JP2020204996A - Paper sheet processing device and paper sheet processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a paper sheet processing device and a paper sheet processing system capable of reducing the length of a housing in the longest direction and continuing to perform processing without stopping the device even when a plurality of banknotes are fed out in a chain from a loading unit or a storage unit.SOLUTION: A paper sheet processing device (such as a banknote processor 10) includes: a first transport unit 20 that is provided inside a housing 12 and transports a paper sheet (such as a banknote) taken into the inside of the housing 12 by a loading unit 30; and a second transport unit 22 that is provided inside the housing 12, and connected to a storage unit 40 and a dispensing unit 32 to transport the paper sheet. The second transport unit 22 has a transport direction changing unit 22a that changes the transport direction of the paper sheet to be transported.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a paper leaf processing apparatus for processing paper leaves and a paper leaf processing system including such a paper leaf processing apparatus.

In stores of commercial facilities such as supermarkets and convenience stores, a coin change machine is installed together with a POS register at the checkout counter in the front area where product shelves are installed, and a cashier is installed in the backyard area where customers cannot enter. Deposit and withdrawal machines such as etc. are installed. Here, the money change machine installed at the checkout counter in the front area can deposit money handed to the clerk by the customer in exchange for the product, and can also withdraw money as change. It has become. As such a money change machine, those disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1 and the like have been conventionally known.

In the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, the deposit section, the withdrawal section, the return storage, the collection storage, the replenishment storage, and the withdrawal reject storage are said to have the same thickness direction of the received banknotes. It is installed in the direction (specifically, the depth direction), and this direction is the longest direction of the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine. Then, a transport unit for connecting them is arranged only on one side in a direction orthogonal to these side-by-side directions.

Patent No. 4932298

In the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, the distance from the deposit identification unit to the branch position to the return chamber is the length of the long side of the banknote and when the banknotes transported in the transport path are braked. It is set to the total distance from the transport length of banknotes for the time required for stopping. However, in this case, if an attempt is made to shorten the length of the return chamber in the bill deposit / withdrawal machine in the arrangement direction (longest direction), it is possible to secure a sufficient distance from the deposit identification unit to the branch position to the return chamber. become unable. Then, when the distance from the deposit identification unit to the branch position to the reflux chamber becomes short, there is a problem that accurate brake control is required. Further, in the banknote deposit / withdrawal machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, when a plurality of banknotes are fed out in a chained state from the depositing unit or the reflux chamber, the device is stopped because there is no place to evacuate the banknotes in the chained state. There is a problem that it must be done.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such a point, and the length in the longest direction of the housing can be reduced, and a plurality of bills are fed out in a chain state from the intake unit and the storage unit. It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper leaf processing apparatus capable of continuing processing without stopping the apparatus even in the case of the case, and a paper leaf processing system provided with such a paper leaf processing apparatus.

The paper leaf processing apparatus of the present invention is provided in a housing, a take-in portion for taking paper leaves into the housing from the outside, and inside the housing, and the taking-in portion is provided in the housing. A first transport unit for transporting the paper leaves taken into the inside, a storage portion provided inside the housing and capable of storing the paper leaves and feeding out the stored paper leaves, and the housing. A payout unit that discharges paper leaves from the inside of the body to the outside, and a second transport unit that is provided inside the housing and is connected to the storage portion and the payout portion, respectively, to convey the paper leaves. The second transport unit is characterized by having a transport direction changing portion that changes the transport direction of the paper sheets to be transported.

According to such a paper leaf processing apparatus, since the second transport section has a transport direction changing portion that changes the transport direction of the paper sheets to be transported, the length in the longest direction of the housing is reduced. In addition, even if a plurality of banknotes are fed out from the taking-in section or the storage section in a chained state, the processing can be continued without stopping the device.

In the paper leaf processing apparatus of the present invention, the end portion of the first transport portion may be connected to an intermediate portion of the second transport portion.

In this case, the end portion of the first transport portion may be connected to the transport direction changing portion of the second transport portion.

Further, the transport direction changing portion may be adapted to change the transport direction of the paper sheets to be transported by approximately 180 °.

In the paper leaf processing apparatus of the present invention, the paper leaves are taken into the inside of the housing by the taking-in portion, and the taken-in paper leaves are brought into the storage portion by the first conveying portion and the second conveying portion. A control unit that performs a deposit process of transporting and storing in the storage section, and a withdrawal process of feeding out the paper leaves stored in the storage section from the storage section and transporting the paper leaves to the payout section by the second transport section. May be further provided.

In addition, the second transport unit is provided with a first identification unit for identifying paper sheets that are fed out from the storage unit and transported by the second transport unit, and the first identification unit is the said. It may be arranged on the storage portion side of the transport direction changing portion in the second transport portion.

In this case, on the payout portion side of the transport direction changing portion in the second transport unit, the paper leaves identified as not normal paper leaves by the first identification unit or the first identification unit A reject portion may be connected to which the paper leaves that cannot be identified are transported and stored by the second transport unit.

In addition, the first transport unit may be provided with a second identification unit that identifies paper sheets taken into the inside of the housing by the intake unit.

In this case, the second transport unit is a third identification that identifies the paper leaves that are taken into the housing by the take-in unit and delivered from the first transport unit to the second transport unit. A unit may be provided, and the destination of the paper leaves may be determined based on the identification results of the second identification unit and the third identification unit.

Further, the identification accuracy of the paper leaves by the third identification unit may be higher than the identification accuracy of the paper leaves by the second identification unit.

