JP4663344B2 - Banknote handling machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling machine that stores deposited banknotes in denominations.

As a banknote processing machine that is used as a part of a banking machine such as a bank and deposits or withdraws rose banknotes, for example, the inserted banknotes are separated one by one and taken into the machine body. The deposit / withdrawal unit that discriminates the authenticity and denomination of the deposit and conveys it to a target position according to the discrimination result, the temporary storage unit that temporarily stores the banknotes fed from the deposit / withdrawal unit by denomination, What is comprised from the storage part unit which stores the banknote temporarily stored by a temporary storage unit by money type, and has the money-type deposit / withdrawal storage part which can pay out this as a banknote for payment | emission is known (for example, , See Patent Document 1). Since such a banknote processing machine is used as a banking machine such as a bank, a large amount of processing must be performed in a short time.
Japanese Patent No. 3515400

  By the way, such a banknote processing machine is provided with a function of reconfirming banknotes existing in the machine such as self-examination (denomination confirmation, counting confirmation, etc.), and the user can automatically or Although this function will be used arbitrarily, this function is a relatively time-consuming operation due to the re-identification and re-counting of all banknotes in the machine. , It will be in a state where other processing such as payment cannot be performed. In addition, the banknote handling machine cannot perform the next depositing process until the banknote previously deposited and temporarily stored is stored in the storage unit, and can perform two or more depositing processes in parallel. There wasn't. Thus, the conventional banknote handling machine has room for further improvement from the viewpoint of improving operational efficiency.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a problem, and it aims at providing the banknote processing machine which can improve operational efficiency.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a first identification unit that identifies a banknote inserted into a deposit port, and a banknote that is identified as a true banknote by the first identification unit is gold. A plurality of temporary storage units that are temporarily stored in accordance with types, a plurality of storage units that store the banknotes temporarily stored in these temporary storage units in respective denominations after payment is confirmed, and the plurality of storage units at the time of withdrawal A banknote processing machine including a second identification unit for identifying a banknote dispensed from the bank, wherein two or more temporary storage units for temporarily storing the same denomination are provided, and these same gold One storage unit for the denomination can receive a bill from two or more temporary storage units that temporarily store seeds at different timings, and one of the two or more temporary storage units. One temporary storage unit is used for one predetermined process, and another temporary storage unit is used. A plurality of processes are performed in parallel by using a part for another predetermined process, or one temporary storage part among the two or more temporary storage parts is used for one predetermined process. The temporary storage unit is used for the predetermined processing when the temporary storage unit is full .

  The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of temporary storage portions are arranged in a plurality of stages so as to overlap in a plan view, and the uppermost temporary storage portion among the plurality of temporary storage portions. Horizontal moving means capable of horizontally moving the temporary storage part of the other stage excluding the upper part to a state where it does not overlap with the uppermost temporary storage part in plan view, and the temporary storage part of the other stage excluding the lowermost temporary storage part A vertical movement means for vertically moving the bills to the same height as the lowermost temporary storage unit, and when storing banknotes of a predetermined temporary storage unit excluding the lowermost temporary storage unit in the storage unit, After the horizontal storage means horizontally moves the temporary storage section below the temporary storage section of the lower stage, the vertical movement means moves the predetermined temporary storage section to the same height as the lowermost temporary storage section. And control means for vertical movement To.

  The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 2, banknotes are stored in order from the lowest temporary storage section during the deposit process.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 2 or claim 3, wherein, during the scrutiny process, the banknote to be scrutinized is stored in the lowermost temporary storage section and the deposit process can be started. When the depositing process is started in parallel, the banknotes to be deposited are stored in a vacant temporary storage unit above the lowermost stage.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, two or more temporary storage units that temporarily store the same denomination are provided, and one storage unit for the denomination can receive banknotes from these temporary storage units. because you are, if example embodiment, it is possible to temporarily stored in two or more of the temporary storage portion banknotes of the same denomination when deposit a large amount of the bill, also be carried out in parallel a plurality of process For example, if one temporary storage unit is used for scrutiny processing and the other temporary storage unit is used for deposit processing, it becomes possible to perform the deposit processing while conducting scrutiny, If one temporary storage unit is used for the preceding deposit process and the other temporary storage unit is used for the next deposit process, the next deposit process can be started in the middle of the previous deposit process. . That is, operational efficiency can be improved.

  According to invention of Claim 2, it becomes possible to arrange | position two or more temporary storage parts and one accommodating part which can accept a banknote from these on the same vertical line, and aim at the highly efficient space. Can do.

  According to the invention of claim 3, by actively using the lowermost temporary storage part, the movement of the temporary storage part is reduced as much as possible when the banknote is delivered to the storage part, and the time related to storage is shortened. Can do.

