JP4916724B2 - Banknote handling machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling machine capable of depositing loose banknotes and binding the banknotes that have been deposited.

There is a banknote processing machine called a teller machine used only by an attendant at a financial institution such as a bank. This banknote handling machine is capable of depositing a large amount of banknotes handled by a bank. A temporary storage unit that temporarily stores the rose banknotes identified by the deposit identification unit, a rose banknote storage unit that stores the rose banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit by an operation input to the deposit operation unit, A bundling section for bundling loose banknotes stored in the banknote storage section, a denomination small bundle storage section for storing small bundle banknotes bundled in this bundling section, and a small bundle banknote stored in the small bundle storage section And a small bundle dispensing portion that allows withdrawal to be appropriately taken out of the apparatus by an operation input to the dispensing operation portion (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2000-177935 A

  Although the above-mentioned banknote handling machine is capable of depositing a large amount of banknotes, it is assumed that only a clerk will use it. For example, when a customer requests to deposit a large amount of banknotes, After that, the clerk will deposit the banknote into the banknote processing machine described above. However, there is room for improvement in terms of efficiency in such a business flow.

  Therefore, an object of this invention is to provide the banknote processing machine which can improve the business efficiency of an attendant.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 includes a banknote insertion unit that inserts loose banknotes from outside the machine, feeds the inserted bulky banknotes into the machine , and rose banknotes fed from the banknote insertion unit. A deposit identification unit to be identified, a temporary storage unit that temporarily stores loose banknotes identified as acceptable by the deposit identification unit, a rose banknote that has been identified as unacceptable by the deposit identification unit, and temporary storage in the temporary storage unit A deposit reject unit for returning the separated bills so that they can be taken out of the machine, a rose bill storage unit for storing the rose bills temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit by an operation input to the deposit operation unit, and the rose bills A bundling unit for bundling loose banknotes stored in the storage unit, a small bundle storage unit for storing denominations bundled in the bundling unit, and a small bundle banknote stored in the small bundle storage unit Operation input to the withdrawal operation unit In a banknote handling machine having a small bundle dispensing unit to be capable of dispensing taken out outside, the bill insertion portion, a single operation that faces the deposit reject unit and the depositing operation unit to the customer side space of the aircraft while positioned on the side, the small bundle dispensing unit and the dispensing operation unit Ri Na disposed on the other operation surface side facing the clerk side space of the aircraft, said bill insertion portion as a mechanism for loading and unloading the banknotes And only the said deposit rejection part is arrange | positioned at the said one operation surface side, and only the said small bundle withdrawal part is arrange | positioned at the said other operation surface side as a mechanism which takes in / out a banknote .

  According to the invention which concerns on Claim 1, the rose banknote thrown into the banknote insertion part is accommodated in a rose banknote storage part via a temporary storage part, the stored rose banknote is bound by a binding part, and a small bundle of money type Since it is possible to deposit a large amount of banknotes because it can be stored in the storage unit, it is possible to deposit a large amount of banknotes in this way, and by providing a banknote insertion unit and a depositing operation unit on one operation surface side of the machine body When the customer brings in a large amount of banknotes, the customer can insert the large amount of banknotes into the banknote insertion unit and operate the deposit operation unit to deposit the banknotes. Therefore, when a customer brings in a large amount of banknotes, it is not necessary for the clerk to accept the deposit and perform the deposit process, and the work efficiency of the clerk can be improved. On the other hand, when an attendant withdraws a small bundle of bills stored in the small bundle storage unit, it is also possible to operate the other of the aircraft by operating a withdrawal operation unit provided on the other operation surface side of the aircraft. A small bundle banknote can be withdrawn to a small bundle dispensing portion provided on the one operation surface side.

A banknote handling machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
The banknote handling machine 11 of this embodiment is installed in a store of a financial institution such as a bank. Normally, in a store of a financial institution, the customer-side space S1 where customers can come and go and the entry of customers are restricted. It is divided by a partition W into a clerk side space S2 where only a clerk can come and go. And the banknote processing machine 11 of this embodiment makes the 1st operation surface (one operation surface) 11A side of a body face the customer side space S1, On the other hand, the 2nd operation surface opposite to 1st operation surface 11A ( Another operation surface) 11B is installed with the clerk side space S2 facing.

  On the first operation surface 11A side, a banknote insertion unit 15 into which a rose banknote is inserted from the outside of the machine by a person in the customer-side space S1, that is, mainly from the outside, is operated by a customer in the customer-side space S1. In addition, a depositing operation display unit (depositing operation unit) 16 for displaying to the customer is arranged. Here, a deposit operation display unit 16 is provided above the bill insertion unit 15.

