JP3390683B2 - Banknote handling machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote handling machine capable of depositing / dispensing and bundling loose banknotes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Used as a part of a cash machine such as a bank,
As a banknote processing machine for depositing or withdrawing loose banknotes or for bundling a predetermined number of loose banknotes to create a banknote bundle, for example, there is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-178531. . This banknote processing machine is composed of a banknote processing unit that stores banknotes by denomination or returns the stored banknotes for withdrawal, and a bundle processing unit that bundles a predetermined number of banknotes. Here, the bill processing unit separates the inserted bills one by one and takes them into the machine body, distinguishes the authenticity and denomination of the taken bills, and according to the result of the discrimination, reaches a target position. A pay-in / pay-out unit to be transported, a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing the banknotes sent from the pay-in / pay-out unit by denomination, and a banknote temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit for each denomination and for dispensing It is composed of a storage unit unit having a deposit / withdrawal storage unit for each denomination that can be dispensed as a bill. One of the bundle processing units is a stacking unit that stacks a predetermined number of banknotes sent from the storage unit, a binding unit that binds the banknotes stacked by the stacking unit with a binding tape, and the banknotes that are bound by the binding unit. And a bundle storing unit that stores the respective types of money.

[0003]

By the way, in this banknote handling machine, in both the banknote processing unit and the bundle processing unit, the banknotes are conveyed vertically and laterally when viewed from the front of the machine body to perform each processing. Because of the configuration, the entire body takes a large space in the lateral direction. Therefore, in a financial institution such as a bank, when such a banknote handling machine is installed as a cashier for each processing of the whole money together with a device for processing other coins, the workability of the operator is naturally concerned. Since the devices are arranged in the horizontal direction, a considerable space is required only in the horizontal direction, and there is a problem that it cannot be installed unless the store is a large-scale store with a large site area. It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote handling machine that can reduce the width in the lateral direction.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the banknote handling machine according to claim 1 of the present invention deposits and stores the inserted loose banknotes, and stores the stored loose banknotes as necessary. A banknote depositing / dispensing unit for dispensing, a banknote bundling / conveying unit for bundling a predetermined number of loose banknotes sent from the banknote depositing / dispensing unit, and for transporting the bundled banknotes, and a banknote bundling / conveying unit for bundling A bundled banknote storage unit for storing bundled banknotes in a banknote banknote storage box of each denomination, wherein the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit has a banknote transport direction in a vertical direction, a front-rear direction, and a combination direction of upper, lower, front, rear In the bundled banknote storage unit, the banknote stacks of the denominations are arranged such that the banknotes are arranged in the longitudinal direction along the longitudinal direction and in the front-back direction in the thickness direction. The banknote stacking / conveying unit stores the banknote stacking / conveying unit in a state in which the banknote stacking / conveying units are arranged side by side in a state where these banknote banknote storages are vertically arranged. Further, it is arranged on the upper side of the bundled banknote storage unit, and the posture of the bundled banknotes is changed so that the longitudinal direction is along the up-down direction and the thickness direction is along the front-back direction. Thereby, the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit is configured such that the banknote transport direction is only the vertical direction, the front-back direction, and the vertical front-back front-rear combination direction, thereby reducing the width in the lateral direction, and the banknote storing unit By storing the bundled banknotes in the bundled banknote storage with the longitudinal direction along the vertical direction and the thickness direction aligned with the front-rear direction, and by arranging these bundled banknote storages in the vertical direction, The lateral width of the bill storage unit is reduced. Then, a bundled banknote storage unit is provided next to the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit,
Moreover, by arranging the banknote bundling / conveying unit above the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit and the banknote banknote storage unit, the overall width in the horizontal direction is reduced.

A bill handling machine according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the bill handling machine according to the first aspect, all the banknote stacks of the denominations are aligned in the left-right direction. In this way, since all the bundled banknote storages have the same position in the left-right direction, the lateral width of the bundled banknote storage unit can be minimized.

A bill handling machine according to a third aspect of the present invention is the bill handling machine according to the first or second aspect, wherein the bundled bill storage unit can withdraw the bundled bills stored therein as needed. I am trying. In this way, the bundled banknotes that have been stored can be dispensed as necessary, and thus it is possible to cope with the case where the dispensing of the bundled banknotes is required.

A bill processing machine according to a fourth aspect of the present invention relates to the bill processing machine according to the third aspect, wherein the banknote depositing / dispensing unit dispenses loose banknotes and the bundled banknote storing unit dispenses bundled banknotes. The feature is that and can be executed in parallel. In this way, since the dispensing process of the loose banknotes and the dispensing process of the bundled banknotes can be executed in parallel, both processes are completed when it is necessary to perform these processes at overlapping timings. It can reduce the time required for

The banknote handling machine according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the banknote handling machine according to the third or fourth aspect of the invention, in which the bundled banknotes are dispensed in the bundled banknote storage unit, and the unit sent from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit. It is characterized in that the bundling process of the banknotes in the banknote bundling / conveying unit and the storage process of the banknotes in the banknote banknote storage unit can be executed in parallel. In this way, the withdrawal process of the bundled banknotes and the bundling process and the storage process of the bundled banknote bundles can be executed in parallel, so that it is necessary to perform these processes at overlapping timings. The time required to complete both processes can be shortened.

The banknote handling machine according to claim 6 of the present invention is the banknote handling machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the banknote depositing / dispensing unit is used for depositing the loose banknotes. It is characterized in that the bundle processing of the sent loose banknotes in the banknote bundling / conveying unit and the storage processing in the banknote bundle storing unit can be executed in parallel. In this way, since the deposit processing of the loose banknotes and the bundling processing and the storage processing of the bundled banknotes that have been bundled can be performed in parallel, when it becomes necessary to perform these processes at overlapping timings, The time required to complete both processes can be reduced.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A bill processing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The X direction indicated by the arrow in each figure indicates the operator side, that is, the front side (front side) of the machine body 10. Further, the front and rear in the following are front and rear in the airframe 10, and the left and right are left and right when the airframe 10 is viewed from the front of the airframe 10.

The banknote handling machine of this embodiment is capable of performing various banknote-related processes such as depositing, storing, collecting, and dispensing of loose banknotes, bundling of banknotes, storing and dispensing of bundled banknotes. It is made possible and is used in combination with another coin processing machine (not shown) as a part of the teller machine in a bank or the like. As shown in FIG. An operation unit 11 for inputting the operation of each process by an operator and a display unit 12 for displaying a process guide menu, a process state, a process result, and the like are provided facing upward.

Further, the operation unit 11 and the display unit 12 are also provided.
At the lower position, a bundled banknote outlet 13 for discharging the bundled banknotes to the outside of the machine, and a fractional banknote roll-out for feeding out loose fractional banknotes less than the number of bundles to the machine, facing the front. An outlet 14 is provided. Further, at the lower and front positions of the bundled bill outlet 13 and the fractional bill outlet 14, the loose banknotes to be deposited are set by the operator and the loose banknotes to be dispensed from the machine are fed upward. A banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 and a banknote bundle withdrawal port 17 into which a banknote of each denomination bundled in a predetermined number are fed are provided.

The banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 is provided with a slide-type slide shutter 18 for opening / closing the inside / outside of the machine body 10. A slide-type slide shutter 19 for shutting off is provided, and a slide-type slide shutter 20 for opening / closing the inside and outside of the machine body 10 is also provided at the fraction bill feeding port 14. The bundled bill outlet 13 is also provided with an oscillating opening / closing shutter 21 for opening / closing the inside and outside of the machine body 10.

This banknote handling machine is roughly divided into a banknote deposit / withdrawal / rejection process for depositing and storing the loose banknotes inserted into the reject port 16 and, if necessary, depositing / discharging the loose banknotes. A banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23 that performs each process on the loose banknotes such as dispensing processing for dispensing to the reject port 16 and a predetermined number of the banknote depositing / dispensing units fed from the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23, and further stacked banknotes And a banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 that sorts and conveys the bunched banknotes to a location according to its purpose, and the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 receives the banknotes bundled and fed by the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24. A bundled banknote storing / dispensing unit (bundle banknote storing unit) for storing the bundled banknotes stored in the type Is constructed from Tsu door) 25.

Here, the bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit 25
Are arranged side by side when viewed from the front of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23, and the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 includes the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23 and the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 2
5 is arranged on the upper side and the rear side. Further, the entire width of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23 and the bundled banknote storing / dispensing unit 25 arranged side by side is the same as the width of the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24.

[Bill deposit / withdrawal unit] Below, the bill deposit / withdrawal unit 23 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 23 mainly includes a banknote transport unit 27 as an upper layer for carrying loose banknotes taken in from the banknote pay-in / pay-out / reject port 16 or bulk banknotes to be dispensed.
A middle-layer temporary storage unit 28 for temporarily storing the loose banknotes transported by the banknote transport unit 27 by denomination, and the temporary storage unit 2
8 has a three-layer structure including a lower-layer banknote storage unit 29 for storing the loosely stored banknotes by denomination.

Here, the loose banknotes are set in the banknote pay-in / pay-out / reject port 16 with the longitudinal direction of the banknotes in the left-right direction. In, it is always maintained in this direction. Further, in the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 23, the transport direction of the loose banknotes is limited to the vertical direction, the front-rear direction, and the combination direction of the front-back direction, that is, the horizontal banknotes are not transported in the horizontal direction.

[Bill Transfer Section] The banknote transfer section 27 sets loose banknotes at the time of deposit processing, takes in the set loose banknotes one by one into the machine body 10, and rejects reject banknotes that cannot be distinguished at the time of deposit processing ( Loose bills), further reject bills (separate bills) that cannot be discriminated at the time of replenishment processing, and in addition, at the time of dispensing processing, the dispensed loose bills become a place to be dispensed from inside the machine 10. Banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject mouth 1
6 and the above-mentioned slide-type slide shutter 18 for opening and closing the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 as required.
And a transport path 31 for transporting the deposited loose banknotes to a required place and the dispensed loose banknotes to a required place,
Deposited loose banknotes that are provided on the way of the transport path 31 and are fed from the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 at the time of deposit processing and are transported on the transport path 31 and replenished loose banknotes that are transported on the transport path 31 at the time of replenishment processing. Of the deposit discrimination unit 32 that discriminates the authenticity, the denomination, and the damage, and stores the dispensed loose banknotes that are determined to be double-fed and skew among the loose banknotes that are conveyed during the disbursement process. A withdrawal reject box 33 that is detachably provided from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 23, a dirty banknote temporary storage unit 34 that temporarily stores a damaged loose banknote that is determined to be true and dirty at the time of deposit processing, and the dirty banknote temporary It is composed of a dirty banknote storage unit 35 which stores the dirty loose banknotes temporarily stored in the storage unit 34 after the deposit process is confirmed.

In the middle of the conveying path 31, there is provided a front / back reversing unit 36 for judging the front and back of the loose banknote from the discrimination result of the deposit discriminating unit 32 and collecting the front and back of the loose banknote. Further, doors 37 and 38 that can be freely opened and closed are provided on the dirty bill temporary storage unit 34 and the dirty bill storage unit 35. Here, the door 37 on the dirty banknote temporary storage unit 34 is openable and closable so that it can be easily taken out when returning the damaged bulky banknote temporarily stored when the deposit process is canceled, whereas the dirty banknote collection is possible. The door 38 of the storage unit 35 is a key bill (not shown) on the machine management side that is stored after the payment is confirmed, so that it cannot be easily taken out.
Is provided. The banknote transport unit 27 described above is the machine body 10.
It can be pulled out from the front.

[Temporary Storage Section] The temporary storage section 28 is shown in FIG.
As shown in, in order to sort and store the deposited loose banknotes or the replenished loose banknotes by denomination, a temporary storage 4 for temporarily storing the loose banknotes by denomination until the transaction is confirmed.
0, 40, 40 are arranged side by side in the front-rear direction in a state where the position in the height direction and the position in the left-right direction are matched with each other. Further, the temporary storage unit 28 is provided with a transport path 41 for transporting banknotes mainly to the temporary storages 40, 40, 40 of these denominations.

These temporary storages 40, 40, 40 are
In each case, a loose banknote of a corresponding denomination is taken in from the transport path 41, and a case 43 having a shape that opens up and down to take in the loose banknote and a loose banknote taken in the case 43 in the front-back direction. It has the temporary storage plates 44, 44 which are placed in the vertical direction while being sequentially stacked. The temporary storage plates 44, 44 can be moved up and down according to the amount of stacked loose banknotes. Further, the temporary storage plates 44, 44 are slid so as to be spaced apart from each other in the front-rear direction, thereby stacking the loose banknotes. The bills can be discharged downward from the housing 43. The above temporary storage unit 28 is also the fuselage 1
It can be pulled out from 0 forward.

[Banknote Storage Section] The banknote storage section 29 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG.
In addition to receiving and storing the loose banknotes discharged from the slides of the temporary storage plates 44, 44 from 0, 40, the stored banknotes can be separated and paid out one by one from the bottommost banknote for dispensing. Banknote storage feeding section 46, 4
6, 46, a transport path 47 for transporting loose banknotes and the like fed from the bill storage / feeding units 46, 46, 46, and a detachable frame from a frame (not shown) of the bill storage unit 29,
It is possible to receive the collected banknotes from the banknote storage / feedout units 46, 46, 46, and it is possible to feed out the loaded banknotes one by one during the replenishment process for replenishing the banknote storage / feedout units 46, 46, 46 with the banknotes. Stacker 48 and the transport path 4
7, a withdrawal discriminating section 49 for discriminating double feeding, skew feeding, etc. of the loose banknotes to be conveyed.

Here, the respective bill storage and delivery units 46, 46, 4
6 are juxtaposed in the front-rear direction with the positions in the height direction and the positions in the left-right directions being matched with each other. Further, the stacker 48 is arranged on the front side of these banknote storing and feeding parts 46, 46, 46 in a state where their positions in the left-right direction are aligned and their positions in the height direction are almost overlapped.

The stacker 48 is detachable from the frame of the banknote storage unit 29, whereas the banknote storage feeding units 46, 46, 46 are fixed to the frame of the banknote storage unit 29. Banknote storing / feeding unit 46, 46, 46 for each denomination
Are respectively from the temporary storage 40 directly above to the temporary storage plate 4
A case 51 that receives the loose temporary storage banknotes dropped by the opening operation of 4, 44, and a pair of vertically movable and openable and closable for mounting the temporary storage banknotes dropped in the housing 51 in an accumulated state. A door-type flapper 52, and a bill press 53 that presses the stored banknotes in a stacked state with a predetermined force from above substantially when the stored banknotes stored in the housing 51 become less than a predetermined amount. Have The space inside the housing 51 is a stacking space 54 for stacking loose banknotes. The banknote storage unit 29 described above can also be pulled out forward from the machine body 10, and the stacker 48 can be further attached and detached in the state of being pulled out in this way.

Each processing of the bill deposit / withdrawal unit 23 described above will be described. <Deposit processing> When a banknote to be deposited by the operator is set in the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 and various inputs for deposit processing are made on the operation unit 11, a control unit (not shown) causes the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 to enter. In this way, the individual banknotes are separated and paid out one by one, and the paid-out banknotes are carried by the deposit processing route shown by the thick line in FIG. The payment is discriminated based on the discrimination result of the deposit discriminating section 32. That is, the loose banknotes that cannot be discriminated (counterfeit, double feed, skew, etc.) are fed to the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16, and the true banknotes that are discriminated as dirty are fed to the dirty banknote temporary storage unit 34. , The true banknotes that have been discriminated as true are passed through the front / back reversing unit 36 as needed to collect the front and back sides, and then are fed out to the temporary storages 40, 40, 40 of each denomination of the temporary storage unit 28.

Then, all the loose banknotes are once delivered from the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16, and the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16, the dirty banknote temporary storage section 34, and the temporary storage sections 40 of the temporary storage section 28 are stored. When the loose banknotes are paid out, the control unit causes the display unit 12 to display the discrimination result of the deposit discriminating unit 32. When the operator inputs a deposit confirmation operation to the operation unit 11 from the display of the display unit 12, the control unit stores the loose banknotes of the dirty banknote temporary storage unit 34 in the damaged banknote storage unit 35, and at the same time, the temporary storages of each money type. 40, 40, 40 loose banknotes are stored in the banknote storing and feeding units 46, 4
Store in 6,46. At this time, the control unit opens the slide shutter 18 as necessary to enable the bill returned to the bill deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 to be taken out.
In addition, the temporary storage 40, 40, 40 at the time of deposit processing
The details of the storage operation from the banknote storage / feeding units 46, 46, 46 will be described later.

<Withdrawal process> The operator operates the operation unit 11
When various inputs of the withdrawal process are performed, the control unit causes the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 23 to withdraw the dispensed banknotes that are to be dispensed in bulk. That is, the loose banknotes stored by the banknote storing / feeding units 46, 46, 46 of different denominations are separated from the lowest one and fed out one by one, and are configured by predetermined portions of the transport paths 47, 41, 31. It is conveyed along the withdrawal processing route indicated by the thick line in FIG. 4, and is distributed based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discriminating section 49 on the way. That is, the loose banknotes that are determined to be double-fed or skewed are delivered to the withdrawal reject box 33, and the other loose banknotes are delivered to the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16, and then the slide shutter 18 is opened. .

<Replenishment Processing> With the operator loading the replenishment loose banknotes into the stacker 48, the operation unit 11
When various inputs for the replenishment process are made, the control unit separates the replenished loose banknotes one by one from the stacker 48, and the replenishment shown in FIG. It is transported along the processing route and is sorted based on the discrimination result of the deposit discriminating unit 32 on the way. In other words, the loose banknotes that cannot be discriminated (double feed, skew feeding, etc.) and the loose banknotes that are true and discriminated as stains are the damaged bill temporary storage unit 34.
After collecting the front and back by passing through the front and back reversing unit 36, the loose banknotes that are genuinely and correctly discriminated as
The money is sent to the temporary storages 40, 40, 40 for each denomination.

