JP4186616B2

JP4186616B2 - Cash processing equipment

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Publication number: JP4186616B2
Application number: JP2002366646A
Authority: JP
Inventors: 浩明伊勢; 一吉伊藤; 一志 ▲吉▼村
Original assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd
Current assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd
Priority date: 2002-12-18
Filing date: 2002-12-18
Publication date: 2008-11-26
Anticipated expiration: 2022-12-18
Also published as: JP2004199360A

Description

【０００１】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、金融機関で用いられる現金処理装置に関するもので、特に紙幣入出金機、紙幣補充回収機、及び施封小束支払機等の複数の紙幣処理機を備えた現金処理装置に関するものである。
【０００２】
【従来の技術】
銀行等の金融機関の営業店には、オペレータが顧客と接客して取引業務を行う窓口の後方等に処理能力の大きい現金処理装置が設置されている。
この現金処理装置は紙幣入出金機、紙幣補充回収機、施封小束支払機等を横方向に並べて配置した構造を持ち、オペレータ等の操作により各種の紙幣処理を行う機能を有している。
【０００３】
例えば、紙幣入出金機は、投入された紙幣の真偽，金種，正損等の鑑別を行って入金可能な紙幣を金種別に紙幣収納庫に収納する入金機能、及び紙幣収納庫から繰り出した紙幣の金種，正損等の鑑別を行って、出金可能な紙幣を支払う出金機能を有し、また、紙幣補充回収機は、営業店の自動化コーナーに設置される自動取引装置（ＡＴＭ）に対して紙幣の補充、回収を行うために使用される一括収納庫への紙幣の装填、自動取引装置から取り外した一括収納庫内に収納されている紙幣の自動計数等を行う機能を有している。
【０００４】
一方、施封小束支払機は紙幣を一定枚数毎に紙による帯で施封して小束にし、その紙幣の小束を払出し口から放出したり、小束を収納庫に収納して、オペレータの要求により収納庫から紙幣の小束を繰り出して払出し口から放出する機能を有している。
【０００５】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
しかしながら上述した従来の技術では、以下の問題がある。
すなわち、紙幣入出金機、紙幣補充回収機、施封小束支払機等の各紙幣処理機は連結して配置されているが、実際には各々独立して紙幣の処理を行うものとなっているので、ある紙幣処理機内の現金を別の処理機に移して処理を行う場合、例えば紙幣入出金機内の紙幣を施封小束支払機に移して小束を作成する処理を行う場合、紙幣入出金機で紙幣を出金させ、その紙幣を施封小束支払機に投入する必要があるため、不便であった。
【０００６】
そこで、隣接する紙幣処理機の互いの紙幣搬送路を接続し、各紙幣処理機間で自動的に紙幣の受渡しを行えるようにすることが考えられており、この場合、紙幣処理機間でスムーズに紙幣の受渡しを行うためには、受渡し用搬送路を紙幣処理機間に跨がせる必要がある。
一方、紙幣入出金機、紙幣補充回収機、施封小束支払機等の各紙幣処理機は互いに隣接しており、またこれらの紙幣処理機の両側には、紙幣処理機と共に現金処理機を構成する棒金支払機や硬貨入出金機等が配置されるため、各紙幣処理機内のユニット化されている機構部は、メンテナンス等を行うために前後方向に引き出すように構成されているが、前記のように受渡し用搬送路が隣接する紙幣処理機間に跨がって設けられると、この受渡し用搬送路を含む機構部を前後方向に引き出せなくなるという問題がある。
【０００７】
本発明はこのような問題を解決することを課題としている。
【０００８】
【課題を解決するための手段】
