JP5061705B2 - Banknote organizer - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote organizing apparatus that counts banknotes, accumulates the counted banknotes in a plurality of temporary stacking units, and bundles and organizes them for each predetermined number of bundles.

  A conventional banknote sorting apparatus is configured to insert a banknote into a banknote based on the discrimination result of a discrimination section that performs various discriminations such as a denomination and correctness of banknotes conveyed from the slot. A stacking mechanism having a plurality of temporary stacking units that are stacked according to seeds and damages, a banknote binding unit that stacks and discharges a predetermined number of banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit with a tape, and is stacked in the temporary stacking unit. A transfer unit that transfers a predetermined number of banknotes to the banknote binding unit, a display screen that displays a count result for each type of banknotes identified by the discrimination unit, and an operation display unit that includes a touch panel. The banknotes identified as the banknotes to be stacked in the temporary stacking section by the discrimination section are transported to the front / back reversal section regardless of the banknote type discrimination result, and the front and back sides of the banknotes are aligned. Transported to the mechanism for each type of banknote When the banknotes stacked in the stacking unit and stacked in one temporary stacking unit reach a predetermined number of bundles (100), the banknotes in the temporary stacking unit remain in a bundle and are bundled by the transfer unit from the temporary stacking unit. The paper tape is wound around 100 transferred banknotes, bound and discharged as a banknote bundle (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  The bundle of banknotes bundled in this way is created by winding a paper tape around the short direction of 100 banknotes of specific denominations with the front and back aligned, and gluing the paper tape. Since it is collected and stored in a safe or the like, its binding posture is required, but if the paper tape becomes loose during the process of creating a banknote bundle, the binding posture of the banknote bundle is disturbed. It may end up.

For this reason, in the banknote binding part of the conventional banknote arranging device, a residual sensor for detecting the loading and discharging of the banknote bundle is provided on the inclined surface of the chute unit for discharging the banknote bundle, and the banknote bundle is provided at the end of the inclined surface. A stopper that is lower than the thickness of the banknote and an overhang detection sensor that detects the banknote that protrudes from the banknote bundle when the longitudinal end of the banknote bundle hits the stopper by its own weight. In such a case, the apparatus is stopped after determining that the banknote bundle has a bad binding posture, and the door of the apparatus is opened to take out the banknote bundle in which the binding attitude is disturbed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
JP 2002-197509 A (mainly, page 3 paragraph 0007 to page 5 paragraph 0029, page 6 paragraphs 0038 to 0045, FIG. 1) JP-A-2005-22758 (mainly 4th page paragraph 0010-5th page paragraph 0016, 8th page paragraph 0038, FIGS. 1 and 5)

  However, in the technique of Patent Document 2 described above, the banknote that protrudes when the front end in the longitudinal direction of the banknote bundle is abutted against the stopper is detected by the protrusion detection sensor to determine a bad binding posture. In order to detect a defective binding posture, a space for accommodating at least the length of the banknote bundle in the longitudinal direction and a dedicated protrusion detection sensor is required, and the length of the conveyance path in the banknote binding section is increased. Therefore, there is a problem that the banknote sorting device is enlarged.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide means for reducing the size of a banknote organizing apparatus that creates a banknote bundle without looseness on a tape.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention provides a plurality of temporary stacking units that stack banknotes, and a banknote binding unit that stacks a predetermined number of banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit with a tape and discharges them as a banknote bundle. In the banknote arranging device, the banknote bundling section is inclined in a direction to narrow the interval between the transporting path of the transporting means and the transporting means for transporting the banknote bundle in the short direction toward the downstream of the transporting direction. A conveyance guide having a slope and disposed downstream in the conveyance direction of the bundling position set in the conveyance means, and a passage for confirming the passage of the banknote bundle that is bundled at the bundling position and conveyed on the conveyance guide A banknote measured by measuring the passage time of the banknote bundle conveyed on the conveyance guide while gradually increasing the frictional force between the inclined surface of the conveyance guide and the banknote bundle. When passing Compared to the prescribed passage time set in advance and detects the quality of the binding orientation of the bunched bill bundle.

  Thus, according to the present invention, if there is a space that accommodates at least the length of the banknote bundle in the short direction, a banknote bundle with a normal binding posture and an abnormal banknote bundle can be easily provided without providing a special detection sensor. It is possible to distinguish between them, and it is possible to reduce the length of the conveyance path for discharging the banknote bundle T and to reduce the size of the banknote organizing apparatus that creates the banknote bundle without looseness on the tape.

