JP4753271B2 - Banknote handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a banknote processing apparatus that discriminates authenticity of inserted banknotes and accommodates banknotes regarded as genuine banknotes in a stacker disposed in the apparatus main body, and in particular, pays out banknotes as change. It is related with the banknote processing apparatus.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a device such as a vending machine that can handle both banknotes and coins, a banknote processing device that determines the authenticity of inserted banknotes and accommodates a banknote regarded as a genuine banknote in the apparatus main body, A coin processing device is provided for discriminating the authenticity and denomination of the inserted coin and storing the coin regarded as a genuine note in the apparatus main body or in a separate safe.
[0003]
Among these, in the banknote handling apparatus, banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion port are transported via banknote transport means such as a banknote transport belt or a plurality of banknote transport rollers, and then the inserted banknotes regarded as genuine are stored in the banknotes. The stacker is stored and accommodated through the means.
[0004]
While the inserted banknote is transported by the above-described banknote transporting means, its authenticity and denomination are determined by various banknote determining means such as an optical sensor and a magnetic sensor, and the inserted banknote is determined to be a genuine note. Then, the banknote is stored and accommodated in a stacker disposed in the apparatus main body as it is, and when it is determined to be a fake ticket, the banknote is returned to the banknote slot.
[0005]
In addition, in the vending machine in which the banknote processing apparatus and the coin processing apparatus described above are arranged in parallel, the coin processing apparatus contains a plurality of coins to be paid in advance as change, and the banknote processing apparatus When the amount of the inserted banknote is larger than the transaction amount at the time of product purchase, the change is paid out from the above-described coin processing apparatus with a coin.
[0006]
On the other hand, in recent years, with the issuance of two thousand yen bills, a bill processing apparatus that can accommodate both two thousand yen bills and one thousand yen bills in the same stacker has also been proposed.
[0007]
In addition, in the general vending machine for soft drinks, the size and installation space of the above-described banknote processing apparatus are remarkably from the viewpoint of the installation space of the vending machine and the improvement of the product accommodation efficiency in the vending machine. Limited.
[0008]
Accordingly, since the banknote handling apparatus is disposed in a narrow installation space of the vending machine, it is necessary to be particularly small. Therefore, in the banknote handling apparatus capable of handling a plurality of types of banknotes described above, banknotes are paid as change. There is no function to dispense, and therefore, change is paid out with coins only from the coin processing devices arranged in parallel in the vending machine.
[0009]
In addition, a banknote processing device that can handle two types of banknotes, a high-value banknote and a low-value banknote, and dispense a low-value banknote as change has been proposed and implemented in practice, but its shape is extremely large, so it is installed The present situation is that it is not used in the above-mentioned vending machines for soft drinks whose size and shape are limited from the viewpoint of securing space and commodity storage space.
[0010]
That is, the conventional banknote handling apparatus having such a banknote dispensing function includes a plurality of stackers for independently storing low-value banknotes and high-value banknotes, and stackers corresponding to the inserted high-value banknotes and low-value banknotes, respectively. Various devices such as a sorting and storing device for sorting and storing inside and a dispensing device for pulling out and paying out low-value banknotes from the corresponding stacker as a change are necessary, and by installing these elements inside The conventional banknote handling apparatus having the above-described banknote dispensing function inevitably has a large shape, and as described above, it is not used in vending machines for soft drinks.
[0011]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, as described above, although there is no function of paying out low-value banknotes as change, high-value banknotes are inserted in vending machines using conventional banknote processing devices that can handle two types of high-value and low-value banknotes. In the same way as when low-value banknotes are inserted, all the change that is paid out in this case is paid in coins from within the coin processing apparatus arranged in parallel, so the number of coins demanded as change is greatly increased. There is a tendency.
[0012]
On the other hand, there is a limit to the number of coins that can be accommodated in the coin processing devices installed in parallel in the vending machine. A change shortage occurs.
[0013]
In this way, when a change in the coin processing device is insufficient, the acceptance of banknotes to be inserted thereafter has to be stopped, which causes a problem that the sales chance of the product is reduced.
[0014]
In addition, in order to deal with such problems, conventionally, the accepting of high-value banknotes of banknote processing devices is restricted (prohibited) on the equipment side such as a vending machine, thereby preventing change shortage as much as possible. However, when the acceptance of high-priced banknotes is restricted in this way, it is natural that the banknote processing apparatus cannot process substantially two types of banknotes. For example, a vending machine user possesses only high-priced banknotes. In this case, since the user cannot insert the high-priced banknote and purchase the product, the user is forced to give up the transaction, thereby causing a problem that the sales chance is reduced.
[0015]
This invention aims at providing the small banknote processing apparatus which can pay out easily the banknote used as change in view of the situation mentioned above.