In this case, the second identification unit and the third identification unit have an optical sensor that identifies the paper sheets by transmitting light through the paper sheets, and the optical sensor of the third identification unit. The number of sensors may be larger than the number of the optical sensors in the second identification unit.

In addition, a paper leaf storage device that can store paper leaves and can feed out the stored paper leaves is detachably attached to the payout portion side of the transport direction changing portion in the second transport unit. When the mounting portion to be mounted is connected and the paper leaf storage device is mounted on the mounting portion, the paper leaves are sent from the second transport unit to the paper leaf storage device to be the paper leaf. It may be possible to store the paper leaves in the class storage device and to feed the paper leaves from the paper leaf container to the second transport unit.

Further, the length of the transport path on the storage portion side of the second transport portion on the side of the transport direction change portion is two of the paper leaves having the longest side length among the paper leaves to be processed. It may be larger than the sum of the lengths of the long sides of the minute.

The paper leaf processing system of the present invention is a paper leaf processing system including a product information registration device for registering product information and a paper leaf processing device communicatively connected to the product information registration device. The paper leaf processing device is provided inside the housing, a housing, a take-in portion for taking the paper leaves into the housing from the outside, and the housing by the taking-in portion. A first transport unit for transporting the paper leaves taken into the inside of the housing, a storage unit provided inside the housing and capable of storing the paper leaves and feeding out the stored paper leaves, and the above. A payout unit that discharges paper leaves from the inside of the housing to the outside, and a second transport unit that is provided inside the housing and is connected to the storage unit and the payout unit to transport the paper leaves. The second transporting unit is characterized by having a transporting direction changing portion that changes the transporting direction of the paper sheets to be transported.

According to such a paper leaf processing system, since the second transport section of the paper leaf processing apparatus has a transport direction changing portion that changes the transport direction of the paper leaf to be transported, the paper leaf processing system is used. The length of the housing of the device in the longest direction can be reduced, and even if a plurality of bills are fed out from the take-in section or the storage section in a chained state, the processing can be continued without stopping the device.

According to the paper leaf processing apparatus and the paper leaf processing system of the present invention, the length of the housing of the paper leaf processing apparatus in the longest direction can be reduced, and a plurality of banknotes are chained from the intake unit and the storage unit. Even if it is fed out in, the processing can be continued without stopping the device.

It is a perspective view which shows the appearance of the banknote processing apparatus by embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram schematically showing a configuration when the inside of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is viewed from the side. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the 2nd identification part in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the 3rd identification part in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the flow of the banknote when the deposit processing is performed in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the flow of the banknote when the rejected banknote is returned to the outside when the deposit process is performed in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the flow of the banknote when the banknote which is carried in a chain state is returned to the outside when the deposit process is performed in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the flow of the banknote when the withdrawal processing is performed in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the flow of the banknote when the rejected banknote is stored in the withdrawal reject part when the withdrawal process is performed in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the flow of the banknote at the time of deposit processing of the banknote drawn out from the banknote storage cassette mounted on the mounting part in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a flow of banknotes when a rejected banknote is returned to the outside when a banknote is paid out from a banknote storage cassette mounted on a mounting unit in the banknote processing device shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a flow of banknotes when a withdrawal process is performed such that the banknotes are stored in a banknote storage cassette mounted on a mounting portion in the banknote processing device shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the flow of the banknote when the scrutiny process is performed in the banknote processing apparatus shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 14 are views showing a banknote processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. The banknote processing device according to the present embodiment performs banknote deposit processing, withdrawal processing, scrutiny processing, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 1, a money change machine is configured by combining the bill processing device 10 according to the present embodiment and a coin processing device (not shown), and product information is registered in the vicinity of the money change machine. A product information registration device 100 (POS register) is installed. These coin change machines and product information registration devices 100 are installed at checkout counters in the front area where product shelves are installed in stores of commercial facilities such as supermarkets and convenience stores. The currency change machine is designed to deposit banknotes and coins as sales proceeds and to withdraw banknotes and coins as change. In the present embodiment, the bill processing system is configured by combining the bill processing device 10 and the product information registration device 100.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the banknote processing device 10 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 schematically shows a configuration when the inside of the banknote processing device 10 shown in FIG. 1 is viewed from the side. It is a schematic block diagram. 3 and 4 are configuration diagrams showing the configurations of the second identification unit 52 and the third identification unit 54 in the banknote processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 2, respectively. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the banknote processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped housing 12, an intake unit 30 and a payout unit 32 provided on the front side of the housing 12, respectively. It includes a withdrawal reject portion 34 and a mounting portion 36, and a plurality of storage portions 40 provided inside the housing 12. In FIG. 2, the right side surface of the housing 12 is the front surface of the housing 12 when the bill processing device 10 is viewed from the front side, and the left direction in FIG. 2 is the depth direction of the bill processing device 10. Here, in the present embodiment, the depth direction of the banknote processing device 10 is the extending direction of the longest side of the three sides orthogonal to each other in the housing 12 (in other words, the longest direction of the housing 12). Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a first transport unit 20 and a second transport unit 22 for transporting banknotes one by one are provided inside the housing 12. Details of each component of such a bill processing apparatus 10 will be described below.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a take-in portion 30 is provided at an upper position on the front surface side of the housing 12. The taking-in portion 30 is exposed on the front side of the housing 12, and the operator can insert one or a plurality of banknotes into the taking-in portion 30 from the front side of the housing 12 in a stacked state. There is. At this time, one or a plurality of banknotes are inserted into the take-in unit 30 along the long side direction thereof. In addition, the take-in unit 30 has a feeding mechanism (shown) in which one or a plurality of stacked bills inserted by the operator are fed into the housing 12 one by one along the long side direction of the bills. ) Is provided. Further, a first transport unit 20 is connected to the take-in unit 30, and the banknotes fed out by the feeding mechanism are transported one by one by the first transport unit 20 along the long side direction of the banknotes. ing.

