JP3478006B2 - Paper processing equipment and transaction processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to, for example, paper sheets such as banknotes handled by a ticket vending machine and a checkout machine for a passenger ticket in a transportation business, an automatic teller machine in a financial business, and various other papers. The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus and a transaction processing apparatus that process leaves.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A bill processing device of a ticket vending machine (transaction processing device) that handles bills as an example of paper sheets will be described.
Conventionally, there is a device shown in FIG. In this device, a discriminating section 2 for discriminating the authenticity and denomination of a bill is connected to a stage subsequent to a bill slot 1, and a conveying path 3 formed by a conveyor belt, a conveying roller and the like is connected to a stage subsequent to the discriminating unit 2. ,
Thousand yen cassettes 4, 5000 yen cassettes 5 and 10,000 yen cassettes 6 for accumulating banknotes of the denominations to be handled are connected, and the banknotes inserted into the transport path 3 are traded for each denomination. Thousand yen holding part 7, 5,000 yen holding part 8 and 10,000 yen holding part 9 are connected as a primary holding part for holding until the change is released to the 5,000 yen holding part 8 The discharge port 10 is connected.

Further, on the bill take-in side of each of the cassettes 4, 5 and 6 described above, a temporary holding unit 1 as a secondary holding unit for holding the taken bills until the next customer starts trading.
1, 12 and 13 are formed, and further, stacking parts 14, 15 and 16 for stacking the banknotes stored in the temporary storage parts 11, 12 and 13 are formed on the upper or lower part in the vertical direction, and In each of the above-mentioned temporary holding sections 11 to 13,
A pusher plate (not shown) for pushing the banknotes held in 1 to 13 into the upper or lower stacking units 14 to 16 is provided.

In the banknote handling apparatus having the above-described structure, when a banknote is inserted into the slot 1, as shown in FIG. 1, the discriminating section 2 discriminates the authenticity and denomination of the banknote, and the conveying path 3 Denomination holding unit 7 which is the primary holding unit of the denomination determined through
When the number of inserted bills is more than one, the bills are sequentially stacked on the holding units 7 to 9 corresponding to the denomination and are held until the transaction is completed.

Next, when a ticket sales transaction is established, as shown in FIG. 2, the banknotes that have been temporarily held in the holding units 7 to 9 of the respective denominations are in the secondary holding units of the cassettes 4 to 6 corresponding to the denominations. When the next customer starts the transaction, the banknotes that have been secondarily reserved at the start are accumulated in the accumulating sections 14 to 16.

By the way, in the above bill processing apparatus,
The purpose of forming the holding parts 7 to 9 of each denomination that is the primary holding part is
It is the money in the customer for the bill, which is pending in the portion 7-9 is before establishment transaction, and to enable the banknote return in put cash when the transaction is canceled, of the device according to the error in the transaction This is because the staff can easily take out the bills and return the inserted bills when stopped.

Further, the temporary holding units 11 to 11 which are the secondary holding units.
The purpose of forming 13 is to cope with a trouble with the customer after the end of the transaction, and holds the input product of the customer until the start of the transaction of the next customer. However, since the reserved banknotes are cash owned by the device side, it is necessary to have a configuration that cannot be physically returned, and it is also necessary to be able to take out through a lockable opening / closing door for cash management.

