JP3399761B2 - Banknote handling machine - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention
The banknotes are separated and fed one by one, and a predetermined process such as counting is performed.
The present invention relates to a bill processing machine. 2. Description of the Related Art Separately inserted bills are separated one by one.
A bill processing machine that performs predetermined processes such as payout and counting
For example, disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-251487.
There is something. This banknote handling machine has an open
When banknotes are fed into the rotating part via the
After the is closed, the rotating part rotates and the bills are
It is sent to the separation counting section. In this separation counting section,
After the bills are separated and counted one by one, the bill recognition unit
In the first stacking unit, the banknotes discriminated as good
To the second stacking unit,
Guided and accumulated. And the banknotes that were identified as bad
Is again sent to the separation and counting unit via the rotating unit and re-discriminated.
Will be done. [0003] Here, a bank clerk, etc.
General people deal with a dedicated teller machine
In automatic machines handling, the alignment of bills to be deposited is questionable.
It becomes a title. That is, in general, in a dedicated teller machine
The teller considers the characteristics of the device itself and efficiently
In order to be loaded into the device, the bills to be deposited must be
We know that we need to align
Process, but ordinary people should deposit
If you do not know that banknotes need to be pre-aligned
In many cases, they are thrown in without being aligned.
When inserted without being aligned in this way, the inserted banknotes
It took more time than necessary to separate
In the worst case, separate and feed out the inserted banknotes
Can remain and cause errors.
Was. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to separate inserted bills.
When separating and feeding out in the machine,
If an error occurs, automatically clear this error status
It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote processing machine capable of performing such operations. [0004] To achieve the above object,
Therefore, the banknote processing machine of the present invention
Sent to the gold counting section and separated at the deposit counting section one by one
And the deposit counting section is arranged in the upper and lower directions.
Paper in the transport direction
One that is provided so that it can approach and separate
A pair of belt bodies and the paper received between them
Supporting portion that supports bills from below and has a payout port
An outlet shutter that can open and close the outlet;
Separate banknotes introduced from the exit one by one and pay out
A separating and feeding section for performing a separating and feeding operation;
A detecting unit for detecting the state of separation and feeding of banknotes;
During the separation and feeding operation of the exit unit, the detection unit detects
If it is determined that the separation / delivery state is abnormal,
While stopping the separation and feeding operation of the
The bills that exist between them with the
Move up and close the outlet with the outlet shutter
After closing, the pair of belts are separated from each other to
Release, and then move the pair of belts
And hold the banknotes, and feed the bills with the payout shutter.
After opening the mouth, the separation and feeding operation is restarted at the separation and feeding section.
And a control unit for opening. This
As a result, the control unit detects during the separation and feeding operation of the separation and feeding unit.
It is determined that there is an abnormality in the bill
When it is set, the separation and feeding operation is stopped and a pair of
The bills between them are clamped by the belt
To move it upward and close the outlet with the outlet shutter.
And then separate the pair of belts from each other to release the
Remove. Then, the bill between the pair of belt bodies falls on the support portion.
The lower end of each banknote is supported by the impact
Along with the irregularity is easily eliminated
Become. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Paper according to one embodiment of the present invention
The banknote handling machine will be described below with reference to FIGS.
In addition, the banknote processing machine of this embodiment performs only payment.
It is a banknote deposit machine, and the bill is
The transport is performed with the direction along the transport direction.
You. [0006] A transaction port 12 is provided on the front surface 11a side of the machine body 11.
The inside of the airframe 11 on the trading port 12 side
If it can be rotated around the support shaft 13 along the right direction,
The fixed side drive belt 16 and the fixed side
Can be approached / separated while being parallel to the drive belt 16
The movable side driven belt 17 provided in the
A substantially cylindrical transaction drum 14 is provided.
The transaction drum 14 has an operation to operate it while controlling it.
A pulling drum mechanism 14A (see FIG. 2) is provided. Taking
A trading port that can be opened and closed between the pulling drum 14 and the trading port 12
A shutter 15 is provided.
