JP2023018720A - Bill processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an easy-to-use bill processing machine.SOLUTION: A bill processing machine includes: a loose bill storage unit that stores loose bills in a manner that they can be fed; a bundling unit that bundles a predetermined number of loose bills to form a bundled small bundle which is a small bundle W of bills; a small bundle storage unit 111 that can feed the small bundle W of bills while storing it as a stored small bundle; a small bundle withdrawal unit 71 that holds the small bundle W of bills in a manner that they can be removed from the bill processing machine; and a control unit. In one transaction of small bundle-of-bills withdrawal processing, the control unit merges both the stored small bundles stored by the small bundle storage unit 111 and the bundled small bundles created from the loose bills stored by the loose bill storage unit by bundling them by the bundling unit to be withdrawn to the small bundle withdrawal unit 71.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to banknote handling machines.

As one form of a banknote processing device, there is a loose banknote processing unit that stores deposited loose banknotes and dispenses the stored loose banknotes as needed, and a unit that bundles a predetermined number of loose banknotes (100). A banknote processing machine is disclosed that includes both a small banknote bundle processing unit that stores small banknote bundles and dispenses the stored small banknote bundles as needed (see, for example, Patent Literature 1).

The apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a plurality of loose banknote recycle boxes dedicated to loose banknotes and a plurality of small banknote recycle boxes dedicated to small banknote bundles. It is possible to dispense a desired amount of loose banknotes or small bundles of banknotes from a separate banknote outlet and a small banknote outlet, which are outlets.

Furthermore, it is also possible to transport bills from the side of the bulk bill processing section to the side of the small bundle bill processing section. For example, in the loose banknote processing unit, after the banknotes are drawn out from the loose banknote recycling box and conveyed, 100 banknotes are stacked in the stacking unit, and the stacked banknotes are processed in small bundles from the loose banknote processing unit. It can be handed over to the department. Stacked banknotes received from the separate banknote processing unit are converted into small banknote bundles by the bundling unit of the small banknote processing unit, and are dispensed from the small bundle dispensing port or stored in the small banknote recycle box. , can be performed.

Japanese Patent No. 4302651

When a small bundle of bills is dispensed by the device as described above, the user is prompted to input the denomination and number of bundles desired by the user via the operation unit, and based on the input contents, the small bundle of bills is processed. Small bundles of banknotes are drawn out from the recycle box to be dispensed.

However, if the small bundle of banknotes of the denomination and quantity desired by the user is not stored in the small banknote recycle box, it cannot be dispensed, resulting in a shortage of the small banknotes to be dispensed. Become. The user either gives up on the shortfall in small bill bundles, or as one of the methods to make up for the shortfall, creates small bundle bills from the loose bills stored in the loose bill recycle box in the machine for the next transaction. In the next transaction, the small banknote bundles stored in the small banknote recycle box are processed to be withdrawn, and combined with the previously withdrawn amount, A method of setting the desired number of small banknotes is conceivable. In this case, instead of a single transaction for dispensing small banknote bundles, the processing for moving the balance in the machine is performed from the first transaction for dispensing small banknote bundles, and the second processing for dispensing small banknote bundles is performed. It is necessary to specify and carry out multiple processes when a transaction is to be carried out. For this reason, the user has to repeatedly perform complicated operation inputs, which poses a problem of poor usability.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a bill processing machine that is easy to use.

A first aspect of the present invention includes a loose banknote storage unit that stores loose banknotes so that they can be drawn out, a binding unit that binds a predetermined number of loose banknotes into a small bundle that is a small bundle of banknotes, and a small bundle of banknotes. a small bundle storage unit that stores and feeds out small bundles of banknotes, a small bundle dispensing unit that retains small bundles of banknotes so that they can be taken out of the machine, the loose banknote storage unit, the binding unit, and the small bundle storage and a control unit that controls the small bundle dispensing unit and controls conveyance of loose banknotes and small bundles of banknotes, wherein the control unit controls one transaction of small banknote dispensing processing. in the above, both the stored small bundles stored in the small bundle storage unit and the bundled small bundles created by binding the loose banknotes stored in the loose banknote storage unit by the binding unit are combined. and dispensed to the small bundle dispensation unit.

A second aspect of the present invention includes a loose banknote storage unit that stores loose banknotes so that they can be drawn out, a binding unit that binds a predetermined number of loose banknotes into a bundle of small banknotes, and a small bundle of banknotes. a small bundle storage unit that stores and feeds out small bundles of banknotes, a small bundle dispensing unit that retains small bundles of banknotes so that they can be taken out of the machine, the loose banknote storage unit, the binding unit, and the small bundle storage and a control unit that controls the small bundle dispensing unit and controls conveyance of loose banknotes and small bundles of banknotes, wherein the control unit controls one transaction of small banknote dispensing processing. At the start of the above, the amount of stored small bundles already stored in the small bundle storage unit is compared with the requested number of small bundles requested for withdrawal in the single transaction, and the comparison result is Based on this, a small banknote bundle dispensing processing pattern is determined, and one transaction of the small banknote banknote dispensing processing is performed according to the determined small banknote bundle dispensing processing pattern.

A third aspect of the present invention includes a loose banknote storage unit that stores loose banknotes so that they can be drawn out, a binding unit that binds a predetermined number of loose banknotes into a small bundle of small banknotes, and a small bundle of banknotes. a small bundle storage unit that stores and feeds out small bundles of banknotes, a small bundle dispensing unit that retains small bundles of banknotes so that they can be taken out of the machine, the loose banknote storage unit, the binding unit, and the small bundle storage and a control unit that controls the small bundle dispensing unit and controls conveyance of loose banknotes and small bundles of banknotes, wherein the control unit controls one transaction of small banknote dispensing processing. , the number of small bill bundles requested to be dispensed for each denomination, the number of stored small bill bundles stored in the small bundle storage unit as the amount available in the machine, and the amount of loose bills stored as the amount available in the machine The number of loose banknotes stored in the unit is compared, and a predetermined storage amount for remaining the stored small bundles set in advance for each small bundle storage unit is compared with the It is characterized in that the operation pattern of the one transaction is determined in consideration of the set storage amount for remaining loose banknotes.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, a convenient banknote processing machine can be provided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a perspective view which shows the banknote processing machine of 1st Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a sectional side view showing roughly the 1st unit of the bill processing machine of a 1st embodiment concerning the present invention. FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a second unit of the banknote handling machine of the first embodiment according to the present invention; 1 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a first unit of a banknote handling machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a banknote transport route for loose banknote deposit processing is indicated by a thick line. 1 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a first unit of a banknote handling machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a banknote transport route for loose banknote storage processing is indicated by a thick line. 1 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a first unit of a banknote handling machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a banknote transport route for loose banknote return processing is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing the first unit of the banknote handling machine of the first embodiment according to the present invention, in which a banknote transport route for the process of dispensing loose banknotes is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing the second unit of the banknote handling machine of the first embodiment according to the present invention, in which a banknote transport route for a stored small bundle dispensing process is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing the first unit of the banknote handling machine of the first embodiment according to the present invention, in which a banknote transport route in the first unit for small bundle dispensing processing is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing the second unit of the banknote handling machine of the first embodiment according to the present invention, in which the banknote transport route in the second unit for small bundle dispensing processing is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing the second unit of the banknote handling machine of the first embodiment according to the present invention, in which a banknote transport route in the second unit for replenishment processing of bundled small bundles is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing the second unit of the banknote handling machine of the first embodiment according to the present invention, in which the banknote transport route for the stored small bundle redistribution process is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing the second unit of the banknote handling machine of the first embodiment of the present invention, in which a banknote transport route for loading small bundles of banknotes is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing the second unit of the banknote handling machine of the first embodiment according to the present invention, in which the banknote transport route for the stored small bundle recovery process is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing the second unit of the banknote handling machine of the first embodiment of the present invention, in which the banknote transport route of the outbound inspection process of the small bundle of banknote inspection process is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing the second unit of the banknote handling machine of the first embodiment of the present invention, in which the banknote transport route of the inward inspection process of the small bundle of banknote inspection process is indicated by a thick line. FIG. 7 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a second unit of a banknote handling machine of a second embodiment according to the present invention;

<First Embodiment>
A banknote handling machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 16. FIG. A banknote handling machine 11 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 performs deposit/withdrawal processing of banknotes. In the following description, the side on which the operator stands during the main operation of the banknote handling machine 11 is referred to as "front", the opposite side as "rear", the left as viewed from the operator is referred to as "left", and the right as viewed from the operator as "right". do.

As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote handling machine 11 of the first embodiment is constructed by arranging a first unit 1 and a second unit 2 side by side. The first unit 1 on the right side is a unit that performs a deposit/withdrawal process for the loose banknotes S shown in FIG. The second unit 2 on the left side performs deposit/withdrawal processing of small banknote bundles W shown in FIG. This is a unit for dispensing loose bills of tickets. The first unit 1 can create small banknote bundles W from loose banknotes S, and delivers the created small banknote bundles W to the second unit 2 .

[First unit 1]
As shown in FIG. 1 , the first unit 1 is provided with a bulk deposit section 20 , a bulk withdrawal return section 21 and a bulk withdrawal reject box 22 on the upper front side of the body 10 . The random payment return unit 21 is provided above the random payment receiving unit 20, and the random payment reject box 22 is provided above the random payment return unit 21, respectively.

The loose deposit unit 20 has a shutter 23 that can be opened and closed. The loose banknotes S are fed from the outside of the machine with the shutter 23 opened, and then the shutter 23 is closed to feed the loose banknotes S into the machine. Bulk banknotes S are accumulated and placed in the bulk deposit unit 20 from the bottom to the top in a posture in which the longitudinal direction is aligned in the left-right direction. As shown in FIG. 2, the loose deposit unit 20 has a deposit delivery unit at the bottom for separating the loose banknotes S accumulated in the bulk deposit unit 20 one by one from the lower end and delivering them into the machine at predetermined intervals. A section 24 is provided. The loose banknotes S are basically conveyed in the first unit 1 in a posture in which the short side direction is along the conveying direction.

As shown in FIG. 1, the separate payment return unit 21 has a shutter 25 that can be opened and closed. The shutter 25 of the loose bill return unit 21 is closed, and the loose bills S to be dispensed are fed out from the inside of the machine. The loose banknotes S to be rejected during the process of depositing loose banknotes are also delivered to the separate payout return unit 21 . The loose banknotes S fed out from the inside of the machine are stacked from the bottom to the top and placed in the dispensed bill returning section 21 with the longitudinal direction extending in the left-right direction.

The bulk withdrawal reject box 22 is detachable from the body 10 of the first unit 1. - 特許庁The loose bill reject box 22 stores the loose banknotes S drawn out from the inside of the machine by stacking them from the bottom to the top with the longitudinal direction extending in the left-right direction. The separate withdrawal reject box 22 is removed from the machine body 10 with the separate banknotes S stored therein, and then the separate banknotes S are taken out from the inside.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the rear part of the first unit 1, the authenticity of the loose banknotes S fed out from the bulk deposit unit 20, the denomination of the genuine banknotes, and the transport of multiple, skewed, near-feed, etc., are provided. A separate identification unit 31 for identifying the presence or absence of abnormality is provided. The separate identifying unit 31 also identifies front and back, top and bottom (top and bottom), left and right, etc. of the loose banknotes S. As shown in FIG.

Behind the bulk deposit unit 20, the bulk payment return unit 21, and the bulk payment reject box 22, there are a plurality of, specifically, two alignment units 35 for aligning the loose banknotes S and accumulating them in units of a predetermined number of bundling units. , 36 are provided. Further, behind the aligning units 35 and 36, an elevating transport unit 37 is provided for transporting the bundled unit number of loose banknotes S stacked in the aligning units 35 and 36 upward. Above the aligning units 35 and 36, a predetermined number of bundled banknotes S stacked in the aligning units 35 and 36 and transported by the lifting/lowering transport unit 37 are bound with a binding tape to form small banknote bundles W. A bundling portion 38 is provided. A small bundle delivery section 39 is provided on the front side of the binding section 38 to deliver the small banknote bundles W created by the binding section 38 to the second unit 2 side. The small bundle delivery unit 39 moves the small bundles W one by one along the longitudinal direction in a posture in which the stacking direction of the loose banknotes S is up and down, and the longitudinal direction is along the horizontal direction, and the small bundles W are moved to the second unit 2 side. send out.

In the lower portion of the first unit 1, a plurality of, specifically four, temporary storage storage boxes 41 having the same structure are arranged in front and back with their top, bottom, left, and right positions aligned. These temporary storage storage boxes 41 are recycle boxes capable of storing loose banknotes S and capable of feeding the stored loose banknotes S. As shown in FIG.

In the first unit 1, among the plurality of temporary storage storages 41, the temporary storage storage 41 (A) arranged on the rearmost side, the temporary storage storage 41 (B) arranged second from the rear, and the rear The temporary storage storage 41 (C), which is the third from the above, stores genuine bills S of a predetermined single denomination that can be accepted from bottom to top, and temporarily stores them before payment is confirmed. It is stored and stored so that it can be drawn out after payment is confirmed. Among the plurality of temporary storage boxes 41, the frontmost temporary storage box 41 (D) stores genuine bills (overflow bills) of acceptable loose bills S and damaged bills of all denominations. The seeds are mixed and accumulated from the bottom to the top, and the seeds are temporarily stored before payment is confirmed, and are stored so that they can be drawn out after payment is confirmed.

The temporary storage vault 41 (A) stores the genuine bills S (specifically, 10,000 yen notes) of a predetermined single first denomination identified as acceptable, in the temporary storage vault 41 (B). The temporary storage storage 41 (C) identifies the genuine single second denomination loose banknote S (specifically, a 5,000-yen note) identified as acceptable as acceptable. A single predetermined third denomination loose banknote S (specifically, a 1,000-yen note) is housed so as to be delivered out. In addition, the temporary storage box 41 (D) stores other loose bills S identified as acceptable (specifically, genuine and damaged 2,000-yen bills, overflow and damaged 10,000-yen bills, five Overflow and damaged 1,000-yen bills, overflow and damaged 1,000-yen bills are stored so as to be paid out.

That is, the first unit 1 has a plurality of temporary storage boxes 41 for single denominations (10,000 yen bills, 5,000 yen bills, and 1,000 yen bills) for each denomination. The storage pattern of the temporary storage storage 41 is not limited to the pattern described above, and can be set arbitrarily.

Temporary storage vaults 41 (A) to 41 (D) having a similar structure are respectively provided in a rectangular tube-shaped storage body 40 forming an internal space for storing loose banknotes S, and in the upper part of the storage body 40. a take-in and delivery unit 42 for taking in and delivering loose banknotes S from the internal space; a shutter 46 for stacking loose banknotes S delivered from the take-in and delivery unit 42 to the internal space; A pair of flappers 43 that are provided below the shutter 46 and can be opened and closed to vertically partition the internal space; and a pusher 45 for pressing the stacked loose banknotes S from above.

The pusher 45 is provided in each container 40 of the temporary storage cabinets 41(A) to 41(D) so that it can move up and down within the corresponding container 40. As shown in FIG. The shutter 46 can move up and down in each container 40 of the temporary storage cabinets 41 (A) to 41 (D), and can move forward and backward with respect to the corresponding container 40 . is provided as follows. When the shutter 46 is in the closed state in which it has entered the container 40 , a loose banknote temporary storage portion 48 is formed between the shutter 46 and the pusher 45 in the container 40 which has entered.