However, as described above, since the holding portions 7 to 9 of the primary holding portion and the temporary holding portions 11 to 13 of the secondary holding portion are separately provided for the purpose of forming them, downsizing of the mechanical portion and reduction of the mechanical portion can be achieved. Since it is difficult to price the bills and the banknotes are transported from the primary storage unit to the secondary storage unit, a long transport distance and transport time are required, and there is a problem that high-speed processing cannot be performed. Furthermore, when it is determined that a transaction has been established, when an abnormality occurs during the transportation of the banknotes from the primary holding unit to the secondary holding unit,
There is a problem that it is difficult for a person in charge of the abnormality to judge whether the bill on the conveyance path is a bill to be stored or a bill to be returned to the customer.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is provided with a primary holding section and a secondary holding section of paper sheets, but can be constructed compact and compact, and can perform high speed processing, even if an abnormality occurs during processing. , It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus and a transaction processing apparatus in which paper sheets are clearly assigned.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a paper sheet processing apparatus for transferring and accumulating paper sheets held in a holding section to a stacking section, the holding section serving as a first holding section. A first holding unit, which is formed by a second holding unit and transfers the paper held in the first holding unit in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the first holding unit. the transfer means is provided, it is provided a second transfer means for transferring the integrated unit to transport vertically a paper sheet which is held in the second holding portion with respect to the plane of the paper sheet, the upper
A door is provided in the first holding unit and the second holding unit to enable the taking out of the paper sheets by opening and closing, and the door is provided when the paper sheets are present only in the first holding unit. Is allowed, and a paper sheet handling apparatus provided with a door restricting means for restricting the door to be closed when a paper sheet is present in the second holding section.

As an embodiment, the door regulating means is provided with a front
It can be linked to the serial first transfer means and the combined transfer means constructed by a cum the second transport means.

As an embodiment, a transaction processing device can be constructed by incorporating any one of the above-mentioned paper sheet processing devices.

[0013]

According to the present invention, the first holding unit and the second holding unit form the holding unit for holding the paper sheets to be stacked in the stacking unit, and the first holding unit. The paper sheets held in the first transfer means are transferred to the second storage section, and further,
Since the paper sheets held in the second holding unit are stacked in the stacking unit by the second transporting unit, a conveyance path having a long distance between the first and second holding units is unnecessary, and as a result, The configuration is simplified, the size is reduced, and the high speed processing is possible. As described above, since there is no transport path between the holding units, the primary holding of the first holding unit and the secondary holding of the second holding unit can be clearly distinguished even when there is an abnormality, and the meaning of the holding. since it is clear, no clerk confusion, the process that facilitates the Do.

Further, since a door for opening and closing the storage unit is provided separately from the stacking unit, the paper sheets in the storage unit can be taken out without touching the paper sheets in the stacking unit. It is possible to easily confirm the reserved paper sheets while ensuring safety.

Further, when a paper sheet is present in the second holding section, the door is closed and the restricting means restricts the fraudulent act on the paper sheet, so that the paper sheet can be managed accurately. Can be done.

By interlocking the above-mentioned door regulation means with the combined use means of the first and second transfer means, the drive means for driving the door regulation means becomes unnecessary, so that space saving and cost reduction can be achieved.

According to the transaction processing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to realize a transaction processing apparatus having the above-mentioned various effects.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows, for example, a banknote processing device incorporated in a ticket vending machine (transaction processing device) for a ticket, and in FIG.
In this device, a discriminating unit 22 for discriminating the authenticity or denomination of bills is connected to the rear stage of the bill insertion slot 21, and a conveyance path 23 formed by a conveyance belt or conveyance rollers is provided at the rear stage of the discrimination unit 22. , A cassette for 1,000 yen that collects banknotes of various denominations
A cassette 25 for 4, 5,000 yen and a cassette 26 for 10,000 yen are detachably connected, and a change holding unit 27 and a discharge port 28 are connected to the transport path 23.

Further, on the bill taking-in side of each of the cassettes 24, 25 and 26, holding units 29, 30 and 31 for temporarily and secondarily holding the taken-in bills, and a stacking unit 32 for accumulating the bills on the upper part thereof. , 33, 34 are formed, and the pusher plates 35, 36, 3 are formed on the lower portions of the holding portions 29 to 31, respectively.
7, the pusher plates 35 to 37 act in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the banknotes that are primary or secondary to be transferred to transfer the banknotes, so that the banknotes are transferred from the primary hold to the secondary hold. Further, it can be transferred from the secondary holding to the stacking units 32-35.