  Below, with reference to drawings, the example of the bill arrangement device by the present invention is described.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a schematic side view of the banknote sorting apparatus of the embodiment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the banknote sorting apparatus of the embodiment, FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing an operation unit of the embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the side of the stacking mechanism of the embodiment, FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the temporary stacking section of the embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the transfer section of the embodiment. 8 is an explanatory view showing the side surface of the banknote binding unit of the embodiment, FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing the upper surface of the banknote binding unit of the embodiment, and FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the control system of the embodiment.

1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a bill insertion slot, which is provided in the upper part of the front of the apparatus.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a discrimination unit, which has a function of discriminating the authenticity of banknotes, denominations, correctness, front and back, etc., and discriminating conveyance abnormalities such as double feeding, and is provided in the apparatus. .
Reference numeral 3 denotes a bill conveyance path, which will be described later.
Reference numeral 4 denotes a front / back reversing unit for reversing the front and back of a bill, and is provided so as to be located at the rear stage of the discrimination unit 2 in the apparatus.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an open pocket for accumulating banknotes of denominations not to be bound, and is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus. The banknotes accumulated in the open pocket 5 can be directly accessed by an operator.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a stacking mechanism. In this embodiment, the stacking mechanism 6 is provided with four temporary stacking units 6a to 6d arranged in a vertical row in the apparatus, and each temporary stacking unit 6a to 6d is preliminarily provided in advance. A predetermined predetermined number of bundled sheets (100 in this embodiment) can be stacked. In addition, what is necessary is just to set according to the number of the denominations to handle not only four temporary accumulation | storage parts.

Reference numeral 7 denotes an operation unit provided on one side of the insertion slot 1, as shown in FIG. 3, a count start button 7a for instructing counting of banknotes, and a reset button for restarting the apparatus when the apparatus is recovered from a failure. 7b, a completion button 7c for instructing completion of counting and bundling processing is provided.
8 is a reject pocket that accumulates reject banknotes that have been identified by the discrimination unit 2 as having an unknown denomination or detected to have a conveyance error, and is provided above the insertion slot 1, and the banknotes that are accumulated in the reject pocket 8 The operator can directly access it.

9 is a transfer part, 10 is a banknote bundling part, both are provided in the apparatus, both will be described later.
Reference numeral 11 denotes an outlet for the banknote bundle T, and is composed of an upper outlet 11a and a lower outlet 11b.
Reference numeral 12 denotes a door provided on the front of the apparatus, and the operator can access the stacking mechanism 6 by opening the door 12.

As shown in FIG. 2, an operation display unit 13 is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus so as to be positioned behind the open pocket 5, and is composed of an LCD and a touch panel arranged on the surface thereof. The mode is specified by operating the unit 13, and the denomination, stacking order, and the like are set on the banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d.
The operation display unit 13 also displays the denomination, correctness, and counting result of the banknotes identified by the discrimination unit 2.

  Here, the conveyance path 3 will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the transport path 3 is composed of transport paths 3 a to 3 d in the upper part of the apparatus, and the transport path 3 a is provided so as to reach the branch point A from the insertion port 1 through the discrimination section 2. The path 3b is provided so as to reach the reject pocket from the branch point A, and the transport path 3c is provided so as to reach the branch point B from the branch point A through the front / back reversing unit 4.

The conveyance path 3d extends from the branch point B to the lower part of the apparatus as shown in FIG. 1 and is provided along the temporary accumulation sections 6a to 6d of the accumulation mechanism 6. The conveyance path 3e extends from the branch point B to the open pocket 5 It is provided to reach.
A switching blade (not shown) that switches the bill conveyance direction is provided in the vicinity of each of the branch points A and B, and the operation of the switching blade is controlled by a control unit 50 described later.

As shown in FIG. 5, the stacking mechanism 6 has the four temporary stacking units 6a to 6d arranged in the vertical direction, and these temporary stacking units 6a to 6d have the same structure. Therefore, the following description will be given taking the temporary accumulation unit 6a as an example.
The banknotes transported by the transport path 3d are taken toward the stacking plate 21 by the sorting gate 27 of the temporary stacking unit 6a, whereby the banknotes that have entered the temporary stacking unit 6a are stacked with the rear portion being hit by the tapping wheel 20. It is integrated on the plate 21.

Further, the banknotes that enter after that are stacked on the banknotes stacked on the stacking plate 21 by the same operation.
The bills that have entered the temporary stacking unit 6a are not only struck by the tapping wheel 20, but are also aligned in the longitudinal direction by the longitudinal positioning mechanism 22 provided on one side of the temporary stacking unit 6a shown in FIG. Further, the position in the short direction is aligned by the short positioning mechanism 23 provided on the front end side of the temporary stacking unit 6a.

