JP5126317B2 - Banknote handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus, and in particular, is applied to a change machine in which deposited banknotes are distinguished from each other and stored in a plurality of storage boxes and the stored banknotes are reused as change, and the banknotes are suitable for making them thinner. The present invention relates to a processing apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, banknote processing apparatuses and coin processing, which can be used for cash registers such as supermarkets and convenience stores, can be connected to a host device such as a point-of-sale (POS) system to reuse received banknotes and coins as change. A change machine equipped with a device has been introduced.

  Here, the bill processing device schematically takes in the inserted bills automatically, loads and stores them in the bill storage, and transmits the deposit information to an external host device, It has a function of receiving a change payout request from an external host device and paying out a banknote having an amount corresponding to change from a stacked banknote.

  Such a bill processing device automates the dispensing and storage of money together with the coin processing device, reduces the burden of cash handling for cashiers, increases the efficiency of checkout operations, and does not cause miscalculation. It is introduced as the main purpose. In addition, the banknote processing apparatus is required to have a scrutinizing function for determining the denomination and number of banknotes stored in the apparatus, that is, the current amount in the apparatus when a cashier in charge changes. There is also known a banknote processing apparatus that automatically performs such inspection (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  According to such a banknote processing apparatus, a single banknote storage is provided, and the deposited banknotes are stacked and stored on the storage unit in a denomination mixed state, and the change is stored under the stacked banknotes. The bills are fed out one by one to pay out only the necessary bills one after another, and the other bills are operated so as to be stacked again on the storage unit.

  In addition, when scrutiny is required, banknotes in the banknote storage are circulated, and banknotes fed between the first detection of the scrutinized paper previously placed in the banknote storage and the next detection Can be accurately grasped.

  During operation of the banknote handling apparatus, for example, when a banknote is clogged in a power supply system failure or a conveyance path in the apparatus, it is necessary to manually collect the banknote in the apparatus. With the thing of patent document 1, about the banknote stored in the banknote storage, the banknote in a banknote storage can be collect | recovered by opening the lid | cover provided in the upper part of the apparatus so that opening and closing is possible, and the banknote in the middle of circulation. With respect to, banknotes in the transport passage can be collected by opening a lid that can be opened and closed at the bottom of the apparatus.

JP 2002-32830 A (paragraph numbers [0014] to [0016], FIGS. 8 to 10)

  However, in the conventional banknote processing apparatus, since banknotes are mixed and stacked in a horizontal state in a banknote storage, when paying out change, banknotes worthy of withdrawal from circulating banknotes. The circulation must be repeated until it is fed out. Therefore, it takes a long time to withdraw the change, and even at the time of scrutiny, when counting banknotes of a specific denomination, all banknotes must be circulated and counted, which increases the scrutiny time. There was a point.

  Moreover, when using a banknote processing apparatus as a change machine in a supermarket etc., since this kind of banknote processing apparatus is arrange | positioned under the POS terminal which interlock | cooperates, it is necessary to make an apparatus housing | casing thin. In addition, there is a demand to increase the number of banknotes that can be stored therein, and when the apparatus housing is thinned in a banknote storage that stacks banknotes horizontally, the number of stored sheets cannot be increased. There was a problem.

  Furthermore, when collecting banknotes in the device, banknotes in the middle of circulation packed in the transport passage can be collected by opening a lid that can be opened and closed on the bottom of the device, but opening and closing the lid on the bottom of the device There was also a problem that the operability was very bad.

This invention is made | formed in view of such a point, and it aims at providing the banknote processing apparatus which can perform a close inspection work simply and reliably in a short time.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a banknote handling apparatus that can easily reduce the thickness of the apparatus and increase the number of banknotes that can be stored inside.

  Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide a banknote handling apparatus that can easily perform maintenance work such as banknote collection from a banknote conveyance path or banknote storage during abnormal operation.

In the present invention, in order to solve the above problems, in a banknote processing apparatus that distinguishes each received banknote and stores and stores it in a plurality of storage boxes, a banknote insertion slot into which banknotes of a plurality of denominations are inserted, and the banknote Differentiating means for discriminating at least the denomination of the banknotes inserted from the insertion slot, a plurality of banknote storages storing the banknotes identified by the discrimination means in denominations, and a plurality of banknotes identified by the discrimination means A banknote transport path that transports the banknotes between the banknote storage boxes and transports banknotes between the banknote storage boxes, and the banknote storage boxes are sorted into denominations from the banknote transport paths. A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing the banknote, a storage unit for finally storing banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit, banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit, and banknotes stored in the storage unit And Each comprise a transfer means for transferring the banknotes held in the escrow unit while another into the housing unit, as well as arranged in a horizontal and straight in the vicinity of the upper surface of the bill traveling route apparatus housing, a plurality of the In the bill storage, the volume distribution of the bill storage space between the storage unit and the temporary storage unit is variably configured by the transfer means, and the banknote storage of a specific denomination that is not used as change is of another denomination. The positional relationship between the banknote storage, the temporary storage unit, and the storage unit is reversed, and the temporary storage unit is disposed at a position facing each other, and each performs a depositing operation and a dispensing operation simultaneously. Is provided.

  According to such a banknote handling apparatus, the banknote transport path is arranged horizontally and linearly in the vicinity of the upper surface of the apparatus housing, thereby facilitating maintenance work and making the apparatus thinner.

  In the present invention, the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot is discriminated by the discriminating means and conveyed by the bill conveyance path in a state where the short side coincides with the conveying direction, and the bill storage has a short side. It is configured to be stacked and accommodated while being held vertically. By stacking and storing banknotes in the banknote storage with the short sides held vertically, the banknote storage does not increase in the height direction even if the number of banknotes that can be stored inside is increased. It can be easily realized.

  Furthermore, in this invention, it is comprised so that the upper surface part of the housing | casing corresponding to a banknote conveyance path and the side part of the housing | casing corresponding to the arrangement position of a banknote storage are openable. Thereby, maintenance operations, such as collection | recovery of the banknote from the banknote conveyance path or banknote storage at the time of abnormal operation | movement, can be performed easily.

  Furthermore, the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention includes a storage unit including the banknote transport path, a discrimination unit in which the discrimination means is disposed along a discrimination transport path connected to the banknote transport path, and the banknote slot. A depositing / dispensing unit having a depositing / conveying path for carrying the banknotes and a depositing / dispensing unit having a dispensing / conveying path for unloading the banknotes to the banknote dispensing outlet, and each of the units is configured to be independently detachable, Includes a deposit / withdrawal gate means for switching between the depositing / conveying path and the banknote paying exit and connecting to the discrimination / conveying path.

According to the present invention, the banknote conveyance path is arranged horizontally and linearly near the upper surface of the apparatus housing, so that there is an advantage that maintenance work becomes easy and the apparatus can be made thin.
Also, since the banknotes are transported to a plurality of storages arranged in a straight line in a state where the short sides of the banknotes coincide with the transport direction and stored in a state where the short sides are held vertically, a plurality of storages are stored. The bills that are vertically directed from the bill conveyance path in the storage can be stacked and stored while being held vertically. Therefore, even when the number of bills that can be stored in the apparatus housing is increased, the housing can be easily reduced in size and thickness.

Further, by configuring the upper surface portion of the apparatus housing to be openable, maintenance work such as collecting banknotes in the middle of conveyance can be easily performed.
Furthermore, each unit is configured to be detachable independently, and the deposit / withdrawal unit includes a deposit / withdrawal gate means for switching between the deposit conveyance path and the bill payout outlet and connecting to the identification conveyance path. The number of conveyance paths in the discrimination unit can be reduced. Therefore, the number of parts is reduced, and the bill passage to the bill dispensing outlet is shortened to save space.

  The other effects of the present invention will be specifically described along the banknote handling apparatus of the embodiment described below.

