JP2020201905A - Bill depositing device - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve work efficiency of depositing processing in a bill depositing device.SOLUTION: A bill depositing device that moves bills to be deposited, into a storage box in a safe includes: an identification unit that counts the bills to be deposited; an accumulation unit that has a movable stage and accumulates the bills counted in the identification unit, in an erected state on the stage; a bundle conveyance unit that conveys, in an erected state along a bundle conveyance path, a bundle consisting of as many bills as accumulated for each bundle in the accumulation unit; and a control unit that controls operation of the stage and the bundle conveyance unit to automatically moves the bundle of the bills accumulated on the stage into the storage box when the number of the bills accumulated in the accumulation unit reaches the number of the bills to be bundled.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to a banknote depositing device for depositing banknotes.

Conventionally, a banknote depositing device for depositing banknotes has been used. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a device that accepts deposits of banknotes and stores them in a storage cassette provided in a lower safe. This device receives the deposited banknotes from the receiving unit into the device and transports them along the transport path. After the denomination is identified by the identification unit provided in the middle of the transport path, the banknotes are accumulated in the accumulation unit in a standing position. Based on the bill storage instruction input by the operator via the instruction receiving unit, a plurality of bills in the collecting unit are stored in the storage cassette in the safe.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2011-192004

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, it is necessary to input a storage instruction to the instruction receiving unit in order to store the banknotes in the collecting unit in the safe. There is an upper limit to the number of banknotes that can be collected in the collecting unit, and the maximum number is set in advance. When depositing more than the maximum number of banknotes, the operator needs to input a storage instruction to the instruction receiving unit every time the number of banknotes in the collecting unit reaches the maximum number, which deteriorates the work efficiency. In particular, when the operator performs the payment processing of banknotes in parallel with other work, the operation of inputting the storage instruction must be performed while performing the other work, resulting in poor work efficiency.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote depositing device capable of efficiently depositing banknotes.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the present invention is a banknote depositing device for storing banknotes to be deposited in a storage in a safe, and is movable with an identification unit for counting the banknotes to be deposited. A collection section that has various stages and collects banknotes counted by the identification unit in a standing state on the stage, and a bundle of banknotes collected in the collection section for the number of bundles stored along the bundle transport path. When the number of banknotes accumulated in the stacking unit reaches the number of stored banknotes by controlling the operations of the bundle transporting unit that transports the banknotes to the storage in the standing position, the stage, and the bundle transporting unit. Is characterized by including a control unit that automatically stores a bundle of banknotes accumulated on the stage in the storage.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the number of bundled banknotes can be changed to an arbitrary number up to the maximum number of banknotes that can be accumulated in the accumulation unit.

Further, in the present invention, the bundle storage number is set in advance in association with each of a plurality of pieces of information, and the bundle storage number is changed based on the input information.

Further, in the present invention, in the above invention, the safe has a first shutter for closing the opening, and the storage is detachably mounted inside the safe and is attached to the opening of the safe. It has a second shutter for closing the correspondingly formed opening, the first shutter opening when storing a bundle of banknotes in the vault and closing after storage, and the second shutter It is characterized in that the storage is open while it is installed in the safe.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, a support member for supporting the banknotes is further provided until the number of banknotes accumulated in the stacking unit reaches a predetermined number.

Further, in the present invention, in the above invention, the support member is rotatably supported by an axis, and at least a part of the support member advances into the accumulation space of the accumulation portion to support the banknotes, and the number of supporting banknotes increases. It is characterized in that the center of gravity is adjusted so as to rotate and retract from the integrated space.

Further, in the present invention, in the above invention, the bundle transporting unit includes a first member that comes into contact with the bill surface of the bill bundle to be transported and applies a transporting force, and a second member that presses the bill bundle against the first member. It is characterized by including.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the first member is a roller or belt that is rotationally driven.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the second member is a roller provided rotatably or a belt hung on a plurality of rollers.

Further, in the present invention, in the above invention, the first member is a roller in which an outer peripheral member made of a high friction material is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of a core made of a hard material, and at least a part of the core is integrated. It is characterized in that it is exposed and arranged in the space.

Further, in the present invention, in the above invention, the second member is a force that causes a frictional force between the banknotes so that all the banknotes constituting the banknote bundle move together with the banknotes in contact with the first member. It is characterized in that the bundle is pressed against the second member.

Further, the present invention further includes an operation unit that accepts an operator's approval operation in the above invention, provided that the approval operation for approving the storage of banknotes accumulated in the accumulation unit is performed in the operation unit. The control unit controls the operations of the stage and the bundle transporting unit, and the setting can be changed so that the banknote bundles accumulated on the stage are stored in the storage.

Further, in the present invention, whether or not to request the operator to perform the approval operation is preset in association with each of a plurality of pieces of information, and the setting change is automatically executed based on the input information. It is characterized by being done.

In the banknote depositing device according to the present invention, each time a preset number of banknotes to be stored in a bundle is accumulated in the accumulation unit, the banknotes in the accumulation unit can be automatically stored in the storage. With this setting, the operator can complete the banknote deposit process without performing the input operation of the storage instruction even when the banknotes exceeding the number of bundled banknotes are deposited. As a result, work efficiency related to deposit processing is improved.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the banknote depositing device 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a side view of the counting device. FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a storage and a bill deposit device. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a method of storing a bundle of banknotes collected in the collecting unit in a storage. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an arrangement position of the support member. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the transport roller and the support member. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the pressing portion and the stage. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a pressing portion. FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the accumulation of banknotes in the accumulation unit and the transportation of the accumulated banknote bundles. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the transportation of banknote bundles. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the positional relationship between the pressing portion, the transport roller, and the storage. FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining an arrangement example of the sensor. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the storage mode. FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining an example of a bundle transporting portion using an extruded member.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the banknote deposit device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the banknote depositing device 1 according to the present embodiment. Each figure showing the configuration of the bill depositing device 1 in the present embodiment shows three orthogonal axes X, Y, and Z so that the relationship between the illustrated configurations can be understood. With the XY plane as the horizontal plane, the positive direction of the X axis indicates the front of the device, the positive direction of the Y axis indicates the right side of the device, and the positive direction of the Z axis indicates the upper side.

The configuration of the bill depositing device 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the bill depositing device 1 is configured by combining a counting device 2 for identifying and counting bills and a safe 3 for storing and storing bills. The safe 3 is configured so that the storage 4 for storing banknotes can be attached and detached. The banknotes identified and counted by the counting device 2 are stored in the storage 4 mounted inside the safe 3.

The storage 4 includes a frame 400 made of a hard material and a storage portion 410 made of a flexible material attached to the frame 400. For example, a plastic frame 400 to which a nylon storage unit 410 is attached is used as the storage 4. An elongated rectangular opening 400a is formed in the left-right direction of the device on the upper surface of the storage 4, that is, the upper surface of the frame 400. The banknotes identified and counted by the counting device 2 are stored in the storage section 410 through the opening 400a of the frame 400.

In order to position the storage 4 in the safe 3, guides 401 are provided on each of the short side surfaces of the frame 400 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and rails 301 are provided on the facing inner walls of the safe 3 corresponding to the guides 401. It is provided. The storage 4 is attached to the safe 3 by inserting the left and right guides 401 of the frame 400 into the groove of the rail 301 in the safe 3 and pushing them into the safe 3. The pushed storage 4 stops at a predetermined position in the safe 3. At this stop position, the opening formed on the upper surface of the safe 3 and the opening 400a of the storage 4 have a predetermined positional relationship, and the banknotes of the counting device 2 are placed on the bottom opening of the counting device 2 and the safe 3. It is stored inside the storage 4 through the upper surface opening and the upper surface opening 400a of the storage 4.