Further, the 1,000 yen cassette 24 and the 5,000 yen cassette 25 use the accumulated banknotes as change, and therefore have the payout units 38 and 39 for supplying the accumulated banknotes, and further, for 10,000 yen. On the upper surface portion of the cassette 26, a forget-to-take banknote collection unit 41 is formed to collect the forget-to-take banknotes when the note discharged to the discharge port 28 is forgotten.

To stack the bills in the cassettes 24, 25 and 26, the pushers 35 to 37 push the bills held in the holding units 29 to 31 to the inside of the stacking units 32 to 34 and save them in the lower portion. Thus, the bills in the holding units 29 to 31 can be accumulated.

FIG. 4 shows the above-mentioned 1,000-yen cassette 24, but the holding section 29 holds the fed bills one on top of another so that the bills can be placed one on top of the other in order to hold them. It is configured so that bills can be taken in and sent out, and the holding amount of bills is set to, for example, 20.

A partition plate 44, which supports both sides of the bill and allows the pusher plate 35 to pass therethrough, is provided between the holding unit 29 and the stacking unit 32, and the bills are stacked on the partition plate 44. It

The above-mentioned holding section 29 has a function of holding the banknotes taken in first and secondly.
As shown in FIG. 4, the holding position 29a is held on the carrying surface of the carrying belt 42. At this holding position 29a, the carrying belt 42 and the carrying roller 43 are reversed to carry the accepted bill for returning. It can be sent to the route 23.

As shown in FIG. 5, the above-described secondary holding is set to the holding position 29b where the bill on the conveyor belt 42 is lifted by the pusher plate 35 by a predetermined amount.
In 9b, the bills cannot be returned because the bills are lifted from the transport belt 42.

FIG. 6 shows the appearance of the above-mentioned 1,000 yen cassette 24. Doors 45 and 46 that can be opened and closed are provided on the side surfaces of the holding unit 29 and the stacking unit 34, respectively, and the door 45 of the holding unit 29 is inside. Opening and closing of the banknotes are restricted depending on whether the banknotes are held in the primary hold state or the secondary hold state.
Opening and closing is controlled by 7.

And, these constitutions are the same as those of the other cassette 2
5 and 26 are the same, however, in the case of the cassette 24 for 1,000 yen and the cassette 25 for 5,000 yen, since the feeding portions 38 and 39 are provided, the pushing plates 35 and 36 respectively reach the feeding portions 38 and 39. The banknotes are raised and the accumulated banknotes are transferred to the payout units 38, 3
It is configured so that the feeding operation can be performed by pressing on 9. Then, any of the cassettes 24, 25 and 26 can be attached to and detached from the bill processing apparatus.

7, FIG. 8, FIG. 9, and FIG.
4 shows a restricting structure for restricting the opening and closing of the door 45 of the holding portion 29 in FIG. 4, and in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the lower edge side of the door 45 is pivotally attached to the cassette main body 51 side by the pin 50, and an appropriate spring (not shown). ), It is biased in the closing direction, and a locking edge 52 that is directed inward is connected to the lower edge portion.

The lock plate 5 is horizontally provided inside the door 45.
3, a substantially intermediate position of the lock plate 53 is pivotally attached to the cassette body 51 side by a pin 54, and a spring 55 urges the lock plate 53 in the lock direction.

At one end of the lock plate 53, which is opposite to the locking edge 52 of the door 45, the locking edge 5 is provided.
A lock piece 56 for locking 2 is continuously provided, and the cam follower pin 5 is provided at the end of the lock plate 53 on the opposite side.
7 is fixed. The cam follower pin 57 is attached to the lock plate 5
The end edge of 3 is bent upward, the axis of which is horizontal inside the bent inner side, and is attached parallel to the door 45 (rotatable or fixed).

An operation piece 58 for operating the cam follower pin 57 is connected to the above-mentioned cam follower pin 57 at the position of the pusher plate 35 which overlaps with the moving trajectory of the pusher plate 35 which moves up and down. An inclined cam surface 59 that contacts the cam follower pin 57 and operates it is formed on the piece 58.