, A transaction port shutter mechanism that operates while controlling this
15A (see FIG. 2). And the deposit office
Operation is performed by an operator (not shown) by the operator to perform
When the integrated control unit 10 (see FIG. 2)
The transaction port shutter 15 is opened by the mechanism 15A. You
Then, the trading drum 14 is separated from the trading port 12.
Between the movable side driven belt 17 and the fixed side drive belt 16
And the operator moves the bill along the longitudinal direction in the front-rear direction.
Then, they are placed in an integrated state. [0007] When the bills are placed in this way, the total
The control unit 10 controls the transaction drum mechanism 14A to
14 movable side driven belt 17 to fixed side drive belt 16
To move the paper money between the fixed side drive belt 16 and
In this state, the fixed drive belt 1
6 can be moved via the pinched bill by driving
Crossed the transaction port 12 while rotating the side driven belt 17
Banknotes placed in the transaction drum 14
Will be captured. And the import is completed
Then, the integrated control unit 10 sends the transaction port shutter mechanism 15A
After closing the trading port shutter 15, the trading drum machine
The trading drum 14 is moved in a predetermined direction by the structure 14A (see FIG. 1).
(In the counterclockwise direction). [0008] Immediately below the trading drum 14, as described above,
A fixed drive belt 16 is driven from the rotating transaction drum 14.
By being moved, the fixed side drive belt 16 and the movable side
When the banknotes are sent out at once by the driven belt 17,
A payment counting unit 19 for taking in is provided.
Unit 19 includes a deposit counting unit that operates while controlling it.
A structure 19A (see FIG. 2) is provided. Deposit counting unit 1
9 accepts bills from trading drum 14
Fixed side drive belt (belt body) 20 and the fixed side
The drive belt 20 is parallel to and close to the drive belt 20.
The driven side driven belt (belt body) 21 is
Are arranged along the transport direction
In addition, the deposit counting section 19 is provided with these fixed side drive belts.
Paper fed between the belt 20 and the movable driven belt 21
Supports banknotes from below and one fixed drive belt
20 side, specifically, between the fixed side drive belt 20.
A horizontally disposed support portion 23 having an outlet 23a;
The opening 23a can be opened and closed, and a part thereof is
3. An outlet shutter 22, which is substantially flush with the shutter 3, and below it.
Side and substantially at the lowermost position of the fuselage 11,
Separate banknotes introduced from 3a one by one and pay out
Dispensing roller 24a and separating roller for performing separation and dispensing operation
24b. What
At the time of separating and feeding, the feeding roller 24a comes into contact with the bill.
Rotate so that the side moves in the direction of paying out the banknote, and separate
The roller 24b moves in the direction in which the bill contact side draws out the bill.
Rotate to move in the opposite direction. Then, the general control unit 10 controls the deposit counting unit 1
9, the movable side driven belt 2 with respect to the fixed side drive belt 20
1 and the outlet 23 a with the outlet shutter 22.
In the closed state, taking in banknotes from the trading drum 14
At the predetermined timing.
A, the movable side driven belt 21 is fixed to the fixed side drive belt 20.
In the direction of
Hold the inserted bill and drive the fixed drive belt 20.
With the movement, it is taken into the deposit counting section 19. And the exit
Open the shutter 22 and drive the fixed drive belt 20.
That kicks the bills in contact with it down.
, The banknote kicked out by the lower separating and feeding unit 24
Separate the sheets one by one and send them out while counting
become. The deposit counting section 19 is provided with a
Behind the fuselage 11, along the lowest position of the fuselage
The banknotes sent out one by one from the separation feeding unit 24.
In the width direction perpendicular to the transport direction (
Width-adjusting transport unit that aligns one edge side in the crossing direction)
27. Further, the deposit counting section 19 calculates the width
At the upper side of the rear end of the shift transport section 27, the width is adjusted by the width shift transport section 27.