  According to the invention of claim 4, by using the lowermost temporary storage unit for the scrutiny processing, it is possible to smoothly transfer the banknotes to the storage unit being scrutinized without moving the temporary storage unit. This makes it possible to operate more efficiently.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The banknote handling machine 1 according to the present embodiment is capable of performing various processes related to banknotes such as depositing, storing, collecting and dispensing of loose banknotes, and other unillustrated coins as part of a cashier in a bank or the like. It is used in combination with a processor or the like.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the banknote handling machine 1 of the present embodiment, the machine body 3 constituting the outer portion has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. Is provided, and a reject port 10 through which a reject banknote is fed out from the machine body 3 is provided so as to be adjacent to the deposit port 7. A withdrawal port 14 through which withdrawal banknotes are fed out is provided. The deposit port 7, the reject port 10, and the withdrawal port 14 are all aligned in the front-rear direction of the machine body and are provided on the substantially front surface 12 side in the front-rear direction of the machine body.

  The deposit slot 7 is provided with a bill feeding section 16 that separates the bills inserted into the deposit slot 7 one by one by an operation command from the control section 72 shown in FIG. The banknote feeding unit 16 is connected to a deposit transport unit 18 that transports banknotes fed from the banknote feeding unit 16. The rose banknotes are inserted into the deposit port 7 in a stacked state in a posture in which the longitudinal direction is along the front-rear direction of the airframe 3, and move in the airframe 3 while maintaining this posture, and in this posture. For example, it is fed out to the reject port 10 or the withdrawal port 14.

  The deposit conveyance unit 18 includes a right extending part 20 extending substantially horizontally from the banknote feeding part 16 toward the right side surface 6 and a downward extending extending downward from the end of the right extending part 20. The upper part left extension part 23 branched from the middle part of the extension part 22, the downward extension part 22, and extended to the left side surface 5 side, and extends from the end of the downward extension part 22 to the left side surface 5 side. A deposit conveyance path 26 having a lower left extension 24, and a right extension 20 of the deposit conveyance path 26 has a denomination, authenticity, A deposit identifying unit 27 (first identifying unit) is provided for identifying and counting damages and conveyance abnormalities.

  From the right side 6 side, that is, the downstream side of the depositing identification unit 27 in the right extension unit 20, reject banknotes other than banknotes that are identified as normal and normal by the depositing identification unit 27 to the reject port 10. A reject conveyance path 29 for conveyance is branched.

  Furthermore, the deposit conveyance unit 18 is branched from the right side 6 side of the machine body 3 in the upper left extension 23 of the deposit conveyance path 26 and extends downward, and on the left side of the machine unit from the conveyance path 31. A conveyance path 32 that branches from the position on the surface 5 side and extends downward, a conveyance path 33 that branches from the position on the left side surface 5 of the machine body and extends downward from the conveyance path 32, and an upper left extension And a conveyance path 34 extending downward from the end of the protruding portion 23.

  Further, the deposit conveyance unit 18 branches from the right side 6 side of the machine body 3 in the lower left extension 24 and extends downward, and the position on the machine left side 5 side of the conveyance path 35. A conveyance path 36 that branches from the conveyance path 36 and extends downward, a conveyance path 37 that branches from the position on the left side 5 of the machine body and extends downward, and a terminal of the lower left extension 24. And a conveyance path 38 extending downward from the bottom. Such a deposit conveyance part 18 has matched the position of the deposit port 7 and the body front-back direction over the whole.

Then, at each end position of the deposit conveyance unit 18 excluding the reject conveyance path 29, that is, at each end position of the conveyance paths 31 to 38, the banknotes identified as normal and normal by the deposit identification unit 27 are gold. More specifically, eight temporary storage sections 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 8e, 8f, 8g, and 8h are connected to be temporarily stored in accordance with the type. Among these temporary storage units 8a to 8h, the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d are aligned with each other in the vertical direction and are aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction of the machine body. In addition, in the temporary storage units 8e to 8h below the temporary storage units 8a to 8d, the positions in the vertical direction are aligned with each other and the positions in the longitudinal direction of the machine body are aligned with each other. Furthermore, the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d and the lower temporary storage units 8e to 8h are arranged so that the temporary storage units corresponding in the vertical direction overlap each other in plan view. Specifically, the temporary storage unit 8a and the temporary storage unit 8e, the temporary storage unit 8b and the temporary storage unit 8f, the temporary storage unit 8c and the temporary storage unit 8g, the temporary storage unit 8d and the temporary storage unit 8h, Are arranged so as to overlap each other in plan view.
Here, these temporary storage parts 8a-8h are stepped up and down, and set it as the basic position when it exists in the substantially forward position of the body front-back direction.