  The longitudinal alignment mechanism 22 includes a motor 22a capable of rotating in both forward and reverse directions, and a positioning member 22c such as a rod or a plate connected to the motor via a connecting member 22b, and enters the bill. The positioning member 22c is rotated by the motor 22a at the timing of a detection signal of an ingress sensor (not shown) that detects the banknote, and the banknote is positioned by pressing it against the reference surface 25 installed on the opposite side. ing.

The short positioning mechanism 23 is composed of a rod-shaped member that is biased by a biasing means such as a torsion spring (not shown), and aligns by biasing the accumulated bills toward the entrance side. ing.
When banknotes are stacked on the stacking plate 21 and the stacking height is detected to exceed a reference value by a height sensor (not shown), the stacking plate 21 is automatically lowered to make room in the temporary stacking unit 6a. By spreading and this operation, the stacking can be stably performed even if the stacking height differs depending on the state of the banknote caused by the wrinkles or folds.

A presser plate 24 is provided above the stacking plate 21 so as to face the presser plate 24. The presser plate 24 stands by at the upper end of the temporary stacking unit 6a while banknotes are stacked on the stacking plate 21, and the banknotes are sequentially taken in. So as not to get in the way.
When a predetermined number of bundled banknotes (100) are stacked on the stacking plate 21 of the temporary stacking unit 6a, the gate mechanism 27 is operated in a posture in which the banknotes are not taken, and the 101st and subsequent banknotes are Control is performed so as to accumulate in any one of the temporary accumulation units 6b to 6d.

In the temporary stacking unit 6a where the banknotes have stopped entering, the stacking plate 21 is raised and the presser plate 24 is lowered to hold the banknotes.
With this operation, the thickness of banknotes having different stacking heights is made constant depending on the state of banknotes such as bags, and delivery to the moving mechanism 9 is facilitated.
The bills sandwiched between the stacking plate 21 and the presser plate 24 are drawn out by a hand portion of the moving mechanism 9 described later entering the temporary stacking portion 6a from the short positioning mechanism 23 side.

Since the temporary stacking units 6b to 6d have the same structure as that of the temporary stacking unit 6a, banknotes can be aligned, stacked, and sandwiched similarly to the temporary stacking unit 6a.
As shown in FIG. 7, the transfer unit 9 includes a bill clamp unit 30, a clamp unit moving unit 31, and an elevating unit 32.
The banknote clamp part 30 has clamp claws 35a and 35b that open and close in the vertical direction. The banknote clamp part 30 is mounted on the clamp part moving means 31, and the clamp claws 35a and 35b from the temporary stacking parts 6a to 6d. When the banknote is clamped and pulled out, the clamp part moving means 31 pushes the clamp part 30 against the temporary stacking parts 6a to 6d and moves it to a position where 100 banknotes can be clamped.

The clamp part 30 and the clamp part moving means 31 are raised and lowered integrally between the temporary stacking parts 6a to 6d by the lifting / lowering means 32, and any one of the temporary stacking parts 6a to 6d in which stacking of 100 bills is completed. It is controlled to stop before.
Therefore, position sensors 33a to 33d are disposed in the frame of the lifting and lowering unit 32 corresponding to the positions of the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d. For example, when the banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6a are extracted. The clamp part moving means 31 is pulled up by the elevating means 32 to the position of the position sensor 33a.

The clamp unit moving mechanism 31 that has been pulled up needs to be fixed at this position while the clamp unit 30 removes the banknote from the temporary stacking unit 6a. Therefore, the stopper cam 34 that can be rotated at the position stopped by the position sensor 33a is provided with the clamp unit. It is locked to the moving means 31 to prevent the fall.
The series of operations of the transfer unit 9 will be described. For example, when the banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking unit 6a are pulled out, the banknote clamp unit 30 is first raised to the position of the position sensor 33a together with the clamp unit moving mechanism 31 by the lifting means 32. The position sensor 33a stops the rising at the position where the clamp part moving mechanism 31 is detected, and at the same time, the stopper cam 34 is rotated to be engaged with the clamp part moving means 31.

As a result, the clamping unit moving means 31 is fixed at a position corresponding to the temporary stacking unit 6a, and in this state, the clamping claws 35a and 35b of the bill clamping unit 30 are opened in the vertical direction by the clamping moving mechanism 31 to clamp 100 bills. The banknote clamp part 30 is further pushed out in the direction of the temporary stacking part 6a by the clamp moving mechanism 31.
The clamp claws 35a and 35b of the pushed bill clamp mechanism 30 are inserted into an opening provided on the short positioning mechanism 23 side of the temporary stacking unit 6a and are sandwiched between the stacking plate 21 and the presser plate 24. Hold the banknotes from above and below.

