JP3234156B2 - Banknote handling machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a banknote handling machine,
In particular, the present invention relates to an improvement in a reject unit for returning banknotes taken into the airframe.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a bill processing machine that separates and takes in a plurality of bills one by one, discriminates the denomination, authenticity, correctness, etc. of the taken-in bills, and conveys them to a destination according to the discrimination result. For example, there is one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-83874. This banknote handling machine takes in the banknotes set in the deposit port into the body and conveys the banknotes to a position corresponding to the purpose, and a denomination of the banknotes to be conveyed, which is provided in the middle of the conveyance path and conveyed. A discriminating unit for discriminating authenticity / fault, etc., and a banknote that is provided at a position different from the deposit port and is discriminated as a rejected banknote such as a banknote other than a banknote to be handled or a non-discriminable banknote from the discrimination result of the discriminating unit And a reject unit for returning the

[0003] The reject section accumulates rejected bills fed from below while aligning them in a substantially upright state with their short sides extending vertically, and rejects these rejected bills with two reject plates from the front and back. The rejected banknote is provided with a pressing member above the rejected banknote to prevent the fed rejected banknote from jumping upward. And in the banknote processing machine having the above-described reject unit, when processing the banknotes set in the deposit port, since the ratio of rejected banknotes returned in the banknotes to be taken into the body is not so large, usually, The accumulation capacity of the banknotes in the reject unit is set small.

[0004]