The safe 3 includes a box-shaped main body 300 having an open front surface and a door 310 that opens and closes a front opening of the main body 300. An opening is formed on the upper surface of the main body 300 corresponding to the opening 400a of the storage 4 mounted at a predetermined position inside the main body 300 (see FIG. 4). The main body 300 and the door 310 are made of a highly robust metal material. A plurality of wheels 320 are attached to the bottom surface of the main body 300 so that the banknote deposit device 1 including the safe 3 can be moved. The door 310 includes a locking mechanism. For example, the door 310 is closed and the lock mechanism is locked and unlocked by the key inserted in the keyhole 311. Further, for example, an operation unit of the electronic lock is provided on the door 310, and the operation unit is operated to lock and unlock the door 310 by a lock mechanism including the electronic lock. By locking the door 310, it is possible to prevent a large amount of banknotes stored in the storage 4 in the safe 3 from being stolen.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the counting device 2. FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the storage 4 and the bill depositing device 1. FIG. 3A shows an upper part of the storage 4. FIG. 3B shows the counting device 2 and the upper part of the safe 3. The counting device 2 shown in FIG. 2 is installed and used on the upper surface of the safe 3 as shown in FIG. 3 (b).

As shown in FIG. 3B, the counting device 2 is provided with a control unit 150 that controls the functions and operations of the bill depositing device 1. Information necessary for the operation of the control unit 150 is stored in a storage unit (not shown). Information necessary for bill processing is stored in the storage unit. The functions and operations of the bill depositing device 1 described in the present embodiment are realized by the control unit 150 controlling each unit while utilizing various information stored in the storage unit.

As shown in FIG. 3A, a shutter 420 for opening and closing the opening 400a on the upper surface is provided in the frame 400. The opening 400a of the storage 4 is normally closed by the shutter 420. As a result, the banknotes stored in the storage unit 410 cannot be taken out from the opening 400a.

The shutter 420 is provided so as to be movable as shown by an arrow from the closed position where the opening 400a is closed as shown in FIG. 3A. As shown in FIG. 3B, the guide 401 of the storage 4 is fixedly provided in the safe 3 as the guide 401 of the storage 4 is aligned with the rail 301 of the safe 3 and the storage 4 is pushed into the safe 3. The insertion portion 340 is inserted into the insertion hole provided on the longitudinal side surface of the frame 400. As the storage 4 moves to the rear of the device (in the negative direction of the X-axis), the shutter 420 that contacts the back surface of the fixed insertion portion 340 moves to the front of the device in the frame 400. When the shutter 420 moves in the frame 400, the opening 420a formed in the shutter 420 and the opening 400a of the frame 400 have a predetermined positional relationship, and the bills are placed in the storage 4 from the outside of the storage 4. Will be able to store. The opening 400a of the storage 4 is always open while the storage 4 is attached to the safe 3. When the insertion portion 340 is pulled out when the storage 4 is taken out from the safe 3, the shutter 420 moves in the frame 400 to the rear of the device, and the opening 400a is closed as shown in FIG. 3A. ..

As shown in FIG. 3B, an opening is formed on the upper surface of the main body 300 of the safe 3. A shutter 330 that opens and closes this opening is provided inside the main body 300. The shutter 330 is made of the same metal material as the safe 3. The opening of the safe 3 is usually closed by a shutter 330. The opening 400a of the storage 4 attached to the safe 3 is open, but the opening of the safe 3 is closed by a metal shutter 330. As a result, even if the counting device 2 is removed from the upper surface of the safe 3, the banknotes stored in the storage 4 cannot be taken out of the safe 3.

As shown in FIG. 3B, a stage 100 is provided between the accumulating portion 50 of the counting device 2 on which the bills 501 are accumulated and the upper surface of the main body 300 of the safe 3. The stage 100 constitutes a part of the accumulation space of the accumulation unit 50 in which the bills 501 are accumulated, and functions as a shutter for opening and closing the passage connecting the accumulation space and the safe 3. The stage 100 of the counting device 2 and the shutter 330 of the safe 3 are opened and closed when the bill 501 of the collecting unit 50 is stored in the storage 4, but the details will be described later.

The counting device 2 has a deposit unit 20 on the upper surface of the device. A plurality of banknotes to be deposited are placed in the deposit unit 20 in an accumulated state. The guide member 21 provided in the deposit section 20 guides the banknotes so that the accumulated state of the banknotes does not collapse. The counting device 2 has a display unit 30 composed of a liquid crystal display device and an operation unit 31 composed of a plurality of keys on the front surface. Information about the deposit process is displayed on the display unit 30. The operator of the banknote deposit device 1 can operate the operation unit 31 while checking the information on the display unit 30 to perform operations related to the setting and execution of the deposit process.

Below the display unit 30 and the operation unit 31, a reject unit 40 for accumulating reject banknotes that cannot be deposited is provided. Below the reject section 40, a stacking section 50 for accumulating depositable banknotes is provided. The integrating unit 50 is provided with a shutter 51 that opens and closes an opening on the front surface of the device. As shown in FIG. 1, the shutter 51 that closes the opening opens the integrated portion 50 as shown in FIG. 2 by moving downward.

The shutter 51 is automatically opened and closed by a drive unit (not shown). The shutter 51 is automatically closed when the counting device 2 starts processing bills. The shutter 51 automatically opens when it becomes necessary to take out the banknotes 501 accumulated in the accumulating unit 50. Further, the shutter 51 is automatically opened when the bill processing is completed.

The bill depositing device 1 has a shutter 51 of the collecting portion 50, a stage 100 functioning as a shutter, and a safe between the opening of the collecting portion 50 on the front surface of the device and the bills stored in the storage 4 inside the safe 3. It has a shutter 330 of 3 and a shutter 420 of the storage 4.

As shown in FIG. 2, the counting device 2 is divided into three units 11 to 13. The left side of the upper unit 11 opens upward as shown by an arrow, centering on an axis in the device provided at a position in the lower right direction of FIG. Similarly, the left side of the intermediate unit 12 including the deposit unit 20, the display unit 30, and the operation unit 31 opens upward about the axis provided in the lower right of the apparatus. A printer 17 is provided on the right side surface of the lower unit 13 including the reject unit 40 and the integration unit 50. For example, a thermal printer that prints information on roll paper is used as the printer 17. The roll paper 18 on which the information is printed is ejected from the printer 17, that is, from the right side surface of the lower unit 13.

As shown by an arrow in FIG. 2, the lower unit 13 is provided with a dust receiving portion 14 that can be removed from the back surface of the counting device 2. The dust receiving portion 14 has a box shape with an open upper surface. The dust receiving unit 14 is arranged below the transport unit 70 that transports the bills in the device so that the dust that has fallen from the banknotes can be received in the device. As shown in FIG. 2, the dust receiving portion 14 can be pulled out from the back side of the lower unit 13 to be removed, and the dust accumulated in the tray can be discarded.

As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of legs 15 and 16 are provided on the bottom surface of the counting device 2. When the shutter 51 of the integrated portion 50 is opened downward, the shutter 51 is housed in the front leg portion 16 as shown by a broken line in FIG. 3 (b). In order to position the position of the counting device 2 on the upper surface of the safe 3, recesses corresponding to the legs 15 and 16 of the counting device 2 are formed on the upper surface of the main body 300 of the safe 3. As shown in FIG. 3B, the counting device 2 is fixed at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the safe 3 by fitting the plurality of legs 15 and 16 into the corresponding recesses, respectively. As a result, the opening formed on the bottom surface of the counting device 2 and the opening formed on the upper surface of the safe 3 have a predetermined positional relationship, and by opening the stage 100 and the shutter 330, the banknote 501 of the collecting unit 50 Can be transported into the safe 3.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the deposit section 20 includes a kicker roller 22, a feed roller 23, and a gate roller 24. The kicker roller 22 kicks out the banknote at the bottom of the plurality of banknotes 500 placed so that the length is parallel to the Y axis toward the transport path in the device. The feed roller 23 feeds the kicked out banknotes to the transport path in the apparatus. The gate roller 24 arranged to face the feed roller 23 rotates in the direction opposite to the direction in which the banknotes are fed by the feed roller 23, and pushes back the other banknotes to be delivered by the banknote to be fed. As a result, the banknotes 500 of the deposit unit 20 are separated one by one and fed out to the transport path in the apparatus. Although not shown in FIG. 3B, the counting device 2 is provided with a plurality of sensors for detecting bills. For example, the deposit unit 20, the reject unit 40, and the collection unit 50 are provided with sensors for detecting the presence or absence of banknotes. The banknote depositing device 1 can detect the banknotes of the depositing unit 20 and start the banknote feeding process, or detect the banknotes of the collecting unit 50 and open / close the shutter 51.