In FIGS. 7 and 8, the pusher plate 35 is at the raised position of the secondary holding position 29b, and the operation piece 5 is
8 is separated from the cam driven pin 57 of the lock plate 53,
The lock plate 53 is biased in the lock direction by the spring 55,
Since the lock piece 56 locks the locking edge 52 of the door 45, the door 45 is in the locked state, and the door 45 cannot be opened from the outside. That is, when the holding unit 29 holds the banknote in the secondary holding position 29b, the door 4
5 is locked and cannot be opened.

9 and 10, the pusher plate 35 is at the lowered position of the primary holding position 29a, and when the pusher plate 35 is lowered, the inclined cam surface 59 of the operation piece 58 is pushed.
Comes into contact with the cam follower pin 57 of the lock plate 53, the pin 57 is moved laterally, and this movement causes the lock plate 53 to move.
Rotates in the unlocking direction, the lock piece 56 releases the lock with the lock edge 52 of the door 45, and the door 45 can be opened from the outside. That is, the holding unit 29 sets the primary holding position 2
When banknotes are held at 9a, the door 45 is unlocked and can be opened from the outside. Note that the above-described restricting structure of the door 45 is a common structure for each of the cassettes 24 to 26, and thus details thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 11 shows a control circuit block of the bill processing apparatus. The CPU 61 drives and controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 62, and the RAM 63.
Stores data necessary for the bill processing operation. The transport path drive control unit 64 drives and controls the transport path 23 in the bill capturing direction and the change discharging direction.

The 1,000-yen cassette drive control section 65 controls the drive of the 1,000-yen cassette 24 for the primary and secondary holding processing, the stacking processing, and the feeding processing. The 5,000 yen cassette drive control unit 66 performs drive control of the primary and secondary holding processing, the accumulation processing, and the feeding processing of the 5,000 yen cassette 25. 1
The 10,000 yen cassette drive control unit 67 is used for the 10,000 yen cassette 2
6 drive control of the primary and secondary hold processing and the integration processing. The change change holding unit drive control unit 68 is used for the change change holding unit 2.
Drive control of change withdrawal processing and release processing of 7 is performed. The forgotten banknote collecting unit drive control unit 69 is provided for the forgotten banknote collecting unit 4
The drive control of 1 bill taking-in is performed.

CP of the banknote handling apparatus configured as described above
The bill processing operation of U61 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. With reference to FIG. 12, the banknote handling apparatus carries out the secondary holding of the banknotes traded by the customer last time, as shown in FIG. 5, in the holding units 29 to 31 of the cassettes 24 to 26 of the denominations used for the trading. Position 29b (30 in FIG. 15)
b, 31b). Therefore, when the start of a transaction is detected by, for example, inserting a bill or operating a bill selection key, the pusher plates 35 to 37 are moved upward to accumulate the bills that are secondarily held, and the secondary bill is transferred. The banknotes stored in the storage position 29b are stacked in the upper stacking units 32 to 34 (steps n1 and n2).
Next, when the insertion of banknotes based on the transaction is detected, the discrimination unit 22
And the transport path 23 is driven in the taking-in direction, and then the discrimination section 22 determines the authenticity of the bill and the denomination. If the discrimination is not good or the denomination is not handled, the discrimination section 22 reverses and returns it to the insertion slot. (Steps n3, n4, n5, n
6).

When the denomination to be handled is identified in the above-mentioned step n5, the denomination to be handled is conveyed to the holding portions 29, 30, 31 of the cassettes 24, 25, 26 of the corresponding denomination, and the primary holding position 29a thereof.
(It also corresponds to 30a and 31a in FIG. 14) is temporarily reserved (step n7), and when this primary reservation is completed (step n8), it is determined whether or not the next banknote has been inserted (step n9). If it has been inserted, the process returns to step n4 to accept the next bill. When the inserted bill is held in the primary holding position 29a, the door 45 of the holding unit 29 is not locked, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, and therefore when the abnormality occurs, the door 45 is opened and the bill is opened. Can be confirmed.