When all the loose banknotes are once delivered from the stacker 48 and all the loose banknotes are delivered to the dirty banknote temporary storage section 34 and the temporary storages 40, 40, 40, the control section causes the deposit discriminating section. The discrimination result of 32 is displayed on the display unit 12. When the operator inputs a replenishment confirmation operation to the operation unit 11 from the display of the display unit 12, the control unit stores the loose banknotes of the damaged banknote temporary storage unit 34 in the damaged banknote storage unit 35, and also temporarily stores each denomination. The loose banknotes in the boxes 40, 40, 40 are stored in the banknote storing and feeding units 46, 46, 46 of the respective denominations.

<Recovery Process> The operator operates the operation unit 11
When various inputs are input to the collecting process, the control unit causes the banknote storage / feeding units 46, 46, 46 to separate the individual stored banknotes one by one from the lowermost banknote and feed the separated banknotes. , 41, 31 are conveyed along a collection processing route indicated by a thick line in FIG. 6 and distributed based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discriminating section 49 on the way. That is, the loose banknotes determined to be double-fed or skewed are fed to the dispensing reject box 33, and all other loose banknotes are fed to the stacker 48. Then, the operator uses the stacker 48 in which the bills are fed out in this way.
Is taken out of the machine to collect banknotes.

<Local Bundling Processing> Local bundling processing refers to bundling processing of banknotes that is not managed by the machine side.
When the operator sets the loose banknotes to be bundled in the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 and various inputs of the local bundling process are performed on the operation unit 11, the control unit causes the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 to supply the loose banknotes one by one. The sheets are separated and fed out, and are conveyed along a local bundling processing route shown by a thick line in FIG. 7, which is constituted by a predetermined portion of the conveyance path 31, and are distributed based on the discrimination result of the deposit discriminating section 32 on the way. That is, the loose banknotes that cannot be discriminated (counterfeit, double feed, skew, etc.) are fed to the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16, and the true banknotes that are discriminated as dirty are fed to the dirty banknote temporary storage unit 34. , The true banknotes that have been discriminated as true and correct are passed through the front / back reversing unit 36 to arrange the front and back sides, and then fed out to the banknote binding / conveying unit 24 on the upper side. At this time, the control unit opens the slide shutter 18 as necessary to enable the bill returned to the bill deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 to be taken out.

Then, the control unit binds the loose banknotes, which are discriminated as true and correct, in the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24, and ejects the bundled banknotes from the bundled banknote ejection port 13 to the outside of the machine.
In the case of this local bundling process, the number of sheets to be processed is not always fixed, so there is a possibility that some fractional bills will not be bundled, and the resulting fractional bills will be bound and conveyed. The unit 24 feeds it out from the fractional bill feeding port 14. The bundling of the bundled bills and the feeding of the bundled bills and the fractional bills will be described in more detail in the bill binding / conveying unit 24 described later.

<Machine-managed binding storage processing> The machine-managed binding storage processing is the bill storing / feeding units 46, 46, 46 for each denomination.
When the storage amount of the banknotes is almost full, the banknotes are automatically fed out from the banknote storing and feeding units 46, 46, 46, and the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 creates a banknote bundle,
This refers to so-called machine side bundling processing and storage processing of banknotes stored in the bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit 25.

That is, when the machine management binding storage processing is started, the control section causes the banknote storage / feeding sections 46 and 4 for each denomination.
6, 46 separates the stored loose banknotes one by one from the bottom one, and feeds them out, and transport paths 47, 41,
It is conveyed along the machine management binding storage processing route shown by the thick line in FIG. 8 which is composed of a predetermined portion 31 and is distributed based on the discrimination result of the withdrawal discrimination section 49 on the way. That is, the loose banknotes that cannot be discriminated (double feed, skew feeding, etc.) are fed to the dispensing reject box 33, and the other loose banknotes are fed to the upper bill binding / conveying unit 24.

Then, the control unit binds the loose banknotes fed in the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 and stores them in the banknote bundle storing / dispensing unit 25. The bundling and storage of the bundled banknotes will be described in more detail in the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 and the banknote bundle storing / dispensing unit 25 described later. In this case, since the processing is performed by machine management and only the integral multiples of the number of binding units are fed to the bill binding / conveying unit 24, fractional bills are not generated. Here, the loose banknote feeding unit 55 to the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 side of the above-described local bundling processing route and machine management bundling / storing processing route is provided at the rear end of the machine body 10.

<Storing operation from the temporary storage to the banknote storage / delivery section during the deposit processing> From the temporary storage 40, 40, 40 to the banknote storage / delivery section 46, 4 during the above-described deposit processing.
The storage operation in the storage boxes 6, 46 will be further described with reference to FIGS. Each of the banknote storage / feeding units 46, 46, 46 has a head sensor 57 for detecting loose banknotes at the top of the stacking space 54, below the head sensor 57, and at an intermediate part of the stacking space 54. A near full sensor 58 for detecting loose banknotes is provided below the near full sensor 58, and a bill press sensor 59 for detecting loose banknotes in the lower part of the stacking space 54 is fixed in position.

Here, the head sensor 57 further detects whether or not the flappers 52, 52 are located at the upper limit position of the movement, and also the temporary storage plate 4 of the temporary storage 40 immediately above.
It is detected whether or not the upper ends of the banknotes in the banknote storing / feeding unit 46 are located at positions where the closing operation of the banknotes 4, 44 is possible. Further, the near-full sensor 58 determines whether or not the upper end portion of the banknotes in the banknote storage / feeding unit 46 is located at a position where the banknote storage amount is full (that is, whether or not the banknote storage amount in the banknote storage / feeding unit 46 is full. ) Is detected. Furthermore, the building press sensor 59
Detects from the upper end whether the bills in the bill storage / feeding unit 46 are accumulated in an amount sufficient to obtain the weight required for feeding the bills from the lower part, and the bill press 53 is detected from the detection result. Drive it.

On the other hand, below the flappers 52, 52 is provided a flapper opening / closing sensor 60 which moves up and down together with the flappers 52, 52. This flapper open / close sensor 6
0 detects the presence or absence of banknotes in the stacking space 54 at a position that interferes with the opening and closing of the flappers 52, 52, and confirms from the detection result whether the flappers 52, 52 can be opened or closed.
Here, as shown in FIG. 9, the state in which the temporary storage plates 40, 44 are located at the bottom of the temporary storage case 40 and are advanced into the housing 43 and closed is the normal “standby position” of the temporary storage plates 44, 44, The normal “standby position” of the flappers 52, 52 is located immediately below the sensor 57 and closed inside the housing 51.

First, the operation when the near full sensor 58 does not detect the stored bill, that is, when the bill is stored in the bill storing / feeding unit 46 from the temporary storage 40 in the normal depositing process will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 12. To do. First, when the deposit process is started, the control unit (not shown) raises the temporary storage plates 44, 44 from the “standby position” shown in FIG. 9 in the closed state to start taking in the banknotes to be temporarily stored. Together with the temporary storage plates 44, 44
Temporary storage plate 4 according to the amount of accumulated banknotes
Gradually lower 4,44. Then, when all the denominations corresponding to the deposited banknotes are taken into the temporary storage 40, the control unit lowers the temporary storage plates 44, 44 to the "standby position" again as shown in FIG. At the same time, the temporary storage plates 44, 44 are provided on condition that the operator inputs a deposit confirmation operation into the operation unit 11 and the deposit is confirmed.
Temporary storage banknote S1 placed on top of (at this stage,
This banknote is no longer a temporarily stored banknote because the deposit has been confirmed, but here, in order to distinguish it from the stored banknote S2 already accumulated in the banknote storing and feeding unit 46, the “temporary stored banknote S”.
1 ”) by sliding the temporary storage plates 44, 44 in the horizontal direction to open the temporary storage plates 44, 44, as shown in FIG.

The dropped temporarily stored banknotes S1 are placed on the flappers 52, 52 in the closed state, which is located at the "standby position" and immediately below the temporary storage plates 44, 44. When the control unit confirms that a sufficient time has elapsed for placing the temporarily stored banknote S1 on the flappers 52, 52,
The flappers 52, 52 are lowered from the “standby position” by driving a drive mechanism unit (not shown). The head sensor 57
However, when the temporary storage banknote S1 is no longer detected, the control unit advances the temporary storage plates 44, 44, which were in the open state, into the housing 43 to be in the closed state.

When the flappers 52, 52 are started to descend, the control section causes the flapper opening / closing sensor 60 to detect the presence or absence of the stacked bills in the stacking space 54, as shown in FIG. When the open / close sensor 60 detects the accumulated banknotes, its position (that is, the flapper 5
The lowering of the flappers 52, 52 is stopped at the lowermost position where the stacked banknotes do not interfere with the opening operation of 2, 52. Then, after that, the control unit opens the flappers 52, 52 to drop the temporarily stored banknote S1 on the flappers 52, 52 onto the stored banknote S2 already stored.
After dropping the temporarily stored bill S1 in this way, the control unit raises the flappers 52, 52 to the "standby position" while keeping the flappers 52, 52 open, and confirms that the flapper opening / closing sensor 60 does not detect bills. And then flapper 52, 52
To close the storage operation.

Next, in the case where the near-full sensor 58 detects a stack of banknotes, that is, when the banknote storing / feeding section 46 is full, the banknote storing / feeding section 46 further stores the banknotes. It demonstrates based on FIGS. 13-17.

Here, the near-full sensor 58 is a space above the near-full sensor 58 in which a banknote corresponding to the storage capacity of the temporary storage 40 can be reliably stored (between the flapper opening / closing sensor 60 and the near-full sensor 58 shown in FIG. 9). Of the flappers 52 and 52 shown in FIG. 9 for ensuring the opening and closing of the flappers 52 and 52 during storage.
Since it is necessary to secure a space between the flapper opening / closing sensor 60 and the flapper opening / closing sensor 60, the stacking space is provided at a height position such that a space above the stacking space 54 has a sufficient margin. However, it is inefficient that there is a space that cannot be used for banknote stacking with respect to the stacking space 54. Therefore, the banknotes are controlled and used efficiently as follows.

First, as shown in FIG. 13, even when the near full sensor 58 detects the stored bill S2 during the previous storage, the depositing process is further performed from this state without performing the machine management binding storage process. Then, on the condition that the operator inputs the deposit confirmation operation into the operation unit 11 and the deposit is confirmed, the control unit causes the temporary storage plates 44, 44 to operate.
Is slid into an open state, and the temporarily stored banknote S1 temporarily stored in the temporary storage 40 is discharged onto the flappers 52, 52 located immediately below the "standby position" (state shown in FIG. 13). When the control unit confirms that a sufficient time has elapsed for placing the temporarily stored banknote S1 on the flappers 52, 52, the head sensor 57 causes the flapper 52, 5 to move.
2 or the temporarily stored banknote S1 to be placed is lowered to a position where it cannot be detected.

The flapper open / close sensor 60 is operated in a state in which the flapper 52, 52 is lowered to a position where the head sensor 57 does not detect anything because the accumulated amount of the temporarily stored banknotes S1 placed on the flapper 52, 52 is small. If the stored bill S2 is not detected, it is possible to open the flappers 52, 52 and release the temporarily stored bill S1.
Depending on the bulging state or the stacking state of the stored banknotes S2, the flappers 52, 52 are returned to the “standby position” again.
Therefore, the control unit ignores the detection result of the flapper opening / closing sensor 60 and detects the flappers 52, 52 by the head sensor 57 as shown in FIG. Make it stand by at the position when it was no longer used and still in the closed state.

After that, if the withdrawal process or the like is not performed, the control unit performs the above-described machine management binding storage process to feed out the stored banknote S2 in the banknote storage / feeding unit 46, and Eliminate the near full condition. When this machine-managed binding storage process is started, the control unit detects the state of the stored bill S2 from the detection result of the flapper opening / closing sensor 60, and when the flapper open / close sensor 60 no longer detects the stored bill S2, the flapper 52 , 52 to open the flapper 5
The temporarily stored banknotes S1 that were on 2, 52 are discharged, and the flappers 52, 52 are raised to the "standby position" in the open state. Since the stacking amount of the stored banknotes S2 is increased by discharging the temporarily stored banknotes S1 from the flappers 52, 52, the control unit waits again at the “standby position” until the flapper opening / closing sensor 60 no longer detects the banknotes stacked. After the flapper opening / closing sensor 60 no longer detects the stored bill S2, the flappers 52, 52 are closed.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 14, after the near full sensor 58 detects the stored bill S2 during the previous storing,
Even when the first storage of the temporarily stored banknotes S1 into the banknote storage / feeding unit 46 is completed, the deposit processing may be continuously performed without performing the above-described machine management binding storage processing.
The following control is performed so as to handle such a case.
That is, in such a case, the control unit previously stores the temporary storage banknote S1 that has been temporarily stored in the temporary storage 40 by opening the temporary storage plates 44, 44 from the state shown in FIG. 14 as shown in FIG. In the deposit process, the banknotes are further discharged onto the temporarily stored banknotes S1 accumulated in the flappers 52, 52 which are not in the “standby position”. Then, the control unit lowers the flappers 52, 52 to a position where the head sensor 57 no longer detects the uppermost portion of the two temporarily stored banknotes.

At this time, there is a possibility that the stacking height when the temporary stored bills S1 are taken in twice in total exceeds the empty space of the stacking space 54 at the time of near full detection before the taking-in of the two times. The flappers 52, 52 push in the stored banknotes S2 already accumulated in the banknote storage / feeding section 46 from above, thereby earning a shortage of space. That is, most of the banknotes to be handled are usually banknotes in circulation, and when a large amount of these banknotes in circulation are accumulated, the bulge of the banknotes becomes considerably large. I try to make it forcibly. In addition, this flapper 52,
The mechanism for moving up and down 52 is provided with a torque limiter that cuts off the drive transmission when a load greater than a predetermined amount is applied to the up and down movement. Therefore, a mechanism for moving up and down the flappers 52, 52 when compressing the stored banknote S2. Other parts, including, are not overloaded.

As described above, if the second time of storing the temporarily stored banknotes S1 is completed and thereafter other processing such as withdrawal processing is not performed, the control section causes the control section to carry out the above-described mechanical tube bundle storing processing. Automatically and the stored bill S2 under the flappers 52, 52 is fed out (see FIG. 16). Then, the control unit opens the flappers 52, 52 at the time when the flapper opening / closing sensor 60 no longer detects the stored bills S2 reduced by the feeding of the loose bills, and causes the flappers 52, 52 to be placed on the flappers 52, 52 until then. The two temporarily stored banknotes S1 that had been held are dropped, and the flappers 52, 52 are raised to the same height position as the “standby position” while the flappers 52, 52 are kept open.

As shown in FIG. 17, the flappers 52, 52
After moving to the "standby position", the control unit closes the flappers 52, 52 when the flapper opening / closing sensor 60 no longer detects the stored bill S2 at that position.
At this time, the control unit causes the machine management binding storage processing to be continuously performed until the stored bill S2 is not detected by the near-full sensor 58 and a predetermined amount necessary for the subsequent processing remains. become.

"Banknote Binding / Conveying Unit" Next, the banknote binding / conveying unit 24 will be described. The banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 is mainly fed from the feeding section 55 of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23 by the local bundling processing route shown in FIG. 7 or the machine management bundling storage processing route of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23 shown in FIG. A banknote bundling section 62 shown in FIG.
It is configured by a bundled banknote conveying / sorting unit 63 shown in FIG. 19 that conveys the bundled banknotes bundled by the banknote binding unit 62 and the fractional banknotes sent without being bundled to a position according to the purpose.

[Bill Bonding Section] As shown in FIG. 18, the banknote bundling section 62 is provided behind the bottom plate 64 of the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 so as to face the feeding section 55 of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23. A banknote receiving port 65 for receiving banknotes sent from the deposit / withdrawal unit 23, and a conveying path 66 for conveying the banknote received by the banknote receiving port 65 upward in the same posture (posture in which the longitudinal direction is the left-right direction).
And two stacking units 67a, 67b arranged above and below in front of the transporting route 66 and for stacking loose banknotes sorted and transported by the transporting route 66, respectively, and transporting routes of these stacking units 67a, 67b. 66, and a binding portion main body 69 provided adjacent to the opposite side, that is, the front side.

{Stacking unit} The stacking units 67a and 67b have the same shape, and are arranged so that their horizontal positions coincide with each other and only the vertical positions shift. Upper stacking unit 6
7a is connected to the upper portion of the transport path 66, and the lower stacking unit 67b is connected to the lower portion of the transport path 66.

The accumulating sections 67a and 67b are composed of a roller group 71 and a roller group 7 arranged at the ends of corresponding portions of the conveying path 66.
A gate member 72, which is provided on the side of the bundling unit main body 69 of 1 to be separated by a predetermined distance, and which abuts on the discharge front end side of the loose banknotes discharged from the roller group 71 and restricts further movement; In a state where the banknotes provided on the opposite side of the binding unit main body 69 and fed out from the roller group 71 are arranged along the longitudinal direction in the left-right direction (direction orthogonal to the paper surface in FIG. 18) and along the vertical direction in the front-back direction. Stacked banknote placement plate 73 for stacking while aligning, and stacked banknote placement plate 7
3 and a guide plate 74 provided on the opposite side of the binding unit body 69 and for guiding loose banknotes fed out from the roller group 71 and discharged.

The gate member 72 is arranged so as to be orthogonal to the lateral direction (the horizontal direction in FIG. 18) of the loose banknotes stacked on the banknote stacking plate 73, and extends along the lateral direction of the banknotes. The upper end is supported by the existing support shaft 75 so as to be rotatable. By the rotation of the support shaft 75, the gate member 72 closes the front of the bundling unit body 69 side at the banknote stacking position, and brings the banknotes discharged into the stacking units 67a and 67b into contact with each other. Bundling unit body 6 at the stacking position
It can be switched to an open state in which the front side of the 9 side is opened.