Bill discriminating unit 2 for discriminating bills conveyed after being brought
Eight. In the bill validator 28, the authenticity of the bill
And the denomination are determined, and the general control unit 10
28 will be calculated based on the results of the 28 discriminations.
You. [0011] In addition, the deposit counting section 19 includes the bill discriminating section 2.
On the upper side of 8, the bills that have been discriminated by the bill discriminating section 28 are displayed.
And a bent conveying section 30 for conveying the sheet.
0 is arranged on the front surface 11a side of the body 11
Banknotes are selectively applied to the first stacking unit 32 and the second stacking unit 33
The first branch part 34 and the second branch part 35 for carrying
Have. That is, the general control unit 10 includes the bill validating unit
The bills discriminated from those other than the true bills in 28 are bent and transported.
It is transported by the feeding unit 30 and is provided
And guided into the first stacking unit 32 by the first branching unit 34
The bill is discriminated temporarily by the bill validator 28.
The banknotes discriminated from the banknotes are transported by the bending transport section 30.
And the second branch 35 provided at the final position.
Guided and sent to the second stacking unit 33 for temporary storage
Will be. The first accumulation unit 32 and the second accumulation unit 33
Both have substantially the same configuration, and the first accumulation unit 32
One side is the first branching section 34, and the second stacking section 33 is one side thereof.
With the side facing the second branch portion 35,
The other side is directed toward the trading drum 14 and the trading
The bill can be transferred to and from the ram 14.
You. Here, the second accumulation unit 33 is located above the first accumulation unit 32.
Are arranged substantially horizontally, and the first accumulation unit 32 is located below the first accumulation unit 32.
4 with respect to the horizontal so that the transaction drum 14 side is on the upper side
It is arranged at an angle of 5 degrees. And the first collection
The stacking unit 32 and the second stacking unit 33 are each
Close to the moving belt 36 and the fixed side driving belt 36
・ A pair of movable side driven belts 37 that can be separated are paired.
Oriented. Here, the movable side driven belt 37 is
The fixed-side drive belt 36 is disposed on the lower side. Each of the bent conveyance sections 30 has
In the mouth, the rear end of the bill to be conveyed is a fixed drive belt 3.
An impeller 38 for knocking down in the direction of 6 is provided.
A holding member 39 swings above the fixed side driving belt 36.
It is provided freely. This holding member 39 is movable
The driven belt 37 is separated from the fixed side drive belt 36.
In this state, the banknote is moved to the fixed side drive belt 36 and the movable side.
Retracts upward while guided between driven belts 37
The fixed-side drive belt 36 and the movable-side driven belt 37
The trailing end of the bill guided in between passes through the impeller 38.
Guided by swinging downwards in accordance with the imming
Align the trailing edge of the banknote. This is controlled by the first accumulation unit 32.
The first stacking mechanism 32A operated while being controlled (see FIG. 2).
Is provided in the second accumulation unit 33.
A second stacking mechanism 33A (see FIG. 2) that operates while
Have been killed. The first accumulation unit 32 or the second accumulation unit 33
When transferring bills to the transaction drum 14, the general control unit 1
0 receives the transaction drum 14 by the transaction drum mechanism 14A.
In a state where the first stacking unit mechanism is located at the rotation position where it can be transferred,
32A or the second stacking unit mechanism 33A to receive bills.
It may have been separated from the fixed drive belt 36 at the time of insertion.
The moving side driven belt 37 is moved in the direction of the fixed side driving belt 36.
To hold the bill between the fixed side drive belt 36 and
After that, the fixed side drive belt 36 is driven to hold the
The movable side driven belt 37 is rotated through the bill
While moving the bills to the transaction drum 14 side
Make the delivery. Here, the general control unit 10 is a first separator.
After the completion of the number and discrimination processing, the banknote discrimination unit 28 checks the true banknotes.
It is discriminated that it is not, and it is sent to the first accumulation unit 32 and temporarily stored.