Referring to FIG. 13, when the completion of inserting the bill can be confirmed in the above-mentioned step n9, it is judged whether or not the ticket sales transaction is successful (step n10), and if the transaction is successful. Then, it is determined whether or not there is change (step n11). If there is change, the change is taken out from the corresponding cassette 24, 25, 26 and held in the change holding section 27 (step n12). When the required amount is piled up on the change storage unit 27, the change amount is discharged to the discharge port 28 (steps n13 and n14).

In step n11, if there is no change, steps n12 to n14 are skipped, and in step n15, the banknote group temporarily held at the first holding position 29a of the holding units 29 to 31 is set to the upper two. Next holding position 29
the corresponding pusher plate 35 for secondary holding at b.
36 and 37 are raised to the secondary holding position 29b and secondary holding is carried out (step n16), and the process is ended.

When the bill is secondarily held at the second holding position 29b, as shown in FIGS.
It cannot be released because it is locked.

At step n10, if it is not possible to determine the establishment of the transaction and it is decided to cancel by the cancel return button (step n17), the steps n7 and n8 are performed.
The banknotes that were temporarily reserved at
It is sent out from the primary holding position 29a of the holding units 29, 30, 31 of 26 and held in the change holding unit 27, and when there is a primary holding of a plurality of denominations, it is superposed on the change holding unit 27 (step n18). ).

When the above-mentioned return banknotes are superposed (step n19), the banknotes are discharged to the discharge port 28 (step n20), and the withdrawal of the return banknotes is detected (step n21), whereby the transaction is ended. .

FIG. 14 shows the operation of the primary withdrawal in steps n7 and n8 described above. The banknotes that have been inserted and discriminated are the withdrawal sections 2 of the cassettes 24, 25 and 26 corresponding to their denominations.
Primary reservation positions 29a, 30a, 31a of 9, 30, 31
When there are a plurality of banknotes of each denomination, the primary holding positions 29a, 30a, 3 corresponding to the denomination are held.
1a is overlaid and reserved.

Next, when the transaction is completed, as shown in FIG. 15, the banknotes held in the primary holding positions 29a, 30a, 31a of the holding unit are held in the upper secondary holding positions 29b, 30b, 30b.
It is transferred to 31b, secondly held until the next customer starts a transaction (corresponding to step n16 described above), and at the time of this transaction start, it is accumulated in the upper accumulation units 32, 33, 34.

FIG. 16 shows the returning operation when the transaction is canceled in the primary hold state shown in FIG.
When there is a return command, the primary holding positions 29a, 30a of the holding units 29, 30, 31 of the cassettes 24, 25, 26,
The bills temporarily held in 31a are sent out to the outside and conveyed to the change holding unit 27, where they are superposed (corresponding to steps n18 and n19 described above).
As shown in (4), the inserted physical banknotes are collectively returned and discharged (corresponding to step n20 described above).

As described above, according to this embodiment, the primary holding positions 29a-31a and the secondary holding positions 29b-31b are formed in the holding portions 29-31 of the respective cassettes 24-26, and the primary holding positions 29a are formed. 31a to the secondary holding position 29b through pusher plates 35 to 37.
31b, and the secondary holding positions 29b to 31b.
Pusher plate secondary pending bill Ru is pending Tei to 35-3
7, the pusher plates 35 to 37 are transferred to the stacking units 32 to 34 for stacking, and the pusher plates 35 to 37 are transferred vertically upward with respect to the plane of the banknotes, so that the primary holding positions 29a to 31a and the secondary holding positions 29b to 31b. Transport distance is shortened, and as a result,
The configuration is simple, compact and compact, and high-speed processing is possible.

Further, the holding of the primary holding positions 29a to 31a is a holding that can be returned until the transaction is completed, and the holding of the secondary holding positions 29b to 31b is the holding after the establishment of the transaction. Since it is clear, there is no embarrassment of the staff when an abnormality occurs, and the processing is easy.