The banknote stacking plate 73 is supported by link arms 76, 76 provided on the lower part thereof so as to be vertically movable while maintaining a horizontal state. Support shafts 77 and 77 are provided inside the link arms 76 and 76, and the support shafts 77 and 77 have support shafts 77 and 77.
The operation arms 78 and 78 that rotate the link arms 76 and 76 by the rotation of and move up and down the banknote stacking plate 73 are fixed.

Note that the control unit sets the stacking bill placement plate 73 to
When the banknotes are placed at the upper limit in the state before receiving the banknotes (state shown in the stacking unit 67b in FIG. 18) and the banknotes are received, the stacked banknote placing plate 7 is placed in accordance with the number of banknotes stacked.
Gradually lower 3 to get a certain number of sheets (usually 100)
The support shaft 77 is rotated so as to be positioned at the lower limit when the sheets are stacked (state shown in the stacking portion 67a in FIG. 18).

On the opposite side of the banknote stacking plates 73 of the stacking sections 67a and 67b to the bundling section body 69, the banknotes stacked in the stacking sections 67a and 67b are bundled in the bundling section body 69.
Banknote push-out members 79a, 7 pushed forward in the direction
9b is provided. Stacked banknote push-out members 79a, 79
b is horizontally movable between the "standby position" of the stacking units 67a and 67b, which is located on the opposite side of the binding unit body 69, and the "pushing position", which is close to the gate member 72. The stacked banknote push-out members 79a and 79b are arranged in the direction of the bundling unit body 69 in a state in which the number of loose banknotes to be bundled or the number of loose banknotes that are less than the number of bundled banknotes are stacked on the banknote stacking plate 73 located at the lower limit position. By moving, all the accumulated banknotes are transferred from the stacking units 67a and 67b to the binding unit main body 69.
Push in the direction of.

{Bundling Part Main Body} The binding part main body 69 is provided near the lower side of the stacking part 67a, and has a position-fixed lower chuck rise restricting member 81a which further protrudes from the gate member 72 toward the binding part main body 69 by a predetermined amount. Provided in the vicinity of the lower side of the stacking unit 67b, slidable in the direction along the short side direction of the stacked banknotes on the stacked banknote placing plate 73, and in the direction of the binding unit body 69 by a spring member (not shown). It has a lower chuck rise restriction member 81b that is biased. When the stacked banknote push-out member 79b moves toward the binding unit body 69, the lower chuck lift restricting member 81b is integrated with the stacked banknote push-out member 79b by a predetermined amount by the biasing force of the spring member.
It moves until it projects to the 9 side and contacts a stopper (not shown). In addition, the lower chuck rise restricting member 81b is in contact with the accumulated banknote extruding member 79b from the middle when the accumulated banknote extruding member 79b returns in the opposite direction to the position where the lowermost chuck elevating restricting member 81b is pulled together from the bundling unit body 69 side. Move up to.

The bundling unit body 69 includes the stacking units 67a and 67b.
Is provided at a position adjacent to the stacking bill pushing member 79a,
A chuck member 82 for receiving the stacked banknotes pushed out by 79b and sandwiching the stacked banknotes from the front and back sides thereof, and an upper side receiving position for receiving the stacked banknotes from the upper stacking section 67a and a bundled banknote conveying / shaking described later. A "lower receiving position" for raising and lowering between the "delivering position" to be delivered to the separating unit 63 and receiving the accumulated banknotes from the lower stacking unit 67b in addition to the "upper receiving position" and the "delivery position".
The chuck elevator mechanism 84 for stopping the tape bundle, the tape supply mechanism 85 for feeding the binding tape T, the tape winding mechanism 86 for winding the binding tape T around the stacked banknotes, and the binding tape T for the stacked banknotes around which the binding tape T is wound. A tape bonding mechanism 87 for thermally bonding the parts and a binding tape T
And a bundled banknote push-out mechanism 88 that pushes out the bundled banknotes that have been adhered to each other and transfers the bundled banknotes to a bundled banknote conveying / sorting unit 63 described later.

As shown in FIG. 18, the chuck elevator mechanism 84 includes a plurality of sliding shafts 9 extending vertically.
0, 90 and a ball screw 91, while the chuck member 82 has a sliding shaft 90, 90 and a ball screw 9.
1, an upper chuck 92 supported by 1 and the upper chuck 9
The lower chuck 93 is supported by the two and a plurality of sliding shafts 90, 90. The positions of the chuck member 82 such as the “upper receiving position” or the “delivering position” are all determined by the position of the upper chuck 92.

The upper chuck 92 includes sliding blocks 94, 94 slidably supported by sliding shafts 90, 90, respectively.
And a nut block 96 screwed onto the ball screw 91.
And a plate-shaped support member 97 horizontally fixed to the sliding blocks 94, 94 and the nut block 96.
And a substantially V-shaped upper holding member 98 fixed to the lower surface of the support member 97.

The lower chuck 93 includes a sliding block 94,
Below 94, there are sliding blocks 100, 100 slidably supported by the sliding shafts 90, and a flat plate portion 102 fixed to these sliding blocks 100, 100 and inclined so that the front side becomes higher. A lower holding member 103,
A flat plate member 104 is rotatably supported on the stacking units 67a and 67b sides of the flat plate unit 102 and is biased to maintain a state in which the front side is inclined so as to be lowered. Here, the lower chuck 93 is supported so as to be separable from the upper chuck 92 within a predetermined range, and the lower chuck 93 is biased toward the upper chuck 92 by a spring member (not shown).

Here, the above-mentioned position of the lower chuck rise restricting member 81a is a flat plate at a position before the "upper receiving position" when the chuck member 82 is raised from below in order to receive the stacked bills from the stacking unit 67a. When the chuck member 82 is brought into contact with the stacking portion 67a side of the member 104 from the upper side and the chuck member 82 further moves to the “upper receiving position”, the flat plate member 104 is rotated so as to be substantially horizontal against the biasing force, and the lower portion is further moved. The chuck 93 is positioned so as to be separated from the upper chuck 92. Further, when the chuck member 82 is moved upward from below to receive the stacked banknotes from the stacking unit 67b in a state where the position of the lower chuck rise restricting member 81b is most moved to the bundling unit body 69 side, the “lower position” is set. When the chuck member 82 further abuts the stacking portion 67b side of the flat plate member 104 at a position before the “side receiving position” and the chuck member 82 further moves to the “lower receiving position”, the flat plate member 104 is substantially resisted against the biasing force. The lower chuck 93 is rotated so as to be horizontal, and is further separated from the upper chuck 92.

The ball screw 91 of the chuck elevator mechanism 84 raises and lowers the nut block 96, that is, the upper chuck 92, and raises and lowers the lower chuck 93 following the distance according to the rotation amount thereof.

The tape supply mechanism 85 is provided outside the lifting / lowering range of the chuck member 82 by the chuck elevator mechanism 84 and the stacked banknotes sandwiched by the chuck member 82. The tape supply mechanism 85 includes the binding tape roll 107 provided at the frontmost side and the binding tape roll 1
The binding tape T drawn from 07 is fed diagonally downward on the side of the chuck member 92 at the time of wrapping around a stack of banknotes, and the feeding rollers 108, 108 that pull back the tie tape T drawn out at the time of tightening after winding. And a cutter 109 for cutting the bundling tape T fed out and pulled back by the supply rollers 108, 108 at a predetermined timing corresponding to the rotation of the supply rollers 108, 108.

The tape winding mechanism 86 is the tape supply mechanism 8
5 is provided below. This tape winding mechanism 86
Is a support shaft 110 fixed in position and the support shaft 1
10 has a tape catcher portion 111 that is rotatably provided and that grasps the binding tape T fed from the tape supply mechanism 85. Then, the tape catcher unit 111 grips the binding tape T and rotates around the support shaft 110, so that the binding tape T is wound around the stacked banknotes sandwiched by the chuck members 92. The tape adhering mechanism 87 is provided so as to be able to advance and retreat with respect to the vertical movement range of the chuck member 82 by the chuck elevator mechanism 84 and the accumulated banknotes sandwiched by the chuck member 82, and moves forward and backward.
13 and an ironing member 114 supported by the tip of the arm 113.

Then, when the ironing member 114 advances from the outside of the ascending / descending range toward the ascending / descending range, the cutter 10 after the binding tape T is fed out by the tape supply mechanism 85.
The rear end portion formed by cutting with 9 is guided so as to be bent, and the rear end portion is pressed to the portion already wound by the tape winding mechanism 86 on the accumulated banknotes located at the “delivery position”, Are heat-bonded by heat from a heater (not shown) provided in the iron member 114.

The bundled bill pushing mechanism 88 has the above-mentioned "delivery position".
At the step (b), the bundled bills to which the binding tape T has been adhered by the tape adhering mechanism 87 are pushed rightward (toward the front side of the paper surface in FIG. 18) and delivered to the bundled bill conveying / sorting unit 63, which will be described later, which will be described later. The push rod 115 that can move horizontally in the left-right direction and the lower chuck 93 of the chuck member 82 that has been lowered to the “delivery position” are forcibly lowered by being interlocked with the operation of the push rod 115 and the upper chuck 92. And a lower chuck pressing member (not shown) which is separated from. Then, when the pushing member 115 moves to the right when the chuck member 82 is located at the “delivery position”, the lower chuck 93 is pushed down and opened with respect to the upper chuck 92 to push out the bundled banknotes in the front direction to convey the bundled banknotes.・ Sorting section 6
Hand over to 3.

The bundling section body 69 is further provided at a position close to the bundling tape T supplied from the bundling tape roll 107, and the bundling tape T before being wound on the accumulated banknotes.
A printing unit 116 for printing the date, a bundle number of bundled banknotes, and the like in advance, and a marking unit 117 provided in the vicinity of the tape winding mechanism 86 for marking a financial institution name and a mark such as an unfit banknote as necessary. And have.

The imprinting section 117 is capable of advancing and retracting in the horizontal direction with respect to the vertical movement range of the chuck member 82 by the chuck elevator mechanism 84 and the stacking bills sandwiched by the chuck member 82. The marking part 117 is for imprinting the name of a financial institution or the like on the binding tape T after adhesion, and at the time of marking, the marking part 1
17 moves forward in the ascending / descending range, is positioned vertically above the binding tape T adhered by the tape adhering mechanism 87, and is stopped. In this state, the chuck elevator mechanism 84 raises the chuck member 82 by a predetermined amount. The binding tape T is brought into contact with the marking portion 117 and marking is performed.

Next, the operation of the bill binding portion 62 of the bill binding / conveying unit 24 will be described. The stacking operation is the same for both stacking units 67a and 67b. First, in the state before receiving banknotes, the stacking banknote placement plate 7
3 is set to the upper limit, the banknotes are received, and the banknote stacking plate 73 is gradually lowered and stacked on the banknote stacking plate 73.

In the standby state before the predetermined number of banknotes to be bundled in the stacking units 67a and 67b are reached, the upper chuck 92 is positioned at the upper limit position so that the chuck member 82 is positioned horizontally on the horizontal side of the stacking unit 67a. Upper receiving position "
Is located in. At this time, the lower chuck 93 has the flat plate member 104 on the lower side of the lower chuck lift restricting member 81a.
And the flat plate member 104 is brought into a substantially horizontal state against the urging force of a spring member (not shown), and the entire lower chuck 93 is separated from the upper chuck 92 so that the flat plate member 104 is slightly lower than the banknote stacking plate 73. It will be in the receiving state located at.

When the upper stacking unit 67a reaches the predetermined number of stacked banknotes to be bundled, the state is maintained as it is, while the lower stacking unit 67b stacks the predetermined number of banknotes to be stacked. When it reaches, the lower stacking unit 67b
The lower chuck rise restricting member 81b of the chuck member 82
Since it stands by at a position retracted from the elevating range, the ball screw 91 of the chuck elevator mechanism 84 is driven until the flat plate member 104 of the lower chuck 93 is once positioned below the lower chuck lift restricting member 81b. After lowering the upper chuck 92, the lower chuck rise restricting member 81b is advanced, and then the upper chuck 92 is raised to move the chuck member 82 to the stacking unit 67.
It is located at the "lower receiving position" on the side of b. As a result, the chuck member 82 is in the receiving state with respect to the stacking unit 67b. Note that the upper chuck 92 may be made to stand by at the lower limit position.

Then, for example, when the number of stacked banknotes in the stacking section 67a reaches a predetermined number to be bound, the chuck member 82
Keeps the gate member 72 in the open state and then advances the corresponding banknote stack pushing member 79a to the chuck member 82 side, whereby the banknote stacks on the banknote stacking plate 73 are separated. Is extruded between the upper chuck 92 and the lower chuck 93. Then, the supply roller 108 is rotated until the unrolling amount of the binding tape T, which has already started to be unloaded, reaches a predetermined amount and the leading end is inserted into the tape catcher section 111 in the open state in the standby state. At that time, the binding tape T is grasped by the tape catcher portion 111.

On the other hand, the completely stacked banknotes are chucked by the chuck member 82.
When the accumulated banknote pushing-out member 79a is advanced to the position where it is pushed out, the rotation of the ball screw 91 of the chuck elevator mechanism 84 is started to lower the chuck member 82, that is, the upper chuck 92. Then, the upper chuck 92 approaches the lower chuck 93, clamps the accumulated banknote with the lower chuck 93 by the urging force of the spring member, and then descends integrally with the lower chuck 93. Here, when the number of banknotes stacked in the stacking unit 67b reaches a predetermined number to be bound, the stacking unit 6
7b, the chuck member 82 is stopped at the "lower receiving position", and when the "lower receiving position" becomes the receiving state, the stacking bill pushing member 79b is moved forward, and thereafter,
The procedure is substantially the same as the above except that the chuck member 82 is lowered from the "lower receiving position".

Then, the tape catcher portion 111 is rotated in association with the lowering of the upper chuck 92 to rotate around the accumulated banknotes that are clamped by the chuck member 82 and descended, and the integrated banknotes are printed by the printer 116. The binding tape T is wound, the binding tape T is cut by the cutter 109 of the tape supply mechanism 85, and the binding tape T is thermally bonded by the iron member 114 of the tape bonding mechanism 87.

Next, when the ironing member 114 is most retracted by the tape adhering mechanism 87 and returned to the "standby position", the marking portion 117 which was in the standby state at the retracted position is moved forward, and the chuck member 82 and the upper side of the accumulated banknotes. To position. After that, the chuck member 82 is raised by a predetermined amount by the ball screw 91 of the chuck elevator mechanism 84, the binding tape T is brought into contact with the marking portion 117, and the binding tape T is marked.

After that, the chuck member 82 is lowered to the lower limit position, that is, the "delivery position" by the ball screw 91 of the chuck elevator mechanism 84. When the chuck member 82 is lowered to the “delivery position”, the pushing rod 115, which was at the “standby position” of the bundled bill pushing mechanism 88, is moved to the right. Then, the push rod 115 pushes the banknote bundle held by the chuck member 82 along the longitudinal direction thereof,
A lower chuck pressing member (not shown) pushes down the lower chuck 93 to force the upper chuck 92 and the lower chuck 93 to separate from each other, and finally the bundled banknotes are bundled into the bundled banknote transport / sorting unit 63. It is projected on the mounting plate 118.

If the banknotes stacked in the stacking units 67a and 67b are fractional banknotes that do not reach the predetermined number to be bundled, they are conveyed by the same route as the above-mentioned bundling route. Does not. That is, for example, when the stacked banknotes of the stacking unit 67a are fractional banknotes, the corresponding banknote stack pushing member 79a is advanced to the chuck member 82 side, and the fractional banknotes of the banknote stacking plate 73 are separated from each other. It is pushed out between the chuck 92 and the lower chuck 93.

Subsequently, the tape feeding mechanism 85, the tape winding mechanism 86, the tape adhering mechanism 87, the printing device 116 and the marking portion 117 are not operated, and the rotation of the ball screw 91 of the chuck elevator mechanism 84 is started to cause the chuck member. 82, that is, the upper chuck 92 is lowered. Then, the upper chuck 92 moves down integrally while sandwiching the fractional bill with the lower chuck 93 by the biasing force of the spring member.

Here, when the accumulated bills in the accumulating unit 67b are fractional bills, the chuck member 82 is stopped at the "lower receiving position" with respect to the accumulating unit 67b, and the receiving state is set at the "lower receiving position". At the point of time, the accumulated bill pushing member 79b is moved forward, and the chuck member 82 is lowered from the "lower receiving position", which is substantially the same as the above.

Then, when the chuck member 82, that is, the upper chuck 92 is lowered to the "delivery position", the pushing rod 115 at the "standby position" of the bundled bill pushing mechanism 88 is moved to the right. Then, the pushing rod 115 pushes the fractional bills sandwiched by the chuck members 82 along the longitudinal direction thereof, and the lower chuck pressing member (not shown) pushes down the lower chucks 93 to bring the upper chucks 92 and the lower chucks 93 into contact with each other. Finally, the fractional bills are projected onto the bundled bill placement plate 118 of the bundled bill transporting / sorting unit 63 in the state of being forcedly separated.

