JP5342965B2 - Paper handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper sheet handling apparatus that is operated by an operator such as a customer and discharges or takes in paper sheets (such as banknotes) in accordance with the operation.

  In recent years, it has been installed in banks of financial institutions such as banks and based on the operations of operators such as customers, it handles paper sheets such as automated teller machines that accept or pay banknotes such as deposits and withdrawals. Equipment is widespread.

By receiving and paying out banknotes with this paper sheet handling device, it is possible to perform transactions in financial institutions such as deposit transactions, withdrawal transactions, and transfer transactions.
In the case of a withdrawal transaction, the banknote stored in the apparatus is transported to a deposit / withdrawal port using a transport mechanism such as a roller or a belt, and the banknote is paid out to a customer, according to an instruction from the operator.

In the case of a deposit transaction, an operator gives an instruction and the bill inserted into the deposit / withdrawal port is taken into the apparatus and stored.
Normally, these paper handling devices are used for depositing and dispensing banknotes, authenticity of banknotes, discrimination sections for discriminating denominations, front / back alignment sections for preparing the front and back of banknotes, and storage for storing banknotes. A housing (banknote cassette), a temporary storage section for temporarily storing banknotes, and a defective banknote collection section for collecting banknotes that have not been recognized as correct in the discrimination section among banknotes fed out from the storage housing ing.

  Of the configurations of the respective units described above, a plurality of storage cases are often provided, but there are often cases where only one discrimination unit, temporary storage unit, front / back alignment unit, reject defective ticket collection unit, and the like are provided. However, from the viewpoint of improving the operating rate of the apparatus main body and improving the efficiency of maintenance work, what has been made to accommodate a plurality of exchangeable housings in the apparatus main body has been put into practical use.

Here, FIG. 1 is a view of a conventional paper sheet handling apparatus 100 as viewed from above.
As shown in the figure, the customer operation unit 101 and the apparatus main body 102 are partitioned by a partition wall 103. In order to take out the banknote cassette 104, an operator opens the apparatus door 105, pulls out the banknote unit 106 from the apparatus main body 102, and further pulls out the banknote cassette 104 in the arrow A direction.

  In addition, when the banknote cassette 104 is inserted into the banknote unit 106 in order to mount the banknote cassette 104, it is difficult to secure a sufficient working space because the backyard 107 at the installation location is narrow. . Further, since the banknote cassette 104 is positioned below the banknote unit 106, the banknote cassette 104 may become a middle waist during operation of the banknote cassette 104, and the posture may be cramped.

  Further, the bill cassette 104 itself is heavy. Furthermore, the banknote cassette 104 cannot be mounted smoothly because it is difficult to align the fitting position with a cassette holder (not shown) that houses the banknote cassette 104.

Conventionally, for example, techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 4 have been known for such a drawer structure such as a cassette.
In Patent Document 1, when the cassette is taken out from the cabinet of the automatic teller machine, when the inner door is opened, the guide coupled by the link can lift the mechanism portion overlapping the cassette, so that the internal cassette can be easily pulled out. Such a technique is disclosed.

  Moreover, in patent document 2, in an envelope deposit machine, a base (receiving plate) at the bottom of a cassette and a door are connected by a link mechanism, and the base is normally inclined, but when the door is opened, the base becomes horizontal. The point which becomes easy to take out an envelope is disclosed.

  Furthermore, Patent Document 3 discloses a structure in which when a cassette attaching / detaching door is opened by a banknote depositing / withdrawing apparatus or the like, a banknote presser pressing a banknote is retracted via a link mechanism that is interlocked therewith.

  Further, in Patent Document 4, when a cassette is taken in and out of the cassette chamber, a rail is formed on the inner surface of the cassette chamber door, and when the door is opened, the table on which the cassette is placed is guided by the aforementioned rail and carried out. This technique is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-31253 JP 2000-287767 A JP-A-4-58390 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-90384

  However, in any case of Patent Document 1 to Patent Document 4, a link mechanism is provided to make it easy to take out an internal cassette or the like, but there is no description that the mounting table on which the cassette or the like is mounted is moved up and down. I didn't need it.