It is a perspective view which shows the general | schematic structure of the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a sectional side view which shows the hardware constitutions of the banknote processing machine of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the internal conveyance path by which a banknote is conveyed. It is a sectional side view which shows the detailed structure of a mixing storage. It is a flowchart which shows the payment procedure in the change mode of a banknote processing machine. It is a flowchart which shows the payment procedure in the payment confirmation mode of a banknote processing machine. It is a sectional side view which shows the state at the time of the deposit start of the banknote to a mixing storage. It is a sectional side view showing the state after depositing the bill into the mixed storage. It is a figure which shows the operation state at the time of the storage start of a mixing storage, Comprising: (A) is a sectional side view, (B) is a partial top view. It is a figure which shows an operation state when the pusher unit of a mixing | stacking storage is in the payment waiting position, Comprising: (A) is a sectional side view, (B) is a partial top view. It is a figure which shows the accommodation operation state by the pusher unit of a mixing storage, Comprising: (A) is a sectional side view, (B) is a partial top view. It is a top view which shows the interlocking state of a pusher unit. It is a side view which shows the interlocking state of a pusher unit. It is a sectional side view which shows the payment preparation operation | movement of a mixing storage. It is a sectional side view which shows the payment operation | movement of the banknote from a mixing storage. It is a flowchart which shows the payment procedure of a banknote processing machine. It is a flowchart which shows the collection | recovery procedure of a banknote processing machine. It is a flowchart which shows the close procedure (the 1) in a banknote processing machine. It is a flowchart which shows the scrutinization procedure (the 2) in a banknote processing machine. It is a perspective view which shows the general-view structure of the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a sectional side view which shows the hardware constitutions of the banknote processing machine of FIG. It is side sectional drawing which expands and shows only the depositing / withdrawing unit and discrimination unit of a banknote processing machine. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance structure of a deposit or withdrawal unit and a discrimination unit. It is a conveyance path top view shown in the state which removed the deposit upper base of the deposit or withdrawal unit. It is a top view which shows the deposit lower part base of the deposit or withdrawal unit, the deposit or withdrawal gate, and the upper and lower guides of the conveyance path. It is a front view which shows the deposit lower part base of a deposit or withdrawal unit, the deposit or withdrawal gate, and the upper and lower guide of a conveyance path. It is a side view which shows the deposit lower part base of a deposit or withdrawal unit, the deposit or withdrawal gate, and the upper and lower guide of a conveyance path. It is a sectional side view which shows the path | pass switching operation | movement (the 1) of a deposit or withdrawal unit. It is a sectional side view which shows the channel | path switching operation | movement (the 2) of a deposit or withdrawal unit. It is side sectional drawing which shows the channel | path switching operation | movement (the 3) of a deposit or withdrawal unit. It is side sectional drawing which shows the channel | path switching operation | movement (the 4) of a deposit or withdrawal unit. It is side sectional drawing which shows the channel | path switching operation | movement (the 5) of a deposit or withdrawal unit. It is a sectional side view which shows the channel | path switching operation | movement (the 6) of a deposit or withdrawal unit. It is a sectional side view which shows the channel | path switching operation | movement (the 1) of a discrimination unit. It is a sectional side view which shows the channel | path switching operation | movement (the 2) of a discrimination unit.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
(Appearance structure of banknote processing device)
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a general configuration of the banknote handling apparatus according to the first embodiment.

  This banknote processing apparatus is configured as a change machine 1 in which a banknote processing machine 1a and a coin processing machine 1b are provided, and is used in conjunction with a cash processing accounting apparatus (not shown) such as a cash register. It is. The banknote handling machine 1a is provided with a banknote insertion slot 2 on the front of which a plurality of banknotes can be simultaneously inserted, and a banknote outlet 3 for withdrawing stored banknotes as change, etc. Three storages (not shown) for storing different banknotes are stored.

  A coin input port 4 for depositing coins and an operation panel 7 having a display 6 and a plurality of operation buttons are arranged on the front upper surface of the coin processor 1b, and a coin payout outlet 5 for coin dispensing is disposed on the front surface. Is arranged. From the operation buttons on the operation panel 7, for example, various operations such as “inspection instruction”, “banknote collection instruction”, and “coin collection instruction” can be instructed to the change machine 1. 1 operation state display, amount display at the time of deposit / withdrawal, confirmation display of operation instruction, and the like are made. Note that the banknote handling machine 1 a is provided with a collection cassette 8 in a state where it can be pulled out from the front surface of the housing 9. This collection cassette 8 is used when collecting the banknotes stored in each storage in the banknote handling machine 1a to the outside.

(Internal configuration of banknote handling machine)
FIG. 2 is a side sectional view showing a hardware configuration of the banknote handling machine of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an internal transport path through which banknotes are transported.

  In the banknote handling machine 1a, a main transport path 10 for transporting banknotes inserted into the housing 9, and a first banknote storage (for storing 10,000 yen banknotes and 2000 yen banknotes) Hereinafter, it is referred to as a mixed storage.) 11, a second banknote storage (hereinafter referred to as a thousand-yen storage) 12 that similarly stores a thousand yen bill that has been inserted, and a second that stores a five thousand yen bill that has been inserted. Three storages of three bill storages (hereinafter referred to as 5,000 yen storages) 13 are provided.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the upper lid 9a of the housing 9 is pivotally supported at the rear end portion of the banknote handling machine 1a and constitutes an upper surface portion capable of opening the door, A path 10 is formed near the upper surface of the housing 9. Further, the door 9b is pivotally supported so as to be openable at the side surface portion of the housing 9, and when it is impossible to convey and dispense bills, the mixed storage 11, the thousand yen storage 12, and the five thousand yen storage from the side. It is comprised so that collection | recovery of the banknote accommodated in 13 is enabled. And this main conveyance path 10 is provided substantially linearly from the banknote slot 2 of the front surface of the housing | casing 9 to the back surface (left side of FIG. 2).

  A mixing storage 11 is disposed at a position closest to the bill insertion slot 2 of the main transport path 10, a thousand yen storage 12 is disposed at the rear thereof, and a five thousand yen storage 13 is disposed at the tip of the main transport path 10. Is placed. In addition, a deposit discrimination section 14 is disposed between the bill insertion slot 2 of the main transport path 10 and the mixing storage 11, and the first and second outlets are disposed between the mixing storage 11 and the thousand yen storage 12. Gold discriminating units 15 and 16 are arranged. Here, the 10,000 yen banknote and the 2000 yen banknote are mixed and stored in the mixed storage box 11 because these banknotes are denominations that are not normally used as change. The reason why a certain thousand-yen bill and five-thousand-yen banknote are separately stored in the thousand-yen storage box 12 and the five-thousand-yen storage box 13 is to quickly perform the change operation of the change banknote.

  In the deposit discrimination part 14, the denomination of the banknote conveyed by the main conveyance path 10, and its authenticity are determined. In the middle part of the main transport path 10, branch transport paths 10 a and 10 b for guiding bills stored in the mixed storage 11 and the thousand yen storage 12 are first and second withdrawal determination units 15 and 16. Is provided. Moreover, the main conveyance path 10 is provided with a branch conveyance path 10c for paying out change bills to the banknote dispensing outlet 3 on the downstream side of the deposit discrimination section 14, and further branched from the branch conveyance path 10c to the inside. A branch conveyance path 10 d for sending out stored banknotes to the collection cassette 8 is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the mixed storage 11, the thousand yen storage 12 and the five thousand yen storage 13 are all storage units 11 a, 12 a, 13 a provided fixed to the bottom plate 9 c of the housing 9. , Pusher units 17, 18, 19 are provided as transfer means for pressing bills in the direction of the storage portions 11 a, 12 a, 13 a, respectively. These pusher units 17, 18, and 19 form temporary holding portions 11b, 12b, and 13b for temporarily holding banknotes that have been transported for storage in the storage portions 11a, 12a, and 13a, and are already stored. And a function of storing a plurality of banknotes held in the temporary storage units 11b, 12b, and 13b and storing them in the storage units 11a, 12a, and 13a, which will be described later. As shown in FIG. 13, it is driven collectively by a single drive motor M1.

  That is, the pusher unit 17 of the mixed storage 11 moves between the withdrawal standby position 17a indicated by the solid line in FIG. 2 and the deposit standby position 17b indicated by the imaginary line, and stores the 1,000 yen storage 12 and the 5,000 yen storage. The pusher units 18 and 19 of the storage 13 are configured to move between deposit standby positions 18a and 19a indicated by solid lines in FIG. 2 and withdrawal standby positions 18b and 19b indicated by imaginary lines. When the bills stored in the mixed storage 11, the thousand yen storage 12, and the five thousand yen storage 13 are respectively transported to the branch transport paths 10a, 10b or the leading position of the main transport path 10, the pusher unit. 17, 18, 19 are temporarily held at the holding position, and then the pusher units 17, 18, 19 are moved to the deposit standby positions 17 b, 18 a, 19 a, and are stored in the storage portions 11 a, 12 a, 13 a, respectively. , Confirmed as stored banknotes.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the main conveyance path 10 of the banknote handling machine 1a is constituted by a plurality of conveyance roller groups 20a, and a plurality of presser roller groups 20b are provided on the upper lid 9a of the housing 9 on the upper surface of the conveyance roller group 20a. Are provided at corresponding positions. Further, the drive motor M0 drives the transport roller group 20a by a transmission belt (not shown) to transport the banknotes in the main transport path 10 in a state where the short side thereof coincides with the transport direction. Further, a feed roller 21a and a separation roller 21b are disposed in the main transport path 10 so as to face each other in the vicinity of the bill insertion slot 2, and the bills inserted into the bill insertion slot 2 are separated one by one for deposit discrimination. It is conveyed to the part 14.