The banknotes that have been drawn out one by one into the device are conveyed by the conveying unit 70. The transport unit 70 includes a plurality of belts and a plurality of rollers for transporting banknotes, and a guide member for guiding the banknotes in the transport direction. The transport unit 70 transports banknotes along a transport path provided in the device. The transport path extends from the deposit section 20 toward the back side of the device. In the middle of the upper transport path, an identification unit 60 for identifying bills to be transported by the transport unit 70 is provided. When the upper unit 11 shown in FIG. 2 is opened upward, the transport surface of the upper transport path is opened, and bills and dust stuck in the transport path can be removed.

The identification unit 60 includes a thickness sensor 61, a line sensor 62, a magnetic sensor 63, and a fluorescence sensor 64. The thickness sensor 61 measures the thickness of the bill. The line sensor 62 acquires a reflected image of the entire front surface of the banknote, a reflected image of the entire back surface, and a transmitted image. The magnetic sensor 63 detects the magnetic characteristics of the entire surface of the bill. The fluorescence sensor 64 irradiates ultraviolet light to detect the fluorescence characteristics of the entire front surface of the banknote and the fluorescence characteristics of the entire back surface. The identification unit 60 identifies banknotes based on the information acquired by the sensors 61 to 64. For example, the identification unit 60 identifies the denomination, authenticity, and positive / loss of banknotes. The identification unit 60 counts the number and amount of banknotes of each type of banknote to be deposited and the total number and amount of money based on the identification result. The identification count result by the identification unit 60 is stored in a storage unit (not shown) and used for post-processing of the deposited banknotes. Further, the identification count result is printed by the printer 17.

The identification unit 60 character-recognizes the serial number of each banknote from the banknote image. The character-recognized serial number is stored in a storage unit (not shown) and used for post-processing of the deposited banknotes. It is also possible to set the serial number to be printed by the printer 17. For example, the bill deposit device 1 uses the printer 17 to print the character recognition result and the image of the serial number portion cut out from the bill image when the evaluation value indicating the certainty of the character recognition result of the serial number is lower than a predetermined threshold value. Print. The operator can check the printed serial number image, and if there is an error in the character-recognized serial number, perform an operation to correct it.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the transport path is folded back in a substantially U shape downstream of the identification unit 60 and extends toward the front side of the device. The lower transport path branches into two on the way. A branch member (not shown) is provided at the branch portion. The branching section is controlled based on the identification result by the identifying section 60, and the banknotes are transported to one of the upper and lower two branching transport paths. Banknotes that cannot be deposited are transported as rejected banknotes through the upper branch transfer path and accumulated in the reject section 40. The banknotes that can be deposited are conveyed through the lower branch transfer path and accumulated in the accumulation unit 50. When the intermediate unit 12 shown in FIG. 2 is opened upward, the transport surface of the lower transport path and the transport surface of the upper branch transport path connected to the reject portion 40 are opened, and the banknotes stuck in the transport path are opened. And dust can be removed.

The stacking unit 50 is provided with a stacking vehicle 52 having a plurality of blades on the outer peripheral surface. For example, two integrated vehicles 52 are provided in the left-right direction (Y-axis direction) of the device. The two integrated vehicles 52 are fixed on one rotation axis by aligning the positions of the blades as viewed from the Y-axis direction. Two collecting vehicles 52 rotate when the bills are collected in the collecting unit 50. The integrated vehicle 52 shown in FIG. 3B rotates counterclockwise. Each of the stacking vehicles 52 receives the banknotes transported by the transport unit 70 between the two blades, and as shown in FIG. 3B, collects the bills in the stacking unit 50 in an upright position inclined toward the front surface of the device. To do. The bills 501 are stacked in a standing position with their lengths in contact with the upper surface of the stage 100.

In order to collect the banknotes 501 in a standing position, the collecting unit 50 is provided with a support member 110 for supporting the banknotes. For example, the accumulation unit 50 is formed with an accumulation space capable of accumulating 200 banknotes. When the accumulation of banknotes is started in the accumulation space where 200 banknotes can be accumulated, the banknotes may fall down in the large accumulation space while the number of banknotes is small, and the banknotes may not be accumulated in the standing position. Therefore, the banknote depositing device 1 supports the banknotes by the support member 110 that is advanced in the direction of narrowing the collection space after the start of banknote accumulation until the number of banknotes reaches a predetermined number. When the number of accumulated banknotes reaches a predetermined number, the support member 110 is retracted from the accumulation space and the accumulation space is expanded. Details of the support member 110 will be described later.

When the number of banknotes accumulated in the collecting unit 50 reaches a preset number, the banknote depositing device 1 stores the banknotes in the storage 4 in the safe 3. In other words, the banknotes are temporarily held until the number of banknotes in the collecting unit 50 reaches a predetermined number of banknotes, and then the bundle of the banknotes is stored in the storage 4. When the number of banknotes to be deposited exceeds the number of banknotes accumulated in the preset accumulation unit 50, the accumulation of banknotes in the accumulation unit 50 and the storage of the accumulated banknote bundles in the storage 4 may be plural. It will be repeated many times.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a method of storing a bundle of banknotes 501 accumulated in the accumulating unit 50 in the storage 4. When the banknote bundle 501 is stored in the storage 4, the stage 100 of the collecting unit 50 and the shutter 330 of the safe 3 move to form a transport path for the banknote bundle 501. The stage 100 that advances outside the accumulation surface 101 and forms a part of the accumulation space moves inside the integration surface 101, that is, outside the accumulation space. The stage 100 is opened and closed by the stage drive unit 121 (see FIG. 7). The shutter 330 of the safe 3 moves to a position where the opening on the upper surface of the main body 300 and the opening 330a formed in the shutter 330 overlap. The shutter 330 is opened and closed by a drive unit (not shown).

As shown by the broken line in FIG. 4, a transport path for the banknote bundle 501 is formed from the accumulating portion 50 to the inside of the storage 4. A space through which the banknote bundle 501 passes when traveling straight in the transport direction parallel to the bill surface is secured as a bundle transport path. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the banknote bundle 501 of the collecting unit 50 can be stored in the storage 4. Although the side view is shown in FIG. 4, each opening of the counting device 2, the safe 3, and the storage 4 forming the bundle transport path has a rectangular shape elongated in the Y-axis direction. Each opening is formed so that the maximum number of banknotes (for example, 200) that can be accumulated in the accumulation unit 50 can be bundled and conveyed.