  As described above, the temporary storage units 8a to 8h are arranged so as to be provided in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction. The temporary storage units 8a to 8h receive banknotes from the upper side and temporarily store them in a state where they are stacked in the vertical direction, and the temporarily stored banknotes are dropped downward.

  The lower (lowermost) temporary storage portions 8e to 8h are connected to the temporary storage portions 8e to 8h and the partial storage portions 8e to 8h of the downward extension portion 22 in the deposit conveyance path 26 and the height of the temporary storage portions 8e to 8h. The unit 39 is integrated with each of the transport paths 35 to 38. The unit 39 is provided so as to be horizontally movable in the longitudinal direction of the machine body by a guide rail (not shown). The unit 39 is horizontally moved by being driven by a slide mechanism (horizontal moving means) 40 shown in FIG. 6 including the guide rail. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the unit 39 is on the front surface 12 side in the longitudinal direction of the machine body, and the lower temporary storage portions 8e to 8h are seen in plan view from the upper temporary storage portions 8a to 8d at the basic position. As shown in FIG. 3, the lower temporary storage portions 8e to 8h are planarly viewed from the upper temporary storage portions 8a to 8d, as shown in FIG. It moves back and forth between the rear end positions where they are not superimposed.

The upper (uppermost) temporary storage units 8a to 8d are connected to the temporary storage units 8a to 8d and the partial storage unit 8a to 8d whose height is matched with the temporary storage units 8a to 8d of the downward extension 22 in the deposit conveyance path 26. Together with each of the transport paths 31 to 34, the unit 41 is integrated. The unit 41 is provided so as to be movable up and down by a guide rail (not shown). The unit 41 is driven by an elevator mechanism (vertical moving means) 42 shown in FIG. 6 including the guide rail and is moved up and down along the guide rail. To do. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the temporary storage parts 8a to 8d of the unit 41 are movable in the vertical direction. Here, the unit 41 moves up and down between the basic position described above and the lower limit position that is the same height as the lower temporary storage portions 8e to 8h.
The slide mechanism 40 and the elevator mechanism 42 described above are controlled by a control unit 72 (control means) shown in FIG.

  As described above, the slide mechanism unit 40 moves the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d from the state where the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d and the lower temporary storage units 8e to 8h overlap in plan view to the state where they do not overlap in plan view. Except for the other stages, that is, here, the lower temporary storage sections 8e to 8h are moved horizontally. Further, the elevator mechanism unit 42 vertically moves the other stages excluding the lower temporary storage parts 8e to 8h, that is, the upper temporary storage parts 8a to 8d here to the same height as the lower temporary storage parts 8e to 8h. . When the units 39 and 41 are in the basic position, the deposit transport unit 18 is aligned with the position in the longitudinal direction of the machine, and has a predetermined width in the longitudinal direction of the machine (the length of the banknote having the longest longitudinal length). (Approximately equal length).

  Further, depositing from the temporary storage units 8a to 8h is vertically below each of the temporary storage units 8e to 8h in the lower stage, which is located at the basic position and overlapped with the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d in plan view. Bill storage units (storage units) 9a, 9b, 9c, and 9d for receiving bills are provided.

  Here, a banknote storage unit 9a corresponding to the temporary storage units 8a and 8e is vertically below the temporary storage unit 8e, and a banknote storage unit corresponding to the temporary storage units 8b and 8f is vertically below the temporary storage unit 8f. 9b is a banknote storage part corresponding to the temporary storage parts 8c and 8g vertically below the temporary storage part 8g, and a banknote storage part corresponding to the temporary storage parts 8d and 8h is vertically below the temporary storage part 8h. 9d is arrange | positioned so that it may overlap with the temporary storage part which each respond | corresponds by planar view.

  All the banknote storage units 9a to 9d are stored in the body 3, and the height position of the upper end portion is the same, and the height position of the lower end portion is also the same.

  In addition, each banknote storage part 9a-9d will receive in a state which received the banknote from what was right above among the temporary storage parts 8a-8h, and accumulated the banknote in the up-down direction, and all the banknote storage parts 9a. A separating and feeding device 44 capable of separating and feeding the banknotes stored in this manner one by one is provided at each of the lower parts to 9d. And the banknote in the banknote accommodating parts 9a-9d is made to withdraw by driving the separation | elimination delivery apparatus 44 by the instruction | command from the control part 72. FIG.

  Each of the separating and feeding devices 44 is connected to a dispensing transport unit 46 that transports the banknotes fed from each separating and feeding device 44 to the dispensing port 14. The withdrawal / conveyance section 46 has a withdrawal / conveyance path 48 that conveys banknotes fed out from the banknote storage sections 9a to 9d, and the withdrawal / conveyance path 48 is directed toward the right side 6 of the machine body. It has a right extending part 50 that extends horizontally and an upper extending part 52 that extends upward from the end of the right extending part 50 and is connected to the withdrawal port 14.