  A switching gate 22 provided on the downstream side of the deposit discrimination section 14 of the main transport path 10 is for introducing banknotes into the branch transport paths 10c and 10d, and further at the entrance of the branch transport path 10c. 23 is provided so that banknotes are sent out to the collection cassette 8 by the branch conveyance path 10d. Impellers 24 and 25 are provided at the ends of the branch conveyance paths 10c and 10d, respectively. These impellers 24 and 25 are for reliably dropping the banknotes into the banknote outlet 3 and the collection cassette 8 by pushing the rear end of the banknotes discharged from the branch conveyance paths 10c and 10d. Therefore, it is possible to prevent banknote accumulation jam.

  The branch transport path 10a is provided with a switching gate 26, a deposit / withdrawal feed roller 26a, a separation roller 26b, and a kick roller 26c. The switching gate 26, the feed roller 26 a, and the separation roller 26 b are at the junction of the main conveyance path 10 with the branch conveyance path 10 a and control the flow of banknotes that are deposited into and out of the mixed storage case 11. At the time of withdrawal, banknotes in the mixed storage 11 are fed to the feed roller 26a and the separation roller 26b via the branched transport path 10a by a kick roller 26c provided on the opposite side of the mixed storage 11 with the branch transport path 10a interposed therebetween. Sent out.

  Similarly, a feed roller 27a, a separation roller 27b, a feed roller 28a, a separation roller 28b, and kick rollers 27c, 28c for depositing / withdrawing are provided at the end portions of the branch conveyance path 10b and the main conveyance path 10, respectively. ing. The feed roller 27a, the separation roller 27b, and the feed roller 28a and the separation roller 28b control the flow of banknotes deposited and withdrawn into the thousand yen storage 12 and the five thousand yen storage 13, respectively. At the time of withdrawal, banknotes in the thousand yen storage box 12 and the five thousand yen storage box 13 are sent out to the feed roller 27a, the separation roller 27b, the feed roller 28a, and the separation roller 28b by the kick rollers 27c and 28c, respectively.

  Thus, since the housing 9 of the banknote handling machine 1a is provided with the upper lid 9a on its upper surface portion so that it can be opened, banknotes being transported are jammed in the main transport path 10 and the like. Maintenance work can be performed easily. In addition, in the case of an emergency, a door 9b is provided on the side surface portion of the housing 9 corresponding to the arrangement position of the mixed storage 11, the thousand yen storage 12, and the five thousand yen storage 13, so that it can be opened. The bills stored in the mixed storage 11, the thousand yen storage 12, and the five thousand yen storage 13 can be easily taken out.

(Configuration of each storage)
Next, the configuration of each storage shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 will be further described by taking the mixed storage 11 as an example.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing a detailed configuration of the mixed storage.
The mixing storage 11 is arranged along the branching transfer path 10a and the switching gate 26 which is rotatably arranged in the main transfer path 10 so that the conveyance path of banknotes can be distributed to the side of the mixing storage 11. A feed roller 26a, a separation roller 26b (not shown in FIG. 4) that is disposed opposite to and is rotatable only in the bill storage direction, and an impeller 29 from the main transport path 10 to the mixing storage 11 Banknotes are guided one by one to the temporary storage section 11b. Here, the pusher unit 17 is in a deposit standby position that forms a temporary holding portion 11b in which banknotes G stacked and accommodated can be moved in a direction away from the kick roller 26c to insert banknotes. In the temporary storage portion 11b, a press plate 30 supported by a horizontal shaft 30a is disposed. The pusher unit 17 cooperates with the stage 32 biased by the spring 31 to stack and store bills in the storage unit 11a while being held vertically. Further, a right-pointing arrow A in FIG. 4 indicates the conveyance direction in the main conveyance path 10 of the banknotes deposited in the mixed storage case 11. That is, in this mixed storage 11, unlike the thousand yen storage 12 and the five thousand yen storage 13, the direction of conveyance from the deposit discrimination unit 14 is opposite to the conveyance direction. While the yen storage box 12 and the five thousand yen storage box 13 accept the bills that have been conveyed as they are, they pass through the mixed storage case 11 and then switch back to accept the bills. The feed roller 26a, the kick roller 26c, and the impeller 29 rotate in the directions indicated by the arrows when depositing, and the feed roller 26a and the kick roller 26c rotate in opposite directions when dispensing.

  In the storage unit 11 a, the pusher unit 17 has moved to its deposit standby position, so that the stored banknote G is pressed against the pusher unit 17 by the stage 32 biased by the spring 31. At this time, the temporary storage unit 11b and the storage unit 11a can hold or store a plurality of banknotes G with their short sides held vertically. Therefore, the height of the mixed storage 11 is determined only by the length of the short side of the banknote G regardless of the banknote storage capacity. Further, the bill storage capacity in the mixed storage 11 is defined by the length of the storage portion 11a in the depth direction.

  4 illustrates the configuration of the mixed storage 11 as an example, but in the other thousand-yen storage 12 and the 5,000-yen storage 13, the depositing direction of banknotes is opposite to that of the mixed storage 11. The configuration is the same as described above except that the positional relationship between the storage units 12a and 13a and the temporary storage units 12b and 13b is reversed left and right.

(Outline of deposit operation)
Next, the outline of the depositing operation of the banknote handling machine 1a set to the change mode and the deposit / withdrawal mode will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, when the banknote handling machine 1a is used as a change machine, a change mode for depositing banknotes received from a customer after dispensing changes first, and depositing banknotes previously received from a customer are performed. Will be described with reference to a deposit confirmation mode in which change is withdrawn. Switching between these operation modes is performed in advance by a mode setting DIP switch according to the operation mode, but can also be performed by a command from a POS or a cash register.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a deposit procedure in the change mode of the banknote handling machine.
First, after the cashier receives the banknote from the customer and checks the deposited banknote, when the amount is input at the POS, the change is withdrawn in step S1. In step S <b> 2, when a banknote is inserted from the banknote insertion slot 2 by the cashier, in step S <b> 3, the inserted banknotes are separated one by one from the banknote insertion slot 2 to the deposit discrimination unit 14 of the main transport path 10. It is conveyed and it is judged whether the banknote is a 1000 yen banknote. And when it is a thousand yen banknote, it progresses to step S4 and is hold | maintained at the temporary storage part 12b of the thousand yen storage box 12. FIG.

  If the deposited banknote is not a thousand yen banknote, the process proceeds to step S5 to determine whether the deposited banknote is a 5,000 yen banknote. Here, in the case of a 5,000 yen bill, the bill is held in the temporary holding unit 13b of the 5,000 yen storage 13 in step S6. In step S5, if it is not a 5,000 yen banknote, it is determined in step S7 whether the deposited banknote is a 10,000 yen banknote or a 2000 yen banknote, and the deposited banknote is very damaged or dirty. If it is a banknote that could not be normally identified, it is stored as a reject banknote in step S8. And these 10,000 yen banknote, 2000 yen banknote or reject banknote is deposited into the mixed storage 11 in step S9.

  In step S10, it is confirmed whether or not banknotes remain in the banknote insertion slot 2. If there are banknotes, the process returns to step S3, the next banknote is conveyed to the deposit discrimination unit 14, and the above-described deposit procedure is repeated. . Thereafter, when there are no more bills in the bill insertion slot 2, the process proceeds to step S11, and the deposited bills temporarily held in the mixed storage 11, the thousand yen storage 12, and the five thousand yen storage 13 are respectively displayed. It accommodates in accommodating part 11a, 12a, 13a.

  In step S12, the display 6 displays the amount stored and the presence or absence of rejected banknotes, and the process ends. In this example, the order of discrimination of deposited banknotes is performed in the order of 1,000 yen banknotes, 5,000 yen banknotes, 10,000 yen banknotes, or 2000 yen banknotes, but the order is limited to this example. It is not a thing and can be set arbitrarily.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a deposit procedure in the deposit confirmation mode of the banknote handling machine.
In the deposit confirmation mode, first, in step S21, the billing amount is displayed. On the other hand, in step S22, the cashier receives the banknote received from the customer into the banknote slot 2 (or the customer deposits the machine).