[0016]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problems, in the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, one stacker that accommodates both high-priced banknotes and low-priced banknotes, and the high-priced banknotes and the low-priced banknotes that are inserted from the banknote slot are conveyed to the stacker. Or a banknote transport means comprising a banknote transport path that returns and transports from the middle to the banknote insertion slot, a banknote identification means that determines the authenticity of the banknote that is interposed and transported in the middle of the banknote transport path, and the banknote When at least paying out a low-value banknote as change, it has at least a reserve banknote storage section that is disposed between the insertion slot and the banknote identification means and stores one low-value banknote returned and conveyed by the banknote conveyance means. The one low-priced banknote previously stored in the reserve banknote storage unit is paid out to the banknote insertion slot via the banknote transporting means.
[0017]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail.
[0018]
FIG. 1 is a conceptual cross-sectional view of a banknote handling apparatus 1 according to the present invention.
[0019]
The banknote handling apparatus 1 includes banknote guiding means 3 for guiding a banknote X inserted from the banknote slot 2 and one stacker 55 for storing the guided banknote X.
Among these, the banknote guidance means 3 is branched from the 1st banknote conveyance path 4 connected to the banknote insertion slot 2, and the terminal end of this 1st banknote conveyance path 4, and is formed in the reverse U-shape. It is comprised from the banknote conveyance path 5 and the 3rd banknote conveyance path 6 extended below.
[0020]
In addition, in the middle of this 1st banknote conveyance path 4, the entrance sensor 10 which detects the banknote inserted from the banknote slot 2 is arrange | positioned. In addition, the banknote conveyance path concerning this invention is comprised by the 1st thru | or 3rd banknote conveyance path 4,5,6 mentioned above.
[0021]
Among the banknote transport paths described above, the passage switching means 11 is disposed at the end of the first banknote transport path 4.
[0022]
The passage switching means 11 is engaged with a solenoid 12, an arm 13 fixed to the plunger of the solenoid 12, and a U-shaped recess formed at the tip of the arm 13 via a protrusion 14b, and The gate lever 14 is supported so as to be rotatable about a shaft 14a. The above-described protrusion 14b protrudes from the side of the gate lever 14.
[0023]
According to the passage switching means 11 having such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 2 which is an enlarged view of the main part of FIG. 1, in the initial state where the solenoid 12 is turned off, the arm 13 is moved downward, whereby the gate lever 14 is moved. Since it rotates clockwise around the shaft 14a, the terminal end of the first banknote transport path 4 is released, and the first banknote transport path 4 and the second banknote transport path 5 communicate with each other. The upper end of the third banknote transport path 6 is closed by the gate lever 14.
[0024]
On the other hand, when the solenoid 12 is turned on as shown in FIG. 3 where the same parts as in FIG. 2 are indicated by the same reference numerals, the arm 13 moves upward together with the plunger of the solenoid 12, so that the tip of the arm 13 is engaged via the protrusion 14b. The tip of the gate lever 14 is turned counterclockwise about the shaft 14a, thereby closing the end of the first banknote transport path 3 and releasing the upper end of the third banknote transport path 6 The third banknote transport path 6 and the second banknote transport path 5 are communicated.
[0025]
When the solenoid 12 is turned off again, the arm 13 moves downward together with the plunger of the solenoid 12 as shown in FIG. 1, and the tip of the gate lever 14 engaged with the tip of the arm 13 via the projection 14b is connected to the shaft 14a. As a result, the gate lever 14 releases the terminal end of the first banknote transport path 4 and communicates the first banknote transport path 4 with the second banknote transport path 5. And the upper end of the third banknote transport path 6 is closed to return to the initial state.
[0026]
On the other hand, the banknote conveyance means 21 is arrange | positioned by the reverse U-shaped 2nd banknote conveyance path 5 shown in FIG.
[0027]
The banknote transport means 21 includes a banknote transport belt 22 stretched along the second banknote transport path 5, driven rollers 23, 24, 26 that guide the banknote transport belt 22, and a motor that drives a drive pulley 25. 27.
[0028]
Further, in the middle of the second banknote transport path 5, there is a shutter means 31 for opening and closing the second banknote transport path 5, and an identification that is a false identification means for discriminating the authenticity and denomination of the banknote X passing therethrough. A sensor 35, a sensor 36 that detects passage of the banknote X, and the like are disposed.
[0029]
Among these, the shutter means 31 is composed of a shutter lever 32 that can be moved in and out of the second banknote transport path 5 and a shutter solenoid 33 that drives the shutter lever 32.
[0030]
The identification sensor 35 disposed downstream of the shutter unit 31 includes an optical sensor including a light emitting element and a light receiving element, a magnetic sensor, and the like.
[0031]
The sensor 36 described above includes a lever 36 a that is rotatably supported via a shaft, and the tip of the lever 36 a protrudes toward the second bill conveyance path 5.
