JP3309168B2 - Money transaction device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a money transaction apparatus having a function of disinfecting money, and more particularly to a money transaction apparatus capable of dealing with abnormalities in a disinfection portion.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an apparatus for disinfecting while transporting money has a structure in which a mechanism for directly disinfecting the money is conveyed on a transport path for transporting money as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-209595. . For this reason, the money passing through the route has to be transported through a mechanism for disinfection, even if disinfection is not necessary.

[0003]

However, as described above, in the case where the disinfecting mechanism is directly attached to the transport path, and all the currency passing through the route must pass through the route, the currency is continuously transported. If money is accumulated in the disinfection unit while the disinfection is being performed, the subsequent money has no place to go. Therefore, the amount of money conveyed and accumulated in the disinfection unit until the conveyance path is stopped by the accumulation detection increases. Also,
In order to disinfect the currency in the disinfecting section, it is necessary to apply some action to the currency, such as irradiating the currency with ultraviolet rays, applying a chemical, and heating the currency. However, these effects
If performed more than necessary, banknotes are often adversely affected. In particular, when means for heating and disinfecting money is used, if the money stays in the disinfecting portion, the heat may damage the money. It is an object of the present invention to minimize the adverse effect on the conveyed money from the disinfection unit when an abnormality occurs in the disinfection unit as described above.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a money transaction apparatus provided with a disinfecting section for disinfecting money in the middle of a transport path and a bypass transport path for bypassing the disinfecting section. Further, a switching means for transporting money to either one of the disinfecting section and the bypass transport path is provided. Further, the disinfecting section has a heat roller and a transport belt pressed against the heat roller to heat the money. Further, the money transaction device, a deposit and withdrawal port for depositing and withdrawing money, a stack unit for storing currency, a transport path for transporting money between the deposit and withdrawal port and the stack unit, and a transport path Provided with a disinfecting section for disinfecting the currency, furthermore, a bypass transport path for bypassing the disinfecting section, a stay detecting means for detecting the retention of money in the disinfecting section, and passing the currency through the disinfecting section, or a transport path for bypass. Switching means for switching between passing and
The switching means receives the output of the stagnation detecting means, and switches the subsequent money to pass through the detour conveyance path when the money stagnates in the disinfection unit. Further, disinfection execution control means for controlling whether or not to execute disinfection in the disinfection unit is provided, and the disinfection execution control means receives an output of the stagnation detection means, and performs disinfection when money is accumulated in the disinfection unit. I am trying to cancel. Further, moving means for moving the disinfecting member of the disinfecting section to such an extent that it is impossible to convey money is provided. The disinfecting member is moved. Further, the money transaction device, a deposit and withdrawal port for depositing and withdrawing money, a stack unit for storing currency, a transport path for transporting money between the deposit and withdrawal port and the stack unit, and a transport path A disinfecting unit for disinfecting money is provided, and a detour transport path is provided to bypass the disinfecting unit. When carrying out a storage transaction for storing money, the money is passed through the disinfecting part.

[0005]

When the disinfection unit detects an abnormality such as money accumulation, a route is provided to bypass the disinfection unit from just before the disinfection unit. Therefore, when the accumulation of money in the disinfection unit is detected, the gate is activated. The money is switched and the following money is conveyed to the detour route instead of the disinfection unit route. In the disinfecting section, disinfection is stopped, and further, in the disinfecting section, the disinfecting member is moved away from the transport path, so that adverse effects of the disinfecting section on money can be minimized.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a bill receiving / dispensing mechanism according to one embodiment of the present invention. The bills inserted from the deposit / withdrawal port 1 are separated one by one by a separation mechanism (not shown) and sent to the transport path 2-1. The bill is conveyed to the discriminating section 3 by the conveying path 2-1 and necessary discriminating processing such as denomination, authenticity, and damage transport state is performed. Then, they are accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 4 via the transport paths 2-2 and 2-3.
Here, when a transaction is established by a user's operation, the bill is separated again by a separating mechanism (not shown), and the transport path 2-1.
The banknotes sent to the banknotes and discriminated again by the discrimination unit 3 and determined to be normal pass through the transport paths 2-2, 2-4, and 2-1 and are denominations of banknotes for each denomination. Box 5, 6
And are collected and stored. The bills judged to be abnormal by the discriminating section 3 are stored in the reject box 7 via the transport paths 2-2 and 2-3. At this time, the banknote which is likely to cause a jam during conveyance is rejected. In the withdrawal transaction, the required number of banknotes are separated from the denomination boxes 5 and 6 by a separation mechanism (not shown), sent to the transport path 2-1 and passed again through the discrimination 3 via the transport paths 2-2 and 2-4. Then, it is accumulated and discharged to the deposit / withdrawal port 1.
In order to load the required number of banknotes into the denomination boxes 5 and 6, the banknotes are set in the detachable cassette 8, separated one by one by a separation mechanism (not shown), and stored and stored at the time of depositing. Similarly, the required number of bills can be set in the denomination boxes 5 and 6 if they are conveyed. Further, if the operation reverse to the loading operation is performed, the bills in the denomination boxes 5 and 6 can be collected in the cassette 8.