A payout portion 32 is provided below the take-in portion 30 on the front side of the housing 12. A second transport unit 22 is connected to the payout unit 32, and the payout unit 32 is exposed on the front surface side of the housing 12. The banknotes sent from the second transport unit 22 to the payout unit 32 are collected inside the payout unit 32. Further, when all the banknotes to be withdrawn are accumulated in the payout unit 32, the banknotes accumulated in the payout unit 32 are pushed out to the front side of the housing 12 along the long side direction of the banknotes in a state of being overlapped. This allows the operator to take out banknotes from the payout unit 32.

A withdrawal reject portion 34 is provided below the payout portion 32 on the front side of the housing 12. A second transport unit 22 is connected to the withdrawal reject unit 34. The withdrawal reject portion 34 is not exposed on the front side of the housing 12, and when the door (not shown) provided on the housing 12 is closed, the withdrawal reject portion 34 is withdrawn from the outside of the housing 12. You cannot access to. Further, the banknotes identified as rejected banknotes in the withdrawal process of the banknotes described later are sent from the second transport unit 22 to the withdrawal reject unit 34, and are accumulated in the withdrawal reject unit 34. ..

A mounting portion 36 is provided below the withdrawal reject portion 34 on the front side of the housing 12. A portable bill storage cassette (not shown) is detachably mounted on the mounting portion 36. The bill storage cassette is configured so that bills can be stored and the stored bills can be fed out one by one to the outside of the bill storage cassette. Further, a second transport unit 22 is connected to the mounting unit 36. Then, when the bill storage cassette is mounted on the mounting portion 36, the bills drawn out from the bill storage cassette can be sent to the second transport unit 22, and are also sent from the second transport unit 22 to the mounting unit 36. Banknotes can be stored in a banknote storage cassette.

Three storage portions 40 are installed so as to line up in the vertical direction on the rear side inside the housing 12. Further, a second transport unit 22 is connected to each storage unit 40. Then, the banknotes sent from the second transport unit 22 to each storage unit 40 are stored in a stacked state inside each storage unit 40. Further, each storage unit 40 has a feeding mechanism 42 (see FIG. 5) for feeding out one bill stored in each storage unit 40, and each storage unit 40 is fed by the feeding mechanism 42. The bills are sent to the second transport unit 22. In addition, banknotes are stored in each storage unit 40 by denomination. For example, among the three storage units 40, the top storage unit 40 stores 1,000-yen bills, and the second storage unit 40 from the top stores 5,000-yen bills and 2,000-yen bills in a mixed state. , The bottom storage section 40 is designed to store 10,000 yen bills.

As shown in FIG. 2, a first transport unit 20 and a second transport unit 22 are provided inside the housing 12, respectively. The first transport unit 20 is connected to the capture unit 30, and the bills taken into the housing 12 by the capture unit 30 are transported one by one along the long side direction of the bills by the first transport unit 20. It is supposed to be done. Further, the second transport unit 22 is connected to the payout unit 32, the withdrawal reject unit 34, the mounting unit 36, and each storage unit 40, and one banknote is placed between these components in the long side direction of the banknote. It is designed to be transported along. Further, the first transport unit 20 is connected to the second transport unit 22 at the connection point 24 so that the banknotes are delivered between the first transport unit 20 and the second transport unit 22 at the connection point 24. It has become. More specifically, the banknotes delivered from the first transport unit 20 to the second transport unit 22 are sent to the storage unit 40 side of the second transport unit 22. Further, a branch member (not shown) is provided at the connection portion 24. Then, when the banknotes transported from the storage unit 40 side to the payout unit 32 side by the second transport unit 22 pass through the connection portion 24, the banknotes are sent to the payout unit 32 side by the second transport unit 22 by the branch member. Will be able to. In this way, the end portion of the first transport unit 20 is connected to the intermediate portion (specifically, the connection portion 24) of the second transport unit 22.

Further, the second transport unit 22 has a transport direction changing portion 22a that changes the transport direction of the banknotes transported by the second transport unit 22. The transport direction changing portion 22a is a semicircular arc-shaped transport path, and the transport direction of the banknotes transported by the second transport unit 22 is changed by approximately 180 °. That is, the banknotes that are unwound from each storage unit 40 and are conveyed upward in FIG. 2 by the second conveying unit 22 are conveyed downward in FIG. 2 by changing the conveying direction by the conveying direction changing portion 22a. , The downwardly transported bills are transported to the payout unit 32, the withdrawal reject unit 34, or the mounting unit 36. Further, the banknotes that are fed out from the banknote storage cassette mounted on the mounting unit 36 and transported upward by the second transport unit 22 are changed in the transport direction by the transport direction changing portion 22a to be downward in FIG. The banknotes to be transported downward will be transported to each storage unit 40 for each denomination. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the end portion of the first transport unit 20 is connected to the transport direction changing portion 22a of the second transport unit 22. More specifically, the end portion of the first transport unit 20 is connected to an intermediate point of the transport direction changing portion 22a of the second transport unit 22. Therefore, the transport direction of the banknotes delivered from the first transport unit 20 to the second transport unit 22 can be changed by approximately 90 ° by the transport direction changing portion 22a.