  In step S23, the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion slot 2 are transported one by one to the deposit discrimination unit 14 of the main transport path 10, and it is determined whether or not the banknote is a thousand yen banknote. Here, when the inserted banknote is a thousand yen banknote, the banknote is stored in the temporary storage unit 12b of the thousand yen storage 12 in step S24.

  If it is not a thousand yen bill, the process proceeds from step S23 to step S25, and it is determined whether or not the conveyed bill is a five thousand yen bill. Here, when it is a 5,000 yen bill, the bill is held in the temporary holding unit 13b of the 5,000 yen storage 13 in step S26. Furthermore, when it is not a 5,000 yen banknote, it progresses to step S27, it is determined whether the conveyed banknote is a 10,000 yen banknote or a 2000 yen banknote, and if it is a 10,000 yen banknote or a 2000 yen banknote, The banknote is held in the temporary holding unit 11b of the mixed storage case 11 in step S28. In step S27, if the denomination of the banknote cannot be identified, it is determined as a reject banknote and discharged from the banknote payout exit 3 in step S29.

  In step S30, it is confirmed whether or not banknotes remain in the banknote insertion slot 2. If there are banknotes, the process returns to step S23, the next banknote is conveyed to the deposit discrimination unit 14, and the above-described deposit procedure is repeated. . Thereafter, when there are no more banknotes in the banknote insertion slot 2, the process proceeds to step S <b> 31 and is held in the temporary storage units 11 b, 12 b, and 13 b of the mixed storage box 11, the thousand yen storage box 12, and the five thousand yen storage box 13. The stored banknotes are stored in the storage units 11a, 12a, and 13a, and the stored amount is displayed on the display 6 in step S32, thereby confirming the deposit. Finally, change is withdrawn in step S33, and this process ends. In this example, the order of discrimination of deposited banknotes is performed in the order of 1,000 yen banknotes, 5,000 yen banknotes, 10,000 yen banknotes, or 2000 yen banknotes, but the order is limited to this example. It is not a thing and can be set arbitrarily.

(Details of deposit operation)
Next, details of the operation of depositing inserted banknotes into the mixed storage 11 will be described as an example.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view showing a state at the start of depositing banknotes into the mixed storage, and FIG. 8 is a side sectional view showing a state after depositing banknotes into the mixed storage.
In FIG. 7, the switching gate 26 is in a position to distribute the transport path to the side of the mixing storage 11, the pusher unit 17 is in the deposit standby position, and the space for the temporary storage unit 11 b is formed in the mixing storage 11. Yes. Here, when the conveyed banknote G1 is deposited, the banknote G1 is thrown into the temporary storage part 11b from the main conveyance path 10 by the feed roller 26a. At this time, although the path of the conveyance direction front end of the banknote G1 is obstructed by the pressing plate 30, the banknote G1 is pushed into the temporary storage unit 11b by the impeller 29 pressing the rear end of the banknote G1 in the conveyance direction.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the banknote G1 pushed in this way is pressed against the pusher unit 17 by the presser plate 30 at the lower end of the banknote G1 and at the upper end toward the pusher unit 17 by the impeller 29. Will be pushed to. For this reason, when the banknote G1 is held in the temporary storage unit 11b, a sufficient space is secured even when the banknote G2 transported next from the main transport path 10 is inserted into the temporary storage unit 11b. In the same manner as the banknote G1 deposited in advance, it can be held in the temporary holding unit 11b.

(Details of storage operation)
Below, the detail of the operation | movement which collects the banknote currently hold | maintained at the temporary storage part 11b of the mixing storage 11 in the storage part 11a collectively is demonstrated.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an operation state at the start of storage of the mixed storage, wherein (A) is a side sectional view and (B) is a partial plan view. FIGS. 10A and 10B are diagrams showing an operation state when the pusher unit of the mixed storage is in the withdrawal standby position, where FIG. 10A is a side sectional view and FIG. 10B is a partial plan view. FIGS. 11A and 11B are views showing a storage operation state by the pusher unit of the mixed storage, wherein FIG. 11A is a side sectional view and FIG. 11B is a partial plan view.

  First, at the start of storage, as shown in FIG. 9, the pusher unit 17 is at the deposit standby position 17b, and the three bills G2 are held in the mixed storage case 11 with their short sides held vertically. It is assumed that it is already held in the temporary holding unit 11b. As shown in FIG. 9B, the pusher unit 17 is located at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the banknote and is stored in the three banknotes G2 held in the temporary storage section 11b and the storage section 11a. It is located between them so as to distinguish them from the bills G that are present.

  Thus, at this stage, the bill G already stored in the mixed storage 11 and the bill G2 to be stored are clearly distinguished. Therefore, even when some trouble occurs before being stored in the mixed storage case 11, it is possible to easily distinguish whether the banknotes G and G2 are from the store side or from the customer side. In addition, even if the deposit is canceled due to some circumstances, it is possible to return the banknote G2 in the temporary storage unit 11b stored separately as it is.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 10, the pusher unit 17 moves to the withdrawal standby position 17a. In the course of this movement, the banknote G2 is blocked from moving by the central part being pressed against the wall of the storage part 11a, and is deformed by the pusher unit 17 only at both ends in the longitudinal direction. When the pusher unit 17 reaches the withdrawal standby position 17a, the pusher unit 17 comes out of the engaged state with the banknote G2, so that the banknote G2 returns to its original straight state due to its elasticity. Thereby, the banknote G2 is united with the banknote G stored.

  Thereafter, the pusher unit 17 returns to the deposit standby position 17b again as shown in FIG. 11, so that all banknotes G are stored in the storage portion 11a of the mixed storage case 11.

  The thousand yen storage 12 and the five thousand yen storage 13 are located at the front side where the bill insertion slot is located in the mixed storage 11, as described in the above-mentioned "configuration of each storage". It is configured to be opposite to the back side. Therefore, these bill storing operations are the same except that the pusher units 18 and 19 move in the opposite direction.

These three pusher units 17, 18, and 19 are configured to be interlocked by a single drive motor.
FIG. 12 is a plan view showing the interlocking state of the pusher unit, and FIG. 13 is a side view showing the interlocking state of the pusher unit.

  A transmission belt B is stretched between the rotation shaft S of the drive motor M1 and the driven roller R. A guide rail GR is provided in parallel along the transmission belt B, and three slide blocks B1 to B3 are provided so as to be guided by the guide rail GR, and are fixed to a predetermined position of the transmission belt B. Has been. Further, pusher units 17, 18, and 19 are attached to these slide blocks B1 to B3 in a direction perpendicular to the guide rail GR, respectively.

  Now, the pusher units 17, 18, and 19 reciprocate in the left-right direction in the drawing integrally with the transmission belt B when the drive motor M1 rotates. Then, as shown in FIG. 12, by moving rightward by the movement width W of the pusher units 17, 18, and 19, the pusher unit 17 of the mixed storage 11 moves to the deposit standby position 17b indicated by an imaginary line, The pusher units 18 and 19 of the thousand yen storage 12 and the five thousand yen storage 13 move to the withdrawal standby positions 18b and 19b, which are also indicated by imaginary lines. And since the mixed storage 11 used as a storage for scrutiny here is arranged in the direction opposite to the deposit direction of banknotes in the thousand yen storage 12 and the five thousand yen storage 13, When the former is a depositing operation, the latter can perform a withdrawal operation. Conversely, when the former is performing a withdrawal operation, the latter allows a depositing operation.

(Details of withdrawal operation)
Below, the detail of the operation | movement with which a banknote is withdrawn from the mixing storage 11 is demonstrated as an example.

FIG. 14 is a side sectional view showing the dispensing preparation operation of the mixed storage, and FIG. 15 is a side sectional view showing the banknote dispensing operation from the mixed storage.
At the time of withdrawal, it is necessary to make it possible for the banknotes pushed into the mixed storage 11 by the pusher unit 17 to be fed out. For this purpose, first, as shown in FIG. 14, the pusher unit 17 is retracted to the withdrawal standby position 17a. Thereby, the banknote G pressed against the pusher unit 17 by the spring 31 is pressed against the kick roller 26c.