Next, when the stacking plate 21 and the presser plate 24 are opened to release the holding of the banknotes, the 100 banknotes are passed to the banknote clamping unit 30. Therefore, the clamp claws 35a and 35b The banknote clamp part 30 holding the banknote is pulled back by the clamp part moving means 31.
At this time, the banknote held by the clamp claws 35a and 35b hits the short positioning mechanism 23 of the temporary stacking unit 6a. However, when the banknote clamping unit 30 is pulled back as it is, the short positioning mechanism 23 is biased by the pressing force of the banknote. The banknotes are smoothly extracted from the temporary stacking unit 6a by falling in the direction opposite to the orientation direction against the means.

  When the banknote clamp part 30 is pulled back to the original position, it is locked to the clamp part moving means 31 and the stopper cam 34 is rotated to release the lock, and the clamp moving means together with the banknote clamp part 30 holding the banknote. 31 is moved to the banknote binding unit 10 positioned at the lowermost end of the moving path by the lifting means 32, and the banknotes held by the clamp claws 35 a and 35 b of the banknote clamp unit 30 are delivered to the banknote binding unit 10.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the banknote binding unit 10 includes a roller pair and / or a belt pair and the like, and is driven by a driving source (not shown) to transport the banknote bundle T in the short direction, and a paper tape. A tape 41 for binding such as, a printing means 42 for printing on the tape 41, a tape supply means 43 for supplying the tape 41, a cutter 44 for cutting the tape 41 into a predetermined length, and a banknote bundle T are conveyed. The binding position confirmation sensor 45 for confirming the presence at the binding position on the means 40 (the position of the banknote bundle T indicated by the broken line in FIG. 8), and the transport direction of the binding position of the transport means 40 (shown in FIGS. 8 and 9). The conveyance guide 46 arranged downstream of the direction of the arrow C), the passage confirmation sensor 47 for confirming the passage of the banknote bundle T conveyed on the conveyance guide 46, and the banknote bundle T discharged from the conveyance means 40 Receive this The a discharge chute 48 as a discharge conveying path leading to outlet 11, and a bundling unit (not shown) or the like.

The conveyance guide 46 has an inclined surface 46a that is inclined in the direction of narrowing the interval of the conveying path 40a of the conveying means 40 toward the downstream in the conveying direction C, and the height H of the top portion of the inclined surface 46a When a new bill equivalent to a sealed banknote is used, for example, a height that is 10% to 30% of a predetermined number of bundles, that is, 10 (1 mm) or more when the predetermined number of bundles is 100, The height is set to 30 sheets (3 mm) or less, and in the present embodiment, the height is set to 20 sheets (2 mm).

The binding position confirmation sensor 45 and the passage confirmation sensor 47 are optical sensors in which a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion are respectively disposed facing each other with the conveying means 40 interposed therebetween, and as shown in FIG. 9, in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction. Two sensors are provided along the longitudinal direction of the banknote bundle T, and are sensors that detect the presence of banknotes by detecting that the banknotes have blocked the light from the light emitting unit.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 9 , a transmission hole 46b that transmits the optical axis is provided in a portion of the inclined surface 46a of the conveyance guide 46 through which the optical axis of the passage confirmation sensor 47 passes.

The discharge shooter 48 of this embodiment has a two-stage configuration with an upper shooter 48a and a lower shooter 48b.
Further, at the end of the upper shooter 48a on the conveying means 40 side, a rotation mechanism (not shown) rotates between a closed position indicated by a solid line in FIG. 8 and an open position indicated by a two-dot chain line around the rotation shaft 49a. An opening / closing plate 49 is provided as a moving sorting means, and has a function of sorting the bill bundle T discharged from the transport means 40 into an upper shooter 48a and a lower shooter 48b.

In FIG. 10 , reference numeral 50 denotes a control unit, which controls operation processing of the entire banknote arranging apparatus.
51a to 51d are counters, which correspond to the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d on a one-to-one basis. For example, the number of banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6a is counted by the counter 51a and similarly stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6b. The number of banknotes collected is counted by the counter 51b, the number of banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking unit 6c is counted by the counter 51c, and the number of banknotes stacked by the temporary stacking unit 6d is counted by the counter 51d.

Reference numeral 52 denotes a storage unit that stores a program executed by the control unit 50, various data used for the program, processing results by the control unit 50, etc., and denominations of banknotes accumulated in the temporary accumulation units 6a to 6d, The counted number of banknotes for each denomination is stored.
The operation of the above configuration will be described.
When the apparatus is turned on, an initial screen is displayed on the operation display unit 13, and the operation mode of the initial screen is selected by pressing with a finger.