In a banknote handling machine having such a configuration, when a rejected banknote returned during the taking-in of a banknote approaches the limit of the accumulation capacity of the rejection section, the rejection section may be used. In order to avoid the occurrence of the obstacle, it is necessary to immediately remove the rejected banknotes accumulated so far. However, if the accumulation space is small as described above, it is difficult to take out the rejected bill, or if the rejected bill is taken out while taking in the bill, the rejected bill to be taken out or the rejected bill returned to the operator's finger is A collision could cause a jam. Further, as a countermeasure against such a problem, a detection unit for detecting when the rejected banknote returned to the reject unit becomes full is provided, and when the detection unit detects the full state, the taking of the banknote is stopped. In such a case, a large amount of banknotes may be processed at a time, or if a lot of false banknotes are included in the banknotes to be deposited, the rejected banknotes returned In this case, the accumulation capacity of the reject unit is reached, and the processing of taking in the banknotes is stopped each time.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to easily return a rejected banknote from the rejection section without stopping the take-in of the banknote even when the rejected banknote exceeding the accumulation capacity is returned to the rejection section. An object of the present invention is to provide a bill processing machine capable of taking out reject bills.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a bill processing machine according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises a bill transporting section for transporting bills taken into a machine, and a bill transporting section in the middle of the bill transporting section. A discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not a bill to be conveyed is a rejected bill to be returned, and a bill discriminated as a rejected bill by the discriminating unit is fed out from a payout exit and in a state in which the banknote stands substantially upright by one side in a lateral direction. A reject portion for stacking in the front and back directions while being aligned, wherein the reject portion is a guide member that supports the reject bills fed from the feeding port and stacked from one side in the stacking direction, and from the feeding port. The rejected bills that are fed and stacked are supported from the other side in the stacking direction and are allowed to approach and separate from the guide member,
And a bill press urged in the direction of the guide member, and a rejected bill supported on both sides by the guide member and the bill press abutting on a standby position and a guide member side of the reject bill on the opposite side to the bill press. The bills are separated from the guide member together with the bill press, and the bills fed from the feeding port can be freely moved to and from a separated position at which the bills can be received between the guide member and the standby position from the separated position to the standby position. And a drawer that can be retracted from the rejected bill fed out between the guide and the guide member during the movement of the guide. By this, the rejected bills returned from the feeding port to the reject unit during the taking in of the bills will be accumulated between the guide member and the bill press. If the number of rejected bills needs to be removed due to a large number of rejected bills, the drawer, which was in the standby position on the opposite side to the bill press of the rejected bills, abuts on the guide member side of the rejected bills and The bill is moved away from the guide member together with the bill press and is moved to a separated position at which bills fed from the feeding outlet can be received between the bill and the guide member. Then, the reject bills accumulated between the drawer and the bill press separated from this portion can be taken out while allowing the subsequent reject bill to be fed out between the guide member and the drawer. When the removal of the reject bill is completed, the drawer is moved from the separation position to the standby position, but when moving in this direction, the drawer can be retracted from the reject bill, so The reject bill is supported between the guide member and the bill press urged in the guide member direction.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a banknote handling machine according to the first aspect, wherein a drive unit for moving the drawer unit between the standby position and the separation position, and outputs a movement signal. Movement signal output means, and when a movement signal is output from the movement signal output means, when the drawer is at the standby position, drives the drive unit to move it to the separated position, and the drawer is And a control unit for driving a drive unit to move the drive unit to the standby position when the unit is at the separated position. Thereby, when the rejected bill between the guide member and the bill press becomes large and needs to be taken out, when the movement signal is output by the movement signal output means, the control unit is driven by the drive unit, and then the rejected bill is outputted. The drawer at the standby position located on the opposite side to the bill press abuts on the guide member side of the rejected bill, separates it from the guide member together with the bill press, and the bill fed from the feeding port with the guide member. To a receivable separation position during Thereafter, after the rejection of the rejected banknotes between the drawer and the bill press is completed, when a movement signal is output by the movement signal output unit, the control unit causes the drive unit to move the drawer from the separated position to the standby position. Will be.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a banknote handling machine according to the first aspect, wherein a drive unit for moving the drawer between the standby position and the separation position, and outputs a movement signal. Movement signal output means, and when a movement signal is output from the movement signal output means, drive the drive unit to move the drawer unit at the standby position to the separation position,
And a controller configured to drive a driving unit to move the drawer to the standby position when a predetermined time elapses after the drawer reaches the separated position. Thereby, when the rejected bill between the guide member and the bill press becomes large and needs to be taken out, when the movement signal is output by the movement signal output means, the control unit is driven by the drive unit, and then the rejected bill is outputted. The drawer at the standby position located on the opposite side to the bill press abuts on the guide member side of the rejected bill, separates it from the guide member together with the bill press, and the bill fed from the feeding port with the guide member. To a receivable separation position during After that, when a predetermined period of time sufficient to complete the removal of the reject bill between the drawer and the bill press elapses, the control unit causes the drive unit to automatically move the drawer from the separated position to the standby position. Will be.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the banknote handling machine according to the first aspect, wherein a driving unit that moves the drawer unit between the standby position and the separation position, and outputs a movement signal. Movement signal output means, in a state where the drawer is located at the separated position, reject bill presence / absence detection means for detecting the presence or absence of a reject bill between the drawer and the bill press, and from the movement signal output means. When a movement signal is output, the drive unit is driven to move the drawer unit at the standby position to the separation position, and after the drawer unit reaches the separation position, the reject banknote presence / absence detecting unit detects a reject banknote. And a control unit that drives a drive unit to move the drawer unit to the standby position when it is detected that the drawer has disappeared. Thereby, when the number of rejected bills between the guide member and the bill press increases and needs to be taken out, when a movement signal is output by the movement signal output means,
The control unit causes the drive unit to cause the drawer unit, which was in the standby position located on the opposite side to the bill press of the reject bill, to abut on the guide member side of the reject bill and separate it from the guide member together with the bill press. Further, the banknotes fed from the feeding port are moved to a separated position at which the banknotes can be received between the guide members. Then, after that, when the reject bill is taken out between the drawer and the bill press,
The rejected bill presence / absence detection means will detect that the rejected bill between the drawer and the bill press has been lost, whereby the control unit automatically moves the drawer from the separated position to the standby position by the drive unit. Will be moved.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a banknote handling machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The overall configuration of this banknote handling machine is substantially the same as that described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 7-137847 filed by the applicant of the present invention and has already been disclosed. As shown in FIG. It comprises a bill processing unit 1 for discriminating and storing bills S and a bundle processing unit 2 for bundling bills S. The banknote processing unit 1 mainly includes a depositing / dispensing unit 3, a temporary storage unit 4, and a storage unit 5, and the bundle processing unit 2 mainly includes an accumulation unit 6, a binding unit 7, and a bundle storage unit 8.
Note that a bill transport unit 10 that transports the bill S is provided inside the bill processing unit 1 and the bundle processing unit 2.