[0032]
In the sensor 36, when the tip of the bill X passes the lever 36a, the tip of the bill X presses the tip of the lever 36a and rotates the tip of the lever 36a counterclockwise around the axis. By detecting this rotation, passage of the tip of the banknote X is detected. Further, when the rear end of the bill X passes the lever 36a, the tip of the lever 36a rotates clockwise and returns to the initial position. Therefore, the passage of the rear end of the bill X is detected by detecting this rotation. .
[0033]
Moreover, the both ends of the width direction of the banknote X are each inserted in the termination | terminus of the 2nd banknote conveyance path 5 extended downstream of the sensor 36 mentioned above, and the said banknote X of the said 2nd banknote conveyance path 5 is inserted. A bill guide member 41 having a guide groove 41a for guiding along the downstream is provided.
[0034]
Further, at a position adjacent to the banknote guide member 41, banknote storage means 51 that moves the guided banknote X to the stacker 55 is disposed.
[0035]
The banknote storing means 51 supports a pressing plate 52 that presses the approximate center of the banknote X guided in the banknote guiding member 41, supports the pressing plate 52, and the pressing plate 52 is parallel to the left and right of the drawing via a cam mechanism 53. The pantograph-like link mechanism 54 is moved.
[0036]
On the other hand, on the upstream side of the third banknote transport path 6, a fishing bill transport means 61 is disposed.
[0037]
The fishing tag conveyance means 61 includes a fishing tag conveyance roller 62 and a motor 64 that applies a driving force to the fishing tag conveyance roller 62 via a transmission gear 63.
The follower roller 65 is in pressure contact with the above-described fishing tag conveyance roller 62.
[0038]
Moreover, the terminal of this 3rd banknote conveyance path 6 becomes the reserve banknote accommodating part 71 which evacuates and accommodates only one thousand yen bill (FIG. 7) A paid out as change.
[0039]
A spare banknote detection sensor (not shown) for detecting whether or not the thousand yen bill A is housed is disposed in the spare banknote storage unit 71. The reserve banknote detection sensor includes an optical sensor composed of a light emitting element and a light receiving element.
[0040]
In addition, the above-mentioned reserve banknote accommodating part 71 is formed in the lower part in the front panel 1b which covers the front of the apparatus main body 1a, and the said fishing-card conveyance means 61 and the channel | path switching means 11 are attached or detached to the above-mentioned front panel 1b. It is disposed in a front cover 1c that is freely mounted.
[0041]
This is because each of the above-described components (preliminary banknote accommodating portion 71, fishing bill conveying means 61, passage switching means 11) is provided between the front surface of the apparatus main body 1a and the front panel 1b, which has been conventionally treated as a dead space. This means that the dead space is effectively used, and thus the shape of the entire bill processing apparatus 1 does not increase even when a new component is added.
[0042]
The inlet sensor 10 has substantially the same structure as the sensor 36.
[0043]
On the other hand, the stacker 55 of FIG. 1 accommodates both the thousand yen bill A and the two thousand yen bill B, that is, different types of bills in the same stacker. It is arrange | positioned and it arrange | positions so that the press plate 52 may be opposed on both sides of the terminal end of this 2nd banknote conveyance path 5.
[0044]
Next, the effect | action of the banknote processing apparatus 1 mentioned above is demonstrated.
[0045]
In the initial state of the banknote handling apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1, the solenoid 12 of the passage switching means 11 is turned off, and the arm 13 is stopped at the position where it is moved downward.
Therefore, the gate lever 14 interlocked with the arm 13 releases the terminal end of the first banknote transport path 4 to connect the first banknote transport path 4 and the second banknote transport path 5, and the third banknote. It stops at a position where the upper end of the transport path 6 is closed.
[0046]
For this reason, when the banknote X is inserted from the banknote slot 2 as shown in FIG. 1, the banknote X is guided along the first banknote conveyance path 4 as shown in FIG. Are guided to the second banknote transport path 5.
[0047]
When the entrance sensor 10 detects the insertion of the banknote X, the motor 27 of the banknote transport means 21 is driven to rotate forward as shown in FIG. 4, whereby the banknote transport belt 22 rotates in the clockwise direction via the drive pulley 25. .
[0048]
Therefore, the banknote X is conveyed downstream along the second banknote conveyance path 5 by the conveyance force of the banknote conveyance belt 22 as shown in FIG.
[0049]
Further, when the insertion of the bill X is detected by the entrance sensor 10, the solenoid 33 of the shutter means 31 disposed in the second bill transport path 5 is turned on as shown in FIG.