As a result, the mode setting screen is displayed on the operation display unit 13, and the deposit mode or the organizing mode displayed on this screen is selected.
The deposit mode is a mode in which a cash deposit transaction is performed, banknotes are counted, and a result obtained by classifying and counting each transaction number, a specified category, and the like is stored in the storage unit 52. This is a mode in which the classification total result is not stored in the storage unit 52.

Next, an operation mode in the deposit mode or the arrangement mode is selected.
In this operation mode, a counting mode that only counts banknotes, a specified denomination binding mode that binds banknotes of a specified denomination, and a bundle of clean correct bills while classifying the correctness of banknotes of a specified denomination There is a correct bill classification and bundling mode, and there is a correct bill classification and bundling mode for bundling both clean and dirty bills while sorting the correctness of banknotes of the specified denomination. A screen is displayed on the operation display unit 3, and one of them is selected.

The counting mode is a mode in which the banknote set in the slot 1 is transported to the discrimination unit 2, denominated and counted, and discharged into the open pocket 5. This counting mode will not be referred to hereinafter.
In the designated denomination binding mode, correct bill classification binding mode, and correct ticket classification binding mode, banknotes are discriminated against each other, but the level can be specified by a numerical value indicating the degree of contamination set in advance from 0 to 9. The specified damage level is used as a reference value for discrimination, and a value less than the reference value is set as a correct note, and a value higher than the reference value is determined as a lost note.

Next, designation of denominations in each binding mode will be described.
Basically, each mode and a series of setting items such as designated denominations in the mode are stored in the storage unit 52, and since this storage unit 52 is backed up by a battery or the like, the stored contents are stored when the power is shut off. Retained.
Therefore, the stored content of the storage unit 52 is read out by the control unit 50 when the power is turned on and the process is executed. However, the setting can be changed by the following operation.

That is, in the designated denomination bundling mode, the denomination can be specified by a single denomination or a plurality of denominations. For example, out of 10,000 yen, 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 2,000 yen of Japanese banknotes. A single denomination can be specified, and a plurality of denominations can be specified such as 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen or 10,000 yen and 5,000 yen.
The regular ticket classification and bundling mode is based on organizing and bundling all four denominations at the same time, but you can select any denomination by pressing any button of 10,000 yen, 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, or 2,000 yen. By doing so, the single denomination and two denomination banknotes can be bound.

The non-performing ticket classification and bundling mode is based on the process of classifying and bundling 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen impairments, but you can press any button of 10,000 yen, 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, or 2,000 yen arbitrarily. By specifying the denomination, it is possible to specify a single denomination and two denominations.
The denomination designated in each mode is stored in the storage unit 52.
In addition, the denominations of banknotes to be stacked can be specified for the temporary stacking units 6a to 6c, and when specified, the data is stored in the storage unit 52, and based on the data at the time of banknote stacking described later. Control.

As described above, the mode, denomination and the like are set, and actual bill processing is executed.
For example, when the designated denomination binding mode is selected and ten thousand yen and thousand yen are designated as the denominations to be bound, the operator sets a banknote in which a plurality of denominations are mixed in the insertion slot 1, and the operation unit When the counting start button 7a arranged at 7 is pressed, the taking of bills is started. As a result, banknotes are separated one by one from the slot 1 and conveyed to the discrimination unit 2 by the conveyance path 3a, and the discrimination unit 2 discriminates and counts the authenticity, denomination, front and back, correctness, etc. of the banknotes, and abnormal conveyance The presence or absence of is detected.

As a result, banknotes that are not bundled and identified as 5,000 yen or 2,000 yen with genuine bills are transported to the open pocket 5 by the transport paths 3c and 3e and accumulated, and are identified as fake or unknown denominations. , And banknotes in which a conveyance abnormality such as double feeding is detected are conveyed to the reject pocket 8 by the conveyance path 3b and accumulated.
Banknotes that have been identified as genuine or thousand yen are transported to the front / back reversing unit 4 by the transport path 3c regardless of the result of discrimination, and the front / back reversing unit 4 aligns the front and back, and then the transport path It is conveyed to the accumulation mechanism 6 by 3d and accumulated in the temporary accumulation units 6a to 6d as follows.

First, out of 1,000 yen or 10,000 yen banknotes, the banknotes that have been transported to the discrimination unit 2 and whose denominations have been determined are stacked on the temporary stacking unit 6a and then transported to the discrimination unit 2 later. Is accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 6b.
That is, since the denomination of the banknote previously conveyed to the discrimination unit 2 is determined as the denomination accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 6a, the denomination of the banknote accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 6b is also uniquely determined. If the denomination of the banknote previously conveyed to the discrimination unit 2 is 10,000 yen, 10,000 yen is accumulated in the temporary accumulating part 6a, and 1,000 yen banknotes are accumulated in the temporary accumulating part 6b.