  The withdrawal conveyance path 48 includes a merging conveyance path 53 that conveys banknotes dispensed from the banknote storage unit 9a, a merging conveyance path 54 that conveys banknotes dispensed from the banknote storage unit 9b, and the banknote storage unit 9c. It has the confluence conveyance path 55 which conveys the withdrawn banknote, and the confluence conveyance path 56 which conveys the banknote withdrawn from the banknote storage part 9d, and each of these confluence conveyance paths 53-56 is on the right side. It merges with the extension 50. Furthermore, a branching path 49 is branched from the middle of the upper extension part 52 of the withdrawal conveyance path 48 and connected to the lower left extension part 24 of the deposit conveyance path 26.

  Then, on the lower side (upstream) side of the branch path 49 of the upper extension part 52, identification of the denomination, authenticity, correctness, etc. of the withdrawal banknote, and conveyance abnormality such as skew feeding, double feeding, etc. are confirmed. A withdrawal identification unit 58 (second identification unit) is provided.

  Further, the withdrawal conveyance section 46 is a rejection conveyance path that branches from the upper (downstream) side of the branch path 49 in the upper extension section 52 of the withdrawal conveyance path 48 and extends to the right side of the machine body and connected to the rejection box 60. 61. The reject conveyance path 61 conveys the banknotes that cannot be withdrawn, which has been identified as being unpaid, such as an abnormal banknote by the withdrawal identifying unit 58, to the reject box 60. As a result, a genuine note that can be withdrawn. Only is delivered to the withdrawal port 14. Moreover, when performing self-examination, a genuine note is returned to the deposit conveyance path 26 via the branch path 49, and is conveyed to each part according to the money type of the temporary storage parts 8e-8h.

  In addition, each branch part of each conveyance part 18 and 46 is provided with the distribution mechanism (distribution means) 73 shown in FIG. , Based on the identification result of the deposit identifying unit 27 or the withdrawal identifying unit 58.

  Further, the withdrawal conveyance unit 46 is entirely connected to the deposit conveyance unit 18 when the units 39 and 41 are in the basic position, the temporary storage units 8a to 8h, and the banknote storage units 9a to 9d in the longitudinal direction of the machine body. The positions are aligned and provided within a range of a predetermined width in the longitudinal direction of the machine body (a length approximately equal to the length of the banknote having the longest length in the longitudinal direction).

  The elevator mechanism 42 shown in FIG. 6 that moves up and down the unit 41 including the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d, the sensor 64 that detects the basic position and the lower limit position of the unit 41, and the lower temporary storage units 8e to 8h are included. A slide mechanism unit 40 that horizontally moves the unit 39 and a sensor 65 that detects the basic position and the rear end position of the unit 39 are connected to the control unit 72. Further, the control unit 72 includes an operation unit 68 in which operation of each process is input by an operator, a display menu 67 for displaying a process guide menu, a process state, a process result, and the like, the above-described deposit conveyance unit 18, and temporary storage. The parts 8a to 8h, the bill storage parts 9a to 9d, and the withdrawal conveyance part 46 are connected.

Here, the temporary storage units 8a to 8h and the banknote storage units 9a to 9d will be further described.
As described above, the temporary storage units 8a to 8h in the banknote handling machine 1 of the present embodiment are arranged in two rows in the vertical direction of the machine body 3 and in four rows in the left and right direction of the machine body 3, and in total. Eight temporary storage parts 8a-8h are provided. Temporary storage units 8a to 8d are arranged in the upper stage, and temporary storage units 8e to 8h are arranged in the lower stage. Basically, the temporary storage units immediately below directly receive banknotes of the same denomination. For example, the temporary storage unit 8a and the temporary storage unit 8e are for thousand tickets, the temporary storage unit 8b and the temporary storage unit 8f are for two thousand tickets, the temporary storage unit 8c and the temporary storage unit 8g are for five thousand tickets, and a temporary storage unit 8d. The temporary storage unit 8h is for 10,000 tickets.

  The banknote storage units 9a to 9d provided corresponding to the temporary storage units 8a to 8h below the temporary storage units 8a to 8h are banknote storage boxes of denomination that can be deposited and withdrawn. Are arranged with their positions in the height direction matched. As described above, the temporary storage units 8a to 8h immediately below are basically set to accept banknotes of the same denomination, and the banknote storage units 9a to 9d arranged on the same vertical line as those are also used. It is set to accept the same denomination. That is, when each temporary storage part 8a-8h is set as a money type, in order to correspond to an above-described example, the banknote storage part 9a is for thousand tickets, the banknote storage part 9b is for two thousand tickets, and the banknote storage part 9c is 5,000. The bill storage unit 9d is for tickets.

