JP2020160644A - Banknote processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

To enable alignment of a front-back and/or a top-bottom of a banknote bundle, in a process of producing a banknote bundle.SOLUTION: A banknote processing device (loose banknote processing unit 100) includes: an insertion part (deposit part 103); an identification part (deposit identification part 108); a storage part 112 storing banknotes oriented in a specific direction; and a conversion part (spiral reversing part 111) configured to selectively convert an orientation of a banknote while conveying the banknote fed from the storage part to a bundling part. When executing bundling processing to bundle banknotes, the storage part feeds banknotes of the same denomination and the same quantity, upon receiving an identification result of a banknote fed from the insertion part, and in addition, the conversion part aligns both a front-back and a top-bottom of the banknotes conveyed to the bundling part, through selectively converting an orientation of a banknote fed from the storage part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

The technology disclosed herein relates to a banknote processing device.

Patent Document 1 describes a banknote processing device including a loose banknote processing unit and a bundled banknote processing unit. The loose bill processing unit includes a deposit unit into which bills are inserted, a deposit identification unit for identifying bills inserted into the deposit unit, a stacker for storing bills, and a withdrawal identification unit for identifying bills drawn out from the stacker. It is provided with a temporary holding unit for collecting banknotes to be banded to be transported to the bundled banknote processing unit.

The deposit transfer path that connects the input section and the storage section is provided with a switchback type first reversing section, and the withdrawal transfer path that connects the storage section and the temporary holding section is a spiral type second reversing section. Is provided.

In the bill processing device, when depositing loose bills, the deposit identification unit identifies the direction of the bills inserted into the deposit unit, and based on the identification result, the first reversing unit determines that the direction of the bills is a specific direction. The banknotes are selectively inverted so that they are stored in the storage section. In addition, the banknote processing device selectively selects banknotes so that the front and back sides and top and bottom of the banknotes drawn out from the storage unit are aligned based on the identification result of the withdrawal identification unit at the time of withdrawal processing of loose banknotes. Invert to. As a result, the bill processing device can eject loose bills with both front and back sides and top and bottom to the withdrawal unit.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-174422

By the way, the banknote processing apparatus described in Patent Document 1 includes a relay transport path connecting a deposit transfer path and a withdrawal transfer path so as to bypass the storage section and the second reversing section. When executing a loading process in which a banded banknote is created from the loose banknotes inserted into the deposit section of the loose banknote processing unit and the created banded banknote is stored in the stacker of the bundled banknote processing unit, the banknote processing device pays out from the deposit section. After passing through the first reversing section, the loose bills are transported to the rearranging temporary holding section via the relay transport path. At the time of executing the loading process, the loose bills to be bound pass only through the first reversing part and not through the second reversing part. For this reason, the bill processing device cannot align both the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the loose bills. That is, the banded banknotes loaded in the stacker of the bundled banknote processing unit are not aligned on both the front and back sides and the top and bottom.

Further, the banknote processing device described in Patent Document 1 creates a banded banknote from the loose banknotes inserted into the deposit section of the loose banknote processing unit, and pays out the created banded banknote from the withdrawal port of the banded banknote processing unit. When executing the counting and rearranging process, the loose bills to be bound pass only through the first reversing part and not through the second reversing part, as described above. For this reason, the banded banknotes to be paid out from the bundled banknote processing unit during the counting and rearranging process are not aligned on both the front and back sides.

The technique disclosed herein makes it possible to insert a banknote into the insertion section and align the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the banded banknote in the process of creating the banded banknote.

The technology disclosed herein relates to a banknote processing device. The bill processing device includes an insertion unit for feeding out the inserted bills, an identification unit for identifying the bills delivered from the insertion unit, a storage unit for storing bills facing a specific direction, and the storage unit. The banknote is provided with a conversion unit that selectively changes the direction of the banknote while the delivered banknote is being conveyed to the banding unit.

Then, at the time of executing the banding process for banding the banknotes, the storage unit receives the identification result of the banknotes delivered from the insertion unit, and at the same time, pays out the same number of banknotes with the same denomination as the banknotes. By selectively changing the direction of the banknotes drawn out from the storage unit, the conversion unit aligns both the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the banknotes to be conveyed to the strap.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to create a band-wrapped banknote in which the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the banknote are aligned.

The storage unit may store the banknotes that have been unwound and identified from the insertion unit when the strapping process is executed.

By doing so, the storage amount of the storage unit does not change or almost does not change during the banding process.

The banknote processing device includes a plurality of the storage units, and at least a part of the banknotes delivered and identified from the insertion unit is stored differently from the storage unit in which the banknotes are delivered when the strapping process is executed. It may be stored in a part.

The conversion unit is provided in a first transport path connected to the storage section, and the bill processing device is provided in a second transport path connecting the insertion section and the storage section, and is based on the identification result. A second conversion unit that selectively converts the direction of the banknote may be provided, and the storage unit may store the banknote in the specific direction by the second conversion unit.

As a result, the banknotes stored in the storage unit are in a specific direction.

The strap-wrapped banknotes created by the strap-wrapping section may be stored in the second storage section.

As a result, the second storage unit can be loaded with the strap-wrapped banknotes whose front and back and top and bottom are aligned.

The strap-wrapped banknotes created by the strap-wrapping section may be paid out from the payout section.

As a result, it is possible to provide the user with a banded banknote with the front and back and the top and bottom aligned.

The banknote processing device includes a temporary holding section for temporarily storing the banknotes that have been drawn out and identified from the insertion section, and the storage section stores the number of bundled banknotes in the temporary holding section. In response to this, the banknotes to be transported to the strap may be paid out.

By doing so, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the banknotes that have been drawn out from the insertion unit and identified are insufficient even though the banded banknotes have been created.

As described above, according to the above-mentioned banknote processing device, in the process of inserting banknotes into the insertion section and creating the banded banknotes, the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the banded banknotes can be aligned.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the money processing apparatus. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a money processing device. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the internal configuration of the loose bill processing unit. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the top-bottom direction and the left-right direction of the banknote. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the switchback reversing part and the spiral reversing part when both the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the banknote are aligned. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the internal configuration of the banded banknote processing unit. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a transition of the screen when executing the deposit port loading process. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a banknote transport path during the deposit port loading process. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a banknote transport path during the second deposit port loading process. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating transfer control of banknotes after passing through the spiral reversing section. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a loose bill processing unit different from that of FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the banknote processing apparatus will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The following description is an example of a banknote processing device. 1 and 2 show a configuration example of a money processing device 1 including a banknote processing device.

(Overall configuration of money processing equipment)
FIG. 1 shows the appearance of the money processing device 1. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the money processing device 1. The money processing device 1 is a cashier that is installed in a financial institution such as a bank and executes various processes including deposit processing and withdrawal processing. The money processing device 1 is not limited to being installed in a financial institution.

The money processing device 1 includes a loose bill processing unit 100 as a bill processing device, a banded bill processing unit 200, a loose coin processing unit 300, a packaging coin processing unit 400, a loss / commemorative coin processing unit 500, and a valuable medium processing unit 600. A coin storage unit 700 and a control unit 8 for integrated control of each of these processing units 100 to 700 are included.

The loose bill processing unit 100 has a deposit process for storing the loose bills inserted into the deposit slot in a storage unit inside the unit, and a withdrawal process for paying out the loose bills stored in the storage unit to the withdrawal port. I do. The configuration of the loose bill processing unit 100 will be described later.