The counting device 2 is provided with a bundle transporting unit that transports banknote bundles 501 accumulated in a standing position in a bundled state. The bundle transport unit includes a plurality of transport rollers 91, 92 and a pressing portion 80 that presses the banknote bundle 501 against the transport rollers 91, 92. The pressing portion 80 includes a plurality of rollers rotatably supported and a belt hung on the outer peripheral surface of these rollers. For example, a rubber belt is hung on a roller made of resin or metal to form a pressing portion 80. The pressing unit 80 brings the rotatable belt into contact with the banknote surface of the banknotes last accumulated in the collecting unit 50, and presses the banknote bundle 501 containing the banknotes against the outer peripheral surfaces of the transport rollers 91 and 92.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the pressing unit 80 is in a position retracted from the accumulation space so as not to interfere with the accumulation of banknotes while the banknotes are accumulated in the accumulation unit 50. The pressing unit 80 moves to the front of the device as shown in FIG. 4 when the banknote bundle 501 is conveyed. The banknote bundle 501 pressed against the transport rollers 91 and 92 by the pressing portion 80 is transported along the bundle transport path by the rotary-driven transport rollers 91 and 92. The banknote bundle 501 is conveyed in a bundled state in the downward direction parallel to the banknote surface and stored in the storage 4.

The support member 110 shown in FIG. 3B will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an arrangement position of the support member 110. FIG. 5 shows only the configuration necessary for the explanation of the support member 110. As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of transfer rollers 91 are fixed on an axis 91a parallel to the Y axis. A plurality of transfer rollers 92 are fixed on the shaft 92a parallel to the shaft 91a, corresponding to each transfer roller 91. The transport rollers 92 are arranged so as to face each other apart from the corresponding transport rollers 91. The plurality of support members 110 are arranged one by one between the adjacent transfer rollers 91. For example, three transport rollers 92 are provided below the three transport rollers 91, and two support members 110 are provided above the three transport rollers 91.

The support member 110 includes a frame body 110b, a bearing 110d attached to the frame body 110b via a shaft 110c, and a thin plate-shaped arm 110e extending from the frame body 110b in a direction opposite to the bearing 110d. The bearing 110d is pivotally supported inside the U-shaped frame 110b whose shape is viewed from above. The arm 110e is fixed to the outside of the side surface of the frame body 110b. A shaft 110a penetrating the frame body 110b and the arm 110e is attached to a member constituting the counting device 2. The support member 110 is rotatably supported around a shaft 110a whose position is fixed. The shaft 110a of each support member 110 is in the same linear shape parallel to the shafts 91a and 92a of the transport rollers 91 and 92, that is, parallel to the Y-axis.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the transfer roller 91 and the support member 110. The accumulation surface 101 is formed perpendicular to the stage 100 on which the banknotes are in contact with each other. The bills of the stacking unit 50 are stacked in a standing state in which the length of the bills is in contact with the stage 100 and the bill surface is parallel to the stacking surface 101. The angle α between the integrated surface 101 and the horizontal plane shown in FIG. 6 is set to 45 to 90 degrees. The accumulation of the standing state referred to in the present embodiment includes the accumulation state in which the bill surface is set between 45 and 90 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane. For example, the angle α is set to about 65 degrees. A part of the transfer roller 91 and the arm 110e is arranged so as to come out from the opening formed in the accumulation surface 101, that is, to be exposed in the accumulation space of the integration portion 50.

As shown in FIG. 6, the transport roller 91 has a shape in which an outer peripheral member 91c having a certain thickness is fixed to the entire outer peripheral surface of the core 91b fixed to the shaft 91a. The core 91b is made of a hard material. For example, a resin or metal roller is used as the core 91b. The outer peripheral member 91c is made of a high friction material that is softer than the material of the core 91b and has a large friction coefficient. For example, rubber or sponge is used as the outer peripheral member 91c. The outer peripheral member 91c also functions as a protective material for preventing the bill from being directly pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the core 91b and causing scratches or wrinkles on the bill surface.

Even if the pressing portion 80 shown in FIG. 4 presses the banknote bundle 501 against the transport roller 91 and the outer peripheral member 91c shown in FIG. 6 is deformed and crushed, the transport roller 91 can apply a transport force to the banknote bundle 501. Is arranged so that a part of the outer peripheral surface of the core 91b protrudes outside the integration surface 101. For example, the dimension A (protrusion) from the surface of the integrated surface 101 shown in FIG. 6 to the outer peripheral surface of the core 91b is set to about 2 to 4 mm.

In the support member 110 that can rotate around the shaft 110a, when there are no banknotes on the stage 100, a part of the arm 110e is exposed to the outside of the stacking surface 101, and the number of banknotes supported by the arm 110e becomes a predetermined number. The arrangement position and the center of gravity are adjusted so as to retract to the inside of the accumulation surface 101 when it reaches the point. The center of gravity is adjusted by the moment on the bearing 110d side and the moment on the arm 110e side.

At the stop position where the bearing 110d side and the arm 110e side are balanced, a part of the arm 110e of the support member 110 is exposed from the integrated surface 101. The support member 110 supports the banknotes accumulated in the accumulation space by the arm 110e exposed in the accumulation space. When a force is applied to the arm 110e by the accumulated banknotes, the arm 110e protruding from the opening of the accumulation surface 101 is pushed back to the inside of the accumulation surface 101. The arm 110e is gradually pushed back as the number of accumulated banknotes increases. For example, when 10 bills are piled up, the entire arm 110e enters the inside of the stacking surface 101.

The pressing portion 80 and the stage 100 will be described. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the pressing portion 80 and the stage 100. A belt 132 is hung on the outer peripheral surfaces of a plurality of rollers including a roller fixed to the shaft 91a of the transport roller 91 and a roller fixed to the shaft 92a of the transport roller 92. The roller drive unit 131 rotationally drives the belt 132, so that the transfer rollers 91 and 92 are rotationally driven in the same direction in which the banknote bundles are conveyed downward.

The stage 100 is formed by inserting two shafts 120, which are fixed in position on the counting device 2 and provided in parallel, into through holes of the holding portions 100a on both outer sides in the device width direction (Y-axis direction). It is supported so that it can be slidably moved along 120. A plate 100b having an elongated hole is fixed to the holding portion 100a on the positive direction side of the Y-axis. A rotating plate 133 rotatably supported is provided in the vicinity of the plate 100b, and a pin 133a on the outer circumference of the rotating plate 133 is inserted into a long hole of the plate 100b. The stage drive unit 121 rotationally drives the rotary plate 133 by rotationally driving the belt 122. As the rotating plate 133 rotates, the pin 133a moves the plate 100b along the shaft 120 while moving in the elongated hole of the plate 100b. As a result, the stage 100 slides along the shaft 120 and retracts to the outside of the accumulating portion 50 as shown in FIG. Similarly, the stage 100 is returned to its original position by converting the rotational motion of the rotary plate 133 into a linear motion.

Similar to the stage 100, the pressing portion 80 is supported so as to be slidably movable along the shaft 120 by inserting the shaft 120 into the through holes of the holding portions 80a on both outer sides in the device width direction (Y-axis direction). The pins 80b of each holding portion 80a are inserted into the elongated holes of the connecting plate 100c fixed to each holding portion 100a of the stage 100. Two tension coil springs 130 are provided corresponding to the two holding portions 100a of the stage 100 and the two holding portions 80a of the pressing portion 80. One end of each coil spring 130 is fixed to the holding portion 100a of the stage 100, and the other end is fixed to the holding portion 80a of the pressing portion 80. When the stage drive unit 121 slides the stage 100 along the shaft 120, the pressing unit 80 connected by the coil spring 130 also slides along with the stage 100. At this time, if there is a bundle of banknotes accumulated in the collecting unit 50 in the moving direction of the pressing unit 80, the distance between the pressing unit 80 and the stage 100 is increased by the thickness of the bundle of banknotes. The pin 80b of the holding portion 80a of the pressing portion 80 moves in the elongated hole of the connecting plate 100c according to the expanded distance. The coil spring 130 extends due to the increase in the distance between the pressing portion 80 and the stage 100, and the restoring force of the coil spring 130 presses the pressing portion 80 against the banknote bundle of the collecting unit 50, and the banknote bundle is transferred to the transport rollers 91 and 92. It is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of. The thicker the banknote bundle, the greater the distance between the stage 100 and the pressing portion 80, and the greater the pressing force of the pressing portion 80 generated by the coil spring 130.

As shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of pressing portions 80 are provided in the Y-axis direction corresponding to the plurality of transport rollers 91 and 92. Each pressing portion 80 is arranged so that the outer peripheral surface of the belt that pushes the banknote bundle faces the outer peripheral surfaces of the corresponding transport rollers 91 and 92. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a pressing portion 80. The pressing portion 80 is provided on the pressing plate 81. The pressing portion 80 includes a plurality of rollers 82 rotatably supported by the pressing plate 81, and a belt 83 hung on the outer peripheral surface of the rollers 82.

The pressing plate 81 has a shape in which a space between adjacent pressing portions 80 is cut out. The notch is formed in accordance with the integrated vehicle 52 of the integrated portion 50. As a result, the pressing plate 81 including the pressing portion 80 can move while avoiding the integrated vehicle 52. The belt 83 of the pressing portion 80 is provided so that the outer peripheral surface thereof protrudes outside the surface of the pressing plate 81. When the pressing portion 80 and the pressing plate 81 approach the banknote bundle 501 as shown in FIG. 4, the outer peripheral surface of the belt 83 comes into contact with the banknote bundle 501. The distance (protrusion) from the surface of the pressing plate 81 to the outer peripheral surface of the belt 83 is set to about 2 mm.

Banknotes are collected and a bundle of banknotes is conveyed between the side walls 53a and 53b of the collecting unit 50 shown in FIG. The distance between the side wall 53a and the side wall 53b is set so that the banknote depositing device 1 can process the banknote having the largest longitudinal dimension among the plurality of types of banknotes to be deposited. As shown in FIG. 8, the pressing portion 80 is arranged so that the bills 502a and 502b can be pressed by the plurality of pressing portions 80 even when the bills 502a and 502b are offset to one side in the width direction.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, even when the smallest bill 502a having the shortest longitudinal dimension C1 is offset toward the side wall 53a, the side wall 53a is such that the two pressing portions 80 press the bill 502a. The distance from the center to the center of the belt 83 of the pressing portion 80 in the width direction is set to be smaller than the dimension C1 (C1> B1 + B2). Similarly, even when the smallest bill 502b is offset toward the side wall 53b, from the side wall 53b to the center of the central pressing portion 80 in the width direction so that the two pressing portions 80 press the bill 502b. The distance is set smaller than the dimension C1 (C1> B3 + B4). For example, the pressing portion 80 is arranged so that the dimension B1 and the dimension B4 are equal to each other and the dimension B2 and the dimension B3 are equal to each other.

The collection and bundle transportation of banknotes will be described. FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the accumulation of banknotes in the accumulation unit 50 and the transportation of the accumulated banknote bundles. FIG. 9A shows a state immediately after starting the accumulation of banknotes in the accumulation unit 50. When there are no bills in the stacking portion 50, the arm 110e of the support member 110 is in a state of protruding from the opening of the stacking surface 101 to the outside, that is, into the stacking space. The stacking vehicle 52 rotates clockwise as shown by an arrow in FIG. 9, receives the bills transported by the transport unit 70, and collects the bills on the stage 100.

As shown by the broken line in FIG. 9A, the damaged and softened bill 503 collapses into the stacking space formed between the stacking vehicle 52, the stage 100, and the stacking surface 101, and the bill surface is moved to the surface of the stage 100. When it comes into contact with the banknotes, it becomes impossible to collect banknotes in a standing position. To prevent this, the bill deposit device 1 supports the bill by the support member 110. Specifically, the arm 110e of the support member 110 that has advanced into the accumulation space supports the bill surface of the bill 503. As a result, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 9A, the banknotes 503 are in contact with the stage 100 in the longitudinal direction without falling on the stage 100, and a part of the banknote surface is accumulated in a standing state in contact with the arm 110e. Will be done. The closer the arm 110e is to the stage 100, the more the support surface that supports the banknote 503 protrudes out of the accumulation surface 101.

As the stacking vehicle 52 collects the following bills one by one, the previously stacked bills are pushed toward the stacking surface 101. The arm 110e of the support member 110 is gradually pushed in through the opening of the stacking surface 101 as shown by an arrow in FIG. 9B as the number of stacks increases. When about 10 banknotes 504 are accumulated, the entire support member 110 is stored inside the accumulation surface 101. The plurality of banknotes 504 are stacked with their lengths in contact with the upper surface of the stage 100 and the banknote faces substantially parallel to the stacking surface 101.

When the number of accumulated banknotes 504 reaches a preset number (temporarily held number), the banknote depositing device 1 stops the rotation of the accumulated car 52 and bundles banknotes as shown in FIG. 9C. A bundle transport process for storing the 504 in the storage 4 in the safe 3 is executed. Specifically, the bill depositing device 1 retracts and moves the stage 100 to the outside of the accumulation space, and pushes the bill bundle 504 against the outer peripheral surface of the transport roller 91 by the pressing portion 80 to rotate the transport rollers 91 and 92. To do. The rotating transfer rollers 91 and 92 convey the banknote bundle 504 in a bundled state in the downward direction parallel to the banknote surface. The banknote bundle 504 is conveyed between the transfer rollers 91 and 92 and the pressing portion 80, and is stored in the storage 4 as shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the transportation of the banknote bundle 504. Of the plurality of banknotes forming the banknote bundle 504, the transport roller 91 comes into contact with the banknote surface of the banknote first accumulated in the accumulation unit 50, and the pressing unit is pressed against the banknote surface of the banknote last accumulated in the accumulation unit 50. 80 contacts. As shown in FIG. 10, a transport force f1 is applied to the bills in contact with the outer peripheral surfaces of the transport rollers 91 in the downward transport direction parallel to the bill surface, in accordance with the rotational torque F1 of the transport rollers 91. On the other hand, a frictional force f2 is generated between the banknotes forming the banknote bundle 504 according to the pressing force F2 of the pressing portion 80. The rotational torque F1 and the pressing force F2 are set so that all the banknotes forming the banknote bundle 504 move together with the banknotes receiving the transporting force f1 by the frictional force f2.

A resistance force f3 that hinders the movement of the banknotes acts on the banknotes in the banknote bundle 504 that are in contact with the pressing portion 80. If a force exceeding the resistance force f3 acts on this banknote, this banknote can move together with other banknotes. The resistance force f3 is reduced by forming the pressing portion 80 with the rotatable roller 82 and the belt 83, and the rotational torque is such that the force acting in the transport direction by the transport force f1 and the friction force f2 exceeds the resistance force f3. F1 and pressing force F2 are set.

That is, when the transport force f1 in the transport direction is applied to the bill bundle 504, the bundle state is maintained by the frictional force f2 and the bundle state is not collapsed by the resistance force f3, so that the bill bundle 504 moves in the transport direction. The rotational torque F1 of the transport roller 91 and the pressing force F2 of the pressing portion 80 are adjusted. As a result, the banknote bundle 504 collected in the collecting unit 50 can be transported in the transport direction in the bundled state.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the positional relationship between the pressing portion 80, the transport rollers 91 and 92, and the storage 4. For example, four axes with the Y-axis as the axial direction are provided parallel to the integration surface 101 with an inter-axis distance D1 of 20 mm, and the inner ring of a bearing having an outer diameter of 20 mm is fixed to each axis to form a roller 82. A belt 83 is hung on the outer peripheral surfaces of the four rollers 82 to form a pressing portion 80.