Further, an extension portion 22b is provided at an end portion of the second transport portion 22 on the side of each storage portion 40. By providing such an extension portion 22b, the length of the transport path on the side of each storage portion 40 with respect to the transport direction changing portion 22a in the second transport portion 22 (more specifically, the third in the second transport portion 22). The length of the transport path on the side of each storage unit 40 rather than the identification unit 54 (described later) is the sum of the lengths of the long sides of two banknotes having the longest side length of the banknote to be processed. Is also getting bigger. Details of such technical matters will be described later.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the second transport unit 22 is provided with a first identification unit 50 and a third identification unit 54, respectively. The first identification unit 50 and the third identification unit 54 are arranged closer to each storage unit 40 than the transfer direction changing portion 22a in the second transfer unit 22. Further, the first transport unit 20 is provided with a second identification unit 52. Here, the first identification unit 50 identifies the denomination, quantity, transport state, and the like of the bills delivered from each storage unit 40 to the second transport unit 22 when the withdrawal process is performed in the bill processing device 10. It has become like. Further, each of the second identification unit 52 and the third identification unit 54 is taken into the inside of the housing 12 by the take-in unit 30 when the deposit processing is performed in the bill processing device 10, and is conveyed by the first transfer unit 20. The denomination and quantity of banknotes to be made, the state of transportation, etc. are identified. Then, the destination of the banknote is determined based on the identification results of the second identification unit 52 and the third identification unit 54.

Further, in the present embodiment, the identification accuracy of the banknote by the third identification unit 54 is higher than the identification accuracy of the banknote by the second identification unit 52. Details of the configurations of the second identification unit 52 and the third identification unit 54 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. In FIGS. 3 and 4, the banknotes to be identified by the second identification unit 52 and the third identification unit 54 are indicated by reference numerals P. Further, in FIGS. 3 and 4, the directions in which the banknotes are transported by the first transport unit 20 and the second transport unit 22 are indicated by arrows. The second identification unit 52 has one optical sensor 52a that identifies the banknotes by transmitting light through the banknotes transported by the first transport unit 20. Further, the third identification unit 54 has a plurality of optical sensors 54a that identify the banknotes by transmitting light through the banknotes transported by the second transport unit 22, and each optical sensor 54a has a first. 2 The bills transported by the transport unit 22 are arranged in parallel so as to be lined up along the width direction. As described above, since the number of optical sensors 54a of the third identification unit 54 is larger than the number of optical sensors 52a of the second identification unit 52, the identification accuracy of the banknote by the third identification unit 54 is higher than that of the second identification unit 52. It is higher than the identification accuracy of the bill by 52.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the banknote processing device 10 of the present embodiment is provided with a control unit 60 that controls each component of the banknote processing device 10. Such a control unit 60 is composed of a CPU (processor) or the like installed inside the housing 12. As shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 60 includes a take-in unit 30, a payout unit 32, a mounting unit 36, a first transport unit 20, a second transport unit 22, and a feeding mechanism 42 provided in each storage unit 40. The 1 identification unit 50, the second identification unit 52, and the third identification unit 54 are connected to each other. Then, the information related to the identification result of the banknotes by the identification units 50, 52, 54 is sent to the control unit 60. Further, the control unit 60 commands each component such as the intake unit 30, the payout unit 32, the mounting unit 36, the first transport unit 20, the second transport unit 22, and the feeding mechanism 42 provided in each storage unit 40. These components are controlled by sending a signal.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the operation display unit 62, the storage unit 64, and the communication interface unit 66 are connected to the control unit 60, respectively. The operation display unit 62 is composed of, for example, a touch panel or the like provided on the upper surface of the housing 12 of the bill processing device 10, and is stored in each storage unit 40 and the processing status of the bill processing device 10 such as deposit processing and withdrawal processing. Information on the amount of banknotes that are being printed is displayed on the operation display unit 62. Further, the operator can give various commands to the control unit 60 by operating the operation display unit 62. Further, the storage unit 64 is composed of, for example, a ROM, a RAM, or the like. The storage unit 64 stores information on processing histories such as deposit processing and withdrawal processing of banknotes in the banknote processing device 10 and information on the amount of banknotes stored in each storage unit 40. Further, the control unit 60 transmits / receives a signal to and from an external device (specifically, for example, the product information registration device 100) provided separately from the bill processing device 10 according to the present embodiment via the communication interface unit 66. You can do it.

Next, a method of processing banknotes (specifically, deposit processing, withdrawal processing, and scrutiny processing) by the banknote processing device 10 having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 14. In FIGS. 6 to 14, the flow of banknotes when the banknote deposit processing, withdrawal processing, or scrutiny processing is performed is shown by a thick line. Further, each process of the banknotes shown below is performed by the control unit 60 controlling each component of the banknote processing device 10.

First, the operation when the banknote processing device 10 performs the banknote deposit processing will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8. When the operator inserts one or a plurality of banknotes in a stacked state into the take-in section 30 provided on the front side of the housing 12, the inserted one or a plurality of stacked banknotes becomes one. It is fed into the housing 12 by a feeding mechanism (not shown). Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the banknotes drawn out inside the housing 12 are transported by the first transport section 20 and the second transport section 22 along the long side direction of the banknotes. At this time, the denomination, the transport state, and the like of the banknotes drawn out inside the housing 12 are identified by the second identification unit 52 and the third identification unit 54. Then, when the second identification unit 52 and the third identification unit 54 identify the banknote as a normal bill, as shown in FIG. 6, the identification results of the second identification unit 52 and the third identification unit 54 are obtained. The destination of the bill is determined by the control unit 60 based on the above, and is sent to each storage unit 40 for each denomination. As a result, banknotes are stored in each storage unit 40 for each denomination.