[Bundled Banknote Conveying / Distributing Section] As shown in FIG. 19, the bundled banknote conveying / sorting section 63 is bundled by the banknote bundling section 62 and pushed to the right by the bundled banknote pushing mechanism 88. The banknotes and the banknotes that are not bundled by the banknote bundling unit 62 and are pushed rightward by the banknote pushing-out mechanism 88 are conveyed forward in a posture in which the longitudinal direction is along the left-right direction and the thickness direction is upside down. A first transport unit 120, a second transport unit 121 that transports the bundled banknotes transported by the first transport unit 120 to the left in the same posture, and a bundled banknote transported by the second transport unit 121. Upon receipt, the posture is converted so that the longitudinal direction is along the front-rear direction and the thickness direction is along the substantially up-and-down direction and is discharged from the bundled banknote ejection port 13, or the posture is changed along the longitudinal direction in the up-and-down direction. And thickness direction along the front-back direction It is converted and moved in the front-rear direction, and depending on the denomination to be stored, it is transferred to the bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit 25 via the first input port 123 and the second input port 124 provided on the bottom plate 64. The bundled banknote sorting unit 125, which performs sorting for discharging, and the fractional banknotes transported by the first transport unit 120 are arranged such that the longitudinal direction is along the front-rear direction while the posture thereof is in the thickness direction in the vertical direction. And a fractional bill transport unit 126 that projects the fractional bill delivery port 14 to a position where it can be taken out by the operator.

{First Conveying Section} The first conveying section 120 is a bundled banknote placing plate 118 horizontally provided adjacent to the chuck member 82 at the “delivery position” on the right side, and the bundle. It has bundled banknote carry-out members 127, 127 provided so as to be reciprocally movable back and forth along the banknote placing plate 118. The bundled bill placement plate 118 places a part of the bundled bills and the fractional bills, which are pushed out from the chuck member 82 by the bundled bill push-out mechanism 88, on the ejection tip side on the upper surface. Bundled banknote delivery member 12
Reference numerals 7 and 127 denote bundled banknotes and fractional banknotes that partially remain on the lower chuck 93 in a state of being pressed down by a lower chuck pressing member (not shown) and the other part is mounted on the banknote stacking plate 118. On the mounting plate 118, the posture is not changed and the sheet is pushed forward and conveyed.

{Second Transport Unit} The second transport unit 121 is the first transport unit.
A transport member 129 provided on the front side of the transport unit 120 and moving in the left-right direction, a guide member 130 extending along the left-right direction on the front side of the first transport unit 120, and a left side of the guide member 130. And a roller 131 disposed on the side.

The conveying member 129 has a horizontally-arranged rectangular bottom plate portion 133, and a side plate portion 134 which is vertically erected from the right end edge portion of the bottom plate portion 133 along the front-rear direction.
And a normal plate portion 135 that is vertically installed upright from the front edge portion of the bottom plate portion 133 along the left-right direction, and the rear side, the left side, and the upper side are removed. Is doing.

The guide member 130 has a rectangular bottom plate portion 136 extending horizontally and arranged horizontally, and the bottom plate portion 136.
A rear plate portion 137 which is vertically installed upright from the rear end edge of the bottom plate portion in the left-right direction, and is provided on the left side of the bottom plate portion 136 so as to be continuous with the bottom plate portion 136 and separate from the bottom plate portion 136. Therefore, it has an inclined plate portion 138 that is inclined so as to be positioned above. The roller 131 is the guide member 1
A roller (not shown) is provided at a position facing the roller 131 so as to be adjacent to the left side of the inclined plate portion 138 of the roller 30.

Then, the transport member 129 is positioned at the "standby position" which is the rightmost movement limit, and the first transport unit 1
The bundled bills and fractional bills conveyed forward from 20 are partially placed on the right side of the bottom plate 133.
At this time, a part of the bundled bills and the fractional bill on the left side are placed on the bottom plate portion 136 of the guide member 130. Further, the transport member 129 moves leftward from this state to move the bundled banknotes leftward while pressing the banknotes with the side plate portion 134. Here, during this movement, the normal plate portion 135 of the transport member 129 and the rear plate portion 137 of the guide member 130 maintain the posture of the bundled banknotes, and when the transport member 129 reaches the leftmost movement limit position. The bundled banknotes are lifted up by the inclined plate portion 138 and are further conveyed leftward while being sandwiched between the roller 131 and a roller (not shown).

{Bundled bill sorting unit} The bundled bill sorting unit 125
As shown in FIG. 19, the configuration is roughly divided into the second
The bundled banknotes transported by the transport unit 121 are received therein, and the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 and the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 configured to be able to feed the bundled banknotes three-dimensionally when necessary. It is composed of a swivel drive mechanism section 141 capable of swiveling and a movement drive mechanism section 142 for moving the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 in the front-rear direction.

First Bundling Banknote In / Out Box The first bundling banknote in / out box 140, as shown in FIGS. 19 to 22, is a box-shaped housing member that takes in a bunch of banknotes therein and has both ends open in the longitudinal direction. It has 144.
The pair of drive transmission shafts 1 is provided on one end opening side of the housing member 144.
45 and 146 are provided at both ends of the housing member 14
It is rotatably supported at a fixed position at 4. The drive transmission shafts 145, 146 have the same distance from the opening and are parallel to each other along the lateral direction (width direction) of the housing member 144 so that the drive transmission shafts 145, 146 are arranged in the thickness direction of the housing member 144. It is located at both ends. On the other end opening side of the housing member 144, a rotary shaft 147 parallel to the drive transmission shafts 145, 146 is rotatably supported at both ends thereof by the housing member 144 in a fixed position. This rotating shaft 147 is
It is arranged on the same side as the drive transmission shaft 146 in the thickness direction of the housing member 144.

At the intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the casing member 144 and at the other end opening side, on both side faces (only one side is shown) 148 in the lateral direction, there are long holes 149 extending in the thickness direction of the casing 144. 150 is formed on the drive transmission shaft 145 side in the thickness direction, and the elongated hole 14 at the intermediate position is formed.
9, a drive transmission shaft 151 is arranged so as to be substantially parallel to the rotation shaft 147 and the like so as to be movable and rotatable in the thickness direction of the housing member 144. Further, in the elongated hole 150 at the end position, a rotation shaft 152 is arranged so as to be substantially parallel to the rotation shaft 147 and the like so as to be movable and rotatable in the thickness direction of the housing member 144.

The drive transmission shaft 145 has a pulley 15
4 is fixed, a pulley 155a is fixed to the drive transmission shaft 151, and the endless conveyor belt 1 is provided between them.
56 are stretched over. Further, pulleys 155b and 155c are fixed to the drive transmission shaft 151 on both sides of the pulley 155a, and pulleys 157a and 157b are fixed to the rotary shaft 152, and the endless conveyor belt 1 is provided between them.
58 and 159 are stretched over. Further, the pulley 160 is fixed to the drive transmission shaft 146, and
7, a pulley 161 is fixed, and an endless conveyor belt 162 is stretched between them.

Housing member 14 of drive transmission shafts 145, 146
Gears 164 and 165 are fixed to one end of the same side projecting out of 4 so as to mesh with each other. A motor 166 is attached to the outside of the housing member 144, a gear 167 is fixed to the drive shaft of the motor 166, and the gear 167 meshes with one gear 164. Then, the conveyor belts 156, 158, 159, 162 are driven by the forward and reverse driving of the motor 166, and the conveyor belts 156, 158, 159 and the conveyor belt 1
It is possible to take in the bundled banknotes to and from 62 or to feed the bundled banknotes from between them. The drive transmission shaft 151 and the rotary shaft 152 are both biased by a spring material (not shown) in the direction of the conveyor belt 162. The bundled banknotes can be reliably held according to the thickness of the bundled banknotes taken in. Further, the conveyor belts 158 and 159 are parallel to the conveyor belt 162 when the bundled banknotes are not taken in, and can be parallel to the conveyor belt 162 even when the bundled banknotes are taken in. . On the other hand, the conveyor belt 156 has a drive transmission shaft 145 with respect to the conveyor belt 162 in a state where the bundled banknotes are not taken in.
The sides are inclined so as to be separated from each other, and can be substantially parallel to the conveyor belt 162 in a state where the bundled banknotes are taken in.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 21 and 22, a guide member which swings in the same manner as the conveyor belt 156 by supporting both ends of the drive transmission shafts 145 and 151 in the housing member 144. 169 is provided at a position slightly retracted from the side of the conveyor belt 156 on the side of the conveyor belt 162 so as to be substantially parallel to the side. This guide member 169
Guides the conveyance of the bundled banknotes taken in on the conveyor belt 156 side. Further, in the housing member 144, a guide member 170 that swings in substantially the same manner as the transport belts 158 and 159 by supporting both ends of the drive transmission shaft 151 and the rotary shaft 152 is provided. It is provided at a position slightly retracted from the side portions on the side of the conveyor belt 162 so as to be substantially parallel to these side portions. This guide member 170 is used to convey the bundled banknotes 158, 1
Guide the conveyance on the 59 side. In addition, in the housing member 144, the transport belts 156, 158, 158,
A guide member 171 arranged substantially parallel to the side portion at a position slightly retracted from the side portion on the 159 side is fixed to the housing member 144 itself. The guide member 171 guides the conveyance of the bundled bills taken in on the side of the conveyance belt 162.

Then, the guide members 170 and 171 are used to receive or discharge the bundled banknotes, and the bundled entrance / exit 172.
Is configured at one end in the longitudinal direction of the first bundled bill input / output box 140. In addition, in the housing member 144, the conveyor belt 1
Bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensors 173, 17 for detecting the presence / absence of bundled banknotes between 56, 158, 159 and the conveyor belt 162.
4 are provided. One bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 17
3 detects the presence / absence of bundled banknotes at the position of the bundle insertion / exit 172, and the other bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 174 detects the presence / absence of bundled banknotes at a position inside the bundle insertion / exit 172.

Movement drive mechanism section The movement drive mechanism section 142 is provided with two slide rails 177, 178 provided along the front-rear direction between the body frame (not shown) and these slide rails 177, 17
8, a movable support member 179 supported horizontally movably in the front-rear direction, a drive belt 180 partially fixed to the movable support member 179 and stretched along the front-rear direction as shown in FIG. And a motor (not shown) that drives the belt 180 forward and backward, and the motor (not shown) drives the drive belt 180 forward and backward,
The movement support member 179 is moved in the front-back direction. The movement support member 179 supports a vertical shaft 181 extending in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIG. 21, the turning drive mechanism section 141 has a turning support member 183 provided so as to surround the housing member 144 from one side, and the turning support mechanism 183 is provided. The member 183 is supported by the vertical shaft 181 so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis. Here, as shown in FIGS. 23 and 24, the vertical shaft 181 is provided with a spring member 182 that biases the swivel supporting member 183 in a clockwise direction when viewed from above with respect to the moving supporting member 179. On the other hand, the turning support member 183 is restricted from turning clockwise beyond the position shown in FIG. 23 by a restriction member (not shown). The swivel support member 183 has a guide roller 184 provided below the swivel support member 183.
When the movable support member 179 moves in the front-rear direction in a state where the contact member does not contact the guide member 185 whose position is fixed to the machine body 10, the movable support member 179 moves in the front-rear direction in the state shown in FIG.

When the turning support member 183 moves forward in the state shown in FIG. 23, its guide roller 184 is moved.
24, the guide member 185 provided within the movement range regulates and guides the movement of the guide member 185. As a result, the turning support member 183 rotates counterclockwise around the vertical shaft 181 as shown in FIG. It will turn about 90 degrees. The position shown in FIGS. 24 and 19 is the “standby position” of the movement support member 179 and the turning support member 183. Horizontal shafts 186 are rotatably supported at both ends of the swivel support member 183. The horizontal shaft 186 is located at an intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the housing member 144 and inside the transport belt 162.
Etc., the housing member 144 is supported rotatably about a horizontal shaft 186. A substantially semicircular gear 187 coaxial with the horizontal shaft 186 is fixed to the horizontal shaft 186 and the housing member 144 so as to project toward the turning support member 183.

The motor 1 is attached to the turning support member 183.
88 is attached, a gear 189 is fixed to the drive shaft of the motor 188, and the gear 189 is meshed with the gear 187. As a result, by driving the motor 188 in the forward and reverse directions, the first bundled bill input / output box 140 is rotated about the horizontal shaft 186. Two rollers 190, 190 are provided on the lower part of the swivel support member 183 on the opposite side to the movement support member 179, and thereby, the two rollers 190, 190 are mounted on the bottom plate 64 (see FIGS. It is possible to turn smoothly.

As shown in FIGS. 20 and 25, in the vicinity of the horizontal shaft 186 of the swivel support member 183, there is provided a shaft 192 which is parallel to the horizontal shaft 186 and which projects toward the housing member 144. An arm 193 is rotatably supported on the shaft 192 at one end thereof. A notch 194 is formed at the other end of the arm 193 so as to be pulled out in the end direction, and the rotary shaft 152 described above is fitted into the notch 194. This arm 1
As shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG.
When rotating so as to raise 2, the shaft 192 and the rotary shaft 1
The distance between the rotary shaft 152 and the rotary shaft 152 becomes shorter.
Against the urging force of a spring member (not shown), it is pushed up in the range of the elongated hole 150 in the direction away from the rotating shaft 147. That is, with respect to the conveyor belt 162 in the first bundled bill input / output box 140, the bundle inlet / outlet 172 side of the conveyor belts 158 and 159 stretched around the rotating shaft 152 is moved to the opposite side to widen the bundle inlet / outlet 172. That is, when the bundled banknotes are received from the second transport unit 121, the bundled banknotes are easily received.

{Fractional bill transport section} Fractional bill transport section 126
As shown in FIG. 19, FIG. 26, and FIG. 27, a vertical axis 196 vertically arranged with a fixed position on the machine frame so as to be arranged on the front side of the second conveyor 121, and the vertical axis 196 A mounting member 198 which is rotatably supported by the table and has a mounting plate portion 197 on which fractional bills are mounted.
And a support shaft 199 supported so as to extend in the horizontal direction with respect to the mounting member 198, and a fraction mounted on the mounting plate portion 197 while being supported rotatably around the support shaft 199. A sandwiching member 201 having a sandwiching plate portion 200 for sandwiching a bill between the placing plate portion 197, and the sandwiching member 201.
The holding plate portion 200 is provided with a spring member 202 that biases the holding plate portion 200 in the direction (counterclockwise direction as viewed in FIG. 27) located in the direction of the mounting plate portion 197.

On the other hand, on the right side of the mounting member 198, an eccentric member 205 fixed to the vertically extending drive shaft 204 of the drive unit (not shown) is provided. This eccentric member 205
A shaft 206 parallel to the drive shaft 204 is attached to the drive shaft 207. On the other hand, a shaft 207 parallel to the drive shaft 204 is also attached to the mounting member 198 on the opposite side to the mounting plate portion 197. Between the shafts 206 and 207, the drive arm 2 whose both ends are rotatably supported by the shafts 206 and 207, respectively.
08 is attached. As a result, when the eccentric member 205 rotates by driving a driving unit (not shown), the mounting member 198 can be swung about the vertical shaft 196 via the driving arm 208. Note that, in the fractional bill transporting unit 126, the position shown in FIGS. 19 and 26 is the “standby position”, and the position shown in FIG. 28 is the “fractional bill receiving position” when receiving the fractional bill from the first transporting unit 120. Then, it is turned between the "standby position" and the "fractional bill receiving position" by the drive of a drive unit (not shown).

On the drive shaft 204, as shown in FIG.
In addition to the eccentric member 205, the holding drive cam 210 is fixed. The drive shaft 20 is provided near the holding drive cam 210.
4, a fixed shaft 211 is vertically erected in a state of being fixed to the body frame, and the fixed shaft 211 includes a first arm portion 212 extending from the fixed shaft 211 in a direction substantially toward the mounting member 198. A second arm portion 213 extending from the fixed shaft 211 in the direction of the drive shaft 204 and a first arm portion 212 of the second arm portion 213.
On the other hand, a movable member 215 having a third arm portion 214 slightly protruding from the opposite side in the direction of the mounting member 198 and having a substantially U-shape in a plan view is rotatably arranged so that the holding drive cam 210 is arranged inside. It is supported. The movable member 215 includes
One end of a spring member 216 that urges the movable member 215 counterclockwise in plan view around the fixed shaft 211 is engaged, and the movable member 215 is clamped and driven by the urging force of the spring member 216. A cam roller 217 that constantly contacts the cam 210 is provided. Thereby, the movable member 21
5 is a fixed shaft 211 depending on the shape of the holding drive cam 210.
Will rotate around.

Between the holding drive cam 210 and the mounting member 197, there is a vertical extension 2 slightly forward of the drive shaft 204.
The two pins 218, 218 are fixed in position and arranged in the left-right direction.
20 is movably supported in the left-right direction by fitting the two elongated holes 219, 219. A pin 221 is provided on the opposite side of the placement member 197 of the pushing member 220 so as to extend vertically.
The third arm portion 214 of the movable member 215 is attached to the pin 221.
A notch 222 formed so as to come out in the opposite direction with respect to the drive shaft 204 is fitted in. As a result, the movable member 215 moves the fixed shaft 2 according to the rotation of the holding drive cam 210.
When it is rotated around 11, the pushing member 220 is correspondingly rotated.
Will move left and right.

Further, the holding member 201 has a structure shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 34, a roller 223 is provided on the side portion on the side of the vertical shaft 196, and in the vicinity of the roller 223, the roller 223 is fixed to a body frame (not shown) in a state of extending in the left-right direction. A fixed shaft 224 is arranged, and the fixed shaft 224 has a roller 223 centered on a vertical shaft 196.
The rotating member 225 is rotatably supported at a position within the range of movement during turning. This rotating member 225
34 is urged clockwise by a spring member (not shown) around the fixed shaft 224 as viewed in FIG. 34, and the other end of the first arm portion 212 of the movable member 215 is positioned within the rotation range. By contacting the first arm portion 212, rotation of a predetermined amount or more is restricted. The positional relationship between the eccentric member 205 and the holding drive cam 210 is that the holding drive cam 210 is in the "standby position" shown in FIG. 29 when the eccentric member 205 is in the "standby position" shown in FIG. The position of each part at this time becomes the respective “standby position”. At this time, the mounting member 198 and the sandwiching member 201
Is in a state where the placing plate portion 197 and the sandwiching plate portion 200 are directed to the left.