[0050]
When the solenoid 33 of the shutter means 31 is turned on, the tip of the shutter lever 32 (FIG. 4) that has closed the second banknote transport path 5 is retracted from the second banknote transport path 5 and the second banknote transport is performed. The path 5 is expanded, and the bill X passes through the shutter lever 32 as shown in FIG.
[0051]
Further, when the tip of the bill X that has passed through the shutter lever 32 passes through the identification sensor 35, the identity sensor 35 determines the authenticity and denomination of the bill X.
Here, if it is determined by the identification sensor 35 that the bill X is a fake note, the motor 27 of the bill transport means 21 is driven in reverse, whereby the bill transport belt 22 rotates counterclockwise via the drive pulley 25. Therefore, the bill X, which is a fake bill, is transported upstream of the second bill transport path 5 by the transport force of the bill transport belt 22, and then guided to the first bill transport path 4 by the gate lever 14, and the bill is inserted. Returned from mouth 2.
[0052]
On the other hand, when the banknote X is regarded as a genuine 1000-yen bill A or a genuine 2000-yen bill B by the identification sensor 35, the forward rotation drive of the motor 27 of the banknote transport means 21 is maintained. The thousand yen bill A or the two thousand yen bill B is further conveyed downstream of the second banknote conveyance path 5.
Then, as shown in FIG. 6, when the rear end of the thousand yen bill A or the rear end of the two thousand yen bill B passes the identification sensor 35, the forward drive of the motor 27 is stopped. Alternatively, the 2,000 yen bill B is temporarily held (escrowed) in the second banknote transport path 5, and a so-called temporary escrow state is entered.
When the trailing edge of the passing bill passes through the sensor 35, the solenoid 33 of the shutter means 31 is turned off, whereby the tip of the shutter lever 32 protrudes into the second bill transport path 5 as shown in FIG. The banknote conveyance path 5 is closed to prevent continuous insertion of banknotes or withdrawal of banknotes.
[0053]
Also, the thousand yen bill A or the two thousand yen bill B is escrowed at the end of the second transport path 5 with both end portions in the width direction being inserted into the respective guide grooves 41a of the bill guide member 41. ing.
[0054]
On the other hand, when the merchandise purchase button of the vending machine is pressed during the temporary escrow state of the banknote, the control means (not shown) determines that the normal transaction has been performed, and discharges the merchandise from the vending machine. The operation proceeds to a money collection operation in which the thousand yen bill A or the two thousand yen bill B temporarily escrowed in the second bill conveyance path 5 is accommodated in the stacker 55.
[0055]
This operation of collecting money is different between the case where the thousand yen bill A is collected and the case where the thousand yen bill B is collected.
[0056]
First, a collecting operation when collecting the thousand yen bill A will be described.
[0057]
If it is determined by the above-described identification sensor 35 that the inserted banknote is a thousand-yen bill A, then whether the thousand-yen bill A is stored in the preliminary-bank storing unit 71 by the preliminary banknote detection sensor (not shown). If it is determined whether or not it is not stored, an operation of retracting the escrowed thousand yen bill A to the spare banknote storage unit 71 is performed.
[0058]
That is, the solenoid 12 of the passage switching means 11 in FIG. 6 is turned on.
[0059]
Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the end of the first banknote transport path 4 is closed by the operation of the arm 13 and the gate lever 14, and the upper end of the third banknote transport path 6 is released, so that the second banknote transport path is released. 5 communicates with the third bill conveyance path 6.
[0060]
Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the motor 62 of the tag transport means 61 is driven (reverse driving) to rotate the tag transport roller 62 in the clockwise direction.
Then, the shutter solenoid 33 of the shutter means 31 is turned on as shown in FIG. 7, and the tip of the shutter lever 32 is retracted from the second banknote transport path 5, thereby expanding the second banknote transport path 5. At the same time, the motor 27 of the banknote transport means 21 is driven in reverse, thereby rotating the banknote transport belt 22 counterclockwise via the drive pulley 25.
[0061]
Then, the escrowed thousand yen bill A is conveyed upstream of the second bill conveyance path 5 by the bill conveyance force of the bill conveyance belt 22, as shown in FIG. Is further conveyed upstream of the second banknote transport path 5, and then guided to the third banknote transport path 6 along the gate lever 14.
The thousand-yen bill A guided upstream of the third banknote transport path 6 is transported to the reserve banknote storage 71 located at the end of the third banknote transport path 6 by the transport force of the fishing bill transport roller 62, Finally, as shown in FIG.
The rear end (upper end) of the thousand-yen bill A retracted and stored in the preliminary bill storage portion 71 is stored in the preliminary bill storage portion 71 while being gripped by the fishing bill conveyance roller 62 and the roller 65. .
[0062]
When the reserve bill detecting sensor detects that the thousand yen bill A is accommodated in the reserve bill accommodating portion 71 as described above, as shown in FIG. The drive (reverse drive) of the motor 62 of the transport means 61 is stopped.