  At the bottom of the bill insertion unit 15, there is provided an unillustrated separation and feeding unit that separates the rose bills inserted into the bill insertion unit 15 one by one and feeds them into the machine. The conveyance part 18 which conveys the rose banknote drawn | fed out by the separation | feeding-out part is provided. In the middle of the transport unit 18, there is provided a deposit identifying unit 19 that identifies and counts the authenticity, denomination, correctness, and double feed of loose bills being transported by the transport unit 18. A front / back reversing unit 20 for appropriately reversing the front and back of loose banknotes is provided downstream of the deposit identification unit 19 in FIG. The front / back reversing unit 20 arranges the front and back of the rose banknotes by appropriately inverting the rose banknotes based on the identification result of the deposit identification unit 19. A branch conveyance unit 21 is branched from a downstream side of the deposit identification unit 19 of the conveyance unit 18, and the terminal of the branch conveyance unit 21 is a banknote other than a true bill that has been identified as an unacceptable banknote by the deposit identification unit 19. A deposit reject unit 22 is provided for rejecting the reject banknote so that it can be taken out of the machine. The deposit rejection unit 22 is provided on the first operation surface 11A side by side with the bill insertion unit 15 in a state of being partitioned from the bill insertion unit 15 by the movable plate 22a, and rejected by the customer in the customer side space S1. A bill is taken out.

  Also, on the downstream side of the front / back reversing unit 20 of the transport unit 18, the banknotes identified as depositable banknotes among the rose banknotes identified by the depositing identification unit 19 are deposited as appropriate with the front / back reversing unit 20. A plurality of branch conveyance units 23, 24, 25, which are assigned based on the identification result of the identification unit 19, are branched in order, and a terminal of each of the branch conveyance units 23, 24, 25 and a terminal of the conveyance path 18 Are connected to temporary storage units 27, 28, 29, and 30 for temporarily storing the sorted banknotes. Here, in the temporary storage unit 27 connected to the most upstream branch conveyance unit 23, for example, a 5000 yen ticket and a 2000 yen ticket are temporarily stored by denomination mixing, and the second from the upstream side. In the temporary storage unit 28 connected to the branch transport unit 24, for example, only a thousand yen ticket is temporarily stored, and in the temporary storage unit 29 connected to the third branch transport unit 25 from the upstream side, For example, only a 10,000 yen ticket is temporarily stored, and in the temporary storage unit 30 connected to the terminal of the transport unit 18, for example, overflow banknotes that cannot be classified and stored are temporarily stored. become. That is, the banknote handling machine 11 is provided with a plurality of temporary storage units 27, 28, 29, 30 including temporary storage units 28, 29 of denominations that temporarily store the rose banknotes identified by the deposit recognition unit 19. Yes.

  In addition, in the upper part of the temporary storage unit 30, an unillustrated feeding unit that separates and feeds out the individual banknotes of the temporary storage unit 30 one by one for return to the deposit rejection unit 22 of the temporarily stored banknote is provided. The transport unit 36 that transports the bills fed out by the feed unit joins the upstream side of the deposit identification unit 19 of the transport unit 18 described above. That is, the loose banknotes in the temporary storage unit 30 are returned from the transport unit 36 to the deposit reject unit 22 via a part of the transport unit 18 and the transport unit 21.

  In addition, the individual banknotes of the temporary storage units 27 to 29 are separated one by one in the upper part of the temporary storage units 27 to 29 to return the temporarily stored banknotes to the deposit reject unit 22. An unillustrated feeding portion for feeding to the corresponding one is provided. That is, the loose banknotes in the temporary storage units 27 to 29 are rejected via the branch conveyance paths 23 to 25, a part of the conveyance path 18, the connection conveyance path 39, the other part of the conveyance path 18, and the branch conveyance part 21. Returned to part 22.

  Under each of the temporary storage units 27 to 30, rose bill storage units 31, 32, 33, and 34 are provided in a one-to-one correspondence. Here, the rose banknote storage unit 31 provided below the most upstream temporary storage unit 27 is configured to mix, for example, 5,000 yen and 2000 yen from the temporary storage unit 27 via the upper opening by denomination mixing. The rose banknote storage unit 32 provided below the second temporary storage unit 28 from the upstream side receives only, for example, a thousand yen ticket from the temporary storage unit 28 via the upper opening. The rose banknote storage unit 33 provided below the third temporary storage unit 29 from the upstream side receives and stores, for example, only a 10,000 yen ticket from the temporary storage unit 29 via the upper opening. That is, the overflow banknotes 34 provided below the most downstream temporary storage unit 30 cannot be stored in the other separate banknote storage units 31, 32, 33 from the temporary storage unit 30. Open the top with denomination mixing It will be accommodated in receiving through the. That is, the banknote handling machine 11 includes a plurality of loose banknote storage units 31, 32, including denominated rose banknote storage units 32, 33 that store loose banknotes temporarily stored in the denomination temporary storage units 28, 29. 33 and 34 are provided.