The depositing / dispensing unit 3 of the bill processing unit 1 is provided near a corner of the upper surface of the bill processing machine, receives a bill S, separates the bills one by one, and feeds the bill into the machine body. Deposit discrimination unit (discrimination unit) that discriminates the authenticity, correctness, and the like of the bill S transported from the unit 11 via the bill transport unit 10 and determines whether or not the bill is a reject bill to be returned.
12. When the banknote S discriminated by the deposit discriminating unit 12 is an unfit note, etc., the unfit note is temporarily stored in the unfit note temporary storage unit 14, the unfit note storing unit 15 for storing the unfit note, and discriminated by the deposit discriminating unit 12. When the bill S is a counterfeit note or when double-feeding or the like occurs and it is impossible to discriminate the bill S, the deposit S is rejected as a reject bill at a position facing the outside of the machine. , The front and back arranging unit 18, the front and back arranging unit 18, or the storage unit 5 for collecting the front and back of the bill S
And a dispensing section 20 facing the outside of the banknote handling machine, which performs a predetermined dispensing process of the banknote S conveyed from the banknote S. The dispensing section 20 has a shutter 2 that opens and closes as necessary.
1 is provided.

The temporary storage unit 4 includes a front and back procurement unit 18.
At the downstream side of the banknotes, there are provided denominated genuine note temporary storage units 27 to 30 for temporarily storing, for example, banknotes S of the same denomination. Here, these denominated regular note temporary storage units 27 to 30
Is to temporarily store the corresponding banknotes S of the same type, and collectively store the temporarily stored banknotes S to the storage unit 5 side as needed.

The denominated regular note temporary storage units 27 to 3
Below the storage unit 0, there are provided denomination deposit / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 of the storage unit 5 respectively. Further, the storage unit 5 is provided with a withdrawal discrimination unit 35 for discriminating whether or not the banknotes S carried out from the denomination / withdrawal storage units 31 to 34 as required are correct. A withdrawal reject unit 37 is provided for storing the carried-out bill S when it is incorrect.

Further, the dispensing section 20 is provided downstream of the dispensing reject section 37, and the downstream side of the dispensing section 20 is introduced into the stacking unit 6 of the bundle processing section 2. The stacking unit 6 arranges and stacks the carried banknotes S, and transfers the aligned and stacked banknotes S to the binding unit 7 in a state where the banknotes S are grouped in, for example, a predetermined stacking number unit. And a portion forward of the stacking banknote transfer unit 39 in the transport direction.

The bundling unit 7 includes a binding portion 41 for binding the bundled banknotes S by the binding tape 40, a portion behind the stacking banknote transporting section 39 in the transport direction, and a date and the like on the binding tape 40. It is mainly composed of a stamping section 42 for performing the stamping and an external discharge section 43 for discharging a small bundle of the bills S stamped by the stamping section 42 to the outside of the banknote processing machine as needed. Further, the external discharge unit 43 of the binding unit 7
A bundle storage unit 8 is provided on the downstream side of the bundle. The bundle storage unit 8 includes, for example, a small bundle sorting unit 44 that sorts a small bundle of bills S by denomination, and a small bundle sorting unit 44 that sorts the sorted bills S. It mainly comprises small bundle storage units 49 to 52 for storing the corresponding bundles.

Next, the deposit rejecting unit 17 will be described with reference to FIGS. Payment rejection unit 17
Is a substantially flat guide plate (guide member) 55 extending along the vertical direction, a lower portion having a substantially flat plate shape, extending parallel to the guide plate 55, and an upper portion having a substantially flat plate shape. Bottom plate 5 serving as bottom 56 extending along the horizontal direction
7, a bill press 58 which is substantially flat and extends upward from below the bottom 56 at a position away from the guide plate 55 on the bottom 56 of the bottom plate 57; And a regulating plate 59 extending in the direction of the bill press 58 along the horizontal direction from the upper portion of the upper portion 55, thereby forming an accumulation space portion 60 for accumulating the reject bills S.