  On the other hand, when a paper jam occurs in the paper sheet handling device, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, in order to pull out the banknote cassette 104 to the banknote transporting unit 108 arranged to face up and down, The bill cassette 104 cannot be pulled out horizontally until it is retracted downward.

  This is because when a banknote jam occurs during delivery of a banknote between the banknote transport unit 108 and the banknote cassette 104, a pair of rollers (not shown) on the banknote transport unit 108 side and the banknote cassette 104 side The banknote is in a state of being sandwiched between the pair of rollers (not shown). For this reason, even if it is going to pull out the banknote cassette 104 in the arrow B direction (horizontal direction) for jam processing, it becomes difficult to pull out the banknote cassette 104.

  Here, for example, it is conceivable to retract the roller pair on the banknote transport unit 108 side upward, but in this case, a mechanism for retracting the roller is required. And if this evacuation mechanism becomes complicated, it will lead to a cost increase.

  Therefore, in order to pull out the banknote cassette 104 so that the banknote is not sandwiched between the banknote transport unit 108 and the banknote cassette 104 even when a jam occurs, for example, the banknote cassette 104 is moved downward and the banknote is moved. It is conceivable that a space may be provided between the transport unit 108 and the banknote cassette 104.

  However, as in Patent Documents 1 to 4 described above, it is not sufficient to simply pull out the internal cassette or the like in the lateral direction, and before that, a mechanism for lowering the cassette is necessary. However, if a complicated mechanism is used for the lowering operation, the apparatus becomes large.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and is a paper in which a paper sheet storage body can be easily inserted into and removed from a paper sheet storage body holding frame even in a narrow work space when a paper sheet is jammed. An object is to provide a leaf handling device.

The present invention relates to a paper sheet transport unit that transports a paper sheet that is input or discharged, and a paper sheet that is disposed between the paper sheet transport unit and opposed to the lower side of the paper sheet transport unit. In a paper sheet handling apparatus comprising a plurality of paper sheet storage bodies for storing,
A paper sheet storage body holding frame for holding the plurality of paper sheet storage bodies so as to be insertable / removable;
A holding base for supporting the paper sheet container holding frame from the lower surface;
A guide door that is disposed at an entrance of the plurality of paper sheet storage bodies of the paper sheet storage body holding frame and opens and closes the storage inlet;
The guide door and the holding base are interlocked and connected, the holding base is moved downward based on the opening operation of the guide door, and the guide door is operated in a horizontal position substantially parallel to the lower surface. characterized in that it and a lifting link mechanism to flush the inner surface of the guide door a trapezoidal supporting region surface.

The elevating link mechanism can be a four-bar link mechanism.
Further, guide means for guiding the plurality of paper sheet storage bodies is formed on the inner surface of the guide door.
Furthermore, it is possible to project a pin at a different position below each of the plurality of paper sheet storage bodies.

  Moreover, it is possible to form a guide groove for individually guiding the pins on the inner surface of the guide door.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily insert and remove the paper sheet storage body from the paper sheet storage body holding frame even in a narrow work space when paper sheets are jammed.

It is the figure which looked at the conventional paper sheet handling apparatus from upper direction. It is a front view of the banknote unit in the conventional paper sheet handling apparatus. It is a side view same as the above. It is an external appearance perspective view when the paper sheet handling apparatus in embodiment of this invention is seen from the customer side. It is sectional drawing which shows the internal structure of a paper sheet handling apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control part of a paper sheet handling apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the more specific structure of a conveyance control part. It is a front view of a paper sheet handling apparatus. It is a side view same as the above. It is a side view of a state where the guide door is tilted horizontally. It is a figure which shows the raising / lowering link mechanism which interlockedly connects the holder base and the guide door. It is a figure which shows the state when inserting the withdrawn banknote cassette in a cassette holder. It is a figure which shows embodiment which formed the guide groove which guides a banknote cassette separately on the inner surface of a guide door.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the customer side.