A pair of flappers 43 is provided so as to be able to move forward and backward with respect to each container 40 of the temporary storage cabinets 41(A) to 41(D). The stage 44 is provided in each container 40 of the temporary storage cabinets 41(A) to 41(D) so that it can move up and down within the corresponding container 40. As shown in FIG. When the pair of flappers 43 enter into the container 40 and are in a closed state, a loose banknote storage section 49 is formed between the pair of flappers 43 in the container 40 and the stage 44 below them. .

The loose banknote temporary storage unit 48 temporarily stores the loose banknotes S taken in by the taking-in and feeding unit 42 on the shutter 46 in the closed state. 42 allows it to be extended. In addition, the loose banknote temporary storage unit 48 moves the temporarily stored loose banknotes S into the loose banknote storage unit by opening the shutter 46 and the pair of flappers 43, pushing the pusher 45, and closing the flapper 43. 49 can be stored. With the shutter 46 and the pair of flappers 43 in the open state, the stage 44 of the loose banknote storage section 49 is lifted so that the stored loose banknotes S can be delivered by the take-in delivery section 42 . The loose banknote storage unit 49 stores loose banknotes S so that they can be drawn out.

In the lower part of the first unit 1, at the front side of the temporary storage storage 41 (D), loose banknotes S that are removable from the machine body 10 and fed out from the loose banknote storage units 49 classified by denomination during the bulk recovery process are taken in. A storage cassette unit 51 is provided as a batch temporary storage unit for storing the banknotes S in the machine, loading the loose banknotes S for replenishment during the bulk replenishment process outside the machine, and feeding out the loaded loose banknotes S.

The storage cassette unit 51 stores loose banknotes S so that they can be taken in and fed out. A take-in and feed-out portion 52 is provided for feeding out a predetermined interval. A stage 53 that moves up and down in the internal space is provided in the storage cassette portion 51 .

Inside the first unit 1, a transport section 61 for transporting the loose banknotes S is provided so as to appropriately connect each section. The conveying unit 61 moves the loose banknotes S basically in a posture in which the short side direction is along the conveying direction.

The transport unit 61 transports the loose banknotes S in the bulk deposit unit 20 provided in the front part of the machine body 10 toward the loose banknote recognition unit 31 provided in the rear part of the machine body 10 , and furthermore, is provided in the front part of the machine body 10 . It has a conveying path 61A for conveying toward the storage cassette portion 51 that is placed. The transport path 61A extends rearward from the deposited money delivery section 24 of the bulk deposit section 20 to between a transport path 61J and a transport path 61M, which will be described later, and then extends downward, and then extends rearward to perform bulk identification. It passes through the portion 31 , folds forward on the lower side, extends forward, extends downward from the front end of the first unit 1 , and is connected to the take-in and feed portion 52 of the storage cassette portion 51 .

In addition, the transport section 61 branches downward from between the connection position to the storage cassette section 51 in the transport path 61A and the separate identifying section 31, and transports the transport section 61 leading to the take-out delivery section 42 of the temporary storage storage 41(A). A transport path that branches downward from between the path 61C, the connection position to the storage cassette part 51 in the transport path 61A, and the branch position of the transport path 61C and is connected to the take-out delivery part 42 of the temporary storage container 41 (B). 61D, a transport path 61E that branches downward from between the connection position to the storage cassette part 51 in the transport path 61A and the branch position of the transport path 61D and leads to the take-out delivery part 42 of the temporary storage storage 41 (C) and a transport path 61F that branches downward from between the connection position to the storage cassette portion 51 in the transport path 61A and the branch position of the transport path 61E and is connected to the take-out delivery portion 42 of the temporary storage storage 41 (D). have.

Further, the conveying portion 61 branches upward from the side closest to the storage cassette portion 51 in the conveying path 61A and then extends rearward to extend downward from the bulk receiving portion 20 of the conveying path 61A toward the bulk identification portion 31. a conveying path 61H that branches upward from a position between the branch position of the conveying path 61F of the conveying path 61A and the branching position of the conveying path 61G and connects to a position in the middle of the conveying path 61G; A transport path 61J that branches upward from a position between the connection position of the transport path 61H and the connection position of the transport path 61A in the path 61G and connects between the connection position of the transport path 61G in the transport path 61A and the bulk receiving unit 20. and

In addition, the transport section 61 branches rearward from between the connection position of the transport path 61G and the connection position of the transport path 61J in the transport path 61A, extends upward, and then extends forward to return the loose payment. It has a transport path 61K connected to the section 21 and a transport path 61L branched from a midway position in the upper part of the transport path 61K and connected to the bulk withdrawal reject box 22 .

In addition, the transporting section 61 branches upward from between the connecting position of the transporting path 61G in the transporting path 61A and the individual discriminating section 31 to form a branching position of the transporting path 61K from the transporting path 61A and a branching position of the transporting path 61L. and a transport path 61N branched from between the branch position of the transport path 61M in the transport path 61A and the separate identification unit 31 and connected to an intermediate position of the transport path 61M. . The transport path 61N is provided with a front/back reversing section 63 for reversing the front/back sides of the loose banknotes S. As shown in FIG.

Further, the transport section 61 includes a transport path 61P that branches rearward from between the branch position of the transport path 61L and the confluence position of the transport path 61M in the transport path 61K and is connected to the alignment part 35, and the transport path 61P in the transport path 61K. and a confluence position of the transport path 61M and a transport path 61Q branched rearward and connected to the aligning section 36. As shown in FIG.

The loose identification unit 31 identifies the loose banknotes S conveyed by the conveying unit 61, and the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) and the storage cassette unit 51 are identified by the separate identification unit 31. Separate bills S are stored so as to be let out.

The first unit 1 includes a control unit 65 that controls the first unit 1 and the second unit 2, that is, the entire banknote processing machine 11, and a touch panel type unit that allows an operator to input an operation and display a display to the operator. and an operation display unit 66 of . The control section 65 and the operation display section 66 may be provided in the second unit 2 .

For the first unit 1, the control unit 65 controls the bulk receiving unit 20, the bulk identifying unit 31, the aligning units 35 and 36, the lifting/lowering conveying unit 37, the bundling unit 38, the small bundle sending unit 39, and the bulk It controls the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) including the banknote temporary storage section 48 and the loose banknote storage section 49, the storage cassette section 51, the transport section 61, the operation display section 66, and the like.

[Second unit 2]
As shown in FIG. 1, the second unit 2 has a small bundle deposit/withdrawal section 71 (small bundle dispensing section) on the upper front side of the body 70 . A new bill payment unit 72 is provided above the cash unit 71 .

The second unit 2 stores new loose banknotes S in a portion behind the new bill dispensing unit 72 in the upper part of the machine body 70, and stores the stored new loose banknotes S in the new bill dispensing unit. It is a new bill storage/withdrawal unit 75 that dispenses money from 72 . The new note dispensing section 72 has a shutter 76 that can be opened and closed. In the new bill dispensing unit 72, the shutter 76 is closed and new bills S for disbursement are fed out from inside the machine. to be taken out.

The small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 has a shutter 81 that can be opened and closed. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 has a pair of flappers 82 that can be opened and closed, forming the bottom portion thereof. The pair of flappers 82 are placed horizontally in a closed state by the biasing force of a spring (not shown), and can be rotated upward against the biasing force of the spring (not shown) to be in an open state. It's becoming Also, the pair of flappers 82 are driven by a flapper motor (not shown) to rotate downward and open. The second unit 2 has a small bundle transport section 91 directly below the small bundle deposit/withdrawal section 71 . The small bundle conveying section 91 has a stage 92 which is vertically movable, that is, which can be raised and lowered. The stage 92 can move up and down beyond the pair of flappers 82 in the closed state, and has a shape that escapes from interfering with the pair of flappers 82 at that time.

When the shutter 81 shown in FIG. 1 is driven by a shutter motor (not shown) to open the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71, the pair of flappers 82 shown in FIG. A small banknote bundle W is placed from the outside of the machine on the stage 92 at the loading position where the height position is aligned with the pair of flappers 82 . At this time, the small banknote bundle W is placed on the pair of flapper 82 and the stage 92 with its longitudinal direction extending in the left-right direction. After that, when the shutter 81 is closed, the pair of flappers 82 are rotated downward and opened by being driven by a flapper motor (not shown), and the stage 92 is driven by a stage motor (not shown) to move down the small bundle W. Carry it inside the plane.

The small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 has a small bundle stacking space 85 above the pair of flappers 82 in the closed state, in which the small bundle W can be put in and taken out when the shutter 81 is in the open state. . In other words, a pair of flappers 82 are provided at the lower end of the small bundle stacking space 85 so as to be able to open and close. The stage 92 is provided in the small banknote stacking space 85 when positioned at the upper predetermined position. The stage 92 places the small banknote bundles W loaded in the small banknote stacking space 85 . The small banknote stacking space 85 has a limited number of small banknote bundles W held at one time, for example, 10 bundles.

When the shutter 81 shown in FIG. 1 is in the closed state, the small bundle of bills W to be withdrawn is conveyed from below by the stage 92 of the small bundle conveying unit 91 shown in FIG. It's coming. At this time, the stage 92, on which the small bundle of banknotes W are placed, is driven by a stage motor (not shown) to move from below the pair of flappers 82 beyond the pair of flappers 82 to a predetermined upper position. . Then, the small banknote bundle W passes through the pair of flappers 82 while rotating the flappers 82 upward against the urging force of the flapper spring (not shown). After this passage, the pair of flappers 82 are rotated downward by the biasing force of the flapper springs to return to the closed state. After that, the stage 92 descends, and although the stage 92 passes through the pair of closed flappers 82 , the small banknote bundle W is placed on the pair of closed flappers 82 and enters the small banknote stack stacking space 85 . will remain. In this manner, the stage 92 feeds the placed small bundle of banknotes W into the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 at a predetermined upper position.

In the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71, when holding a plurality of small bundles W for dispensing in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71, the banknotes placed on the pair of flappers 82 as described above are held first. The stage 92 is raised from below with the next small banknote bundle W placed thereon. Then, the stage 92 places the previous small banknote bundle W placed on the pair of flappers 82 on the subsequent small banknote bundle W, and places the subsequent small banknote bundle W on the pair of flappers 82 . while opening the pair of flappers 82 and rises to a predetermined upper position. Then, after the pair of flappers 82 return to the closed state by the urging force of the flapper springs, the stage 92 descends, so that the subsequent small banknote bundle W is placed on the pair of flappers 82, and the previous small banknote bundle W is placed on the subsequent small bundle W. By appropriately repeating such an operation, the small bundles W conveyed from the inside of the machine are placed in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 in a posture in which the stacking direction of the loose banknotes S is up and down and the longitudinal direction is along the horizontal direction. They are placed in a layered state in which they are integrated from bottom to top. The small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 can support a predetermined maximum number (for example, 10 bundles) of small bundles W that can be held in the small bundle stacking space 85 by at least a pair of flappers 82 . The small bundle conveying unit 91 places small bundles W for withdrawal one by one on a stage 92 below the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 . By moving the stage 92 to a predetermined upper position each time it is placed, a plurality of small bundles W are merged in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 .

When the stage 92 rises to a predetermined dispensing position above the pair of flappers 82 , the small bundle W is lifted above the pair of flappers 82 . W is taken out of the machine from the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 . In other words, the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 holds the small bundle W so that it can be taken out of the machine. By setting the dispensing position to a position slightly above the pair of flappers 82, the bottom surface of the small bundle W at the lowest position and the pair of flappers 82 are aligned while stably holding the bottom surface of the small bundle S. Since there is a gap between them, it becomes easier for the user to take out the small bundle W of banknotes. Note that the payout position of the stage 92 may be positioned below the pair of flappers 82 . This makes it easier for the user to grasp the front-rear direction middle portion of the small bundle W placed on the pair of flappers 82 and pull it out.

The second unit 2 receives the small bundles W bound by the binding unit 38 of the first unit 1 shown in FIG. It has a small bundle receiving portion 101 that receives and holds the bundle from above and below at a position and conveys it downward. The small bundle receiving unit 101 receives one bundle of small banknotes W from the second unit 2, clamps and conveys only one small bundle of received banknotes W to a predetermined lower limit position, and further conveys it forward. It is transferred onto the stage 92 of the small bundle conveying section 91 . The position of the height of the upper surface of the stage 92 at this time is defined as a first position. Therefore, the small bundle receiving unit 101 delivers the small bundle W to the stage 92 located at the first predetermined position. The first position is different from the predetermined upper position in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal section 71 and is below the predetermined upper position. In other words, the stage 92 receives the small bundle W from the small bundle receiving section 101 at the first position below the predetermined upper position.

The small bundle receiving unit 101 is a bundle of small banknotes W sent out along the longitudinal direction from the small bundle sending unit 39 in a posture in which the stacking direction of the loose banknotes S is up and down and the longitudinal direction is along the horizontal direction. is received and conveyed downward while maintaining that posture, and is conveyed forward while maintaining that posture and delivered onto the stage 92. - 特許庁Therefore, the small bundle W received from the small bundle receiving portion 101 onto the stage 92 also assumes a posture in which the stacking direction of the loose banknotes S is up and down, and the longitudinal direction is along the horizontal direction.

In the lower part of the second unit 2, a plurality of small bundle storage units 111 having the same structure are arranged at four locations in front and back with their top, bottom, left, and right positions aligned. These small bundle storage units 111 can store small bundles of banknotes W and can feed out the stored small bundles of banknotes W. As shown in FIG.

In the second unit 2, among the plurality of small bundle storage units 111, the small bundle storage unit 111 (A) arranged on the rearmost side, the small bundle storage unit 111 (B) arranged second from the rear, The small bundle storage unit 111(C) arranged third from the bottom and the small bundle storage unit 111(D) arranged on the frontmost side are both in a stacked state in which the small bundles W are stacked from bottom to top. It is to be stored.

The small bundle storage unit 111(A) stores small bundles W of mixed denominations so that they can be fed out. On the other hand, the small bundle storage unit 111 (B) stores a predetermined single denomination of small banknotes W (specifically, a small bundle of 1,000 yen notes), and the small bundle storage unit 111 (C) stores a predetermined A small bundle W of a single denomination (specifically, a small bundle of 10,000 yen notes) is stored in the small bundle storage unit 111 (D). small bundles of yen bills) are housed so that they can be drawn out.

That is, the second unit 2 has a plurality of small bundle storage units 111 for a single denomination (a small bundle of 10,000 yen bills and a small bundle of 1,000 yen bills) for each denomination. Note that the storage pattern of the small bundle storage unit 111 is not limited to the above and can be set arbitrarily.

The small bundle storage unit 111 having a similar structure includes a rectangular tube-shaped storage body 115 forming an internal space for storing the small banknote bundle W, and an upper portion of the storage body 115 provided at the upper portion of the storage body 115 . It has a pair of flappers 116 that open and close the opening, and a stage 117 that supports the stack of small banknote bundles W and moves up and down in the internal space of the container 115 . The pair of flappers 116 are driven by a flapper motor (not shown) to rotate downward from a horizontally arranged closed state to an open state. In the small bundle storage unit 111, small bundles W are placed on a stage 117 in a stacked state in which the stacking direction of the loose banknotes S is up and down, and the longitudinal direction is along the horizontal direction. will be placed.

In the lower part of the second unit 2, in front of the small bundle storage unit 111(D), there is a small bundle which is detachable from the body 70 and conveyed from the small bundle storage unit 111 when the small bundle storage unit 111 is collected. A small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 is provided for storing banknotes W and for replenishing small banknote bundles W to be loaded outside the machine with small banknote bundles W for replenishment.