  In this state, as shown in FIG. 15, when the kick roller 26c and the feed roller 26a rotate in the direction of the arrow, the banknote G3 stored last is fed upward by the kick roller 26c, and further fed by the feed roller 26a. It is sent to the road 10. At this time, the separation roller 26b (not shown) provided coaxially with the impeller 29 cannot rotate in the dispensing direction. Therefore, even if a plurality of bills are fed out by the kick roller 26c, two sheets are fed out. Since the banknotes after the first are blocked by the separation roller 26b, only one banknote is fed out by the feed roller 26a.

(Outline of withdrawal and collection operations)
Next, an outline of the operation of withdrawing the banknotes stored in the banknote handling machine 1a from the banknote dispensing outlet 3 of the banknote handling machine 1a or collecting the banknotes by the collection cassette 8 will be described. Here, as an example, a change dispensing operation in the change mode described with reference to FIG. 5 will be described.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a withdrawal procedure of the banknote handling machine.
First, the amount of money to be withdrawn is input from the operation panel 7 or the amount designated as change from the host device is designated (step S41). Further, the number of banknotes for each denomination corresponding to the designated withdrawal amount is determined (step S42).

  Next, it progresses to step S43, S44, and only the required number of sheets determined from the thousand yen storage 12 is discharged | emitted to the banknote discharge outlet 3 (step S45). At this time, when the banknotes withdrawn in step S44 are rejected banknotes whose denomination cannot be determined by the first withdrawal determining unit 15 shown in FIG. 2, the number is counted separately from the genuine bills. To do. When it is not possible to determine whether the bill is a thousand yen bill, it is stored in the mixed storage 11 as a reject bill without being dispensed to the bill payout exit 3 (step S46).

  Next, in step S47, it is determined whether or not the withdrawal of the thousand yen bill is finished. If not finished, the process returns to step S43. When the withdrawal of the thousand-yen banknote has been completed, it is next determined whether or not the withdrawal of the five-thousand-yen banknote is necessary (step S48). Withdraw money (step S49).

Finally, in step S50, the withdrawal amount is displayed on the display 6.
Next, a collection operation for dispensing the banknotes in the banknote handling machine 1a to the collection cassette 8 will be described. In addition, the order for every money type in this collection | recovery operation | movement is not limited to the following example.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a collection procedure of the banknote handling machine.
Here, a recovery operation example in the case of setting to collect all 5,000 yen bills and 1000 yen bills is shown. First, in step S51, the banknotes stored in the 5,000 yen storage 13 are withdrawn. The number of banknotes dispensed at this time is counted by the first withdrawal determination unit 15 shown in FIG. 2 and discharged to the collection cassette 8 (step S53). In addition, when the first withdrawal determination unit 15 provided in the main transport path 10 determines that the banknote is a reject banknote whose denomination cannot be determined, it is classified as a genuine note (step S52). When it cannot be determined whether or not there is, in this example, it is stored in the mixed storage 11 as a reject banknote without being withdrawn to the banknote outlet 3 (step S54).

  When it is determined in step S55 that the collection of the 5,000 yen banknote has been completed, the process proceeds from step S56 to step S57, and the dispensing operation from the thousand yen storage 12 is started. When discharging the thousand yen banknotes into the collection cassette 8, the steps S52 to S56 are repeated in the same manner as the above-described withdrawal operation of the 5,000 yen banknotes, and reject banknotes that are not discharged into the collection cassette 8 are stored in the mixed storage box 11. Is done.

Finally, the collected amount is displayed on the display 6 in step S58.
(Outline of scrutinization procedure)
Below, the outline | summary of the detailed examination procedure which confirms the banknote amount of the banknote accommodated in the banknote processing machine 1a is demonstrated.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a scrutinizing procedure (part 1) in the banknote handling machine, and FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a scrutinizing procedure (part 2) in the banknote handling machine.
This scrutiny is an operation performed to confirm the denomination and number of banknotes stored in the banknote handling machine, for example, at the time of daily tightening. Here, first, the mixed storage 11 used as a storage for scrutiny is emptied, and then the thousand-yen bills stored in the thousand-yen storage 12 are moved to the storage for scrutiny. Next, the storage for scrutiny is again emptied, and the 5,000 yen bill is moved from the 5,000 yen storage 13 to count the number of sheets.

  That is, in step S61 of FIG. 18, the 10,000 yen bill and the 2000 yen bill are withdrawn from the mixed storage case 11. The dispensed banknote is deposited into the 5,000 yen storage 13 via the main transport path 10 (step S62). In this movement process, the denomination check of the banknote which passes the 1st payment | withdrawal discrimination | determination part 15, and the number of sheets are counted, and it repeats until the mixing storage 11 becomes empty. When it is determined in step S63 that all 10,000 yen bills and 2000 yen bills have been dispensed, the process proceeds to the next step S64.

  In step S64, the number N1 of 10,000 yen banknotes and the number N2 of 2000 yen banknotes are calculated. Then, the empty mixed storage 11 is used as a storage for scrutiny, and a thousand yen bill is scrutinized. That is, in step S65, one thousand yen bills are withdrawn from the thousand yen storage box 12 one by one. The banknotes are checked by the second withdrawal determination unit 16 of the main transport path 10 (step S66), the number of sheets other than the reject banknotes is counted and deposited into the empty mixed storage 11 (step S67). . In this movement process, the reject banknote is discharged to the banknote outlet 3 (step S68). The process is repeated until the thousand-yen storage 12 is empty, and when it is determined in step S69 that all thousand-yen banknotes have been dispensed, the number of thousand-yen banknotes to be dispensed (N3) is determined in step S70. Then, the process proceeds to the next 5,000 yen inspection process (FIG. 19).

  In step S71 of FIG. 19, a thousand yen bill is withdrawn from the mixed storage case 11. The thousand yen bill is deposited into the thousand yen storage box 12 via the main transport path 10 (step S72). When it is determined in step S73 that all thousand yen bills have been withdrawn from the mixed storage case 11 and returned to the thousand yen storage case 12, the process proceeds to the next step S74.

  In steps S74 to S79, the 5,000 yen banknote is scrutinized using the empty mixed storage 11 as a scrutiny storage. At this time, since the 10,000 yen banknote and the 2000 yen banknote have been evacuated to the 5,000 yen storage 13 in the first step S62, the 10,000 yen banknote and the two yen are initially stored from the 5,000 yen storage 13 in step S74. Thousand yen bills are withdrawn, and then 5,000 yen bills are withdrawn. These banknotes are checked by the second withdrawal determination unit 16 of the main transport path 10 (step S75), the number of sheets other than the reject banknotes is counted, and deposited into the empty mixed storage 11 (step S76). ). In this movement process, the reject banknote is discharged to the banknote outlet 3 (step S77). And it repeats until the 5,000 yen storage 13 becomes empty. When it is determined in step S78 that all 5,000 yen banknotes have been dispensed, in step S79, not only the 5,000 yen banknotes but also the number (N4) including 10,000 yen and 2000 yen banknotes is determined.

  In step S80, only the 5,000 yen banknote is withdrawn again from the mixed storage 11, and returned to the 5,000 yen storage 13 via the main transport path 10 (step S81). Here, since the number of 10,000 yen bills and 2000 yen bills is determined as N1 and N2 in step S64, (N1 + N2) is subtracted from the number (N4) including 10,000 yen bills and 2000 yen bills. By dispensing the number of sheets, it is possible to return only 5,000 yen bills from the mixed storage 11 to the 5000 yen storage 13.

  At this stage, the number of 10,000 yen bills (N1), the number of 2000 yen bills (N2), the number of 1000 yen bills (N3), and the number of 5000 yen bills (N4- (N1 + N2)) are determined. Therefore, the amount of banknotes stored in the banknote handling machine 1a is calculated from the number of each denomination (step S82), and the scrutiny amount is displayed on the display 6 (step S83).

  In the example of the scrutiny operation described above, the mixed storage case 11 is emptied by retracting the 10,000 yen bill and the 2000 yen bill stored in the mixing storage case 11 to the 5,000 yen storage case 13 at the start of the scrutiny. However, 10,000 yen banknotes and 2,000 yen banknotes were discharged to the banknote outlet 3, and 10,000 yen had been evacuated to the banknote outlet 3 when the 1,000 yen banknote and the 5,000 yen banknote were completed. A banknote and a 2000 yen banknote may be deposited from the banknote insertion slot 2 and returned to the mixed storage case 11, and at that time, the discrimination result in the deposit discrimination unit 14 may be reflected in the examination amount.