そのため、本発明は、複数の紙幣処理機を横方向に隣接して配列し、各紙幣処理機の搬送路を接続して、紙幣処理機間で紙幣を搬送する現金処理装置において、隣接する紙幣処理機のうちの一方の紙幣処理機に、両紙幣処理機の紙幣搬送路を接続する受渡し用搬送路を設けると共に、各紙幣処理機内に前記受渡搬送路に送る紙幣と前記受渡搬送路により送られてきた紙幣を、搬送方向を軸としてその軸回り方向に９０度捻ることで紙幣の長短の向きを変えることなく紙幣の搬送方向を前後方向から横方向に、横方向から前後方向に変える回転搬送路を設け、かつ前記受渡し用搬送路は紙幣搬送方向と直交する方向を軸として回動可能に設けて、隣接する紙幣処理機間で紙幣を搬送しないときは該受渡し用搬送路を縦の状態に保持して前記一方の紙幣処理機内に収納することで紙幣処理機内のユニット化された機構部の前後方向への引出しを可能とし、隣接する紙幣処理機間で紙幣を搬送するときは、前記受渡し用搬送路を回動させて横の状態にすることで両端を両紙幣処理機の紙幣搬送路と対向させるようにしたことを特徴とする。
【０００９】
【発明の実施の形態】
以下、図面を参照して本発明による現金処理装置の実施の形態について説明する。
図１は実施の形態を示す正面図、図２は実施の形態における回転搬送路の斜視図、図３は実施の形態における紙幣搬送動作を示す斜視図、図４は実施の形態の外観を示す斜視図である。
【００１０】
まず、図４について説明すると、この図４に示したように、本発明による現金処理装置は、紙幣入出金機１、紙幣補充回収機２、施封小束支払機３、新券支払機４、棒金支払機５、硬貨入出金機６等の各現金処理機と、操作卓７、及び制御機８によって構成されている。
これら、紙幣入出金機１、紙幣補充回収機２、施封小束支払機３、棒金支払機５、硬貨入出金機６、及び制御機８は横一列に配列され、そして新券紙幣支払機４は紙幣補充回収機２上に、また操作卓７は紙幣入出金機１や施封小束支払機３や上にそれぞれ配置されている。
【００１１】
本実施の形態において、紙幣処理機である紙幣入出金機１、紙幣補充回収機２、及び施封小束支払機３は、紙幣の搬送路を連結させるために互いに隣接して配置する必要があり、この紙幣入出金機１、紙幣補充回収機２、及び施封小束支払機３をどのような順に並べるかは任意であるが、ここでは紙幣補充回収機２を間に挟んで紙幣入出金機１と施封小束支払機３が両隣に隣接するように配置している。
【００１２】
また、棒金支払機５や硬貨入出金機６、新券紙幣支払機４、操作卓７、及び制御機８は図示した配置に拘束されず、自由な配置が可能である。
紙幣入出金機は、紙幣投入口から投入された紙幣の真偽，金種，正損等の鑑別を行って入金可能な紙幣を金種別に紙幣収納庫に収納する入金機能、及び紙幣収納庫から繰り出した紙幣の金種，正損等の鑑別を行って、出金可能な紙幣を支払う出金機能を有している。
【００１３】
紙幣補充回収機は、営業店の自動化コーナーに設置される自動取引装置（ＡＴＭ）に対して紙幣の補充、回収を行うために使用される一括収納庫への紙幣の装填、自動取引装置から取り外した一括収納庫内に収納されている紙幣の自動計数等を行う機能を有している。
施封小束支払機３は、一定枚数の紙幣の小束を作成して、所定の収納庫に収納したり、払出したりする機能を有している。
【００１４】
新券紙幣支払機４は新券の金種判別を行って支払いを行うもので、棒金支払機５は棒状に纏めた一定枚数の硬貨を支払うものであり、また、硬貨入出金機６は硬貨の鑑別、計数を行って入出金を行う機能を有している。
操作卓７は、ＬＣＤ（液晶表示装置）等による表示部とキー入力部を備えており、オペレータが現金処理装置で現金の処理を行う際、表示部で操作誘導を行ったり、キー入力部で入力された情報を表示するもので、キー入力部は表示部と独立させてキーボードや、表示部上に設けられるタッチパネルが用られる。
【００１５】
制御機８は現金処理装置全体の動作制御を行うもので、装置全体の現金の管理も行うものとなっている。
次に、図１及び図２の構成について説明する。
図１において１０は紙幣補充回収機２に設けられた受渡し用搬送路である。
この受渡し用搬送路１０は、複数のプーリに巻き掛けられて支持された無端状のベルトの外周にローラ等を対向接触させるとにより構成され、歯付きプーリの少なくとも１つを図示しないモータにより回転させることでベルトを循環駆動して、ベルトとローラ等との間に挟持した紙幣を搬送できるようになっている。
【００１６】
また、この受渡し用搬送路１０は図示しないブラケットに支持されていて、このブラケットの所定の位置、すなわち受渡し用搬送路１０の一端側の位置に設けられた支点を中心として９０度回動するようになっている。
これにより受渡し用搬送路１０は、紙幣入出金機１と紙幣補充回収機２との間で紙幣を搬送しないときは縦向きに保持され、紙幣補充回収機２内に収納された状態で待機し、紙幣入出金機１と紙幣補充回収機２との間で紙幣を搬送するときは、図示しないモータ等を駆動源としてブラケットと共に回動して横向きの状態となり、その一端が紙幣補充回収機２内で紙幣を搬送する紙幣搬送路１３の端部と対向すると共に、他端は紙幣補充回収機２から突出し、隣接する紙幣入出金機１の紙幣搬送路１１の端部と接近して対向するようになっている。