  As shown in the figure, the sheet handling apparatus 10 has a customer operation unit 12 composed of a touch panel type display device at the frontmost position where the customer can easily operate while looking down when standing in front of the apparatus. The front screen is placed facing up.

  The “paper sheet” includes not only banknotes but also securities such as bills, checks, stock certificates, and bonds. In this embodiment, a case where banknotes are used will be described as an example. For this reason, for convenience of explanation, a member name may be referred to as a banknote instead of a paper sheet.

  Moreover, it divides into the upper left and right of the customer operation part 12 back side (depth side), the banknote insertion / withdrawal part 13 as a throwing-out part is arrange | positioned at the right, and the coin insertion / extraction part 14 is arrange | positioned at the left. In addition, a card insertion / extraction opening 15 is disposed on the right and a passbook insertion / extraction opening 16 is disposed on the left.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing an internal configuration of the paper sheet handling apparatus 10.
Note that the internal configuration shown in FIG. 4 is arranged behind the customer operation unit 12 in FIG. 3, and a part of the rear of the internal configuration is inside the wall on which the paper sheet handling device 10 is disposed, that is, In the case of a bank, it is arranged in a work area inside the bank (see FIG. 1).

  The paper sheet handling apparatus 10 is located above the apparatus main body, and a banknote transport unit 20 that transports bills to be inserted or discharged, and a banknote storage unit 30 that is disposed in close proximity to and below the banknote transport unit 20. It is equipped with. In addition to the bill insertion / withdrawal unit 13 as a deposit / withdrawal unit, the bill transport unit 20 includes a primary holding unit 27, a sensor output detection unit 28, a discrimination unit 29, ineligible ticket storage units 22A and 22B, and the like, A main transport path 21 and a delivery transport path 21 ′, in which the transport direction is indicated by arrows a, b,.

  Note that the coin insertion / extraction unit 14 shown in FIG. 3 is not visible in FIG. 4 because it is closer to the cross section than the bill insertion / extraction unit 13. Further, illustration and description of the conveyance path and other configurations of the coins inserted into or taken out from the coin insertion / extraction unit 14 are omitted here.

  Moreover, on the main conveyance path 21 and delivery conveyance path 21 'shown in FIG. 4, the several banknote passage detection sensor 23 which detects passage of a banknote, and the several banknote which detects the presence or absence of the banknote in the banknote insertion extraction part 13 A presence / absence detection sensor 24, a transport path switch 25 that switches the transport path in two directions, a transport path switch 26 that switches the transport path in three or more directions, and the like are provided.

  And the banknote accommodating body accommodating part 30 is opposingly arranged adjacent to the downward direction of this banknote conveyance part 20. FIG. In the banknote housing body 30, banknote cassettes 32 (32 </ b> A,..., 32 </ b> F) as a plurality of banknote housing bodies are housed so as to be freely inserted and removed. The plurality of banknote cassettes 32 are accommodated in a cassette holder 60 serving as a paper sheet container holding unit. The banknote cassette 32 includes a transport mechanism 31 as a paper sheet feeding means having a simple configuration, each having a roller and a switch. The transport mechanism 31 functions not only as a paper sheet feeding means but also as a paper sheet feeding means.

  In addition, the banknote cassette 32 includes a reject unit 33 as a defective paper sheet collection unit. A simple collection mechanism 34 including a pair of rollers for collecting defective paper sheets from the delivery conveyance path 21 ′ to the rejection section 33 via the conveyance path switching unit 25 is disposed above the rejection section 33.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the control unit of the paper sheet handling apparatus 10.
In the figure, a main body control unit 36 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) 37 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 38 as built-in storage devices, and an HD (Hard Disk) 39 and an FD (Flexible Disk) 40 as external storage devices. It has. The external storage device is not limited to these, and a CD (Compact Disk), a USB memory (Universal Serial Bus), or the like may be used.

  The ROM 37 stores a program for controlling the entire apparatus. The RAM 38 temporarily stores intermediate progress data calculated by the main body control unit 36 and the like. The HD 39 stores data for long-term storage, and the FD 40 stores the minimum necessary data. The FD 40 is detachably taken out and used by a clerk as necessary.