[0063]
Further, the solenoid 12 of the passage switching means 11 is turned off to operate the arm 13 and the gate lever 14, thereby closing the upper end of the third banknote transport path 6 and closing the end of the first banknote transport path 4. It is released and returned to the initial position where the first banknote transport path 4 communicates with the second banknote transport path 5.
[0064]
Further, the shutter solenoid 33 of the shutter means 31 is turned off to cause the tip of the shutter lever 32 to protrude into the second banknote transport path 5, thereby closing the second banknote transport path 5.
[0065]
On the other hand, in the state where the thousand-yen bill A is temporarily escrowed in the second banknote transport path 5 as in FIG. 6, the reserve banknote detection unit (not shown) in the reserve banknote storage section 71 as shown in FIG. When it is detected that the thousand yen bill A is stored in the stacker 55, the escrowed thousand yen bill A is stored in the stacker 55.
[0066]
That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the motor 27 of the bill transport means 21 stopped is driven to rotate forward by a predetermined pulse as shown in FIG. 10 to rotate the bill transport belt 22 in the clockwise direction. Thus, the thousand yen bill A is guided downstream of the second banknote transport path 5.
Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the thousand yen bill A is inserted into the guide groove 41a of the bill guide member 41 located at both ends thereof and guided downstream of the second bill conveyance path 5, and the thousand yen bill A The rear end stops at a position as constant as possible.
Here, when the link mechanism 54 is driven via the cam mechanism 53 of the bill moving means 51, the pressing plate 52 moves in parallel to the left and right of the drawing, whereby the thousand yen bill A is detached from the guide groove 41a and is shown in FIG. Thus, the thousand yen bill A is accommodated in the stacker 55.
The bill moving means 51 returns the initial position shown in FIG. 12 after the thousand yen bill A is accommodated in the stacker 55.
[0067]
Next, the collecting operation when the temporarily escrowed banknote is the 2000 yen bill B will be described.
[0068]
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 9, the inserted banknote temporarily escrowed is determined to be a 2000 yen bill B by the identification sensor 35, and enough coins are received as coins in the coin processing apparatus arranged in parallel in the vending machine. In the case where it is prepared, when the thousand yen bill A is not accommodated in the reserve banknote accommodating portion 71 as shown in FIG. 6, or the thousand yen bill A is contained in the reserve banknote accommodating portion 71 as shown in FIG. In either case of being accommodated, an operation of accommodating the escrowed 2000 yen bill B in the stacker 55 is performed.
[0069]
As shown in FIG. 9, this operation will be described as a representative case where there is a thousand-yen bill A in the reserve banknote accommodating portion 71. As shown in FIG. 10, the motor 37 of the bill conveyance means 21 in FIG. The banknote conveyor belt 22 is rotated in the forward direction by a predetermined number of predetermined pulses to rotate the banknote conveyor belt 22 in the clockwise direction, thereby guiding the 2000 yen bill B further downstream.
Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the two thousand yen bill B is guided downstream of the second paper money transport path 5 along the guide grooves 41a of the bill guide members 41 located at both ends thereof. Since the rear end of the thousand yen bill B stops at a position as constant as possible, when the link mechanism 54 is driven through the cam mechanism 53 of the bill moving means 51, the pressing plate 52 moves to the right in the drawing. Since the pressing plate 52 presses substantially the center in the width direction of the 2000 yen bill B, both ends in the width direction of the 2000 yen bill B are separated from the guide groove 41a, and are accommodated in the stacker 55 as shown in FIG. Is done.
[0070]
Note that the bill moving means 51 returns the initial position shown in FIG. 12 after accommodating the two thousand yen bill B in the stacker 55.
[0071]
In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, even when there is no thousand yen bill A in the spare bill housing part 71, it is temporarily escrowed by the same operation as when the thousand yen bill A is in the spare bill housing part 71 (FIG. 9). The two thousand yen bill B is accommodated in the stacker 55.
[0072]
The thousand yen bill A or the two thousand yen bill B accommodated in the stacker 55 by the above-described collecting operation is connected to the second bill conveyance path via a spring 58 that biases the pressing plate as shown in FIG. Since the stacker 55 is always energized, a plurality of two thousand yen bills B or one thousand yen bills A are loaded and accommodated in the stacker 55 as shown in FIG.
[0073]
Further, each rear end (upper end) of the two thousand yen bill B and one thousand yen bill A accommodated in the stacker 55 is engaged with the bill reverse return preventing lever 57 and does not protrude into the second bill transport path 5. Further, there is no possibility that the storing operation of the next two thousand yen bill B or the one thousand yen bill A is obstructed to generate a bill.