  In addition, the rose banknote storage part 34 for overflow banknotes is an unillustrated feeding part on the upper part of the temporary storage part 30 so as to sort the stored rose banknotes again. That is, the banknotes fed out from the bulky bill storage unit 34 to the transporting unit 36 by this feeding unit are transported by a part of the transporting unit 18 and identified by the deposit identifying unit 19, and temporarily stored by the branch transporting units 23 to 25. The parts 27, 28 and 29 are distributed.

  Here, when the customer inserts a loose banknote into the banknote insertion unit 15 and inputs an operation to start depositing into the deposit operation display unit 16, the control unit 37 separates the banknote insertion unit 15 from the banknote insertion unit 15 with a separation feeding unit (not shown). The banknotes are fed out, and based on the identification result of the depositing identification unit 19, the rejected banknotes are received by the transport unit 18 and the branch transport unit 21, and the banknotes that can be received by the transport unit 18 and the branch transport units 23 to 25. The temporary storage process which conveys to corresponding one of the temporary storage parts 27-30 is performed. For example, when the temporary storage process is completed and all the loose banknotes in the banknote insertion unit 15 are conveyed to one of the deposit reject unit 22 and the temporary storage units 27 to 30, the control unit 37 receives the deposit identification unit. 19 identification results are displayed on the deposit operation display unit 16. When the customer who sees this inputs an approval operation to the deposit operation display unit 16, the control unit 37 stores the rose banknotes temporarily stored in all the temporary storage units 27 to 30 in the rose banknote storage units 31 to 34. The storage process is performed. On the other hand, when the customer inputs a cancel operation to the deposit operation display unit 16, the control unit 37 sends out the loose banknotes from all the temporary storage units 27 to 30 to the deposit reject unit 22. Here, the above-described banknote insertion unit 15, deposit identification unit 19, deposit rejection unit 22, temporary storage units 27 to 30 and loose banknote storage units 31 to 34 are input from outside the machine by being controlled by the control unit 37. The depositing mechanism 38 is configured to perform a depositing process including a temporary storage process for identifying and temporarily storing the separated rose banknotes and a storing process for storing the temporarily stored rose banknotes.

  The rose banknote storage units 31 to 33 including the denominated rose banknote storage units 32 and 33 are capable of feeding the stored rose banknotes to the transport unit 40 from unillustrated feeding units provided at the lower portions thereof. In addition, the transport unit 40 is provided with a double feed detection unit 41 that detects the presence or absence of double feed of loose bills. The terminal of the transport unit 40 is provided with a reject box 42 that stores the banknotes that cannot be bundled and whose double feed is detected by the double feed detection unit 41. If the first operation surface 11A is the front of the machine body (the same applies hereinafter), the banknote insertion unit 15, the deposit identification unit 19, the deposit rejection unit 22, the temporary storage units 27 to 30, the loose banknote storage units 31 to 34, the heavy The feed detection unit 41 and the reject box 42 are arranged on one side in the left-right direction of the machine body, specifically, on the right side when viewed from the first operation surface 11A side.

  In addition, a branch conveyance unit 44 is branched from the downstream side of the double feed detection unit 41 and the upstream side of the reject box 42 in the conveyance unit 40, and the branch conveyance unit 44 is identified by the double feed detection unit 41. The loose banknotes identified as bundleable banknotes are conveyed to the binding unit 45 shown in FIG.

  The binding unit 45 accumulates a predetermined number (100) of the banknotes that have been conveyed and winds and binds the binding tape, so that the small banknotes that are bundled by the binding unit 45 can be moved up and down. The sorting unit 43 sorts and stores them in a plurality of denominations, specifically, three small bundle storage units 46, 47, and 48. These small bundle storage portions 46, 47, 48 are provided so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction in a state along the longitudinal direction of the machine body. Here, for example, a small bundle banknote of 10,000 yen is stored in the uppermost small bundle storage section 46, and a small bundle banknote of 10,000 yen is also stored in the lower small bundle storage section 47. A small bundle of 1,000 yen bills is stored in each. That is, the banknote handling machine 11 includes a binding unit 45 that binds the rose banknotes stored in the banknote storage units 32 and 33, a small bundle distribution unit 43 that distributes the small banknotes bound by the binding unit 45, and There are provided small bundle storage units 46, 47, and 48 of different types that store the small bundle banknotes sorted by the small bundle distribution unit 43. Here, the small bundle storage units 46, 47, and 48 accept small bundles of bills one by one from the front side of the machine body in a posture in which the longitudinal direction is oriented vertically and the thickness direction is along the longitudinal direction of the machine body. And store them so that they overlap in the longitudinal direction. Here, the binding unit 45, the small bundle sorting unit 43, and the small bundle storage units 46 to 48 are controlled by the control unit 37 to bind the loose bills stored by the deposit mechanism 38 in the machine. A bundling storage mechanism 49 that performs a sorting process for storing the bills as small bundles is configured.