The band-wrapped banknote processing unit 200 creates a band-wrapped banknote in which a predetermined number (for example, 100) of banknotes are bundled together by a band-sealed paper, and also performs a process of storing the band-wrapped banknote in the unit and stores the banded banknotes. The banded banknotes are withdrawn outside the unit. The banded bill processing unit 200 and the loose bill processing unit 100 are adjacent to each other. The configuration of the banded banknote processing unit 200 will be described later.

The loose coin processing unit 300 is a deposit process for storing the loose coins inserted in the deposit port in the storage unit inside the unit, and a withdrawal process for paying out the loose coins stored in the storage unit to the withdrawal port. I do.

The wrapping coin processing unit 400 creates a wrapping coin in which a predetermined number (for example, 50) of coins are wrapped in a cylindrical shape, performs a process of storing the wrapping coin in the unit, and stores the wrapping coin. Performs the process of withdrawing money outside the unit. The packaging coin processing unit 400 and the loose coin processing unit 300 are adjacent to each other.

The loss / commemorative coin processing unit 500 is badly damaged and dirty, so that the loose coin processing unit 300 cannot process the loose coin (that is, the loss coin), and the commemorative coin processing unit 300 does not process. Performs deposit processing to store coins, etc. in the unit. The loss / commemorative coin processing unit 500 is arranged on the upper surface of the valuable medium processing unit 600.

The valuable medium processing unit 600 is valuable for loose banknotes (that is, non-lossy notes) that cannot be processed by the loose banknote processing unit 100 because they are severely damaged or dirty, and checks and the like that are not processed by the loose banknote processing unit 100. Performs a deposit process to store the medium in the unit.

The money storage unit 700 includes a plurality of storage drawers for storing banknotes, coins, securities, and the like. By opening and closing the storage drawer, the operator can store bills and the like in the storage drawer and take out the bills and the like from the storage drawer.

The control unit 8 controls the loose bill processing unit 100, the strap-wrapped bill processing unit 200, the loose coin processing unit 300, the packaging coin processing unit 400, the loss / commemorative coin processing unit 500, the valuable medium processing unit 600, and the money storage unit 700. By doing so, it manages the inflow and outflow of money at the bank's business stores. The money processing device 1 includes not only banknotes and coins stored in the money processing device 1, but also the amount of money stored in a safe provided in a business store and the amount of money managed on hand. It also manages.

The money processing device 1 also includes a first terminal unit 41, a second terminal unit 42, a printer 50, and a storage unit 51.

The first terminal portion 41 is arranged on the upper surface of the packaging coin processing unit 400, and the second terminal portion 42 is arranged on the upper surface of the banded banknote processing unit 200. The first terminal section 41 and the second terminal section 42 have the same configuration. Each of the first terminal unit 41 and the second terminal unit 42 has, for example, a touch panel type display operation unit, displays information to the operator, and accepts the operation of the operator. The display operation unit may be divided into a display unit for displaying and an operation unit for receiving the operation of the operator. The first terminal unit 41 and the second terminal unit 42 also have a card reader that reads card information in order to authenticate the operator.

The printer 50 is composed of, for example, a thermal printer or an inkjet printer. The printer 50 prints a slip and prints various journals every time a transaction is performed. The printer 50 is arranged on the upper surface of the loose bill processing unit 100 and the upper surface of the loose coin processing unit 300, respectively.

The storage unit 51 is composed of, for example, a hard disk drive or a non-volatile memory. The storage unit 51 stores the amount information of banknotes and coins stored in the money processing device 1. The storage unit 51 also stores information on transactions performed by the money processing device 1.

(Structure of loose bill processing unit)
FIG. 3 illustrates the configuration of the loose bill processing unit 100. The loose bill processing unit 100 is provided with a withdrawal port 101 for withdrawing loose bills and a deposit port 102 for depositing loose bills.

The loose bill processing unit 100 includes a deposit unit 103, a deposit reject unit 104, a withdrawal unit 105, a withdrawal reject unit 106, a transport unit 107, a deposit identification unit 108, a withdrawal identification unit 109, and a switch. It includes a back reversing part 110, a spiral reversing part 111, four storage parts 112, four temporary holding parts 113, two collecting parts 114, and a carrying part 115.

The deposit unit 103 is connected to the deposit port 102. The user inserts loose bills into the deposit unit 103 through the deposit port 102. The deposit unit 103 is an example of an input unit. The deposit unit 103 includes a payout mechanism 103a. The payout mechanism 103a pays out the loose bills inserted into the deposit unit 103 one by one.

The deposit reject unit 104 receives a bill identified as a reject bill by the deposit identification unit 108. The deposit reject unit 104 is connected to the deposit port 102. The user can take out the loose bills from the deposit reject unit 104 through the deposit port 102.

The withdrawal unit 105 receives the banknotes paid out from the storage unit 112. The withdrawal unit 105 is connected to the withdrawal port 101. The user can take out loose banknotes from the withdrawal unit 105 through the withdrawal port 101. The withdrawal reject unit 106 mainly receives the banknotes identified as rejected banknotes by the withdrawal identification unit 109.

The transport unit 107 is composed of a belt mechanism, a roller mechanism, and the like. The transport unit 107 includes a deposit transport path 116 that connects the deposit section 103 to the storage section 112 (to be exact, a temporary hold section 113 described later), and a withdrawal transfer path 117 that connects the storage section 112 to the withdrawal section 105. , A circulation transport path 118 and a bypass path 119 connecting the deposit transfer path 116 and the withdrawal transfer path 117, a deposit reject transfer path 120, two integrated transfer paths 121, and a withdrawal reject transfer path 122. There is. The deposit transfer path 116 is an example of a second transfer path. The withdrawal transfer path 117 is an example of the first transfer path.

The circulation transfer path 118 connects the spiral reversing section 111 and the accumulation section 114 in the withdrawal transfer path 117, and the deposit identification section 108 and the switchback reversing section 110 in the deposit transfer path 116. The bypass path 119 branches from the tip of the deposit transfer path 116 and is connected to the upstream of the accumulation portion 114 in the withdrawal transfer path 117. The deposit reject transport path 120 branches off from the deposit transport path 116 and is connected to the deposit reject unit 104. Each of the two integrated transfer paths 121 branches from the withdrawal transfer path 117 and is connected to the integrated section 114. The withdrawal reject transfer path 122 branches from the withdrawal transfer transfer path 117 and is connected to the withdrawal reject section 106.

As shown in FIG. 4, the rectangular bill BN is transported along the transport path with the longitudinal edge in front. The transport unit 107 transports the banknotes BN one by one along each transport path at intervals.

The deposit identification unit 108 is arranged in the deposit transfer path 116. More specifically, the deposit identification unit 108 is arranged between the deposit unit 103 and the connection position of the circulation transfer path 118 in the deposit transfer path 116. The deposit identification unit 108 identifies the denomination, authenticity, front and back, orientation, positive / loss, old / new, transport state, etc. of the banknote BN. The deposit identification unit 108 is an example of the identification unit.

The withdrawal identification unit 109 is arranged on the withdrawal transfer path 117. More specifically, the withdrawal identification unit 109 is arranged between the storage unit 112 and the spiral inversion unit 111 in the withdrawal transfer path 117. The withdrawal identification unit 109 identifies the denomination, authenticity, front and back, orientation, positive / loss, old / new, transport state, etc. of the banknote BN.