[0074]
On the other hand, in the banknote handling apparatus 1, when the return button of the vending machine is pressed with the thousand yen bill A or the two thousand yen bill B temporarily escrowed as shown in FIGS. The solenoid 33 is turned on to retract the tip of the shutter lever 32 from the second banknote transport path, thereby expanding the second banknote transport path 5 and driving the motor 27 of the banknote transport means 21 in reverse to drive the banknote. The conveyor belt 22 is rotated counterclockwise. Then, the thousand yen bill A or the two thousand yen bill B that has been temporarily escrowed is conveyed toward the upstream side of the second banknote transport path 5 and then guided to the first banknote transport path 4 by the gate lever 14. Returned from the insertion slot 2.
[0075]
Moreover, in this banknote processing apparatus 1, as mentioned above, when the product purchase button of the vending machine is pressed during the temporary escrow state, the control means (not shown) determines that a normal transaction has been performed, and While the product is discharged from the vending machine, the operation proceeds to a collecting operation for collecting the banknote temporarily held (escrowed) in the banknote transport path, but the amount of the banknote inserted from the banknote slot 2 is more than the transaction amount. When there are many, it performs the operation of paying out change in addition to the money collection operation.
[0076]
In addition, when there is a change, coins are also paid out from the coin processing devices arranged in parallel in the vending machine as in the past, but in this banknote processing device 1, when an expensive 2000 yen bill B is inserted Since the change amount may be more than 1,000 yen, in that case, as the change, the change is paid out by using one thousand yen bill A accommodated in the reserve banknote storage unit 71, and the remainder after subtracting this thousand yen An amount of coins equal to the amount of change is paid out from the coin processing apparatus arranged in parallel.
[0077]
The payout operation of the thousand yen bill A starts after the inserted two thousand yen bill B is accommodated in the first stacker 55 as shown in FIG.
[0078]
That is, as shown in FIG. 14, when the banknote moving means 51 detects that the bill moving means 51 has accommodated the two thousand yen bill B in the stacker 55 and then returned to the initial position by a sensor (not shown), as shown in FIG. 14. The solenoid 12 of the passage switching means 11 is turned on to operate the arm 13 and the gate lever 14, thereby closing the end of the first banknote transport path 4 and releasing the upper end of the third banknote transport path 6. Then, the third banknote transport path 6 is communicated with the second banknote transport path 5.
Next, the motor 64 of the fishing tag transporting means 61 is driven to rotate in the forward direction, and the fishing tag transporting roller 62 is rotated counterclockwise. At the same time, the motor 27 of the banknote transport means 21 is normally driven to rotate the banknote transport belt 22 in the clockwise direction, and the shutter solenoid 33 is turned on to retract the shutter lever 32 from the second banknote transport path 5. The banknote conveyance path 5 is expanded.
[0079]
Then, as shown in FIG. 14, the thousand-yen bill A is transported upstream of the third banknote transport path 6 by the transport force of the fishing tag roller 62, and then to the second banknote transport path 5 by the gate lever 14. Be transported.
[0080]
Then, the thousand yen bill A is guided toward the downstream side of the second banknote transport path 5 by the transport force of the banknote transport belt 22 of the banknote transport means 21.
[0081]
Next, the tip of the thousand yen bill A conveyed toward the downstream side of the second bill conveyance path 5 passes through the sensor 36 as shown in FIG. After a predetermined number of pulses from the input, the motor 27 of the banknote transport means 21 is driven to rotate forward, and then the drive is stopped to stop the rotation of the banknote transport belt 22.
At that time, since the rear end of the thousand yen bill A has already passed through the gate lever 14, the solenoid 12 of the passage switching means 11 is then turned off to operate the arm 13 and the gate lever 14, thereby The upper end of the banknote transport path 6 is closed, the end of the first banknote transport path 4 is expanded, and the second banknote transport path 5 is communicated with the first banknote transport path 4. The forward drive of the motor 64 of the motor 61 is stopped, and the rotation of the fishing-pipe transport roller 62 is stopped.
[0082]
Next, when the motor 27 of the banknote transport means 21 is driven in reverse, the banknote transport belt 22 rotates counterclockwise, so that the thousand-yen bill A is sent to the second banknote transport path by the banknote transport belt 22 as shown in FIG. 5 is then conveyed to the first banknote transport path 3 by the gate lever 14, and is then dispensed from the banknote slot 2.
In addition, after paying out the thousand yen bill A, the solenoid 33 of the shutter means 31 is turned off so that the tip of the shutter lever 32 protrudes into the second banknote transport path 5, thereby closing the second banknote transport path 5. Return to the initial state.
[0083]
Moreover, the reverse rotation drive of the motor 27 of the banknote transport means 21 is stopped, and the rotation of the banknote transport belt 22 is stopped.