Further, when the banknotes drawn out from the taking-in unit 30 into the housing 12 are identified by the first identification unit 50, the banknotes are determined to be fake or non-defective, or the banknotes are largely skewed. If it is determined that the medium identified by the first identification unit 50 is not a bill, the bill is delivered from the first transport unit 20 to the second transport unit 22 as shown in FIG. After that, the second transport unit 22 changes the transport direction of the bills in the opposite direction and sends the bills to the payout section 32 as rejected bills. As a result, the operator can take out the rejected banknotes from the payout unit 32 to the outside of the housing 12 and reinsert them into the take-in unit 30.

Further, also when it is determined that the two banknotes are in a chain state when the banknotes drawn out from the taking-in unit 30 into the housing 12 are identified by the first identification unit 50, the figure also shows. As shown in 8, after the two banknotes in a chained state are delivered from the first transport unit 20 to the second transport unit 22, the transport direction of these banknotes is changed in the opposite direction by the second transport unit 22. It is sent to the payout unit 32 as a reject bill. As a result, the operator can take out the rejected banknotes from the payout unit 32 to the outside of the housing 12 and reinsert them into the take-in unit 30. Here, as described above, the extension portion 22b is provided at the end of the second transport portion 22 on the side of each storage portion 40, and each storage portion 40 is provided with respect to the transport direction changing portion 22a of the second transport portion 22. The length of the transport path on the side (more specifically, the length of the transport path on the side of each storage unit 40 with respect to the third identification unit 54 in the second transport unit 22) is the length of the long side of the bill to be processed. The size is larger than the sum of the lengths of the two long sides of the largest bill. Therefore, even if the two banknotes in the chained state are delivered from the first transporting unit 20 to the second transporting unit 22, the area occupied by the two banknotes in the chained state can be secured in the second transporting unit 22. become.

Next, the operation when the withdrawal processing of banknotes is performed by the banknote processing device 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. The operator inputs a banknote withdrawal processing command to the control unit 60 by the operation display unit 62, or commands the banknote withdrawal processing from the product information registration device 100 to the control unit 60 via the communication interface unit 66. Is sent, one banknote to be withdrawn from each storage unit 40 is paid out to the second transport unit 22. Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the banknotes delivered to the second transport unit 22 are conveyed by the second transport unit 22 along the long side direction of the banknotes. At this time, the denomination, transport state, and the like of the banknotes transported by the second transport unit 22 are identified by the first identification unit 50. Then, when the first identification unit 50 identifies the bill as a normal bill, it is sent to the payout unit 32 by the second transport unit 22 as shown in FIG. When all the banknotes to be withdrawn are sent from the second transport unit 22 to the payout unit 32 and accumulated in the payout unit 32, the banknotes accumulated in the payout unit 32 are overlapped in the long side direction of the banknotes. It is pushed out along the front side of the housing 12. This allows the operator to take out banknotes from the payout unit 32.

Further, when the bills transported by the second transport unit 22 are identified by the first identification unit 50, it is determined that the denomination is different from the denomination of the bill to be withdrawn, or double feeding or chaining. As shown in FIG. 10, a bill that has been determined to have a transport abnormality such as skew is sent by the second transport unit 22 to the withdrawal reject unit 34 instead of the payout unit 32, and the withdrawal reject unit 34. Is accumulated in. The banknotes accumulated in the withdrawal reject unit 34 are collected by the maintenance staff opening the door of the housing 12 to access the inside of the housing 12 when performing the maintenance work of the bill processing device 10. It will be taken out by hand from the outside of the housing 12.

Next, when the banknote storage cassette is mounted on the mounting unit 36 in the banknote processing device 10 shown in FIG. 1 and the like, the operation when the banknotes stored in the banknote storage cassette are deposited is described in FIGS. 11 and 12 Will be described using. After the banknote storage cassette in which the banknotes are stored is mounted on the mounting unit 36 by the operator, the operator inputs a command for banknote deposit processing to the control unit 60 by the operation display unit 62, or registers product information. When a command for depositing banknotes is sent from the device 100 to the control unit 60 via the communication interface unit 66, one banknote is delivered to the second transport unit 22 from the banknote storage cassette mounted on the mounting unit 36. Is done. Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the banknotes delivered to the second transport unit 22 are conveyed by the second transport unit 22 along the long side direction of the banknotes. At this time, the denomination, quantity, transport state, etc. of the banknotes transported by the second transport unit 22 are identified by the third identification unit 54. Then, when the third identification unit 54 identifies the banknote as a normal banknote, as shown in FIG. 11, the destination of the banknote is the control unit 60 based on the result of the identification of the banknote by the third identification unit 54. Is determined by, and is sent to each storage unit 40 for each denomination. As a result, banknotes are stored in each storage unit 40 for each denomination.

Further, when the bills are fed from the bill storage cassette mounted on the mounting portion 36 to the second transport unit 22 and the bills transported by the second transport unit 22 are identified by the third identification unit 54, the bills are released. When it is determined that the ticket is a fake ticket or a loss ticket, the banknote is largely skewed, or the medium identified by the second identification unit 52 is not a banknote, as shown in FIG. After the bill is identified by the third identification unit 54, the second transport unit 22 changes the transport direction of the bill in the opposite direction and sends the bill to the payout unit 32 as a reject bill. As a result, the operator can take out the rejected banknotes from the payout unit 32 to the outside of the housing 12 and reinsert them into the take-in unit 30.