【００１７】
この受渡し用搬送路１０と同様の受渡し搬送路１２が施封小束支払機３にも設けられており、紙幣補充回収機２との間で紙幣を搬送するとき、ブラケットに設けられた支点を中心に受渡し用搬送路１２は回動して、その一端が施封小束支払機３内で紙幣を搬送する紙幣搬送路１４の端部と対向すると共に、他端は施封小束支払機３から突出し、隣接する紙幣補充回収機２の紙幣搬送路１３の端部と接近して対向するようになっている。
【００１８】
１５、１６、１７は紙幣入出金機１、紙幣補充回収機２、及び施封小束支払機にそれぞれ設けられた回転搬送路である。
一般に、紙幣入出金機１、紙幣補充回収機２、施封小束支払機３は、前後方向に紙幣Ｐを搬送するようになっており、そのため紙幣入出金機１、紙幣補充回収機２、施封小束支払機３の隣接方向である横方向に紙幣を搬送する場合、前後方向に対して紙幣を横方向に９０度変化させることが必要になる。
【００１９】
回転搬送路１５、１６、１７は、このように前後方向に対して紙幣を横方向に９０度変化させるためのもので、紙幣入出金機１の回転搬送路１５を例にして図２を参照して説明する。
紙幣入出金機１内には、紙幣Ｐを挟持する２組の平行な無端ベルト及び該ベルトを支持するプーリ等により構成される紙幣搬送路１１と、同様のベルト及びローラ等により構成される紙幣搬送路１８が、紙幣Ｐの搬送方向が同じで２組のベルトの位置が互いに９０度ずれるように配置され、その中間に回転搬送路１５が配置されている。
【００２０】
この回転搬送路１５は、ローラによって支持された一対の無端ベルトから成り紙幣Ｐの搬送方向を軸として、その軸回り方向に９０度紙幣を回転させるように前記一対の無端ベルトを中央部で９０度捻ったものとなっている。
ここで紙幣搬送路１１は紙幣入出金機１に隣接する紙幣補充回収機２の方向つまり横方向に搬送するものであり、また紙幣搬送路１８は紙幣を紙幣入出金機１内で前後方向に搬送するもので、紙幣搬送路１８から送られてきた紙幣Ｐは回転搬送路１５により９０度捻って紙幣搬送路１１に送り込むことができ、逆に紙幣搬送路１１から送られてきた紙幣Ｐは回転搬送路１４により９０度捻って紙幣搬送路１８に送り込むことが可能である。
【００２１】
次に、上述した構成の作用について図１及び図３を参照して説明する。
例えば、紙幣入出金機１内に設けられた紙幣収納庫に収納されている紙幣Ｐを紙幣補充回収機２に装着された一括収納庫に回収する場合、制御機８の制御によりブラケットの支点を中心に受渡し用搬送路１０が回転して、その一端が紙幣搬送路１３の端部と対向し、他端は紙幣補充回収機２から突出して紙幣入出金機１の紙幣搬送路１１の端部と対向するよう保持される。
【００２２】
この状態で紙幣入出金機１の紙幣収納庫から紙幣が１枚ずつ繰り出されて、紙幣搬送路１８により回転搬送路１５に搬送される。
そして紙幣Ｐはこの回転搬送路１５により９０度捻られて紙幣搬送路１１に送り込まれ、この紙幣搬送路１１により紙幣Ｐは受渡し用搬送路１０に渡されて紙幣補充回収機２内に搬送される。
【００２３】
紙幣補充回収機２に入った紙幣Ｐは、受渡し用搬送路１０から紙幣搬送路１３を経て回転搬送路１６に搬送され、回転搬送路１６により９０度捻られてから一括収納庫に送られて収納される。
このようにして紙幣入出金機１内に設けられた紙幣収納庫の紙幣Ｐは紙幣補充回収機２に一枚ずつ搬送され、一括収納庫に回収される。
【００２４】
紙幣入出金機１から紙幣補充回収機２への搬送が終了すると、受渡し用搬送路１０は前記と逆の方向に回転して紙幣補充回収機２内に収納され、縦の状態に保持されて待機する。
また、紙幣補充回収機２に装着した一括収納庫内の紙幣Ｐを紙幣入出金機１に搬送して各紙幣収納庫に紙幣を装填する場合も、受渡し用搬送路１０が回転され、その一端が紙幣搬送路１３と対向し、他端が紙幣補充回収機２から突出さして紙幣入出金機１の紙幣搬送路１１の端部対向するよう保持される。
【００２５】
そして、後前記と逆の経路で紙幣Ｐが搬送され、搬送終了後、受渡し用搬送路１０は紙幣補充回収機２内に収納されて待機する。
紙幣入出金機１内に設けられた紙幣収納庫に収納されている紙幣Ｐを施封小束支払機３に送って小束を作成する処理を行う場合は、受渡し用搬送路１０が回転して、その一端が紙幣搬送路１３と対向し、他端が紙幣補充回収機２から突出して紙幣入出金機１の紙幣搬送路１１の端部と対向するよう保持されると共に、施封小束支払機３に設けられた受渡し用搬送路１２が回転して、その一端が紙幣搬送路１４と対向し、他端が施封小束支払機３から突出して紙幣補充回収機２の紙幣搬送路１３の端部と対向するよう保持される。
【００２６】