The guide plate 55 side of the bottom plate 57 and the guide plate 55
Are slightly separated from each other, a roller 63 is provided on the guide plate 55 side, and an impeller 64 is provided on the bottom plate 57 side in a horizontal direction parallel to the guide plate 55. The support shafts 65 and 66 are provided. The bill press 58 is supported by a support shaft 67 disposed horizontally below and in parallel with the guide plate 55 below the bottom 56 so that its lower part is rotatable and parallel to the guide plate 55 at a predetermined angular position. Have been. Thus, the upper portion can be freely moved toward and away from the guide plate 55. The bill press 58 is urged by an unillustrated bill press urging means such as a spring (not shown) in a direction in which the upper portion rotates so as to approach the guide plate 55.

Here, the roller 63 and the impeller 64 of the feed port 62 are moved downward by rotating the roller 63 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2 and the impeller 64 in the clockwise direction in FIG. The rejected banknote S is paid out from the side to the upper side with the short side thereof along the vertical direction. The rejected banknote S fed from the feeding port 62 in this manner is brought into contact with the regulating plate 59 located above the feeding port 62, so that the rejected banknote S is prevented from moving upward more than necessary, and the rear end in the feeding direction. The lower part of the side
The rotation of the blade 64a of the impeller 64 causes the blade to be moved in a direction away from the guide plate 55, that is, in the direction of the bill press 58, in order to avoid interference with the leading end of the subsequent reject bill S.

The rejected banknotes S fed out one by one from the feeding port 62 in this manner are in a substantially upright state with the short sides of the banknotes along the vertical direction. The other side in the front and back direction is supported by the bill press 58 directly or via the reject banknote S already supported by the bill press 58, and is thus sequentially stacked in the front and back direction. In addition, the reject banknote S is to be fed out from the feeding port 62 while keeping its position in the long side direction constant.
As a result, the rejected banknotes S are accumulated while being aligned in the horizontal direction.

The deposit rejecting section 17 always has the length of the reject bills S which are always located on the opposite side of the guide plate 55 of the bill press 58 and are aligned between the bill press 58 and the guide plate 55. A flat plate-like substrate portion 70 extending further outward from both ends in the side direction and extending to the outside in the same direction of the guide plate 55, and extends vertically from both ends of the substrate portion 70 in the direction of the guide plate 55 respectively. A vertically extending flat plate-like extending plate portion 71, and a vertically extending flat plate-like abutting plate (a drawing portion) having one end rotatably supported on the opposite side to the substrate portion 70 of each extending plate portion 71, respectively. ) 73 are provided. The drawer member 75 is horizontally movable only along the extending direction of the extension plate 71 while keeping the position in the height direction constant. In this direction, the drive unit 77 having a motor and the like shown in FIG.
It is moved forward and backward by the driving force of.

Each of the contact plates 73 is parallel to the substrate 70 and extends in a direction approaching each other, and its tip side is close to the substrate 70 and substantially parallel to the extension plate 71. It is rotatable only between the rotation position and the rotation position, and is urged by contact plate urging means such as a spring (not shown) so as to be located at the normal position. In addition, when it is located at the normal position, both ends of each contact plate 73 will be located inside in the long side direction of the reject bill S, and when located at the rotation position, each contact plate 73 Both of the leading end portions are located outside in the long side direction of the reject bill S.

The drawer member 75 is, specifically, a stand-by position (hereinafter simply referred to as a stand-by position) shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 for positioning the two contact plates 73 on the opposite side of the guide plate 55 with respect to the bill press 58. ) And the two contact plates 73 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
Is brought into contact with the guide plate 55 side of the reject bill S, and the reject bill S is
The space portion 78 that can be newly separated from the rejected bill S fed from the feeding port 62 is separated from the contacting plate 7.
The drive unit 77 causes the drive unit 77 to move forward / reverse between a predetermined position and a separation position (hereinafter, simply referred to as a separation position) provided between the third unit 3 and the guide plate 55. Notch portions 79 are formed on both sides of the guide plate 55 to escape the movement of each contact plate 73 when the drawer member 75 moves from the standby position to the separation position.