In the following, the mounting member 198 and the holding member 2 will be described.
The positional relationship of each part in the process of 01 moving from the “standby position” to the “bundle bill receiving position” shown in FIG. 26 will be described. The holding drive cam 210 and the mounting member 1
As shown in FIG. 30, the pushing member 220 when 98 is at the “standby position” shown in FIG. The holding plate portion 200 is swung about the support shaft 199 to move the holding plate portion 200 to the mounting plate portion 1 of the mounting member 198.
It is in a “clamping release state” in which the gripping member 201 and the mounting member 198 are released from the gripping member 97 to release the gripping state.

From such a positional relationship, the holding drive cam 210 is driven clockwise by the drive shaft 204 in a plan view, as shown in FIG.
1 reaches the position shown in FIG.
1 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction when viewed from above, and the pushing member 220 is moved in the direction of arrow A for releasing the pressing of the holding member 201. As a result, the holding member 201 released from the pressing force of the pushing member 220 is shaken by the biasing force of the spring member 202 toward the holding member 201 shown in FIG. It will be in the "pinched state" when it is moved.

On the other hand, during this period, the mounting member 198
26, the drive shaft 204 and the drive arm 2 are
Due to the positional relationship between the shafts 206 and 207 supporting 08 and the shape of the eccentric member 205, the drive arm 208 does not move the mounting member 198 even if the drive shaft 204 rotates to the position shown in FIG. When the drive shaft 204 rotates beyond the position shown in FIG. 31, the drive arm 208 pushes the mounting member 198 for the first time, and starts to turn clockwise about the vertical shaft 196 in a plan view. That is, after the holding member 201 swings toward the holding member 201 side with respect to the mounting member 198 and becomes in the “sandwiched state”, the mounting member 198 starts turning.

When the drive shaft 204 and the sandwiching drive cam 210 are further rotated to the position shown in FIG. 33, the mounting member 198 is swung by about 90 ° from the “standby position” as shown in FIGS. 28 and 33. Reaches the fractional bill receiving position ". At this time, the mounting member 198 and the sandwiching member 201
Indicates that the placing plate portion 197 and the sandwiching plate portion 200 are directed rearward, and the placing member 198 is located immediately above the guide member 130 of the second transport unit 121.
However, immediately after the placing member 198 reaches the "fractional bill receiving position" shown in FIG. 33, the holding member 201 swings toward the placing member 198 by the biasing force of the spring member 202, as shown in FIG. The “clamping state” is maintained.

When the drive shaft 204 and the sandwiching drive cam 210 are further rotated to the positions shown in FIGS. 28 and 35, the shape of the sandwiching drive cam 210 causes the movable member 215 to rotate in the clockwise direction as viewed from FIG. Rotate, Figure 3
As shown in FIG. 6, one end of the rotary member 225 pushes the lower portion of the rotary member 225 against the urging force of a spring member (not shown), and rotates the rotary member 225 counterclockwise around the fixed shaft 224. As a result, the rotating member 225 pulls the roller 223 provided on the sandwiching member 201, rotates the sandwiching member 201 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. It is possible to receive the fractional bill sent from the section 120.

The placing member 198 and the sandwiching member 20
The operation at the time of moving from 1 "fractional bill receiving position" to "standby position" is exactly the opposite of the above. That is, when receiving the fractional bill fed from the first transport unit 120 onto the placing member 198 at the “fractional bill receiving position”, the clamping member 201 is in the “clamping release state”,
When the placing member 198 moves to the "standby position", the holding member 201 enters the "holding state" before the movement is started, and then the moving fraction bills are placed and then the movement is started. Will be done.

Further, while the placing member 198 is moving, the holding member 201 always holds the fractional bill,
After the mounting member 198 reaches the "standby position", the holding member 201 is in the "holding release state". Here, before the mounting member 198 reaches the "standby position", the slide shutter 2
When 0 is opened and the placing member 198 reaches the "standby position", the fractional bill feeding port 1 in which the fractional bill is opened
4 partially protrudes, and then the holding member 20
When 1 is in the “clamping release state”, it is possible to take out the fractional bill from the fractional bill feeding port 14. Therefore, it is possible to easily take out the fractional bill conveyed to the fractional bill feeding port 14, the fractional bill is not thrown out during the movement, and the plurality of the mounting member 198 and the sandwiching member 201 described above are provided. This operation is performed by the forward and reverse rotations of the drive shaft 204 by the drive force of one drive unit.

The banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 described above.
19, FIG. 21 to FIG. 25, and FIG. 37 to FIG.
It will be described with reference to FIG. <Machine Management Bonding and Storing Processing> When a banknote is fed into the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 from the banknote stacking / feeding unit 46 of the denomination of the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23, the control unit causes the banknote bundling unit 62 to print a predetermined number of the banknotes. After collecting, the binding tape is wound and bound. Then, after being bundled in this way, the bundled bills pushed out by the bundled bill pushing-out mechanism 88 are conveyed forward by the bundled bill carry-out members 127, 127 of the first conveying unit 120, as shown in FIG. At this time, when the banknote bundling section 62 completes the bundling, the control section determines that the banknote bundle allocating section 12 in the "standby position"
By driving the motor 188, the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 of No. 5 is rotated about the horizontal axis 186 for receiving the bundled banknotes as shown in FIG. 37.
The bundle inlet / outlet 172 is directed toward the second transport unit 121.

The bundled banknotes transported by the first transport unit 120 are the second transport unit 12 in the "standby position" shown in FIG.
The delivery member 129 that has been delivered onto the first delivery member 129 and has received this bundled banknote is from the position shown in FIG.
Move horizontally to the left as shown in. Then, the bundled banknotes are inclined and pushed out by the inclined plate portion 138 of the guide member 130 so that the front end side in the moving direction is located on the upper side, and the bundle of the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 in which the inclination is aligned forward of the pushing out. Enter the entrance / exit 172. At this time,
The bundle inlet / outlet 172 is connected to the conveyor belt 1 by the arm 193.
62 and the guide member 171, the conveyor belt 158,
The opening amount is increased by separating the guide member 170 from the guide member 170, and as a result, the guide member 130 is opened.
The bundled banknotes that are guided and pushed out at are well accepted.

When it is confirmed from the detection result of the bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 173 that the insertion of the bundled banknotes by the second transport unit 121 into the bundled entrance / exit 172 of the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 is confirmed, the control unit determines that The conveyor belts 156, 158, 15 are driven by driving the motor 166 of the one-bundle bill input / output box 140.
9 and 162 are moved to the opposite side with respect to the bundle inlet / outlet 172 on the opposite side. As a result, these conveyor belts 1
At 56, 158, 159 and 162, loading of the bundled banknotes into the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 is started. When the bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 173 does not detect the bundled banknotes and the bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 174 detects the bundled banknotes, the bundled banknotes are completely placed in the first bundled banknote input / output box 140. When it is confirmed that the image has been taken in, the control unit stops the driving of the motor 166 and ends the taking in. Then, with the bundled bills taken in held, the motor 188 is driven again to rotate the first bundled bill input / output box 140 about the horizontal shaft 186 and return to the state of the upright posture in the “standby position”.

After that, the control section drives the motor (not shown) of the movement drive mechanism section 142,
The first bundled bill input / output box 140 is moved rearward together with the turning drive mechanism unit 141. Then, from FIG. 24 to FIG.
38, the guide roller 184 travels along the guide member 185, the first bundle banknote input / output box 140 is kept upright, and by the urging force of the spring member 182, as shown in FIG. The vehicle is turned so that it is located on the front side. At this time, the bundled banknotes inside are converted such that their longitudinal directions are along the up-down direction and their thickness directions are along the front-rear direction. Then, in this state, the first charging port 123 and the second charging port 124 provided on the rear side are provided.
To the position corresponding to any one of the above, and at that position, the motor 166 is driven to drive the conveyor belts 156 and 156.
The opposing sides of 158, 159 and the conveyor belt 162 are moved toward the bundle inlet / outlet 172. This allows
These transport belts 156, 158, 159, 162 feed the bundled banknotes from the first bundled banknote input / output box 140,
The material is discharged into the one directly below either the first charging port 123 or the second charging port 124. Then, when it is confirmed from the detection results of the bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensors 173, 174 that the bundled banknotes have been completely discharged from the first banknote bundle input / output box 140, the control unit stops the driving of the motor 166. The bundled bill transporting / sorting unit 63 is returned to the "standby position" shown in FIG. As a result, the transport sorting process of the bundled bill transport / sorting unit 63 is completed.

<Local Bundling Processing> In the local bundling processing, loose banknotes set in the banknote deposit / withdrawal / reject port 16 of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 23 are bundled by the banknote bundling section 62, and the bundled banknotes are bundled as shown in FIG. Is a process for discharging the fractional bills less than the number of bundled bills to the bundled bill ejection port 13 to the fractional bill feeding port 14. Therefore,
First, when the bundled banknotes are bundled, the same processing as that up to FIG. 37 in the machine management bundled storage processing described above is performed. That is, the bundled banknotes are transported from the first transport unit 120 to the second transport unit 121, and then transported from the second transport unit 121 to the bundled banknote distribution unit 125, and the first bundle of banknote distribution unit 125 is transported.
The bundle of banknotes is delivered into the box 140.

The bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensors 173, 1
When it is confirmed from the detection result of 74 that the bundled banknotes have been completely taken into the first bundled banknote input / output box 140, the control unit causes the movement drive mechanism unit 142 to move the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 to the position shown in FIG. 23 to 23, the guide roller 184 is caused to travel along the guide member 185 by moving the guide roller 184 backward by a predetermined amount. As a result, the first banknote bill input / output box 140 is urged by the spring member 182,
Change the direction about 90 degrees. Thereafter, the control unit drives the motor 188 to rotate the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 around the horizontal axis 186, as shown in FIG. 39, without further moving the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 to the rear. At the same time, the opening / closing shutter 21 provided in the bundled banknote discharge port 13 is opened to a position where a predetermined inclination is formed,
The first bundle banknote entry / exit box 140 is inserted into the bundle entry / exit 172.
When it is rotated to a position connected to the inclination of the opening / closing shutter 21, the motor 166 is driven to send out the banknotes to be held from the bundle insertion / exit 172 onto the opening / closing shutter 21, and to be ejected from the bundled banknote ejection port 13 to the outside of the machine. Then, the fact that the bundled banknotes have been completely discharged to the outside of the machine is based on the detection results of the sensors not shown provided near the bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensors 173 and 174 of the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 and the opening / closing shutter 21. When confirmed, the control unit closes the opening / closing shutter 21 and returns the bundled bill conveying / sorting unit 63 to the “standby position”.

On the other hand, when a fractional number of bills is generated in the bill binding unit 62 that is less than the number of bound bills, the control unit first causes the transport member 129 of the second transport unit 121 to move to the "standby position" as shown in FIG. From the bundled banknote sorting unit 125 to the "delivery position" where the bundled banknotes are delivered, and the transport member 12
When the movement of 9 to the "delivery position" is confirmed, the drive shaft 204 of the fractional bill transporting unit 126 is rotated to move the placement member 198 and the sandwiching member 201 of the fractional bill transporting unit 126. It moves from the "standby position" shown in 19 to the "fractional bill receiving position" shown in FIG. That is,
The mounting member 198 and the sandwiching member 201 are connected to the second transport unit 12.
1 and the holding member 201.
Is opened with respect to the mounting member 198.

In this state, when fractional bills are delivered from the bill binding unit 62 to the first transport unit 120, the control unit transports the fractional bills forward by the bundled bill carry-out member 127 of the first transport unit 120. , Fractional bill transport unit 1 waiting in front
It is sent onto the mounting member 198 of 26. Then, after that, the control unit slides the slide shutter 20 provided in the fractional bill feeding port 14 to cause the fractional bill feeding port 14 to slide.
Is opened, and the drive shaft 204 of the fractional bill transport unit 126 is rotated in the opposite direction. Then, the sandwiching member 201 swings toward the placing member 198 to sandwich the fractional bill, and then they rotate while being in the sandwiched state and are again positioned at the "standby position" shown in FIG. Then, the fractional bill becomes a state in which the front side thereof projects from the fractional bill payout opening 14 in a state where the longitudinal direction is along the front-rear direction,
After that, the holding member 201 swings in the direction away from the placing member 198, and the fractional bills can be taken out. In the case of a fractional bill such as a fractional bill, the fractional bill is partially ejected from the fractional bill feeding port 14 and is manually ejected to the outside of the machine. This is to prevent such scattering because it will cause scattering.

[Bundled Banknote Storage / Withdrawal Unit] As shown in FIG. 41, the bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit 25 stores a plurality of banknotes and is detachably attached to the machine body. Stacked banknote storage 227, 22 of one denomination
8, 229, and the bundled banknote storage box 2 that receives the bundled banknotes inserted into the second insertion slot 124 from the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 of the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 and is in accordance with its denomination.
28,229 bundle banknote sorting storage section 230 to be stored,
The bundled banknote dispenser 231 is configured to take in bundled banknotes stored in the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229 as needed and convey the bundled banknotes to the bundled banknote dispensing port 17 shown in FIG. The bundled banknote storages 227 to 229 for each denomination store the banknotes stacked in the front-rear direction with the longitudinal direction of the banknotes aligned in the vertical direction and the thickness direction of the banknotes aligned in the front-rear direction. The longitudinal direction is arranged along the front-rear direction according to this storage form. Further, the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229 are arranged side by side next to the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 23 in a state of being arranged so as to be vertically stacked.

[Bundled banknote storage] Bundled banknote storage 227-2
As shown in FIG. 42, the 29 has a rectangular parallelepiped casing 233 that forms the outer contour thereof. On the left and right inside the housing 233,
Guide plates 234 and 235 that are substantially parallel to each other are provided along the front-rear direction and the vertical direction.
Between 34 and 235, a storage space 236 is formed in which the bundled banknotes S3 are stacked and stored in the front-rear direction with their longitudinal directions along the vertical direction and their thickness directions along the front-rear direction. Outside the one guide plate 234, a guide shaft 2 that is parallel to the guide plate 234 and extends horizontally.
37 is disposed so as to be fixed in position with respect to the housing 233, and a rear plate 238 is provided on the guide shaft 237 so that the rear plate 238 can be moved back and forth along the guide shaft 237 within a predetermined range in the front-rear direction. It is slidably supported in a state in which it partially projects.

An endless belt (not shown) is arranged outside the guide plate 234 in parallel with the guide shaft 237, and one point of the belt is fixed to the rear plate 238. Then, the belt rotates forward and backward by the forward and reverse rotations of a rear plate moving motor (not shown) controlled by the controller, and the rear plate 238 fixed at that point is forcibly moved back and forth along the guide shaft 237. . A front plate 241 is slidably supported by the guide shaft 237 on the front side of the rear plate 238 such that the front plate 241 partially projects into the storage space 236 so as to be movable back and forth along the guide shaft 237. This front plate 24
1 is biased rearward by a spring (not shown), and this biasing force allows the bundled banknote S3 to be held between the rear plate 238 and the like.

On the upper surface of the casing 233, the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 and the banknote bundle S3 are located in front of the rear plate 238 located at the rear moving end, and the banknote bundling unit S3 extends vertically in the vertical direction. An intake port 242 (see FIG. 41) having a rectangular shape in plan view which is inserted in an upright state with the thickness direction along the front-rear direction is formed. The bundled banknotes S3 inserted from the inlet 242 are stored between the guide plates 234 and 235 in the standing posture almost at the time of insertion, and are placed in the substantially standing posture by the rear plate 238 that moves from the rear side to the front side. It will be moved to the front side as it is.

A pair of shaft portions 244 and 244 extending in the vertical direction are provided on the front side of the intake port 242 by a predetermined distance.
The shaft portions 244 and 244 are provided with a pair of substantially rectangular surface portions 245 and 246, respectively.
Movable plates 247, 247 having a shape in which the longitudinal direction is along the vertical direction and are connected at right angles to each other.
Is rotatably supported at the connecting portion.

A pair of shaft portions 249 and 249 extending in the vertical direction are fixedly positioned on both outer side positions of the guide plates 234 and 235 on the front side of the shaft portions 244 and 244 by a predetermined distance. The parts 249 and 249 respectively include
Movable plates 252, 2 having a pair of substantially rectangular surface portions 250, 251 and connecting the surface portions 250, 251 so that the longitudinal direction is along the vertical direction and are perpendicular to each other.
52 is rotatably supported at the connecting portion.

The movable plates 247, 247 are set in a state in which one surface portion 245 extends vertically in parallel with the guide plates 234, 235 and extends forward from the shaft portion 244, and the other surface portion 246 is guided. The state in which the plates 234 and 235 extend perpendicularly to the plates 234 and 235 and is projected into the storage space 236 is a fixed state. From this state, the rearward swing of the surface portion 246 is restricted, and the surface portion 246 is prevented from swinging. It is allowed to swing forward, and is further urged by a spring (not shown) in the direction of a constant state. Similarly, the movable plates 252, 252
Is in a state where one surface portion 250 is vertically extended in parallel with the guide plates 234 and 235 and is extended forward from the shaft portion 244, and the other surface portion 251 is connected to the guide plates 234 and 235.
The state in which the surface portion 251 is protruded into the storage space 236 in a state where the surface portion 251 is vertically extended and is vertically extended is defined as a fixed state. It is allowed to move, and is further urged by a spring (not shown) in the direction of a constant state.