A disinfecting section 9 is provided in the middle of the transport path 2-1. The banknotes conveyed on the conveyance path 2-1 are sterilized by passing through the disinfection unit 9. FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the disinfecting section 9 and the transport path around it. 100, 101,
Reference numeral 102 denotes a transport path, in which bills are transported so as to be held between transport belts. In this figure, the bill is transported in the direction indicated by the arrow 11. Reference numeral 12 denotes a gate for switching the transport destination of the bills held by the transport belt. The gate is driven by the solenoid 13, and the bills are transported in the direction of the arrow 14 in the solenoid OFF state and pass through the bypass transport path 101. . Solenoid O
In the N state, the bill is transported in the direction of arrow 15. Arrow 15
The banknotes conveyed in the direction are disinfected by a disinfecting conveyance path 102, a disinfecting means 16, and a banknote
Transported to

The disinfecting means 16 is composed of a heat roller 17 as a disinfecting member and a transport belt 18 pressed against the roller.
The sheet is conveyed while being pressed against the roller 17. Hee
The roller 17 is heated to a high temperature, and the bill is disinfected by being conveyed while being pressed against the roller 17 for a certain period of time. Heat of the disinfection means 16
The banknotes disinfected by the roller 17 are transported again by the transport belt, and join again at the junction 19 with the transport path 101 transported from the gate 12 in the direction of arrow 14. As described above, it is possible to control whether or not the bills conveyed along the conveyance path 2-1 in FIG. In addition, before and after the disinfecting means 16, pass sensors 20, 21 for detecting passage of bills are provided.
Is provided, and it is possible to check whether or not the bills have accumulated in the disinfecting means 16 by checking whether or not the bills passing through the passing sensor 20 pass through the disinfecting means 16 and reach the passing sensor 21. Disinfection means 1
If it is detected in step 6 that the banknotes remain, the gate is switched immediately so that the following banknotes are conveyed in the direction of the arrow 14, and the banknotes staying in the disinfecting means 16 are minimized. Thus, when a jam occurs in the disinfecting means 16, bills that are affected by burns and the like by staying for a long time in the portion of the heater 17 heated to a high temperature can be minimized. Further, when the stay in the disinfecting means 16 is detected, it is possible to reduce the influence of heat on the staying banknotes by turning off a heat source switch (not shown) of the heater. Further, when the stay is detected by the disinfecting means 16, by controlling the heat roller 17 to move in the direction A to a position not in contact with the transport path 18, the influence of heat on the staying bills can be further reduced. It becomes possible.

FIG. 3 is a schematic control block diagram for controlling the disinfecting section 9 and its peripheral bypass path. Output signals of the passage sensors 20 and 21 are input to the control unit 22. The control unit 22 always transmits the passage sensor 20 during bill conveyance,
21 is monitored, the passage time of the passage sensor 20 is compared with the passage time of the passage sensor 21 for each bill, and even if a predetermined time has passed since the passage sensor 20 detected the bill, the passage sensor 21 detects the bill. If not detected, it is determined that banknotes have accumulated in the disinfecting means 16, and an OFF command is issued to the gate solenoid 13 to switch the gate 12 and to switch the heat source switch of the heat roller. 23 also OF
Issue F command. This enables control of the contents described above.

Next, in each transaction, how the disinfection unit 9
Will be described. First, in the deposit transaction,
The banknotes separated from the deposit / withdrawal port in FIG. 1 pass through the transport path 2-1. At this point, since the banknotes have not passed through the discriminating unit 3, it is unknown whether or not the banknotes are normally transported, and therefore the banknotes Are conveyed on the bypass conveyance path 101 in the direction of arrow 14 shown in FIG. 2 without passing through the disinfecting section 9, and are accumulated on the temporary accumulating section 4 through the discriminating section 3. When the transaction is completed, the banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit are separated one by one, but only the banknotes judged to be normal by the discriminating unit 3 pass through the transport path 2-1 and the denomination boxes 5, 6 Stagnation occurs at the disinfecting means 16 because it is conveyed to the gate 12
Are switched so that the banknotes pass through the disinfection unit 9. Similarly, also in loading, only the one judged to be normally conveyed by the discrimination unit 3 passes through the bypass conveyance path 101,
The bill passes through the disinfection unit 9.