  Moreover, the reject banknote discharged | emitted to the banknote discharge outlet 3 at the time of a close examination is again thrown in from the banknote insertion port 2, and the amount-of-paper check of a banknote is repeated. For the banknotes that were finally rejected, exchange them for different banknotes of the same denomination, or do not insert them, and count the amount of rejected banknotes by another counting means to calculate the scrutiny amount. ing.

  In the above-described scrutiny operation, the deposit / withdrawal mechanism part of the mixed storage 11 used as the scrutiny storage is arranged to face the deposit / withdrawal mechanism part of the thousand yen storage 12 and the 5,000 yen storage 13. Therefore, the moving distance when the bill moves between the mixed storage 11 and the thousand yen storage 12 or the 5,000 yen storage 13 is shortened, and the time required for the examination can be shortened.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, an embodiment in which maintenance work such as banknote collection from a banknote conveyance path or banknote storage can be easily performed during an abnormal operation of the banknote handling apparatus will be described.

  The banknote handling apparatus according to the second embodiment includes a storage unit including a banknote transport path for transporting banknotes inserted from a banknote slot to a plurality of banknote storages, and a discrimination transport path connected to the banknote transport path. A discrimination unit in which a discrimination means is arranged along, a deposit conveyance path for carrying in bills at a bill insertion slot, and a withdrawal conveyance path for carrying out bills to a bill discharge outlet for switching to a discrimination conveyance path of a discrimination unit The three units of the deposit / withdrawal unit having the deposit / withdrawal gate means are configured to be independently detachable, and the deposit / withdrawal gate means is configured to discharge banknotes that cannot be discriminated by the discrimination means via the withdrawal transport path. It is what has been.

(Appearance structure of banknote processing device)
FIG. 20 is a perspective view showing a general configuration of the banknote handling apparatus according to the second embodiment.
As in the first embodiment, the banknote handling apparatus is configured as a change machine 1 in which a banknote handling machine 1a and a coin handling machine 1b are provided, and an accounting apparatus for cash processing such as a cash register (see FIG. (Not shown). The banknote handling machine 1a is provided with a banknote insertion slot 2 on the front of which a plurality of banknotes can be simultaneously inserted, and a banknote outlet 3 for withdrawing stored banknotes as change, etc. Three storages (not shown) for storing different banknotes are stored.

  In the banknote handling machine 1a, a collection cassette 8 is provided in a state where it can be pulled out from the front surface of the housing 9. This collection cassette 8 is used when collecting the banknotes stored in each storage in the banknote handling machine 1a to the outside. Note that the coin processing machine 1b has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, and corresponding portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

(Internal configuration of banknote handling machine)
FIG. 21 is a side sectional view showing a hardware configuration of the banknote handling machine of FIG.
Here, the banknote handling machine 1a will be described by dividing it into a deposit / withdrawal unit 40, a discrimination unit 50, and a storage unit 60.

  The deposit / withdrawal unit 40 has a bill insertion slot 2 provided between a deposit upper base 41 and a deposit lower base 42, and a bill payout outlet 3 provided between a deposit lower base 42 and a withdrawal lower base 43. Yes. The bill insertion slot 2 is formed on one end side of the deposit conveyance path 44, and the other end side of the deposit conveyance path 44 is connected to the identification conveyance path 10 e formed in the identification unit 50. A deposit / withdrawal gate 45 is provided at a connection portion of the deposit / conveyance path 44 with the main transport path 10. The deposit / withdrawal gate 45 corresponds to the switching gate 22 of the first embodiment.

  The banknote payout outlet 3 is connected to one end of a withdrawal conveyance path 46, and the other end of the withdrawal conveyance path 46 is connected to the main conveyance path 10 via a deposit / withdrawal gate 45. The inserted banknotes are sent to the main transport path 10 via the deposit transport path 44, but banknotes that cannot be identified are returned to the banknote outlet 3 again via the withdrawal transport path 46. . The collection cassette 8 can be accommodated between the left and right deposit fixing side plates 47 in the space below the dispensing transport path 46 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 40.

  In the discrimination unit 50, a discrimination transport path 10e constituting a part of the main transport path 10 of the storage unit 60 is formed in the vicinity of the upper surface of the housing 9, and a deposit discrimination section 14 is provided in the middle part thereof. In the deposit discrimination part 14, the denomination of the banknote conveyed by the discrimination conveyance path 10e and its authenticity are determined. Further, a recovery transport path 53 that branches from one end of the main transport path 10 on the storage unit 60 side is formed between the recovery transport upper base 51 and the recovery transport lower base 52, and the main transport path of the recovery transport path 53 is formed. A collection gate 54 is provided at a branching position with respect to 10. This collection gate 54 corresponds to the switching gate 23 of the first embodiment.

  The storage unit 60 includes a main transport path 10 for transporting banknotes, and three banknote storages for storing banknotes by denomination along the main transport path 10, that is, a mixed storage 11, a thousand-yen storage 12, And a 5,000 yen storage 13 is provided. The storage unit 60 is configured such that an upper lid (not shown) constituting the upper surface portion of the housing 9 can be opened, like the upper lid 9a of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Further, in the side surface portion of the housing 9, when it is impossible to carry out dispensing with a machine, it is stored from the side of the main conveyance path 10 in the mixed storage box 11, the thousand yen storage box 12, and the five thousand yen storage box 13. The door is configured to be openable so as to allow the collected banknotes to be collected.

  In the main transport path 10 of the storage unit 60, a mixed storage 11 for mixing and storing 10,000 yen bills and 2000 yen bills is disposed at a position closest to the discrimination unit 50, and the same is inserted behind it. A thousand-yen storage box 12 for storing the thousand-yen banknotes is disposed, and a five-thousand-yen storage box 13 for storing the inserted five-thousand-yen banknotes is disposed at the front end position of the main conveyance path 10. Further, first and second withdrawal determination units 15 and 16 are arranged between the mixed storage 11 and the thousand yen storage 12. The main transport path 10 is substantially linearly formed from the deposit / withdrawal gate 45 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 40 to the 5,000 yen storage 13 disposed at the leftmost end in FIG.

  Here, the 10,000 yen banknote and the 2000 yen banknote are mixed and stored in the mixed storage box 11 because these banknotes are denominations that are not normally used as change. The reason why a certain thousand-yen bill and five-thousand-yen banknote are separately stored in the thousand-yen storage box 12 and the five-thousand-yen storage box 13 is to quickly perform the change operation of the change banknote.

  In the deposit discrimination part 14, the denomination of the banknote conveyed by the main conveyance path 10, and its authenticity are determined. The configurations of the first and second withdrawal determination units 15 and 16, the mixed storage 11, the thousand yen storage 12, and the five thousand yen storage 13 are the same as those in the first embodiment. This is the same and will not be described here.

(Banknote passage in deposit / withdrawal unit and identification unit)
FIG. 22 is an enlarged side sectional view showing only the deposit / withdrawal unit and the discrimination unit of the banknote handling machine.

Here, switching of the bill passages in the deposit / withdrawal unit 40 and the discrimination unit 50 will be described with reference to FIGS. 21 and 22.
The deposit / withdrawal unit 40 has a bill insertion slot 2 provided between a deposit upper base 41 and a deposit lower base 42, and a bill payout outlet 3 provided between a deposit lower base 42 and a withdrawal lower base 43. Yes. The bill insertion slot 2 is formed on one end side of the deposit conveyance path 44, and the other end side of the deposit conveyance path 44 is connected to the main conveyance path 10 formed in the discrimination unit 50. A deposit / withdrawal gate 45 is provided at a connection portion between the deposit conveyance path 44 and the identification conveyance path 10e.

  The banknote payout outlet 3 is connected to one end of a withdrawal conveyance path 46, and the other end of the withdrawal conveyance path 46 is connected to the main conveyance path 10 via a deposit / withdrawal gate 45. The inserted banknotes are sent to the main transport path 10 via the deposit transport path 44, but banknotes that cannot be identified are returned to the banknote outlet 3 again via the withdrawal transport path 46. . In the deposit / withdrawal unit 40, the collection cassette 8 can be stored in the withdrawal lower base 43 of the withdrawal transport path 46.