  In the above intermediate data, every time the banknote is transported by the main transport path 21 and the delivery transport path 21 ′ of the banknote transport section 20, the transport progress is recorded, and the banknote is stored in both the long-term storage data and the minimum necessary data. The initial number of banknotes stored in each cassette 32, the total number of additional sheets received from customers, the total number of payouts when paying out to customers, and the total number of sheets collected for defective sheets are stored (stored and recorded). .

  The main body control unit 36 is connected to a card image reader printer unit 41, a passbook printer unit 42, a customer operation control unit 43, and a conveyance control unit 44. The card image reader printer unit 41 includes a card reader unit 45, a card emboss reading unit 46, and a journal receipt printer unit 47.

  The customer operation control unit 43 includes a color display 48 and a touch panel 49 that constitute the display screen of the customer operation unit 12. Moreover, the conveyance control part 44 controls the main conveyance path part 50 which controls conveyance of the main conveyance path 21 and the delivery conveyance path 21 ′, and the feeding and feeding of banknotes in each banknote cassette 32 of the banknote storage body accommodating part 30. A cassette unit 51 is provided.

  A power source 52 is connected to the main body control unit 36 from the outside. The main body control unit 36 is operated by the power supplied from the power source 52, and in accordance with an instruction input from a customer according to a program read from the ROM 37. Then, a process for controlling the operation of each unit is performed.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a more specific configuration of the transport control unit 44.
In the figure, a conveyance control unit 44 includes a microcomputer (MPU) 54, controls each unit, and executes a transaction with a customer while communicating with the main body control unit 36 shown in FIG.

The conveyance motor unit 55 drives and controls a conveyance motor that operates the conveyance belt of the conveyance path indicated by arrows a, b,..., Z in FIG.
The gate magnet unit 56 includes a plurality of gate magnets that drive a plurality of conveyance path switching units 25 and 26 that switch a conveyance direction of a banknote at a portion where a conveyance path constituted by a conveyance belt that conveys a banknote is branched into two or more branches. The switching drive is controlled.

As shown in FIG. 4, the main transport path 21 and the bill storage body accommodating portion 30 have a large number of branch portions, and a gate magnet is used for each branch portion.
The pulse motor unit 57 drives and controls the rotation of a pulse motor that rotates a bill insertion / removal unit 13, a temporary storage unit 27, and a roller for feeding out the banknotes stacked in each banknote cassette 32 one by one.

The DC motor unit 58 drives and controls the rotation of the DC motor that opens and closes the shutters of the bill insertion / extraction unit 13 and the coin insertion / extraction unit 14.
The sensor output detection unit 28 detects the output of the bill passage detection sensor 23 provided in the main conveyance path 21 and the bill presence / absence detection sensor 24 provided in the bill insertion / extraction unit 13 to detect passage and presence of bills. .

  These sensors 23 and 24 are optical sensors and include a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element. The light-emitting element emits light constantly or in a timely manner, and the light-receiving element receives light emitted from the light-emitting element. A bill passes or is stacked between the light emitting element and the light receiving element to block it.

  The amount of light received by the light receiving element varies depending on the presence or absence of bills between the light emitting element and the light receiving element. The amount of received light is converted into an electric signal, and output based on the strength of the electric signal. The presence / absence of bills (passing and remaining) is detected based on the electric signal.

  The discriminating unit 29 optically and magnetically discriminates the status of banknotes such as the authenticity, damage status, dirt status, bending status, denomination, front and back, etc. of the banknotes. Optically, an optical line sensor is used, and magnetically, a magnetic line sensor is used.

Next, based on FIGS. 7-11, the drawer structure of the several banknote cassette 32 accommodated in the cassette holder 60 which is the characteristics of this Embodiment is demonstrated.
7 is a front view of the paper sheet handling apparatus 10, FIG. 8 is a side view thereof, FIG. 9 is a side view of the state in which the guide door 64 is horizontally tilted, and FIG. FIG. 11 is a view showing a state when the drawn banknote cassette 32 is inserted into the cassette holder 60.