この状態で紙幣入出金機１の紙幣収納庫から紙幣Ｐが１枚ずつ繰り出され、紙幣搬送路１８、回転搬送路１５、紙幣搬送路１１、受渡し用搬送路１０、紙幣搬送路１３、受渡し用搬送路１２を経て施封小束支払機３内に搬送され、紙幣搬送路１４、回転搬送路１７を経て所定の集積部に集積された後、小束が作成される。
【００２７】
搬送終了後、受渡し用搬送路１０は紙幣補充回収機２内に収納されて待機し、受渡し用搬送路１２は施封小束支払機３内に収納されて待機する。
更に、紙幣補充回収機２に装着した一括収納庫内の紙幣Ｐを施封小束支払機３に搬送して小束を作成する場合は、受渡し用搬送路１２が回転され、その一端が紙幣搬送路１４と対向し、他端が施封小束支払機３から突出して紙幣補充回収機２の紙幣搬送路１３の端部と接近して対向するよう保持される。
【００２８】
そして、一括収納庫から繰り出された紙幣Ｐが回転搬送路１６、紙幣搬送路１３、受渡し用搬送路１２を経て施封小束支払機３内に搬送され、紙幣搬送路１４、回転搬送路１７を経て所定の集積部に集積された後、小束が作成される。
搬送終了後、受渡し用搬送路１２は施封小束支払機３内に収納されて待機状態に保持される。
【００２９】
紙幣補充回収機２及び施封小束支払機３のメンテナンス等を行うために、ユニット化されている機構部を前後方向に引き出す場合、受渡し用搬送路１０及び１２は待機状態にあるとき、紙幣補充回収機２及び施封小束支払機３から突出することなく縦状態に保持されているので、この受渡し用搬送路１０及び１２を含む機構部は支障なく紙幣補充回収機２及び施封小束支払機３から引き出すことができ、メンテナンス等の終了後も元の位置に押し戻すことが可能となる。
【００３０】
尚、上述した実施の形態では、紙幣補充回収機２と施封小束支払機３に受渡し用搬送路１０と１２をそれぞれ設けた構成としたが、受渡し用搬送路１０を紙幣入出金機１に設け、受渡し用搬送路１２を紙幣補充回収機２に設けても、上述した実施の形態と同様の動作が可能であり、また受渡し用搬送路１０と１２の両方紙幣補充回収機２に設けても同様である。
【００３１】
【発明の効果】
以上説明したように本発明は、複数の紙幣処理機を横方向に隣接して配列し、各紙幣処理機の搬送路を接続して、紙幣処理機間で紙幣を搬送する現金処理装置において、隣接する紙幣処理機のうちの一方の紙幣処理機に、両紙幣処理機の紙幣搬送路を接続する受渡し用搬送路を回動可能に設けると共に、該受渡し用搬送路を縦の状態に保持したとき、該受渡し用搬送路を設けた紙幣処理機内に該受渡し用搬送路が収納されるようにしている。
【００３２】
従ってこれによれば、紙幣処理機のメンテナンス等を行うために、ユニット化されている機構部を前後方向に引き出す場合、受渡し用搬送路を紙幣処理機内に収納できるので、この受渡し用搬送路を含む機構部を支障なく紙幣処理機から引き出すことができ、メンテナンス等の終了後も元の位置に押し戻すことが可能に成るという効果が得られる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】実施の形態を示す正面図
【図２】実施の形態における回転搬送路の斜視図
【図３】実施の形態における紙幣搬送動作を示す斜視図
【図４】実施の形態の外観を示す斜視図
【符号の説明】
１紙幣入出金機
２紙幣補充回収機
３施封小束支払機
７操作卓
８制御機
１０，１２受渡し用搬送路
１１〜１４紙幣搬送路
１５〜１７回転搬送路[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a cash processing apparatus used in a financial institution, and more particularly to a cash processing apparatus including a plurality of banknote processing machines such as a banknote depositing and dispensing machine, a banknote replenishing and collecting machine , and a sealed bundle bundle payment machine. is there.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A cash processing apparatus having a large processing capacity is installed at a sales office of a financial institution such as a bank at the back of a window where an operator interacts with a customer to perform a transaction.