  In the discrimination unit 50, a discrimination transport path 10e constituting a part of the main transport path 10 of the storage unit 60 is formed in the vicinity of the upper surface of the housing 9, and a deposit discrimination section 14 is provided in the middle part thereof. Further, a recovery transport path 53 that branches from one end of the main transport path 10 on the storage unit 60 side is formed between the recovery transport upper base 51 and the recovery transport lower base 52, and the main transport path of the recovery transport path 53 is formed. A collection gate 54 is provided at a branching position with respect to 10. In the deposit discrimination part 14, the denomination of the banknote conveyed by the discrimination conveyance path 10e and its authenticity are determined.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the deposit / withdrawal unit 40 of the bill processing machine 1 a is provided with a deposit conveyance path 44 that conveys banknotes to the storage unit 60, and along the deposit conveyance path 44, the deposit lower base 42 side. The kick roller 71 and the feed roller 72 are arranged close to each other. The kick roller 71 feeds one by one from the lowermost layer of the banknotes stacked on the banknote slot 2 to the feed roller 72 as shown in the banknote G shown. On the deposit upper base 41 side, a blocking roller 73 is disposed at a position facing the feed roller 72. In addition, a withdrawal roller 74 is provided on the deposit lower base 42 constituting the deposit conveyance path 44 at an intermediate portion up to the tip position where the deposit / withdraw gate 45 is disposed, and with the withdrawal roller 74 on the deposit upper base 41 side. A pressing roller 20b is provided at the facing position.

  The interval between the feed roller 72 and the drawing roller 74 is arranged to be a distance equal to or less than half of the assumed short side length (76 mm for current banknotes) of the transported banknote. Therefore, in this deposit conveyance path 44, when a banknote is conveyed in a state where the short side of the banknote G coincides with the transport direction, a half-folded banknote or a paper sheet (for example, a receipt) other than the banknote is erroneously banknote. Even if they are erroneously inserted together with bills from the insertion slot 2, they can be reliably conveyed to the discrimination unit 50.

  The withdrawal conveyance path 46 is configured between the deposit lower base 42 and the withdrawal lower base 43 of the deposit / withdrawal unit 40, and withdraws from the discrimination unit 50 when the deposit / withdraw gate 45 is in the illustrated withdrawal state. Bills can be transported. The withdrawal conveyance path 46 is configured to be approximately half the length of the deposit conveyance path 44. Further, the withdrawal transport path 46 is provided with an impeller 24 at the end on the side of the bill payout outlet 3, and by pushing the rear end of the bill discharged by the impeller 24, a bill is put into the bill payout exit 3. The banknotes are surely dropped to prevent banknote jamming.

  In the discrimination unit 50, two deposit / withdrawal transport rollers 81a and 81b are arranged along the discrimination transport path 10e on the upper side of the recovery transport upper base 51. The deposit discrimination unit 14 discriminates the authenticity of the banknotes that are carried in. If it is determined that the banknotes are not genuine, the deposit discrimination unit 14 operates so as to return them to the withdrawal conveyance path 46 as rejected banknotes. Further, when a banknote is carried into the deposit discrimination section 14 in a half-folded state, or when a paper sheet other than the banknote such as a receipt is conveyed, the discrimination becomes impossible. Even in such a case, the deposit / withdrawal transport rollers 81a and 81b can be rotated in reverse and the deposit / withdrawal gate 45 can be switched back to the withdrawal / conveyance path 46.

  The collection conveyance path 53 branches directly from the main conveyance path 10 of the storage unit 60, and a pair of collection conveyance rollers 82 a and 82 b are arranged along the collection conveyance path 53 on the collection conveyance lower base 52 side. If the collection gate 54 is in the state shown in the drawing, the banknote from the storage unit 60 is sent out to the banknote outlet 3 by the transport roller 83 as a change banknote. However, when the collection gate 54 is operating so as to block the main conveyance path 10, the banknotes are sent out to the collection conveyance path 53 and collected in the collection cassette 8. Note that the collection transport path 53 is provided with an impeller 25 for pushing the rear end of the collected banknote.

(Structure of deposit transport path and deposit / withdrawal gate)
FIG. 23 is a perspective view showing a general configuration of the deposit / withdrawal unit and the discrimination unit.
As described above, the deposit / withdrawal unit 40 includes the deposit upper base 41, the deposit lower base 42, the deposit lower base 43, and the collection cassette 8 stored in a removable manner. A depositing portion fixing side plate 47 constituting the left and right side surfaces of the depositing / dispensing unit 40 is disposed above the space for storing the collection cassette 8. The depositing upper base 41 and the depositing portion movable side plate are disposed between these depositing portion fixing side plates 47. 48 are rotatably supported by a deposit / withdrawal maintenance fulcrum 49, respectively. The deposit upper base 41 is locked to the deposit portion fixing side plate 47 by the deposit / withdrawal lock portion 75 and held at a predetermined position.

  In the discrimination unit 50, the recovery and conveyance lower base 52 is fixed to the conveyance unit fixed side plate 84 that forms the left and right side surfaces, and a conveyance maintenance fulcrum 55 is provided between the conveyance unit fixed side plates 84. The transport maintenance fulcrum 55 is integrally formed with a recovery transport upper base 51 between the left and right transport unit movable side plates 85 that rotatably support the transport unit movable side plate 85.

  FIG. 24 is a plan view of the conveyance path in a state where the upper deposit base of the deposit / withdrawal unit is removed, and FIGS. 25 to 27 show a lower deposit base, a deposit / withdraw gate, and an upper / lower guide of the conveyance path. It is a top view, a front view, and a side view.

  The deposit lower base 42 is configured to have a width corresponding to the long side of the bill and a length shorter than twice the short side of the bill, and the bill at the bill insertion slot 2 is transferred from the deposit transport path 44 by the kick roller 71 and the feed roller 72. It is sent to the deposit / withdrawal gate 45. The deposit lower base 42 constitutes a conveyance surface 44 s of the deposit conveyance path 44, a downstream tip portion thereof is formed in a comb shape, and a deposit / withdraw gate 45 is disposed in each recess. The deposit / withdrawal gate 45 is rotatably mounted around a deposit / withdrawal gate shaft 45a orthogonal to the bill conveyance direction, and the gate arm 45b is urged clockwise by a tension spring 45c on one end side of the deposit / withdrawal gate shaft 45a. ing. Therefore, the deposit / withdrawal gate 45 is normally positioned so as to open the withdrawal conveyance path 46 formed below the deposit lower base 42 and close the space from the deposit conveyance path 44 to the discrimination conveyance path 10e. However, when the banknote is transported through the deposit transport path 44, the deposit / withdrawal gate 45 in contact with the leading edge of the banknote is rotated, and a banknote path to the discrimination transport path 10e is formed.

  The discrimination conveyance path 10e is constituted by upper and lower guides 87 and 88 having a width corresponding to the long side of the bill, and a collection gate 54 is disposed at the downstream end portion thereof. On the upstream and downstream sides of the upper guide 88, presser rollers 201, 202 are provided at positions facing the deposit / withdrawal transport rollers 81a, 81b, and a deposit discrimination section (not shown) is disposed at an intermediate portion thereof. That is, since the collection gate 54 is provided in the discrimination conveyance path 10e constituting the downstream conveyance path of the deposit / withdrawal gate 45, these two gates 45 and 54 can be arranged in the horizontal direction.

(Passage switching operation when depositing)
Next, the path switching operation when depositing the banknote G into the banknote handling machine 1a will be described.
28 to 33 are side cross-sectional views showing the path switching operation of the deposit / withdrawal unit.

  In FIG. 28, the banknote G has been fed to the top surface of the deposit / withdrawal gate 45 in the transport direction. When the banknote G is further conveyed, the deposit / withdrawal gate 45 rotates counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 29, and when the deposit / withdrawal gate 45 is opened to the state shown in FIG. 30, the deposit / conveyance path 44 becomes the identification conveyance path. Connected to the main transport path 10 through 10e. Thus, the banknotes G are conveyed to the discrimination unit 50 one by one at a predetermined timing, and when the rear end passes through the deposit / withdrawal gate 45 as shown in FIG. 32, the deposit / withdrawal gate 45 rotates in the clockwise direction. While the gold conveyance path 46 is opened, the discrimination unit 50 determines the authenticity of the banknote G.

  Now, if the banknote G is recognized as a genuine note by the discrimination unit 50, it is sent to the storage unit 60. However, if it is a counterfeit note or a half-folded note and the authenticity cannot be determined. As shown in FIG. 33, the deposit / withdrawal transport rollers 81a and 81b can reversely rotate and pass through the lower side of the deposit / withdrawal gate 45 to be discharged from the withdrawal / delivery transport path 46 to the banknote payout exit 3.