In the vicinity of the pull-out member 75, only when the pull-out member 75 is at the standby position, a standby position detecting sensor 8 such as a proximity switch which detects this and outputs a detection signal.
2, and a separation position detection sensor 83 such as a proximity switch that detects this only when the extraction member 75 is at the separation position and outputs a detection signal. Also, on the side of the bill press 58, the fact that the amount of the rejected bills S sandwiched between the bill press 58 and the guide plate 55 has become close to the limit amount that can be sandwiched between them. A near-full detection sensor 84 such as an optical sensor including a light-emitting / light-receiving element that detects a rotation position of the bill press 58 and outputs a detection signal, and a reject bill held between the bill press 58 and the guide plate 55 Full detection of an optical sensor or the like consisting of a light emitting / receiving element that outputs a detection signal by detecting that the amount of S has reached the limit amount that can be clamped between them from the rotational position of the bill press 58 at this time. A sensor 85 is provided. Further, at a position near the deposit rejecting unit 17 and facing the outside of the machine, an ON signal (movement signal) is output only when the operator performs the ON operation and the ON operation is performed. A movement operation button (movement signal output means) 86 for automatically stopping the output of the ON signal is provided.

The standby position detecting sensor 82, the separated position detecting sensor 83, the near full detecting sensor 84, the full detecting sensor 85, and the moving operation button 86 are connected to a control unit 88 for controlling a driving unit 77 to transmit respective signals. Output. In addition to the above, the control unit 88 includes an operation unit 89 for externally inputting an operation of the bill processing machine by an operator, and a display unit 9 for displaying the operation to the operator.
0, the above-mentioned deposit discrimination section 12 and the bill transport section 10 are connected.

When the operation of starting to take in the bills S is performed from the operation unit 89, the control unit 88 causes the bill transporting unit 10 to take in the bills S inserted into the depositing unit 11 into the machine body and to the appropriate position. On the other hand, the rejected banknote S determined to be rejected by the deposit discriminating unit 12 at the time of loading is returned to the deposit rejecting unit 17 and fed out from the feeding port 62 as described above. When the detection signal is output from the near-full detection sensor 84, the control unit 88 indicates to the display unit 90 that the amount of the rejected bill S in the deposit rejection unit 17 is close to the accumulation limit amount.
On the other hand, when the detection signal is output from the full detection sensor 85, the display unit 90 displays that the amount of the rejected banknotes S in the deposit rejection unit 17 has reached the accumulation limit amount, and from the depositing unit 11 Of the banknote S into the machine is stopped. Further, when an ON signal is output from the movement operation button 86, the control unit 88 drives the drive unit 77 to move the pullout member 75 to the separation position when the pullout member 75 is at the standby position, and the pullout member 75 is separated. When it is in the position, the drive unit 77 is driven to move it to the standby position.

Next, the operation of the deposit reject unit 17 of the banknote processing machine having the above-described structure will be described. The control unit 88
Regardless of whether the banknote S is taken in from the depositing unit 11 or whether the detection signal from the near full detection sensor 84 or the full detection sensor 85 is output, the moving operation button 86 is operated by the operator. When the ON operation is performed and an ON signal is output from the moving operation button 86, the driving member 77 moves the drawing member 75.

For example, while the drawer member 75 is in the standby state, the reject bill S is
When the near-full detection sensor 84 outputs a detection signal when the amount approaches the limit amount and is near the limit amount, the control unit 8
8 causes the display unit 90 to display that the amount of the rejected banknotes S in the deposit rejection unit 17 is close to the accumulation limit amount. Then, the operator who sees this display turns on the operation button 86 for movement, whereby the O button 86
The N signal is output to the control unit 88, and in response to the ON signal, the control unit 88 moves the drawer member 75 at the standby position shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 toward the separated position shown in FIGS. When the detection signal is output from the separation position detection sensor 83, the driving of the drawing member 75 by the driving unit 77 is stopped. In this movement, each contact plate 73 of the drawer member 75 passes through the notch 79 of the guide plate 55, contacts and presses the guide plate 55 side of the reject bill S, and at this time, Since the two contact plates 73 in the normal position are not in the rotation permissible direction with respect to the pressing force, the reject bill S and the bill press 58 together with the bill press 58 are pressed by the biasing force of the bill press biasing means while maintaining the state in the normal position. To move the bill S separated from the guide plate 55 and the bill S fed from the feeding port 62 to a separated position at which the bill S can be received between the guide plate 55 and the bill S.

As described above, the guide plate 55 and both contact plates 73
A space 78 is formed between the contact plate 73 and the bill press 5 in a state where the subsequent reject bill S is allowed to be fed out.
8 and the rejected banknotes S accumulated between
8 and can be taken out at a position separated therefrom.

