unit 65, the card processing unit 66, and the cash processing unit 67 to execute the respective processes for the payment transaction.

  Transaction device 1 further includes a shutter actuator 71, an interface (I / F) unit 72, and a storage unit 73 as other components electrically connected to control unit 70. The controller 70 opens and closes the shutter 12 and the shutter 15 by operating the shutter actuator 71. The I / F unit 72 is connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) (not shown), and the control unit 70 can communicate with an external device via the I / F unit 72.

  Various types of information are stored in the storage unit 73. In particular, the types of paper H to be handled by the transaction apparatus 1 are stored in advance in a template or the like. Further, in the storage unit 73, the identification information on the appearance such as the size of the paper H and the characteristic pattern of the ruled line K, the actual processing contents in the payment transaction, and the paper H should be filled in by the entry unit 33 in the payment transaction. Information, information on the position of the entry field R on the paper H, the presence or absence of the perforation M, information on the separation position on the paper H, and the like are stored in advance for each type of paper H.

  The contents of processing performed by the control unit 70 in the paper processing unit 20 in the payment transaction will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 10. First, the user inserts the paper H with the front surface H5 facing upward into the intake / exhaust port 8 so that the second portion H2 is at the top (see also FIG. 1). When the leading end on the second portion H2 side of the sheet H is sandwiched between the pair of intake / exhaust rollers 41 in the intake / exhaust unit 27, the control unit 70 activates a motor (not shown) of the intake / exhaust unit 27. The paper H is taken into the first transport path 21A in the apparatus main body 2 by driving the pair of take-out and discharge rollers 41 to rotate forward (step S1). At this time, the control unit 70 drives a motor (not shown) of the transport unit 25 to rotate the transport roller 40 forward. As a result, the sheet H is conveyed to the rear side in the first conveyance path 21A with the second portion H2 at the head while maintaining a longitudinal and horizontal posture in the front-rear direction, and the first detection unit 30 and the reading unit 29 are moved. Pass in order. In this case, the direction in which the paper H is taken into the apparatus main body 2 is the rear side in the front-rear direction, and the thickness direction of the paper H in the first transport path 21A is the vertical direction.

  When the sheet H passes through the reading unit 29, the control unit 70 temporarily stops the conveyance of the sheet H in the apparatus main body 2. In the paper H at this time, the second portion H2 may enter the second transport path 21B or the third transport path 21C. When the paper H passes the reading unit 29, the control unit 70 reads the image information on the surface H5 of the paper H by the reading unit 29 (step S2). In step S <b> 2, the control unit 70 specifies the orientation of the sheet H from the detection result of the first detection unit 30 and the image information of the front surface H <b> 5 read from the sheet H. Specifically, the control unit 70 detects the timing difference when each of the two sensors 39 arranged in the direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the paper H in the first detection unit 30 detects the leading edge of the paper H, and Based on the pitch X, the acute inclination angle θ of the paper H with respect to the traveling direction is specified as the orientation of the paper H (see FIG. 7). Here, the orientation of the paper H is defined by an inclination angle θ as an example, but strictly speaking, the orientation of the paper H in this embodiment passes through the center O (see FIG. 1) of the paper H. Is a rotation angle of the paper H around an imaginary axis extending in the thickness direction. The direction of the paper H is also the direction of symbols such as letters and numbers on the paper H and the direction of the entry field R.

Further, as the orientation specification using the image information of the front surface H5 of the paper H, the control unit 70 first extracts the ruled line K pattern and the title T from the image information (see FIG. 1). In the template, a paper H of a type that matches or is similar to this pattern is searched. At this time, the control unit 70 rotates the extracted ruled line K patterns by 90 degrees, for example, and the ruled line K patterns when rotated to any rotation angle of 0 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, and 270 degrees are obtained. It is confirmed whether or not the same or similar type of paper H exists in the storage unit 73.
The rotation angle does not change by 90 degrees, but may change by an arbitrary angle, for example, by 1 degree. When the control unit 70 narrows down a plurality of types of paper H having the same or similar ruled line K pattern according to the above-described large classification, the control unit 70 determines the title T as a small classification by OCR (Optical Character Reader) processing. From this, a paper H of a type that matches the extracted title T is searched.