[0084]
In addition, in the vending machine provided with the banknote processing apparatus 1 of the present invention, when the inserted banknote is one thousand-yen bill A, the change amount is less than 1,000 yen. It goes without saying that change is paid out only with coins.
[0085]
Thus, in the banknote processing apparatus 1 of this invention, while arrange | positioning the preliminary | backup banknote accommodating part 71 which accommodates the thousand yen bill A which is a low value banknote, the thousand yen bill A thrown in from the banknote insertion slot 2 and was temporarily escrowed. When the thousand-yen bill A is withdrawn to the reserve banknote storage unit 71 in advance and paid out as a change, the thousand-yen bill A in the reserve banknote storage unit 71 is paid out to the banknote insertion slot 2; When the bill B is inserted and 1000 yen or more is paid out as change, the number of change coins to be paid out from the coin processing devices arranged in parallel can be reduced as much as possible.
[0086]
For example, in case of inserting 1 thousand yen bill B and paying out 1900 yen as change, 1 thousand yen bill, 4 100 yen coins and 1 coin of 500 yen coins will be paid out. Compared to the case where three coins of 500 yen coins and 4 coins of 100 yen coins are paid out, the number of coins to be paid out (here, two 500 yen coins) can be reduced as much as possible.
Therefore, even if the 2000-yen bill B is frequently inserted into the bill insertion slot 2, if one thousand-yen bill A is evacuated to the reserve banknote storage 71 in advance, the coins as change are paid out. The number of coins does not increase, thereby preventing as much as possible the shortage of coins stored in the coin processing device in a short period of time.
[0087]
The effect of being able to eliminate the shortage of coins for change in this way is particularly effective when paying out 500-yen coins, which are high-priced coins with a small number of stored coins, as change.
In addition, since the shortage of coins for change can be prevented in this way, there is no need to stop accepting subsequent banknotes due to a lack of change as in the past, and therefore a reduction in sales opportunities due to the cancellation of banknote acceptance Can be prevented as much as possible.
[0088]
Moreover, in this banknote processing apparatus, since it is possible to prevent a shortage of coins for change without restricting (prohibiting) the receipt of large-scale banknotes on the equipment side such as a vending machine, the banknote processing apparatus 1 can effectively handle two types of banknotes. When a user of a vending machine or the like possesses only a 2000 yen bill B as in the conventional case, accepting the 2000 yen bill B on the equipment side of the vending machine or the like Due to restrictions (prohibition), it would not be possible to throw in the 2000 yen bill B, and there was no situation where you had to give up dealings. This would increase sales opportunities and promote the distribution of the 2000 yen bill B. You can also
[0089]
Moreover, in this banknote processing apparatus 1, the thousand-yen bill inserted from the banknote insertion slot is retracted from the state escrowed in the middle of the second banknote transport path 5 to the spare banknote storage unit 71 without being stored in the stacker, and changed. When using a thousand-yen bill, the thousand-yen bill is taken out from the reserve bill-receiving portion 71 and paid out to the bill insertion slot 2. Therefore, the thousand-yen bill is once stored in the stacker, Compared with the conventional banknote handling apparatus in which a thousand-yen bill is again taken out from the stacker, guided to the second banknote conveyance path 2 and paid out to the banknote insertion slot 2 when using a banknote, the banknote is inserted into the stacker 55. Therefore, the bill dispensing structure can be made small and simple, and the cost can be reduced.
[0090]
Moreover, in this banknote processing apparatus 1, when the thousand yen bill A inserted from the banknote insertion slot 2 and temporarily escrowed is retracted to the preliminary banknote storage unit 71 and the thousand yen bill A is paid out as change, the preliminary banknote storage unit Since the thousand yen bill A evacuated in advance to 71 is paid out to the bill insertion slot 2, the two thousand yen bills are allowed to be continuously inserted, and the thousand bills in the spare bill accommodating portion 71 are used as fishing bills at that time. Yen bill A can also be used.
[0091]
The thousand-yen bill A in the reserve banknote storage unit 71 can also be used as a return banknote when the return button of the vending machine is pressed before a transaction. Along with the return, two thousand yen bills can be paid out from the bill insertion slot 2.
[0092]
That is, according to this banknote processing apparatus, the banknote processing apparatus which can process two thousand yen bills can be provided.
[0093]
When two thousand-yen bills are continuously inserted when there is a thousand-yen bill A in the reserve banknote storage unit 71, among the thousand-yen bills A that have been inserted, Is stored in the stacker 55 without being temporarily escrowed.
[0094]
In the above embodiment, the low-value banknote is the thousand-yen bill A and the high-value banknote is the two thousand-yen bill B. However, in the banknote handling apparatus 1 of the present invention, the low-value banknote and the high-value banknote It goes without saying that the yen bill A and the two thousand yen bill B are not necessary.