The small bundle collection cassette unit 121 includes a rectangular tubular containing body 125 forming an internal space for containing the small bill bundles W, and a pair of rectangular cylinder-shaped containing bodies 125 provided on the top of the containing body 125 for opening and closing an upper opening of the containing body 125 . It has a pair of flappers 126 and a stage 127 that supports the stack of small banknote bundles W and moves up and down in the internal space of the container 125 . The pair of flappers 126 are rotated downward from a horizontally arranged closed state to an open state by being driven by a flapper motor (not shown). In the small bundle collection cassette unit 121, the small bundles W are stacked on the stage 127 from the bottom to the top in a posture in which the stacking direction of the loose banknotes S is up and down and the longitudinal direction is along the horizontal direction. will be placed.

The second unit 2 is delivered from the small bundle conveying section 91 between the small bundle collecting cassette section 121 and the small bundle storage sections 111(A) to 111(D) and the small bundle receiving section 101 in the vertical direction. The small bundle W is received and conveyed to the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 and the small bundle storage units 111(A) to 111(D). (D) receives small bundles W of banknotes, conveys them to the small bundle conveying unit 91, and further transfers the small bundles of banknotes W between the small bundle collection cassette unit 121 and the small bundle storage units 111(A) to 111(D). A small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131 is provided for conveying the . The small bundle horizontal transport section 131 has an endless belt 132 extending in the front-rear direction, and a plurality of crosspieces 133 provided on the outer peripheral portion of the endless belt 132 at predetermined equal intervals. The small bundle horizontal transport unit 131 receives and transports a bundle of small banknotes W between the crosspieces 133 adjacent to each other in the rotation direction of the endless belt 132 .

The small bundle storage unit 111 is opened by a pair of flappers 116 being driven by a flapper motor (not shown) to rotate downward, and the stage 117 rises to the uppermost of the small bundles W on the stage 117 . A bundle of small banknotes W is protruded above the container 115 . In this state, the small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131 moves forward the crosspiece 133 protruding downward from the endless belt 132 , so that the small bundle of banknotes W is pushed by the crosspiece 133 and the small bundle conveying unit 91 moves forward. transport to. At this time, the small bundle storage unit 111 located in front of the small bundle storage unit 111 has the pair of flappers 116 in the closed state. Moving. At this time, if the pair of flappers 126 are closed, the small bundle W of the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 moves forward on the pair of flappers 126 .

In the small bundle collection cassette unit 121, the pair of flappers 126 are driven by a flapper motor (not shown) to rotate downward to open, and the stage 127 rises to lift the most of the small bundles W on the stage 127. The bundle of small banknotes W on the upper side is made to protrude above the container 125 . In this state, the small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131 moves forward the crosspiece 133 protruding downward from the endless belt 132 , so that the small bundle of banknotes W is pushed by the crosspiece 133 and the small bundle conveying unit 91 moves forward. transport to. Further, in this state, the small bundle horizontal transport unit 131 moves the crosspiece 133 projecting downward from the endless belt 132 backward, so that the small bundle W is pushed by the crosspiece 133 to store the small bundle. It is conveyed toward the section 111 .

In the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121, the stage 127 rises in an open state in which the pair of flappers 126 are rotated downward, and if there are small bundles W on the stage 127, the uppermost small bundle W of them is removed. , the stage 127 is positioned at a predetermined receiving position slightly lower than the upper end of the container 125 when there is no small bundle W of banknotes. In this state, the small banknote bundle W conveyed forward from the small bundle storage unit 111 by the small bundle horizontal transport unit 131 by being pushed by the crosspiece 133 moves to the uppermost small banknote bundle of the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 . It is placed on W or the stage 127 . Alternatively, in this state, the small bundle horizontal conveying section 131 pushes the small bundle bill W from the small bundle conveying section 91 by the cross section 133 and conveys it rearward, to the uppermost small bundle collection cassette section 121 . It is placed on the banknote bundle W or the stage 127 . By lowering the stage 127 from these states, the small bundle collecting cassette section 121 stores the small bundle banknotes W conveyed from the small bundle storage section 111 or the small bundle conveying section 91 as described above.

In the lower part of the second unit 2, between the small bundle storage unit 111 (D) and the small bundle collection cassette unit 121 in the front-rear direction, image data of the small bundle W conveyed by the small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131 is displayed. A small bundle identification unit 135 for identifying denominations and the like is provided. The small bundle identifying unit 135 identifies the small bundles W transported from the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 side to the small bundle storage unit 111 (D) side by the small bundle horizontal transport unit 131, and identifies the small banknote bundle W conveyed from the small bundle storage unit 111 (D) side to the small bundle collection cassette unit 121 side.

The second unit 2 receives the small bundles W from the small bundle collection cassette unit 121 or the small bundle storage units 111 (A) to 111 (D) and conveys them to the small bundle conveying unit 91 by the small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131 . It has a delivery mechanism 141 that pushes it onto the stage 92 . The delivery mechanism 141 descends to enter and rise to retreat from the transport path of the small bundles W of the small bundle horizontal transport unit 131 . The delivery mechanism 141 pushes the small banknote bundle W conveyed by the small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131 onto the stage 92 by lowering behind it and moving forward. The height of the upper surface of the stage 92 when receiving the small banknote bundle W conveyed by the small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131 and pushed out by the delivery mechanism 141 is defined as a second position. The delivery mechanism 141 delivers the small banknote bundle W to the stage 92 located at the second position. The second position is different from the first position described above and is below the first position. In other words, the stage 92 receives the banknote bundle W at a second position below the predetermined upper position.

The second unit 2 has a pushing mechanism 145 that pushes the small bundle W on the stage 92 toward the small bundle horizontal transport section 131 . The pushing mechanism 145 pushes the small bundle W on the stage 92 toward the small bundle horizontal transport section 131 by moving backward from the state positioned at the front end. The pushing mechanism 145 pushes the small bundle W from the stage 92 at the second position toward the small bundle horizontal transport section 131 .

The small bundle storage unit 111 is in an open state in which the pair of flappers 116 are driven downward by a flapper motor (not shown). If there is no small banknote bundle W, the stage 117 is positioned at a predetermined receiving position slightly below the upper end of the container 115 . In this state, when the small banknote bundle W pushed out by the pushing mechanism 145 is conveyed rearward by the cross section 133 of the small bundle horizontal conveying section 131 , the small bundle W is transferred to the small bundle storage section 111 . It is placed on the uppermost small banknote bundle W or the stage 117 . By lowering the stage 117 in this state, the small bundle storage unit 111 stores the small bundle W that has been transported from the small bundle transport unit 91 by the small bundle horizontal transport unit 131 . At this time, the small bundle collection cassette unit 121 has the pair of flappers 126 closed, and the small bundle W moves backward on the pair of flappers 126 . Also, the small bundle storage unit 111 located in front of the small bundle storage unit 111 also has a pair of flappers 116 closed, and the small bundle W moves rearward on the pair of flappers 116 . The small bundle storage unit 111 also operates in the same manner when storing the small bundle banknotes W transported rearward from the small bundle collection cassette unit 121 by the crosspiece 133 of the small bundle horizontal transport unit 131 . The pushing mechanism 145 pushes the small bundle W from the stage 92 toward the small bundle collection cassette section 121 and the small bundle storage sections 111(A) to 111(D).

Pushing mechanism 145, small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131, delivery mechanism 141, small bundle collecting cassette unit 121, and small bundle storage units 111(A) to 111(D) are arranged on stage 92 located in small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71. A deposit/withdrawal mechanism 151 for depositing/dispensing small banknote bundles W is provided below. The stage 92 places the small banknote bundles W received from the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 151 and conveys them to the small banknote stack stacking space 85 above when the small banknote bundles W are dispensed. The small banknote bundles W loaded in the small banknote stacking space 85 are placed and conveyed toward the deposit/withdrawal mechanism 151 below. The deposit/withdrawal mechanism 151 includes a small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 and a small bundle storage unit 111 that can receive and store small banknote bundles W from the stage 92 and send out the stored small banknote bundles W onto the stage 92 . (A) to 111(D) are provided. The small bundle collection cassette section 121 and the small bundle storage sections 111 (A) to 111 (D) are provided behind the stage 92 .

For the second unit 2 , the control unit 65 controls the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 , the new bill payment unit 72 , the new bill storage/withdrawal unit 75 , the small bundle conveying unit 91 , and the small bundle receiving unit 101 . , small bundle storage units 111 (A) to 111 (D), small bundle collection cassette unit 121, small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131, small bundle identification unit 135, delivery mechanism 141, pushing mechanism 145, etc. Control.

Next, main processing of the banknote handling machine 11 of the first embodiment will be described.

When the banknote handling machine 11 is in a standby state, the shutter 23 of the bulk depositing unit 20 is closed, and the shutter 25 of the bulk dispensing return unit 21 is also closed. In this standby state, all of the temporary storage cabinets 41(A) to 41(D) have their flappers 43 and shutters 46 closed and their pushers 45 at their upper limit positions. In this standby state, all of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) have their loose banknote temporary storage units 48 empty, and loose banknote storage units 49 are filled with suitable loose banknotes. It holds S. Further, in this standby state, the storage cassette portion 51 is empty, and the stage 53 of the storage cassette portion 51 is positioned at a predetermined upper standby position where the loose banknotes S can be received.

In this standby state, the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 has the shutter 81 closed and the pair of flappers 82 closed. Further, in this standby state, the stage 92 of the small bundle conveying section 91 is in the payment position above the pair of flappers 82 . Also, in this standby state, the small bundle receiving section 101 is at a predetermined upper receiving position. In this standby state, the small bundle storage units 111(A) to 111(D) store appropriate small banknote bundles W, and all have a pair of flappers 116 closed. Also, in this standby state, the small bundle collection cassette unit 121 is in an empty state, and the pair of flappers 126 are in a closed state.

[Loose banknote deposit processing]
The thick line in FIG. 4 indicates a banknote transport route for bulk banknote deposit processing, in which bulk banknotes S input from the outside of the machine into the bulk banknote deposit unit 20 are transported, identified, counted, and temporarily stored. When the operation display unit 66 is operated to select the loose banknote deposit process, the control unit 65 starts the loose banknote deposit process and opens the shutter 23 of the loose banknote deposit unit 20 . When loose banknotes S are loaded from the outside of the machine into the loose banknote depositing unit 20 and an operation to start the loose banknote depositing process is performed on the operation display unit 66 , the control unit 65 closes the shutter 23 , and then the deposit feeding unit 24 , the loose banknotes S fed into the loose banknote depositing unit 20 are fed out one by one from the lowest banknote at a predetermined interval, and the fed loose banknotes S are discriminated separately in the conveying path 61A. It is transported to the section 31 . During this transportation, the loose bill identification unit 31 identifies and counts the loose bills S, and the control unit 65 displays the loose bills S identified as acceptable by the loose bill identification unit 31 as indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. , transport paths 61C, 61D, 61E, and 61F. As a result, each of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) causes the loose banknote temporary storage unit 48 to temporarily store the loose banknotes S by the take-in/delivery unit 42, respectively.

On the other hand, the control unit 65 determines that the loose banknotes S fed out from the loose deposit unit 20 by the deposit dispensing unit 24 are unacceptable by the random discriminating unit 31, i. Loose banknotes S and loose banknotes that are transported abnormally, such as multi-fed, skewed, or near-fed, are regarded as rejected loose banknotes. 61H, the transport path 61G, the transport path 61A, the transport path 61M, and the transport path 61K are transported to the loose payment return unit 21.

At this time, the loose banknotes S exiting the loose depositing unit 20 and headed for the separate banknote identification unit 31 on the transport path 61A and the loose banknotes S heading from the transport paths 61H and 61G to the transport path 61M through the transport path 61A. , a portion of the transport path 61A is used in common, and there is a possibility of crossing at this portion. Therefore, when the loose banknote identification unit 31 determines that the loose banknotes S cannot be accepted, the control unit 65 waits for the timing of the crossing with the loose banknotes S, stops the deposit payout unit 24, feeding out of the loose banknotes S is interrupted.

By performing the operation of the above-described loose banknote depositing process, the loose banknotes S in the bulk depositing unit 20 are eliminated, and all the loose banknotes S fed out from the bulk depositing unit 20 are stored in the temporary storage storage boxes 41 (A) to 41 ( D) When the bills are transported to either the loose bill temporary storage unit 48 or the loose bill return unit 21 , the control unit 65 opens the shutter 25 of the loose bill return unit 21 to remove the loose bills from the loose bill return unit 21 . The money of the loose banknotes S that have been made removable and have been temporarily stored in the separate banknote temporary storage units 48 of the temporary storage storages 41(A) to 41(D) after being determined to be acceptable by the separate recognition unit 31. The operation display unit 66 is caused to display the number of sheets by type, the total amount, and the like. Then, the control unit 65 enters a state of waiting for an input of a deposit confirming operation and a deposit canceling operation to the operation display unit 66, and ends the loose banknote depositing process.

[Loose banknote storage process]
After the loose banknote deposit process, when the deposit confirmation operation is input to the operation display unit 66, the control unit 65 confirms the deposit and temporarily stores 41 (A) to 41 in the loose banknote deposit process. (D) Loose banknote storage processing is performed to store the loose banknotes S temporarily stored in the loose banknote temporary storage unit 48 in the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D). The thick line in FIG. 5 indicates the banknote transport route for this loose banknote storage process.

In the loose banknote storage process, under the control of the control unit 65, the shutters 46 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) are placed on the pair of flappers 43 above the pair of flappers 43 in the closed state. It descends to the closest lower position and performs an opening operation to deliver the temporarily stored loose banknotes S onto a pair of flappers 43. - 特許庁After that, the pair of flappers 43 of the temporary storage cabinets 41 (A) to 41 (D) are opened to stack the temporarily stored loose banknotes S on the stage 44 . Then, the pusher 45 descends to lower the stage 44 while pushing the loose banknotes S on the stage 44 downward, and when the pusher 45 is positioned below the pair of flappers 43, the pair of flappers 43 are closed. After that, the pusher 45 rises and returns to the upper limit position. As a result, the loose bills S are stored in the loose bill storage section 49 between the pair of flappers 43 and the stage 44 .

[Returning loose banknotes]
After the process of depositing loose banknotes, at the time of canceling the deposit when the operation to cancel the deposit is input to the operation display unit 66, the control unit 65 does not confirm the deposit, and the temporary storage storage boxes 41 (A) to 41 are stored in the process of depositing loose banknotes. (D) A return process is performed in which all the loose banknotes S temporarily stored in the separate banknote temporary storage unit 48 are delivered to the separate payment return unit 21 . The thick line in FIG. 6 indicates the banknote transport route for this loose banknote return process.

In the loose banknote return process, under the control of the control unit 65, the shutters 46 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) to 41(D) are lifted, and the respective take-in and delivery units 42 move to the loose banknote temporary storage units. 48 loose banknotes S are separated one by one from the uppermost banknote S and fed out at predetermined intervals. The bills are transported to the separate payment return unit 21 by the corresponding one of 61F and the transport paths 61A and 61K. At the end of the return process, the control unit 65 opens the shutter 25 of the separate payment return unit 21 to enable the separate banknotes S to be taken out from the separate payment return unit 21 .