The distance F between the axes of the transfer roller 91 and the transfer roller 92 is such that when the banknote bundle 504 having the smallest dimension E in the lateral direction is conveyed, both the transfer roller 91 and the transfer roller 92 have the same banknote surface. It is set to be in contact with at the same time (E> F). Further, the distance G in the transport direction from the transport roller 92 to the opening of the storage 4 is such that the transport roller 92 is in contact with the bill surface of the bill bundle 504 of the bill having the smallest dimension E in the lateral direction. The front end of the banknote bundle 504 in the transport direction is set to reach the inside of the storage 4 (E> G). For example, the dimension G is set to be 10 mm or more shorter than the dimension E.

The banknote bundle 504 is, for example, stacked with the stacking surface 101 having an angle α of about 65 degrees with the horizontal plane and the bill surface parallel to each other. The transport direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 11 is a direction parallel to the bill surface of the stacking surface 101 and the bill bundle 504. The center of each roller 82 of the pressing portion 80 is on the same straight line parallel to the integration surface 101. The centers of the transfer roller 91 and the transfer roller 92 are also on the same straight line parallel to the integration surface 101.

The bill depositing device 1 has a plurality of sensors for detecting the presence / absence of bills accumulated in the collecting unit 50 and the accumulated state. FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining an arrangement example of the sensor. For example, as shown by an arrow in FIG. 12, a plurality of sensors that emit and receive detection light are arranged so as to emit and receive detection light at a plurality of locations of banknotes 505a that are vertically aligned with the stage 100 and accumulated.

Each sensor detects the presence or absence of banknotes based on the amount of light emitted and received by the detection light changing between the presence and absence of banknotes. By arranging a plurality of sensors that emit and receive detection light as shown in FIG. 12, even when the bill 505a is offset, at least one of the sensors can detect the bill 505a.

Further, as shown by an arrow in FIG. 12, a plurality of sensors are arranged so that the detection light passes through a position above and outside the banknote surface of the banknotes 505a stacked with the length in contact with the stage 100. The sensor detects the banknotes 505b when the banknotes are in a disordered state and there are banknotes 505b that are piled up without touching the stage 100 in length, as shown by the broken line in FIG. As a result, the banknote depositing device 1 can detect that there is an abnormality in the state of collecting banknotes. If the state of collecting banknotes is disturbed, the bundles may not be transported to the storage 4 well. Therefore, the bill depositing device 1 that has detected that there is a problem in the stacking state interrupts the bill processing, notifies the operator of the stacking abnormality, and opens the shutter 51 of the stacking unit 50. The notification is performed, for example, by displaying information on the display unit 30 and emitting a notification sound. The operator who receives the notification performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 31 after adjusting the accumulation state of the banknotes of the accumulation unit 50. In response to this operation, the bill depositing device 1 closes the shutter 51 of the collecting unit 50 and resumes the processing of the suspended bills.

The banknote processing performed by the banknote deposit device 1 will be described. The operator of the banknote deposit device 1 can operate the operation unit 31 to perform the deposit process in the deposit mode selected from the plurality of deposit modes. The deposit mode includes a counting mode in which banknotes are not stored in the storage 4 and a storage mode in which banknotes are stored in the storage 4.

The counting mode will be described. When the operator operates the operation unit 31 to start the deposit process in the counting mode, the control unit 150 closes the shutter 51. The operator places the banknote to be deposited on the deposit unit 20. The deposit unit 20 pays out the plurality of placed bills one by one to the transport path in the apparatus. The transport unit 70 transports the drawn banknotes along the transport path. The identification unit 60 identifies and counts the banknotes transported by the transport unit 70.

Banknotes that cannot be deposited are transported to the reject unit 40 as rejected banknotes. The depositable banknotes are transported to the collecting unit 50. After identifying and counting all the bills to be deposited, the shutter 51 opens and the identification counting result is displayed on the display unit 30. The operator can operate the operation unit 31 to print the identification count result by the printer 17.

The storage mode will be described. In the storage mode, the number of banknotes to be transported in a bundle can be set. The number of bundled banknotes can be set to be less than or equal to the maximum number of banknotes that can be accumulated on the stage 100. If the number of bundled transports is not set, the deposit process is executed with the maximum number of bundles transported.

Specifically, when the maximum number of banknotes that can be collected on the stage 100 is 200, if the number of bundled banknotes is not set, the deposit process is performed with the number of bundled banknotes set to 200. In this case, the banknote deposit device 1 proceeds with the deposit process while repeating the accumulation process of accumulating 200 banknotes in the accumulation unit 50 and the bundle transport process of storing the accumulated 200 banknote bundles in the storage 4. For example, when the number of banknotes to be transported is set to 100, the banknote deposit device 1 has a collection process of accumulating 100 banknotes in the collection unit 50 and a bundle transfer process of storing 100 banknote bundles in the storage 4. Proceed with the deposit process while repeating.

When the deposit processing is performed in the storage mode, it is possible to select a setting in which the approval operation is performed before the banknote bundle is stored in the storage 4 and a setting in which the approval operation is not performed. When the approval operation is not performed, the banknote deposit device 1 executes the bundle transfer process every time the banknotes for the number of bundled banknotes are accumulated in the accumulation unit 50, and stores the banknote bundle of the accumulation unit 50 in the storage 4. While proceeding with the deposit process. That is, the operation of forming a bundle transport path from the stacking unit 50 to the inside of the safe 3 and transporting the banknote bundle of the stacking section 50 along the bundle transport path and storing it in the storage 4 is a control unit of the bill deposit device 1. Automatically executed by 150.

When the approval operation is set, the banknote deposit device 1 displays the deposit information on the display unit 30 each time the banknotes corresponding to the number of bundled banknotes are accumulated in the accumulation unit 50. The deposit information includes at least one of the number of banknotes accumulated in the collecting unit 50, that is, the number of banknotes to be bundled and transported and stored in the storage 4, the denomination amount, the total number, and the total amount. included. In addition, the deposit information includes at least one of the number of denominations, the denomination amount, the total number, and the total amount of all the bills identified and counted together with the information of the bills stored in the storage 4 after the start of the deposit processing. It can also be included.

The banknote deposit device 1 displays on the display unit 30 information that requires the operator to approve the deposit of the banknotes accumulated in the collection unit 50, that is, the storage of the banknotes in the storage 4, together with the payment information. .. The operator confirms the information displayed on the display unit 30 and performs an approval operation on the operation unit 31.

When the operator approves the storage of banknotes in the storage 4, the banknote depositing device 1 executes a bundle transport process to store the banknote bundle of the collecting unit 50 in the storage 4. If the operator does not approve the storage of banknotes, the banknote deposit device 1 opens the shutter 51 of the collecting unit 50 and returns the banknotes of the collecting unit 50 to the operator. The operator can take out the banknotes from the collecting unit 50 and place them on the depositing unit 20 for reprocessing, or can exclude the taken out banknotes from the deposit target.

The flow of processing in the storage mode will be described by taking as an example a case where the maximum value that can be set as the number of bundled transport sheets is 200, while the number of bundled transport sheets is set to 100 and the approval operation is performed. ..

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the storage mode. When the operator operates the operation unit 31 to start the deposit process in the storage mode, the control unit 150 of the bill deposit device 1 closes the shutter 51 of the stacking unit 50 (step S1). When the operator places the banknotes to be deposited on the deposit unit 20, the control unit 150, which detects this with the sensor of the deposit unit 20, feeds the banknotes of the deposit unit 20 one by one into the device, and the transport unit 70 pays the banknotes. (Step S2). The control unit 150 identifies and counts banknotes by the identification unit 60 (step S3). The control unit 150 collects the banknotes determined to be depositable (step S4; No) in the collecting unit 50 (step S5), and rejects the rejected banknotes determined to be unable to deposit (step S4; Yes) in the rejecting unit 40. Accumulate (step S6).