[0095]
In the above embodiment, when the thousand yen bill A is not accommodated in the reserve banknote receiving portion 71, that is, when there is no thousand yen bill A that can be paid out in the reserve banknote accommodating portion 71, the acceptance of the 2000 yen bill B is accepted. It is also possible to make settings so that it cannot be performed.
[0096]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, the preliminary banknote storage unit that stores the low-value banknotes is disposed, and the low-value banknotes that are inserted from the banknote slot and temporarily escrowed are retracted to the preliminary banknote storage unit. , When paying out low-value banknotes as change, the low-value banknotes previously retracted in the reserve banknote storage part are paid out to the banknote insertion slot, so that banknotes can be easily paid out as change. By reducing the number of change coins to be paid out as much as possible, it is possible to prevent shortage of change coins as quickly as possible. Therefore, there is no situation in which the acceptance of banknotes must be stopped afterwards due to a lack of change, and a reduction in sales opportunities due to this can be prevented as much as possible.
[0097]
Moreover, in this banknote processing apparatus, since it is possible to prevent a shortage of coins for change without restricting (prohibiting) the acceptance of expensive banknotes on the equipment side such as a vending machine, the two types of banknotes are substantially reduced in the banknote processing apparatus. If the user of a vending machine or the like possesses only a 2000 yen bill as in the past, the vending machine or other equipment accepts a 2000 yen bill (prohibited) ) Will not allow you to throw in a 2000-yen bill and you will have to give up dealings. This will increase sales opportunities and promote the circulation of 2000-yen bills.
[0098]
That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a banknote processing apparatus that easily pays out banknotes to be changed and promotes sales.
[0099]
In addition, since the spare banknote storage unit, the fishing-pipe transporting means, and the passage switching means are disposed in the front panel that covers the front of the apparatus main body, that is, in the front panel that is not conventionally used as a dead space, It is possible to provide a banknote handling apparatus having a compact banknote dispensing function without increasing the size.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a conceptual sectional view of a banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main part concept of FIG. 1;
3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of the banknote processing apparatus of FIG. 1;
4 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus of FIG. 1. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus of FIG. 1;
6 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus of FIG.
7 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus of FIG.
8 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus of FIG.
9 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus of FIG.
FIG. 10 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus of FIG.
11 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus of FIG.
12 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus of FIG.
13 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus of FIG.
14 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus of FIG. 1. FIG.
15 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus of FIG.
16 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the operation of the banknote handling apparatus of FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 ... Banknote processing apparatus
1a ... Main unit
1b ... Front panel
2. Banknote slot
4, 5, 6 ... bill conveyance path
11: Passage switching means
12 ... Solenoid
13 ... arm
14 ... Gate lever
21. Bill conveying means
35 ... Bill identification means
55 ... Stacker
61. Fishing tag transfer means
62 ... Fishing tag transport roller
65 ... driven roller
64: Motor
71 ... Reserve bill storage part
A ... Low bills (thousand yen bills)
B ... High value banknote (2,000 yen bill)

Claims (5)

One stacker that accommodates both high and low bills,
Banknote transport means comprising a banknote transport path for transporting the high-value banknote and the low-value banknote inserted from a banknote insertion slot to the stacker, or returning and feeding from the middle to the banknote insertion slot,
Banknote identifying means that is interposed in the middle of the banknote transport path and discriminates the authenticity of the banknote being transported,
At least a preliminary banknote storage part that is disposed between the banknote insertion slot and the banknote identification means, and stores one low-priced banknote returned and transported by the banknote transporting means;
When the low-value banknotes are paid out as change, the banknote processing is characterized in that the single low-value banknotes previously stored in the reserve banknote storage unit are discharged to the banknote insertion slot via the banknote transport means. apparatus. In the banknote transport path, a low-price banknote is accommodated in the reserve banknote storage section, and a low-price banknote stored in the reserve banknote storage section is carried out to the banknote transport path, and the banknote transport means The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a path switching unit that switches and guides the low-value banknote returned and transported to either the reserve banknote storage unit or the banknote slot. . The banknote handling apparatus includes an apparatus main body in which the stacker is disposed and a front panel that covers a front surface of the apparatus main body, and the reserve banknote storage unit, the fishing bill transporting unit, and the passage switching unit are arranged on the front panel. It is arrange | positioned in the inside, The banknote processing apparatus of Claim 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. The fishing-pipe transporting means includes a fishing-pipe transporting roller and a driven roller for gripping and transporting a low-priced bill, and a motor for driving the fishing-pipe transporting roller, and the passage switching means is configured to move up and down with an arm that is lifted and lowered by a solenoid. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 3, comprising a gate lever that is pivoted about an axis by an arm and switches a passage. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the low-value bill is a thousand yen bill, and the high-value bill is a two thousand yen bill.

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