[Bulk banknote withdrawal process]
The thick line in FIG. 7 indicates the temporary storage box 41 (A) that stores 10,000 yen bills and 5,000 yen bills based on the operation for dispensing loose bills input to the operation display unit 66 . loose banknotes S are dispensed from the specified denomination of the temporary storage storage 41 (B) storing 1,000-yen loose banknotes and the temporary storage storage 41 (C) storing 1,000-yen loose banknotes. It shows a banknote transport route for withdrawal processing.

In the process of withdrawing loose banknotes, the control unit 65 selects one of the temporary storage bins 41(A) to 41(C) to be withdrawn based on the number of withdrawals by denomination input to the operation display unit 66. , the shutter 46 and the pair of flappers 43 are opened, and the stage 44 is raised. Then, the loose banknotes S placed on the stage 44 are separated one by one from the uppermost one by the taking-in and delivery unit 42 and delivered at predetermined intervals. Then, as shown by the thick solid line in FIG. 7, the conveying unit 61 conveys the fed loose banknotes S to the separate identification unit 31 through the corresponding conveying paths 61C to 61E and the conveying path 61A. Based on the identification result of 31, normal loose banknotes S that do not need to be reversed are conveyed to the separate payment return unit 21 as they are through the transport paths 61A and 61K, and normal loose banknotes S that need to be reversed are transported from the transport path 61A. After being reversed by the reverse side reversing section 63 via the path 61N, the money is conveyed to the separate payment returning section 21 via the conveying paths 61M and 61K. As a result, the normal loose banknotes S of the denomination based on the separate banknote dispensing operation are delivered to the separate dispensing return unit 21 while arranging the front and back sides thereof. Rejected loose banknotes other than normal loose banknotes S that are identified by the loose identification unit 31 as being abnormally conveyed or having a defective denomination identification are shown in the conveying path 61A as indicated by the thick solid line to the thick broken line in FIG. , 61K and 61L to the separate payment reject box 22 and stored in the separate payment reject box 22 .

As described above, the input number of dispensed separate banknotes S for each denomination is delivered to the dispensed dispensation returning unit 21 while arranging the front and back sides of each bill according to denomination. At the end of the separate bill dispensing process, the control section 65 opens the shutter 25 of the separate disbursement returning section 21 so that the loose bills S can be taken out of the separate disbursement returning section 21 .

[Small bundle banknote withdrawal process]
The thick lines in FIG. 8 indicate the small bundle storage unit 111 (B) that stores small bundles of 1,000-yen bills and a small bundle of 10,000-yen bills, based on the operation for dispensing small bundles of bills input to the operation display unit 66. storage in the small banknote bill dispensing process of dispensing small banknote bundles W from the specified denomination of the small bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D) to the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 It shows a banknote transport route for a small bundle dispensing process. The thick line in FIG. 9 and the thick line in FIG. 10 indicate that the temporary storage box 41 (C) that stores 1,000-yen loose banknotes is stored based on the small banknote dispensing operation input to the operation display unit 66. The bundle unit 38 bundles the loose banknotes S of the specified denomination in the loose banknote storage unit 49 and the temporary storage unit 41 (A) storing loose banknotes. It shows a banknote transport route of a bundled small bundle dispensing process in a small bundle dispensing process in which banknotes W are created and dispensed to the small bundle depositing/dispensing unit 71 . The thick line in FIG. 9 and the thick line in FIG. 11 indicate that the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storages 41(A) and 41(C) are operated based on the small banknote dispensing operation input to the operation display unit 66. Small banknote bundles W are created by the bundling unit 38 from the loose banknotes S of the designated denomination, and the small banknote bundles W are replenished to the corresponding ones in the small bundle storage units 111(A) to 111(D). 4 shows a banknote transport route for bundle replenishment processing in gold processing. The thick line in FIG. 12 indicates the banknote transport route of the stored small bundle redistribution process in the small banknote bundle dispensing process.

Here, among the small bundles W, stored in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) and dispensed to the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 in one transaction such as the small bundle payment processing. Small banknote bundles W are used as stored small bundles, and a predetermined number of loose banknotes S from the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C) are bundled in one transaction such as a small banknote dispensing process. The small banknote bundles W that the unit 38 binds with a binding tape and pays out to the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 are referred to as bundled small bundles. Therefore, the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) can store the small bundle W as the small bundle W to be stored and feed it out. Further, the bundling unit 38 binds a predetermined number of loose banknotes S with a bundling tape to form a bundled small bundle W, which is a small bundle W of banknotes.

In one transaction of the small bill bill withdrawal process, when the number of bill bundles to be disbursed by denomination requested to be disbursed is input to the operation display section 66 and a withdrawal start operation is input to the operation display section 66, the control section 65 will start one transaction for dispensing small bundles of banknotes. ) to 111 (D) to compare the amount of stored small bundles W already stored and the requested number of small bundles W requested for withdrawal in the transaction, and based on this comparison result, A small banknote bundle dispensing process pattern is determined, and one transaction of the small banknote banknote dispensing process is performed according to the determined small banknote bundle dispensing process pattern.

This small bill bill dispensing process pattern is a storage small bill bill bill collection processing pattern in which stored small bundles W from the small bill bill storage units 111(B) to 111(D) are dispensed to the small bundle bill receiving/dispensing unit 71 as indicated by thick lines in FIG. A first pattern in which only bundle payment processing is performed, and a stored small bundle W from the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) as indicated by the thick lines in FIG. 9 and 10, a predetermined number of loose banknotes S from the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C) are collected by the bundling unit 38. and a second pattern in which a bundled small bundle W is prepared by binding with , and the bundled small bundle dispensing process of dispensing the bundled small bundle W to the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 is performed. The control unit 65 selects and executes either one of the first pattern and the second pattern, and preferentially executes the first pattern out of the first pattern and the second pattern.

That is, the control unit 65, when performing one transaction of the small bill bill dispensing process, controls the storage small bundle W of 1,000 yen bills in the small bundle storage unit 111(B) and the small bundle storage units 111(C), 111(C) and 111(C). In both of the stored small bundles W of 10,000 yen bills in D), the number of already stored stored small bundles W is equal to or greater than the withdrawal requested number of small banknote bundles W requested in the one transaction. In this case, only the stored small bundle dispensing process of dispensing the stored small bundles W stored in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) to the small bundle receiving/dispensing unit 71 is performed.

Further, the control unit 65, when performing one transaction of the small bill bill dispensing process, controls the storage small bundle W of 1,000 yen bills in the small bundle storage unit 111(B) and the small bundle storage units 111(C), 111(C) and 111(C). D) In the stored small bundles W of at least one of the denominations W of the stored small bundles W of 10,000 yen bills, the number of stored small bundles W already stored is requested for withdrawal in the one transaction. If the number of small banknote bundles W is less than the requested number of bills to be dispensed, only the stored small bundle disbursement process is performed for the denominations that are not less than the requested number of disbursed bills. At the same time, the processing for disbursing small bundles of stored bills is performed, and from the loose banknotes S of the corresponding denomination stored in the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C), A bundled small bundle W is created by the bundling unit 38, and bundled small bundle payment processing is performed to make the bundled small bundle payment unit 71 pay out. In this way, the control unit 65 controls the stored small bundles W stored in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) and the temporary storage storage 41 ( A) and 41(C), the bundled small bundle W created by bundling the loose bills S stored in the loose bill storage unit 49 in the bundling unit 38 are joined together and sent to the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71. withdraw money.

In addition, in one transaction of the small bundle bill dispensing process, the control unit 65 determines the quantity of stored small bundles W already stored in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) and Based on the result of comparison with the requested number of small banknote bundles W requested to be dispensed, in addition to the small banknote banknote dispensing processing pattern, the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storages 41(A) and 41(C) are bundled in the bundling unit 38 to form a bundled small bundle W, and the bundled small bundle W is stored in the corresponding small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D). Perform processing incrementally.

That is, the control unit 65, when performing one transaction of the small bundle bill dispensing process, reduces the stored small bundles W stored in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) in the one transaction. When the bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 is caused to dispense money, a small bundle storage unit 111 (B) storing a storage small bundle W of 1,000-yen notes and a small bundle storage unit storing a storage small bundle W of 10,000-yen notes are displayed. 111(C) and 111(D), if it is predicted that there will be a denomination with a shortage of bundles for which the stored small bundle W will be zero, it will be included in the transaction and temporarily stored. A bundling unit 38 prepares a bundled small bundle W from the loose bills S of the denomination in which the number of bundles is insufficient in the loose bill storage units 49 of the storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C). Then, a small bundle replenishment process is added to store in the small bundle storage unit 111 of the denomination for which the number of bundles is insufficient among the small bundle storage unit 111(B) and the small bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D). The number of bundles stored in the small bundle storage unit 111(B) and the number of bundles stored in the small bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D) are all set to a predetermined lower limit or more. Since the small bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D) store the same denomination, the total number of bundles to be stored is set to a predetermined lower limit number or more.

In this way, the control unit 65 controls the stored small bundles W stored in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) and the temporary storage storage 41 ( A) and 41(C), the bundled small bundle W created by bundling the loose bills S stored in the loose bill storage unit 49 in the bundling unit 38 are joined together and sent to the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71. At the same time, the bundled small bundle W created by binding the loose bills S stored in the loose bill storage units 49 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C) by the binding unit 38 is stored. It is sent out toward the parts 111(B) to 111(D) and stored. Note that denominations for which the stored small bundles W are equal to or less than a predetermined number of bundles greater than zero may be defined as denominations with insufficient bundle numbers, and the number of bundles larger than the predetermined number of bundles by a predetermined value may be set as the lower limit number of bundles.

In addition, the control unit 65 determines the number of requested small bundles W to be dispensed for each denomination and the number of small bundles W of 1,000 yen bills stored in the small bundle storage unit 111 (B) as the amount available in the machine. In addition to comparison with the number of stored small bundles W of 10,000 yen bills stored in the small bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D), temporary storage storage 41(A), The number of loose bills S stored in the loose bill storage unit 49 of 41(C) is compared. Then, a predetermined lower limit number of stored small bundles W set in advance in the small bundle storage unit 111 (B) for 1,000-yen notes to remain, and the number of temporary storage storage boxes 41 (C) for 1,000-yen notes Considering the lower limit of the number of loose bills S set in the loose bill storage unit 49, which is a predetermined amount of remaining loose bills S, A predetermined lower limit number of stored small bundles W that are set to remain and a predetermined number of loose banknotes S that are set in the loose banknote storage unit 49 of the temporary storage storage 41 (A) for 10,000 yen notes. Considering the lower limit number of looses, the operation pattern of the one transaction is determined.

That is, when starting one transaction of the small bundle dispensing process, the control unit 65 causes the small bundle storage unit 111 (B), which dispenses the stored small bundle W of 1,000-yen bills, to store a predetermined amount after the transaction. If the lower limit number of bundles is maintained, and the combination of the small bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D) that dispense the stored small bundles W of 10,000 yen bills maintains the lower limit number of bundles that is the predetermined storage amount. If expected, only the small bundles W stored in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) are dispensed.

In addition, when starting one transaction of the small bundle bill dispensing process, the control unit 65 controls the small bundle storage unit 111 (B) that dispenses the stored small bundle W of 1,000 yen bills and the 10,000 yen bill after the transaction. At least one of the small bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D) that dispenses the stored small bundles W of tickets is expected to be unable to maintain the lower limit number of bundles, which is the predetermined storage amount. In this case, the loose banknotes S for creating the bundled small bundles W to replenish the small bundle storage unit 111 that cannot maintain the lower limit number of bundles are stored in the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storages 41(A) and 41(C). If it is expected to be secured in the corresponding one, the lower limit number of bundles cannot be maintained after at least the stored small bundle W of the stored small bundle W and the bundled small bundle W is dispensed in the one transaction. The small bundle storage unit 111 is replenished with small bundles W to restore the predetermined lower limit number of bundles.

In addition, when starting one transaction of the small bundle bill dispensing process, the control unit 65 controls the small bundle storage unit 111 (B) that dispenses the stored small bundle W of 1,000 yen bills and the 10,000 yen bill after the transaction. At least one of the small bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D) that dispenses the stored small bundles W of tickets is expected to be unable to maintain the lower limit number of bundles, which is the predetermined storage amount. In this case, the loose banknotes S to create the bundled small bundles W to replenish the small bundle storage unit 111 that cannot maintain the lower limit number of bundles are stored in the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C). If it is expected that it is not secured in the corresponding one of the unit 49, in the one transaction, after at least the stored small bundle W of the stored small bundle W and the bundled small bundle W is dispensed, the lower limit number of bundles The small bundle W is not replenished in the small bundle storage unit 111 that cannot be maintained.

Moreover, the control unit 65 allows the number of loose banknotes S, which is the sum of the number of bundled small bundles W to be replenished to the small bundle storage unit 111 that cannot maintain the lower limit number of bundles, and the lower limit number of loose banknotes, to be stored in the temporary storage storage 41 ( A), 41(C), when it is expected that the corresponding one of the loose banknote storage units 49 is not secured, the bundled small bundle W is not replenished to the small bundle storage unit 111 that cannot maintain the lower limit number of bundles.

In addition, when starting one transaction of small banknote dispensing processing, the control unit 65 determines that the stored small bundle W of the requested denomination to be dispensed corresponds to the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D). If there is not a single bundle stored therein, only the bundled small bundle W obtained by binding the loose banknotes S of the corresponding loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storages 41(A) and 41(C) by the binding unit 38 is dispensed to the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71.

In addition, the control unit 65, in one transaction of the small banknote bill dispensing process, allows the small banknote bundle W of a plurality of denominations to be dispensed to the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 at once, When both the small bundles W are to be dispensed, when the stored small bundles W and the bundled small bundles W are merged, the small bundles W of a plurality of denominations are merged by denomination. At that time, in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71, small bundles W of higher denominations are merged so that they are grouped at the lower side.

Here, as a specific example, at the start of the first transaction, which is one transaction of the small bundle bill dispensing process, the breakdown of the stored small bundle W of the requested denomination to be dispensed is a small bundle of 10,000 yen bills. A case where there are five bundles of banknotes W and five bundles of small banknotes W of 1,000-yen notes will be described as an example. Moreover, at the start of this first transaction, seven small bundles W of 10,000 yen bills are stored in the small bundle storage unit 111 (C), eight bundles are stored in the small bundle storage unit 111 (D), and 1,000 yen bills are stored. An example will be described in which there are four small bundles W in the small bundle storage unit 111(B) and 800 loose banknotes S in the loose banknote storage unit 49 of the temporary storage storage 41(C). . In addition, the lower limit number of bundles W of 10,000 yen bills to be stored in the small bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D) is set to 3, and the number of 1,000 yen bills in the small bundle storage unit 111(B) is set to 3 bundles. An example will be described in which the lower limit number of stored small bundles W is set to 3 bundles and the lower limit number of individual bills in the loose banknote storage section 49 of the temporary storage storage 41(C) is set to 300. It should be noted that these settings are merely examples, and are not limited to these. In addition, the number of small banknote bundles W held in the small banknote stacking space 85 at one time is 10 bundles.