4 and 7 differ in the number of accommodated banknote cassettes 32, it does not mean a substantial change.
7 and 8, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 includes a cassette holder 60 as a paper sheet storage body holding frame for holding a plurality of banknote cassettes 32 (32A to 32D) in a freely insertable and removable manner, and the cassette holder 60 from the lower surface. A holder base 62 as a holding base to be supported, and a guide door 64 that is disposed at the accommodation inlet of the bill cassette 32 of the cassette holder 60 and opens and closes the accommodation inlet.

  The paper sheet handling apparatus 10 includes an elevating link mechanism 70 that interlocks and connects the holder base 62 and the guide door 64. In addition, illustration of the raising / lowering link mechanism 70 is abbreviate | omitted in FIGS.

  The lifting link mechanism 70 moves the holder base 62 downward based on the opening operation of the guide door 64 and supports the holder base 62 in a state where the guide door 64 is operated to a horizontal position substantially parallel to the lower surface of the cassette holder 60. The surface 62a and the inner surface 64a of the guide door 64 are flush with each other.

  The cassette holder 60 has a plurality of cassette housing portions 66 (66A to 66D) having a U-shaped cross section (see FIG. 7). The cassette housing portion 66 has a housing entrance for inserting and removing the banknote cassette 32 by sliding on the front surface (front surface in FIG. 7). The bill cassette 32 is accommodated and held in the cassette holder 60 by sliding movement from the accommodation entrance.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the holder base 62 has a flat plate shape and supports the cassette holder 60 from the lower surface by the support surface 62a. The holder table 62 is mounted so as to be movable with respect to the cassette holder 60. The holder base 62 is connected to an elevating link mechanism 70 described later in detail.

  Further, the guide door 64 is arranged so as to close the accommodation entrance of the cassette holder 60 in a state where the bill cassette 32 is inserted and accommodated in the cassette holder 60. The guide door 64 can be opened and closed up and down around the rotation fulcrum 63. And in the open state (state of FIG. 9) which rotated downward in the direction of the arrow about 90 degrees from the state which closed the guide door 64 (state of FIG. 8), the holder stand 62 moves downward (arrow C of FIG. 9). Direction), the support surface 62a of the holder base 62 and the inner surface 64a of the guide door 64 are flush with each other.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the elevating link mechanism 70 interlocks and connects the holder base 62 and the guide door 64. The elevating link mechanism 70 includes a four-joint link 73 having support members 72 and 75 that support the holder base 62, and a connecting member 74 that connects the four-joint link 73 and the pin 71 on the lower end side of the guide door 64. Have. In addition, illustration of the member which connects the supporting member 72 of the four-bar link 73 and the supporting member 75 is abbreviate | omitted.

  The support members 72 and 75 have upper contacts 72a and 75a and lower contacts 72b and 75b, respectively, at both ends in the longitudinal direction. Further, the pin 71 on the lower end side of the guide door 64 is provided on the tip side with respect to the rotation fulcrum 63.

The connecting member 74 connects the upper contact 72 a of one support member 72 and the pin 71 on the lower end side of the guide door 64.
Thus, in FIG. 10, when the guide door 64 is opened in the direction of arrow D, the connecting member 74 presses the upper contact 72a of the support member 72 in the direction of arrow E around the lower contact 72b. Thereby, the supporting members 72 and 75 are inclined from the upright state. Along with this, the holder base 62 supported by the support members 72 and 75 moves obliquely downward. Eventually, with the guide door 64 being operated to a horizontal position substantially parallel to the lower surface of the cassette holder 60 (the dashed line in FIG. 10), the support surface 62a of the holder base 62 and the inner surface 64a of the guide door 64 are the same height. It becomes a surface.

Therefore, the banknote cassette 32 in which a jam has occurred can be pulled out from the cassette holder 60 by sliding movement and jammed.
When the jam processing is completed, as shown in FIG. 11, the drawn banknote cassette 32 is pushed and slid in the direction of the arrow F and accommodated in the cassette holder 60.