  When the control unit 70 finds a type of paper H that matches the title T by the small classification, the control unit 70 specifies the type of the paper H that is currently captured in the apparatus body 2 of the transaction apparatus 1. Accordingly, the control unit 70 grasps the presence / absence of the perforation M, the separation position, and the position of the entry field R in the sheet H whose type is specified. Furthermore, the control unit 70 not only specifies the type of the paper H, but also specifies the orientation of the paper H in the apparatus main body 2 from the rotation angle in the previous large classification. For example, when the rotation angle is 0 degree, if the paper H of the type in which the patterns of the ruled lines K match or are similar can be found, the first portion H1 of the paper H in the apparatus main body 2 is closest to the intake / discharge port 8 Then, a symbol such as a letter on the surface H5 is in an upward direction (see FIG. 1). As another example, when the rotation angle is 180 degrees and the paper H of the type in which the patterns of the ruled line K match or are similar to each other can be found, the second portion H2 of the paper H in the apparatus main body 2 is the most taken in / out. The direction in which the symbols such as letters on the surface H5 are close to the outlet 8 is directed downward, that is, the vertical direction is opposite to that in FIG.

  In addition, the paper H whose type could not be specified was inserted in a wrong posture with the paper H that is not the object of transaction in the transaction apparatus 1 or the surface H5 of the object of transaction facing down. Paper H. Therefore, the control unit 70 reversely rotates the transport roller 40 and the take-in / discharge roller 41 to discharge the paper H whose type cannot be specified to the take-out / discharge port 8 and ends the current transaction. At that time, the control unit 70 may display, on the display operation unit 4, a display prompting the user to perform processing by an attendant at the window for the non-target paper H, or a paper inserted in a wrong posture. For H, a display that prompts the user to correct the posture and re-insert may be displayed on the display operation unit 4.

  The control unit 70 determines whether the orientation of the paper H specified as described above is within an allowable range (step S3). As an example, when the inclination angle θ (see FIG. 7) of the paper H is large enough that the alignment unit 31 cannot eliminate the skew state, the control unit 70 determines that the orientation of the paper H is not within the allowable range. . As another example, when the sheet H in the apparatus main body 2 is oriented so that the second portion H2 is closer to the intake / exhaust port 8 than the first portion H1, the first portion will be described later. Since the portion H1 cannot be returned from the intake / eject port 8, the control unit 70 determines that the orientation of the paper H in this case is not within the allowable range. If the controller 70 determines that the orientation of the paper H is not within the allowable range (NO in step S3), the controller 70 reversely rotates the transport roller 40 of the transport unit 25 and the intake / discharge roller 41 of the intake / discharge unit 27. As a result, the sheet H is taken out and discharged to the discharge port 8 (step S4), and the current transaction is terminated. At that time, the control unit 70 may display on the display operation unit 4 a display prompting the user to reinsert the paper H in the correct orientation.

  As described above, the control unit 70 determines whether or not the orientation of the paper H is within the allowable range prior to the entry of the receipt mark U on the paper H taken into the apparatus main body 2. The paper H determined to be not within the allowable range is discharged to the discharge port 8 and rejected. Therefore, the paper H taken in the wrong direction can be urged to be taken in correctly by rejecting.

  On the other hand, when the control unit 70 determines that the orientation of the specified sheet H is within the allowable range (YES in step S3), the control unit 70 displays a screen for inquiring the user whether to continue the current transaction. This is displayed on the part 4 (step S5). This screen may include image information read from the front surface H5 of the paper H in step S2. When the user who has seen this screen operates, for example, a touch key (not shown) displayed on the display operation unit 4 or operates the input unit 7 to instruct the continuation of the transaction (step S6). In step S7), the control unit 70 uses the card processing unit 66 and the cash processing unit 67 to settle the fee for the current payment transaction. When the user instructs to cancel the transaction (NO in step S6), the control unit 70 ends the current transaction.

  When the sheet H is in the skew state, in step S5, the control unit 70 uses the time to wait for an instruction from the user to effectively use the conveyance roller 40 and the take-off roller to correct the skew of the sheet H. By rotating the loading / unloading roller 41 in the reverse direction, the sheet H in the apparatus main body 2 is moved to the loading / unloading port 8 side. At this time, the control unit 70 rotates the correction rollers 47 of the alignment unit 31 to bring the paper H to the abutting surface 46A of each positioning unit 46 (see FIG. 7). When all the sensors 48 (see FIG. 7) incorporated in each positioning unit 46 in the second detection unit 32 detect the edge of the paper H, the skewed state of the paper H originally transported in the skewed state is canceled. It will be done. When any entry field R on the sheet H reaches the same position as the entry unit 33 in the front-rear direction, the control unit 70 stops the movement of the sheet H. Each of the correction rollers 47 may be always rotated, so that the sheet H is inserted at an early stage immediately after the sheet H is inserted into the intake / exhaust port 8 and passes through the sensor 39 of the first detection unit 30. Can be corrected.