  Each of the banknote storage units 9 a to 9 d may be a fixed box that cannot be detached from the machine body 3 or a cassette box that can be detached from the machine body 3. The unit including the banknote storage units 9a to 9d can be pulled out from the machine body 3 to the front or the side of the machine body 3 regardless of whether it is a fixed type or a detachable type. When the banknote storage units 9a to 9d are attached and detached, the banknote storage units 9a to 9d can be pulled out by releasing the lock with an operation key (not shown).

  Moreover, the above-mentioned banknote accommodating parts 9a-9d can arbitrarily set the banknote to accept. It is also possible to use a banknote deposit machine that does not withdraw money. In that case, it is also possible to mix thousand tickets and ten thousand tickets, or to mix two thousand tickets and non-payable tickets.

  In the banknote handling machine 1 of the present embodiment described above, in a standby state in which processing is not performed, the unit 41 including the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d and the unit 39 including the lower temporary storage units 8e to 8h are basically used. In position.

  When depositing a large amount of banknotes in such a banknote handling machine 1, in the standby state as described above, a large number of loose banknotes are thrown into the deposit port 7 in a stacked state by the operator, and the depositing is started from the operation unit 68. When the operation input is made, the control unit 72 separates and feeds the banknotes one by one from the deposit port 7 in the bill feeding unit 16, and the deposit conveyance unit 18 follows the route indicated by the thick line in FIG. The fed bills are conveyed to a predetermined place. The fed out banknotes are identified by the deposit recognition unit 27 in the middle of conveyance, and are distributed to each unit by each sorting mechanism 73 based on the identification result. Then, reject banknotes other than depositable banknotes are discharged to the reject port 10 via the reject conveyance path 29, while the denomination temporary storage units 8a to 8h corresponding to the depositable banknotes based on the identification result of the deposit identification unit 27. To temporarily store. First, the lower temporary storage units 8e to 8h are stored in order, and when the lower temporary storage units 8e to 8h are full, the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d are stored.

 And when all the banknotes of the deposit port 7 reach the reject port 10 or the temporary storage units 8a to 8h, the control unit 72 displays the counting result of the denomination of the deposited banknotes based on the identification result of the deposit identification unit 27. It is displayed on the display unit 67. When the operator sees this display and inputs a deposit approval operation to the operation unit 68, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the control unit 72 stores the banknotes temporarily stored in the lower temporary storage units 8e to 8h. Then, the paper is transferred to the lower bill storage units 9a to 9d at the basic position, and then the lower temporary storage units 8e to 8h are horizontally moved to the rear end position by the slide mechanism unit 40 as shown in FIGS. Then, the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d are positioned at the lower end position by the elevator mechanism unit 42, and the banknotes are transferred from the temporary storage units 8a to 8d to the lower banknote storage units 9a to 9d.

  In this way, banknotes are stored in the banknote storage units 9a to 9d that are vertically downward while being classified into denominations into the temporary storage units 8a to 8h. That is, the banknotes of the temporary storage unit 8a and the temporary storage unit 8e are stored in the banknote storage unit 9a, the banknotes of the temporary storage unit 8b and the temporary storage unit 8f are stored in the banknote storage unit 9b, and the banknotes of the temporary storage unit 8c and the temporary storage unit 8g. The banknote storage unit 9c stores the banknotes of the temporary storage unit 8d and the temporary storage unit 8h in the banknote storage unit 9d. When these storages are completed, the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d are raised to the basic position, and then the lower temporary storage units 8e to 8h are horizontally moved to the basic position to complete the depositing process.

  In addition, when two users continuously perform deposit processing, as shown in FIG. 4, the first user's processed banknotes are stored in the lower temporary storage units 8e to 8h and used by the second user. The banknotes processed by the person are stored in the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d. That is, after the payment of the first user stored in the lower temporary storage units 8e to 8h is confirmed, the banknotes stored in the lower temporary storage units 8e to 8h are transferred to the lower banknote storage units 9a to 9a. While being stored in 9d, it becomes possible to start the second user's deposit process, that is, the temporary storage in the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d, and the user does not wait for the end of the previous deposit process operation. You can continue to deposit money. Then, after the payment of the first user is completed, the banknotes of the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d are stored in the banknote storage units 9a to 9d in the same manner as described above.

  In addition, when depositing a large amount of banknotes or when two users continuously perform the depositing process, the first banknote to be deposited may be stored in any of the upper and lower temporary storage units 8a to 8h. well, or it is set to one in which either, may be switched by the respective switching means.