  After the banknote cassette 32 is accommodated, the guide door 64 is closed in the direction opposite to the arrow D direction. Then, the support members 72 and 75 return from the inclined state to the upright state, and at the same time, the holder base 62 moves upward. In this way, the cassette holder 60 is also moved upward, and the plurality of banknote cassettes 32 are arranged in close proximity to the banknote transport unit 20 in a state where the guide door 64 is completely closed. In this way, when a return button (not shown) is pressed, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 is ready for trading.

  According to the present embodiment, the guide door 64 and the holder base 62 are linked and connected, the holder base 62 is moved downward based on the opening operation of the guide door 64, and the guide door 64 is substantially parallel to the lower surface of the cassette holder 60. The lifting / lowering link mechanism 70 having the support surface 62a of the holder base 62 and the inner surface 64a of the guide door 64 at the same height surface in a state of being operated in a horizontal position makes it possible to perform a narrow work during the paper jam processing. The bill cassette 32 can be easily inserted and removed from the cassette holder 60 even in a space.

  That is, since the holder base 62 moves downward based on the opening operation of the guide door 64, the downward movement smoothly pulls out the jammed banknote generated at the time of banknote delivery between the delivery transport path 21 ′ and the banknote cassette 32. It is. For this reason, the banknote cassette 32 can be easily pulled out from the cassette holder 60 in the subsequent operation.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, not only the support surface 62a of the holder base 62 but also the inner surface 64a of the guide door 64 is used as an auxiliary base at the time of inserting / removing the banknote cassette 32, so that it is easy even in a narrow space. Can be pulled out and inserted.

Next, FIG. 12 is a view showing an embodiment in which guide grooves 65 as guide means for guiding a plurality of banknote cassettes 32 are formed on the inner surface of the guide door 64.
In the present embodiment, the cassette holder 60 can accommodate banknote cassettes 32A to 32D corresponding to four types of denominations. Guide grooves 65A to 65D for guiding the banknote cassettes 32A to 32D are formed on the inner surface of the guide door 64.

  On the other hand, pins 67A to 67D protrude from the bottom (lower part) of each of the banknote cassettes 32A to 32D at different positions for each banknote cassette 32 corresponding to the denomination. The pins 67A to 67D are urged downward by a spring (not shown). For example, in FIG. 12, the bill cassette 32A has a pin 67A protruding near the right end of the figure, and the bill cassette 32D has a pin 67D protruding near the left end of the figure.

These pins 67A to 67D are individually guided by guide grooves 65A to 65D formed on the inner surface of the guide door 64.
Thus, according to this embodiment, the banknote cassettes 32A to 32D are pushed in the direction of the arrow G along the guide grooves 65A to 65D, so that each banknote cassette 32 is slid to a predetermined position on the cassette holder 60. It can be accommodated without making a mistake.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the guide groove 65 is formed on the inner surface of the guide door 64 as the guide means for guiding the banknote cassette 32 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a guide projection for guiding the banknote cassette 32 may be provided, or a guide rail or the like may be provided. In this case, a fitting recess is provided at the bottom of the banknote cassette 32.

Next, the basic operation of the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 in the present embodiment will be briefly described.
First, at the time of deposit transaction, when a deposit transaction is selected by the customer operation unit by the customer, a card is inserted into the card insertion / extraction port 15 and the validity of the inserted card is confirmed. It is possible to deposit banknotes.

  In this deposit, the shutter of the bill insertion / extraction unit 13 is opened (FIG. 1 is in a state when the shutter is closed), and the bill can be inserted into the bill insertion / extraction unit 13 by the customer. When the customer inserts a bill into the bill insertion / extraction unit 13 and notifies the main body control unit 36 by touching a predetermined button displayed on the display screen of the customer operation unit 12 that the insertion is completed, the shutter is released. Closed.