First, at the start of the first transaction, which is one transaction of the small bundle bill dispensing process, the control unit 65 determines that the breakdown of the stored small bundle W of the requested denomination to be dispensed is 10,000 yen bills. There are 5 bundles of banknotes W and 5 bundles of small banknote bundles W of 1,000-yen notes. As for the small bundles W of yen notes, four stored small bundles W that do not require bundling processing can be dispensed, and the remaining one bundle can be dispensed as a bundled small bundle W that requires bundling processing. Displayed on the operation display unit 66 . In addition, the control unit 65 either dispenses all of the five small bundles W of 10,000-yen notes and the five small bundles W of 1,000-yen notes, or dispenses all of the small bundles W of the 1,000-yen notes, or maximizes The operation display unit 66 is caused to display three patterns of withdrawing five small bundles W of yen notes and four small bundles W of 1,000 yen notes, or canceling the withdrawal. Wait for the input of whether to withdraw in the pattern of Here, a case will be described in which a pattern is selected in which all five small bundles W of 10,000-yen notes and five small bundles W of 1,000-yen notes are withdrawn. On the other hand, a pattern was selected in which a maximum of 5 bundles of 10,000-yen notes and 4 bundles of 1,000-yen notes were dispensed as long as the bundling process was unnecessary. In this case, the processing differs only in that the bundled small bundle W of 1,000-yen notes requiring the bundling processing is not dispensed.

The control unit 65 causes the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 to dispense the stored small bundle W of 4 bundles of 1,000 yen notes from the small bundle storage unit 111 (B) in the first transaction of the small bundle dispensing process. A small bundle dispensing process, and loose bills S of 1,000-yen bills are drawn out from the temporary storage storage 41 (C) and bundled in a binding section 38 to make one bundle W be dispensed to a small bundle depositing/dispensing section 71.例文帳に追加A bundled small bundle payment process, and a small bundle W of 5 bundles of 10,000 yen bills is received and paid from, for example, the small bundle storage unit 111 (D) of the small bundle storage units 111 (C) and 111 (D). A stored small bundle dispensing process for dispensing money to the unit 71, and the loose banknotes S of 1,000-yen bills are drawn out from the temporary storage storage 41 (C) and bundled by the binding unit 38 to bundle three bundles W of 1,000-yen bills. are replenished in the small bundle storage unit 111(B).

In the operation display unit 66, as the first transaction of the small bundle payment processing, 5 bundles of 10,000-yen bills and 5 bundles of 1,000-yen bills are input as the requested number of withdrawals. Then, when an operation to dispense all the small bundles W is input and a start operation is input, the control unit 65 determines the above pattern, and first, as indicated by the thick line in FIG. A pair of flappers 116 are opened downward in the small bundle storage unit 111 (B) in order to carry out a small stored bundle payment process of holding four small bundles W of 1,000 yen bills in the small bundle payment unit 71 . After the operation, the stage 117 is lifted so that the uppermost bundle W of the stored small bundles W of 1,000-yen bills placed on the stage 117 is protruded into the small bundle horizontal transport section 131 . In parallel with this, the control unit 65 performs bundled small bundle payment processing for holding the bundled small bundle W of 1,000-yen notes in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71, as indicated by the thick lines in FIGS. and 3 bundles of 1,000-yen notes from the loose bill storage unit 49 of the temporary storage storage 41 (C) in order to perform a bundle replenishment process of replenishing the bundle storage unit 111 (B) later. Dispensing of the loose banknotes S of yen notes is started, and the operation of creating a bound small bundle W of 1,000 yen notes is started. That is, the control unit 65 performs a storage small bundle payment process for withdrawing the stored small bundle W of 1,000 yen bills stored in the small bundle storage unit 111 (B) to the small bundle payment unit 71, and a temporary storage storage. A bundled small bundle creating process for creating a bundled small bundle W by the bundling unit 38 from the loose banknotes S of 1,000 yen bills stored in the loose banknote storage unit 49 of the warehouse 41(C) is performed in parallel. The small bundle creation process is part of the small bundle payment process and part of the small bundle replenishment process.

In the stored small bundle payment processing, as described above, the first small bundle W of the stored small bundles W of 1,000 yen bills placed on the stage 117 of the small bundle storage section 111 (B) is In parallel with projecting into the horizontal conveying section 131, the control section 65 lowers the stage 92 of the small bundle conveying section 91 to the second position. Then, when the uppermost first bundle of stored small bundles W in the small bundle storage unit 111 (B) is projected into the small bundle horizontal transport unit 131, the control unit 65 causes the endless belt 132 to project downward. Rotate so that 133 moves forward. Then, the first small bundle W of the 1,000-yen bills to be stored is pressed by the crosspiece 133 of the small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131 and is conveyed forward. The denomination and bundling status are confirmed. As a result, if there is no abnormality, the control unit 65 causes the small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131 to convey the first stored small bundle W of the 1,000-yen bills to a predetermined position at the front end. The stored small bundle W of the first bundle of yen bills is pushed forward. Then, the first small bundle W of the 1,000-yen bills to be stored is placed on the stage 92 at the second position of the small bundle conveying section 91 . Note that the control unit 65 controls the small bundle storage unit 111 ( At this time, the second uppermost bundle of stored small bundles W of 1,000-yen bills placed on the stage 117 of B) is protruded into the small bundle horizontal conveying section 131 . Then, the second bundle W of the 1,000-yen bills to be stored is forwardly conveyed by the next rail portion 133 in the same manner as the first bundle and reaches a predetermined front end position.

Here, when there is a stored small bundle W of 10,000-yen bills for which the small bundle identification unit 135 detects an abnormality in the denomination, the control unit 65 rotates the pair of flappers 126 of the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 downward. The stage 127 is moved to an open state, and the stage 127 is lifted, and as indicated by the thick dashed line in FIG. , the stage 127 is lowered, and the pair of flappers 126 are rotated upward to be closed. Then, in the first transaction, the control unit 65 additionally dispenses the small banknote bundle W for that amount. In this specific example, since there is no small bundle W of 1,000-yen notes that can be added to the small bundle storage unit 111 (B), the control unit 65 cannot add the small bundle W in the first transaction. withdraw money. At the end of the first transaction, the stored small bundles W of different denominations temporarily stored in the small bundle collection cassette unit 121 are collected and stored in the small bundle collection cassette unit 121 as indicated by the thick line in FIG. From 121, by the small bundle horizontal conveying section 131, the small bundle storage sections 111(B) to 111(D) are made to store the appropriate denominations. The difference in denomination occurs due to the operator's error in loading the small bundles W into the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D). When the small bundle identification unit 135 detects an abnormality in the small bundle W, the small bundle horizontal transport unit 131 is stopped at that point, and an error notification including the location of the abnormal small bundle W is displayed on the operation display unit 66. You can let me do it. In particular, when the abnormality is poor bundling, control is performed in this manner.

When the delivery mechanism 141 pushes the first small bundle W of 1,000-yen bills forward and places them on the stage 92 at the second position, the controller 65 moves the stage 92 to a predetermined upper position. raise. Then, on the way, the first small bundle W of 1,000-yen bills on the stage 92 opens the pair of flappers 82 upward and passes through, and the pair of flappers 82 closes by passing. It will return to the closed position. After raising the stage 92 to a predetermined upper position, the controller 65 lowers it to the second position. On the way, the stage 92 places the first small bundle W of 1,000-yen notes on the pair of flappers 82 in the closed state, and then moves to the second position.

Next, the control unit 65 causes the delivery mechanism 141 to push forward the second small bundle W of the 1,000-yen bills that is conveyed to the predetermined front end position following the first bundle by the small horizontal conveying unit 131 . . Then, the second bundle W of the 1,000-yen bills to be stored is placed on the stage 92 . Note that the control unit 65 controls the small bundle storage unit 111 ( At this time, the third highest-positioned small bundle W of 1,000-yen bills placed on the stage 117 of B) is protruded into the small bundle horizontal conveying section 131 . Then, the third small bundle W of the 1,000-yen bills to be stored is conveyed forward by the next crosspiece 133 in the same manner as the first and second bundles, and reaches a predetermined front end position. The control unit 65 controls the rotation and stoppage of the endless belt 132 so that the plurality of small bundles W to be stored do not interfere with each other at the predetermined front end position.

When the delivery mechanism 141 pushes the second small bundle W of 1,000-yen bills forward and places it on the stage 92, the controller 65 raises the stage 92 to a predetermined upper position. Then, on the way, the second small bundle W of 1,000-yen bills to be stored on the stage 92 causes the pair of flappers 82 to open upward, and the first small bundle W of 1,000-yen bills to be stored is placed. and passes through a pair of flappers 82 . Then, the pair of flappers 82 are closed and returned to the closed position. After raising the stage 92 to a predetermined upper position, the controller 65 lowers it to the second position. On the way, the stage 92 places the second small bundle W of 1,000-yen notes to be stored on the pair of flappers 82, and places the first small bundle W of 1,000-yen notes to be stored thereon. Located in the second position.

Next, the control unit 65 causes the delivery mechanism 141 to push forward the third small bundle W of the 1,000-yen bills conveyed to the predetermined front end position following the second bundle by the small horizontal conveying unit 131 . and place it on the stage 92 .

By repeating the above as appropriate, the four stored small bundles W of 1,000-yen notes stored in the small bundle storage unit 111 (B) are placed on the pair of flappers 82 from the bottom to the fourth, third, and second bundles. When the second bundle and the first bundle are stacked in this order, the control unit 65 ends the stored small bundle payment processing for the stored small bundle W of four bundles of 1,000-yen notes, and then one bundle of 1,000-yen notes. The stage 92 is positioned at the first position as part of the bundled small bundle dispensing process for the bundled small bundle W of yen notes. Note that after this bundled small bundle payment processing, the stored small bundle payment processing for the stored small bundle W of 5 bundles of 10,000 yen notes will be performed. At the timing when the crosspiece 133 that conveys the small bundle W to the front passes over the small bundle storage unit 111 (B), the stage 117 of the small bundle storage unit 111 (B) is lowered to move the small bundle storage unit 111 ( At the timing when the pair of flappers 116 of B) are closed and the beam portion 133 for conveying the fourth bundle W of 1,000-yen bills to the front passes over the small bundle storage portion 111 (D), the small bundle is stored. A pair of flappers 116 of the section 111(D) is opened downward, and one bundle of stored small bundles W of 10,000 yen bills placed on the stage 117 of the small bundle storage section 111(D) is placed at the highest position at this time. The eyes are made to protrude into the small bundle horizontal conveying section 131 . Then, the first small bundle W of the 10,000-yen bills is similarly conveyed forward by the next beam portion 133 and reaches a predetermined front end position. Also in this case, the control unit 65 controls the rotation and stoppage of the endless belt 132 so that the plurality of small bundles W to be stored do not interfere with each other at the predetermined front end position. Following the first bundle W of 10,000-yen bills to be stored, the second and subsequent bundles of 10,000-yen bills to be stored are sequentially conveyed to a predetermined position at the front end by the next cross section 133.例文帳に追加

In the first transaction, in the bundled small bundle creation process of the bundled small bundle withdrawal process that was started at the start of the stored small bundle withdrawal process as described above, the control unit 65 causes the temporary storage storage 41 (C ), and after opening the pair of flappers 43, the stage 44 is raised to remove the loose banknotes S stored in the loose banknote storage section 49 of the temporary storage storage 41(C). It is fed by the take-in and feeding section 42 and is transported to the individual discriminating section 31 by the transport paths 61E and 61A of the transport section 61 . Then, based on the identification result, normal banknotes that do not need to be reversed are sent to the aligning unit 35 through the transport paths 61A, 61K, and 61P. After passing through the front/back reversing section 63 at 61N, the sheet is conveyed to the alignment section 35 through conveying paths 61M, 61K, and 61P. On the other hand, abnormal banknotes are conveyed to the separate withdrawal reject box 22 through the conveyance paths 61A, 61K, and 61L.

Then, when the loose banknotes S of 100 1000-yen notes, which is the bundling unit number, are stacked in the alignment unit 35 , the control unit 65 transports the stacked loose banknotes S to the bundling unit 38 by the lifting transport unit 37 . Then, the bundle W is bound by the binding section 38 to form a bundled small bundle W, and the small bundle sending section 39 sends out the first bundled small bundle W to the small bundle receiving section 101 located at the upper receiving position. The control unit 65 lowers the small bundle receiving unit 101 that has received the first small bundle W to the lower limit position. In the first transaction, one small bundle W is required for withdrawal and three bundles for replenishment. , and do not interfere with the processing of the first small bundle W in the up-and-down conveying unit 37, the bundling unit 38, the small bundle sending unit 39, and the small bundle receiving unit 101. Within the range, the process for the second small bundle W is advanced. Likewise, the processing of the third small bundle W and the fourth small bundle W is advanced to the extent that it does not interfere with the processing of the previous small bundle W.

When the small bundle receiving unit 101 that has received the first small bundle W is lowered to the lower limit position, the control unit 65 causes the stage 92 to move to the first position if the stage 92 is not at the first position. while waiting until the stage 92 is positioned at the first position, or when the stage 92 is positioned at the first position after waiting, the small bundle receiving section 101 is moved forward to send out the first small bundle W onto the stage 92 . Then, the control section 65 returns the small bundle receiving section 101 to the upper receiving position by the reverse route, and raises the stage 92 to a predetermined upper position. Then, on the way, the first banknote bundle W of the 1,000-yen notes on the stage 92, that is, the fifth bundle of small banknotes W of the 1,000-yen notes to be dispensed moves upward while opening the pair of flappers 82 upward. After the first to fourth bundles W are placed, they pass through the pair of flappers 82, whereby the pair of flappers 82 close and return to the closed position. After raising the stage 92 to a predetermined upper position, the control unit 65 lowers the stage 92 to the second position as a part of the stored small bundle dispensing process for the stored small bundle W of 10,000 yen bills. On the way, the stage 92 places the first small bundle W and the fourth to first stored small bundles W in this order on the pair of flappers 82, and then moves to the second position. do. In this way, five small bundles of 1,000-yen bills W are put together in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 .

Next, the control unit 65 causes the first small bundle W of 10,000-yen bills to be transported to a predetermined front end position following the fourth small bundle W of 1,000-yen bills to be stored by the small-bundle horizontal conveying unit 131. , is pushed forward by the delivery mechanism 141 and placed on the stage 92 at the second position, and then the stage 92 is raised to a predetermined upper position. Then, on the way, the first small bundle W of 10,000-yen bills on the stage 92 opens the pair of flappers 82 upward, and five small bundles W of 1,000-yen bills are placed. , through a pair of flappers 82 . As a result, the pair of flappers 82 are closed and returned to the closed position. After raising the stage 92 to a predetermined upper position, the controller 65 lowers it to the second position. On the way, the stage 92 places the first small bundle W of 10,000-yen bills and five small bundles W of 1,000-yen bills on the pair of flappers 82, and then moves to the second position. To position. Then, the control unit 65 causes the second small banknote bundle W of 10,000-yen notes to be transported to a predetermined front end position following the first stored small bundle W of 10,000-yen notes by the small horizontal transport unit 131. The delivery mechanism 141 pushes it forward and places it on the stage 92 .

By repeating the above as appropriate, the five small bundles W of 10,000-yen notes stored in the small bundle storage unit 111 (D) are grouped together and placed on the stage 92 in a stacked state. When five small bundles of 1,000-yen bills W are placed together, the control unit 65 stops the stage 92 at a predetermined dispensing position above the pair of flappers 82 and opens the shutter 81 . As a result, these 10 bundles of small bills W in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 are taken out of the machine.

When a sensor (not shown) detects that all the small bundles W of the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 have been taken out of the machine, the control unit 65 closes the shutter 81 and continues to the first transaction. Stage 92 is positioned at a first position as part of the bundle replenishment process for bundle W of three thousand-yen notes included. Then, the control unit 65 receives the first small bundle W of 1,000-yen notes to be replenished and moves the small bundle receiving unit 101 positioned at the lower limit position forward to move it onto the stage 92 as a small bundle replenishment process. Then, the first small bundle W of the 1,000-yen bills to be replenished is sent out. Then, the control section 65 returns the small bundle receiving section 101 to the upper receiving position and lowers the stage 92 to the second position.