After the transferred bills are transferred to the transaction drum 14,
Separate counting and counting for this banknote
And perform discrimination. And this is another true discrimination
The bill was discriminated as not a bill and sent to the first stacking unit 32
The banknote is transferred to the transaction drum 14 and the transaction port is shut.
After opening the table 15, the fixed drive belt of the transaction drum 14
16 and the movable side driven belt 17
Will be returned in bulk. In addition, the bill returned to the transaction port 12
Is left in the trading port 12 for a predetermined time, the integrated control unit 10
Is a paper on the trading drum 14 by the trading drum mechanism 14A.
After taking in the banknotes, the transaction port on the front side 11a
12 in the forgotten storage section 41 provided below
Send it directly, or separate and count and discriminate again
The first stacking unit 32 and the
And directly into the forgotten storage unit 41 via the transaction drum 14
Collect by sending. Then, in the first separation counting and discrimination processing,
When there is no bill sent to the first stacking unit 32, and again
Either when the separation and counting of
However, the general control unit 10 temporarily stores the data in the second accumulation unit 33.
The deposit amount of the accepted depositable banknote is displayed on the display unit (not shown)
As well as approving payment storage for the operator
A display for selecting whether to return without depositing is performed. this
Thus, the general control unit 10 controls the transaction drum mechanism 14A.
If the operator performs an instruction operation to return,
While returning the transaction port 12 via the ram 14,
When the author performs an instruction operation to approve the transaction Drum 1
4, the banknote is sent to the deposit counting section 19,
The bill is again separated by the separating and feeding unit 24 by the mechanism 19A.
Separated sheet by sheet, the width-adjusting transport section 27, the bill validating section 2
8 and the bent transport unit 30
30 from the second branch portion 35 to the rear surface 11 b side of the fuselage 11.
The upper and lower long safe 43 is guided. Receiving the incoming safe 43 on the side of the bent transport section 30
In the mouth 44, the rear end of the bill to be conveyed is knocked down.
A towing impeller 45 is provided.
The mounting plate (support) that extends horizontally and moves up and down
Holding plate) 46 is provided. This mounting plate 46 is
On the upper side, paper fed from the receiving port 44 along a substantially horizontal direction
Banks are stored while stacking banknotes in the vertical direction.
It is movable along the stacking direction of bills, that is, in the vertical direction.
And the topmost position of the stored bills is constant
The supporting position is controlled as described above. On the upper side of the placing plate 46 of the deposit box 43,
The even member 47 is swingably provided. This hold
The member 47 is in the middle of the bill being guided into the safe 43.
Is retracted upward, and the trailing end of the bill guided into the in-box 43
Part in accordance with the timing of passing through the impeller 45
The swinging drive is performed to align the rear ends of the guided bills. Entering
The safe 43 has an input safe mechanism that operates while controlling it.
43A (see FIG. 2) is provided. Next, FIG. 2 shows the deposit counting mechanism 19A.
Will be further described mainly with reference to FIG. Deposit counting mechanism 19A
The branching method of the above-described bill validating unit 28 and the first branching unit 34
The first gate solenoid 51 for switching the direction
A second gate source for switching the branch direction of the two branch section 35
In addition to the solenoid 52, the movable driven belt 21 is fixedly driven.
Belt moving mode for moving toward and away from the moving belt 20
And a belt for rotating the fixed-side drive belt 20 forward and reverse.
Open / close drive of the tilt conveyance motor 54 and the feed-out shutter 22
And a feed outlet shutter solenoid 55 for
In addition, the separating and feeding unit 24 to the width-adjusting transport unit 27, the bill validating unit
The first stacking section 32,
2 To transport bills to the stacking unit 33 or the deposit box 43
That drives the belts and rollers that make up the transport path
And a belt motor 56. In addition, the deposit counting mechanism 19A includes a transport
The power of the tilt motor 56 is supplied to the feeding roller 2 of the separation / feeding unit 24.
Transmission state transmitted to 4a and transmission not transmitted
The delivery roller 24a is stopped in the release state and the transmission release state.