  The small bundle storage units 46, 47, 48 of each denomination can feed the bundled small bundle banknotes one by one from the rear side of the machine body, and after the machine body of the small bundle storage units 46, 47, 48. On the side, an elevator 50 that can be moved up and down to receive a small bundle of bills fed out from the small bundle storage portions 46, 47, 48 is provided.

  On the second operation surface 11B side, a small bundle dispensing unit 51 provided with an openable and closable shutter 53 that allows a small bundle of bills received by the elevator 50 to be taken out of the machine by raising the elevator 50, and a small bundle dispensing A withdrawal operation display unit (withdrawal operation unit) 52 is provided for performing an operation input for causing the gold unit 51 to dispense a small bundle of banknotes. That is, on the second operation surface 11B side, a small bundle dispensing unit 51 that allows a small bundle banknotes to be dispensed outside the machine by a person in the clerk side space S2, that is, mainly a clerk, and a clerk in the clerk side space S2 In addition, a withdrawal operation display unit 52 for displaying to the staff is arranged. Here, a dispensing operation display unit 52 is provided above the small bundle dispensing unit 51. Note that the elevator 50 and the small bundle dispensing unit 51 are controlled by the control unit 37 to perform small bundle dispensing processing for dispensing small bundle banknotes stored by the binding storage mechanism 49 to the outside of the apparatus. A bundle dispensing mechanism 54 is configured.

  The binding unit 45, the small bundle storage units 46 to 48, the small bundle distribution unit 43, the elevator 50, and the small bundle dispensing unit 51 are provided on the opposite side of the machine body in the left-right direction, specifically from the first operation surface 11A side. It is arranged on the left side when viewed.

  Here, for example, when a predetermined number of loose banknotes can be bundled in any one of the denominated rose banknote storage units 32 and 33, the control unit 37 automatically feeds out the rose banknotes from the loose banknote storage unit. Then, the banknotes that cannot be bound are transported to the reject box 42 by the transport unit 40, and the banknotes that can be bound are transported to the binding unit 45 by the transport unit 40 and the branch transport unit 44. And when the loose banknotes conveyed to the binding unit 45 reach the number of bundles, the control unit 37 binds the loose banknotes in the binding unit 45 and stores them in the corresponding ones of the small bundle storage units 46 to 48. Become. In addition, when the operation input of the arrangement process is made to the withdrawal operation display unit 52 by the clerk, the control unit 37 pays out the banknotes from the set one of the banknote storage units 32 and 33 and binds the unit 45. And may be stored in a corresponding one of the small bundle storage units 46 to 48.

  Further, when an operation input for withdrawal setting is made on the withdrawal operation display unit 52 by the clerk, the control unit 37 feeds the set small bundle banknotes from the small bundle storage units 46 to 48 to the elevator 50. Then, it is withdrawn so that it can be taken out from the small bundle dispensing unit 51 outside the apparatus.

  According to the banknote handling machine 11 of the present embodiment described above, the rose banknotes deposited in the banknote insertion unit 15 are stored in the rose banknote storage units 31 to 34 via the temporary storage units 27 to 30, and the rose banknotes are stored. Since the banknotes stored in the units 32 and 33 can be bound by the binding unit 45 and stored in the small bundle storage units 46 to 48 of each denomination, a large amount of banknotes can be deposited. Can be deposited, and when the customer brings in a large amount of banknotes by providing the banknote insertion unit 15 and the deposit operation display unit 16 on the first operation surface 11A side, the customer It is possible to deposit money by inserting it into the insertion section 15 and operating the deposit operation display section 16. Therefore, when a customer brings in a large amount of banknotes, it is not necessary for the clerk to accept the deposit and perform the deposit process, and the work efficiency of the clerk can be improved. On the other hand, when the clerk withdraws the small bundle banknotes stored in the small bundle storage units 46 to 48, by operating the withdrawal operation display unit 52 provided on the second operation surface 11B side, 2 A small bundle banknote can be withdrawn to the small bundle dispensing unit 51 provided on the operation surface 11B side.