However, if the operation display unit 13 specifies in advance that a 10,000 yen ticket is accumulated on one of the temporary accumulation unit 6a and the temporary accumulation unit 6b and a thousand yen ticket is accumulated on the other, the accumulation of banknotes is performed according to the designation. I do.
The number of banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6a is counted by the counter 51a, and the number of banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit 6b is counted by the counter 51b.

That is, the values of the counters 51 and 51b are added by “1” to the sheets on which one banknote is stacked in the temporary stacking sections 6a and 6b by the control section 50.
When the banknotes are taken in and the number of banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking unit 6a reaches 100, the stacking location of the banknotes of the denomination is moved to the temporary stacking unit 6c, and the banknotes from the 101st sheet are temporarily stacked in the 6c. Is accumulated.

Similarly, when the banknotes accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 6b reach 100, the 101st banknotes are accumulated in the temporary accumulation unit 6d. Of course, the counters 51c and 51d count the number of banknotes accumulated in the temporary stacking units 6c and 6d.
The banknotes of the temporary stacking unit 6a reaching 100 sheets are pulled out of the temporary stacking unit 6a by the transfer unit 9 and sent to the banknote binding unit 10 as described above.

As a result, the temporary stacking unit 6a is in an empty state, so that when the number of stacked banknotes in the temporary stacking unit 6c or 6d newly reaches 100, the temporary stacking unit 6a can be switched to the empty stacking unit 6a. Become.
At this time, the value of the counter 51a is cleared (the values of the counters 51b to 51d are also cleared when the banknotes of the temporary stacking units 6b to 6d are extracted).

The banknote binding unit 10 receives 100 banknotes as a bundle from the transfer unit 9, and discharges the banknotes from the upper discharge port 11a or the lower discharge port 11b as a banknote bundle T by a bundling process to be described later, sequentially. A hundred thousand yen and a thousand yen banknotes are bundled and released one by one.
When the counting and stacking of all banknotes are completed, the fractional number remaining in the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d can be taken out by opening the door 12 of the stacking mechanism 6.

Although not shown, the accumulation mechanism 6 is provided with a display unit such as an LCD in the vicinity of each of the temporary accumulation units 6a to 6d. In addition to displaying the type, the number of fractions remaining in the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d is displayed based on the values of the counters 51a to 51d.
Also, when denominations of 5,000 yen or 2,000 yen and three thousand yen and thousand yen are designated as the denominations to be bound, three of the temporary accumulation units 6a to 6d are used for accumulation, and the remaining 1 It is possible to perform a continuous bundling process in the same manner as described above by using one spare as a spare and using this spare temporary stacking unit for stacking 100 denominated banknotes.

Furthermore, when the above four denominations are designated as the binding denomination, one denomination is assigned to each of the temporary stacking units 6a to 6d, so every time 100 banknotes of any denomination are stacked. The bundling process which will be described later is performed by stopping the taking-in and transporting of banknotes, and after taking out 100 banknotes by the transfer unit 9 and restarting the taking-in and transporting.
In this case, since the taking-in and conveyance of banknotes are stopped in the middle, the overall bundling process is reduced, but continuous bundling is possible.

The correct note classification and binding mode is processed in the same manner as the above-described designated denomination binding mode except that the banknotes that have been determined to be damaged by the discrimination part 2 are conveyed to the open pocket 5 and accumulated.
In addition, in the damage classification and bundling mode, when the banknotes of one denomination of 10,000 yen, 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 2,000 yen are bundled by separating the correct and non-performing bills, the above-mentioned 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen are combined. It can be performed in the same manner as the bundling process of yen, and when a single denomination banknote is bundled separately into a genuine note and a non-performing bill, a denomination is issued for each temporary denomination unit 6a to 6d. Therefore, every time 100 banknotes of any denomination are stacked, the taking-in and transporting of the banknotes are stopped, and the 100-banknotes are taken out by the transfer unit 9 and then the binding and the transporting are resumed. Process.

Below, the bundling process which the control part 50 of a present Example performs is demonstrated.
When the banknotes pulled out as a bundle from the temporary stacking unit 6a and the like are sent to the banknote binding unit 10 by the transfer unit 9, the control unit 50 causes the transport unit 40 to transfer 100 banknotes from the banknote clamp unit 30 of the transfer unit 9. The banknote bundle T is conveyed to the binding position with the conveyance direction C as the short direction while confirming the banknote bundle T by the binding position confirmation sensor 45.

  When the banknote bundle T is conveyed to the binding position, the control unit 50 supplies the tape 41 to the binding means (not shown) by the tape supply means 43, and at that time the denomination of the banknotes to be bound to the tape 41 by the printing means 42 is used as the ink ribbon. The printed tape 41 is cut into a predetermined length by a cutter 44, and the cut tape 41 is wrapped around 100 banknotes transported to a binding position by a binding means and bundled. Create T.