Next, when the bill storage cassette is mounted on the mounting portion 36 in the bill processing device 10 shown in FIG. 1 and the like, the bill withdrawal process is such that the bills drawn out from each storage unit 40 are stored in the bill storage cassette. The operation when the above is performed will be described with reference to FIG. After the banknote storage cassette is mounted on the mounting unit 36 by the operator, the operator inputs a command for withdrawal processing (collection processing) of banknotes to the control unit 60 by the operation display unit 62, or a product information registration device. When a command for withdrawing banknotes is sent from 100 to the control unit 60 via the communication interface unit 66, one banknote to be withdrawn from each storage unit 40 is delivered to the second transport unit 22. Then, as shown in FIG. 13, the banknotes delivered to the second transport unit 22 are conveyed by the second transport unit 22 along the long side direction of the banknotes. At this time, the denomination, transport state, and the like of the banknotes transported by the second transport unit 22 are identified by the first identification unit 50. Then, when the first identification unit 50 identifies the banknote as a normal banknote, as shown in FIG. 13, the second transport unit 22 sends the banknote to the banknote storage cassette mounted on the mounting unit 36, and the bill is sent to the bill storage cassette. Stored in a storage cassette. Further, when the bills transported by the second transport unit 22 are identified by the first identification unit 50, it is determined that the denomination is different from the denomination of the bill to be withdrawn, or double feeding or chaining. , Banknotes that are determined to be transport abnormal, such as skew, are sent by the second transport unit 22 to the withdrawal reject unit 34 instead of the bill storage cassette mounted on the mounting unit 36, and the withdrawal reject unit 34. Is accumulated in.

Next, the operation when the banknote processing device 10 performs the banknote scrutiny process will be described with reference to FIG. In the banknote scrutiny process, the banknotes stored in each storage unit 40 are identified one by one by the first identification unit 50 and the third identification unit 54 to confirm the amount of banknotes in each storage unit 40. It is to be.

After the empty bill storage cassette is mounted on the mounting unit 36 by the operator, the operator inputs a command for scrutinizing the bills to the control unit 60 by the operation display unit 62, or communicates from the product information registration device 100. When a command for scrutinizing banknotes is sent to the control unit 60 via the interface unit 66, the banknotes are transferred from one of the three storage units 40 (for example, the top storage unit 40). 2 One sheet is fed to the transport unit 22. Then, as shown in FIG. 14, the banknotes delivered to the second transport unit 22 are conveyed by the second transport unit 22 along the long side direction of the banknotes. At this time, the denomination, quantity, transport state, etc. of the banknotes transported by the second transport unit 22 are identified by the first identification unit 50 and the third identification unit 54. Then, when the first identification unit 50 or the third identification unit 54 identifies the banknote as a normal banknote, as shown in FIG. 14, the banknote storage cassette mounted on the mounting unit 36 by the second transporting unit 22. It is sent to and stored in this bill storage cassette. Then, when all the banknotes are transferred from the top storage unit 40 to the banknote storage cassette, the banknotes are delivered one by one from the banknote storage cassette to the second transport unit 22, and as shown in FIG. 14, the second transport unit 22 returns the banknotes to the original storage section 40 (ie, the top storage section 40). Such an operation is also performed for each storage unit 40 in the remaining storage unit 40. In this way, in the banknote scrutiny process, the banknotes stored in each storage unit 40 are identified one by one by the first identification unit 50 and the third identification unit 54, whereby the banknotes in each storage unit 40 are identified. The amount of money is confirmed.

According to the bill processing device 10 of the present embodiment having the above configuration, the first transport unit that conveys the bills taken into the inside of the housing 12 by the intake portion 30 inside the housing 12. 20 and a second transport unit 22 connected to the storage unit 40 and the payout unit 32 to transport banknotes are provided, respectively, and the second transport unit 22 changes the transport direction of the banknotes to be transported. It has a conversion portion 22a. In this case, in the second transport unit 22 that transports the banknotes between the storage unit 40 and the payout unit 32, the transport direction of the banknotes can be changed by the transport direction changing portion 22a, so that the storage unit 40 and the payout unit 32 The length of the housing 12 in the longest direction can be reduced as compared with the case where the banknote transport direction is not changed between the two. Further, since the first transport unit 20 for transporting the bills taken into the housing 12 by the capture unit 30 is provided separately from the second transport unit 22, a plurality of first transport units 20 are provided from the capture unit 30 and the storage unit 40. Even if the banknotes are fed out in a chain state, the processing can be continued without stopping the device.

Further, in the banknote processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, as described above, the end portion of the first transport unit 20 is connected to the intermediate portion of the second transport unit 22. More specifically, the end portion of the first transport unit 20 is connected to the transport direction changing portion 22a of the second transport unit 22. According to such technical matters, the banknotes taken into the inside of the housing 12 by the taking-in unit 30 and transported by the first transport unit 20 are delivered from the first transport unit 20 to the second transport unit 22. The second transport unit 22 can continuously transport the product to the storage unit 40. Further, when the end of the first transport unit 20 is connected to the transport direction changing portion 22a of the second transport unit 22, the banknotes delivered from the first transport unit 20 to the second transport unit 22 are transported. The direction can be changed by the transport direction changing portion 22a.

Further, in the bill processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, as described above, the transport direction changing portion 22a changes the transport direction of the bills to be transported by approximately 180 °. In this case, since the second transport unit 22 has a U-shape that changes the transport direction of banknotes in the opposite direction, the length of the housing 12 in the longest direction can be made as small as possible.