This cash processing apparatus has a structure in which a banknote depositing and dispensing machine, a banknote replenishing and collecting machine, a sealed small bundle payment machine and the like are arranged in a horizontal direction, and has a function of performing various banknote processing by operations of an operator or the like. .
[0003]
For example, a banknote depositing / dispensing machine discriminates authenticity, denomination, correctness, etc. of inserted banknotes and deposits banknotes that can be deposited into a banknote storage by denomination, and pays out from the banknote storage. It has a withdrawal function that pays out banknotes that can be withdrawn by discriminating the denomination, correctness, etc. of the banknotes, and the banknote replenishing and collecting machine is an automatic transaction device ( A function of performing bill counting, automatic counting of bills stored in the batch storage removed from the automatic transaction apparatus, etc. Have.
[0004]
On the other hand, the sealed small bundle payment machine seals banknotes with a band of paper every fixed number of sheets and discharges a small bundle of banknotes from the dispensing outlet, or stores the small bundle in the storage, It has a function of paying out a small bundle of banknotes from the storage and discharging it from the payout opening according to the operator's request.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional techniques described above have the following problems.
That is, although each banknote processing machine, such as a banknote depositing / dispensing machine, banknote replenishing and collecting machine, sealing small bundle payment machine, etc., is connected and arranged, it actually processes each banknote independently. Therefore, when transferring the cash in one banknote processing machine to another processing machine, for example, when transferring the banknote in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine to a sealed small bundle payment machine, It is inconvenient because it is necessary to withdraw banknotes with a depositing / dispensing machine, and to insert the banknotes into a sealed bundle payment machine.
[0006]
Therefore, it is considered to connect the banknote transport paths of adjacent banknote processing machines so that banknotes can be automatically transferred between the banknote processing machines. In order to deliver banknotes, it is necessary to straddle the delivery path between banknote processors.
On the other hand, each banknote processing machine such as a banknote depositing / dispensing machine, banknote replenishing / collecting machine, sealing bundle bundle payment machine, etc. is adjacent to each other, and on both sides of these banknote processing machines, a cash processing machine is installed together with the banknote processing machine. Since the bar payment machine and the coin depositing / dispensing machine etc. that are configured are arranged, the mechanism unit that is unitized in each banknote handling machine is configured to pull out in the front-rear direction for maintenance etc., As described above, when the delivery transport path is provided across adjacent banknote processors, there is a problem that the mechanism unit including the delivery transport path cannot be pulled out in the front-rear direction.
[0007]
An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Therefore, this invention arranges a several banknote processing machine adjacent to a horizontal direction, connects the conveyance path of each banknote processing machine, and is a cash processing apparatus which conveys a banknote between banknote processing machines, and adjacent banknote. One banknote processing machine of the processing machines is provided with a delivery conveyance path that connects the banknote conveyance paths of both banknote processing machines, and is sent to each banknote handling machine by the banknote to be delivered to the delivery conveyance path and the delivery conveyance path. Rotating the banknote transport direction from the front-rear direction to the lateral direction and from the lateral direction to the front-rear direction without changing the direction of the banknotes by twisting the banknotes 90 degrees around the transport direction. the conveying path is provided, and conveying path for the transfer is provided rotatably in a direction perpendicular to the bill transport direction as an axis, the transport path of the vertical for receiving pass when not transporting the paper money between adjacent banknote handling machine the one held in the state By storing in a banknote processing machine, it is possible to draw out the unitized mechanism part in the banknote processing machine in the front-rear direction, and when transporting banknotes between adjacent banknote processing machines, the delivery path for delivery is rotated. By making it into a horizontal state, both ends are made to face the banknote conveyance path of both banknote processing machines .
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of a cash processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 is a front view showing an embodiment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a rotary conveyance path in the embodiment, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a bill conveyance operation in the embodiment, and FIG. 4 is an external view of the embodiment. It is a perspective view.
[0010]
First, FIG. 4 will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the cash processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a banknote depositing and dispensing machine 1, a banknote replenishing and collecting machine 2, a sealed small bundle payment machine 3, and a new ticket payment machine 4. , Each cash processing machine such as a bar payment machine 5 and a coin depositing and dispensing machine 6, an operation console 7, and a control machine 8.
These banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1, banknote replenishing / collecting machine 2, sealing bundle bundle paying machine 3, bar metal paying machine 5, coin depositing / dispensing machine 6, and controller 8 are arranged in a horizontal line, and a new bill is paid. The machine 4 is disposed on the banknote replenishing and collecting machine 2, and the console 7 is disposed on the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 1 and the sealed small bundle payment machine 3.