The controller 50 that created the banknote bundle T transports the banknote bundle T to the transport guide 46 by the transport means 40, and further transports the lowest banknote of the banknote bundle T along the slope 46 a of the transport guide 46.
At this time, the banknote bundle T conveyed along the inclined surface 46a is pressed by the conveying belt on the upper side of the conveying means 40, the frictional force between the banknote bundle T and the inclined surface 46a is gradually increased, and the tape 41 is loosened. When wound, the cross-sectional shape of the banknote bundle T in the short direction is deformed into a substantially parallelogram as shown in FIG.

Then, the control unit 50 determines the passage time of the banknote bundle T conveyed on the conveyance guide 46 by the conveyance means 40 from the passage confirmation sensor 47 by the clock function in order to determine the quality of the binding posture of the banknote bundle T. When the passage time is equal to or shorter than a predetermined passage time set in advance, it is determined that the binding posture of the banknote bundle T is normal.
If the passage time is longer than the specified passage time, it is determined that the binding posture of the banknote bundle T is abnormal, that is, the tape 41 binding the banknote bundle T is loose.

The control unit 50 that has determined the binding posture of the banknote bundle T transports the banknote bundle T to the discharge shooter 48 by the transport means 40. In the case of the banknote bundle T in a normal binding posture (referred to as a normal bundle), the opening / closing plate 49 is closed and conveyed to the upper discharge port 11a by the upper shooter 48a and discharged.
Further, in the case of a banknote bundle T (referred to as an abnormal bundle) in an abnormal binding posture, the opening / closing plate 49 is rotated to the open position to drop the abnormal bundle onto the lower shooter 48b and to the lower discharge port 11b by the lower shooter 48b. Transport and release.

As described above, in the bundling process of the present embodiment, the conveyance direction C of the conveyance unit 40 of the banknote bundling unit 10 is the short direction of the banknote bundle T, and the slope provided on the downstream side of the bundling position of the conveyance unit 40. Since the passage confirmation sensor 47 measures the passage time of the banknote bundle T transported on the transport guide 46 having 46a and determines whether the bundled banknote bundle T is bundled or not, at least the banknote bundle T is short. if there is space to accommodate the length in the direction normal flux and abnormal flux and without providing a special detection sensors, it is possible to easily distinguish, by shortening the conveying path length of the discharge chute 48 The banknote organizing device can be downsized.

  In addition, two discharge ports composed of an upper discharge port 11a and a lower discharge port 11b, and a discharge shooter 48 formed of an upper shooter 48a and a lower shooter 48b for guiding the banknote bundle T discharged from the transport means 40 are provided. A normal bundle and an abnormal bundle discharged from the conveying means 40 are distributed to the upper shooter 48a and the lower shooter 48b by an opening / closing plate 49 provided at the end of the upper shooter 48a on the conveying means 40 side. And the lower discharge port 11b, the banknote bundle whose binding posture is disturbed by the looseness of the tape 41 is distinguished and discharged from the lower discharge port 11b, and the banknote bundle T in the normal binding posture is stably discharged from the upper discharge port 11a. In addition to being able to discharge, when the abnormality of the binding posture of the banknote bundle T is determined, the binding posture is disturbed without stopping the banknote arranging device. It becomes possible to take out the normal bundle, it is possible to improve the operating efficiency of the bill organizer.

  In addition, if an alarm device that emits an alarm by sound or light is provided, and the alarm device is controlled to issue an alarm for alerting when an abnormal bundle is released, the occurrence of the abnormal bundle will be Can be recognized quickly, the post-processing of the abnormal bundle can be performed immediately, the occurrence frequency of the abnormal bundle can be easily known, and the maintainability of the banknote arranging device can be improved.

As described above, in this embodiment, the banknote bundling unit of the banknote sorting apparatus is disposed downstream of the transport direction of the banknote bundle T in the short direction and the transport direction of the binding position set in the transport means. a conveyance guide and the on passage confirmation sensor to confirm the passage of the bill bundle T that is bundled with the bundling position is conveyed on the conveyance guide provided, which is bundled based on transit time of the bill bundle measured by passage confirmation sensor By detecting the quality of the banknote bundle binding posture, if there is a space for accommodating at least the length of the banknote bundle T in the short direction, the normal bundle and the abnormal bundle are not provided with a special detection sensor. Therefore, the banknote sorting apparatus can be downsized by shortening the transport path length of the discharge shooter that discharges the banknote bundle T.