  In the case of the above deposit processing, since the deposit transport unit 18 is used and the withdrawal transport unit 46 is not used, the withdrawal process using the withdrawal transport unit 46 and not using the deposit transport unit 18 is referred to as the deposit process. Can be executed in parallel.

  Here, in the withdrawal process, the banknotes in the banknote storage units 9 a to 9 d are separated and fed one by one by the separating and feeding device 44, and the fed banknotes are transported to the withdrawal port 14 by the dispensing transport unit 46. In the middle, the withdrawal identifying unit 58 confirms identification of denomination, authenticity, correctness, etc., and conveyance abnormality such as skew feeding and double feeding. Then, according to the identification result by the withdrawal identifying unit 58, the counterfeit bills, the damaged bills, the abnormally transported bills, etc. are transported to the reject box 60, and only the genuine bills are transported to the withdrawal port 14 and delivered to the operator. Will be paid.

  Moreover, when performing a self-scrutinization process and a money_receiving | payment process in parallel, as shown in FIG. 5, the banknote to be scrutinized is stored in the temporary storage part 8e-8h of the lower stage from the banknote storage parts 9a-9d, and money_receiving | payment The banknotes deposited from the mouth 7 are stored in empty upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d.

  Specifically, when a command for starting self-scrutiny is issued automatically by an operator's operation or a timer, the control unit 72 first confirms that all processing operations are not performed, and further temporarily stores The sensor 66 confirms that there are no banknotes in the parts 8a to 8h. Temporarily, when other processing operations are performed, it waits for those processing operations to be completed, and when banknotes exist in the temporary storage units 8a to 8h, the banknotes are confirmed, Are stored in the banknote storage units 9a to 9d. After these processes are completed and it can be confirmed that there are no banknotes in the temporary storage units 8a to 8h, the banknotes in the banknote storage units 9a to 9d are sequentially fed out.

  The banknotes in the banknote storage units 9a to 9d separated and fed out one by one by each separating and feeding device 44 are guided to the withdrawal transport path 48, and the withdrawal identification unit 58 along the route indicated by the thick line in FIG. It is conveyed to. The withdrawal identification unit 58 confirms identification of denomination, authenticity, correctness, etc., and conveyance abnormality such as skew feeding and double feeding. Then, depending on the identification result of the withdrawal identification unit 58, counterfeit bills, damaged bills, abnormally conveyed bills, etc. are transferred to the reject box 60, and genuine bills are transferred to any of the corresponding temporary storage units 8e to 8h in the lower stage. Is done.

  Here, for example, when a default (thousand-yen) normal banknote is stored in the banknote storage unit 9a, the banknote is conveyed to the temporary storage unit 8e corresponding to the banknote storage unit 9a. When the normal banknote of a seed | species was accommodated, the banknote is conveyed to either of the temporary storage parts 8f-8h corresponding to it, and an abnormal banknote and a banknote with abnormal conveyance are sent to the reject box 60. Be transported.

  When the same denomination is stored in the banknote storage part 9a, the banknotes in the banknote storage part 9a are sequentially drawn out by the separating and feeding device 44 and conveyed to the temporary storage part 8e, and in the temporary storage part 8e. Is full, the feeding is temporarily stopped and the banknote in the temporary storage unit 8e is moved into the banknote storage unit 9a. At this time, the banknote after scrutiny is placed on the flapper 62 for sorting so as not to be mixed with the banknote before being fed out in the banknote storage unit 9a. When this operation is repeated and all the banknotes originally in the banknote storage unit 9a have been fed, the banknotes in the banknote storage unit 9b are separated by the separation and feeding device 44 in order to examine the banknotes in the banknote storage unit 9b next. Are sequentially fed out to the temporary storage unit 8f, and the same processing as the bills in the bill storage unit 9a is performed. Thereafter, the banknotes in the banknote storage unit 9c and the banknote storage unit 9d are processed in order, and the last banknote corresponds through the reject box 60 or the corresponding one of the lower temporary storage units 8e to 8h. When transported to the storage units 9a to 9d, the control unit 72 displays the scrutinization result on the display unit 67, rewrites the amount of the storage device to a new one, and drops the banknote on the flapper 62 to perform the scrutiny process. Terminate.