Here, the direction of the banknote BN that the deposit identification unit 108 and the withdrawal identification unit 109 identify will be described. The direction of the bill BN is determined in four directions, A direction, B direction, C direction, and D direction, depending on the combination of the front and back sides of the bill BN and the orientation. As shown in FIG. 4, the top-bottom direction of the banknote BN is a vertical direction based on the portrait drawn on the banknote BN. The left-right direction of the bill BN is a direction orthogonal to the top-bottom direction. In the banknote BN transported with the longitudinal edge in front, the top-bottom direction coincides with the transport direction. The left-right direction is orthogonal to the transport direction. In the following description, the direction orthogonal to the transport direction may be referred to as a transport width direction.

As shown in FIG. 5, the A direction is a direction in which the bill BN is facing up and the top-bottom direction of the bill BN follows the transport direction. The B direction is a direction in which the bill BN is facing up and the top-bottom direction of the bill BN is opposite to the transport direction. The C direction is a direction in which the bill BN is face down and the top and bottom directions of the bill BN are opposite to the transport direction. The D direction is a direction in which the bill BN faces down and the top-bottom direction of the bill BN follows the transport direction.

The switchback reversing portion 110 is arranged downstream of the connection point of the circulation transport path 118 in the deposit transport path 116. The switchback reversing unit 110 selectively reverses both the front and back sides of the bill BN and the top and bottom directions according to the identification result of the deposit identification unit 108. The switchback reversing unit 110 is an example of a second conversion unit. The switchback reversing unit 110 has a switchback type reversing path 110a that reverses the front and back sides and the top and bottom directions of the bill BN, and a bypass 110b that passes the bill BN without reversing the front and back sides and the top and bottom directions.

The banknote BN that has passed through the reversal pass 110a reverses both the front and back sides of the banknote BN and the direction in the transport direction (that is, the direction in the top-bottom direction) without changing the direction in the transport width direction. The switchback reversing unit 110 needs to reverse the front / back and top / bottom directions according to the identification result of the deposit identification unit 108. The bill BN passes through the reversing pass 110a and reverses the front / back and top / bottom directions. Banknotes BN that do not need to pass through bypass 110b.

The spiral reversing section 111 is provided in the withdrawal transfer path 117 downstream of the withdrawal identification section 109 and upstream of the connection point of the circulation transfer path 118. The spiral reversing unit 111 selectively reverses the direction of the bill BN in the transport width direction. The spiral inversion unit 111 is an example of a conversion unit. The spiral reversing unit 111 has an inversion path 111a that reverses the direction of the bill BN in the transport width direction, and a bypass 111b that passes the bill BN without reversing the direction in the transport width direction. The reversing path 111a is provided with a reversing mechanism 111c for reversing the bill BN. A bypass path 119 is connected to the bypass 111b. In this configuration example, the reversing mechanism 111c is configured in a so-called spiral system in which the bill BN is rotated around an axis extending along the transport direction of the bill BN. The reversing mechanism 111c can reverse both the direction in the transport width direction (that is, the left-right direction of the bill BN) orthogonal to the transport direction of the bill BN and the front and back sides of the bill BN. The spiral reversing section 111 has a different function from the switchback reversing section 110. Although the details of the configuration of the reversing mechanism 111c are omitted, various known configurations can be adopted for the spiral reversing mechanism 111c.

The spiral reversing unit 111 needs to reverse the direction in the left-right direction according to the identification result of the withdrawal identification unit 109. The banknote BN passes through the reversing pass 111a and does not need to reverse the direction in the left-right direction. The BN passes through the bypass 111b. Downstream of the reversing mechanism 111c, the reversing path 111a and the bypass 111b merge. The loose bill processing unit 100 is provided with two types of reversing portions, a switchback reversing portion 110 and a spiral reversing portion 111, so that both the front and back sides of the bill BN and the orientation in the vertical direction can be aligned.

Here, with reference to the flow shown in FIG. 5, the operations of the switchback reversing unit 110 and the spiral reversing unit 111 for aligning the front and back sides of the banknote BN and the directions in the vertical direction will be described. Here, after the bill BN taken in from the deposit section 103 passes through the switchback reversing section 110, the deposit process is stored in the storage section 112, and the bill BN delivered from the storage section 112 passes through the spiral reversing section 111. The operation of the switchback reversing section 110 and the spiral reversing section 111 will be described in an example in which the withdrawal process of being thrown into the withdrawal section 105 after passing through is performed. In the following description, it is assumed that the bill BN is aligned in the A direction by the switchback reversing unit 110 and the spiral reversing unit 111. However, the orientation of the banknotes BN is not limited to the A direction, and may be any of the B direction, the C direction, and the D direction.

The banknote BN paid out by the deposit unit 103 is identified by the deposit identification unit 108. The process of FIG. 5 proceeds to steps S41 to S44 according to the direction of the banknote BN according to the identification result of the deposit identification unit 108. That is, when the bill BN is in the A direction, the process proceeds to step S41, when the bill BN is in the B direction, the process proceeds to step S42, and when the bill BN is in the C direction, the process proceeds to step S43. The process proceeds to step S44 when the bill BN is in the D direction.

Steps S51 to S54 relate to the reversing operation in the switchback reversing unit 110. In step S51 following step S41, since it is not necessary to reverse the bill BN, the switchback reversing unit 110 passes the bill BN. That is, the bill BN passes through the bypass 110b. The direction of the bill remains the A direction (see step S61). In step S52 following step S42, the switchback reversing unit 110 reverses the bill BN. That is, the bill BN passes through the reversal pass 110a. As a result, both the front and back sides of the bill BN and the orientation in the top-bottom direction are reversed, and the direction of the bill changes from the B direction to the D direction (see step S62). In step S53 following step S43, the switchback reversing unit 110 reverses the bill BN. As a result, the direction of the bill BN changes from the C direction to the A direction (see step S63). In step S54 following step S44, the switchback reversing unit 110 passes the bill BN. The direction of the bill BN remains the D direction (see step S64). The switchback reversing unit 110 aligns the top and bottom of the bill BN. That is, the direction of the banknote that has passed through the switchback reversing unit 110 is a specific direction. The bill BN that has passed through the switchback reversing section 110 is stored in the storage section 112. The storage unit 112 stores banknotes BN facing a specific direction.
The bill BN paid out by the storage unit 112 is identified by the withdrawal identification unit 109. The process of FIG. 5 is divided into steps S61, S62, S63, and S64 corresponding to steps S51, S52, S53, and S54. The bill BN is in the A direction or the D direction as described above.

Steps S71 to 74 relate to the reversing operation in the spiral reversing unit 111. In step S71 following step S61, since it is not necessary to reverse the bill BN, the spiral reversing portion 111 passes the bill BN. That is, the bill BN passes through the bypass 111b. The direction of the bill BN remains the A direction. In step S72 following step S62, the spiral reversing section 111 reverses the bill BN. That is, the bill BN passes through the reversal pass 111a. As a result, both the front and back sides of the bill BN and the directions in the left-right direction are reversed, and the direction of the bill BN changes from the D direction to the A direction. In step S73 following step S63, the spiral reversing section 111 passes the bill BN. As a result, the direction of the bill BN remains in the A direction. In step S74 following step S64, the spiral inversion unit 111 inverts the bill BN. The direction of the bill BN changes from the D direction to the A direction. In this way, the directions of the banknotes BN are all aligned in the A direction.