[0011]
In this Embodiment, it is necessary to arrange | position the banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 1, the banknote supplement collection | recovery machine 2, and the sealing small bundle payment machine 3 which are banknote processing machines adjacent to each other in order to connect the conveyance path of a banknote. There, the paper money input and output machine 1, the bill supplementation harvester 2, and what arranged sequentially stacking and wrapping small bundles dispenser 3 is arbitrary, where in between the banknote replenishment recoverer 2 The banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 and the sealed small bundle payment machine 3 are arranged adjacent to each other.
[0012]
Moreover, the bar payment machine 5, the coin depositing / dispensing machine 6, the new note bill payment machine 4, the console 7 and the controller 8 are not restricted to the illustrated arrangement, and can be arranged freely.
The banknote deposit / withdrawal machine has a deposit function for discriminating the authenticity, denomination, correctness, etc. of banknotes inserted from the banknote slot and storing the banknotes that can be deposited into the banknote storage by denomination, and the banknote storage It has a withdrawal function of paying out banknotes that can be withdrawn by discriminating the denomination, damage, etc.
[0013]
The banknote replenishing and collecting machine is used for replenishing and collecting banknotes to and from automatic transaction equipment (ATM) installed in the automation corner of the business office. It has a function of automatically counting banknotes stored in the batch storage.
The sealed small bundle payer 3 has a function of creating a small bundle of banknotes of a predetermined number and storing or dispensing them in a predetermined storage.
[0014]
The new banknote payment machine 4 performs payment by determining the denomination of the new ticket, the bar payment machine 5 pays a fixed number of coins collected in a bar shape, and the coin depositing and dispensing machine 6 It has the function of depositing / withdrawing by identifying and counting coins.
The console 7 includes a display unit such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and a key input unit. When the operator processes cash with the cash processing apparatus, the operator guides the operation on the display unit or the key input unit. The input information is displayed, and the key input unit uses a keyboard or a touch panel provided on the display unit independently of the display unit.
[0015]
The controller 8 controls the operation of the entire cash processing apparatus, and also manages the cash of the entire apparatus.
Next, the configuration of FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a delivery conveyance path provided in the banknote replenishment collection machine 2.
The delivery conveyance path 10 is configured by bringing rollers or the like into contact with the outer periphery of an endless belt that is wound around and supported by a plurality of pulleys, and rotates at least one of the toothed pulleys by a motor (not shown). By doing so, the belt is circulated and driven so that banknotes sandwiched between the belt and the roller can be conveyed.
[0016]
Further, the delivery transport path 10 is supported by a bracket (not shown), and is rotated 90 degrees around a fulcrum provided at a predetermined position of the bracket, that is, a position on one end side of the delivery transport path 10. It has become.
As a result, the delivery transport path 10 is held vertically when the banknotes are not transported between the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 and the banknote replenishing / collecting machine 2, and waits in a state of being stored in the banknote replenishing / collecting machine 2. When the banknote is transported between the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 and the banknote replenishing / collecting machine 2, the motor is rotated with the bracket using a motor or the like (not shown) as a drive source, and one end of the banknote replenishing / collecting machine 2 is placed. The other end protrudes from the banknote replenishing and collecting machine 2 and is opposed to the end of the banknote transport path 11 of the adjacent banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1. It is like that.
[0017]
A delivery delivery path 12 similar to the delivery delivery path 10 is also provided in the sealed bundle payer 3, and when the banknotes are transported to and from the banknote replenishment collection machine 2, the fulcrum provided on the bracket is The delivery conveyance path 12 is rotated to the center, and one end of the delivery path 12 faces the end of the banknote conveyance path 14 that conveys the banknotes in the sealed small bundle payment machine 3, and the other end is the small bundle bundle payment machine. 3 protrudes from 3 and approaches the end of the banknote transport path 13 of the adjacent banknote replenishing and collecting machine 2 so as to face it.
[0018]
Reference numerals 15, 16, and 17 denote rotational conveyance paths provided in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1, the banknote replenishing / collecting machine 2, and the sealed small bundle payment machine, respectively.
In general, the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1, the banknote replenishing / collecting machine 2, and the sealed bundle paying machine 3 are configured to transport the banknotes P in the front-rear direction, so that the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1, the banknote replenishing / collecting machine 2, When a banknote is conveyed in the lateral direction, which is the adjacent direction of the sealed small bundle payment machine 3, it is necessary to change the banknote 90 degrees laterally with respect to the front-rear direction.