Further, by providing the conveyance guide with an inclined surface that inclines in the direction of narrowing the interval between the conveying paths of the conveying means, the banknote bundle T conveyed along the inclined surface is pressed, and the gap between the banknote bundle T and the inclined surface is The frictional force can be gradually increased, and the banknote bundle T wound loosely with the tape can be easily deformed.
Furthermore, two release ports are provided in the banknote binding unit, and an opening / closing plate that distributes the banknote bundle T discharged from the transport means to each discharge port is provided downstream of the transport means, so that the binding posture is achieved by loosening of the tape. The abnormal bundle and the normal bundle that are disturbed can be discharged from the respective outlets, and when the abnormality of the binding posture of the banknote bundle T is judged, the binding posture is disturbed without stopping the banknote sorting device. An abnormal bundle can be taken out, and the operating efficiency of the banknote arranging device can be improved.

In the above-described embodiment, the discharge conveyance path is described as being configured by a shooter having a two-stage upper and lower configuration, but may be configured by a shooter juxtaposed on the left and right.
In the above-described embodiment, the discharge conveyance path is described as the discharge shooter. However, the conveyance path may be a conveyance path that holds and conveys the banknote bundle T by a roller pair and / or a belt pair.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the distribution means is described as an opening / closing plate that rotates between the open position and the closed position, but it may be a slide-type opening / closing plate that slides on the shooter.
Furthermore, in the said Example, although the case where the banknote binding part of this invention was applied to the banknote arrangement apparatus was demonstrated to the example, it is not limited to this, It applies to the other apparatus which produces the banknote bundle T. However, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

Explanatory drawing which shows the schematic side surface of the banknote arrangement apparatus of an Example. The perspective view which shows the external appearance of the banknote arrangement apparatus of an Example Explanatory drawing which shows the operation part of an Example Enlarged view of the upper part of FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the side of the accumulation mechanism of an Example The perspective view which shows the temporary accumulation part of an Example The perspective view which shows the transfer part of an Example Explanatory drawing which shows the side of the banknote binding part of an Example Explanatory drawing which shows the upper surface of the banknote binding part of an Example. Block diagram showing the control system of the embodiment Explanatory drawing which shows the action | operation of the banknote binding part of an Example.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input port 2 Discrimination part 3, 3a-3e, 40a Carriage path 4 Front and back inversion part 5 Open pocket 6 Stacking mechanism 6a-6d Temporary stacking part 7 Operation part 7a Count start button 7b Reset button 7c Completion button 8 Reject pocket 9 Transfer part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Banknote bundling part 11 Release port 11a Upper discharge port 11b Lower discharge port 12 Door 13 Operation display part 21 Stacking plate 22 Longitudinal alignment mechanism 22a Motor 22b Connecting member 22c Positioning member 23 Short-hand alignment mechanism 24 Holding plate 25 Reference surface 27 Distributing gate 30 Bill clamp part 31 Clamp part moving means 32 Lifting means 33a to 33d Position sensor 34 Stopper cams 35a, 35b Clamp claw 40 Transport means 41 Tape 42 Printing means 43 Tape supply means 44 Cutter 45 Binding position confirmation sensor 46 Transport guide 46a Surface 46b transmission hole 47 passes through check sensor 48 discharge chute 48a upper chute 48b lower chute 49 opening and closing plate 49a rotation shaft 50 controller 51a~51d counter 52 memory unit

Claims (3)

A plurality of temporary stacking units for stacking banknotes;
In a banknote organizing apparatus comprising a banknote binding unit that stacks a predetermined number of banknotes stacked in the temporary stacking unit with a tape and discharges it as a banknote bundle,
In the banknote bundling part,
Transport means for transporting a banknote bundle in the short direction;
It has a surface inclined in a direction of narrowing the gap of the conveying path of the conveying means toward the downstream in the conveying direction, a conveyance guide that is disposed on the downstream in the conveying direction of the set bundling position on the conveying means,
A passage confirmation sensor for confirming passage of a bundle of banknotes bundled at the binding position and transported on the transport guide ;
The passage confirmation time of the banknote bundle conveyed on the conveyance guide is measured by the passage confirmation sensor while gradually increasing the frictional force between the slope of the conveyance guide and the banknote bundle, and the passage time of the measured banknote bundle is set in advance. Compared with the specified passing time , the banknote sorting apparatus detects the quality of the binding posture of the bundled banknote bundle. Oite to claim 1,
The banknote bundling portion is provided with a plurality of discharge ports,
A banknote organizing device, comprising a sorting unit that distributes the banknote bundle discharged from the transporting unit to the plurality of discharge ports downstream of the transporting unit. In claim 2 ,
A banknote sorting apparatus that sorts a banknote bundle having a normal binding attitude and a banknote bundle having an abnormal binding attitude by the sorting means.