The storage unit 112 is used to store the deposited banknotes by denomination. For example, 10,000 yen, 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and mixed denominations are assigned to each of the four storage units 112. Banknotes are stored in the storage unit 112 so as to be stacked vertically. The storage portion 112 is formed with an entrance for banknotes on the top surface thereof and an outlet for banknotes on the bottom surface thereof. The storage portion 112 is provided with a feeding portion 112a on the bottom surface side thereof. The payout unit 112a can pay out the banknotes in the storage unit 112 one by one to the withdrawal transfer path 117. The storage unit 112 is configured as a so-called first-in first-out, in which the first-inserted banknote BN is taken out first. The mixed denomination storage unit 112 includes overflow bills that cannot be stored in the storage unit 112 of the corresponding denomination, damaged bills (lossy notes) that can identify the denomination but are not suitable for payout, and the corresponding storage unit. A 2,000 yen bill or the like without 112 is stored.

The temporary holding unit 113 is arranged above the corresponding storage unit 112. The temporary holding unit 113 temporarily stores the banknotes stored in the storage unit 112 before the storage. A deposit transfer path 116 is branched and connected to the four temporary holding portions 113. The banknotes stored in the temporary holding unit 113 are sent to the corresponding storage unit 112. The temporary holding unit 113 can also be manually pulled out of the loose bill processing unit 100. The user can manually take out the banknotes stored in the temporary holding unit 113.

Each collecting unit 114 collects banknotes until a predetermined number of straps (usually 100) is reached. The transport unit 115 includes a pair of arms. The transporting unit 115 takes out the loose bills accumulated in the collecting unit 114 from the collecting unit 114 by sandwiching them between a pair of arms, and transports them to the strapping mechanism 201 of the banded banknote processing unit 200 described later.

(Structure of strapped banknote processing unit)
FIG. 6 illustrates the configuration of the banded banknote processing unit 200. The strap-wrapped banknote processing unit 200 includes a strap-wrapping mechanism 201, a first transport mechanism 202, an elevating mechanism 203, a second transport mechanism 204, and five stackers 205.

The banding mechanism 201 is provided in front of the transporting unit 115, and creates a banding banknote by banding a bundle of loose banknotes transported by the transporting unit 115 with a banding paper. The strapping mechanism 201 has a printing unit 201a that prints on the strapping paper. The printing unit 201a includes a printing unit for printing on the strap and a stamping portion for stamping the strap.

The first transport mechanism 202 is provided in front of the strap mechanism 201. The first transport mechanism 202 has a pair of upper and lower belt units 202a extending in the front-rear direction. The first transport mechanism 202 sandwiches the banded banknotes between the pair of upper and lower belt units 202a, and transports the banded banknotes to the front elevating mechanism 203.

The elevating mechanism 203 includes an elevating space 203a extending up and down along the front surface of the strapped banknote processing unit 200, and a lift 203b that elevates and descends in the elevating space 203a with the strapped banknotes placed. The elevating space 203a is connected to the deposit / withdrawal port 206 at the upper part thereof and to the outlet 207 at the lower part thereof. The lift 203b uses the position of the ejection port 207 as a standby position, and moves up and down between this standby position and the upper limit position where the first transfer mechanism 202 and the deposit / withdrawal port 206 are located.

The lift 203b includes a base and a mounting plate laminated on the base and tiltable with respect to the base. If the mounting plate is tilted while the lift 203b on which the strapped banknotes are placed is in the standby position, the strapped banknotes slide off the mounting plate and are ejected from the ejection port 207. Further, the lift 203b receives the banded banknotes from the first transport mechanism 202, and transports the received banded banknotes to the second transport mechanism 204. Further, the lift 203b receives the banded banknotes from the second transport mechanism 204, and transports the received banded banknotes to the positions of the deposit / withdrawal port 206 and the slot 207.

The second transport mechanism 204 is composed of a belt spanned between a pair of rollers 204a arranged apart from each other in the front-rear direction. The belt can orbit both clockwise and counterclockwise in FIG. A plurality of protrusions are formed on the belt at equal intervals. As the protrusion moves back and forth as the belt goes around, the strap is pushed by the protrusion and moves on the bundle transport path 204b provided below the belt.

The front end of the belt projects into the elevating space 203a. The second transport mechanism 204 is provided with a fulcrum roller 204c between the pair of rollers 204a, and the belt has a portion between the front roller 204a and the fulcrum roller 204c with the fulcrum roller 204c as the fulcrum. It rotates between the advance position for advancing into the elevating space 203a and the evacuation position for retracting from the evacuation space 203a (see the arrow of the alternate long and short dash line). When the lift 203b descends from the first transport mechanism 202 side, the belt retracts to the retracted position, so that the descending of the lift 203b is not hindered. On the other hand, when the lift 203b descends to the height position of the bundle transport path 204b and stops, the belt advances to the advance position. As a result, the band-wrapped banknotes carried on the lift 203b can be moved to the bundle transport path 204b, and the band-wrapped banknotes carried on the bundle transport path 204b can be placed on the lift 203b.

The stacker 205 is used to store the strapped banknotes generated by the strapping mechanism 201 by denomination. For example, denominations of lump sum (mixed), 10,000 yen, 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 1,000 yen are assigned to each of the five stackers 205. The strapped banknotes are stored in the stacker 205 so as to be stacked vertically. An elevating stage 205a is provided in the stacker 205 in order to elevate and lower the stored strap-wrapped banknotes. The batch (mixed) stacker 205 stores overflow band-enclosed banknotes and the like that could not be stored in the stacker 205 of the corresponding denomination.

The bundle transport path 204b is provided with an entrance / exit opened / closed by a shutter above each stacker 205. The shutter is opened and the doorway is opened when the banded banknotes are stored from the bundle transport path 204b to the stacker 205 or when the banded banknotes are sent from the stacker 205 to the bundle transport path 204b. Strapped banknotes are taken in and out of the stacker 205 through the doorway. On the other hand, when the shutter is closed, the strapped banknote passes over the upper surface. Further, the bundle transport path 204b is provided with an identification unit 204d for identifying the denomination of the banded banknote.

(Various processing in the loose bill processing unit)
Hereinafter, each process of deposit processing, withdrawal processing, loading processing, and counting and rearranging processing performed in the loose bill processing unit 100 and the banded bill processing unit 200 will be described in order.

(Payment processing)
When performing the deposit processing, the user inserts the loose bills to be deposited into the deposit unit 103 of the loose bill processing unit 100. When the user instructs the execution of the deposit process, the payout mechanism 103a of the deposit unit 103 pays out the banknotes BN one by one. The transport unit 107 transports the banknotes BN one by one along the deposit transport path 116.

The deposit identification unit 108 identifies the bill BN. The switchback reversing unit 110 selectively reverses the banknote BN that needs to be reversed based on the identification result of the deposit identification unit 108. As described above, the switchback reversing unit 110 aligns the top and bottom of the bill BN. The transport unit 107 transports the bill BN that has passed through the switchback reversing unit 110 to the temporary holding unit 113 corresponding to the denomination. The loss ticket is transported to the temporary holding unit 113 corresponding to the storage unit 112 of the mixed denomination. The temporary holding unit 113 stores the bill BN. The bill BN identified as a reject bill by the deposit identification unit 108 is conveyed to the deposit reject unit 104 by the transport unit 107 through the deposit reject transport path 120.