  When the settlement is completed, the control unit 70 first adjusts the position of the entry unit 33 by the adjustment unit 34 in order to enter the receipt mark U (see FIG. 3) in each entry column R of the paper H by the entry unit 33. (Step S8). Specifically, referring also to FIG. 7, the entry portion 33 is slid to the left and right together with the support portion 55 by the third actuator 59, and one of the stamp portion 49 and the print portion 50 in the entry portion 33 is placed in the entry field on the sheet H. Move to just above R.

  Here, there is a sheet H ′ in which the positions of the first portion H1 and the second portion H2 are opposite to those of the sheet H as shown in FIG. In the case of the sheet H ′, it is necessary to insert the sheet H ′ into the take-out and discharge port 8 so that the first portion H1 is at the end after the entire sheet H ′ is turned upside down as shown in FIG. (See the white arrow in FIG. 12). Thus, the direction of the paper H ′ inserted into the apparatus main body 2 and inserted into the apparatus main body 2, that is, the rotation angle is specified as 180 degrees in the above-described large classification. Therefore, in the position adjustment in step S8, the control unit 70 not only slides the entry unit 33 left and right, but also the orientation of the pattern P (see FIG. 8) of the marking surface 49A in the stamping unit 49 is downward on the sheet H ′. The stamping portion 49 is rotated 180 degrees by the second actuator 57 so that it becomes aligned with the symbol such as the title T. Note that 180 degrees here is merely an example, and if the paper H is inclined by 1 degree with respect to the traveling direction, the control unit 70 slightly rotates the stamping part 49 by 1 degree as position adjustment. Further, the printing unit 50 which is a dot impact printer can print a downward symbol on the print head 51 in accordance with the downward symbol on the paper H ′ without adjusting the position in the rotational direction as in the case of the stamping portion 49. .

  After the position adjustment of the entry unit 33 is completed as described above, the control unit 70 enters the receipt mark U in the entry field R of the paper H by the entry unit 33 after the position adjustment (step S9). Specifically, the control unit 70 causes the first actuator 56 to lower one of the stamp unit 49 and the printing unit 50 that is directly above the entry field R. When the stamped portion 49 is lowered, when the stamp surface 49A comes into contact with the surface H5 of the paper H in the entry field R, the pattern P of the stamp surface 49A is transferred into the entry field R, so that the fixed symbol U1 is entered in the entry field. Stamped in R. When the printing unit 50 is lowered, when the print head 51 on the lower end surface 50A comes into contact with the front surface H5 of the paper H in the entry field R, a change symbol U2 such as date and time is printed in the entry field R. Next, the control unit 70 returns one of the stamping unit 49 and the printing unit 50, which has been lowered, to the original position, and moves the writing unit 33 left and right so that the other is directly above the writing field R. After sliding, the other is lowered by the first actuator 56. As a result, in the entry field R in which one of the fixed symbol U1 and the variable symbol U2 is entered, the other of the fixed symbol U1 and the variable symbol U2 is entered, so that a complete receipt mark U (see FIG. 3) is obtained. It will be filled in. Note that the sheet H is supported from below in a position where the sheet H in the first transport path 21A is sandwiched in the apparatus main body 2 so that the sheet H does not shift when the printing surface 49A or the print head 51 contacts the sheet H. A support portion 75 is provided (see FIG. 6).

  As described above, in the transaction apparatus 1, the entry unit 33 can be displaced in the apparatus body 2, and the control unit 70 specifies the receipt mark U on the paper H by the entry unit 33 in advance. The position of the entry unit 33 is adjusted by the adjustment unit 34 according to the orientation of the sheet H. Therefore, when the paper H is taken into the apparatus main body 2, the entry unit 33 whose position is adjusted in advance according to the orientation of the paper H is pre-printed on the paper H regardless of the orientation of the paper H. The receipt mark U can be correctly written at the entry position in the sheet H so that the direction of the symbol matches the direction of the symbol in the receipt mark U to be written on the sheet H.

  Therefore, for the sheet H (see FIG. 1) inserted so that the symbol such as the title T is upward and the first portion H1 is at the end, the entry unit 33 faces the same upward as the symbol on the sheet H. The received receipt mark U (see FIG. 3) can be correctly entered in each entry field R of the paper H (see FIG. 2). Further, regarding the sheet H ′ (see FIG. 12) inserted so that the symbol is downward (rightward in the transaction apparatus 1) and the first portion H1 is at the end, the entry section 33 is adjusted in position. Thus, the receipt mark U (see FIG. 13) that faces downward as the symbol on the paper H can be correctly entered in each entry column R of the paper H. As a result, the first portion H1 in which the direction of the symbols coincides inside and outside the entry field R can be returned to the user (see FIG. 14). Further, if the position of the entry section 33 is adjusted in this way, the configuration can be simplified compared to the case where the orientation of the sheet H itself is adjusted.