Next, the control unit 65 rotates the endless belt 132 of the small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131 so that the crosspiece 133 protruding downward moves backward, and the pair of flappers for the small bundle storage unit 111 (B). 116 is opened downward to raise the stage 117 from the small bundle horizontal conveying section 131 to a position for receiving the bundled small bundle W, and the first bundled small bundle W of the 1,000-yen notes to be replenished on the stage 92 is pushed out. The mechanism 145 pushes it toward the small bundle horizontal conveying section 131 . Then, the crosspiece 133 of the endless belt 132 conveys the first small bundle W of the 1,000-yen bills to be replenished backward and places it on the stage 117 of the small bundle storage section 111 (B). Then, the control unit 65 lowers the stage 117 to a position where the small bundle W is received from the small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131 above the first small bundle W of the 1,000-yen notes to be replenished.

When the first small bundle W of 1,000-yen notes to be replenished on the stage 92 is pushed out toward the small bundle horizontal transport section 131 by the pushing mechanism 145, the control section 65 raises the stage 92 to the first position. . Then, the control unit 65 receives the second small bundle W of the 1,000-yen notes to be replenished, and moves the small bundle receiving unit 101 located at the lower limit position forward to place the 1,000-yen notes to be replenished on the stage 92. The second small bundle W is sent out. Then, the control unit 65 returns the small bundle receiving unit 101 to the upper receiving position, lowers the stage 92 to the second position, and moves the second small bundle W of the 1,000-yen notes to be replenished on the stage 92 . is pushed toward the small bundle horizontal conveying section 131 by the pushing mechanism 145 .

The above process is repeated as appropriate, and the third small bundle W of the 1,000-yen notes to be replenished is placed on the second small bundle W of the 1,000-yen notes to be replenished on the stage 117 in the small bundle storage unit 111 (B). , the control section 65 lowers the stage 117 of the small bundle storage section 111(B), closes the pair of flappers 116 of the small bundle storage section 111(B), and returns them to the closed position.

If the bundled small bundle W of 10,000-yen bills needs to be replenished in the small bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D), the small bundle storage unit 111(B) is replenished, and then the small bundle storage unit 111(B) is replenished. The bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D) are replenished with small bundles W. The aligning units 35 and 36, the lift transfer unit 37, the binding unit 38, the small bundle delivery unit 39, and the small bundles W are replenished. Processing is performed as far downstream as possible without causing interference in the receiving unit 101 . In the bundled small bundle replenishment process, the order of the denominations of the bundled banknotes W to be replenished in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) is either the 1,000-yen small bundle or the 10,000-yen small bundle. can be

When the small bundle replenishment process is completed, the control unit 65 collects small bundles W of different denominations temporarily stored in the small bundle collection cassette unit 121 at the end of the first transaction, and collects the small bundles. From the cassette unit 121, the small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131 causes the bundles of appropriate denominations to be stored in the small bundle storage units 111(A) to 111(D) as indicated by the thick lines in FIG. Specifically, the control unit 65 opens the pair of flappers 126 of the small bundle collection cassette unit 121 downward, and then raises the stage 117 to remove the stored small bundle W at the uppermost position on the stage 117 from the small bundle W. After protruding into the horizontal conveying portion 131, the endless belt 132 of the small bundle horizontal conveying portion 131 is rotated so that the crosspiece portion 133 protruding downward moves backward. As a result, the beam portion 133 conveys the stored small bundle W at the uppermost position of the small bundle collection cassette portion 121 backward. On the way, the small bundle identification unit 135 performs identification, and based on the result, one of the small bundle storage units 111(A) to 111(D) that is to be stored opens the pair of flappers 116 downward. , the stage 117 is raised from the small bundle horizontal transport section 131 to a position for receiving the small bundle W and is placed on the stage 117 . The control unit 65 appropriately performs such an operation, so that the stored small bundles W of different denominations temporarily stored in the small bundle collection cassette unit 121 are stored in the small bundle storage units 111(A) to 111(D). Store it in the appropriate denomination.

Then, when each unit returns to the standby state, the control unit 65 ends the first transaction of the small bundle bill dispensing process. In the first transaction of the small bundle dispensing process, when a start operation is input to the operation display unit 66, if the process proceeds normally until the first transaction is completed, the operation display is displayed. The processing proceeds without any operation input to the unit 66 .

As described above, the small bundle conveying section 91 conveys the stored small bundle W and the bundled small bundle W toward the small bundle deposit/withdrawal section 71 . A small bundle receiving unit 101 delivers a small bundle W from a first position to the small bundle conveying unit 91, and from a second position different from the first position, a small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131 and a small bundle W are delivered. By sending out the stored small bundles W by the mechanism 141, the small bundles W of a plurality of denominations are combined so as to be collected for each denomination. At that time, the control unit 65 moves the stage 92 to the upper position every time a small bundle W is placed on the stage 92 of the small bundle transport unit 91, thereby causing the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit to move. At 71, a plurality of bundles of small banknotes W are combined. In addition, after the small bundle receiving portion 101 delivers the small bundle W to the small bundle conveying portion 91 at the first position, the control portion 65 moves from the small bundle conveying portion 91 to the small bundle conveying portion 91 by the pushing mechanism 145 at the second position. The small bundle W is sent out toward the small bundle storage units 111(A) to 111(D).

In the above specific example, the case of dispensing small banknotes W within the range that can be held at once by the small bundle depositing/dispensing unit 71 has been described as an example. When the small banknote bundles W are to be dispensed beyond the range, the control unit 65, when starting one transaction of the small banknote banknote dispensing process, allows the dispensing of the small banknote bundles W in the single transaction to be of a plurality of denominations. When all the instructions are given, the small bundles W of each denomination are dispensed by the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 so as to be able to be taken out of the machine. That is, for example, when starting one transaction of the small bundle bill dispensing process, the dispensing of the small bundle W in the one transaction consists of eight small bundles W of 1,000-yen bills and a small bundle of 10,000-yen bills. If there are 15 bundles of banknotes W, for example, 8 small bundles of 1,000-yen notes are held in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 with the shutter 81 closed, and then the shutter 81 is opened. Eight small bundles W of yen notes can be taken out of the machine, and when eight small bundles W of 1,000 yen notes are taken out of the machine, the shutter 81 is closed and ten small bundles W of 10,000 yen notes are taken out of the machine. After the banknote bundle W is held in a small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71, the shutter 81 is opened to make it possible to take out the small bundle W of 10,000 yen notes from the machine, and the 10 small bundle of 10,000 yen notes. When W is taken out of the machine, the shutter 81 is closed to hold the small bundle W of 5 bundles of 10,000 yen bills in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71, and then the shutter 81 is opened to remove the 5 bundles of 10,000 yen bills. A small bundle of bills W can be taken out of the machine.

Further, when performing the storage small bundle dispensing process and the bundled small bundle dispensing process for the small bundles W of the same denomination, it takes a total of Since the stored small bundle payment processing is faster than the bundled small bundle payment processing, the small stored bundle W is transported to the small bundle receiving/dispensing unit 71 by the small stored bundle payment processing as described above. Then, the bundled small bundle W is transported to the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 by the bundled small bundle dispensing process later.

Although the stored small bundles W and the bundled small bundles W of the same denomination are put together in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71, the processing time is controlled to be the shortest. The bundled small bundle W may be held in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 .

In the above, the bundled small bundle replenishment processing as part of the small bundled banknote dispensing processing has been described. The bundle replenishment process is performed independently. In this case, the small bundle W that cannot be stored in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) is stored in the small bundle storage unit 111(A).

In the above-described small bundle bill dispensing process, the control unit 65 selects and determines one of the following operation patterns. The control unit 65 performs processing based on the determined operation pattern.

[Pattern in which only the stored small bundle W is dispensed and the small bill bill dispensing process ends]
The condition for selecting this pattern by the control unit 65 is that the small bundle storage unit 111(B) and the small bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D) continue to dispense the stored small bundles W. is maintaining the amount of storage.

[Pattern of replenishing the small bundle W to the small bundle storage unit 111 after only the small bundle W is dispensed, or after the small bundle W and the small bundle W are dispensed]
The condition for selecting this pattern by the control unit 65 is that the loose banknotes S for creating the bundled small bundle W to be replenished are kept in the temporary storage storage boxes 41 (A) and 41 even after the small banknote bundle dispensing process is completed. (C) is secured in the corresponding one of the loose banknote storage units 49 (however, the corresponding one of the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C) excluding the predetermined number of sheets that need to be left).

[Pattern that does not replenish the small bundle W to the small bundle storage unit 111 after only the small bundle W is dispensed or after the small bundle W and the small bundle W are dispensed]
The condition for selecting this pattern by the control unit 65 is that the loose banknotes S for creating the small bundle W to be replenished are temporarily stored in the storage bins 41(A) and 41(A) after the small banknote withdrawal process is completed. This is the case where the corresponding one of the loose bill storage units 49 of C) is not secured. In this case, since the remaining amount of the small bundle storage unit 111 becomes 0, the empty of the small bundle storage unit 111 is notified.

[Pattern to dispense only small bundle W]
The condition for selecting this pattern by the control unit 65 is when the small bundle W of the requested denomination is not stored in the small bundle storage unit 111 (the small bundle storage unit 111 is empty). At the time when the small banknote dispensing process is completed, the number of loose banknotes S remaining in the corresponding one of the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storages 41(A) and 41(C) is other than the predetermined number. When the number of sheets (in units of 100 sheets) sufficient to create a small bundle W is secured, an operation to create the small bundle W and replenish the small bundle storage unit 111 may be performed. Further, when the number of loose banknotes stored in the loose banknote storage unit 49 is less than the predetermined number at the time when the small banknote bundle dispensing process is completed, the operation display unit 66 indicates that the user You may inform the navel and approve it. Furthermore, after the small bundle of banknote dispensing process is completed, the operation display unit 66 may notify the user that the loose banknote storage unit 49 is near empty (or empty).

The control unit 65 may determine the presence or absence of denomination grouping, in which the small banknote bundles W are collected by denomination during the small banknote bill dispensing process, by performing a selection operation on the operation display unit 66 . .

[Small bundle banknote loading process]
The thick line in FIG. 13 indicates that the small banknote bundles W are stored in the small banknote stacks 111(B) to 111(D) from outside based on the small banknote stack loading operation input to the operation display unit 66. It shows the banknote transport route in the loading process.

When a small bundle storage operation is input to the operation display unit 66, the control unit 65 lowers the stage 92 of the small bundle transport unit 91 in the standby state to the loading position where the height of the pair of flappers 82 is aligned. After that, the shutter 81 is opened. When one or more bundles of banknotes W are loaded in the small banknote stacking space 85 and a start operation is input to the operation display unit 66, the control unit 65 causes the pair of flappers 82 to operate as flapper motors (not shown). , and the stage 92 is lowered and stopped at the second position as indicated by the thick solid line in FIG. Then, the control unit 65 rotates the endless belt 132 of the small bundle horizontal transport unit 131 so that the cross section 133 protruding downward moves backward, and the extrusion mechanism 145 pushes the small bundle W on the stage 92 to the maximum position. The lower one is pushed out toward the small bundle horizontal conveying section 131 . As a result, the small banknote bundle W is conveyed rearward by the cross section 133 of the small bundle horizontal conveying section 131 . During this transportation, the small bundle identification unit 135 determines the denomination and the like, and based on the result, stores the bundle in the corresponding one of the small bundle storage units 111(A) to 111(D).

Here, for the small bundle W of which an abnormality is detected by the small bundle identification unit 135, the endless belt 132 is rotated in the reverse direction and temporarily stored in the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 as indicated by the thick dashed line in FIG. . When the small bundle identification unit 135 detects an abnormality in the small bundle W, the small bundle horizontal transport unit 131 is stopped at that point, and an error notification including the location of the abnormal small bundle W is displayed on the operation display unit 66. You can let me do it.

After loading small bundles W by repeating the above as appropriate, when an operation to end the small bundle loading process is input to the operation display unit 66, the control unit 65 displays the following at the end of the small bundle loading process. 13, the small bundle W from the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 is conveyed forward by the small bundle horizontal transport unit 131, and is transferred onto the stage 92 at the second position by the delivery mechanism 141. By moving the stage 92 up to the dispensing position, the small bundle depositing/dispensing unit 71 retains all of the bundles. Return as removable.

[Storage small bundle collection process]
The thick line in FIG. 14 indicates that the small banknote bundles W stored in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) are stored in the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 based on the small banknote bundle recovery operation input to the operation display unit 66. 10 shows a banknote transport route in a small bundle banknote collection process in which the banknotes are collected by

When a small banknote collection operation is input to the operation display unit 66, the control unit 65 causes the small banknote storage units 111(A) to 111(D) to be opened in a predetermined order as indicated by the thick solid lines in FIG. The small bundle W is moved forward by the small bundle horizontal transport unit 131 from the uppermost one, and while being identified by the small bundle identification unit 135, the normal ones are stored in the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121, and the abnormal ones are stored. 14, the small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131, the delivery mechanism 141 and the small bundle conveying unit 91 convey the small bundle to the small bundle receiving/dispensing unit 71 and hold it, as indicated by the thick solid line to the thick broken line in FIG. When all the small bill bundles W in the small bundle storage units 111(A) to 111(D) are transported to the small bundle collection cassette unit 121 or the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71, the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 holds them. 14, the small bundle banknotes W having an abnormality are stored in the small bundle collection cassette unit 121 by the small bundle conveying unit 91, the pushing mechanism 145, and the small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131, as indicated by the thick dashed line in FIG. As a result, normal small banknote bundles W are grouped downward and abnormal small banknote bundles W are grouped and stored upward in the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 . Then, the small bundle W is taken out of the machine together with the small bundle collecting cassette unit 121 .

After the normal small banknote bundles W are stored in the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 and the normal small banknote bundles W are taken out of the machine together with the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121, another empty small bundle recovery cassette unit is loaded. 121 is set, and the small bundle of banknotes W having an abnormality is stored in this small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 from the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71, and the small bundle of banknotes W having an abnormality together with the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 is removed from the machine. It is also possible to let the In addition, all the small bundles W of the small bundle storage units 111(A) to 111(D) are stored in the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 and taken out of the machine without being identified by the small bundle identification unit 135. You can do it.

[Complete collection of small bundles]
When the operation display unit 66 is operated to select and input the operation for collecting all small bundles, the control unit 65 executes the all small bundle collection processing mode. All of the stored small bundles W from the small bundle storage unit for one denomination of the storage units 111 (B) to 111 (D) are transported by the small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131 , the delivery mechanism 141 and the small bundle conveying unit 91 . After being transported to the deposit/withdrawal unit 71, the loose banknotes S stored in the separate banknote storage units 49 for the one denomination among the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C). A collection operation is performed for all denominations, in which as many bound small bundles W as possible are created by the binding unit 38 and conveyed to the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 . As a result, for example, the stored small bundle W and the bundled small bundle W of 1,000-yen bills are collectively held in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 one or more times and taken out of the machine. The bundle W and the bundled small bundle W are collectively held in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 once or multiple times and then taken out of the machine.