By disposing the disinfecting section after the discriminating section 3 as described above, abnormalities such as stagnation in the disinfecting section can be reduced. In addition, since the discriminating unit 3 is weak to heat, if the bill passes through the disinfecting unit 9 after passing through the discriminating unit 3, the discriminating unit is less affected by heat by the heat roller 17 by the bill heated to a high temperature. It is possible to do. Also,
In FIG. 1, the disinfecting section 9 is disposed on the transport path immediately before the denomination boxes 5 and 6, but the disinfecting section 9 does not necessarily need to be disposed at this position, and may be disposed at any position on the transport path. Depending on the position where the disinfecting unit 9 is arranged, the transaction for disinfecting the bill also changes. For example, if the positions of the disinfecting unit 9 and the denomination box 6 are interchanged, the banknotes can be disinfected even when the banknotes are fed out from the denomination boxes 5 and 6 and when dispensing or collecting.

FIG. 4 shows an alternative configuration to the configuration shown in FIG. The bill is transported by the transport belt 24 in the direction of arrow 25. 26 is a heat roller and 2
Reference numeral 7 denotes a pressing roller for pressing the bill against the roller 26 by pressing against the roller. When an abnormality such as staying occurs in the portion of the controller 26, the controller 26 is moved upward, and the controller 26 is moved to the position indicated by the broken line 28. Thereby, the influence of heat on the staying banknotes can be eliminated, and the same effect as the configuration shown in FIG. 2 can be expected.

[0013]

According to the present invention, in a money transaction apparatus having a disinfecting section on a transport path, when an abnormality occurs in the disinfecting section, the influence of the disinfecting section on money can be minimized, and Thus, safe operation of the device is enabled.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a bill receiving / dispensing mechanism.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a disinfecting unit and a transport path around the disinfecting unit.

FIG. 3 is a schematic control block diagram for controlling a disinfection unit and a transport path around the disinfection unit.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing one embodiment of an alternative to the configuration of FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote deposit / withdrawal port 2-1 to 2-4 Banknote conveyance path 3 Discrimination part 4 Temporary accumulation part 5, 6 Denomination box 7 Reject box 8 Cassette 9 Disinfection part 12 Gate 13 Gate solenoid 16 Disinfection means 17 , 26 heat roller 20, 21 passage sensor 22 control unit 23 heat roller heat source switch 27 pressure roller 100 conveyance path 101 detour conveyance path 102 disinfection conveyance path

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Toshikazu Kato 1 Ikegami, Haruoka-cho, Owariasahi-shi, Aichi Pref. Hitachi, Ltd. Office Systems Division (56) References JP-A-3-209595 (JP, A) JP-A-57-203611 (JP, A) JP-A-2-2483 (JP, A) JP-A-4-114652 (JP, A) JP-A-63-92567 (JP, A) JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07D 11/00 B08B 1/04

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A deposit and withdrawal port for depositing and dispensing money, a stack section for storing money, a transport path for transporting money between the deposit and withdrawal port and the stack section, and a currency in the transport path. In a currency transaction device having a disinfecting unit for disinfecting, a bypass transport path that bypasses the disinfecting unit, and a stay detecting unit that detects the stay of money in the disinfecting unit is provided, and an output of the stay detecting unit is received. A money transaction device, comprising: switching means for switching the subsequent money to pass through the bypass conveyance path when the money stays in the disinfection unit. 2. The money transaction apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a disinfection execution control unit that controls whether or not the disinfection unit performs disinfection, wherein the disinfection execution control unit outputs an output of the stay detection unit. A money transaction device for stopping the disinfection when the money stays in the disinfecting section. 3. The money transaction apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising moving means for moving the disinfecting member constituting the disinfecting unit to a degree in which money cannot be transported, wherein the moving means comprises:
A money transaction device comprising: receiving the output of the stay detecting means; and moving the disinfecting member when the money stays in the disinfecting section. 4. A deposit / withdrawal port for depositing / dispensing money, a stack section for storing money, a transport path for transporting money between the deposit / withdrawal port and the stack section, and a currency in the transport path. A currency transaction device having a disinfecting unit for disinfecting the disinfecting unit, further comprising a bypass transport path that bypasses the disinfecting unit, and when performing a deposit transaction of money conveyed from the deposit / withdrawal port, the bypass transport path. And a storage transaction for storing money in the stack section through the disinfecting section. 5. A deposit and withdrawal port for depositing and withdrawing money, a stack section for storing money, a transport path for transporting money between the deposit and withdrawal port and the stack section, and a currency in the transport path. A currency transaction device having a disinfecting unit for disinfecting the disinfecting unit, a detour conveying path bypassing the disinfecting unit, a stay detection unit for detecting the accumulation of money in the disinfecting unit, and a position before the disinfecting unit and the detour conveying route. A switching unit that conveys money to one or the other, and controls the switching of the switching unit in response to the content of the transaction executed in the money transaction device, and in response to the output of the stagnation detecting unit, the subsequent currency A money transaction apparatus comprising: control means for switching the switching means so as to pass through the bypass transport path.