When the deposit unit 103 pays out all the inserted banknotes BN and the user performs an approval operation on the counting result, the temporary holding unit 113 sends the banknote BN to the storage unit 112, and the storage unit 112 stores the banknote BN. .. In this way, the deposit process is completed. In the storage unit 112, banknotes BN in a predetermined direction are stacked. As described above, if the directions of the banknotes BN are aligned in the A direction at the time of withdrawal or the like, the banknotes BN in the A direction or the D direction are stacked in the storage unit 112.

(Withdrawal processing)
When the user instructs the execution of the withdrawal process, the payout unit 112a of the storage unit 112 that stores the banknote BN to be withdrawn pays out the banknote BN one by one from the storage unit 112. The transport unit 107 transports banknotes BN one by one along the withdrawal transport path 117. The withdrawal identification unit 109 identifies the bill BN. The spiral inversion unit 111 selectively inverts the banknote BN that needs to be inverted. As a result, the bill BN that has passed through the spiral reversing portion 111 has both front and back sides and top and bottom sides. The transport unit 107 then transports the banknote BN to the withdrawal unit 105 through the withdrawal transfer path 117. In this way, the banknote BN with both the front and back sides and the top and bottom can be thrown out to the withdrawal unit 105. When all the banknotes BN to be withdrawn are withdrawn to the withdrawal unit 105, the withdrawal process is completed. The banknote BN identified by the withdrawal identification unit 109 as a rejected banknote is transported to the withdrawal reject unit 106 by the transport unit 107.

(Payment port loading process)
The deposit port loading process is a process of creating a banded banknote from the banknotes BN inserted into the deposit unit 103 of the loose banknote processing unit 100 and storing the banded banknote in the stacker 205 of the banded banknote processing unit 200. In the conventional loose bill processing unit, in the deposit port loading process, the bill BN paid out from the deposit unit 103 is conveyed to the accumulation unit 114 through the bypass path 119 after passing through the switchback reversing unit 110. Since the banded banknote BN passes only through the switchback reversing section 110 and does not pass through the spiral reversing section 111, it is not possible to align both the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the banknote BN.

On the other hand, the loose bill processing unit 100 is the same as the bill BN without enclosing the bill BN, although the user inserts the bill BN into the deposit unit 103 in the deposit port loading process. A denomination and the same number of banknotes BN are delivered from the storage unit 112, and the drawn banknotes BN are banded. By passing the unwound banknote BN through the spiral reversing section 111, it is possible to create a banded banknote in which both the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the banknote BN are aligned, and store it in the stacker 205 of the banded banknote processing unit 200. Hereinafter, the details of this new deposit port loading process will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.

FIG. 7 illustrates the transition of the screen displayed in the first terminal unit 41 or the second terminal unit 42. The upper figure of FIG. 7 is an example of the menu screen D1. The menu screen D1 includes a plurality of buttons representing various processes. When the user presses a desired button on the menu screen D1, the money processing device 1 starts the process corresponding to the button. Specifically, when starting the deposit port loading process, the user presses the "loading / collecting" button.

The middle figure of FIG. 7 illustrates a screen D2 that prompts the user to insert a bill BN into the deposit portion 103 of the loose bill processing unit 100 in the deposit port loading process. The user can select whether the denomination of the bill to be loaded is "1 denomination" or "2 denominations" at the time of loading the deposit slot. When the user selects "1 denomination", the loose bill processing unit 100 uses each of the two collecting units 114 for collecting bills of the first denomination. When the user selects "2 denominations", the loose bill processing unit 100 collects bills BN by denomination in each of the two collecting units 114. The user also specifies the denomination of the banknote to be loaded, although not shown. When the user presses the "counting start" button on the screen D2 after inserting the bills into the deposit unit 103, the deposit unit 103 starts paying out the bills BN.

FIG. 8 shows a transport path of the banknote BN at the time of loading the deposit port. As shown by the thick black arrow in FIG. 8, the transport unit 107 transports the banknote BN paid out from the deposit unit 103 to the deposit identification unit 108 along the deposit transport path 116. The deposit identification unit 108 identifies the bill BN. The switchback reversing unit 110 selectively reverses the banknote BN that needs to be reversed based on the identification result of the deposit identification unit 108. As in the case of deposit processing, the switchback reversing unit 110 aligns the top and bottom of the bill BN. The transport unit 107 transports the bill BN that has passed through the switchback reversing unit 110 to the temporary holding unit 113 corresponding to the denomination. The temporary holding unit 113 stores the bill BN. The bill BN identified as a reject bill by the deposit identification unit 108 is conveyed to the deposit reject unit 104 by the transport unit 107 through the deposit reject transport path 120. Banknotes of denominations other than the denomination to be loaded are conveyed to the deposit reject unit 104 as rejected banknotes.

When the number of bundled banknotes (usually 100) of banknotes BN is stored in the temporary holding section 113 that stores the banknotes BN of the denomination to be loaded, the feeding section of the storage section 112 corresponding to the temporary holding section 113 The 112a pays out the banknotes BN for the number of straps from the storage unit 112. The denomination of the bill BN to be paid out and the denomination of the bill BN stored in the temporary holding unit 113 are the same.

As shown by the white arrows in FIG. 8, the transport unit 107 transports the banknote BN paid out from the storage unit 112 to the withdrawal identification unit 109 along the withdrawal transfer path 117. The withdrawal identification unit 109 identifies the bill BN. The spiral inversion unit 111 selectively inverts the banknote BN that needs to be inverted. As a result, the bill BN that has passed through the spiral reversing portion 111 has both front and back sides and top and bottom sides. The transport unit 107 then transports the banknote BN to the stack 114 through the stack transport path 121. Banknotes BN with both front and back sides and top and bottom are collected in the collecting unit 114.

The banknote BN identified by the withdrawal identification unit 109 as a rejected banknote is conveyed to the withdrawal reject unit 106 by the transfer unit 107 through the withdrawal reject transfer path 122. When the withdrawal identification unit 109 identifies the rejected banknote, the payout unit 112a additionally pays out a new banknote BN from the storage unit 112.

When the number of banded banknotes BN is accumulated in the collecting unit 114, the transporting unit 115 takes out a bundle of banknotes BN from the collecting unit 114 and transports it to the banding mechanism 201 of the banded banknote processing unit 200. Although not shown, the strapping mechanism 201 creates a strapped banknote, and the created strapped banknote is stored in the stacker 205 corresponding to the denomination. In this way, the banded banknotes having both the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the banknote BN are stored (that is, loaded) in the stacker 205.

Here, when the denomination to be loaded is one denomination, the banknotes BN drawn out from the storage unit 112 are alternately conveyed to the two accumulation units 114 for each number of straps. By doing so, the banknotes BN for the number of straps are accumulated in one collecting unit 114, and while the transporting unit 115 takes out the bundle of banknotes BN from the collecting unit 114, the banknotes to the other collecting unit 114 The accumulation of BN can be continued.

When the denomination to be loaded is two denominations, each time the banknote BN for the number of straps is stored in the temporary holding unit 113, the banknote BN is fed out from the storage unit 112 and the banknotes are sent to the accumulation unit 114 corresponding to the denomination. Transport BN. If the banknotes BN for the number of straps are stored in the temporary holding unit 113 while the banknotes BN are being transported from the storage unit 112 to the collecting unit 114, the next operation is completed after the execution is completed. Transport of banknotes BN for the number of straps may be started.