  Further, since the receipt mark U is divided into a fixed symbol U1 and a variable symbol U2, the variable symbol U2 that is the content printed by the printing unit 50 can be changed. Therefore, it is possible to easily change the date information to be changed in the receipt mark U by changing the variation symbol U2. Further, even when the user inserts the paper H into the intake / exhaust port 8 with a slight inclination, the skew state of the paper H is eliminated by the skew correction in step S5. Therefore, in step S9, the receipt mark U can be accurately entered so that the directions of the fixed symbol U1 and the variable symbol U2 coincide with the direction of the symbol on the paper H and are surely placed in the entry field R.

  In step S <b> 9, the control unit 70 enters the receipt mark U in the entry field R, moves the paper H in the transport path 21, and aligns the other entry field R with the entry unit 33. The receipt mark U is entered in the remaining entry field R by the same procedure as before.

  When the control unit 70 enters the receipt mark U in all the entry fields R on the paper H, the perforation M of the paper H is positioned in the conveyance path 21 until the perforation M of the paper H is positioned just below the cutting member 42 of the separation unit 28. The paper H is moved. Then, the control unit 70 lowers the cutting member 42 and cuts the paper H by the cutting edge 42A of the cutting member 42. At the perforation M, the first portion H1 on the intake / discharge port 8 side and the collection unit 26 side The second portion H2 is separated (step S10). Prior to the separation here, the skew state of the paper H is eliminated by the skew correction in step S5. Therefore, by lowering the cutting member 42 in a state where the cutting edge 42A is kept parallel to the perforation M, the paper H can be accurately separated so that the perforation M is at the separation position.

  In step S <b> 10, the control unit 70 reversely rotates the transport roller 40, the intake / discharge roller 41, and the first roller 44 on the upstream side of the cutting member 42, so that the first portion on the intake / discharge port 8 side is rotated. H1 can be discharged out of the apparatus main body 2 from the intake / discharge port 8 and returned to the user promptly. In step S <b> 10, the controller 70 conveys the second portion H <b> 2 to the collection unit 26 in the apparatus main body 2 by rotating the conveying roller 40 and the second roller 45 downstream from the cutting member 42. And collect.

  As described above, the control unit 70 conveys the first portion H1 and the second portion H2 separated by the cutting member 42 so as to be separated from the cutting member 42, respectively. Since the cut portions of the first portion H1 and the second portion H2 are easily deformed, when the cut first portion H1 and the second portion H2 are conveyed so as to pass under the cutting member 42, respectively. There is a possibility that a jam may occur due to the cutting portion being caught by the cutting edge 42A of the cutting member 42 or the retreat space 2A (see FIG. 7) for retracting the cutting member 42 from the conveying path 21 in the apparatus main body 2. Therefore, if the first part H1 and the second part H2 after being cut are transported away from the cutting member 42, the respective cutting points do not pass through the cutting member 42, so that the cutting edge 42A and the retreat space 2A are not easily caught. Therefore, the occurrence of jam can be suppressed.

  If there is an additional payment transaction using another sheet H (YES in step S11), control unit 70 repeats the processes in and after step S1. If there is no additional payment transaction (NO in step S11), the control unit 70 issues a receipt or returns a change from the receipt outlet 5 by the receipt printing unit 65 (step S12). Exit. Note that after the transaction ends, the control unit 70 may transmit data related to the current transaction content to the external device by the I / F unit 72. If the first portion H1 discharged to the intake / discharge port 8 is not removed from the intake / discharge port 8 by the user even after a predetermined time has elapsed, the control unit 70 forgets to remove the first portion H1. The first portion H1 is taken into the first transport path 21A by the take-out / discharge unit 27, and the occurrence of forgetting to take the first portion H1 is notified by a display or warning on the display / operation unit 4. May be.

  The present invention is not limited to the contents of the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims.

  For example, in the embodiment described above, in the entry unit 33, only the stamp unit 49 is configured to be rotatable, but the printing unit 50 may also be rotatable. The information entered on the sheet H by the entry unit 33 is not limited to the receipt mark U described above, but may be other information or may be entered in an area other than the entry column R on the sheet H.