  During this scrutiny process, when a banknote to be deposited by the operator is set in the deposit port 7 and input for the deposit process is made to the operation unit 68, the control unit 72 starts the deposit process in parallel with the scrutiny process. . That is, banknotes are separated one by one from the deposit port 7 and fed out. The fed banknotes are transported on the deposit transport path 26 by the deposit transport unit 18 and are identified by the deposit identifying unit 27 in the middle, and sorted according to the identification result. In other words, counterfeit bills, non-conformity tickets, abnormally conveyed banknotes, etc. pass through the reject transport path 29 to the reject port 10, and true bills pass through the deposit transport path 26, whichever of the upper temporary storage units 8 a to 8 d for each denomination. It is transported to. At the same time, the identification / counting result is stored in the storage device of the control unit 72. When all the bills inserted into the deposit port 7 are taken into the machine body 3 and conveyed to either the reject port 10 or the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d, the control unit 72 identifies the deposit on the display unit 67. The identification result of the unit 27 is displayed to prompt the operator to perform subsequent processing operations. That is, the operator is prompted to select whether to confirm the deposit, cancel the deposit, or perform additional deposit.

  At this time, when the operator instructs the additional deposit from the operation unit 68, the control unit 72 confirms the banknote additionally inserted into the deposit port 7, and repeats the deposit process again. At this time, identification / counting is performed while adding to the count result of the previous deposit process.

  Or if an operator instruct | indicates cancellation of payment from the operation part 68, the control part 72 will cancel | release the drawer lock of the upper temporary storage part 8a-8d by which the banknote is stored inside, and will correspond to the temporary storage part 8a-. 8d can be pulled out. And the operator collect | recovers the banknotes temporarily stored inside by pulling out the corresponding temporary storage part. At this time, the control unit 72 resets the identification / counting result stored in the storage device.

  Or if an operator instruct | indicates the confirmation of payment from the operation part 68, if the original, the control part 72 will accommodate the banknote temporarily stored by temporary storage part 8a-8d in banknote storage part 9a-9d. The storage operation is started. In this case, the scrutinization process is preferentially performed, so that the scrutinization process ends. As soon as the scrutiny process is completed, the storing operation similar to the above in the banknote storage units 9a to 9d of the banknotes of the temporary storage units 8a to 8d is started, and the banknotes in the temporary storage units 8a to 8d are transferred to the banknote storage units 9a to 9d. When it is stored inside, the deposit process is completed. At the same time, the stock of the storage device is rewritten with a new one.

According to such a banknote handling machine 1, one banknote storage unit 9a is from two temporary storage units 8a and 8e, one banknote storage unit 9b is from two temporary storage units 8b and 8f, and one banknote storage unit. For example, when depositing a large amount of banknotes, 9c can receive banknotes from two temporary storage sections 8c and 8g, and one banknote storage section 9d can receive banknotes from two temporary storage sections 8d and 8h. It becomes possible to temporarily store banknotes of the same denomination in two or more temporary storage units, and it is possible to perform a plurality of processes in parallel, and carefully examine the lower temporary storage units 8e to 8h. By using it for processing and using the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d for depositing processing, it becomes possible to perform the depositing process while carrying out a scrutiny process, and the lower temporary storing units 8e to 8h are used. For prior deposit processing And use, by using the upper of the temporary storage portion 8a~8d for the following deposit process, it also becomes possible in the course of the previous deposit process starts the next deposit operation. That is, operational efficiency can be improved.

  Moreover, since the lower temporary storage parts 8e-8h can move horizontally and the upper temporary storage parts 8a-8d can move vertically, the banknote storage which accommodates these temporary storage parts 8a and 8e and these banknotes. It becomes possible to arrange | position the part 9a on the same vertical line, and similarly it becomes possible to arrange | position the temporary storage parts 8b and 8f and the banknote accommodating part 9b on the same vertical line, and similarly the temporary storage parts 8c, 8g and the bill storage unit 9c can be arranged on the same vertical line, and similarly, the temporary storage units 8d and 8h and the bill storage unit 9d can be arranged on the same vertical line, High efficiency can be achieved.

  During the deposit process, the temporary storage units 8e to 8h in the lower stage are actively used, so that the movement of the temporary storage units 8a to 8h is reduced as much as possible when the banknotes are transferred to the banknote storage units 9a to 9d. Time can be shortened. Furthermore, since the subsequent deposit can be stored in the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d even if the previous deposit process is being executed, two deposit processes can be performed as described above. . Further, if the number of stacked stages of the temporary storage units 8a to 8h is increased, two or more depositing processes can be performed. At the same time, the withdrawal process can be executed.

  At the time of the scrutiny processing, it is possible to smoothly transfer the banknotes to the banknote storage units 9a to 9d during the scrutiny without moving the temporary storage units 8e to 8h by using the lower temporary storage units 8e to 8h. Therefore, more efficient operation becomes possible. Further, even during the scrutiny process, the deposited banknotes can be stored in the upper temporary storage units 8a to 8d, so that the deposit process can be performed in parallel with the scrutiny process as described above.