[Scrutiny of Small Bundles of Banknotes]
The thick line in FIG. 15 indicates that the small bundles W to be examined in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) are moved to the small bundle collection cassette based on the small bundle examination operation input to the operation display unit 66. It also shows the banknote transport route in the outbound inspection process of the small bundle of banknote inspection process, in which the banknotes are temporarily stored in the unit 121 . The thick lines in FIG. 16 indicate that the small bundles temporarily stored in the small bundle collection cassette unit 121 are identified by the small bundle identification unit 135 and returned to the corresponding small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D). It shows the banknote transport route in the inspection return process of the small bundle of banknote inspection process.

When a small bill bundle inspection operation is input to the operation display unit 66, the control unit 65 selects one of the small bundle storage units 111(A) to 111(D) as indicated by the thick line in FIG. As for the small bundle storage unit 111 , the uppermost small bundle W is moved forward by the small bundle horizontal transport unit 131 and stored in the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 as the forward inspection process. In this way, all the small banknote bundles W in the small bundle storage section 111 are stored in the small bundle recovery cassette section 121 . 16, the control unit 65 causes the small bundles W in the small bundle recovery cassette unit 121 to move rearward by the small bundle horizontal transport unit 131 from the uppermost one, as indicated by the thick line in FIG. While being identified by the small bundle identification unit 135, the bundle is stored in the small bundle storage unit 111 based on the identification result. After that, by sequentially performing the outward examination process and the inward examination process for the other small bundle storage units 111, the small banknote bundles W stored in each of the small bundle storage units 111(A) to 111(D) are Know the breakdown.

As a result, when the result of this close examination and the managed internal inventory amount match, the control unit 65 displays the close examination result on the display and ends the small bundle bill close examination process.

On the other hand, if there is a discrepancy between the result of this close examination and the managed inventory amount, the control unit 65 displays the discrepancy in the inventory amount via the operation display unit 66 . Then, the user is urged to input approval for update of the amount of inventory by setting the result of this close examination as the new amount of inventory in the aircraft. When the user inputs an approval of the inventory update to the operation display unit 66, the inventory in the machine is updated to the results of this close examination, and the self-check processing ends.

In the above description, the small bundle identifying unit 135 is caused to identify the small bundles W during the backward inspection process indicated by the thick line in FIG. During processing, the small bundle identification unit 135 may identify the small bundle W. At this time, the small bundle identification unit 135 may determine not only the denomination of the small bundle W, but also the presence or absence of the binding band. By doing this, regarding the small bundles W fed out from the small bundle storage units 111(A) to 111(D), an abnormal state such as breakage of the binding band or dropout of the binding band due to poor binding can be detected early. becomes possible. Conveying the small bundle W in an abnormal state may cause a conveyance jam. is immediately stopped, and the operation display unit 66 notifies the user to perform an abnormality recovery processing work for recovering the small bundles W in the abnormal state from inside the machine.

According to the first embodiment described above, the control unit 65 controls the stored small bundles W stored in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) in one transaction of the small banknote dispensing process. and a bundled small bundle W created by binding the loose banknotes S stored in the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C) by the bundling unit 38. to pay out to the small bundle pay-in/pay-out unit 71. Therefore, by operating the operation display unit 66, the stored small bundle payment processing for dispensing the stored small bundles W stored in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) to the small bundle receiving/dispensing unit 71 is performed. After that, the operation display unit 66 is operated again to bind the loose banknotes S stored in the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C) by the binding unit 38. It is not necessary to specify and perform a plurality of processes unlike the small bundle payment processing for dispensing the small bundle W to the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 . As a result, the user does not have to repeatedly perform complicated operation inputs, which improves usability.

In addition, the control unit 65 controls the stored small bundles W stored in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) and the temporary storage storage 41(A) in one transaction of the small bundle payment processing. , 41 (C), which are formed by bundling the loose banknotes S stored in the loose banknote storage unit 49 in the bundling unit 38, and the bundled small bundles W are combined and paid out to the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71. At the same time, a bundled small bundle W created by binding the loose banknotes S stored in the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C) by the binding unit 38 is sent to the small bundle storage unit 111. (B) to 111 (D). Therefore, after operating the operation display unit 66 to perform the storage small bundle payment processing, the operation display unit 66 is operated again to perform the bundled small bundle payment processing, and the operation display unit 66 is operated again to temporarily store Bundled small bundles W created by bundling loose banknotes S stored in the loose banknote storage units 49 of the storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C) by the binding units 38 are stored in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(C). It is not necessary to specify and perform a plurality of processes, unlike the case of performing the small bundle replenishment process of sending out and replenishing to (D). This eliminates the need for the user to repeatedly perform complicated operation inputs, further improving usability.

In addition, the control unit 65, in one transaction of the small banknote bill dispensing process, allows the small banknote bundle W of a plurality of denominations to be dispensed to the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 at once, When both the small bundles W are to be dispensed, when the stored small bundles W and the bundled small bundles W are merged, the small bundles W of a plurality of denominations are merged by denomination. Therefore, even when both the stored small bundle W and the bundled small bundle W are to be dispensed, the small bundles W are dispensed collectively by denomination to the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71. , the user does not need to put together the small bundles W of each denomination, and the usability is further improved.

In addition, the control unit 65 performs a stored small bundle payment process for withdrawing the stored small bundles W stored in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) to the small bundle receiving/dispensing unit 71, and temporarily stores the stored small bundles W. A bundled small bundle creation process of a bundled small bundle payment process in which a bundled small bundle W is created by the bundling unit 38 from the loose banknotes S stored in the loose banknote storage units 49 of the storages 41(A) and 41(C); can be processed in parallel. In this way, instead of creating a bundled small bundle W from the loose banknotes S after the predetermined stored small bundles W have been conveyed, the bundled small bundles W are bundled in parallel while the predetermined stored small bundles W are being conveyed. The creation of the small bundle W can be advanced. As a result, it is expected that the speed of one transaction in the process of withdrawing small bundles of banknotes will be increased.

Further, by causing the small bundle conveying section 91 to send out the bundled small bundles W from a first position and to send out the stored small bundles W from a second position different from the first position, a plurality of denominations can be obtained. are combined so as to be grouped by denomination. Accordingly, it is possible to easily group small bundles W of a plurality of denominations for each denomination.

In addition, a small bundle conveying unit 91 is provided immediately below the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71. In the small bundle conveying unit 91, a vertically movable stage 92 moves the placed small bundles W to an upper position. It feeds into the deposit/withdrawal section 71, receives the small bundle W at a first position below the upper position, and receives the small bundle W at a second position below the upper position. As a result, it is possible to collect small bundles W of a plurality of denominations by denomination with a simple and compact configuration.

In addition, the control unit 65 moves the stage 92 to the upper position each time a small bundle W is placed on the stage 92 of the small bundle transport unit 91 , so that the small bundle of banknotes in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 Merge W. As a result, it is possible to collect small bundles W of a plurality of denominations by denomination with a simple and compact configuration.

Further, the control unit 65 transfers the small bundle W from the small bundle receiving unit 101 to the small bundle conveying unit 91 at the first position, and then moves from the small bundle conveying unit 91 to the small bundle storage unit at the second position. 111 sends out the bundle W. As a result, it is possible to replenish the small bundle W in the small bundle storage section 111 with a simple and compact configuration.

Further, when starting one transaction of the small bundle of banknote dispensing process, the control unit 65, when the instruction to dispense the small bundle of banknotes W in the one transaction is given for a plurality of denominations, A small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 allows W to be dispensed out of the machine for each denomination. This eliminates the need for the user to organize the small banknote bundles W by denomination, improving usability.

In addition, when performing one transaction of small banknote dispensing processing, the control unit 65 reduces the stored small bundles W stored in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) in the single transaction. When the bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 is caused to dispense money, a small bundle storage unit 111 (B) storing a storage small bundle W of 1,000-yen notes and a small bundle storage storing a storage small bundle W of 10,000-yen notes are displayed. When it is predicted that there is a denomination with a bundle shortage in which the stored small bundle W is zero (or less than or equal to a predetermined number of bundles greater than zero) in at least one of the sections 111(C) and 111(D). , included in the transaction, from the loose banknotes S of the bundle shortfall denomination among the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C) A small bundle W is created in the binding section 38, and the small bundle storage section 111 (B) and the small bundle storage section 111 of the denomination for which the number of bundles is insufficient among the small bundle storage sections 111 (C) and 111 (D) Additional small bundle replenishment processing to be stored in is executed. As a result, the user does not have to repeatedly perform complicated operation inputs, which improves usability.

That is, not only the denominations for which the bundled small bundle withdrawal processing was performed in one transaction of the small bundle withdrawal processing (the denominations for which the stored small bundle W alone is insufficient), but also the stored small bundle withdrawal processing in the one transaction. By doing so, the stored small bundle W just becomes zero (it just becomes zero, and the small bundled bundle payment processing is not accompanied), or the stored small bundle W reaches a predetermined number of bundles (1 bundle, 2 bundles, etc.) When it is predicted that there will be denominations with a denomination of less than the number of bundles), at the end of the transaction, one or more small bundles W are created from the loose banknotes S, and stored as small bundles W in the small bundle storage unit. 111(B) to 111(D) are replenished.

In the small bundle all collection processing mode, the control unit 65 collects all stored small bundles W from the small bundle storage unit for one denomination of the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D). After being conveyed to the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 by the horizontal bundle transport unit 131, the delivery mechanism 141, and the small bundle transport unit 91, the relevant The collection operation of creating a small bundle W from the loose banknotes S stored in the loose banknote storage unit 49 for one denomination by the bundling unit 38 and transporting it to the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 is performed by denomination for all denominations. conduct. As a result, even when the small bundle total recovery processing is performed over a plurality of denominations, the small bundles W are collectively dispensed for each denomination by performing the small bundle total recovery processing for each denomination. be able to. That is, if the stored small bundles W and the bundled small bundles W are simply processed in parallel, the bills can be dispensed regardless of the denomination. may be mixed, which is undesirable both in terms of appearance and confirmation work. You can avoid this.

In addition, the control unit 65 controls the number of loose banknotes S of the denomination for which the small bundle W is created, within the range of the remaining number of loose banknotes stored after the small bundle W is created, for the appropriate number of bundles. is automatically determined, and the number of loose banknotes S is continuously or continuously fed out from the temporary storage storage 41, bound in the binding unit 38, the small bundle sending unit 39, the small bundle receiving unit 101 , the small bundle conveying unit 91, the small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131, and the like, and store the small bundles W corresponding to the number of loose banknotes in the small bundle storage unit 111 of the denomination (additional small bundle creation and storage). ). As a result, even if one transaction for the next small banknote dispensing process continues while the small banknote bundle W is being dispensed and taken out, a small number of small banknote bundles W can be created and secured in advance. This small bundle additional creation and storage starts at the stage when all the operations of the original small bundle dispensing process are completed, that is, immediately after all the small bundles W instructed to be dispensed are transported to the small bundle depositing/dispensing unit 71. , is preferably motion controlled.

In addition, when starting one transaction of small bill bill dispensing processing, the control unit 65 has already stored in the small bill storage units 111(B) to 111(D) based on the input number of disbursed bill bundles by denomination. The quantity of stored small bundles W currently stored is compared with the requested number of small banknote bundles W requested to be dispensed in one transaction, and a small banknote bundle dispensing processing pattern is determined based on the result of this comparison. Then, one transaction of the small banknote bill dispensing process is performed according to the determined small banknote bundle dispensing process pattern. As a result, the user does not have to repeatedly perform complicated operation inputs, which improves usability.

This small bill bill payment process pattern is the first to perform only the stored small bill bill payment process of dispensing the stored small bill bills W from the small bill bill storage sections 111(B) to 111(D) to the small bill bill bill reception/payment section 71. 1 pattern, small bundle payment processing for withdrawing small bundles W from the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) to the small bundle reception/withdrawal unit 71, and temporary storage container 41(A). , 41 (C) from the separate banknote storage unit 49 are bound by the binding unit 38 to form a bundled small bundle W. and a second pattern in which both a bundled small bundle withdrawal process is performed. The control unit 65 selects and executes either one of the first pattern and the second pattern. As a result, the user does not have to repeatedly perform complicated operation inputs, which improves usability.

In addition, the control unit 65 performs both the first pattern in which only the stored small bundle dispensing process is performed and the stored small bundle dispensing process and the bundled small bundle dispensing process in one transaction of the small bundle dispensing process. In addition to the second pattern, a predetermined number of loose banknotes S from the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C) are bound by the binding unit 38 to create a small bundle W. , a small bundle replenishment process for storing the small bundle W in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) is additionally executed. As a result, the user does not have to repeatedly perform complicated operation inputs, which improves usability.

In addition, when starting one transaction of the small banknote bill dispensing process, the control unit 65 stores the requested number of small banknote bundles W for each denomination in the small banknote bundle storage unit 111 (B) as the in-machine amount. The number of stored small bundles W of 1,000-yen bills and the number of stored small bundles W of 10,000-yen bills stored in the small bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D) are compared. At the same time, the lower limit number of bundles, which is a predetermined amount of stored small bundles W that are set in advance in the small bundle storage unit 111 (B), and the loose bill storage unit 49 of the temporary storage storage 41 (C) In addition, the number of small bundles W set in the small bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D) are considered. and the lower limit number of loose bills, which is the predetermined storage amount of loose bills S set in the loose bill storage unit 49 of the temporary storage storage 41(A). to determine the operation pattern of the transaction. As a result, the user does not have to repeatedly perform complicated operation inputs, which improves usability.

In addition, when starting one transaction of the small bundle dispensing process, the control unit 65 causes the small bundle storage unit 111 (B), which dispenses the stored small bundle W of 1,000-yen notes, to store a predetermined amount after the transaction. If the lower limit number of bundles is maintained, and the combination of the small bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D) that dispense the stored small bundles W of 10,000 yen bills maintains the lower limit number of bundles that is the predetermined storage amount. If expected, only the small bundles W stored in the small bundle storage units 111(B) to 111(D) are dispensed. As a result, it is expected that the speed of one transaction in the process of withdrawing small bundles of banknotes will be increased.

In addition, when starting one transaction of the small bundle bill dispensing process, the control unit 65, after the one transaction, selects the small bundle storage unit 111(B) and the When at least one of the above is expected to be unable to maintain the lower limit number of bundles, which is the predetermined storage amount, and the small bundle W to be replenished in the small bundle storage unit 111 that cannot maintain the lower limit number of bundles is created. of loose banknotes S are expected to be secured in corresponding ones of the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C). After at least the stored small bundles W of the bundled small bundles W are dispensed, the small bundled bundles W are replenished in the small bundle storage unit 111 that cannot maintain the lower limit number of bundles. Therefore, by replenishing the bundled small bundle W in the small bundle storage unit 111, it is possible to prevent the loose banknotes S from running short in the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storages 41(A) and 41(C).

In addition, when starting one transaction of the small bundle bill dispensing process, the control unit 65 performs the small bundle storage unit 111 (B), the small bundle storage units 111 (C) and 111 (D) after the one transaction. is expected to be unable to maintain the lower limit number of bundles, which is the predetermined storage amount, and the small bundle W to be replenished in the small bundle storage unit 111 that cannot maintain the lower limit number of bundles is If it is expected that the loose banknotes S to be created are not secured in the corresponding loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C), After at least the stored small bundle W of the bundle W and the bundled small bundle W is dispensed, the small bundled bundle W is not replenished to the small bundle storage unit 111 that cannot maintain the lower limit number of bundles. Therefore, by replenishing the bundled small bundle W in the small bundle storage unit 111, it is possible to prevent the loose banknotes S from running short in the loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage storages 41(A) and 41(C).