In addition, the printing unit 201a of the strap mechanism 201 prints on the strap paper that both the front and back and the top and bottom are aligned when the strap is created with both the front and back and the top and bottom aligned. Normally, the printing unit 201a prints the creation date and time of the banded bill, the machine number of the created device, and the ID of the created operator on the banded paper, but when both the front and back and the top and bottom of the banknote BN are aligned For example, "*" may be additionally printed on the strap. By doing so, the user can know that both the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the banded banknote are aligned by looking at the printing on the banded paper.

When all the banknotes of the deposit unit 103 are paid out, the first terminal unit 41 or the second terminal unit 42 displays the screen D3 including the information of the deposit port loading process executed this time, as shown in the lower figure of FIG. When the user presses the "Done" button on the screen D3, the loose bill processing unit 100 stores the bill BN stored in the temporary holding unit 113 in the storage unit 112, and the deposit port loading process is completed.

In the loose bill processing unit 100 having the configuration shown in FIG. 3, the spiral reversing portion 111 is arranged in the withdrawal transport path 117 connected to the payout side of the storage portion 112, and the bill BN paid out from the storage portion 112. Only can pass through the spiral inversion section 111. Since the conventional deposit port loading process is a process of creating a banded banknote from the banknote BN inserted into the deposit unit 103 and storing it in the stacker 205 of the banded banknote processing unit 200, it is not possible to pay out the banknote BN from the storage unit 112. Not performed. Therefore, in the conventional deposit port loading process, both the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the bill BN cannot be aligned.

However, the loose bill processing unit 100 pays out the same number of bills BN with the same denomination as the bill BN inserted into the deposit unit 103 from the storage unit 112 at the time of loading the deposit port. As a result, both the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the banknote BN can be aligned, and the banded banknotes with both the front and back sides and the top and bottom can be stored in the stacker 205 of the banded banknote processing unit 200.

The timing of sending the banknote BN from the temporary holding unit 113 to the storage unit 112 may be after the banknotes BN for the number of straps have been accumulated in the collecting unit 114.

Here, if the storage amount of the storage unit 112 is zero before the start of the deposit port loading process, the banknotes BN for the number of straps stored in the temporary holding unit 113 are re-stored in the storage unit 112. After that, the payout unit 112a may pay out the bill BN from the storage unit 112.

However, as described above, when the withdrawal identification unit 109 identifies the rejected banknote, a new banknote BN must be paid out from the storage unit 112, but if the storage amount of the storage unit 112 is zero, it is stored. Since only the number of banknotes BN for the number of straps is stored in the unit 112, the banknotes BN for the number of straps cannot be accumulated in the collecting unit 114.

Therefore, only when the storage amount of the storage unit 112 that stores the banknote BN of the denomination to be loaded is a predetermined amount or more (at least 1 or more), the deposit port loading process can be executed. Good.

In the above-mentioned deposit port loading process, in addition to paying out the banknote BN from the storage unit 112 corresponding to the temporary holding unit 113 in which the banknote BN is stored, if the banknote BN is of the same denomination, it is from another storage unit 112. Banknote BN may be paid out.

Further, the bill BN paid out from the deposit unit 103 is stored in the temporary holding unit 113 of the storage unit 112 that stores the mixed denomination, while the same money is stored from the storage unit 112 that stores the bill BN of the denomination. You may pay out the same number of banknotes BN as seeds.

Further, among the banknote BNs drawn out from the deposit unit 103, the banknote BN identified as a genuine banknote is stored in the temporary holding unit 113 of the storage unit 112 for each denomination, and the banknote BN identified as a loss ticket is a mixed money. The seeds may be stored in the temporary holding unit 113 of the storage unit 112 for storing the seeds. In this case, when the total number of regular tickets and non-lossy tickets reaches the number of straps, the payout unit 112a of the storage unit 112 of each denomination may pay out the bill BN from the storage unit 112.

In addition to storing the bill BN in one temporary holding unit 113, the bill BN may be stored separately in a plurality of temporary holding units 113. For example, if it is not possible to store the number of banknotes BN for the number of straps in one temporary holding unit 113 due to the capacity of the temporary holding unit 113, even if the banknotes BN of the same denomination are used, the plurality of storage units 112 may be stored. It may be stored separately in each of the temporary holding portions 113. When the banknotes BN are separately stored in the plurality of temporary holding units 113, the banknotes BN may be paid out from each of the plurality of storage units 112, or the banknotes BN may be paid out from one storage unit 112.

Further, as described above, the timing of paying out the banknote BN from the storage unit 112 is set to the number of banknote BNs inserted into the deposit unit 103 by setting the timing of paying out the banknote BN from the storage unit 112 after the banknote BN for the number of straps is stored in the temporary holding unit 113. A corresponding number of banded banknotes can be created and stored in the stacker 205 of the banded banknote processing unit 200.

After the banknotes BN for the number of straps are stored in the temporary holding unit 113, the banknotes BN are not started to be fed out from the storage unit 112, but the banknotes BN are stored in the temporary holding unit 113 and from the storage unit 112. The banknote BN may be paid out in parallel. By doing so, the time required for the deposit port loading process can be shortened.

(Second deposit port loading process)
In addition to the above-mentioned deposit port loading process (that is, the first deposit port loading process), the loose bill processing unit 100 has a conventional deposit as a second deposit port loading process different from the first deposit port loading process. The mouth loading process may be configured to be feasible.

FIG. 9 shows a transport path of the banknote BN at the time of the second deposit port loading process. As shown by a thick black arrow in FIG. 9, the deposit unit 103 pays out the inserted bill BN, and the transport unit 107 transports the bill BN to the deposit identification unit 108 along the deposit transport path 116. The deposit identification unit 108 identifies the bill BN. The transport unit 107 transports the bill BN to be loaded to the switchback reversing unit 110. The rejected banknotes including the banknotes BN that are not to be loaded are conveyed to the deposit rejecting unit 104 by the conveying unit 107. At the time of the second deposit port loading process, the user can select the denomination to be loaded from one denomination or two denominations.

The switchback reversing unit 110 selectively reverses the banknote BN that needs to be reversed based on the identification result of the deposit identification unit 108. Unlike the first deposit port loading process, the switchback reversing section 110 may align the front and back of the bill BN. The transport unit 107 transports the banknote BN that has passed through the switchback reversing unit 110 from the bypass path 119 to the accumulation unit 114 through the withdrawal transfer path 117 and the accumulation transfer path 121. Banknotes BN having at least the front and back sides are collected in the collecting unit 114.

When the number of banded banknotes BN is accumulated in the collecting unit 114, the transporting unit 115 takes out a bundle of banknotes BN from the collecting unit 114 and transports it to the banding mechanism 201 of the banded banknote processing unit 200. The banding mechanism 201 creates a banded banknote, and the created banded banknote is stored in the stacker 205 corresponding to the denomination. In this way, the band-wrapped banknotes with the front and back sides of the banknotes BN aligned are stored (that is, loaded) in the stacker 205.

In the first deposit port loading process, both the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the bill BN can be aligned. In the second deposit port loading process, only the front and back sides can be aligned. For example, when instructing the execution of the deposit port loading process, the user may be configured to select the first deposit port loading process or the second slot loading process. By making it possible to switch between the first deposit port loading process and the second deposit port loading process, the convenience of the user can be improved. If priority is given to aligning the orientation of the strapped banknotes, the user selects the first deposit slot loading process, and if priority is given to shortening the time required for the deposit slot loading process, the user selects the second deposit slot. The loading process may be selected.

Further, when the money processing device 1 is introduced and installed, the deposit port loading process executed by the money processing device 1 may be set to the first deposit port loading process or the second deposit port loading process.