When there are banknotes remaining in the deposit unit 20 (step S7; No), the control unit 150 subsequently determines whether or not the number of banknotes in the accumulation unit 50 has reached 100, which is set as the number of bundled banknotes. (Step S8). When the number of sheets has not reached 100 (step S8; No), the control unit 150 repeatedly executes the processes of steps S2 to S8.

When the number of banknotes in the collecting unit 50 reaches 100 (step S8; Yes), the control unit 150 interrupts the process of collecting banknotes in the collecting unit 50. That is, the feeding of banknotes from the deposit unit 20 and the transportation of banknotes by the transport unit 70 are interrupted. The control unit 150 displays the payment information on the display unit 30 and requests the operator's approval (step S9). When the operator approves the payment (step S9; Yes), that is, when the operator approves the execution of the bundle transfer process for storing 100 banknotes in the storage 4, the control unit 150 executes the bundle transfer process and collects the banknotes. A bundle of 100 banknotes of unit 50 is stored in the storage 4 (step S10). Specifically, the control unit 150 moves the stage 100 and the pressing unit 80 to store the banknote bundle as described with reference to FIG. 9C, and then returns the stage 100 and the pressing unit 80 to their original positions. , Resuming the accumulation of banknotes as described in FIG. 9A.

If the operator does not approve the payment (step S9; No), the control unit 150 opens the shutter 51 and returns 100 banknotes to the operator (step S11). When the operator pulls out all the banknotes from the collecting unit 50, the control unit 150 that detects this with the sensor of the collecting unit 50 closes the shutter 51 and restarts the process.

When banknotes remain in the deposit unit 20 (step S12; No), the control unit 150 repeatedly executes the processes of steps S2 to S12. When all the banknotes of the deposit unit 20 have been processed (step S12; Yes), the control unit 150 ends the deposit process.

Even if the number of banknotes accumulated in the collecting unit 50 has not reached 100 of the number of bundled banknotes, when all the banknotes of the depositing unit 20 have been accumulated in the reject unit 40 and the collecting unit 50 (step S7; Yes). , The control unit 150 requests the operator to approve the payment (step S9). When the operator approves the payment (step S9; Yes), the control unit 150 executes the bundle transfer process and stores less than 100 banknotes accumulated in the accumulation unit 50 in the storage 4 (step). S10). If the operator does not approve (step S9; No), the control unit 150 opens the shutter 51 and returns less than 100 banknotes accumulated in the collecting unit 50 to the operator (step S11). After storing or returning the banknotes, the control unit 150 that has finished processing all the banknotes (step S12; Yes) ends the deposit process.

If the setting does not require the operator to perform the approval operation, the payment process is performed by omitting the processes of steps S9 to S11 shown in FIG. If the number of bundled banknotes is not set, it is determined in step S8 whether or not the number of accumulated banknotes has reached 200, which is the maximum number of accumulated banknotes of the accumulation unit 50.

The number of bundles stored in the storage mode can be set to be changed according to the conditions. The control unit 150 changes the number of bundled storages based on the setting information by preparing in advance the setting information that defines the conditions and the number of bundles to be stored when the conditions are satisfied.

For example, the number of bundles stored by the operator A is 100, the number of bundles stored by the operator B is 150, and so on, setting information is prepared for each operator. When the operator operates the operation unit 31 to start the payment process in the storage mode, the control unit 150 requests the operator to perform an authentication operation. For example, when the operator inputs an ID and a password from the operation unit 31, the control unit 150 identifies the operator based on the authentication information prepared in advance. The control unit 150 reads out the bundle storage number determined for the specified operator from the setting information, and executes the deposit process as described above with the read bundle storage number.

Further, for example, when the banknote depositing device 1 is used for depositing banknotes collected from a plurality of cash registers in a store, setting information for determining the number of bundled banknotes for each cash register number is prepared. When the cashier operates the operation unit 31, inputs the cashier number and starts the deposit process in the storage mode, the control unit 150 reads the number of bundles stored for the cashier number from the setting information and reads out the number of bundles stored. Execute the deposit process with.

In the present embodiment, the rotary-driven transport rollers 91 and 92 and the pressing portion 80 that presses the banknote bundle against the outer peripheral surfaces of the transport rollers 91 and 92 function as the bundle transport portion. The configuration is not limited to this. For example, instead of or in addition to the transport rollers 91 and 92, a transport belt spanned on the outer peripheral surfaces of a plurality of rollers may be rotationally driven to transport a bundle of banknotes. Further, for example, the belt 83 of the pressing portion 80 may be rotationally driven to apply a conveying force to the banknote bundle, and the conveying rollers 91 and 92 may be rotatably provided to rotate the banknotes in a driven manner. Both rollers 91 and 92 may be rotated synchronously to apply a conveying force to the banknote bundle.

An extruded member may be used for transporting a bundle of banknotes. FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining an example of a bundle transporting portion using the extruded members 181 and 281. As shown in FIG. 14A, the extrusion member 181 is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the belt 183 of the pressing portion 180 that is hung on the plurality of rollers 182. When the roller 182 of the pressing portion 180 pressed against the banknote bundle 506 is rotationally driven to rotate the transport belt 183, the extrusion member 181 moves as shown by an arrow in FIG. 14A to transport the banknote bundle 506 from above. Push in the direction. If the tip of the extrusion member 181 passes through the slit hole provided on the surface of the accumulation surface 101, the banknote bundle 506 can be reliably pushed out and stored in the storage 4. The transport rollers 91 and 92 may be rotationally driven, or may be driven to rotate as the banknote bundle 506 moves.

Further, as shown in FIG. 14B, instead of the transport rollers 91 and 92, the extrusion member 281 is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the belt 283 spanned by the plurality of rollers 282 and used as the transport belt 280. You may. When the roller 282 is rotationally driven to rotate the belt 283 while the pressing portion 80 presses the banknote bundle 506 against the transport belt 283, the extrusion member 281 moves as shown by an arrow in FIG. 14B to move the banknote. The bundle 506 is pushed out from above in the transport direction. If the tip of the extruded member 281 goes beyond the banknote bundle 506 and passes through a position between the adjacent pressing portions 80, the banknote bundle 506 can be reliably pushed out and stored in the storage 4. The pressing portion 80 may be rotationally driven, or may be driven to rotate as the banknote bundle 506 moves.

In the present embodiment, the mode in which the shutter 51 of the integrated unit 50 is automatically opened and closed is shown, but the method of opening and closing the shutter 51 is not particularly limited. For example, the control unit 150 may display information instructing the opening / closing of the shutter 51 on the display unit 30 and allow the operator to manually open / close the shutter 51. Further, the control unit 150 may be in a mode in which only one of the closing and opening of the shutter 51 is performed and the operator manually performs the other. Further, the shutter 51 is not limited to the mode in which the normally open shutter 51 is closed at the start of bill processing, and the shutter 51 is normally closed only when it becomes necessary to close the shutter 51 and take out the bills of the collecting unit 50 after the start of bill processing. It may be an open mode.

In the present embodiment, an example of the storage 4 in which the storage portion 410 made of a flexible material is attached to the frame 400 made of a hard material is shown, but the configuration of the storage 4 is not particularly limited. For example, a cassette type storage 4 made entirely of a hard material may be used. Further, the shutter 420 of the storage 4 is not limited to the mode of being opened by the insertion portion 340 as described with reference to FIG. 3 (b), and may be opened and closed by, for example, a drive portion including a motor or a solenoid. ..

In the present embodiment, the support member 110 advances into the accumulation space at the start of collecting banknotes to support the banknotes due to the weight balance centered on the rotating shaft 110a, and retracts from the accumulation space when the number of accumulated banknotes increases. The configuration is shown. The usage mode of the support member 110 is not limited to this, and the support member 110 may be advanced and retracted by the drive unit. For example, a motor or solenoid is used as a drive unit to control the operation of the support member 110. The support member 110 supports the banknotes until the number of accumulated banknotes reaches a predetermined number, and when the number of banknotes reaches the predetermined number and the support by the support member 110 becomes unnecessary, the support member 110 is retracted from the storage space. Allows the banknotes to be processed as described above.