When the removal of the rejected bill S is completed and the operator again turns on the moving operation button 86, an ON signal is sent from the moving operation button 86 to the control unit 88.
The controller 88 receives the ON signal and moves the drawer member 75 located at the separated position toward the standby position. At the time of movement in this direction, if there is a reject bill S between the guide plate 55 and the two contact plates 73, the contact plate 73 contacts the reject bill S and the reject bill S and the guide plate 55 The movement is regulated and receives the pressing force. At this time, since both contact plates 73 are in the rotation permissible direction with respect to this pressing force, the two-dot chain line and reference numeral 73 in FIG.
As shown by A, it rotates in the direction of the rotation position close to the extension plate portion 71 and the substrate portion 70 against the urging force of the contact plate urging means, and retracts from the reject bill S. Then, as shown by a two-dot chain line and a reference numeral 73B in FIG. 5, the two abutting plates 73 that have returned to the normal position by the urging force of the abutting plate urging means beyond the rejected banknote S are sent to the bill press 58 of the guide plate 55 by the bill press 58. When the detection signal is output from the standby position detection sensor 82 on the opposite side, the control unit 88 stops the driving of the drawer member 75 by the driving unit 77. By moving the drawer member 75 to the standby position, the reject bill S is supported between the bill press 58 urged toward the guide plate 55 and the guide plate 55.

The control unit 88 returns to the standby position again after the operation button 86 is turned on to output the ON signal to start the movement of the drawer member 75 from the standby position to the separated position, and then to the standby position. Until the position detection sensor 82 outputs the detection signal, even if the near full detection sensor 84 and the full detection sensor 85 detect the bill press 58 and output the detection signal, these detection signals are ignored. Has become.

According to the banknote handling machine described above, even in the case where the rejected banknote S exceeding the accumulation capacity is returned to the deposit rejecting unit 17, the drawer member 75 is moved away from the standby position. The rejected banknote S can be easily taken out of the deposit rejecting unit 17 without stopping the taking in of the banknote S by moving the rejected banknote S. In addition, by operating the movement operation button 86 to output an ON signal, the pull-out member 75 can be moved from the standby position to the separated position or from the separated position to the standby position by the driving force of the driving unit 77.

The pull-out member 75 may be manually moved from the standby position to the separated position or from the separated position to the standby position without providing the driving unit 77. Further, the pull-out member 75 may be moved in the standby position direction. It may be urged by an urging means such as a spring to manually move from the standby position to the separated position and move from the separated position to the standby position by the urging force of the urging means. In these cases, the output of the detection signals of the near-full detection sensor 84 and the full detection sensor 85 under conditions other than the detection of the extraction member 75 by the standby position detection sensor 82, that is, the conditions where the extraction member 75 is not at the standby position. Will be ignored.

If the rejected bill S is supported between the guide plate 55 and can be moved toward and away from the guide plate 55, the bill press 58 is not rotatably supported at the lower side. For example, other various configurations such as moving along the bottom portion 56 while being parallel to the guide plate 55 can be adopted.

Further, if the construction is such that the amount of the rejected bill S between the bill press 58 and the guide plate 55 can be detected, the optical near-full detection sensor 84 and the full detection sensor 85 are not provided. Various other configurations such as detecting the amount of rotation of the press 58 with a rotary encoder or the like and detecting the amount of the rejected bill S from the position can be adopted.

In the above description, the movement of the drawer member 75 from the standby position to the separation position and the movement from the separation position to the standby position are executed by operating the movement operation buttons 86, respectively. In order to prevent the user from forgetting to execute the movement from the separation position to the standby position, which is particularly likely to occur, for example, the following configurations (1) and (2) are possible.

(1) A timer is provided in the control unit 88.
Then, when an ON signal is output from the movement operation button 86 in the control unit 88, the drive unit 77 is driven to move the drawer 75 at the standby position to the separation position, and the drawer 75 is moved to the separation position. When the timer reaches and stops, the timer starts counting. When it is detected that a predetermined time set in advance has elapsed from the time measured by the timer, the drive unit 77 is driven to move the drawer member 75 toward the standby position and stop at the standby position. With this configuration, after the drawer member 75 reaches the separated position, when a predetermined time sufficient to complete the removal of the reject bill S between the drawer member 75 and the bill press 58 elapses, the drawer member 75 is moved. Since it is automatically moved from the separated position to the standby position, the drawer member 75 can be automatically moved from the separated position to the standby position over time without any operation or the like. It is possible to prevent the state where the movement from the separation position to the standby position is not performed.