  Subsequently, the bills that have been inserted into the bill insertion / extraction unit 13 are conveyed through the conveyance path in the order indicated by arrows a, h, b, and c and are carried into the discrimination unit 29. The banknotes are identified while passing through the identification unit 29. That is, discrimination with respect to the state of a banknote, such as authenticity of a banknote, a breakage state, a dirt state, a bending state, a denomination, a front and back, is performed.

  Banknotes having no abnormality in the discrimination result are transported through the transport path in the order indicated by arrows d and e, and are once stacked on the primary holding unit 27. If the discrimination process is completed and there is an abnormality in the discrimination result, the primary holding unit 27 transports the transport path in the order indicated by the arrows f, h, b, c, d, and w, so that the total amount of inserted bills is increased. Is returned to the bill insertion / removal unit 13. At this time, the banknote is conveyed to the banknote insertion / extraction unit 13 without passing through the discrimination unit 29.

  Further, if the discrimination process is completed and there is no abnormality in the discrimination result, the primary holding unit 27 carries the conveyance path in the order indicated by the arrows f, h, and b. Here, when the banknote being conveyed is a banknote of 5000 yen or 2000 yen, it is a non-recyclable ticket that cannot be used as a recycled banknote to be paid to the customer next time. It is stored in the ineligible ticket storage unit 22A from the transport path.

For example, in the case of a 2000 yen banknote, it passes through the conveyance paths indicated by arrows n and o and is stored in the ineligible ticket storage unit 22B.
In addition, although the banknote accommodated in unqualified ticket storage part 22A, 22B was demonstrated as a 2000 yen ticket and a 5000 yen ticket, it is not restricted to this. For example, a 10,000 yen ticket can be stored, and can be set in a timely manner according to the operation.

  Moreover, since the banknote currently conveyed on the conveyance path shown by the arrow f, h, b is a banknote which can be used as a recycle banknote to be paid to the customer next time when it is a 10000-yen banknote that is most often traded, the arrows c, d , I, j, the paper cassette 32 </ b> A is loaded and loaded through the conveyance path.

  Further, when the bill cassette 32A is found to be full of bills by the calculation of bill insertion / removal by the main body control unit 36, the bill cassette 32A is further transported on the transport path indicated by the arrow k, and is transferred to the adjacent bill cassette 32B. It is carried and loaded.

As an example, the banknote cassette 32A and the banknote cassette 32B have been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto. It is also possible to select a bill cassette according to the operation.
In this embodiment, the banknote cassette 32A and the banknote cassette 32B are used for stacking 10,000 yen banknotes, the banknote cassette 32C and the banknote cassette 32D are used for stacking 1000 yen banknotes, and the banknote cassette 32E and banknote cassette 32F are apparatuses. It is set as the preliminary | backup banknote cassette with which insertion / removal is easy from back.

  Retraction loading to the reserve banknote cassette passes through the conveyance path indicated by arrows n, o, p, s to the banknote cassette 32F, or passes through the conveyance path indicated by arrows n, o, p, t to the adjacent banknote cassette 32E. It is carried and loaded.

  Here, for example, when a jam occurs during delivery of a bill between the delivery transport path 21 ′ and the bill cassette 32, an alarm is activated. At this time, the banknotes are sandwiched between the roller pair of the delivery conveyance path 21 ′ and the roller pair of the banknote cassette 32, and the banknote cassette 32 cannot be pulled out horizontally as it is.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10, the guide door 64 is opened in the direction of the arrow D around the rotation fulcrum 63. Then, based on this, the connecting member 74 pushes the upper contact 72a of the support member 72 in the direction of arrow E around the lower contact 72b. Thereby, the support members 72 and 75 are inclined from the upright state, and the holder base 62 and the cassette holder 60 supported by the support members 72 and 75 are moved obliquely downward. Eventually, in a state where the guide door 64 is operated to the horizontal position (the one-dot chain line in FIG. 10), the support surface 62a of the holder base 62 and the inner surface 64a of the guide door 64 become the same height surface.

  At this time, the jammed banknote in a state of being sandwiched between the delivery conveyance path 21 ′ and the banknote cassette 32 is released by the lowering operation of the cassette holder 60. Thus, the operator can pull out the banknote cassette 32 in which a jam has occurred from the cassette holder 60.