  In addition, although the two temporary storage parts were provided with respect to one banknote storage part above, it is not restricted to this, You may provide three or more temporary storage parts with respect to one banknote. Also in this case, when storing the banknotes in the predetermined temporary storage unit excluding the lowermost temporary storage unit into the banknote storage unit, the temporary storage unit in the lower stage than the predetermined temporary storage part is slid. After the horizontal movement by the mechanism part 40, the temporary storage part of a predetermined stage is vertically moved by the elevator mechanism part 42 to the same height as the temporary storage part of the lowermost stage.

In addition, in the above, it connects with the temporary storage part 8e-8h of the lower temporary storage part 8e-8h, the partial structure part in which the height of the temporary storage part 8e-8h of the downward extension part 22 in the money_receiving | payment conveyance path 26 matches. The transport paths 35 to 38 are integrated into the unit 39, and the upper temporary storage sections 8a to 8d and the temporary storage sections 8a to 8d of the downward extension section 22 in the deposit transport path 26 are matched in height. The partial configuration unit and the transport paths 31 to 34 connected to the temporary storage units 8a to 8d are integrated into a unit 41, and the horizontal movement and the vertical movement are integrally performed for each stage. You may comprise all the storage parts 8a-8h so that horizontal movement and raising / lowering movement are possible independently.
Further, at the time of standby, all the related temporary storage units 8a to 8h and banknote storage units 9a to 9d are arranged so as to be aligned on the same vertical line. -By adopting vertical movement up and down, it is possible to make various arrangements that take into account the relationship of space.
Furthermore, the setting of denominations to be stored in the temporary storage units 8a to 8h and the banknote storage units 9a to 9d is not limited to the above, and can be appropriately set according to the purpose of use.

It is an internal front view which shows the banknote processing machine of one Embodiment in this invention. It is an internal side view which shows the banknote processing machine of one Embodiment in this invention. It is an internal side view which shows the banknote processing machine of one Embodiment in this invention. It is an internal front view which shows the processing path of the banknote processing machine of one Embodiment in this invention with a thick line. It is an internal front view which shows the processing path of the banknote processing machine of one Embodiment in this invention with a thick line. It is a block diagram which shows roughly the control system of the banknote processing machine of one Embodiment in this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote processing machine 7 Deposit port 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 8e, 8f, 8g, 8h Temporary storage part 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d Banknote storage part (storage part)
27 Deposit identification part (first identification part)
58 Withdrawal identification unit (second identification unit)
40 Slide mechanism (horizontal movement means)
42 Elevator mechanism (vertical moving means)
72 Control unit (control means)

Claims (4)

A first identification unit for identifying a bill inserted into the deposit port;
A plurality of temporary storage units for temporarily storing banknotes identified as true banknotes by denomination by the first identification unit;
A plurality of storage units for storing banknotes temporarily stored in these temporary storage units in respective denominations after depositing is confirmed,
A banknote handling machine comprising a second identification unit for identifying banknotes withdrawn from the plurality of storage units at the time of withdrawal,
Two or more temporary storage units for temporarily storing the same denomination are provided,
From the two or more temporary storage units that temporarily store these same denominations, one storage unit for the denomination can accept banknotes at different timings , respectively .
A plurality of processes are performed in parallel by using one temporary storage part of the two or more temporary storage parts for one predetermined process and another temporary storage part for another predetermined process. Or, one of the two or more temporary storage units is used for one predetermined processing, and the other temporary storage unit is used for the one predetermined processing when the one temporary storage unit is full. A bill processing machine characterized by being used . Arranging the plurality of temporary storage portions in a plurality of stages up and down so as to overlap in plan view,
A horizontal movement means capable of horizontally moving the temporary storage part of the other stage excluding the uppermost temporary storage part in a state of not overlapping the uppermost temporary storage part in a plan view, among the plurality of temporary storage parts;
Vertical movement means for vertically moving the temporary storage part of the other stage excluding the temporary storage part of the lowermost stage to the same height as the temporary storage part of the lowermost stage;
When storing banknotes in a predetermined temporary storage section excluding the lowermost temporary storage section in the storage section, the horizontal movement means moves the temporary storage section below the predetermined temporary storage section. 2. The control unit according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit that vertically moves the temporary storage unit of the predetermined stage to the same height as the temporary storage unit of the lowermost stage after the horizontal movement. Banknote handling machine.   3. The banknote handling machine according to claim 2, wherein banknotes are stored in order from the lowermost temporary storage unit during deposit processing.   During the scrutiny process, banknotes to be scrutinized are stored in the lowermost temporary storage section and the deposit process can be started, and when starting the deposit process in parallel with the scrutiny process, the banknotes to be deposited are The banknote processing machine according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the banknote processing machine is stored in an empty temporary storage section above.

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