Further, the loose bill processing unit 100 may switch between the first deposit port loading process and the second deposit port loading process according to the storage amount of the storage unit 112 of the loose bill processing unit 100. Specifically, when the amount of banknotes BN stored in the storage unit 112 is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount, the loose banknote processing unit 100 carries out the first deposit port loading process for transporting the banknote BN delivered from the storage unit 112 to the accumulation unit 114. When the bill BN stored in the storage unit 112 is less than a predetermined amount, the loose bill processing unit 100 conveys the bill BN inserted in the deposit unit 103 to the collection unit 114. The loading process may be selected. When the loose bill processing unit 100 executes the second deposit port loading process, it is notified through the first terminal section 41 or the second terminal section 42 that the band-wrapped bills having both the front and back sides and the top and bottom are not loaded. The user may be notified. Then, the loose bill processing unit 100 may execute the second deposit port loading process on condition that the user has performed an operation to approve the second deposit port loading process.

(Strap bill loading process)
The currency processing device 1 loads the already created band-wrapped banknotes into the stacker 205 through the deposit / withdrawal port 206 of the band-wrapped banknote processing unit 200, unlike the above-mentioned deposit port loading process in which loose banknotes are inserted into the deposit unit 103. It is possible to carry out the banded bill loading process.

When the user instructs the execution of the banded banknote loading process, the user places the banded banknote to be loaded on the lift 203b through the deposit / withdrawal port 206 of the banded banknote processing unit 200. The banded banknotes set in the lift 203b are denominated by the identification unit 204d and then transported by the second transfer mechanism 204 to the corresponding stacker 205 corresponding to the denomination. The stacker 205 stores (that is, loads) the banded banknotes to be loaded.

Since the money processing device 1 cannot guarantee that both the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the banded banknotes loaded by the banded banknote loading process are aligned, the banded banknotes loaded by the banded banknote loading process are front and back and top and bottom. Treat as a strapped banknote that does not have all of them.

(Counting processing)
In the counting arrangement process, the banknotes inserted into the deposit unit 103 of the loose banknote processing unit 100 are counted, and the banded banknotes corresponding to the counting result are thrown from the deposit / withdrawal port 206 or the slot 207 of the banded banknote processing unit 200. It is a process to be issued. The user can also select whether the denomination of the banknote to be sorted is "1 denomination" or "2 denominations" in the counting and rearranging process.

The transport path of the banknote BN at the time of counting and rearranging processing is the same as the transport path at the time of the first deposit port loading process (see FIG. 8). When the user inserts the bills to be counted into the deposit unit 103 of the loose bill processing unit 100 and performs an operation instructing the execution of the counting rearranging process, the deposit unit 103 pays out the bills BN one by one and conveys the bills 107. Transports banknotes BN one by one along the deposit transfer path 116. The deposit identification unit 108 identifies the bill BN. At this time, the bill BN is counted. The transport unit 107 transports the bill BN to the switchback reversing unit 110. The rejected banknotes are transported to the deposit rejecting unit 104.

The switchback reversing unit 110 selectively reverses the banknote BN that needs to be reversed based on the identification result of the deposit identification unit 108. The switchback reversing unit 110 aligns the top and bottom of the bill BN as in the case of deposit processing. The transport unit 107 transports the banknote BN of the denomination to be rearranged that has passed through the switchback reversing unit 110 to the temporary holding unit 113 corresponding to the denomination. When the temporary holding unit 113 stores the banknotes BN for the number of straps, the feeding unit 112a of the storage unit 112 corresponding to the temporary holding unit 113 pays out the banknotes BN for the number of straps from the storage unit 112.

The transport unit 107 transports the bill BN paid out from the storage unit 112 to the withdrawal identification unit 109 along the withdrawal transfer path 117. The withdrawal identification unit 109 identifies the bill BN. The spiral inversion unit 111 selectively inverts the banknote BN that needs to be inverted. As a result, the bill BN that has passed through the spiral reversing portion 111 has both front and back sides and top and bottom sides. The transport unit 107 then transports the banknote BN to the stack 114 through the stack transport path 121. Banknotes BN with both front and back sides and top and bottom are collected in the collecting unit 114.

The banknote BN identified by the withdrawal identification unit 109 as a rejected banknote is conveyed to the withdrawal reject unit 106 by the transfer unit 107. When the withdrawal identification unit 109 identifies the rejected banknote, the payout unit 112a additionally pays out a new banknote BN from the storage unit 112.

When the number of banded banknotes BN is accumulated in the collecting unit 114, the transporting unit 115 takes out a bundle of banknotes BN from the collecting unit 114 and transports it to the banding mechanism 201 of the banded banknote processing unit 200. Although not shown, the banding mechanism 201 creates a banded banknote, and the created banded banknote is ejected from the deposit / withdrawal port 206 or the slot 207 of the banded banknote processing unit 200.

At the time of counting and rearranging processing, the banknote BN may be conveyed to the two collecting units 114 in the same manner as the transportation of the banknote BN to the two collecting units 114 at the time of the above-mentioned deposit port loading process.

In this way, the money processing device 1 can align both the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the banknote BN at the time of counting and rearranging processing, and can provide the user with a banded banknote in which both the front and back sides and the top and bottom are aligned.

As the second counting and rearranging process, the loose banknote processing unit 100 transports the banknote BN by the same route as the second deposit port loading process, so that the banded banknotes with the front and back sides aligned can be stored in the banded banknote processing unit 200. The process of withdrawing from the deposit / withdrawal port 206 or the outlet 207 may be executed.

(Transfer control of banknotes downstream of the spiral reversing part)
The loose bill processing unit 100 conveys the bill BN with its long edge facing forward. Since the spiral reversing portion 111 rotates the bill BN in the longitudinal direction of the bill BN, the skew amount of the bill BN after flipping may become large.

The skew amount of the bill BN is determined by the deposit identification unit 108 and the withdrawal identification unit 109. The deposit identification unit 108 and the withdrawal identification unit 109 determine that the bill BN having a large skew amount is a reject bill.

The skew amount of the bill BN can also be detected by the passage sensor of the bill BN installed in the transport path. As illustrated in FIG. 10, passage sensors 131, 132, 133, and 134 are arranged at predetermined locations on the withdrawal transfer path 117. The first pass sensor 131 is arranged between the withdrawal identification unit 109 and the spiral inversion unit 111. The detection result of the first pass sensor 131 is used to control the branch claw 135 of the spiral inversion unit 111. The second passage sensor 132 is arranged at the outlet of the spiral reversing portion 111. The third pass sensor 133 and the fourth pass sensor 134 are respectively arranged between the spiral reversing portion 111 and the branch portion to the integrated portion 114. The detection result of the third pass sensor 133 is used to control the branch claw 136 that distributes the bill BN to the withdrawal transfer path 117 and the integrated transfer path 121.

The first pass sensor 131 to the fourth pass sensor 134 are each composed of a plurality of optical sensors arranged at predetermined intervals in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction. The optical sensor can detect the passage of the banknote BN by switching from light transmission to light transmission and from light shielding to light transmission. As illustrated in FIG. 10, the second passage sensor 132 is composed of a left sensor 132L, a right sensor 132R, and a central sensor 132C.

The third pass sensor 133 and the fourth pass sensor 134 are also composed of three optical sensors like the second pass sensor 132, and although not shown in FIG. 10, the first pass sensor 131 Also, like the second pass sensor 132, it is composed of three optical sensors. The passage sensor may be configured by a mechanical sensor that detects the bill BN by coming into contact with the bill BN.