In the present embodiment, the pressing portion 80 moves together with the stage 100 connected by the coil spring 130, but the pressing portion 80 may move independently of the stage 100. For example, a drive unit may be provided separately from the stage drive unit 121, and the drive unit may move the pressing unit 80. Further, although the pressing portion 80 has shown a mode in which the banknote bundle is pressed against the transport rollers 91 and 92 by receiving the force of the coil spring 130, the type of spring is not particularly limited as long as the pressing portion 80 can be urged. Further, the mode is not limited to using an urging member such as a spring, and the pressing portion 80 may be urged by a driving portion. As long as the functions and operations of the above-mentioned parts can be realized, the moving method and driving method of each part are not particularly limited.

In the present embodiment, in the case of performing the deposit processing in the storage mode, the operator can set whether or not to perform the approval operation before storing the banknote bundle of the collecting unit 50 in the storage 4. The setting operation referred to in the present embodiment is not limited to the operation of selecting one from a plurality of types of options, and includes, for example, the operation of removing the setting. Specifically, for example, on the setting screen of the display unit 30, a check box is displayed together with information indicating that the approval operation is to be performed. The default setting is when the check box is checked. In the default state, the operator is required to perform an approval operation before storing the banknote bundle. When the operator operates the operation unit 31 to uncheck the check box, the operation becomes a setting operation and the setting is changed, and the banknote bundle is automatically stored without asking the operator for an approval operation. Will be.

Similarly, the operation of setting the number of bundled banknotes in the stacking unit 50 is not limited to the operation of selecting one from a plurality of types of options or inputting the number of banknotes, and includes, for example, the operation of removing the setting. Is done. Specifically, for example, on the setting screen of the display unit 30, a check box is displayed together with information indicating that the number of bundles to be stored is set. The default setting is when the check box is checked. In the default state, the number of bundles stored is set to a predetermined number. When the operator operates the operation unit 31 to uncheck the check box, the operation becomes a setting operation and the setting is changed, and the number of bundles stored is set to the maximum number of banknotes that can be stored in the collection unit 50. Will be done. For example, when the maximum number of sheets is 200, if the check box is checked, the number of sheets stored in the bundle becomes 100, and if the check box is unchecked, the number of sheets stored in the bundle becomes 200.

As described above, according to the bill depositing device, the identified and counted bills are accumulated in a standing position, and the collected bills are transported in a bundled state in a direction parallel to the bill surface and stored in a storage in a safe. be able to. Since the banknote bundle is stored in the standing position, the opening provided in the safe for storing banknotes can be formed into an elongated slit shape. Compared with the case where the banknotes are stored horizontally, the area of the opening is smaller and the anti-theft property of the banknote deposit device can be improved.

The bill depositing device can bundle a large number of bills and store them in a storage in a safe. The accumulation space of the accumulation portion increases according to the amount of banknotes, but the banknotes can be accumulated in an upright state by supporting the banknotes that are about to fall in the accumulation space immediately after the start of accumulation by the support member. Since the support member automatically retracts from the storage space when it is no longer necessary to support the banknotes, a large number of banknotes can be collected and transported in a standing position.

In the bill depositing device, the number of bills collected in the collecting unit and stored in the storage in a bundle state can be set in advance as the number of bundled bills. The number of bundled banknotes can be set to an arbitrary number up to the maximum number of banknotes that can be accumulated in the collecting unit. Further, the deposit processing device can be set to automatically execute the bundle transport process for storing the bundle of banknotes in the accumulation unit in the storage without waiting for the instruction operation by the operator. With this setting, even when depositing banknotes that exceed the number of banknotes that can be stored in the bundle, the operation of storing the banknotes in the collection unit in the storage is automatically performed each time the number of banknotes that can be stored in the bundle is accumulated in the collection unit. Will be. Since the banknotes are automatically collected in the collecting unit and the banknote bundle is stored in the storage until all the banknotes to be deposited are stored in the storage, the work efficiency of the deposit processing is improved.

As described above, the banknote deposit device according to the present invention is useful for improving the work efficiency of the deposit process.

1 Banknote deposit device 2 Counting device 3 Safe 4 Storage 14 Dust receiving unit 17 Printer 20 Deposit unit 30 Display unit 31 Operation unit 40 Reject unit 50 Accumulation unit 51, 330, 420 Shutter 60 Identification unit 70 Transport unit 80, 180 Pushing unit 91, 92 Conveyor roller 100 stage (shutter)
110 Support member 150 Control unit 181, 281 Extrusion member 280 Conveyance belt

Claims (13)

It is a banknote depositing device that stores the banknotes to be deposited in the storage in the safe.
An identification unit that counts the bills to be deposited and
A collection unit having a movable stage and accumulating banknotes counted by the identification unit in a standing position on the stage.
A bundle transporting unit that transports a bundle of banknotes accumulated in the stacking section to the storage in a standing position along a bundle transport path, and a bundle transporting unit.
By controlling the operation of the stage and the bundle transporting unit, when the number of banknotes accumulated in the collecting unit reaches the number of stored banknotes, the bundle of banknotes accumulated on the stage is automatically stored in the storage. A banknote depositing device characterized by being provided with a control unit for storing banknotes. The banknote depositing device according to claim 1, wherein the number of stored banknotes can be changed to an arbitrary number up to a maximum number of banknotes that can be accumulated in the collecting unit. The bill deposit device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bundle storage number is preset in association with each of a plurality of pieces of information, and the bundle storage number is changed based on the input information. The safe has a first shutter for closing the opening.
The storage is detachably mounted inside the safe and has a second shutter for closing the opening corresponding to the opening in the safe.
The first shutter is opened when the banknote bundle is stored in the storage and closed after the storage, and the second shutter is open while the storage is installed in the safe. The banknote depositing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The banknote deposit according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a support member for supporting the banknotes until the number of banknotes accumulated in the collection unit reaches a predetermined number. apparatus. The support member is rotatably supported by an axis, and at least a part of the support member advances into the accumulation space of the accumulation portion to support bills, and when the number of supporting bills increases, the support member rotates from the accumulation space. The bill depositing device according to claim 5, wherein the center of gravity is adjusted so as to be retracted. The bundle transport unit
The first member that comes into contact with the banknote surface of the banknote bundle to be transported and imparts a transporting force,
The banknote depositing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a second member that presses the banknote bundle against the first member. The bill depositing device according to claim 7, wherein the first member is a roller or a belt that is driven to rotate. The bill deposit device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the second member is a roller provided rotatably or a belt hung on a plurality of rollers. The first member is a roller in which an outer peripheral member made of a high friction material is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of a core made of a hard material, and at least a part of the core is exposed and arranged in the integrated space. The banknote depositing device according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the banknote depositing device is characterized. The second member presses the banknote bundle against the second member by a force that causes a frictional force between the banknotes so that all the banknotes constituting the banknote bundle move together with the banknotes in contact with the first member. The banknote depositing device according to any one of claims 7 to 10. It also has an operation unit that accepts the operator's approval operation.
The control unit controls the operations of the stage and the bundle transport unit on the stage, provided that the approval operation for approving the storage of the bills accumulated in the accumulation unit is performed by the operation unit. The banknote depositing device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the setting can be changed so that the accumulated banknote bundle is stored in the storage. Claim 12 is characterized in that whether or not the operator is requested to perform the approval operation is preset in association with each of a plurality of pieces of information, and the setting change is automatically executed based on the input information. The banknote deposit device described in.

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