Further, when starting one transaction of the small bill bill dispensing process, the control unit 65 stores the stored small bill W of the denomination requested to be dispensed in the small bill storage units 111(B) to 111(D). If not, the loose banknotes S from the corresponding loose banknote storage units 49 of the temporary storage boxes 41(A) and 41(C) are bound by the binding unit 38, and only the bundled small bundle W is dispensed. As a result, the user does not have to repeatedly perform complicated operation inputs, which improves usability.

<Second embodiment>
A second embodiment according to the present invention will be described below mainly with reference to FIG. 17, focusing on differences from the first embodiment.

In the second embodiment, the stage 92 of the small bundle conveying unit 91 is movable below the second position, and below the pair of flappers 82, the same maximum as the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71. Small bundles W can be accumulated up to the number (for example, 10 bundles). In addition, in the process of dispensing small banknote bundles, the operation for joining the stored small bundles W and the bundled small bundles W is different from that of the first embodiment.

When receiving the bundled small bundle W from the small bundle receiving unit 101, the stage 92 moves the upper surface of the small bundle W if there is no small bundle W placed on the upper surface of the stage 92, and For example, the upper surface of the uppermost banknote bundle W is positioned at the first position. Further, when receiving the stored small bundle W sent out by the sending mechanism 141, the stage 92 moves the upper surface of the small banknote bundle W placed thereon if there is no small banknote bundle W placed thereon. If there is W, the upper surface of the uppermost banknote bundle W is positioned at the second position. As a result, the stage 92 can stack a plurality of small banknote bundles W on its upper surface below the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 . When the stage 92 rises below the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 with a plurality of small bundles W stacked on its upper surface, the uppermost small bundle W moves the pair of flappers 82 upward. While being rotated and opened, the pair of flappers 82 are crossed and lifted to a predetermined upper position. Then, after the pair of flappers 82 are rotated downward by the urging force of the flapper springs and returned to the closed state, the stage 92 descends, whereby the plurality of small banknote bundles W are placed on the pair of flappers 82. become a state.

[Small bundle banknote withdrawal process]
In the small bill bundle dispensing process, the small bundle conveying unit 91 moves the stage 92 so that the top surface of the stage 92 or the uppermost surface of the small bill bundles placed on the stage 92 moves the bundled small bundle W to the first position. It is moved to the receiving position, and is moved to the position for receiving the small bundle W at the second position.

To explain using a specific example similar to that of the first embodiment, the control unit 65 first moves the uppermost one of the stored small bundles W of 10,000 yen bills in either the small bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D). The small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131 conveys the bundle to a predetermined front end position, and then the sending mechanism 141 sends out the first stored small bundle W of the 10,000 yen bills forward. Then, the first small bundle W of the 10,000-yen bills to be stored is placed on the stage 92 at the second position of the small bundle conveying section 91 .

Next, the control unit 65 lowers the stage 92 to position the upper surface of the first small bundle W of 10,000-yen bills to the second position. Then, the second bundle W of 10,000 yen bills conveyed by the small bundle horizontal conveying portion 131 and delivered by the delivery mechanism 141 is placed on the first bundle.

Next, the control unit 65 lowers the stage 92 to position the upper surface of the second small bundle W of 10,000-yen bills to the second position. Then, the third bundle W of 10,000 yen bills conveyed by the small bundle horizontal conveying portion 131 and delivered by the delivery mechanism 141 is placed on the second bundle.

By repeating the above steps, the five small bundles W of 10,000 yen bills stored in either of the small bundle storage units 111(C) and 111(D) are stacked on the stage 92. Then, the control unit 65 ends the stored small bundle payment processing for the stored small bundle W of five 10,000 yen bills. In this way, the small bundle conveying unit 91 collects the small bundle W of five 10,000-yen bills.

Subsequently, the control unit 65 lowers the stage 92 to position the upper surface of the fifth small bundle W of 10,000 yen bills at the second position. Then, the control unit 65 controls the storage small bundle W of the first bundle of 1,000-yen bills conveyed by the small bundle horizontal conveying unit 131 and delivered by the delivery mechanism 141 to the upper surface of the small bundle W of the fifth bundle of 10,000-yen bills. After that, the stage 92 is lowered, and the upper surface of the first small bundle W of 1,000 yen bills to be stored is positioned at the second position. Then, the second stored bundle W of 1,000-yen notes transported by the small-bundle horizontal transport section 131 and delivered by the delivery mechanism 141 is placed on the first stored small bundle W of 1,000-yen notes. Let

Next, the control unit 65 lowers the stage 92 and positions the upper surface of the second storage small bundle W of 1,000-yen notes at the second position. Then, the third stored small bundle W of 1,000-yen notes conveyed by the small-batch horizontal conveying unit 131 and delivered by the delivery mechanism 141 is placed on the second stored small bundle W of 1,000-yen notes. Let

By repeating the above as appropriate, when the four small bundles W of 1,000-yen notes stored in the small bundle storage unit 111 (B) are placed on the stage 92 in a stacked state, the control unit 65 The stored small bundle payment processing for the stored small bundle W of the bundle of 1,000 yen notes is completed, and subsequently, as part of the bundled small bundle payment processing for the bundled small bundle W of the 1,000 yen notes. , the stage 92 is lifted, and the upper surface of the small bundle W of the fourth bundle of 1,000-yen bills is positioned at the first position. Then, the bundled small bundle W of 1,000-yen bills bound by the binding section 38 by the bundled small bundle creation processing of the bundled small bundled payment processing that was started at the start of the stored small bundled payment processing is delivered to the small bundle sending unit. 39 and the small bundle receiving unit 101, on the upper surface of the storage small bundle W of the fourth bundle of 1,000-yen bills on the stage 92 positioned at the first position, as the fifth small bundle of 1,000-yen bills W pass it on. In this way, the small bundle conveying unit 91 collects the small bundle W of 5 bundles of 1,000-yen bills.

Next, the control section 65 raises the stage 92 to the upper position. Then, the bundled small bundle W of 1,000-yen bills at the highest position on the stage 92 causes the pair of flappers 82 to open upward, and when the 10 bundles of small bundles W pass through the pair of flappers 82 in the open state. , the pair of flappers 82 are closed. After that, the control unit 65 stops the stage 92 at a predetermined payout position above the pair of flappers 82 and opens the shutter 81 . As a result, these 10 bundles of small bills W in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 are taken out of the machine.

In the second embodiment, the controller 65 places the stage 92 at the loading position so that the height of the pair of flappers 82 is aligned with the height of the small banknote stacking space 85 in the small banknote stacking process. When the banknotes W are stacked in a plurality of bundles, the stage 92 is lowered so that the lower surface of the uppermost small banknote bundle W on the stage 92 is positioned at the second position. toward the small bundle horizontal transport section 131 by the pushing mechanism 145, next, the stage 92 is raised by one bundle, and the lower surface of the small bundle W, which is at the uppermost position next, is positioned at the second position. By repeating the operation of pushing out the small banknote bundle W toward the small bundle horizontal transport section 131 by the pushing mechanism 145, the plurality of small banknote bundles W on the stage 92 are pushed out in order from the upper banknote bundle horizontally. It is delivered to the transport section 131 .

According to the second embodiment described above, in the small bundle bill dispensing process, the small bundle conveying unit 91 moves the stage 92 to the upper surface of the stage 92 or the maximum amount of the small bundle W placed on the stage 92 . The upper surface is moved to receive the small bundle W at the first position and to receive the small bundle W at the second position, thereby placing the small bundle W and the small bundle W on the stage 92 , they are moved to the upper position and positioned in the small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit 71 . As a result, it is expected that the speed of one transaction in the process of withdrawing small bundles of banknotes will be increased.

11 banknote handling machine 38 bundling unit 49 loose banknote storage unit 65 control unit 71 small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit (small bundle deposit/withdrawal unit)
91 small bundle transport unit 92 stage 111 small bundle storage unit S loose banknote W small bundle banknote

Claims (17)

a loose banknote storage unit that stores loose banknotes so that they can be drawn out;
a binding unit that binds a predetermined number of loose banknotes to form a small bundle of small banknotes;
a small bundle storage unit capable of storing small bundles of banknotes as stored small bundles and feeding them out;
a small bundle dispensing unit that retains small bundles of banknotes so that they can be taken out of the machine;
a control unit that controls the loose banknote storage unit, the bundling unit, the small bundle storage unit, and the small bundle dispensing unit, and controls the conveyance of the loose banknotes and the small bundles;
A banknote handling machine comprising:
The control unit
In one transaction of small bundle bill withdrawal processing,
Both the stored small bundle stored in the small bundle storage unit and the bundled small bundle created by binding the loose banknotes stored in the loose banknote storage unit by the binding unit are merged. A banknote handling machine characterized in that the small bundle dispensing unit dispenses money. The control unit
In one transaction of small bundle bill withdrawal processing,
Both the stored small bundle stored in the small bundle storage unit and the bundled small bundle created by binding the loose banknotes stored in the loose banknote storage unit by the binding unit are merged. 2. The banknote handling machine according to claim 1, wherein said small bundle is dispensed by said small bundle dispensing section, and said bundled small bundle is sent out toward said small bundle storage section. The control unit
In one transaction of small bundle bill withdrawal processing,
When a plurality of denominations of small banknote bundles are to be dispensed at one time by the small bundle dispensing unit, and when both the stored small bundle and the bundled small bundle are to be dispensed, the stored small bundle and the bundled small bundle 3. The banknote handling machine according to claim 1, wherein when the bundles are combined, small banknote bundles of a plurality of denominations are combined so as to be grouped by denomination. The control unit
a stored small bundle dispensing process for dispensing the stored small bundle stored in the small bundle storage unit to the small bundle dispensing unit;
a bundled small bundle creation process for creating the bundled small bundle in the bundling unit from the loose banknotes stored in the loose banknote storage unit;
4. The banknote handling machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that parallel processing is possible. a small bundle conveying unit that conveys the stored small bundle and the bundled small bundle toward the small bundle dispensing unit;
The control unit
In one transaction of small bundle bill withdrawal processing,
By sending out the bundled small bundle from a first position to the small bundle conveying part and sending out the stored small bundle to the small bundle conveying part from a second position different from the first position, 5. The banknote handling machine according to claim 3, wherein the small bundles of banknotes are merged so as to be grouped by denomination. The small bundle conveying unit is provided directly below the small bundle dispensing unit,
The small bundle conveying unit has a vertically movable stage,
The stage is
The placed small banknote bundles are sent into the small banknote bill dispensing unit at the upper position, the bundled small banknotes are received at the first position below the upper position, and the second banknote bundle below the upper position is received. 6. A banknote handling machine according to claim 5, wherein said storage packet is received at a position of . The control unit
Each time a small bundle of banknotes is placed on the stage of the small bundle conveying unit, the stage is moved to the upper position to merge the small bundles of banknotes in the small bundle dispensing unit. 7. The banknote handling machine according to claim 6. The control unit
The upper surface of the stage or the uppermost surface of the small bundles placed on the stage is positioned to receive the bundled small bundle at the first position, and the stored small bundle is at the second position. 7. The banknote handling machine according to claim 6, wherein the banknote handling machine moves to the upper position after moving to a position for receiving the storage bundle and the binding bundle on the stage. The control unit
After delivering the small bundle to the small bundle conveying section at the first position, sending out the small bundle from the small bundle conveying section toward the small bundle storage section at the second position. The banknote handling machine according to any one of claims 5 to 8, characterized by: The control unit
When starting one transaction of the small banknote bill dispensing process, if the dispensing of small banknote bundles for a plurality of denominations is instructed in the single transaction, the small banknote bundles are processed for each denomination. 10. The banknote handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the small bundle dispensing unit dispenses the bills so as to be able to be taken out of the machine. a loose banknote storage unit that stores loose banknotes so that they can be drawn out;
a binding unit that binds a predetermined number of loose banknotes to form a small bundle of small banknotes;
a small bundle storage unit capable of storing small bundles of banknotes as stored small bundles and feeding them out;
a small bundle dispensing unit that retains small bundles of banknotes so that they can be taken out of the machine;
a control unit that controls the loose banknote storage unit, the bundling unit, the small bundle storage unit, and the small bundle dispensing unit, and controls the conveyance of the loose banknotes and the small bundles;
A banknote handling machine comprising:
The control unit
At the start of one transaction of the small banknote bill dispensing process, the inventory amount of the stored small bundles already stored in the small bundle storage unit and the requested number of small banknote bundles requested to be dispensed in the single transaction. are compared, a small banknote bundle dispensing process pattern is determined based on the comparison result, and one transaction of the small banknote banknote dispensing process is performed according to the determined small banknote bundle dispensing process pattern. banknote processor. The small bundle banknote withdrawal processing pattern is
a first pattern for performing only a stored small bundle dispensing process for dispensing the stored small bundle from the small bundle storage unit;
a second pattern in which both the stored small bundle dispensing process and the bundled small bundle dispensing process of bundling a predetermined number of separate banknotes in the bundling unit and dispensing the bundled small bundle are performed;
12. The banknote handling machine according to claim 11, wherein either one of said first pattern and said second pattern is selected and executed. a loose banknote storage unit that stores loose banknotes so that they can be drawn out;
a binding unit that binds a predetermined number of loose banknotes to form a small bundle of small banknotes;
a small bundle storage unit capable of storing small bundles of banknotes as stored small bundles and feeding them out;
a small bundle dispensing unit that retains small bundles of banknotes so that they can be taken out of the machine;
a control unit that controls the loose banknote storage unit, the bundling unit, the small bundle storage unit, and the small bundle dispensing unit, and controls the conveyance of the loose banknotes and the small bundles;
A banknote handling machine comprising:
The control unit
At the start of one transaction of small banknote dispensing processing, the number of requested small banknotes to be dispensed for each denomination and the number of stored small banknotes stored in the small banknote storage section as the amount of money in the machine are , and the number of loose banknotes stored in the loose banknote storage section as the amount in the machine, and a predetermined storage amount that is set in advance for each small bundle storage section and allows the stored small bundles to remain. and a predetermined storage amount of loose banknotes set for each of the loose banknote storage units to determine the operation pattern of the transaction. The control unit
When starting one transaction of the small bundle dispensing process, if it is expected that the small bundle storage unit that dispenses the stored small bundles will maintain the predetermined storage amount after the one transaction, the small bundles 14. The banknote handling machine according to claim 13, wherein only the small bundles stored in the storage unit are dispensed. The control unit
At the start of one transaction of small banknote dispensing processing, loose banknotes for creating the bundled small bundle to be replenished in the small bundle storage unit after the one transaction are secured in the separate banknote storage unit. If it is expected, in the one transaction, after at least the stored small bundle of the stored small bundle and the bundled small bundle is withdrawn, the small bundled bundle is replenished in the small bundle storage unit. 15. A banknote handling machine according to claim 13 or 14. The control unit
At the start of one transaction of the small bundle dispensing process, the loose banknotes for creating the bundled small bundle to be replenished in the small bundle storage unit after the transaction is not secured in the separate banknote storage unit. If it is expected that, in the one transaction, after at least the stored small bundle of the stored small bundle and the bundled small bundle is withdrawn, the small bundled bundle storage unit is not replenished with the bundled bundle. 16. A banknote processing machine according to claim 15. The control unit
At the start of one transaction of small banknote bill dispensing processing, if the stored small bundle of the denomination requested to be dispensed is not stored in the small bundle storage unit, only the bundled small bundle is dispensed. 17. The banknote handling machine according to any one of claims 13 to 16, characterized by:

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