In addition to the door 46 of the accumulating units 32 to 35, the retaining units 29 to 31 are provided with the doors 45 for opening and closing the accumulating units 32 to 35. It is possible to take out the paper sheets Nos. 31 to 31 and to easily confirm the reserved banknotes while ensuring the safety of the stacking unit.

Further, when there are bills in the secondary storage units 29b to 31b, the door 45 is closed and the lock piece 56 of the lock plate 53 is locked, so that fraudulent acts on bills (cash) can be prevented and cash can be prevented. Can be properly managed.

By operating the lock plate 53 with the pusher plates 35 to 37 which move up and down,
It is not necessary to provide a dedicated drive means for driving the, and space saving and cost reduction can be achieved.

Although the ticket vending machine has been described in the embodiment, the present invention can also be applied to other transaction processing devices, and can also be applied to the processing of other paper sheets regardless of bills. be able to.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention corresponds to the banknote processing apparatus incorporated in the ticket vending machine of the embodiment, and the same holds for the holding section. Corresponds to the storage units 29 to 31, the stacking unit corresponds to the stacking units 32 to 34, and the first storage unit corresponds to the primary storage position 2
Corresponding to 9A～31a, the second holding portion corresponds to the second retaining position 29B～31b, first, second transport means and <br/> combined transfer means, corresponds to the pusher plate 35-37 and, the door restricting means, pusher plate 35 to 37, the door 45, locking edge 52, the lock plate 53, the lock piece 56, the cam follower pin 5
7, the operation piece 58 and the inclined cam surface 59 are supported, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a banknote processing device of a conventional ticket vending machine.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing secondary holding of a conventional banknote handling machine.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a bill processing device of a ticket vending machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a cassette.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a cassette showing secondary holding.

FIG. 6 is an external perspective view of the cassette.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a regulation structure that regulates opening and closing of a door.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a regulation structure that regulates opening and closing of a door.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory plan view showing the operation of the door opening / closing restriction structure.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory front view showing the operation of the door opening / closing restriction structure.

FIG. 11 is a control circuit block diagram of the banknote handling apparatus of the ticket vending machine.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of bill processing.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a continuation of FIG.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of a primary holding process.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of a secondary holding process.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of return processing.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the release process.

[Explanation of symbols]

24, 25, 26 ... Cassette 29, 30, 31 ... Reservation section 29a, 30a, 31a ... Primary holding position 29b, 30b, 31b ... Secondary holding position 32, 33, 34 ... Accumulation section 35, 36, 37 ... Pusher plate 45 ... Door 52 ... Locking edge 53 ... Lock plate 56 ... Lock piece 57 ... Cam driven pin 58 ... Operation piece 59 ... Inclined cam surface

Continuation of the front page (56) Reference JP-A-6-68337 (JP, A) JP-A-54-86169 (JP, A) JP-A-53-127793 (JP, A) JP-A-4-284593 (JP , A) (58) Fields surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65H 31/30 B65H 83/02 G07D 9/00 G07D 9/00 416

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A paper sheet processing apparatus for transferring and accumulating paper sheets held in a holding section to a stacking section, wherein the holding section is composed of a first holding section and a second holding section. and, the provided first transfer means for transferring the second holding unit to transfer in the vertical direction of the first holding portion paper sheets held in the plane of the paper sheet, the second of providing a second transfer means for transferring the integrated unit to transfer in the vertical direction the paper sheets held in the holding portion with respect to the plane of the paper sheet, the first holding portion and the second To open and close the holding section
Is provided with a door that allows paper sheets to be taken out, and when the paper sheets are present only in the first holding section, the door is used.
The sheet processing apparatus is provided with a door restricting unit that allows the opening of the door and restricts the door to be closed when a sheet exists in the second holding unit. 2. The door regulating means includes the first transfer means.
2. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the combined transfer means configured to also serve as the second transfer means is interlocked. 3. A transaction processing apparatus comprising the paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1 .