Thus, using the holder table 62 and the guide door 64 having the same height as a guide, the banknote cassette 32 in which a jam has occurred is pulled out by sliding and the jammed banknote is extracted.
When the jam processing is completed, the bill cassette 32 is pushed and slid to return to a desired position of the cassette holder 60.

  Next, when the guide door 64 is closed in the direction opposite to the arrow D direction, the support members 72 and 75 return from the inclined state to the upright state, and at the same time, the holder base 62 and the cassette holder 60 also move upward. As a result, the plurality of banknote cassettes 32 are arranged to face each other in the vicinity of the delivery conveyance path 21 ′. In this way, when a return button (not shown) is pressed, the apparatus becomes ready for transaction.

  Further, at the time of withdrawal transaction, when the withdrawal operation is selected by the customer operation unit 12 by the customer, a card is inserted into the card insertion / removal port 15, and a password is input from the front screen of the customer operation unit 12. When the validity of the password is confirmed, the banknote of the amount specified by the customer is paid out from the banknote cassette 32 of any of the six banknote cassettes to the banknote insertion / extraction unit 13.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Paper sheet handling apparatus 12 Customer operation part 13 Banknote insertion / extraction part 14 Coin insertion / extraction part 15 Card insertion / extraction 16 Passbook insertion / extraction 18A, 18B Roller pair 19A, 19B Roller pair 20 Bill conveyance part 21 Main conveyance path 21 'Delivery Conveyance path 22 Inappropriate ticket storage section 23 Bill passage detection sensor 24 Bill presence / absence detection sensor 25 Conveyance path switch 26 Conveyance path switch 27 Primary storage section 28 Sensor output detection section 29 Identification section 30 Paper sheet storage section 31 Conveyance mechanism 32 Bill cassette 33 Reject part 34 Collection mechanism 36 Main body control part 37 ROM
38 RAM
39 HD
40 FD
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 41 Card reader image printer part 42 Passbook printer part 43 Customer operation control part 44 Conveyance control part 45 Card reader part 46 Card emboss reading part 47 Printer part 48 Color display 49 Touch panel 50 Main conveyance path part 51 Cassette part 52 Power supply 54 MPU
55 Transfer motor section 56 Gate magnet section 57 Pulse motor section 58 DC motor section 60 Cassette holder 62 Holder base 62a Support surface 63 Rotating fulcrum 64 Guide door 64a Inner surface 65 Guide groove 66 Cassette housing section 67 Pin 70 Elevating link mechanism 71 Pin 72 Support member 72a Upper contact 72b Lower contact 73 Four-bar link 74 Connecting member 75 Support member 75a Upper contact 75b Lower contact

Claims (5)

A plurality of paper sheets that are transferred between the paper sheet conveying unit that conveys the inserted or ejected paper sheets and the paper sheet conveying unit that is opposed to and close to the lower side of the paper sheet conveying unit. In a paper sheet handling apparatus comprising a paper sheet container,
A paper sheet storage body holding frame for holding the plurality of paper sheet storage bodies so as to be insertable / removable;
A holding base for supporting the paper sheet container holding frame from the lower surface;
A guide door that is disposed at an entrance of the plurality of paper sheet storage bodies of the paper sheet storage body holding frame and opens and closes the storage inlet;
The guide door and the holding base are interlocked and connected, the holding base is moved downward based on the opening operation of the guide door, and the guide door is operated in a horizontal position substantially parallel to the lower surface. paper sheet handling apparatus characterized by comprising, an elevating link mechanism to flush the inner surface of the guide door a trapezoidal supporting region surface. The paper handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the elevating link mechanism is a four-bar link mechanism. The sheet handling apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein guide means for guiding the plurality of sheet storage bodies is formed on an inner surface of the guide door. The paper sheet handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein pins are provided at different positions at lower portions of the plurality of paper sheet storage bodies. The paper sheet handling device according to claim 4, wherein a guide groove for individually guiding the pins is formed on an inner surface of the guide door.