The distance between the movable plates 247 and 247 and the distance between the movable plates 252 and 252 do not interfere with each other in the movement from the rear side to the front side of the rear plate 238 and the movement from the front side to the rear side. It's designed to tolerate. Also,
Movement of the banknote bundle conveyed on the rear plate 238 from the rear side to the front side is allowed by swinging to regulate the movement from the front side to the rear side. Further, the movable plates 252, 252 are arranged such that the front plate 241 is arranged on the front side of the movable plates 252, 252 so as to restrict the movement of the front plate 241 from the front side to the rear side. Here, the movable plate 25 on the front side
2, 252 pass the bundled banknote S3 which is inserted from the intake port 242 and is moved between the guide plates 234 and 235 by the movement of the rear plate 238 to move to the front side, and is fixed by a biasing force of a spring (not shown) after the passage. It will return to the state. Then, the movable plates 252, 252 on the front side move the rear plate 238 from this state to the rear side. As a result, the banknote S3 is abutted and supported by the biasing force received from the front plate 241 side. The movable plates 247, 247 on the rear side mainly include the intake port 242.
It is provided to guide the bundled banknotes S3 taken in from.

A front guide plate 254 extending vertically along the left-right direction is provided at the front of the housing 233, and between the front guide plate 254 and the front surface 255 of the housing 233, A bundled bill feeding mechanism 2 for feeding the bundled bills S3 from a feeding port 256 formed on the side (right in FIG. 42).
57 is provided. Here, a step portion 258 is formed on the right side of the front end portion of the housing 233 so as to be rounded off, and the feeding port 256 is formed in the step portion 258.

{Bundled bill feeding mechanism} Above the space between the front guide plate 254 and the front face portion 255 of the housing 233, as shown in FIGS. 43 and 44, the position is fixed so as to extend in the left-right direction. Two sliding shafts 260 and 260 are provided, and two sliding shafts 261 and 261 that are fixedly positioned so as to extend in the left-right direction are also provided on the lower side thereof. . A sliding block 263 having a pin 262 on the front side is slidably fitted to the upper sliding shafts 260, 260, and a pin 264 is also provided on the lower sliding shafts 261 and 261 on the front side. A sliding block 265 is fitted so as to be slidable in the left-right direction. The upper and lower sliding blocks 263, 265 are respectively provided with storage spaces 23.
Pushers 266 and 267 are fixed so as to form a pair in the upper and lower portions so as to project into the inside of the unit 6.

The pin 262 of the sliding block 263 is fitted in the elongated hole 269 formed at one end of the drive arm 268, and the other end of the drive arm 268 is fixed to the housing 233 via the pin 270. It is rotatably supported by the supported support member 271. Similarly, the pin 264 of the sliding block 265 has a long hole 2 formed at one end of the drive arm 272.
73, and the other end of the drive arm 272 is rotatably supported by a support member 271 via a pin 274. Further, elongated holes 276 and 277 are formed in the intermediate positions of both drive arms 268 and 272, and link members 278 fit pins 279 and 280 at both ends into these elongated holes 276 and 277. ing. The link member 278 is fixed to the sliding block 281 at the center. The front guide plate 254 and the front part 25 of the housing 233
In the center in the up-and-down direction between 5 and 5, three sliding shafts 283, 283, 28 are fixed in position so as to extend in the left-right direction.
3 is arranged, and the sliding block 281 is slidably fitted on these sliding shafts 283, 283, 283. A drive pin 284 is fixed to the front side of the sliding block 281, and the drive pin 284 is attached to the housing 2
The front surface portion 255 of the housing 33 projects forward from the housing 233 through a long hole 285 formed so as to extend in the left-right direction.

The bundled bill feeding mechanism 257 is provided with the drive pin 2
When 84 is positioned to the left, the pushers 266 and 267 are positioned to the left. In this state, the rear plate 238 is moved forward and is sandwiched between the front plate 241 and the banknote S3 in the storage space 236. When moved, when the front plate 241 is located at the forward end position, the frontmost bundled banknote S3 is brought into contact with the front guide plate 254 and is arranged to the right of the pushers 266 and 267. Then, when the drive pin 284 is moved to the right from this state, that is, in the feeding direction,
Both drive arms 268 and 272 are swung through the sliding block 281 and the link member 278 to slide the sliding block 26.
3,265 or pushers 266,267 will be moved to the same right as drive pin 284, resulting in
The pushers 266 and 267 push the foremost bundled banknote S3 to the right and feed it from the feeding port 256. Here, the bundled bill feeding mechanism 257 itself includes pushers 266, 2
The driving force of the driving unit for moving 67 is not directly connected. The state shown in FIG. 42 shows the position of each part when receiving the bundled banknotes S3.
The original "standby position" of No. 3 is the position shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG.

The operation of the bundled banknote storage boxes 227 to 229 will be described below. First, in the standby state, the bundled banknotes S3 already stored are stored in the front plate 241 and the movable plate 2 on the front side.
It is sandwiched between 52 and 252, and the rear plate 238 is
It is located between the movable plates 252, 252 and the movable plates 247, 247 (indicated by a chain line in FIG. 42). Also,
The pushers 266 and 267 are located on the delivery port 256 side. When storing the banknote bundle S3 from this state, first, the control unit retracts the rear plate 238.

In this way, the banknote S3 is inserted from the inlet 242 with the rear plate 238 positioned at the retracted end. Then, when it is confirmed that the bundled banknotes S3 have been inserted, the control unit moves the rear plate 238 together with the bundled banknotes S3 to the movable plate 247 on the rear side.
247 and the movable plates 252 and 252 on the front side are sequentially swung and moved forward until they pass. The movable plate 2 on the front side
The rear plate 238, when passing the bills 52 and 252, advances the bundled banknote S3 that has been moved forward to the front plate 241 which was in contact with the movable plates 252 and 252 before that, or the front plate 241 and the movable plate 252. Bundled banknote S already stored between 252
3 is brought into contact with each other, and all are moved forward integrally against the biasing force of the spring. On the other hand, the movable plates 247, 247 on the rear side and the movable plates 252, 252 on the front side return to the fixed state by the urging force of a spring (not shown) after the rear plate 238 has passed.

Then, the control unit causes the rear plate 238 to pass through the movable plates 252 and 252 on the front side, and then retracts to return to the standby position. When the rear plate 238 retreats, the front plate 241 retreats together with the rear plate 238 together with the bundle of banknotes S3 held between the rear plate 238 and the rear plate 238 by the biasing force of a spring (not shown), but the front movable plate 252. Since the swing of 252 is regulated and the bundle of banknotes S3 is restricted from moving rearward by the movable plates 252 and 252, the movable plate 25 is biased by the spring.
2, 252 and the front plate 241. From the above,
The storage operation ends.

On the other hand, when feeding out the bundle of banknotes S3, the control unit moves the pushers 266 and 267 to the side opposite to the feeding port 256 and advances the rear plate 238 from the standby position. Then, the rear plate 238 becomes the movable plates 252, 2
The front bank 241 while pressing the bundled banknote S3 held between the front plate 241 and the front plate 241 and separating it from the movable plates 252 and 252.
Hold it with and move it. Then, the control unit controls the front plate 24.
41, the rear plate 238 is stopped when it is confirmed from the detection result of the sensor (not shown) that it has reached the position where it is substantially flush with the front guide plate 254. In this state, the frontmost bundled banknote S3 is positioned to the right of the pushers 266 and 267 as described above. Then, when the drive pin 284 is moved in the feeding direction from this state, the pushers 266, 267 move in the feeding direction, and as a result, the pushers 266, 267 move only the frontmost bundled banknote S3 to the right. Extruding outlet 256
Let out.

When the feeding is completed, the control unit controls the rear plate 23.
Retract 8 to the standby position. Then, the front plate 241 moves backward together with the rear plate 238 together with the banknote bundle S3 held between the rear plate 238 and the rear plate 238 by the biasing force of the spring.
The movable plate 252, 252 is restricted from moving to the rear side, so that it is sandwiched between the movable plate 252, 252 and the front plate 241 by the urging force of the spring.

[Bundled note sorting storage section] Bundled note sorting storage section 2
As shown in FIGS. 41 and 45, 30 is provided so as to be able to move up and down on the rear side of the upper two-tier banknote denomination boxes 227, 228, and is received from the first banknote deposit / entry box 140 of the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24. A bundled banknote delivery unit 287 that delivers the delivered bundled banknotes S3 to each bundled banknote storage 228, 229 other than the uppermost one, and a bundled banknote storage 2 in which the bundled banknote delivery unit 287 is in the middle stage.
When storing the bundled banknotes in 28, the bundled banknote storage 228
And a bundled banknote storage storage moving mechanism 288 for moving.

{Bundled bill delivery unit} The bundled bill delivery unit 287 is
As shown in FIG. 45, the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 has a second banknote stacking / withdrawing box 290 having substantially the same configuration as the first banknote stacking / withdrawing box 140. The second bundled banknote input / output box 290 is a box-shaped casing member 2 into which bundled banknotes are taken in and whose both ends in the longitudinal direction are open.
The housing member 291 is arranged such that the longitudinal direction is vertical and the thickness direction is longitudinal. Then, the bundled bill delivery unit 287 includes a slide rail (not shown) that supports the housing member 291 so that the housing member 291 can be moved up and down in the above-described arrangement state, and a lift drive unit 292 that moves the housing member 291 up and down along the slide rail. Have

The elevator drive unit 292 includes two pulleys 293, 293 arranged vertically and these pulleys 293, 293.
It has a drive belt 294 stretched between 293, and the housing member 291 of the second banknote bill input / output box 290 is engaged with a part of the drive belt 294. And
By driving one of the pulleys 293 and 293 forward and backward by a motor (not shown), the second banknote bill input / output box 290
It is designed to move up and down.

A pair of drive transmission shafts 296 is provided on one end opening side of the housing member 291 of the second bundled bill input / output box 290.
297 are rotatably supported by the housing member 291 at both ends at fixed positions. The drive transmission shafts 296 and 297 are arranged at both ends in the thickness direction (front-back direction) of the housing member 291 so as to be parallel to each other along the lateral direction of the housing member 291. The rear drive transmission shaft 296 is disposed deeper in the housing member 291 than the front drive transmission shaft 297.
The drive transmission shaft 29 is provided on the other end opening side in the housing member 291.
Rotation shafts 298 that are parallel to the shafts 6, 297 are rotatably supported by the housing member 291 at both ends of the shafts 298. The rotation shaft 298 is arranged at the same one end position as the drive transmission shaft 296 in the thickness direction of the housing member 291.

At the intermediate position of the casing member 291 in the longitudinal direction and on the side of the rotating shaft 298, the drive transmission shaft 299 and the rotating shaft 300 move in the thickness direction of the casing member 291 so as to be substantially parallel to the rotating shaft 298 and the like. It is arranged freely and freely. The drive transmission shaft 297 has a pulley 30.
1 is fixed, a pulley (not shown) is fixed to the drive transmission shaft 299, and an endless conveyor belt 3 is provided between them.
02 has been stretched over. Two more (only one shown) pulleys 303 are fixed to the drive transmission shaft 299, and two (only one shown) pulleys 3 are attached to the rotary shaft 300.
04 is fixed, and two endless conveyor belts (only one is shown) 305 are stretched between them. Further, a pulley 306 is fixed to the drive transmission shaft 296, a pulley 307 is fixed to the rotary shaft 298, and an endless conveyor belt 308 is stretched between them.

The drive transmission shafts 296 and 297 are the housing members 29.
1 is rotated by forward / reverse driving of a motor (not shown) provided on the outer side of the conveyor belt 1.
02, 305, 308 are driven, and the conveyor belt 302,
The bundled banknotes can be taken in or fed out between the 305 and the conveyor belt 308. The drive transmission shaft 29
9 and the rotary shaft 300 are both urged by a spring member (not shown) toward the conveyor belt 308, so that the bundle of banknotes taken between the conveyor belts 302 and 305 and the conveyor belt 308 can be adjusted in thickness. It is possible to securely hold the bundled banknotes. Further, the transport belt 305 is parallel to the transport belt 308 when the bundled bills are not taken in, and can be parallel to the transport belt 308 even when the bundled bills are taken in. On the other hand, the conveyor belt 302 is
The drive transmission shaft 297 is inclined so that the side of the drive transmission shaft 297 is separated from the conveyor belt 308 when the bundled banknotes are not taken in, and the conveyor belt 308 is in the state where the bundled banknotes are taken in.
It is possible to be almost parallel to.

Further, in the housing member 291, a guide member 309, which is oscillated in substantially the same manner as the conveyor belt 302 by supporting both ends of the drive transmission shafts 297 and 299, is a conveyor belt 308 of the conveyor belt 302. It is provided at a position slightly retracted from the side portion so as to be substantially parallel to the side portion. Further, the drive transmission shaft 299 is provided in the housing member 291.
The guide member 310, which is supported by the rotary shaft 300 and swings substantially similarly to the conveyor belt 305, is substantially parallel to the side portion of the conveyor belt 305 slightly retracted from the side portion of the conveyor belt 308 side. It is provided to make.
In addition, in the housing member 291, the guide member 3 is disposed at a position slightly retracted from the side portions of the conveyor belt 308 on the side of the conveyor belts 302 and 305 so as to be substantially parallel to the sides.
11 is fixed to the housing member 291 itself. The guide member 311 extends to the upper end of the housing member 291.

The upper guide member 309 and the guide member 311 form a receiving opening 313 for receiving the bundled banknotes on one upper side in the longitudinal direction of the second banknote stacking / withdrawing box 290, while the guide members 310 and 311 serve as a guide. The discharge port 314 for feeding the bundled banknotes is configured below the other end in the longitudinal direction of the second banknote bill input / output box 290. Here, the receiving port 313 is horizontally positioned at the second input port 124.
Is matched with. In the housing member 291, bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensors 315, 31 for detecting the presence / absence of bundled banknotes between the conveyor belts 302, 305 and the conveyor belt 308.
6 is provided. One bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 31
5 detects the presence / absence of bundled banknotes at the position of the outlet 314, and the other bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 316 detects
The presence / absence of a bundle of banknotes at an intermediate position between 3 and the outlet 314 is detected. As is clear from the above, the configuration of the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 is different from that of the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 in that one of the conveyor belts 308 is short and the receipt for receiving the bundled banknotes. The point is that the mouth 313 is on the upper side, and the outlet 314 for ejecting the bundled banknotes is on the lower side, and that the mechanism for moving the rotating shaft 300 when tilting is not provided.

When the second stack banknote input / output box 290 is located at the rising end position by the elevating / lowering drive unit 292,
The receiving port 313 of the bundled banknote input / output box 290 is arranged immediately below the second insertion port 124. Also, the second
When the bundled banknote input / output box 290 is located at the rising end position and the middle bundled banknote storage 228 is located at the retracted end position (described later), the discharge port 314 of the second banknote bundle input / output box 290 is It will be arranged immediately above the intake port 242 of the cabinet 228. Further, when the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 is located at the lower end position by the elevating / lowering drive unit 292, the outlet 314 of the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 is the inlet 242 of the lower banknote bundle storage 229.
It will be located directly above.

{Bunched banknote storage box moving mechanism} As shown in FIG. 45, the banknote banknote storage boxes 227 to 229 of each denomination are provided with a pair of guide frames 318 to 320 at both sides and a lower part thereof, respectively. The guide frames 318 and 320 corresponding to the upper and lower bundled banknote storages 227 and 229, which are supported, are fixed to a machine frame (not shown). As a result, the upper and lower bundled banknote storage boxes 227, 229 are set in the guide frames 318, 320, so that the positions in the front, rear, left, right, and up and down directions are fixed. On the other hand, between the guide frame 319 supporting the middle banknote bank 228 and the machine frame,
A pair of slide rails 321 (only one side is shown) that allows the guide frame 319 to move in the front-rear direction is provided. As a result, the bundled banknote storage 228 in the middle stage can be moved forward and backward integrally with the guide frame 319 only within a predetermined range by being set in the left and right and up and down directions by being set in the guide frame 319. Become.

A rack gear 323 is fixed to one of the guide frames 319 in which the middle banknote bank 228 is set, and a pinion gear 324 meshing with the rack gear 323 and the pinion gear 324 are further provided on the machine side. A bevel gear 325 coaxially provided with the bevel gear 325, a bevel gear 326 meshing with the bevel gear 325, and a motor 327 for fixing the bevel gear 326 to its drive shaft. The bundled bill storage 228 is moved integrally with 320 in the front-back direction by a predetermined range.

Here, bundled banknote storages 227 to 2 for each denomination
All of 29 have the same width and height in the left-right direction, and the bundled banknote storage 229 set in the lower stage has a long length in the front-rear direction, and stores two bundled banknotes set in the upper and middle stages. The storages 227 and 228 have the same length, which is shorter than that of the lower bundled banknote storage 229. Then, in the state where the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229 are set in the corresponding guide frames 318 to 320, all the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229 are always aligned in the left-right direction and in the front-back direction. The positions of will overlap.

Further, bundled banknote storages 227 to 22 respectively.
9 is set in the guide frames 318 to 320, and the bundled banknote storage 228 in the middle stage is located at the forward end, all the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229 are arranged so that their front end positions are aligned in the front-rear direction. Become. Further, the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229 are arranged in the guide frames 318 to 32, respectively.
When the stack banknote storage 228 of the middle stage is set to 0 and the stack banknote storage 228 of the middle stage is positioned at the backward end, the stack banknote storage 228 of the middle stage and the banknote stack storage 229 of the lower stage are aligned in the front-rear direction position of the rear end. become.

The take-in port 242 of the bundled banknote storage 227 set in the upper stage is always located horizontally below the first insertion port 123 formed in the bottom plate 64 of the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24. They will be placed in a matched state. As a result, the bundled banknote storage 227 set on the upper stage takes in the bundled banknotes inserted from the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 into the first insertion port 123 without change.
It will be received in the storage space 236 via 42.
In addition, the inlet 242 of the long bundled banknote storage 229 set in the lower stage is arranged directly below the outlet 314 of the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 in a state in which the position in the horizontal direction is matched. . Here, in a state where the bundled banknote storage 228 set in the middle stage is located at the forward end, the lower banknote bundle storage 229 has its rear portion located behind the upper and middle banknote bundle storages 227, 228. The protrusion 242 will be protruded to the side, and the intake port 242 will be located at this protrusion. Further, the bundled banknote storage 228 set in the middle stage, in the state of being located at the backward end, makes the position of the intake port 242 in the horizontal direction coincide with the discharge port 314 of the second banknote bundle input / output box 290. .