Electromagnetic clutch / brake that switches between stop and stop states
Key 57 and an electromagnetic clutch / brake
Dispensing for control of 57 and monitoring the state of dispensing and dispensing of bills
Detects bills that are placed immediately after the rollers 24a and fed out.
The delivery detection sensor (detection unit) 58 that emits,
Deposit counting unit mechanism 1 arranged at a predetermined position as required
Various banknote detection sensors 59 related to 9A and deposit counting unit
CPU (control unit) 60 for controlling the operation of each part of the structure 19A
And a program and a program for operating the deposit counting mechanism 19A.
ROM6 in which data for discriminating bills and the like are stored.
1 and counting of denominations based on the discrimination result of the bill discrimination unit 28
And a RAM 62 for storing values and the like. Next, the operation of the above bill processing machine will be described.
I will tell. An operation is performed on an operation unit (not shown) to perform a deposit process.
When the integrated control unit 10 is operated, the transaction port shutter mechanism 15A
To open the transaction port shutter 15 and insert bills
And And between the trading port 12 and the trading drum 14
When the banknote is placed over the banknote, the general control unit 10
The movable side driven drum of the transaction drum 14 is
Between the belt 17 and the fixed side drive belt 16
Then, the fixed-side drive belt 16 is driven to
The bills are completely taken into the transaction drum 14 in a lump.
When the capture is completed, the transaction port shutter mechanism 1
After closing the trading port shutter 15 by 5A,
The drum 14 is rotated 90 degrees in a predetermined direction. Next, the transaction is performed by the transaction drum mechanism 14A.
The fixed side drive belt 16 of the drum 14 is driven to
The banknote is sent out to the deposit counting unit 19 in a lump. Soshi
Then, the general control unit 10 sends a deposit total to the deposit counting unit mechanism 19A.
Outputs a command to perform numerical processing. Then the deposit counting section
The CPU 60 of the mechanism 19A outputs a bill from the transaction drum 14.
It is detected by the various bill detection sensors 59 that a predetermined amount has been sent out.
When it comes out, the belt moving motor 53 is driven to
Moving the moving belt 21 in the direction of the fixed drive belt 20;
After holding the bill between the fixed drive belt 20 and
The fixed drive belt 20 is driven by the belt transport motor 54.
To be completely taken into the deposit counting section 19. Soshi
When this capture is completed,
The opening shutter 22 is opened by the id 55, and the belt is conveyed.
The feed motor 54 is driven to rotate the fixed side drive belt 20.
The bills in contact with the bills downward from the outlet 23a.
Kicks out and drives the conveyor belt motor 56
The transfer belt motor 56 is provided with an electromagnetic clutch / brake.
57, the feeding section 24 of the separation feeding section 24 in the power transmission state.
Roller 24a and the separation roller 24b.
Separated bills are separated one by one and detected by the feeding detection sensor 58.
A separate feeding operation is performed, in which feeding is performed while feeding. What
In addition, during this separation and feeding operation, fixed to kick out
Side drive belt 20 and a belt transport mode for driving the belt
The filter 54 constitutes a part of the separation and feeding section 24.
You. Further, the CPU 6 of the deposit counting mechanism 19A
0 is a transport base for the bills fed from the separating / feeding unit 24.
By the drive of the tilt motor 56, the width shifting transport unit 27 shifts the width.
The bill is discriminated by the bill discriminating unit 28.
And transported in the bending transport section 30 while discriminating the denomination.
Let Here, the CPU 60 determines that the bill validating unit 28
Banknotes discriminated from non-banknotes are transferred to Gate 1 Solenoi
The first branching unit 34 controls the first stacking unit 32
Will be stored and discriminated from the true bill by the discrimination unit 28
The bills thus obtained are transferred to the first gate solenoid 51 and the second gate solenoid.
From the second branch portion 35 under the control of the heat solenoid 52.
It is stored in the stacking unit 33 temporarily. Then, the integrated control unit 10 performs the first separation.
After completion of the counting and discrimination processing, the bill validating unit 28
It is discriminated that it is not a bill, and is temporarily stored in the first accumulation unit 32.