  Thus, the banknote G conveyed from the deposit conveyance path 44 to the discrimination unit 50 passes through the collection gate 54 and is sent to the storage unit 60 side. However, when it is not a genuine note, the first embodiment. Unlike the case, the banknote G can be returned to the withdrawal conveyance path 46 as a reject banknote without performing the switching operation of the collection gate 54. Therefore, when compared with the gate arrangement of the first embodiment, the conveyance path configuration in the discrimination unit 50 is simplified, and the bill conveyance distance in the dispensing conveyance path 46 can be shortened. There is an advantage that the occurrence of banknote jam caused by can be easily suppressed.

(Passage switching operation during collection)
Next, the path switching operation at the time of banknote collection for collecting banknotes in the banknote handling machine 1a will be described.

34 and 35 are side cross-sectional views showing the path switching operation of the discrimination unit.
When a bill collection operation is instructed to the bill processing machine 1 a, the collection gate 54 is controlled to rotate clockwise as shown in FIG. 34, and the main conveyance path 10 is connected to the collection conveyance path 53. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 35, the banknote G that has passed through the collection gate 54 is discharged from the collection conveyance path 53 to the collection cassette 8. Here, as in the case of the first embodiment described above (FIG. 17), banknotes stored in the 5,000 yen storage 13 are withdrawn, and thereafter the withdrawal operation from the thousand yen storage 12 is performed. Is done. Meanwhile, since no banknotes are carried in from the deposit conveyance path 44, the deposit / withdrawal gate 45 does not operate.

  Thus, since only the collection conveyance path 53 is provided in the discrimination unit 50 in addition to the identification conveyance path 10e, the banknotes can be collected without passing through the deposit / withdrawal gate 45. Therefore, the conveyance path of the first embodiment When compared with the configuration, the gate control can be simplified, and the collection gate 54 and the collection cassette 8 can be connected by a short collection conveyance path 53. Therefore, not only can the space occupied by the discrimination unit 50 be reduced, but also the occurrence of banknote jam in the conveyance path formed in the discrimination unit 50 can be easily suppressed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Change machine 1a Banknote processing machine 1b Coin processing machine 2 Banknote inlet 3 Banknote outlet 4 Coin inlet 5 Coin outlet 6 Display 7 Operation panel 8 Collection cassette 9 Housing 9a Top lid 9b Door 9c Bottom plate 10 Main conveyance path 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d Branch conveyance path 10e Identification conveyance path 11 Mixed storage 12 thousand yen storage 13 Five thousand yen storage 14 Deposit discrimination part 15 First withdrawal determination part 16 Second withdrawal determination part 17, 18 , 19 Pusher unit 20a Conveying roller group 20b Pressing roller group 21a, 26a, 27a, 28a, 72 Feed roller 21b, 26b, 27b, 28b Separating roller 22, 23, 26 Switching gate 24, 25, 29 Impeller 26c, 27c, 28c, 71 Kick roller 30 Presser plate 31 Spring 32 Stage 40 Deposit / withdrawal unit 41 Deposit upper base 42 Deposit lower base 43 Deposit lower base 44 Deposit transport path 45 Deposit / withdraw gate 46 Discharge transport path 47 Deposit section fixed side plate 48 Deposit section movable side plate 49 Deposit / withdrawal maintenance fulcrum 50 Identification unit 51 Collection transport upper base 52 Collection lower transport base 53 Collection transport path 54 Collection gate 55 Transport maintenance fulcrum 60 Storage unit 73 Blocking roller 74 Pull-out roller 75 Deposit / withdrawal lock unit 81a, 81b Deposit / withdrawal transport roller 82a, 82b Collection transport roller 83 Transport roller 84 Transport unit fixed side plate 85 Conveying section movable side plate G, G1 to G3 Banknote M0, M1 Drive motor

Claims (18)

In the banknote processing apparatus that distinguishes each received banknote and stores and stores it in a plurality of storage boxes,
A bill slot into which bills of multiple denominations are thrown,
Discrimination means for discriminating at least the denomination of the banknote inserted from the banknote insertion slot;
A plurality of banknote storages storing the banknotes identified by the discrimination means in denominations;
A banknote transport path for transporting banknotes identified by the discrimination means to the plurality of banknote storages and transporting banknotes between the banknote storages, and
With
The plurality of banknote storages include a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing banknotes sorted by denomination from the banknote transport path, and a storage unit for finally storing banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit. A transfer means for distinguishing between the banknotes held in the temporary storage unit and the banknotes stored in the storage unit and transferring the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit to the storage unit, respectively.
The banknote transport path is horizontally and linearly arranged in the vicinity of the upper surface of the apparatus housing, and in the plurality of banknote storages, volume distribution of the banknote storage space between the storage unit and the temporary storage unit is performed by the transfer unit. Variable,
The banknote storage of a specific denomination that is not used as change is a position in which the banknote storage of another denomination is opposite to the temporary storage section and the storage section, and the temporary storage section faces each other. The banknote processing apparatus is characterized in that each is configured to simultaneously perform a depositing operation and a dispensing operation .   The banknote storage is arranged at a lower portion along the banknote transport path, and is configured to stack and store banknotes vertically directed from the banknote transport path while being held vertically. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 1.   The bill inserted into the bill insertion slot is discriminated by the discriminating means and conveyed by the bill conveyance path in a state where the short side coincides with the conveying direction, and the short side is perpendicular to the bill storage case. The bill processing device according to claim 1, wherein the bill processing device is configured to be stacked and stored in a held state.   2. The housing accommodating the plurality of banknote storages disposed along the banknote transport path is configured such that an upper surface portion corresponding to the banknote transport path is openable. The banknote processing apparatus of description.   The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the casing is configured such that a side surface portion corresponding to an arrangement position of the banknote storage is openable.   The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a plurality of presser roller groups are provided on the upper lid of the housing along the banknote transport path. A banknote outlet that is connected to the banknote transport path and pays out banknotes fed out from the banknote storage as the change; and
The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a collection cassette that is connected to the banknote transport path and collects banknotes stored in the banknote storage.   The banknote according to claim 1, further comprising a branch conveyance path that conveys the banknote to a plurality of the banknote storages connected to a terminal end portion of the banknote conveyance path or branched from an intermediate portion. Processing equipment.   The said branch conveyance path is provided with the switching gate which controls the flow of the banknote withdrawn / withdrawn to the said banknote storage at the branch point with the said banknote conveyance path, the feed roller for separation / withdrawal, and the separation roller, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 8.   The banknote storage is provided with a kick roller on the opposite side across the branch conveyance path, and banknotes stored in the banknote storage are fed by the kick roller through the branch conveyance path. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the banknote processing apparatus is sent to the separation roller.   2. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transfer means of all the banknote storages are configured to be collectively driven by a common drive means.   A storage unit including the banknote transport path;
  A discrimination unit arranged along the discrimination conveyance path in which the discrimination means is connected to the banknote conveyance path;
  A depositing / dispensing unit having a depositing / conveying path for carrying in banknotes in the banknote insertion slot and a dispensing / conveying path for unloading banknotes to a banknote outlet;
  With
  Each unit is configured to be detachable independently, and the deposit / withdrawal unit includes a deposit / withdrawal gate means for switching between the deposit / conveyance path and the banknote payout outlet to connect to the discrimination conveyance path. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein   13. The banknote processing according to claim 12, wherein the deposit / withdrawal gate means is configured to discharge a banknote whose denomination cannot be determined by the discrimination means via the withdrawal transport path. apparatus.   The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the deposit / withdrawal unit includes a collection cassette for collecting banknotes stored in the banknote storage.   The said discrimination unit is provided with the collection | recovery gate means for switching the collection conveyance path which collects the banknote of the said banknote conveyance path to the said collection cassette, and the said identification conveyance path, and connecting to the said banknote conveyance path, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. The bill processing apparatus according to claim 14.   Each of the deposit conveyance path and the withdrawal conveyance path is configured to convey banknotes in a state where the short side thereof coincides with the conveyance direction,
  The said discrimination conveyance path and the said banknote conveyance path are each comprised so that a banknote may be conveyed horizontally and linearly in the state in which the short side corresponded with the conveyance direction. Banknote processing device.   Among the deposit conveyance path and the withdrawal conveyance path, the interval between the rollers constituting the conveyance path for discharging the banknote whose denomination cannot be determined by the discrimination means is the short side length of the banknote. The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the banknote processing apparatus is set to a distance equal to or less than one half.   The plurality of banknote storages are a first banknote storing a 10,000 yen banknote and a 2000 yen banknote in order from the side close to the banknote insertion slot, and a second banknote storing a thousand yen banknote. The banknote processing device according to claim 1, wherein a storage and a third banknote storage for storing 5,000 yen banknotes are arranged.

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