As shown in FIG. 10, when the skew amount of the bill BN is large, the difference in detection timing between the left sensor 132L and the right sensor 132R becomes large. Each of the passing sensors 131, 132, 133, and 134 can detect the skew amount of the banknote BN based on the difference in detection timing between the left sensor and the right sensor. That is, it can be determined that the larger the deviation of the detection timing, the larger the amount of skew.

Consider a case where the banknote BN identified by the withdrawal identification unit 109 as a normal banknote whose skew amount is smaller than a predetermined threshold value becomes the skew amount equal to or more than the threshold value after passing through the spiral inversion unit 111. When it is determined that the skew amount of the banknote BN is equal to or greater than the threshold value based on the detection of the second pass sensor 132 downstream of the spiral reversing unit 111, the conventional money processing device stops the loose banknote processing unit as a transport error. Was. If the loose bill processing unit 100 stops with an error while the bills are piled up in the collecting unit 114, the user collects all the bills on each transport path, the bills collected in the collecting unit 114, and the like. Then you have to start over. In addition to the troublesome error cancellation, there is a risk that the collected banknotes will be lost or fraudulent.

Regarding the rejected banknotes whose skew amount is equal to or greater than the threshold value and the banknote BN determined by the withdrawal identification unit 109, the second pass sensor 132, the third pass sensor 133, and the fourth pass sensor 134 respectively skew the banknote BN. Do not judge the amount. As a result, the transport unit 107 can transport the rejected banknotes to the withdrawal reject unit 106.

In contrast to the conventional money processing device, when the money processing device 1 determines that the skew amount of normal banknotes exceeds the threshold value based on the detection of the second passing sensor 132 at the exit of the spiral reversing unit 111, , The banknote is switched from a normal banknote to a rejected banknote instead of a transport error. As a result, the transport unit 107 transports the bills switched to the reject bills to the withdrawal reject unit 106 instead of the accumulation unit 114. That is, the third pass sensor 133 and the fourth pass sensor 134 do not determine the skew amount of the bill BN, respectively. Further, the branch claw 136 is controlled based on the detection result of the third passage sensor 133. In this way, by switching from the normal banknote to the rejected banknote, the frequency with which the loose banknote processing unit 100 is stopped as a transport error is reduced.

Further, in the above configuration, the magnitude of the skew amount can be determined not only for the bill BN in which the spiral reversing portion 111 is reversed but also for all the bill BNs that have passed through the spiral reversing portion 111, and the skew amount can be determined. It is possible to prevent the banknote BN above the threshold value from being conveyed to the accumulation unit 114. It is also possible to suppress the accumulation failure of the banknote BN in the accumulation unit 114.

(Other configuration examples of the bill processing device)
The bill processing apparatus to which the technique disclosed herein can be applied is not limited to the loose bill processing unit 100 having the above-described configuration. The bill processing device may include an identification unit for identifying the bills drawn out from the insertion unit and a conversion unit for selectively changing the direction of the bills drawn out from the storage unit.

For example, the loose bill processing unit 1000 shown in FIG. 11 replaces the arrangement locations of the switchback reversing unit 110 and the spiral reversing portion 111 with respect to the loose bill processing unit 100 shown in FIG. That is, the spiral reversing portion 111 is arranged between the deposit identification portion 108 and the storage portion 112 in the deposit transfer path 116. The switchback reversing portion 110 is arranged between the storage portion 112 and the collecting portion 114 in the withdrawal transfer path 117. In the loose bill processing unit 1000, the spiral inversion unit 111 corresponds to the second conversion unit, and the switchback inversion unit 110 corresponds to the conversion unit.

During the deposit process or the deposit port loading process, the spiral reversing unit 111 selectively reverses the bill BN based on the identification result of the deposit identification unit 108. Specifically, the spiral inversion unit 111 may invert the bill BN so as to be in the A direction or the C direction. The banknote BN stored in the storage unit 112 during the deposit processing or the deposit port loading process is in the A direction or the C direction.

At the time of loading the deposit port, the switchback reversing unit 110 selectively reverses the banknote BN paid out from the storage unit 112 based on the identification result of the withdrawal identification unit 109. The switchback reversing unit 110 does not reverse the bill BN in the A direction, but reverses the bill BN in the C direction, so that both the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the bill BN can be aligned.

Similar to the loose bill processing unit 100 shown in FIG. 3, the loose bill processing unit 1000 shown in FIG. 11 also puts the strapped bills having both the front and back sides and the top and bottom aligned into the stacker 205 of the strap processing unit 200 at the time of loading the deposit slot. Can be stored.

Although detailed description will be omitted, in the loose bill processing unit 1000 shown in FIG. 11, the strap-wrapped bills having both the front and back sides and the top and bottom are aligned at the time of counting and rearranging processing. It can be thrown out from 207.

The two types of reversing parts in the loose bill processing units 100 and 1000 are not limited to the combination of the switchback type reversing part and the spiral type reversing part. The two types of reversing parts can be combined with various types of reversing parts as long as the combination can align both the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the banknote BN.

100 loose bill processing unit (banknote processing device)
1000 loose bill processing unit (banknote processing device)
103 Deposit section (input section)
108 Deposit identification unit (identification unit)
110 Switchback reversing part (second conversion part, conversion part)
111 Spiral inversion part (conversion part, second conversion part)
112 Storage unit 116 Deposit transport path (second transport path)
117 Withdrawal transfer path (first transfer path)
200 Strap-wrapped banknote processing unit (strap part)
205 Stacker (second storage)
206 Deposit / Withdrawal Port (Payout Department)
207 Outlet (payout section)

Claims (7)

The insertion section that feeds out the inserted bills and
An identification unit that identifies the bills drawn out from the insertion unit and
A storage unit that stores banknotes facing a specific direction,
The storage unit is provided with a conversion unit that selectively changes the direction of the banknote while the banknote is being conveyed to the strap.
At the time of executing the banding process for banding the banknotes, the storage unit receives the identification result of the banknotes drawn out from the insertion unit, and pays out the same number of banknotes with the same denomination as the banknotes, and the above-mentioned The conversion unit is a banknote processing device that aligns both the front and back sides and the top and bottom of the banknotes to be conveyed to the strap by selectively changing the direction of the banknotes drawn out from the storage unit. The banknote processing device according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores the banknotes that have been unwound and identified from the insertion unit when the banding process is executed. Equipped with multiple storage units
The banknote processing device according to claim 2, wherein at least a part of the banknotes that have been unwound and identified from the insertion unit is stored in a storage unit different from the storage unit that has unwound the banknotes when the banding process is executed. .. The conversion unit is provided in a first transport path connected to the storage unit.
A second conversion unit provided in the second transport path connecting the insertion unit and the storage unit and selectively changing the direction of the banknote based on the identification result is provided.
The banknote processing device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the storage unit stores the banknotes in the specific direction by the second conversion unit. The banknote processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the band-wrapped banknote created by the band-wrapping unit is stored in the second storage unit. The banknote processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the band-wrapped banknote created by the band-wrapping unit is paid out from the payout unit. A temporary holding unit for temporarily storing the banknotes that have been drawn out and identified from the insertion unit is provided.
The banknote processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the storage unit pays out the banknotes to be transported to the banding unit in response to the storage of the number of banknotes in the temporary holding unit.

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