Further, in the banknote processing device 10 of the present embodiment, as described above, the banknotes are taken into the housing 12 by the take-in section 30, and the taken-in banknotes are taken into the first transport section 20 and the second transport section 22. The deposit process is carried to the storage unit 40 and stored in the storage unit 40, and the banknotes stored in the storage unit 40 are fed out from the storage unit 40 and transported to the payout unit 32 by the second transport unit 22. Control units 60 for processing are provided respectively. According to such a bill processing device 10, both the deposit processing and the withdrawal processing of banknotes can be efficiently performed by using the first transport unit 20 and the second transport unit 22.

Further, in the bill processing device 10 of the present embodiment, as described above, the second transport unit 22 has a first identification that identifies the bills that are fed out from the storage unit 40 and transported by the second transport unit 22. A portion 50 is provided, and the first identification portion 50 is arranged closer to the storage portion 40 than the transport direction changing portion 22a in the second transport unit 22. Further, the payout unit 32 side of the second transfer unit 22 with respect to the transfer direction changing portion 22a can be identified by a banknote identified as not a normal banknote by the first identification unit 50 or by the first identification unit 50. A withdrawal reject unit 34 is connected to which the missing bills are transported and stored by the second transport unit 22. According to these technical matters, since the first identification unit 50 is arranged at a position close to each storage unit 40, the banknotes drawn out from each storage unit 40 when the banknote withdrawal process is performed. Can be quickly identified by the first identification unit 50, and thus it becomes possible to quickly determine which of the payout unit 32 and the withdrawal reject unit 34 to send the banknotes paid out from each storage unit 40. , The distance of the bill transport path from each storage unit 40 to the payout unit 32 and the withdrawal reject unit 34 can be shortened.

Further, in the banknote processing device 10 of the present embodiment, as described above, the first transport unit 20 has a second identification unit 52 that identifies the banknotes taken into the housing 12 by the take-in unit 30. Is provided. Further, the second transport unit 22 has a third identification unit 54 that identifies the bills that have been taken into the housing 12 by the take-in unit 30 and delivered from the first transport unit 20 to the second transport unit 22. It is provided, and the destination of the bill is determined based on the identification results of the second identification unit 52 and the third identification unit 54. In this case, since the banknotes are identified by the two identification units (second identification unit 52 and third identification unit 54) when the banknote deposit processing is performed, the banknotes can be identified more accurately. If it is determined that the bill is not a normal bill when the bill is identified by the second identification unit 52, the bill is delivered from the first transport unit 20 to the second transport unit 22, and then the third identification is performed. The banknote can be sent to the payout unit 32 or the like without identifying the banknote by the unit 54. Further, the identification accuracy of the banknotes by the third identification unit 54 is higher than the identification accuracy of the banknotes by the second identification unit 52. More specifically, the second identification unit 52 and the third identification unit 54 have optical sensors 52a and 54a that identify the banknote by transmitting light through the banknote, and the optics of the third identification unit 54. The number of sensors 54a is larger than the number of optical sensors 52a of the second identification unit 52. In this case, the banknotes taken into the inside of the housing 12 by the taking-in unit 30 are first roughly identified by the second identification unit 52 (for example, identification of only the conveyed state), and the conveyed state is normal. No bills (specifically, bills carried at an angle) can be quickly sent to the payout unit 32. In addition, the third identification unit 54 can identify the banknotes delivered from the first transfer unit 20 to the second transfer unit 22 with high accuracy.

Further, in the bill processing device 10 of the present embodiment, as described above, the bills are stored and the stored bills are stored on the payout portion 32 side of the transport direction changing portion 22a in the second transport unit 22. A mounting portion 36 to which a payable bill storage cassette (paper leaf storage) is detachably mounted is connected, and when the bill storage cassette is mounted on the mounting portion 36, the second transport unit 22 The banknotes can be sent to the banknote storage cassette and stored in the banknote storage cassette, and the banknotes can be drawn out from the banknote storage cassette and sent to the second transport unit 22. According to such technical matters, the deposit processing and the withdrawal processing of banknotes can be performed using the banknote storage cassette mounted on the mounting unit 36. In particular, in such a case, since the operator can collectively perform deposit processing and withdrawal processing without directly touching the banknotes, the work can be performed efficiently while maintaining security.

Further, in the bill processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, as described above, the length of the transport path on the storage portion 40 side of the second transport portion 22 with respect to the transport direction changing portion 22a is the length of the bill to be processed. The length of the long side is larger than the sum of the lengths of the two long sides of the bill with the largest length. According to such technical matters, even if two banknotes taken into the inside of the housing 12 by the taking-in section 30 are conveyed by the second conveying section 22 in a chained state, the second conveying section 22 does not. Since the area occupied by the two banknotes in the chained state can be secured, the banknotes can be continuously deposited without stopping the banknote processing device 10.

The banknote processing device and the banknote processing system according to the present embodiment are not limited to the above-described aspects, and various changes can be made.

For example, in the bill processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 2 and the like, the transport direction changing portion 22a of the second transport unit 22 is not limited to one that changes the transport direction of the bill by approximately 180 °. As the transport direction changing portion 22a, other configurations may be used as long as the transport direction of the banknote can be changed.