(2) When the drawer member 75 is located at the separated position, a rejected bill such as an optical sensor including a light emitting / receiving element for detecting the presence or absence of the rejected bill S between the contact plate 73 and the bill press 58. The presence / absence detection means is provided. Then, in the control unit 88, the moving operation button 8
6, when the ON signal is output, the drive unit 77 is driven to move the drawing member 75 at the standby position to the separation position, and from the time when the drawing member 75 reaches the separation position and stops, the presence or absence of a reject bill is detected. The presence or absence of the reject bill S between the contact plate 73 and the bill press 58 is detected by the means. Then, when the rejected bill S detection unit detects that the rejected bill S has run out, the driving unit 77 is driven to move the drawer member 75 to the standby position. In this case, a means for mechanically detecting the removal of the rejected bill S by turning the bill press 58 toward the contact plate 73 may be used as the rejected bill presence / absence detecting means. With this configuration, when the rejected bill S is taken out between the contact plate 73 and the bill press 58 after the drawer member 75 reaches the separated position, the rejected bill S is lost by the rejected bill presence / absence detecting means. Is detected, the drawer member 75 is automatically moved from the separated position to the standby position, so that it is possible to prevent the state where the drawer member 75 is not moved from the separated position to the standby position. .

[0038]

As described in detail above, claim 1 of the present invention
According to the banknote handling machine described in the description, the rejected bill returned from the feeding port to the reject unit during the taking-in of the bill,
Although it will be accumulated between the guide member and the bill press, if the number of rejected bills between the guide member and the bill press needs to be taken out, the bill press of the rejected bill until then has to be taken out. On the other hand, the drawer at the standby position located on the opposite side abuts on the guide member side of the rejected bill, separates it from the guide member together with the bill press, and accepts the bill fed from the feeding port between the guide member. Move to a possible separation position. Then, the reject bills accumulated between the drawer and the bill press separated from this portion can be taken out while allowing the subsequent reject bill to be fed out between the guide member and the drawer. When the removal of the reject bill is completed, the drawer is moved from the separation position to the standby position.However, when the drawer is moved in this direction, the drawer can be retracted from the reject bill, so that the drawer is moved beyond the reject bill. At the standby position, whereby the reject bill is supported between the guide member and the bill press urged toward the guide member. Therefore, even in the case where a rejected bill exceeding the accumulation capacity is returned to the rejected part, the rejected bill can be easily taken out from the rejected part without stopping the taking in of the bill.

According to the bill processing machine of the second aspect of the present invention, when the number of rejected bills between the guide member and the bill press increases and it becomes necessary to take out the bill, the movement signal output means outputs the movement signal. When output, the control unit causes the drive unit to contact the drawer unit at the standby position located on the opposite side to the bill press of the reject bill with the guide member side of the reject bill and guide it with the bill press. The banknotes separated from the member and fed from the feeding port are moved to a separated position at which the banknote can be received between the bill and the guide member. Thereafter, after the rejection of the rejected banknotes between the drawer and the bill press is completed, when a movement signal is output by the movement signal output unit, the control unit causes the drive unit to move the drawer from the separated position to the standby position. Will be. Therefore, by outputting the movement signal by the movement signal output means, the drawer can be moved from the standby position to the separated position or from the separated position to the standby position by the driving force of the driver.

According to the bill processing machine of the third aspect of the present invention, when the number of rejected bills between the guide member and the bill press becomes large and needs to be taken out, the movement signal is output by the movement signal output means. When output, the control unit causes the drive unit to contact the drawer unit at the standby position located on the opposite side to the bill press of the reject bill with the guide member side of the reject bill and guide it with the bill press. The banknotes separated from the member and fed from the feeding port are moved to a separated position at which the banknote can be received between the bill and the guide member. After that, when a predetermined period of time sufficient to complete the removal of the reject bill between the drawer and the bill press elapses, the control unit causes the drive unit to automatically move the drawer from the separated position to the standby position. Will be.
Therefore, after moving to the separated position, the drawer can be automatically moved from the separated position to the standby position over time without any operation or the like. Can be prevented from being left as it is.