[Bundled Banknote Dispensing Section] The bundled banknote dispensing section 231 is
As shown in FIG. 41, bundled banknote storages 227 to 2 for each denomination
A bundled banknote transport lift 330 that takes in the bundled banknotes from 29 and transports them to the bundled banknote dispensing port 17, and the bundled banknote transport lift 33.
It is composed of a lift drive mechanism unit 331 that moves 0 up and down.

{Bundled banknote transport lift} As shown in FIGS. 41 and 46, the bundled banknote transport lift 330 is a bundled banknote storage box 2.
Drive pins 284, 2 respectively provided on 27-229
A bundled banknote feeding drive unit 332 for selectively driving the banknotes 84, 284 in the left-right direction to feed out the bundled banknotes in the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229, and a bundled banknote storages 227 to 229.
Bundled banknote receiving section 33 for receiving the bundled banknotes fed out from
3 and a support frame 334 for supporting them, and a pair of slide rails 335, 335 (which can move up and down the support frame 334 between both sides of the support frame 334 and an unillustrated body frame). Figure 4
1 (not shown). Note that FIG.
As shown in, when the bundled banknote transport lift 330 is at the lower end position lower than the lower banknote bundle storage 229, the “standby position” is set.

As shown in FIGS. 46 to 48, the bundled bill feeding drive unit 332 includes a slide rail 337 extending in the front-rear direction interposed between the bundled bill feeding drive unit 332 and the support frame 334, and an uneven shape. By the guide member 338 (see FIG. 47), the support frame 334
On the other hand, it has a support member 339 supported so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. The support member 339 has a pair of upper and lower sliding shafts 340, 340 extending in the left-right direction.
Are fixed at both ends thereof, and a sliding block 341 is supported on these sliding shafts 340, 340 so as to be slidable in the left-right direction.

A vertical groove 342, which is cut out so as to extend vertically, is formed in the rear portion of the sliding block 341 so as to vertically pass therethrough. Also, this sliding block 3
A long groove 343 that extends vertically is formed in the front portion of 41. In front of the sliding block 341, a rotary shaft 344 rotatably supported by a support member 339, and the rotary shaft 344.
A rotation arm 345 that is rotatable around the rotation shaft 344 is fixed to one end of the rotation shaft 344 so as to extend radially outward from the rotation shaft 344. A pin 346 is supported at the tip of the rotary arm 345 in the radial direction, and the pin 346 is fitted in the long groove 343.

On the other hand, the gear 34 is attached to the other end of the rotary shaft 344.
8 is attached, and the gear 348 is the support member 3
It is meshed with a gear 350 attached to a drive shaft of a motor 349 provided on the motor 39. As a result, when the motor 349 is driven in the forward and reverse directions, the driving force thereof is the gear 350, the gear 348, the rotary shaft 344, the rotary arm 345, and the pin 34.
It is transmitted to the sliding block 341 via 6 and moves the sliding block 341 left and right. Here, in the vertical groove 342 of the sliding block 341, bundled banknote storages 227-22
The drive pins 284, 284, 28 mentioned above projecting from 9
4 are alternatively engageable, thus providing vertical groove 342.
With the drive pin 284 engaged with the sliding block 3
By moving 41 to the right by the motor 349,
The pushers 266 and 267 of the bundled bill feeding mechanism 257 are moved in the feeding direction to feed the bundled bills in the bundled bill storage 227 to 229 from the feeding port 256.

Also, as shown in FIG. 46, between the support frame 334 and the support member 339, the support member 339 is provided.
Is provided with a spring member 351 that biases the. Further, the support frame 33 is provided on the side of the support member 339.
A fixed shaft 353 is fixed so as to project leftward from an elongated hole 352 formed in the front-rear direction and formed in the front-rear direction. A roller 354 is rotatably supported at the tip of the fixed shaft 353 coaxially. ing. On the other hand, a fixed position guide rail 355 is provided behind the roller 354 so as to extend in the vertical direction, and the roller 354 is always brought into contact with the guide rail 355 by the biasing force of the spring member 351. By the shape of the guide rail 355, the support member 339 is formed.
Moves in the front-rear direction when the bundled bill transport lift 330 moves up and down.

That is, as shown in FIG. 41, the guide rail 355 has the sliding block 341 in the bundled bill storage 22.
7 to 229, the sliding block 341 has a bundled banknote storage 227 to 22 in the linear portion 356 which is separated from the 7 to 229 by a predetermined distance.
The slide block 341 is arranged to engage the vertical groove 342 with the drive pin 284 only when the slide block 341 is located at the same height as the drive pins 284, 284, 284 of the bundle banknote storage 22.
A gentle notch 35 so as to move in the direction of 7 to 229.
7, 357, 357 is formed. Note that the bundled bill feeding drive unit 332 is configured to be moved in the front-rear direction as described above because the bundled bill storages 227 to 229.
This is because there is a structural problem that the sliding block 341 and the drive pin 284 cannot be moved up and down due to interference with a handle or the like (not shown) provided in the stack banknote storage. If there is nothing other than the drive pin 284 on the front surface 255 of 227 to 229, such a configuration is not necessary, and the sliding block 341 is attached to the vertical groove 3
It suffices to raise and lower at a certain horizontal position where 42 can be engaged with the drive pin 284.

Bundled banknote receiving section As shown in FIG. 46, a bundled banknote storage box 22 is provided at a position in the support frame 334 adjacent to the bundled banknote feeding drive section 332.
An accommodation space 360 for accommodating the bundled banknotes delivered from the delivery ports 256 of 7 to 229 is formed by the support frame 334 and the guide members 361 and 362. That is, the storage space 360 is the bundled banknote storage 2 that opens to the right.
27 to 229, the guide member 361 is formed on the right side, the guide member 362 is formed on the front side, and the support frame 334 is formed on the rear side and the lower side. Guide member 361 and support frame 334
As shown in FIG. 46 and FIG. 49, two sliding shafts 363, 363 extending in the front-rear direction are vertically arranged between and, and the sliding shafts 363, 363 slide on the sliding shafts 363, 363. A block 364 is slidably supported in the front-rear direction.

Further, between the guide member 362 and the front surface portion 359 of the support frame 334 further provided on the front side, a motor 365, a rotary arm 366 fixed to a drive shaft of the motor 365, and one end thereof are rotated. A connecting arm 367 whose other end is rotatably attached to the sliding block 364 is provided at the tip of the arm 366 opposite to the motor 365, and the sliding block 364 is driven by the forward and reverse driving of the motor 365. Moves back and forth. The sliding block 364 has a storage space 360.
A movement guide member 369 protruding to the front is fixed.

A holding plate 370 is provided on the front side of the movement guide member 369 in the storage space 360, and the holding plate 370 is movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the movement guide member 369 and is always moved. Guide member 3
It is urged in the direction of contacting 69. That is, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 0, support members 371 and 372 are fixed to the holding plate 370 so as to be vertically separated from each other.
The support members 373 and 374 are also fixed to the front surface portion 359 of the support frame 334 in the front of the above with being spaced apart in the vertical direction. Then, elongated holes 375 and 376 are formed in the upper support members 371 and 373 so as to extend in the vertical direction, respectively. A movable shaft 379 at one end of an arm member 378 is movably fitted into the elongated hole 375 of the support member 371, and a fixed shaft 380 at the other end of the arm member 378 is movably fitted.
Is fixedly and rotatably connected to the support member 374. Similarly, the movable shaft 383 at one end of the arm member 382 is movably fitted in the elongated hole 376 of the support member 373, and the fixed shaft 384 at the other end of the arm member 382 is movably fitted.
Is rotatably connected to the support member 372 in a fixed position. The arm members 378 and 382 are rotatably connected to each other by a support shaft 385 at a central position, and a spring member that biases the arm members 378 and 382 in a direction along the front-rear direction. 386
Is provided. As a result, the holding plate 370 is always biased toward the movement guide member 369, and as a result, it is possible to hold the banknote bundle inserted between the holding plate 370 and the movement guide member 369.

Since the movement guide member 369 is moved forward and backward together with the sliding block 364 by the forward and reverse driving of the motor 365, the movement guide member 369 and the holding plate 370 are bundled bill storage boxes 227 to 229. The bundled banknotes fed out from are sandwiched between each other, and the sandwiched bundled banknotes are moved to the front side as necessary. On the side of the holding plate 370 of the movement guide member 369 and in the bundled banknote storage 227-
On the 229 side (left side in FIG. 46), the bundled banknote storage 2
An inclined surface 388 is formed so as to be inclined toward the rear as it is located on the 27-229 side. On the opposite side of the inclined surface 388 from the bundled bill storage 227-229, a sandwiching surface extending vertically in the left-right direction. 389 is formed. On the other hand, on the movement guide plate 369 side of the holding plate 370, only a holding surface 390 vertically extending in the left-right direction is formed.

Here, the bundled bills fed out by the pushers 266 and 267 from the bundled bill storages 228 to 229 are inserted between the movement guide member 369 and the sandwiching plate 370. By moving the bundled banknotes along the surface 388, a force in a direction of separating the holding plate 370 from the movement guide member 369 is applied by the bundled banknotes, so that the bundled banknotes separate the holding plate 370 from the movement guide member 369. While getting in between these. In addition, this FIG.
The position of the movement guide member 369 shown in 6 is the “standby position”. Further, as shown in FIG. 46, a bundle of banknotes stored in the storage space 360 is provided between the guide member 362 and the front portion 359 at a position that does not hinder the movement of the movement guide member 369 in the storage space 360. Each light emitting / light receiving element of the bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 391 for detecting the presence / absence is provided.

{Lift drive mechanism section} Lift drive mechanism section 3
As shown in FIG. 41, reference numeral 31 denotes pulleys 393 and 393 which are fixed in position and are vertically spaced apart from each other, a drive belt 394 stretched over these pulleys 393 and 393, and pulleys 393 and 39.
3 and a drive unit (not shown) for driving one of the forward and reverse directions, and a part of the drive belt 394 is fixed to the support frame 334 of the bundled banknote transport lift 330. The bundled bill transport lift 330 is vertically moved along the slide rails 335 and 335 by forward and reverse driving.

[0166] The bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit 2 described above
Each processing of No. 5 will be described. <Machine-Managed Binding Storage Processing> The storage operation of the bundled banknote sorting storage unit 230 in the machine-managed binding storage processing will be described below with reference to FIGS. 45, 51, and 52. When the denomination of the bundled banknotes created by the banknote bunching unit 62 of the banknote bunching / conveying unit 24 is the denomination to be stored in the upper banknote bundle storage 227, the control unit controls the bundled banknote sorting storage unit 230. With each part left at the "standby position" shown in FIG. 45, the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 of the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 holding the bundled banknotes is moved to a position above the first insertion port 123 and held. The banknotes are fed out to the first insertion slot 123 by driving the conveyor belts 156, 158, 159, 162, and discharged to the intake slot 242 of the upper banknote storage 227 located immediately below the first insertion slot 123. .

On the other hand, if the denomination of the bundled bills bundled by the bill bunching unit 62 is the denomination to be stored in the bundled bill storage 228 in the middle stage, the control unit performs the bundle storing process in the machine management and the money. Since the seed is determined, when the binding process is started, by driving the motor 327,
The “standby position” shown in FIG. 45 for the middle banknote bank 228.
From the backward end to the position "bundle bill receiving position" shown in FIG.
Move to and wait at this position. The control unit does not move the second bundled banknote entry / exit box 290 from the upper limit “standby position”, and moves the second bundled banknote entry / exit box 140
While waiting for the bundled bills to be fed out through the insertion slot 124, the first bundled bill input / output box 140 that holds the bundled bills is moved onto the second insertion slot 124. Then, the conveyor belt 15 of the first bundled banknote input / output box 140.
3, 158, 159, 162 in time with the delivery, drive the conveyor belt 302, 305, 308 of the second banknote stacking box 290 in the direction in which the opposite side moves from top to bottom by the drive unit (not shown) The bundled bills can be taken in.

As a result, the first stack banknote input / output box 1
When the bundled banknotes are fed from the 40, the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 receives the bundled banknotes and the transport belt 30.
At 2, 305 and 308, it is sent out from the discharge port 314 as it is and discharged to the intake port 242 of the middle banknote banknote storage 228 located immediately below the discharge port 314. The second
Confirmation of receipt and release of the bundled banknotes in the bundled banknote input / output box 290 is performed by checking the bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensors 315 and 315 provided in the second banknote bundle input / output box 290.
316 (see FIG. 45). Then, when the discharge of the received bundled banknotes is confirmed, the control unit stops the driving of the conveyor belts 302, 305, 308 of the second bundled banknote input / output box 290.

Further, when the denomination of the bundled bills bundled by the bill bunching unit 62 is the denomination to be stored in the lower bundled bill storage 229, the control unit controls the middle bundled bill storage 228.
Without moving the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 from the upper limit “standby position”,
While waiting for the bundled banknotes to be delivered from the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 via the second insertion slot 124, the first bundled banknote input / output box 140 that holds the bundled banknotes is placed on the second insertion slot 124. To move. Then, the conveyor belts 153, 158, 1 of the first bundled bill input / output box 140.
Matching the timing with the delivery by 59, 162,
The conveyor belts 302, 305, 3 are driven by a drive unit (not shown).
08 is driven in a direction in which the opposite side moves from the upper side to the lower side so that the bundled banknotes can be taken in.

Then, the first bundled banknote input / output box 140.
When the bundled banknotes are delivered from the second bundled banknote input / output box 290, the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 receives the bundled banknotes by driving the conveyor belts 302, 305, 308. When it is confirmed that the bundled banknotes have been completely taken into the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 by detection of
The driving of the transport belts 302, 305, 308 of 0 is stopped. As a result, the bundled banknotes are held in the second bundled banknote input / output box 290.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 52, the control section moves the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 to the lower end which is at the same height as the middle banknote bundle storage box 228 by the drive of the elevating / lowering drive section 292. After that, the conveying belts 302, 305, 308 of the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 are driven again so that the bundled banknotes that have been held are sent out from the discharge port 314, and the stack banknote is located immediately below the discharge port 314. The bundled banknote storage 229 in the lower row is discharged to the intake port 242. And
When the discharge of the bundled banknotes in the second bundled banknote input / output box 290 is confirmed, the control unit causes the second bundled banknote input / output box 29.
The driving of the transport belts 302, 305, 308 of 0 is stopped.

Before accepting the bundled banknotes as described above, the control unit selects one of the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229, which corresponds to the denomination to be bundled / stored in the "machine management binding storage process". Only the plate 238, as shown in FIG.
During standby, the “standby position” indicated by the alternate long and short dash line is moved to a position behind the intake port 242 as indicated by the solid line. From such a state, the bundled banknotes are bundled into the intake port 242.
When it is taken into the position between the rear plate 238 and the movable plate 247 on the rear side shown in FIG. 42, the control unit moves the rear plate 238 forward, and the bundled banknotes taken in are moved forward to the position shown in FIG. After being pushed out and overlapped with the bundled banknotes or the front plate 241 already stored, the rear plate 238 is retracted, and the bundled banknotes or the front plate 24 already stored with the bundled banknotes.
1 and the movable plates 252 and 252, and returns to the standby position shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 42 to complete the storage of the bundled banknotes. When there is a bundle of banknotes to be stored next, the bundle of banknotes to be stored next is moved to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG.

<Bundled Banknote Dispensing Processing> When the “bundle banknote dispensing processing” is started, first, the control section lifts the bundled banknote transport lift 330 at the “standby position” as shown in FIG. The motor (not shown) of the mechanism unit 331 is driven to move it to the height position of the bundled bill storage 227 to 229 corresponding to the denomination to be dispensed. In addition, when dispensing a plurality of denominations in a single process, the control unit bundles the banknotes in the lower banknote bank 229, the middle banknote bank 228, and the upper banknote bank 227. The bundled banknotes are controlled to be delivered to the bundled banknote transport lift 330 in order.

Then, the control unit controls the bundled bill transport lift 33.
When 0 reaches the height position of the denomination of the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229, the rising is temporarily stopped. Then, as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 46, the drive pin 284 protruding from the vertical groove 342 of the sliding block 341 of the bundled bill feeding drive unit 332 and the denomination of the bundled bill storage 227 to 229 to be dispensed. And are in the engaged state. After that, the control unit drives the motor 349 of the bundled bill feeding drive unit 332 to move the sliding block 341 to the feeding port 256.
When it is moved to the opposite side, the pushers 266 and 267 of the bundled bill feeding mechanism 257 are also interlocked with this, and the storage space 236 on the opposite side to the feeding port 256 as shown in FIG. 54.
Will be moved to outside.

At the same timing, the control unit drives the motor 365 to move the movement guide member 369 at the standby position shown in FIG. 46 from the bundled bill storage 227 to 229 as shown in FIG. It retracts to the retracted end position that guides the storage of the bundled banknotes to be fed. Then, in conjunction with this, the holding plate 370 also moves integrally. When the movements of the pushers 266 and 267 and the movement guide member 369 are completed, the control unit starts the forward movement of the rear plate 238 at the “standby position” shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. Then, the bundled banknotes move forward while being sandwiched between the rear plate 238 and the front plate 241. Then, when confirming that the front plate 241 has reached the position shown in FIG. 54 from the detection result of the sensor (not shown), the control unit stops the movement of the rear plate 238.