Further, the first transport unit 20 is not directly connected to the intermediate portion of the second transport unit 22, but one or a plurality of other transport units are provided between the first transport unit 20 and the second transport unit 22. You may be. In this case, the bills that are taken into the housing 12 by the take-in unit 30 and transported by the first transport unit 20 are first delivered from the first transport unit 20 to another transport unit, and then to other transport units. It will be further delivered from the transport unit to the second transport unit 22. Further, the end portion of the first transport unit 20 does not necessarily have to be connected to the transport direction changing portion 22a of the second transport unit 22. That is, the end portion of the first transport portion 20 may be connected to the second transport portion 22 on the storage portion 40 side of the transport direction change portion 22a, or on the payout portion 32 side of the transport direction change portion 22a. It may be connected to the second transport unit 22.

Further, the second identification unit 52 and the third identification unit 54 are not limited to those having the optical sensors 52a and 54a. Either one or both of the second identification unit 52 and the third identification unit 54 may be used as a line sensor.

Further, the paper leaf processing device and the paper leaf processing system according to the present invention are not limited to the banknote processing device 10 and the banknote processing system that perform processing such as deposit processing and withdrawal processing of banknotes. As the paper leaf processing apparatus and the paper leaf processing system according to the present invention, those that process paper leaves (for example, checks and gift certificates) other than banknotes may be used.

10 Banknote processing device 12 Housing 20 First transport section 22 Second transport section 22a Transport direction change section 22b Extension section 24 Connection point 30 Take-in section 32 Discharge section 34 Withdrawal reject section 36 Mounting section 40 Storage section 42 Feeding mechanism 50 1st identification unit 52 2nd identification unit 52a Optical sensor 54 3rd identification unit 54a Optical sensor 60 Control unit 62 Operation display unit 64 Storage unit 66 Communication interface unit 100 Product information registration device

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With the housing
A take-in part for taking paper leaves into the housing from the outside,
A first transport unit provided inside the housing and transporting paper sheets taken into the inside of the housing by the intake unit,
A storage unit provided inside the housing and capable of storing paper leaves and feeding out the stored paper leaves,
A payout unit that discharges paper leaves from the inside of the housing to the outside,
A second transport section provided inside the housing, connected to the storage section and the payout section, and transporting paper sheets,
With
The second transport unit is a paper leaf processing device having a transport direction changing portion that changes the transport direction of the paper leaves to be transported. The paper leaf processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the end portion of the first transport unit is connected to an intermediate portion of the second transport unit. The paper leaf processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the end portion of the first transport unit is connected to the transport direction changing portion of the second transport unit. The paper leaf processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the transport direction changing portion changes the transport direction of the paper leaves to be transported by approximately 180 °. A deposit in which paper leaves are taken into the housing by the taking-in portion, and the taken-in paper leaves are conveyed to the storage portion by the first transport portion and the second transport portion and stored in the storage portion. Claims 1 to 4 further include a control unit for processing and withdrawing paper sheets stored in the storage unit from the storage unit and transporting them to the payout unit by the second transport unit. The paper leaf processing apparatus according to any one of the above. The second transport unit is provided with a first identification unit that identifies paper sheets that are fed out from the storage unit and transported by the second transport unit.
The paper leaf processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the first identification unit is arranged closer to the storage unit than the transport direction changing portion in the second transport unit. On the payout portion side of the transport direction changing portion in the second transport unit, the paper leaves identified as not normal paper leaves by the first identification unit or the first identification unit are used for identification. The paper leaf processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a reject unit is connected to which the paper leaves that could not be produced are transported and stored by the second transport unit. The first item according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the first transfer unit is provided with a second identification unit for identifying paper sheets taken into the inside of the housing by the intake unit. Paper leaf processing equipment. The second transport unit is provided with a third identification unit that identifies paper sheets that have been taken into the housing by the take-in unit and delivered from the first transport unit to the second transport unit. The paper leaf processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the destination of the paper leaves is determined based on the identification results of each of the second identification unit and the third identification unit. The paper leaf processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the identification accuracy of the paper leaves by the third identification unit is higher than the identification accuracy of the paper leaves by the second identification unit. The second identification unit and the third identification unit have an optical sensor that identifies the paper sheets by transmitting light through the paper sheets, and the number of the optical sensors in the third identification unit. The paper leaf processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the number is larger than the number of the optical sensors of the second identification unit. A paper leaf storage device that can store paper leaves and can feed out the stored paper leaves is detachably attached to the payout portion side of the transport direction changing portion in the second transport unit. The mounting part is connected,
When the paper leaf storage device is mounted on the mounting unit, the paper leaves are sent from the second transport unit to the paper leaf storage device and stored in the paper leaf storage device, and the paper leaf is stored in the paper leaf storage device. The paper leaf processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the paper leaves can be fed out from the class storage device and sent to the second transport unit. The length of the transport path on the storage section side of the second transport section on the transport direction change portion is equivalent to that of two paper leaves having the longest side length among the paper leaves to be processed. The paper leaf processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 12, which is larger than the sum of the lengths of the long sides. Product information registration device for registering product information and
A paper leaf processing device communicatively connected to the product information registration device,
It is a paper leaf processing system equipped with
The paper leaf processing device is
With the housing
A take-in part for taking paper leaves into the housing from the outside,
A first transport unit provided inside the housing and transporting paper sheets taken into the inside of the housing by the intake unit, and a first transport unit.
A storage unit provided inside the housing and capable of storing paper leaves and feeding out the stored paper leaves,
A payout unit that discharges paper leaves from the inside of the housing to the outside,
A second transport section provided inside the housing, connected to the storage section and the payout section, and transporting paper sheets,
Have and
The second transport unit is a paper leaf processing system having a transport direction changing portion that changes the transport direction of the paper leaves to be transported.

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