  Further, the cutting edge 42A (see FIG. 6) of the cutting member 42 of the separating portion 28 may not be sharp, and the cross section of the cutting edge 42A is dull so as to be rounded so as to bulge out toward the conveying path 21 side. Also good. In the cutting member 42 in this case, at least the cutting edge 42A is preferably made of resin. Even if the perforation M of the paper H is slightly deviated from the cutting edge 42A at the time of cutting, if the dull cutting edge 42A is used, the tension is concentrated on the perforation M which is a fragile portion, so Can be cut. Such cutting is sometimes called burst cut. Further, as the cutting member 42, a rotatable rotary cutter may be used instead of the guillotine cutter described so far.

  There may be a configuration in which the separation unit 28 does not include the cutting member 42. In this case, in a state in which the perforation M of the paper H is located between the first roller 44 and the second roller 45, the control unit 70 rotates the first roller 44 in the reverse direction to rotate the second roller 45 forward. Rotate. Then, since the paper H is pulled by the first roller 44 and the second roller 45 on both sides of the perforation M, the paper H is separated into the first portion H1 and the second portion H2 without being cut by the cutting member 42. .

  In the above-described embodiment, the intake port for taking in the paper H and the discharge port for discharging the separated first portion H1 or the entire paper H to be rejected are integrated. Although the outlet 8 is configured, the intake / exhaust port 8 may be divided into an intake port and an exhaust port. In this case, the take-out / discharge unit 27 is configured to be divided into a take-in unit for taking the paper H into the take-in port and a discharge unit for discharging the paper H into the discharge port.

  In the embodiment described above, the orientation of the paper H is the rotation angle (tilt) around the center O (see FIG. 1) of the paper H, but the orientation of the paper H with respect to the horizontal direction is also included in the orientation of the paper H. May be. In this case, not only the position of the entry portion 33 is adjusted according to the rotation angle of the paper H, but also the marking surface 49A of the stamping portion 49 and the lower end surface 50A (see FIG. 8) may be adjusted with respect to the horizontal direction according to the inclination of the paper H with respect to the horizontal direction. In the above-described embodiment, the support portion 55 that supports the entry portion 33 can move in the left-right direction along the guide portion 58, but can also move horizontally in the front-rear and left-right directions by moving in the front-rear direction. May be.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Transaction apparatus 2 Apparatus main body 8 Intake / exhaust port 27 Intake / exhaust part 28 Separation part 33 Entry part 34 Adjustment part 49 Stamping part 50 Printing part 70 Control part H Paper H 'Paper H1 1st part H2 2nd part Q Rotation axis U Receipt mark

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The device body;
A take-in section for taking paper into the apparatus body;
A specifying unit for specifying the orientation of the paper taken into the apparatus main body by the taking-in unit;
An entry section that is displaceable in the apparatus body and fills in information on a sheet taken into the apparatus body by the take-in section;
A transaction apparatus comprising: an adjustment unit that adjusts the position of the entry unit according to the orientation of the sheet specified by the specifying unit prior to the entry of information on the sheet by the entry unit.   The transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the entry section is rotatable about a rotation axis extending in a thickness direction of a sheet taken in the apparatus main body.   The transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the entry unit is movable in a direction intersecting a thickness direction of a sheet taken in the apparatus main body.   The transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the entry unit includes a printing unit that prints on a sheet and a stamping unit that stamps on the sheet.   The transaction apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the printing unit and the stamping unit are arranged in a direction that intersects a direction in which the sheet is taken into the apparatus main body.   The transaction apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the printing unit and the stamping unit are movable together. The apparatus main body is provided with a discharge port for discharging the paper taken into the apparatus main body to the outside of the apparatus main body,
A discharge unit that discharges the paper to the discharge port prior to entering information on the paper when the orientation of the paper taken into the apparatus main body is not within an allowable range. 6. The transaction apparatus according to any one of 6. A separation unit that separates the paper into a first part that is returned to the outside of the apparatus main body from the discharge port and a second part that is collected in the apparatus main body;
8. The discharge unit according to claim 7, wherein when the second part is closer to the discharge port than the first part in the sheet taken into the apparatus main body, the discharge unit discharges the sheet to the discharge port. Transaction equipment. Taking the paper into the body of the transaction device;
Identifying the orientation of the paper taken into the device body;
Adjusting the position of the displaceable entry section in the apparatus main body according to the specified orientation of the paper;
A method of handling paper by a transaction apparatus, comprising the step of entering information on the paper in the apparatus main body by the entry section whose position has been adjusted.

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