According to the bill processing machine of the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the number of rejected bills between the guide member and the bill press increases and needs to be taken out, the movement signal is output by the movement signal output means. When output, the control unit causes the drive unit to contact the drawer unit at the standby position located on the opposite side to the bill press of the reject bill with the guide member side of the reject bill and guide it with the bill press. The banknotes separated from the member and fed from the feeding port are moved to a separated position at which the banknote can be received between the bill and the guide member. Then, after that, when the reject banknote is taken out between the drawer and the bill press, the reject banknote presence / absence detecting means detects that the reject banknote has been lost, and thereby the control unit is driven by the drive unit. Thus, the drawer is automatically moved from the separated position to the standby position. Therefore, after moving to the separation position, the withdrawal unit can be automatically moved from the separation position to the standby position by taking out the rejected bill between the drawer unit and the bill press. It is possible to prevent the state where the movement to the position is not performed.

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FIG. 1 is a front view schematically showing an entire configuration of a banknote processing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a deposit rejecting unit of the banknote processing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, showing a state in which a drawer member is at a standby position.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a deposit rejection unit of the banknote processing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, showing a state where a drawer member is at a standby position.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a deposit rejecting unit of the embodiment of the banknote handling machine of the present invention, showing a state in which a drawer member is at a separated position.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing one side of a deposit rejecting part of the banknote processing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, showing a state in which a drawer member is at a separated position.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a main part of one embodiment of the banknote handling machine of the present invention.

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 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Bill conveyance part 12 Deposit discrimination part (discrimination part) 17 Deposit reject part (reject part) 55 Guide plate (guide member) 58 Bill press 62 Feeding port 73 Contact plate (drawing part) 77 Drive part 86 Movement operation button ( Movement signal output means) 88 control unit

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A bill transporting section for transporting bills taken into a machine body, a discriminating section provided in the middle of the bill transporting section, for discriminating whether or not a transported bill is a reject bill to be returned, and the discriminating section. In a bill processing machine having a reject unit for letting out a banknote determined as a rejected banknote from a feeding exit and accumulating in a front and back direction while laterally aligning the banknote in a state of being substantially upright by one side thereof, A guide member for supporting the rejected bills fed and stacked from the feeding port from one side in the stacking direction, and supporting the rejected banknotes fed and stacked from the feeding port from the other side in the stacking direction and freely approaching / separating from the guide member. , And a bill press urged in the direction of the guide member, and both sides of the guide member and the bill press are supported. The bill rejected from the bill press comes into contact with the standby position and the guide member side of the rejected bill that are opposite to the bill press, separates the bill from the guide member together with the bill press, and the bill that is fed out from the payout port with the guide member. A drawer that is movable between a separated position that can be received in between, and that can be retracted from a rejected bill fed out with the guide member when moving from the separated position to the standby position. A bill processing machine comprising: 2. A drive unit for moving the drawer unit between the standby position and the separated position; a movement signal output unit for outputting a movement signal; and a case where a movement signal is output from the movement signal output unit. To
When the drawer is at the standby position, a drive unit is driven to move the drawer to the separated position, and when the drawer is at the separated position, a drive unit is driven to move the drawer to the standby position. The banknote processing machine according to claim 1, comprising: 3. A drive unit for moving the drawer unit between the standby position and the separated position; a movement signal output unit for outputting a movement signal; and a case where a movement signal is output from the movement signal output unit. To
A driving unit is driven to move the drawer at the standby position to the separation position, and when a predetermined time elapses after the drawer reaches the separation position, the drawer is moved to the standby position. The banknote processing machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a control unit that drives the driving unit to move. 4. A driving unit for moving the drawer between the standby position and the separation position, a movement signal output unit for outputting a movement signal, and a state in which the drawer is located at the separation position. A rejected bill presence / absence detecting means for detecting the presence / absence of a rejected bill between the drawer and the bill press; and when the movement signal is output from the movement signal output means, the drawer at the standby position is separated from the biller. When the drive unit is driven to move to the position, and when the reject banknote presence / absence detection unit detects that the reject banknote is exhausted after the drawer unit reaches the separation position, the drive unit moves the drawer unit to the standby position. The banknote processing machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a control unit that drives the driving unit to perform the operation.