[0019]
The rotary transport paths 15, 16, and 17 are for changing the banknote 90 degrees laterally with respect to the front-rear direction as described above. Refer to FIG. 2 by taking the rotary transport path 15 of the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 1 as an example. To explain.
In the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1, a banknote transport path 11 including two sets of parallel endless belts that sandwich the banknote P and pulleys that support the belt, and banknotes including similar belts and rollers, etc. The conveyance path 18 is disposed so that the conveyance direction of the banknotes P is the same and the positions of the two belts are shifted from each other by 90 degrees, and the rotation conveyance path 15 is disposed in the middle.
[0020]
The carrousel 15 is an axis in the conveying direction of the banknote P consists of a pair of endless belts supported by rollers, a central portion of said pair of endless belts to rotate 90 degrees bill about its axis direction It is twisted 90 degrees.
Here, the banknote transport path 11 transports the banknote replenishing and collecting machine 2 adjacent to the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 in the direction, that is, the lateral direction, and the banknote transport path 18 is configured to forward and backward the banknotes in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1. The banknote P sent from the banknote transport path 18 can be twisted 90 degrees by the rotary transport path 15 and sent to the banknote transport path 11. Conversely, the banknote P sent from the banknote transport path 11 is The paper can be fed into the bill conveyance path 18 by being twisted 90 degrees by the rotation conveyance path 14.
[0021]
Next, the operation of the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.
For example, when the banknotes P stored in the banknote storage provided in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 are collected in the collective storage mounted on the banknote replenishment collection machine 2, the fulcrum of the bracket is controlled by the controller 8. The delivery conveyance path 10 rotates in the center, one end thereof faces the end of the banknote conveyance path 13, and the other end protrudes from the banknote replenishing and collecting machine 2, and the end of the banknote conveyance path 11 of the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 1. Is held to face each other.
[0022]
In this state, banknotes are drawn one by one from the banknote storage of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 and conveyed to the rotary conveyance path 15 by the banknote conveyance path 18.
The banknote P is twisted 90 degrees by the rotary transport path 15 and fed into the banknote transport path 11, and the banknote P is passed to the delivery transport path 10 by the banknote transport path 11 and transported into the banknote replenishment collection machine 2. The
[0023]
The banknote P that has entered the banknote replenishing and collecting machine 2 is transported from the delivery transport path 10 through the banknote transport path 13 to the rotary transport path 16, twisted 90 degrees by the rotary transport path 16, and then sent to the batch storage. Stored.
Such banknotes P bill storage provided in the bill receiving and dispensing machine 1 in the are conveyed one by one to the bill replenishment harvester 2, Ru recovered collectively repository.
[0024]
When the conveyance from the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 to the banknote replenishing / collecting machine 2 is completed, the delivery conveyance path 10 is rotated in the opposite direction to the above and stored in the banknote replenishing / collecting machine 2, and is held in a vertical state. stand by.
Also, when the banknotes P in the collective storage mounted on the banknote replenishing and collecting machine 2 are transported to the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 and bills are loaded into the banknote storages, the delivery transport path 10 is rotated, and one end thereof. Is opposed to the banknote transport path 13, and the other end protrudes from the banknote replenishment collection machine 2 and is held so as to face the end of the banknote transport path 11 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1.
[0025]
And the banknote P is conveyed by the path | route reverse to the above-mentioned later, and after conveyance is completed, the conveyance path 10 for delivery is accommodated in the banknote supplement collection machine 2, and waits.
When the banknote P stored in the banknote storage provided in the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 is sent to the sealed small bundle payment machine 3 to create a small bundle, the delivery conveyance path 10 rotates. One end of the banknote transporting path 13 is opposed to the banknote replenishing / collecting machine 2 and the other end of the banknote transporting path 1 of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 is opposed to the end of the banknote transporting path 11. The delivery conveyance path 12 provided in the payment machine 3 rotates, one end thereof faces the banknote conveyance path 14, and the other end protrudes from the sealed small bundle payment machine 3, and the banknote conveyance path of the banknote replenishment collection machine 2. It is hold | maintained so that the edge part of 13 may be opposed.
[0026]
In this state, the banknotes P are fed out from the banknote storage of the banknote depositing / dispensing machine 1 one by one, and the banknote transport path 18, the rotary transport path 15, the banknote transport path 11, the delivery transport path 10, the banknote transport path 13, and the delivery A small bundle is created after being conveyed through the conveyance path 12 into the sealed small bundle payment machine 3 and accumulated in a predetermined accumulation unit via the banknote conveyance path 14 and the rotation conveyance path 17.
[0027]
After the conveyance is finished, the delivery conveyance path 10 is accommodated in the banknote replenishing and collecting machine 2 and waits, and the delivery conveyance path 12 is accommodated in the sealed small bundle payment machine 3 and waits.