In this state, the control unit drives the motor 349 of the bundled bill feeding drive unit 332 again to move the sliding block 34.
1 is moved from the position shown in FIG. 54 to the position shown in FIG. 42 which is the “standby position”. Then pushers 266, 2
67 is a bundled banknote transport lift 33 for only one bundled banknote at the front end.
It will be pushed out in the direction of the storage space 360 of 0. Then, the bundled bills pushed out by the pushers 266 and 267 are
It is guided by the movement guide member 369 and is inserted between the movement guide member 369 and the sandwiching plate 370.
On the other hand, when the pushers 266 and 267 reach the “standby position” where the bundled banknotes are completely pushed out, the front plate 241 for holding the bundled banknotes stored therein is biased rearward,
The bundled banknotes that have been fed and moved backward are sandwiched by the bundled banknotes that have been fed out.

At this point, when all the required number of bundled bills of the denomination that has been fed out have been fed out, the control unit returns the movement guide member 369 to the standby position again and the bundled bill storage 227. The rear plate 238 of the denominations that have already been fed out of ~ 229 are also returned to the standby position. On the other hand, the control unit controls the bundled banknote transport lift 330.
, Then a bundle of banknotes of the denomination to be paid out next 227 to 2
It is moved to a bundled banknote delivery position which is a position corresponding to 29 as required.

On the other hand, if all the required number of bundled banknotes have not been fed out, the control section drives the motor 349 of the bundled banknote feeding drive section 332 again to move the sliding block 341 to the position shown in FIG. , The rear plate 238 is moved forward by this extended bundle, and then the pusher 26 is pressed again.
6, 267 is moved to the “standby position” and the next banknote bundle is fed out. In this way, when the bundled banknote transport lift 330 finally completes the fetching of all the bundled banknotes, the control unit positions the bundled banknote transport lift 330 at the height position of the upper bundled banknote storage 227. The slide shutter 19 of the bundled banknote dispensing port 17 located immediately above the bundled banknote transport lift 330 is opened. As a result, the dispensed banknotes sandwiched between the movement guide member 369 and the sandwiching plate 370 are manually taken out. When the bundled banknote presence / absence detection sensor 391 confirms that the dispensed banknote bundle sandwiched between the movement guide member 369 of the bundled banknote transport lift 330 and the sandwiching plate 370 is confirmed, the control unit closes the slide shutter 19. At the same time, the bundled bill transport lift 330 is lowered to the “standby position”.

According to the banknote handling machine configured as described above, the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 23 is configured so that the banknotes are conveyed in only the vertical direction, the front-back direction, and the combination direction of the front-back direction and the front-back direction. The width is reduced, and the bundled banknote storage 227 of the bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit 25 is classified by denomination.
To 229, the bundled banknotes are stored in such a manner that the longitudinal direction of the banknotes is aligned with the vertical direction and the thickness direction is aligned with the front-back direction, and the banknote stacks 227 to 229 are arranged so as to be stacked in the vertical direction. By providing the bundled banknote storage / dispensing unit 25, the width of the banknote stacking / dispensing unit 25 in the horizontal direction is reduced. Then, the bundled banknote storing / dispensing unit 25 is arranged next to the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23, and the banknote bundling / dispensing unit 25 and the banknote stacking / dispensing unit 25 are arranged above the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 25.
By disposing the transport unit 24, the overall width in the horizontal direction is reduced. In this way, the width in the horizontal direction can be reduced. Moreover, the bundled banknote storages 227 to 229
All have the same position in the left-right direction, the width of the bundled banknote storage / dispensing unit 25 in the horizontal direction can be minimized. Therefore, the overall width in the horizontal direction can be further reduced. Since the bundled banknote storage / dispensing unit 25 can dispense the stored bundled banknotes as necessary, it is possible to cope with the case where the bundled banknotes need to be dispensed.

In addition, the above-mentioned banknote handling machine uses the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 23 to dispense bulk banknotes and store bundled banknotes.
The dispensing processing of the bundled banknotes in the dispensing unit 25 is executed in parallel. That is, as described above, the dispensing processing of the loose banknotes in the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23 is executed only by the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23, and the dispensing processing of the bundled banknotes in the bundled banknote storing / dispensing unit 25 is a bundle. It is executed only by the bill storage / withdrawal unit 25, and these processes are executed in parallel because they do not overlap at all in the route. In this way, the disbursement processing for the loose banknotes and the disbursement processing for the bundled banknotes can be executed in parallel, so that if it becomes necessary to perform these processing at overlapping timings, both processings will be completed. It can reduce the time required for

Further, the banknote handling machine described above has a processing for dispensing bundled banknotes in the bundled banknote storing / dispensing unit 25, a bundling processing in the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 for loose banknotes sent from the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23, and The storage processing (machine management binding storage processing) in the bundled banknote storage / dispensing unit 25 is executed in parallel. That is, the withdrawal process of the bundled banknotes in the bundled banknote storage / dispensing unit 25 and the bundling process of the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 of the loose banknotes sent from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 23 do not overlap at all as a route. , These processes are executed in parallel. On the other hand, the withdrawal processing of the bundled banknotes in the bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit 25 and the storage processing with respect to the bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit 25 may overlap at the same time, so these processes are performed simultaneously. The timing will be shifted so that it is not performed. However, when the denomination for performing the withdrawal processing of the bundled banknotes in the bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit 25 and the denomination for the accommodation processing with respect to the bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit 25 are completely overlapped as a route. In some cases, these processes can be executed in parallel because they do not. In this way, the withdrawal process of the bundled banknotes and the bundling process and the storage process of the bundled banknote bundles can be executed in parallel, so that it is necessary to perform these processes at overlapping timings. The time required to complete both processes can be shortened.

Further, the banknote handling machine described above is arranged such that the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23 deposits loose banknotes, and the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24 bundles loose banknotes sent from the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23. The storage processing (machine management binding storage processing) in the dispensing unit 25 is executed in parallel. That is, the deposit processing of the loose banknotes in the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23, the bundling processing of the loose banknotes sent from the banknote depositing / dispensing unit 23 in the banknote bundling / conveying unit 24, and the storage processing in the bundled banknote storing / dispensing unit 25. Since they do not overlap at all at the root, these processes are executed in parallel. In this way, since the deposit processing of the loose banknotes and the bundling processing and the storage processing of the bundled banknotes that have been bundled can be performed in parallel, when it becomes necessary to perform these processes at overlapping timings, The time required to complete both processes can be reduced.

[0183]

As described in detail above, the first aspect of the present invention
According to the described banknote handling machine, the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit reduces the lateral width of the banknote by limiting the banknote transport direction to the vertical direction, the front-back direction, and the combined direction of the front-back direction and the front-back direction. While storing the bundled banknotes in the bundled banknote storage of the storage unit by denomination, with the longitudinal direction along the vertical direction and the thickness direction along the front-back direction,
By arranging these bundled banknote storages in the vertical direction, the width of the bundled banknote storage unit in the horizontal direction is reduced. And
By arranging a bundled banknote storage unit next to the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit and arranging the banknote bundling / conveying unit above the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit and the banknote banknote storage unit, the overall lateral width is reduced. . In this way, the width in the horizontal direction can be reduced.

According to the banknote handling machine of the second aspect of the present invention, since all the bundled banknote storages are aligned in the left-right direction, the lateral width of the banknote bundle storage unit is minimized. be able to. Therefore, the width in the lateral direction can be further reduced.

According to the banknote handling machine of the third aspect of the present invention, since the bundled banknotes stored can be dispensed as needed, it is possible to cope with the case where the dispensing of the bundled banknotes is required.

According to the banknote handling machine of the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the dispensing processing of the loose banknotes and the dispensing processing of the bundled banknotes can be executed in parallel, the timing of overlapping these processings The time required to complete both processes can be shortened when it becomes necessary to perform the above process.

According to the banknote handling machine of the fifth aspect of the present invention, the withdrawal process of the bundled banknotes, the bundling process, and the storing process of the bundled banknotes can be executed in parallel. When it becomes necessary to perform these processes at overlapping timings, the time required to complete both processes can be shortened.

According to the bill processor of claim 6 of the present invention, the depositing process of the loose banknotes, the bundling process and the storing process of the bundled banknotes can be executed in parallel. When it becomes necessary to perform the above processes at overlapping timings, the time required to complete both processes can be shortened.

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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a banknote handling machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a conveyance path diagram at the time of <payment processing> of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a conveyance path diagram at the time of <payment processing> of the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a conveyance path diagram at the time of <replenishment processing> of the bill depositing / dispensing unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a conveyance path diagram at the time of <collection processing> of the bill depositing / dispensing unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a conveyance path diagram of the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit according to the same embodiment at the time of <local management bundling processing>.

FIG. 8 is a conveyance path diagram of the banknote pay-in / pay-out unit according to the same embodiment at the time of <machine management binding storage processing>.

FIG. 9 is a view showing an arrangement configuration of each sensor and a standby position of each unit in the bill storing and feeding unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory view showing one state when the near-full sensor does not detect the accumulated banknotes during the depositing process of the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory view showing another state when the near-full sensor does not detect the stacked banknotes during the depositing process of the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an operation explanatory view showing still another state when the near-full sensor does not detect the stacked banknotes during the deposit processing of the same embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an operation explanatory view of one state when the near full sensor detects a stacked banknote during the deposit processing of the same embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an operation explanatory diagram of another state when the near-full sensor detects the accumulated banknotes during the deposit processing of the same embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an operation explanatory view showing still another state when the near-full sensor detects the stacked banknotes during the depositing process of the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is an operation explanatory view showing still another state when the near-full sensor detects the accumulated banknotes during the depositing process of the embodiment.

FIG. 17 is an operation explanatory diagram showing still another state when the near-full sensor detects the accumulated banknotes during the depositing process of the embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a side sectional view mainly showing a schematic configuration of a banknote bundling unit of the banknote bundling / conveying unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration mainly of a bundled banknote transport / sorting unit of the banknote bundling / transportation unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a front view of the machine when the first banknote pay-in / pay-out box is swung approximately 90 degrees from the state shown in FIG. 19 in the banknote stacking distribution unit of the banknote stacking distribution unit of the same embodiment. Configuration diagram.

FIG. 21 is a cross-sectional view showing the schematic configuration of the bundled bill sorting unit of the embodiment, assuming the state shown in FIG. 20.

22 is a cross-sectional view mainly showing the configuration of the first bundled banknote pay-in / pay-out box of the embodiment, assuming the state shown in FIG. 20.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a swivel drive mechanism unit of a bundled banknote sorting unit on the assumption that the first bundled banknote pay-in / pay-out box of the embodiment is in FIG. 20.

FIG. 24 is a view showing a state of the turning drive mechanism section when the first bundled banknote pay-in / pay-out box of the embodiment is moved to the front of the machine (standby position) from the state shown in FIG. 23.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a moving state of a rotation shaft that supports the conveyor belt when the first bundled banknote pay-in / pay-out box of the embodiment has rotated by a predetermined amount.

FIG. 26 is a plan view showing a configuration in a “standby position” for turning a placing member mainly for placing a fractional bill and a sandwiching member of the fractional bill transporting unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 27 is a sectional view showing a state of each part in the state of FIG. 26 of the fractional bill transporting unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a state of each part when the fractional bill transport unit of the same embodiment is moved from the “standby position” shown in FIG. 26 to the “fractional bill receipt position” for receiving fractional bills.

FIG. 29 is a plan view showing a configuration in a “standby position” for opening and closing a placing member for mainly placing a fractional bill and a sandwiching member of the fractional bill transporting unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 30 is a cross-sectional view showing a state of each unit in the state of FIG. 29 of the fractional bill transporting unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 31 is a plan view showing a configuration for opening and closing a placing member and a sandwiching member that mainly place a fractional bill in the fractional bill transporting unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 32 is a cross-sectional view showing a state of each unit in the state of FIG. 31 of the fractional bill transporting unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 33 is a plan view showing a configuration for opening and closing a placing member and a sandwiching member that mainly place a fractional bill in the fractional bill transporting unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 34 is a cross-sectional view showing a state of each unit in the state of FIG. 33 of the fractional bill transporting unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 35 is a plan view showing a configuration at a “fractional bill receiving position” for opening and closing a placing member mainly for placing a fractional bill and a sandwiching member of the fractional bill transporting unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 36 is a sectional view showing a state of each part in the state of FIG. 35 of the fractional bill transporting unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 37 is a diagram illustrating a case where a bundled banknote is distributed from the second conveyor to the bundled banknote sorting unit during the “local management bundling process” and the “machine management bundling storage process” of the bundled banknote transport sorting unit according to the embodiment; Operation explanatory view showing the state.

FIG. 38 is a bundle banknote storage / withdrawal unit in which the bundled banknote distribution unit transfers the bundled banknotes transferred from the second transport unit in the “machine management bundling storage process” of the bundled banknote transport distribution unit of the same embodiment; FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view showing a state of receiving waves.

FIG. 39 is a schematic diagram showing a “local management bundling process” of the bundled banknote conveying / sorting unit according to the embodiment, in which the bundled banknote sorting unit transfers the bundled bills transferred from the second conveying unit to the outside of the machine through the bundled bill discharging port. Operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows the state at the time of discharging.

FIG. 40 shows a state where the fractional banknote transport unit has moved to the “fractional banknote receiving position” where the fractional banknote transport unit receives the fractional banknotes from the first transport unit in the “local management bundling process” of the bundled banknote transport sorting unit according to the embodiment. FIG.

FIG. 41 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit of the embodiment.

42 is a plan sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a bundled banknote storage case of the bundled banknote storage / dispensing unit of the embodiment. FIG.

FIG. 43 is a front view showing the configuration of a bundled bill feeding mechanism that feeds a bundled bill stored in the bundled bill storage of the embodiment.

FIG. 44 is a side sectional view of FIG. 43.

FIG. 45 is a configuration diagram showing an arrangement configuration of a denomination-type bundled bill storage and a bundled bill sorting storage unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 46 is a plan view showing a configuration of a bundled banknote transport lift of the bundled banknote dispensing unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 47 is a front partial cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a bundled banknote feeding drive unit provided in the bundled banknote transport lift according to the embodiment.

FIG. 48 is a side sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a bundled bill feeding drive unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 49 is a side sectional view showing a configuration for driving the movement guide member of the bundled bill receiving unit provided in the bundled bill transport lift of the embodiment.

FIG. 50 is a side sectional view showing a configuration for moving a sandwiching plate provided in the bundled bill transport lift of the embodiment.

FIG. 51 is a “machine management binding storage process” of the embodiment.
In FIG. 6, an operation explanatory diagram showing a state of the flow of the bundled banknotes from the first bundled banknote input / output box to the second bundled banknote input / output box to the bundled banknote storage of the bundled banknote sorting unit.

FIG. 52 is a “machine management binding storage process” of the embodiment.
FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view showing another state of the flow of bundled banknotes from the first bundled banknote input / output box to the second bundled banknote input / output box to the bundled banknote storage of the bundled banknote sorting unit.

FIG. 53 is a “machine management binding storage process” of the embodiment.
FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view showing one state when the bundled banknotes are stored in the bundled banknote storage.

FIG. 54 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a state when the bundled banknotes are pushed out from the bundled banknote storage to the bundled banknote transport lift in the “bundle banknote dispensing process” of the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

23 banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 24 banknote bundling / conveying units 227 to 229 bundled banknote storage 25 bundled banknote storage / withdrawal unit (bundle banknote storage unit)

Continuation of the front page (72) Minoru Yamazaki 1-12-6 Higashitabata, Kita-ku, Tokyo Laurel Seiki Co., Ltd. Tokyo Research Laboratory (72) Inventor Masashi Oba 1-12-6 Higashitabata, Kita-ku, Tokyo Laurel Seiki Co., Ltd. Tokyo Laboratory (72) Inventor Yasuhiro Onodera 1-12-6 Higashitabata, Kita-ku, Tokyo Laurel Seiki Co., Ltd. Tokyo Laboratory (72) Inventor Ken Nogami 1-chome, Kita-ku, Tokyo No. 12-6 Laurel Seiki Co., Ltd. Tokyo Research Laboratory (56) Reference JP-A-10-255094 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65H 83/00 G07D 9 / 00 401

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A banknote depositing / dispensing unit for depositing and storing the inserted banknotes and, if necessary, dispensing the stored banknotes, and binding a predetermined number of banknotes sent from the banknote depositing / dispensing unit. A banknote handling machine including a banknote bundling / conveying unit for carrying and bundling the bundled banknotes, and a banknote banknote storage unit for storing the banknote banknotes bundled by the banknote bundling / transfer unit in a banknote banknote storage box of a denomination In the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit, the banknote transport direction is only the vertical direction, the front-back direction, and the vertical front-rear combination direction, and the banknote banknote storage unit is a banknote banknote storage of the denomination type, respectively. The bundled banknotes are stored with their longitudinal direction along the up-down direction and their thickness direction along the front-back direction, and these banknote stacks are arranged vertically. Are arranged side by side next to the banknote depositing / dispensing unit, the banknote bundling / conveying unit is arranged above the banknote depositing / dispensing unit and the banknote stacking unit, and the posture of the bundled banknotes is bundled. The banknote processing machine is characterized in that the longitudinal direction is changed in the vertical direction and the thickness direction is changed in the front-back direction. 2. The banknote handling machine according to claim 1, wherein all of the banknote banknote storages of the denominations have the same position in the left-right direction. 3. The banknote handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the bundled banknote storage unit is capable of dispensing the stored banknote bundles as needed. 4. The withdrawal process of individual banknotes in the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit and the withdrawal process of bundled banknotes in the bundled banknote storage unit can be executed in parallel. The described banknote handling machine. 5. A bundled banknote dispensing process in the bundled banknote storage unit, a bundling process in the banknote bundling / conveying unit of the loose banknotes sent from the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit, and a storage process in the bundled banknote storage unit. 5. The banknote handling machine according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that and can be executed in parallel. 6. Depositing processing of the loose banknotes in the bill depositing / dispensing unit, binding processing of the loose banknotes sent from the bill depositing / dispensing unit in the banknote bundling / conveying unit, and storage processing in the bundled banknote storage unit. 6. The banknote handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the banknote processing machine and the banknote processing machine can be executed in parallel.