Bills, the first stacking unit mechanism 32A and the transaction drum mechanism
14A to the transaction drum 14 from the first accumulation unit 32
After letting it pass, again, only for this bill, as above
To perform separation counting and discrimination. And this
Even if it is discriminated again, it is discriminated that it is not a true banknote and the first accumulation
The banknote sent to the unit 32, the first stacking unit mechanism 32A and
Transfer to trading drum 14 by trading drum mechanism 14A
The transaction port shutter mechanism 15A
15 is opened and then traded by the trade drum mechanism 14A.
The drum 14 is returned to the transaction port 12 at a time. Here, in the first separation counting and discrimination processing,
When there is no bill sent to the first stacking unit 32, and again
Either when the separation and counting of
Even if there is, the general control unit 10 determines the discrimination result of the bill discrimination unit 28.
The second accumulation unit 33 stored in the RAM 62 based on
Display not shown of deposit amount of depositable banknotes temporarily stored
Display on the section. Then, the operator instructs to return
When the operation is performed, the second stacking mechanism 33A and the trading drum machine
By the structure 14A, from the second stacking unit 33 via the transaction drum 14
Is returned to the transaction port 12 while the operator approves it.
When the instruction operation to perform the
The banknote is sent to the deposit counting section 19 via the
Again, the separating and feeding section 24, the width-shifting transport section 27, and the discriminating section 28
And transported via the bent transport section 30 to the first gate
Control of the solenoid 51 and the second gate solenoid 52
It is guided to the safe 43 from the second branch 35 and the safe mechanism 4
It is stored in the safe 43 by 3A. Here, the bill processing machine of this embodiment is
The CPU 60 of the deposit counting section 19 is set
Separating and dispensing operation for dispensing banknotes toward the shift transport unit 27
In the working state, the feeding roller 24 in the bill conveying direction
is detected by the feed-out detection sensor 58 disposed downstream of
From the information on the banknotes that have
Is compared with the reference data stored in the ROM 61.
And monitoring by. For example, the bill payout interval (one
The upstream end of the bill in the transport direction and the upstream end of the next bill
If the detection interval is a predetermined interval, an abnormality is detected.
If it is determined that there is no, and the payout interval exceeds the predetermined interval
Is determined to be abnormal, and the pay-out interval is
Abnormality occurs when the number of times exceeding the interval becomes the specified multiple times
Is determined. The CPU 60 controls the feeding detection sensor 5
It is determined that the separation and feeding state of the banknote is abnormal by the detection of No. 8.
Then, the belt conveying motor 54 is stopped to drive the fixed side.
Stopping the belt 20 and the electromagnetic clutch / brake
The power of the conveyor belt motor 56 is fed out by the
Roller 24a is stopped without transmitting to roller 24a.
Switch to the stop state. In this way, the separation
The separation / delivery operation by the delivery unit 24 is stopped. With this
To the fixed drive belt 20 and the movable driven belt 21
Therefore, the state where the bills that exist between them are sandwiched
Then, the fixed side drive belt 20 is moved in the opposite direction to the time of bill feeding.
Predetermine belt transport motor 54 to rotate
Driven for the specified time, and collectively pull up the clamped bills by the specified amount
Move to Then, the feed-out shutter solenoid 55
The shutter 23 closes the outlet 23a.
Thereafter, the belt drive motor 53 causes the fixed drive belt 20 to
Release the movable belt 21 to release the bill
I do. Thereafter, the movable side driven belt is attached to the fixed side drive belt 20.
The bill 21 again to hold the bills,
Feeding outlet at the feeding shutter 22 by the tta solenoid 55
23a, the fixed drive belt 20 is
While being rotated in the feeding direction by the transport motor 54,
The electromagnetic clutch / brake 57 is
Power is transmitted to the feeding roller 24a of the separation / feeding unit 24
As a transmission state to be performed, the separation and feeding operation is performed by the separation and feeding unit 24.