Moreover, if you make create a small bundle to transport the banknote P in the wrapping small bundles dispenser 3 in bulk storage case mounted on the bill replenishment collecting machine 2, the delivery carrier path 12 is rotated, the one end It faces the banknote transport path 14 and is held so that the other end protrudes from the sealed small bundle payment machine 3 and approaches the end of the banknote transport path 13 of the banknote replenishment collection machine 2.
[0028]
And the banknote P drawn | fed out from the package storage is conveyed in the sealing small bundle payment machine 3 through the rotation conveyance path 16, the banknote conveyance path 13, and the delivery conveyance path 12 , and the banknote conveyance path 14 and the rotation conveyance path 17 are carried out. After being stacked in a predetermined stacking section, a small bundle is created.
After the completion of conveyance, the delivery conveyance path 12 is accommodated in the sealed bundle payer 3 and held in a standby state.
[0029]
In order to perform maintenance and the like of the bill replenishing and collecting machine 2 and the sealed small bundle paying machine 3, when the unitized mechanism is pulled out in the front-rear direction, the delivery transport paths 10 and 12 are in the standby state. Since it is held in a vertical state without protruding from the replenishing / collecting machine 2 and the sealed small bundle paying machine 3, the mechanism part including the transfer transport paths 10 and 12 can be used without any problem. It can be pulled out from the bundle payer 3, and can be pushed back to the original position even after the maintenance or the like is completed.
[0030]
In the above-described embodiment, the delivery path 10 and 12 are provided in the banknote replenishing and collecting machine 2 and the sealed small bundle payment machine 3, but the delivery path 10 is used as the banknote depositing and dispensing machine 1. Even if the delivery conveyance path 12 is provided in the banknote replenishment collection machine 2, the same operation as that of the above-described embodiment is possible, and both the delivery conveyance paths 10 and 12 are provided in the banknote replenishment collection machine 2. But the same is true.
[0031]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the present invention arranges a plurality of banknote handling machines adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction, connects the conveyance paths of the banknote handling machines, and transfers the banknotes between the banknote handling machines. One of the banknote processing machines adjacent to the banknote processing machine is rotatably provided with a delivery transport path for connecting the banknote transport paths of both banknote processing machines, and the delivery transport path is held in a vertical state. At this time, the delivery transport path is accommodated in the banknote processing machine provided with the delivery transport path.
[0032]
Therefore, according to this, in order to perform the maintenance of the banknote handling machine, etc., when the unitized mechanism part is pulled out in the front-rear direction, the delivery transport path can be stored in the banknote handling machine. The included mechanism portion can be pulled out from the banknote handling machine without hindrance, and the effect of being able to be pushed back to the original position even after completion of maintenance or the like can be obtained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a rotary conveyance path in the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a bill conveyance operation in the embodiment. Perspective view [Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote depositing / withdrawing machine 2 Banknote replenishment collection machine 3 Sealing bundle payment machine 7 Console 8 Controllers 10 and 12 Delivery conveyance path 11-14 Bill conveyance path 15-17 Rotation conveyance path

Claims

In the cash processing apparatus which arranges a plurality of banknote processing machines adjacent in the horizontal direction, connects the conveyance path of each banknote processing machine, and transfers banknotes between banknote processing machines,
One banknote processing machine adjacent to the banknote processing machine is provided with a delivery transport path for connecting the banknote transport paths of both banknote processing machines, and the banknotes sent to the delivery transport path in each banknote handling machine and the delivery transport The banknotes sent by the road are twisted 90 degrees in the direction around the axis about the transport direction as an axis, so that the banknote transport direction is changed from the front-rear direction to the horizontal direction and the lateral direction from the front-rear direction without changing the direction of the bill Rotating conveyance path to change to
And the delivery carrier path is provided rotatably in a direction perpendicular to the bill transport direction as an axis, when not transporting the paper money between adjacent bill processing machine holds the receiving pass conveyance path vertically state When it is housed in the one banknote processing machine, the unitized mechanism in the banknote processing machine can be pulled out in the front-rear direction, and when transporting banknotes between adjacent banknote processing machines, the delivery path for delivery The cash processing apparatus characterized in that both sides are made to face the banknote conveyance path of both banknote processing machines by turning the sideways into a horizontal state .

In claim 1,
When the delivery carrier path next state is rotated, one end of the receiving pass conveyance path is end facing paper money transport path of the banknote handling machine provided with a conveying path for the transfer, and the other end the A cash processing apparatus characterized in that the banknote conveyance paths of both banknote processing machines are connected to face the end of the banknote conveyance path of a banknote processing machine adjacent to the banknote processing machine.