  And among the structure from the banknote insertion part 15 used for deposit processing to the rose banknote storage parts 31-34, the structure from the banknote insertion part 15 which performs a temporary storage process to the temporary storage parts 27-30 is an arrangement process and Since the configuration from the loose banknote storage units 32 and 33 to the small bundle withdrawal unit 51 used in the small bundle dispensing process does not overlap at all in processing, it is in parallel with the binding of loose banknotes and the small bundle withdrawal by an attendant. Can be processed by the customer. Therefore, not only the staff efficiency but also the customer processing efficiency can be improved.

In addition, in the banknote processing machine 11 of the above embodiment, it is comprised so that the rose banknote of the rose banknote storage parts 32 and 33 of a money type may not be withdrawn to either a customer or an attendant in the state of a rose. As a reference technique, for the customer, the deposit reject unit 22 on the first operation surface 11A side can be used as a withdrawal unit for bulk bills, and the branch branches from the transport unit 40 to the transport unit 18 or the branch transport unit 21 When the conveyance path is connected and an operation input for setting the withdrawal of the banknotes is performed on the deposit operation display unit 16, the control unit 37 conveys the set number of loose banknotes from the bulk banknote storage units 32 and 33. 40, the bills may be fed out to the deposit reject unit 22 via the branch transport path and the branch transport unit 21, or the rose bills can be taken out to the outside on the second operation surface 11B side for an attendant. Withdrawal department If the branch conveyance path which branches from the conveyance part 40 is provided and this is connected, and the operation input of the withdrawal setting of a loose banknote is made to the withdrawal operation display part 52, the control part 37 will make the loose banknote storage part 32, From 33, the set number of loose banknotes may be fed out to the loose banknote dispensing unit via the transport unit 40 and the branch transport path. Also in this case, the double feed of the loose bills fed out from the loose bill storage units 32 and 33 will be detected by the double feed detection unit 41, and only the rose bills for which double feed has not been detected by the double feed detection unit 41 are separated. The banknote withdrawal unit will pay out, and the banknotes that cannot be withdrawn and detected by the multifeed detection unit 41 will be stored in the reject box 42.

Moreover, in the banknote processing machine 11 of the above embodiment, when returning the rose banknote which carried out the temporary storage process to the several temporary storage parts 27-30 to a customer by cancellation operation, the multiple banknotes from the temporary storage parts 27-30 are used. However, as a reference technique, a plurality of temporary storage units 27 to 30 can be pulled out to the first operation surface 11A side and can be taken out in a temporarily stored state. You may do it.

It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the banknote processing machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the banknote processing machine of one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Banknote processing machine 11A 1st operation surface 11B 2nd operation surface 15 Banknote insertion part 16 Deposit operation display part (payment operation part)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 19 Deposit identification part 27-30 Temporary storage part 31-34 Bulk bill storage part 45 Binding part 46-48 Small bundle storage part 51 Small bundle withdrawal part 52 Withdrawal operation display part (withdrawal operation part)

Claims (1)

A banknote insertion unit that inserts rose banknotes from outside the machine and feeds the inserted banknotes into the machine ;
A deposit identifying unit for identifying a rose bill fed from the bill inserting unit;
A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing rose banknotes identified as acceptable by the deposit identification unit;
A deposit reject unit that returns the rose bills identified as unacceptable by the deposit identification unit and the rose bills temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit so as to be able to be taken out of the machine,
The temporary storage has been loose bills in the temporary storage unit, and roses banknote storage unit for storing in the operation input to deposit the operation unit,
A binding unit for binding rose banknotes stored in the rose banknote storage unit;
A small bundle storage unit of a denomination for storing small bundles of paper bundles bound by the binding unit;
A banknote handling machine having a small bundle dispensing unit that allows a small bundle of banknotes stored in the small bundle storage unit to be withdrawn from the apparatus so that it can be taken out by an operation input to the withdrawal operation unit;
The bill insertion unit , the deposit reject unit, and the deposit operation unit are arranged on one operation side facing the customer side space of the machine body, while the small bundle dispensing unit and the withdrawal operation unit are arranged on the clerk side space of the machine body. Ri Na disposed on the other operation surface side facing the,
Only the bill insertion part and the deposit reject part are arranged on the one operation surface side as a mechanism for taking in and out banknotes, and only the small bundle withdrawal part is arranged on the other operation surface side as a mechanism for taking in and out banknotes. The banknote processing machine characterized by the above-mentioned.

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