Will be restarted. As described above, the CPU 6 of the deposit counting section 19
0 indicates that the banknote separation and feeding operation is being performed during the separation and feeding operation of the separation and feeding unit 24.
If it is determined that there is an abnormality in the feeding state, the separation and feeding operation is stopped.
And a pair of fixed side drive belts 20 and
Banknotes existing between these by the moving side driven belt 21
Is moved upward while being clamped, and
After closing the outlet 23a, the pair of fixed-side drive belts 2
0 and the movable-side driven belt 21 are separated from each other to
The clamping will be released. Thereby, a pair of fixed side
Banknote between drive belt 20 and movable side driven belt 21
Is a support portion 23 or a feed-out port which is arranged on substantially the same plane.
It will fall by its own weight toward a part of the shutter 22.
The impact causes the lower end of each banknote to fall into the support
The irregularities along the upper plane of a part of the exit shutter 22
Eliminated or easily eliminated. Therefore,
At the time of the separating and feeding operation of the separating and feeding unit 24 restarted after
Banknotes are surely separated and fed out one by one.
You. In the above description, the fixed side conveyor belt 20 is used.
The paper currency is kicked out toward the feeding roller 24a.
The fixed-side conveyor belt 20 forms a part of the separation feeding section 24.
Although the description has been made by taking the case where
A kicking roller may be separately provided between the feeding roller 24a.
In this case, the fixed side conveyor belt 20 is
4 and does not constitute a part of the
A part of it. As described in detail above, the banknote processing of the present invention
According to the machine, the control unit operates during the separation and feeding operation of the separation and feeding unit.
If the detection and detection of the detection unit indicates that the bill
When the judgment is made, the separation and feeding operation is stopped and
The bills between them are clamped by the belt
With the outlet shutter closed.
After that, the pair of belts are separated from each other to
To release. Then, the bill between the pair of belt bodies is
It will be dropped, and the lower end of each bill will be supported by the impact
The irregularities along the part are eliminated or easily eliminated
It becomes. Therefore, the separation feeding section restarted after that
During the separation and feeding operation, bills are surely separated one by one and
Will be sent out.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing the entire configuration of a banknote handling machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control system of the banknote handling machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Description of Signs] 19 Receipt counting section 20 Fixed-side drive belt (belt body) 21 Movable-side drive belt (belt body) 22 Feed-out shutter 23 Support section 23a Feed-out port 24 Separation section 58 Feed-out detection sensor (detection section) 60 CPU (Control unit)

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-2-270095 (JP, A) JP-A-62-186394 (JP, A) JP-A-8-282876 (JP, A) JP-A-62-196234 (JP, A) JP-A-61-263545 (JP, A) JP-A-60-251487 (JP, A) JP-A-3-12824 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB Name) B65H 3/62 B65H 5/02 G07D 9/00 403

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims 1] In a banknote handling machine which sends bills fed in a lump to a deposit counting section, and separates and feeds them one by one in the deposit counting section, the deposit counting section is A pair of belt members which are arranged along the transport direction in the vertical direction and receive bills between each other, and which are provided so as to be able to approach and separate from each other; and support the bills received between these belt members from below. And a support unit having a feeding port, a feeding shutter capable of opening and closing the feeding port, and a separating / feeding unit for performing a feeding operation that separates and feeds bills introduced from the feeding port one by one. A detecting unit that detects a state of the bill being separated and extended in the separation and dispensing unit; and determining that the separation and dispensing state of the bill is abnormal by detecting the detection unit during the separation and dispensing operation of the separation and dispensing unit. After the separation and feeding operation of the parts is stopped, the bills existing between them are moved upward in a sandwiched state by the pair of belt bodies, and the feeding shutter is closed by the feeding shutter. The bills are released by separating the bodies from each other, then the pair of belt members are brought close to each other to clamp the bills, and the payout shutter is opened to open the payout port, and then separated into the separating / feeding section. A bill processing machine comprising: a control unit configured to restart a feeding operation.